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 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 43 89
Rank change year-on-year -68 +46 -22
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 17 58 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.48% 4.78% 1.52%
As % of the Development Applications category 16.35% 51.33% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 10 45 24
10th Percentile £29,500 £46,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,749 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,625 £72,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +45.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61,383 £73,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £68,500 - -
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 104 113 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.92% 9.32% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 42 90 72
10th Percentile £39,340 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,813 £44,563 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,750 £57,732
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +5.23% +0.40%
75th Percentile £82,188 £73,750 £72,813
90th Percentile £92,150 - £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -10.42% +12.68% -7.39%

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 7 September 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%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (17.65%) SaaS
4 2 (11.76%) AWS
4 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.88%) Figma
5 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 2 (11.76%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) Selenium
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Senior
2 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (23.53%) Business Analyst
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Technical Manager
5 3 (17.65%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
6 2 (11.76%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Junior
6 2 (11.76%) Junior Project Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior IT Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Service Manager
6 2 (11.76%) 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 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
1 3 (17.65%) PMI
1 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
1 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) CMDB
2 2 (11.76%) IoT
2 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.88%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) 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%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 5 (29.41%) ITIL
7 4 (23.53%) BPMN
7 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
7 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (23.53%) Scrum
7 4 (23.53%) User Stories
8 3 (17.65%) Analytics
8 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) PMI Certification
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) CBAP
3 3 (17.65%) CCNA
3 3 (17.65%) CCNP
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (17.65%) IIBA
3 3 (17.65%) PMP
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) CITP
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%) Adobe
3 2 (11.76%) Planon
3 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.88%) Duck Creek
4 1 (5.88%) Guidewire