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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 97 99
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -18
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 20 30 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.96% 1.80% 1.67%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.05% 27.27% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14 23 33
10th Percentile £26,250 £47,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,938 £48,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £45,590 £63,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £48,375 £72,500 -
West Midlands median annual salary £41,250 £61,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -32.38% +10.91% +8.91%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 95 110 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.55% 6.59% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 77 59 177
10th Percentile - £46,650 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £52,500 £68,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £73,000 £86,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -

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 job vacancy trend in Birmingham

JIRA
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing JIRA.

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 26 February 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in Birmingham

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) Azure
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (20.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (20.00%) SaaS
4 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (15.00%) Firebase
5 2 (10.00%) Smartsheet
6 1 (5.00%) Lucidchart
6 1 (5.00%) Oracle Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 3 (15.00%) MySQL
2 3 (15.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (15.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.00%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) Selenium
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Law
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Games
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Lead
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Junior
4 3 (15.00%) Junior Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Senior
4 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Applications Support
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) CSS
1 3 (15.00%) HTML
1 3 (15.00%) Laravel
1 3 (15.00%) Next.js
1 3 (15.00%) Node.js
1 3 (15.00%) React
1 3 (15.00%) React Native
1 3 (15.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (5.00%) CMDB
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) CRM
3 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (25.00%) DevOps
4 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 5 (25.00%) Project Management
5 4 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (15.00%) Analytics
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (15.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (15.00%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (15.00%) Scrum
6 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (15.00%) PHP
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (10.00%) PMP
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CITP
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) PMO
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) GRC
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (5.00%) Planon
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce