JIRA Job Trends in England

Atlassian JIRA
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 127 100
Rank change year-on-year +36 -27 -32
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,371 1,249 1,536
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.19% 2.05% 3.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 42.21% 22.76% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 747 691 1,214
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,000 £37,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,750 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +1.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £77,929
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,212
% change year-on-year - -4.50% +2.93%

All Development Application Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,248 5,488 6,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.56% 8.99% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,017 3,044 5,148
10th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in England

JIRA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in England over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Salary histogram for JIRA in England

JIRA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the England region over the 6 months to 27 October 2025. 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
London +57 416 £77,500 +24.00% 581
South East +49 329 £45,000 -14.29% 588
North of England +20 268 £50,000 -9.09% 195
Midlands +59 193 £58,000 +16.00% 126
North West +20 182 £47,683 -15.61% 111
West Midlands +69 123 £65,000 +30.00% 64
East of England +5 78 £57,500 +15.00% 94
South West +4 74 £43,000 -14.00% 142
East Midlands +36 70 £48,250 +7.22% 59
Yorkshire +32 68 £45,000 - 58
North East -19 18 £51,500 -17.60% 27
JIRA
UK

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 483 (35.23%) Confluence
2 43 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.46%) CMS
4 13 (0.95%) Apache
5 12 (0.88%) IIS
5 12 (0.88%) Umbraco
6 11 (0.80%) WordPress
7 10 (0.73%) nginx
8 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.44%) JBoss
10 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.22%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.073%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.073%) Appian
13 1 (0.073%) FileNet
13 1 (0.073%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.073%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 87 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
4 36 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (2.26%) MS Visio
6 23 (1.68%) Trello
7 8 (0.58%) CATIA
7 8 (0.58%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 7 (0.51%) MadCap Flare
8 7 (0.51%) Simulink
9 5 (0.36%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.36%) Windchill
10 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.15%) Sketch
11 1 (0.073%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.073%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.073%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 97 (7.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.44%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.29%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.29%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.22%) Endur
5 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.22%) SAP MII
5 3 (0.22%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.22%) Shopify
5 3 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.15%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.15%) EuroRunner
6 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.15%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 433 (31.58%) Azure
2 373 (27.21%) AWS
3 146 (10.65%) Azure DevOps
4 145 (10.58%) GCP
5 72 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
6 68 (4.96%) Power Platform
7 63 (4.60%) Amazon S3
8 60 (4.38%) SaaS
9 57 (4.16%) Amazon EC2
9 57 (4.16%) GitHub
10 52 (3.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 49 (3.57%) AWS KMS
12 43 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 42 (3.06%) Amazon ELB
14 40 (2.92%) Serverless
15 34 (2.48%) Amazon Glacier
16 30 (2.19%) Entra ID
17 29 (2.12%) Slack
18 28 (2.04%) Power Automate
19 27 (1.97%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (4.45%) Firewall
2 48 (3.50%) DNS
3 30 (2.19%) SSH
4 29 (2.12%) HTTP
5 25 (1.82%) FTP
5 25 (1.82%) SMTP
6 17 (1.24%) DHCP
7 16 (1.17%) Internet
7 16 (1.17%) Wireless
8 14 (1.02%) VLAN
9 11 (0.80%) Multicast
10 10 (0.73%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.58%) Broadband
11 8 (0.58%) IMAP
11 8 (0.58%) OpenLDAP
12 7 (0.51%) VPN
13 5 (0.36%) SAN
14 4 (0.29%) Kerberos
14 4 (0.29%) Network Security
14 4 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 254 (18.53%) SQL Server
2 52 (3.79%) Amazon RDS
3 42 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (2.84%) Power BI
5 38 (2.77%) MySQL
6 27 (1.97%) MongoDB
7 25 (1.82%) NoSQL
8 21 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.24%) Tableau
10 15 (1.09%) Amazon Aurora
11 13 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
13 10 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (0.58%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.58%) Metadata
14 8 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 263 (19.18%) Selenium
2 238 (17.36%) Bitbucket
3 223 (16.27%) GitLab
4 220 (16.05%) Maven
5 216 (15.75%) Sonatype Nexus
6 214 (15.61%) Cucumber
7 210 (15.32%) SonarQube
8 208 (15.17%) Git
9 132 (9.63%) Jenkins
10 72 (5.25%) eCATT
11 41 (2.99%) Vagrant
12 39 (2.84%) NeoLoad
13 32 (2.33%) Postman
14 24 (1.75%) SoapUI
15 23 (1.68%) Team Foundation Server
16 22 (1.60%) JUnit
17 20 (1.46%) Cypress.io
18 19 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
18 19 (1.39%) WebDriver
19 16 (1.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 529 (38.58%) Finance
2 489 (35.67%) Social Skills
3 265 (19.33%) Banking
4 243 (17.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 168 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
6 138 (10.07%) Marketing
7 131 (9.56%) Retail
8 104 (7.59%) Presentation Skills
9 98 (7.15%) Investment Banking
10 95 (6.93%) Manufacturing
11 90 (6.56%) Corporate Banking
12 84 (6.13%) Influencing Skills
13 75 (5.47%) Law
14 64 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
15 62 (4.52%) Public Sector
16 38 (2.77%) Legal
17 25 (1.82%) Automotive
18 21 (1.53%) Advertising
19 20 (1.46%) Front Office
20 19 (1.39%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 241 (17.58%) Software Engineer
2 233 (16.99%) Analyst
3 210 (15.32%) Senior
4 160 (11.67%) Lead
5 136 (9.92%) Developer
6 70 (5.11%) Business Analyst
7 65 (4.74%) Project Manager
8 59 (4.30%) Support Analyst
9 52 (3.79%) Support Engineer
10 48 (3.50%) Applications Support
11 41 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
12 40 (2.92%) Test Analyst
13 38 (2.77%) Applications Support Analyst
14 36 (2.63%) Senior Manager
14 36 (2.63%) Test Leader
15 31 (2.26%) Product Owner
15 31 (2.26%) Senior Developer
16 29 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
17 28 (2.04%) Junior
18 27 (1.97%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (19.84%) HTML
2 256 (18.67%) React
3 246 (17.94%) CSS
4 228 (16.63%) Spring
5 225 (16.41%) Spring Boot
6 221 (16.12%) Kafka
7 210 (15.32%) Redux
8 207 (15.10%) JPA
9 135 (9.85%) REST
10 121 (8.83%) Hibernate
11 119 (8.68%) RESTful
12 105 (7.66%) HTML5
13 103 (7.51%) Jest
14 101 (7.37%) CSS3
15 98 (7.15%) Sass
16 72 (5.25%) .NET
17 47 (3.43%) SOAP
18 32 (2.33%) Node.js
19 28 (2.04%) AngularJS
20 21 (1.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 299 (21.81%) Product Ownership
2 214 (15.61%) Enterprise Software
3 51 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 50 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.12%) Replication
6 24 (1.75%) IoT
6 24 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (1.68%) Cloud Native
7 23 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (1.31%) Mobile App
8 18 (1.31%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.24%) Wiki
10 15 (1.09%) Equities
11 14 (1.02%) Algorithms
12 13 (0.95%) Derivative
13 12 (0.88%) Fixed Income
13 12 (0.88%) Social Media
14 11 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.80%) Embedded Systems
15 10 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 142 (10.36%) Windows
2 136 (9.92%) Linux
3 41 (2.99%) VMS
4 26 (1.90%) Amazon Linux
5 17 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 13 (0.95%) Unix
8 12 (0.88%) Android
9 11 (0.80%) Windows Server
10 10 (0.73%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.51%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.22%) Solaris
14 2 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.073%) Check Point GAiA
15 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
15 1 (0.073%) Fedora
15 1 (0.073%) OpenWrt
15 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 744 (54.27%) Agile
2 425 (31.00%) DevOps
3 382 (27.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 339 (24.73%) CI/CD
5 335 (24.43%) Test Automation
6 283 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
7 279 (20.35%) Software Engineering
8 277 (20.20%) SDLC
9 246 (17.94%) Microservices
10 244 (17.80%) Full-Stack Development
11 236 (17.21%) Containerisation
12 229 (16.70%) Front End Development
13 205 (14.95%) Mentoring
14 203 (14.81%) Performance Optimisation
15 195 (14.22%) User Experience
16 166 (12.11%) Project Management
17 161 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
18 151 (11.01%) Roadmaps
19 147 (10.72%) Scrum
20 142 (10.36%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 415 (30.27%) SQL
2 313 (22.83%) JavaScript
3 304 (22.17%) Java
4 172 (12.55%) Python
5 146 (10.65%) TypeScript
6 117 (8.53%) PowerShell
7 86 (6.27%) C#
8 48 (3.50%) Groovy
9 37 (2.70%) Bash
10 21 (1.53%) Perl
11 19 (1.39%) Apex Code
11 19 (1.39%) Go
12 18 (1.31%) C++
13 11 (0.80%) PHP
14 10 (0.73%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.58%) SOQL
16 7 (0.51%) C
17 6 (0.44%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.44%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 329 (24.00%) Degree
2 135 (9.85%) Security Cleared
3 85 (6.20%) SC Cleared
4 61 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (4.30%) ISTQB
6 38 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (2.04%) AWS Certification
8 26 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 26 (1.90%) PMI Certification
9 25 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.68%) MCSE
11 21 (1.53%) PMP
12 17 (1.24%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 17 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (1.02%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.80%) HND
14 11 (0.80%) SAP Certification
15 10 (0.73%) ACCA
15 10 (0.73%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 359 (26.19%) QA
2 156 (11.38%) Accessibility
3 42 (3.06%) PMO
4 38 (2.77%) SLA
5 30 (2.19%) Def Stans
6 29 (2.12%) Data Quality
7 28 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.31%) NIST
9 13 (0.95%) GDPR
10 10 (0.73%) WCAG
11 9 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 9 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 7 (0.51%) MiFID
13 4 (0.29%) P3O
13 4 (0.29%) PERC
14 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.22%) SEPA
15 2 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.15%) MISRA
15 2 (0.15%) UCITS
System Software
1 277 (20.20%) Docker
2 106 (7.73%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.12%) DFS Replication
4 18 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.73%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.58%) Dovecot
7 8 (0.58%) Firmware
7 8 (0.58%) Postfix
7 8 (0.58%) Squid
7 8 (0.58%) vSphere
8 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.073%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 240 (17.51%) Kubernetes
2 77 (5.62%) Terraform
3 74 (5.40%) HP ALM
4 64 (4.67%) Grafana
5 61 (4.45%) Prometheus
6 45 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 39 (2.84%) Ansible
8 20 (1.46%) SCCM
9 12 (0.88%) Puppet
10 11 (0.80%) Control-M
10 11 (0.80%) Nessus
10 11 (0.80%) ZABBIX
11 8 (0.58%) Kibana
11 8 (0.58%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.36%) Salt
13 5 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.29%) Nagios
14 4 (0.29%) Podman
Vendors
1 210 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 200 (14.59%) Solace
3 119 (8.68%) ServiceNow
4 116 (8.46%) SAP
5 77 (5.62%) Atlassian
5 77 (5.62%) HP
6 66 (4.81%) Salesforce
7 38 (2.77%) Google
7 38 (2.77%) Oracle
8 24 (1.75%) IBM
9 22 (1.60%) Adobe
10 16 (1.17%) Juniper
10 16 (1.17%) VMware
11 15 (1.09%) Tenable
12 12 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 11 (0.80%) Dynatrace
14 10 (0.73%) Cisco
15 9 (0.66%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.66%) Qualtrics
15 9 (0.66%) Splunk