JIRA Job Trends in Birmingham

Atlassian JIRA
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	112	45	97
Rank change year-on-year	-67	+52	-21
Permanent jobs citing JIRA	22	53	27
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham	0.60%	4.45%	1.23%
As % of the Development Applications category	18.18%	53.54%	22.13%
Number of salaries quoted	10	40	18
10^th Percentile	£29,500	£51,000	£42,500
25^th Percentile	£42,749	£62,500	£43,438
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,386	£72,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	-18.09%	+45.00%	-31.03%
75^th Percentile	£60,931	£73,750	£52,500
90^th Percentile	£68,500	-	£59,785
West Midlands median annual salary	£47,500	£65,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-26.92%	+30.00%	-16.32%

All Development Application Skills
Birmingham

JIRA falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in Birmingham.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	121	99	122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham	3.31%	8.31%	5.57%
Number of salaries quoted	46	79	49
10^th Percentile	£42,500	£30,050	£42,500
25^th Percentile	£50,375	£51,250	£47,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,000	£62,500	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	-0.80%	+8.70%	-
75^th Percentile	£82,188	£73,750	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£93,750	-	£84,000
West Midlands median annual salary	£52,750	£60,000	£56,250
% change year-on-year	-12.08%	+6.67%	-2.17%

JIRA Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

JIRA Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing JIRA.

JIRA Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

JIRA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing JIRA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for JIRA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	90.9%	20
2	Stakeholder Management	54.5%	12
3	AI	45.5%	10
3	Problem-Solving	45.5%	10
3	Project Delivery	45.5%	10
6	Stakeholder Engagement	40.9%	9
7	Azure	36.4%	8
7	ITIL	36.4%	8
7	Project Management	36.4%	8
10	DevOps	31.8%	7
10	Microsoft	31.8%	7
12	Decision-Making	27.3%	6
12	Degree	27.3%	6
12	Migration	27.3%	6
12	PMI Certification	27.3%	6
12	User Experience	27.3%	6
17	Azure DevOps	22.7%	5
17	CCNA	22.7%	5
17	CCNP	22.7%	5
17	Cisco	22.7%	5
17	Cisco Certification	22.7%	5
17	Digital Transformation Programme	22.7%	5
17	LAN	22.7%	5
17	Network Design	22.7%	5
17	Network Security	22.7%	5
17	PMP	22.7%	5
17	PRINCE2	22.7%	5
17	Requirements Gathering	22.7%	5
17	SQL	22.7%	5
17	WAN	22.7%	5

JIRA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Git	18.2%	4