JIRA Job Trends in Cheshire

Atlassian JIRA
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 48 50
Rank change year-on-year -17 +2 +31
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 8 10 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.61% 1.76% 2.88%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.00% 21.28% 25.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 11
10th Percentile - £62,250 -
25th Percentile £30,500 £71,250 £23,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £77,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.32% +106.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £46,625 £78,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £56,250 - £75,000
North West median annual salary £47,683 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.74% -8.99% -

All Development Application Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 32 47 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.46% 8.29% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 20 20 54
10th Percentile £29,525 £37,250 £27,195
25th Percentile £30,500 £43,125 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £47,500 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% -19.83% +21.54%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,063 £82,192
90th Percentile £75,100 £78,750 £100,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -9.48% +1.31%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Cheshire

JIRA
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Cheshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in Cheshire

JIRA
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Crewe -9 4 £33,000 -57.42% 1
Knutsford - 4 £44,500 - 4
JIRA
North West

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (50.00%) CMS
2 3 (37.50%) Confluence
2 3 (37.50%) Umbraco
2 3 (37.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Contentful
1 3 (37.50%) Slack
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Automotive
3 3 (37.50%) Retail
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Account Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Lead DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft