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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 128 95
Rank change year-on-year +31 -33 -29
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,313 1,374 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.04% 2.00% 3.20%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.36% 23.49% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 774 802 1,370
10th Percentile £32,825 £36,250 £37,885
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,860 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -6.90% +1.05%

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 3,253 5,850 7,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.54% 8.51% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,022 3,512 5,658
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +2.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +52 432 £77,500 +22.80% 402
North of England +23 259 £50,000 -9.09% 148
South East +15 232 £47,500 -9.52% 316
Midlands +63 206 £57,468 +20.98% 129
North West +22 191 £50,000 -15.25% 80
West Midlands +68 131 £65,000 +40.54% 73
East of England +3 87 £57,500 +2.22% 55
South West +3 81 £45,000 -16.28% 86
East Midlands +45 75 £44,500 -6.32% 50
Yorkshire +16 62 £50,000 -4.76% 53
North East +9 6 £60,000 -4.00% 19
JIRA
UK

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 473 (36.02%) Confluence
2 50 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.37%) CMS
4 11 (0.84%) Apache
5 10 (0.76%) IIS
5 10 (0.76%) nginx
6 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.69%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.46%) JBoss
8 5 (0.38%) WordPress
9 4 (0.30%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.23%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.15%) Appian
11 2 (0.15%) CICS
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.076%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.076%) FileNet
12 1 (0.076%) OpenStack
Applications
1 88 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (3.43%) Microsoft Project
4 37 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (2.28%) MS Visio
5 30 (2.28%) Trello
6 9 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.61%) Mozilla Thunderbird
8 7 (0.53%) MadCap Flare
8 7 (0.53%) Simulink
9 5 (0.38%) CATIA
9 5 (0.38%) Windchill
10 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.15%) Sketch
11 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.076%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.076%) CANalyzer
11 1 (0.076%) Notion
11 1 (0.076%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 25 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.46%) Elite 3E
3 6 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.23%) Endur
5 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.23%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.23%) Shopify
5 3 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.15%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.15%) EuroRunner
6 2 (0.15%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.15%) SAP APO
6 2 (0.15%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 428 (32.60%) Azure
2 392 (29.86%) AWS
3 151 (11.50%) GCP
4 75 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 74 (5.64%) Azure DevOps
6 67 (5.10%) SaaS
7 65 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
8 64 (4.87%) Amazon S3
9 59 (4.49%) GitHub
10 58 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
11 53 (4.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 50 (3.81%) Serverless
13 49 (3.73%) AWS KMS
14 43 (3.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 42 (3.20%) Amazon ELB
16 34 (2.59%) Amazon Glacier
16 34 (2.59%) Power Automate
17 29 (2.21%) PowerApps
18 28 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
19 25 (1.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 53 (4.04%) Firewall
2 42 (3.20%) DNS
3 37 (2.82%) HTTP
4 29 (2.21%) SSH
5 25 (1.90%) FTP
5 25 (1.90%) SMTP
6 19 (1.45%) Internet
7 16 (1.22%) Wireless
8 12 (0.91%) DHCP
8 12 (0.91%) Multicast
9 8 (0.61%) IMAP
9 8 (0.61%) OpenLDAP
10 7 (0.53%) VPN
11 6 (0.46%) Broadband
11 6 (0.46%) VLAN
12 5 (0.38%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.38%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.30%) Network Security
13 4 (0.30%) SAN
14 3 (0.23%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 264 (20.11%) SQL Server
2 54 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
3 43 (3.27%) MySQL
3 43 (3.27%) Power BI
4 40 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (2.59%) NoSQL
6 31 (2.36%) MongoDB
7 25 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
10 15 (1.14%) Tableau
11 13 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
13 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.61%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.61%) Metadata
15 7 (0.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 265 (20.18%) Selenium
2 232 (17.67%) Bitbucket
3 220 (16.76%) GitLab
3 220 (16.76%) Maven
4 218 (16.60%) Sonatype Nexus
5 211 (16.07%) SonarQube
6 209 (15.92%) Cucumber
7 204 (15.54%) Git
8 132 (10.05%) Jenkins
9 42 (3.20%) Vagrant
10 35 (2.67%) Postman
11 27 (2.06%) JUnit
12 22 (1.68%) SoapUI
13 20 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
14 17 (1.29%) TeamCity
15 16 (1.22%) Cypress.io
15 16 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
15 16 (1.22%) WebDriver
16 15 (1.14%) Artifactory
16 15 (1.14%) JMeter
General
1 482 (36.71%) Finance
2 479 (36.48%) Social Skills
3 265 (20.18%) Banking
4 248 (18.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 162 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
6 123 (9.37%) Retail
7 100 (7.62%) Investment Banking
8 90 (6.85%) Corporate Banking
9 84 (6.40%) Law
10 67 (5.10%) Public Sector
11 66 (5.03%) Marketing
12 61 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
13 48 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
14 39 (2.97%) Legal
15 28 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.98%) Automotive
17 23 (1.75%) Electronics
17 23 (1.75%) Front Office
18 21 (1.60%) Manufacturing
19 20 (1.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 242 (18.43%) Software Engineer
2 189 (14.39%) Senior
3 187 (14.24%) Analyst
4 147 (11.20%) Lead
5 135 (10.28%) Developer
6 74 (5.64%) Project Manager
7 71 (5.41%) Business Analyst
8 50 (3.81%) Support Engineer
9 49 (3.73%) Support Analyst
10 42 (3.20%) Applications Support
11 39 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
12 36 (2.74%) Senior Developer
13 34 (2.59%) Product Owner
13 34 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
14 32 (2.44%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.36%) Applications Support Analyst
16 30 (2.28%) IT Manager
16 30 (2.28%) Test Engineer
17 27 (2.06%) Junior
18 24 (1.83%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (20.94%) HTML
2 269 (20.49%) React
3 252 (19.19%) CSS
4 233 (17.75%) Spring Boot
5 232 (17.67%) Spring
6 227 (17.29%) Kafka
7 214 (16.30%) Redux
8 208 (15.84%) JPA
9 152 (11.58%) REST
10 126 (9.60%) RESTful
11 122 (9.29%) Hibernate
12 105 (8.00%) HTML5
13 101 (7.69%) CSS3
13 101 (7.69%) Jest
14 97 (7.39%) Sass
15 74 (5.64%) .NET
16 62 (4.72%) SOAP
17 37 (2.82%) AngularJS
18 36 (2.74%) Node.js
19 33 (2.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 301 (22.92%) Product Ownership
2 210 (15.99%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (3.35%) Management Information System
3 44 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.21%) Replication
5 27 (2.06%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.06%) IoT
6 26 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (1.52%) Virtual Team
9 16 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 16 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (1.22%) Mobile App
9 16 (1.22%) Wiki
10 14 (1.07%) Derivative
11 13 (0.99%) Equities
11 13 (0.99%) Fixed Income
11 13 (0.99%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.91%) Embedded Systems
13 11 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 131 (9.98%) Linux
2 130 (9.90%) Windows
3 42 (3.20%) VMS
4 26 (1.98%) Amazon Linux
5 16 (1.22%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.91%) Unix
7 11 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.84%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.84%) Windows Server
8 10 (0.76%) Android
9 5 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.23%) Solaris
11 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) zOS
12 1 (0.076%) CentOS
12 1 (0.076%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.076%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (59.56%) Agile
2 441 (33.59%) DevOps
3 343 (26.12%) CI/CD
4 321 (24.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 317 (24.14%) Test Automation
6 286 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
7 281 (21.40%) Software Engineering
8 279 (21.25%) SDLC
9 257 (19.57%) Microservices
10 244 (18.58%) Full-Stack Development
11 238 (18.13%) Containerisation
12 227 (17.29%) Front End Development
13 214 (16.30%) Mentoring
14 204 (15.54%) Performance Optimisation
15 203 (15.46%) Project Management
16 190 (14.47%) User Experience
17 168 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
18 151 (11.50%) Scrum
19 140 (10.66%) TDD
20 137 (10.43%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 422 (32.14%) SQL
2 321 (24.45%) JavaScript
3 312 (23.76%) Java
4 164 (12.49%) Python
5 154 (11.73%) TypeScript
6 99 (7.54%) PowerShell
7 96 (7.31%) C#
8 49 (3.73%) Groovy
9 29 (2.21%) Bash
10 21 (1.60%) Apex Code
10 21 (1.60%) C++
10 21 (1.60%) Perl
11 12 (0.91%) Go
12 11 (0.84%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.61%) PHP
13 8 (0.61%) SOQL
14 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.46%) C
15 6 (0.46%) R
15 6 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 281 (21.40%) Degree
2 127 (9.67%) Security Cleared
3 85 (6.47%) SC Cleared
4 62 (4.72%) ISTQB
5 43 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.51%) PMI Certification
8 31 (2.36%) AWS Certification
9 28 (2.13%) PMP
10 27 (2.06%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (1.45%) MCSE
13 15 (1.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 15 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 14 (1.07%) DV Cleared
15 13 (0.99%) A+ Certification
15 13 (0.99%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.84%) DBS Check
16 11 (0.84%) HND
17 10 (0.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 343 (26.12%) QA
2 136 (10.36%) Accessibility
3 38 (2.89%) SLA
4 36 (2.74%) PMO
5 33 (2.51%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.28%) Def Stans
6 30 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.37%) NIST
8 14 (1.07%) GDPR
9 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 7 (0.53%) MiFID
10 6 (0.46%) WCAG
11 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.23%) GRC
12 3 (0.23%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.23%) P3O
12 3 (0.23%) SEPA
12 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.15%) UCITS
System Software
1 287 (21.86%) Docker
2 94 (7.16%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.21%) DFS Replication
4 11 (0.84%) Firmware
5 10 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.61%) Dovecot
6 8 (0.61%) Postfix
6 8 (0.61%) Squid
7 7 (0.53%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (0.38%) vSphere
9 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.076%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.076%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 240 (18.28%) Kubernetes
2 75 (5.71%) Terraform
3 53 (4.04%) Grafana
4 50 (3.81%) Prometheus
5 40 (3.05%) Ansible
6 34 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.22%) Puppet
8 10 (0.76%) Nessus
9 9 (0.69%) SCCM
9 9 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.61%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.53%) Kibana
12 6 (0.46%) HP ALM
12 6 (0.46%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.46%) Salt
13 5 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
13 5 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.30%) Control-M
14 4 (0.30%) logstash
14 4 (0.30%) Podman
Vendors
1 217 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 198 (15.08%) Solace
3 124 (9.44%) ServiceNow
4 71 (5.41%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.88%) Atlassian
6 46 (3.50%) Oracle
7 45 (3.43%) SAP
8 36 (2.74%) Google
9 23 (1.75%) IBM
10 16 (1.22%) Juniper
11 15 (1.14%) Adobe
12 12 (0.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 12 (0.91%) Splunk
13 11 (0.84%) Bloomberg
13 11 (0.84%) Dynatrace
14 10 (0.76%) CA Agile Central
14 10 (0.76%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.76%) VMware
15 9 (0.69%) HP
16 8 (0.61%) Jaspersoft