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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 43 87
Rank change year-on-year -66 +44 -20
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 17 58 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.49% 4.59% 1.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 17.00% 46.40% 32.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11 46 25
10th Percentile £29,500 £48,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,998 £53,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +45.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61,267 £73,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £65,000 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +44.44% -21.74%

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 100 125 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.86% 9.89% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 44 100 85
10th Percentile £35,322 £42,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £44,624 £47,188 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +2.21% +2.09%
75th Percentile £79,063 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,744 - £89,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £60,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +9.55% -4.35%

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 24 August 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 3 (17.65%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) SaaS
3 2 (11.76%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.88%) Figma
4 1 (5.88%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) LAN
1 3 (17.65%) Network Security
1 3 (17.65%) WAN
2 2 (11.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) Selenium
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Senior
2 7 (41.18%) Analyst
3 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
3 6 (35.29%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (23.53%) Business Analyst
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Power BI Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Technical Manager
5 3 (17.65%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (11.76%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Junior Digital Project Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Junior Project Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Data Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior IT Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) CSS3
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
1 1 (5.88%) HTML5
1 1 (5.88%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 3 (17.65%) PMI
2 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.76%) CMDB
3 2 (11.76%) IoT
3 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.88%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Agile
2 11 (64.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
4 7 (41.18%) AI
4 7 (41.18%) DevOps
5 6 (35.29%) Project Management
5 6 (35.29%) User Experience
6 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
6 5 (29.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 5 (29.41%) ITIL
7 4 (23.53%) Analytics
7 4 (23.53%) BPMN
7 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
7 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (23.53%) Scrum
7 4 (23.53%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
4 3 (17.65%) CBAP
4 3 (17.65%) CCNA
4 3 (17.65%) CCNP
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (17.65%) IIBA
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (17.65%) PMP
4 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) CITP
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (11.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) NCSC
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 2 (11.76%) Planon
3 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe
4 1 (5.88%) Duck Creek
4 1 (5.88%) Guidewire