JIRA Job Trends in Durham

Atlassian JIRA
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 4 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 1.45% - 2.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.77% - 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - £53,988
25th Percentile - - £54,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £64,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.70%
75th Percentile - - £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £51,500 £42,123 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.26% -19.77% +5.00%

All Development Application Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 13 1 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 4.71% 0.56% 10.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 28
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile - £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -31.82% +22.91%
75th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £58,000 - £75,000
North East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Durham

JIRA
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing JIRA

JIRA
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Durham region over the 6 months to 7 March 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
Darlington - 1 - - 1
JIRA
North East

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 (75.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) TestRail
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Atlassian
2 3 (75.00%) Forcepoint
2 3 (75.00%) Proofpoint
2 3 (75.00%) Zscaler