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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 109 104
Rank change year-on-year -17 -5 -28
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,039 1,186 1,828
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.70% 2.79% 2.73%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.74% 25.95% 26.09%
Number of salaries quoted 664 708 1,472
10th Percentile £30,250 £37,350 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,988 £71,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 3,380 4,570 7,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.53% 10.73% 10.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,297 2,712 5,783
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,250 £46,278
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -7.69%

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 24 February 2026.

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 24 February 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
London -9 344 £75,000 +11.11% 142
South East +28 297 £47,500 -20.83% 157
North of England -56 149 £48,542 +3.28% 78
Midlands -31 107 £42,500 -22.73% 86
South West -59 68 £42,500 -10.53% 58
Yorkshire -39 66 £45,000 - 35
North West -33 64 £55,000 +9.88% 38
East Midlands -12 54 £44,500 +4.71% 21
West Midlands -41 53 £41,250 -29.49% 65
East of England -27 45 £55,000 +10.00% 33
North East -28 19 £51,500 +14.44% 7
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
1 331 (31.86%) Confluence
2 51 (4.91%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.35%) CMS
5 9 (0.87%) Apache
5 9 (0.87%) IIS
6 7 (0.67%) WordPress
7 5 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.38%) Documentum
8 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.19%) JBoss
9 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.096%) FileNet
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.096%) SAS
10 1 (0.096%) Tuxedo
10 1 (0.096%) WebSphere
Applications
1 60 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
2 50 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (2.50%) MS Visio
5 24 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (1.54%) CATIA
7 15 (1.44%) Trello
8 4 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.19%) Simulink
10 1 (0.096%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.096%) Sketch
10 1 (0.096%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 88 (8.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.96%) Shopify
4 9 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.87%) Magento
5 7 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.58%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.29%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.19%) Endur
8 2 (0.19%) EuroRunner
8 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MII
8 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.096%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.096%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 192 (18.48%) Azure
2 159 (15.30%) Azure DevOps
3 80 (7.70%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (6.54%) AWS
5 66 (6.35%) SaaS
6 44 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 41 (3.95%) GitHub
8 32 (3.08%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.89%) Figma
10 29 (2.79%) Slack
11 28 (2.69%) GCP
12 21 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (2.02%) PaaS
13 20 (1.92%) Google Workspace
14 17 (1.64%) Serverless
15 14 (1.35%) Mimecast
16 13 (1.25%) Smartsheet
17 12 (1.15%) Miro
18 11 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
18 11 (1.06%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.69%) Firewall
2 25 (2.41%) VPN
3 19 (1.83%) DNS
4 17 (1.64%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.35%) Multicast
6 12 (1.15%) DHCP
6 12 (1.15%) VLAN
7 10 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.87%) LAN
8 9 (0.87%) WAN
9 8 (0.77%) HTTP
10 7 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.48%) Broadband
11 5 (0.48%) Network Security
12 4 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
13 3 (0.29%) GPON
13 3 (0.29%) IPv4
13 3 (0.29%) IPv6
13 3 (0.29%) PPP
13 3 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.68%) SQL Server
2 30 (2.89%) Power BI
3 29 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (2.02%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.73%) MySQL
6 13 (1.25%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.15%) DB2
7 12 (1.15%) MongoDB
8 10 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.58%) Big Data
11 6 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.48%) Tableau
13 4 (0.38%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 94 (9.05%) Git
2 69 (6.64%) eCATT
3 61 (5.87%) Selenium
4 46 (4.43%) Jenkins
5 44 (4.23%) Postman
6 38 (3.66%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.56%) Bitbucket
8 33 (3.18%) GitLab
9 31 (2.98%) SoapUI
10 29 (2.79%) Rational DOORS
11 26 (2.50%) Team Foundation Server
12 23 (2.21%) WebDriver
13 22 (2.12%) Cucumber
14 19 (1.83%) Cypress.io
15 15 (1.44%) JUnit
15 15 (1.44%) TestRail
15 15 (1.44%) Visual Studio
16 14 (1.35%) TeamCity
17 11 (1.06%) JMeter
17 11 (1.06%) Subversion
General
1 434 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 294 (28.30%) Finance
3 142 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (11.65%) Marketing
5 103 (9.91%) Manufacturing
6 92 (8.85%) Presentation Skills
7 71 (6.83%) Influencing Skills
8 64 (6.16%) Banking
9 51 (4.91%) Law
10 38 (3.66%) Legal
11 35 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 28 (2.69%) Retail
14 26 (2.50%) Public Sector
15 21 (2.02%) Advertising
16 13 (1.25%) Back Office
16 13 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.25%) French Language
17 12 (1.15%) Swedish Language
18 10 (0.96%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 234 (22.52%) Analyst
2 170 (16.36%) Senior
3 147 (14.15%) Lead
4 94 (9.05%) Developer
5 79 (7.60%) Support Analyst
6 70 (6.74%) Business Analyst
7 61 (5.87%) Support Engineer
8 55 (5.29%) IT Support
9 43 (4.14%) Test Analyst
9 43 (4.14%) Test Leader
10 40 (3.85%) Project Manager
11 38 (3.66%) Team Leader
12 36 (3.46%) Applications Support
13 34 (3.27%) Systems Engineer
14 33 (3.18%) Applications Support Analyst
15 30 (2.89%) IT Engineer
15 30 (2.89%) Software Engineer
16 29 (2.79%) IT Support Engineer
16 29 (2.79%) Senior Manager
17 25 (2.41%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.64%) HTML
2 48 (4.62%) .NET
3 45 (4.33%) CSS
4 43 (4.14%) SOAP
5 41 (3.95%) React
6 36 (3.46%) REST
7 32 (3.08%) RESTful
8 27 (2.60%) Node.js
9 24 (2.31%) Middleware
10 21 (2.02%) Elastic Stack
11 19 (1.83%) Spring
12 17 (1.64%) Kafka
13 15 (1.44%) FIX Protocol
14 13 (1.25%) AngularJS
14 13 (1.25%) Spring Boot
15 12 (1.15%) Next.js
15 12 (1.15%) pytest
15 12 (1.15%) XML
16 11 (1.06%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 11 (1.06%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.95%) Product Ownership
2 85 (8.18%) Onboarding
3 37 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.02%) Virtual Team
6 20 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 18 (1.73%) Equities
8 17 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.54%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (1.54%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.25%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.25%) Derivative
11 12 (1.15%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.15%) NHS
12 11 (1.06%) PMI
13 10 (0.96%) CMDB
14 8 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 104 (10.01%) Windows
2 86 (8.28%) Linux
3 26 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.15%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.15%) Windows 10
5 10 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.58%) Android
9 5 (0.48%) Unix
9 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.29%) CentOS
11 3 (0.29%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.096%) Fedora
12 1 (0.096%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (45.52%) Agile
2 266 (25.60%) Continuous Improvement
3 230 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (16.46%) DevOps
5 168 (16.17%) Scrum
6 150 (14.44%) ITSM
7 149 (14.34%) ITIL
8 137 (13.19%) CI/CD
9 135 (12.99%) Roadmaps
9 135 (12.99%) Test Management
10 131 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 128 (12.32%) Service Management
12 127 (12.22%) User Experience
13 112 (10.78%) Test Automation
14 111 (10.68%) ERP
15 101 (9.72%) Computer Science
16 92 (8.85%) Project Management
17 91 (8.76%) Change Management
18 86 (8.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 84 (8.08%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 191 (18.38%) SQL
2 103 (9.91%) Python
3 88 (8.47%) JavaScript
4 86 (8.28%) Java
5 69 (6.64%) PowerShell
6 55 (5.29%) C#
7 36 (3.46%) Bash
8 34 (3.27%) TypeScript
9 20 (1.92%) C++
10 18 (1.73%) Go
11 14 (1.35%) T-SQL
12 12 (1.15%) PHP
13 11 (1.06%) C
14 9 (0.87%) R
15 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.38%) RPG
16 3 (0.29%) Perl
16 3 (0.29%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 271 (26.08%) Degree
2 92 (8.85%) Security Cleared
3 55 (5.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 54 (5.20%) SC Cleared
5 52 (5.00%) ISTQB
6 49 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (2.89%) PMI Certification
9 29 (2.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 26 (2.50%) MCSE
11 24 (2.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 22 (2.12%) PMP
13 18 (1.73%) DV Cleared
14 11 (1.06%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.06%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.06%) HND
14 11 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 10 (0.96%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.22%) QA
2 51 (4.91%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (3.27%) SLA
5 32 (3.08%) PMO
6 22 (2.12%) GDPR
7 20 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 19 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 15 (1.44%) NIST
10 7 (0.67%) WCAG
11 6 (0.58%) Basel II
11 6 (0.58%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.48%) PERC
13 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.29%) MiFID
14 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.29%) SEPA
14 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 96 (9.24%) Active Directory
2 47 (4.52%) Docker
3 19 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.58%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.096%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 72 (6.93%) HP ALM
2 47 (4.52%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (2.89%) Terraform
5 22 (2.12%) SCCM
6 21 (2.02%) Grafana
7 20 (1.92%) Prometheus
8 19 (1.83%) Ansible
9 11 (1.06%) ZABBIX
10 9 (0.87%) Control-M
11 8 (0.77%) Puppet
12 7 (0.67%) Nagios
13 6 (0.58%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.48%) Kibana
14 5 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.38%) Progress Chef
16 3 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
17 2 (0.19%) Nessus
17 2 (0.19%) Podman
17 2 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 198 (19.06%) Microsoft
2 120 (11.55%) SAP
3 100 (9.62%) ServiceNow
4 76 (7.31%) Atlassian
5 72 (6.93%) HP
6 65 (6.26%) Salesforce
7 40 (3.85%) Google
8 37 (3.56%) IBM
9 35 (3.37%) Oracle
10 21 (2.02%) HubSpot
11 20 (1.92%) VMware
12 18 (1.73%) BMC
12 18 (1.73%) Cisco
13 17 (1.64%) Adobe
13 17 (1.64%) Tenable
14 15 (1.44%) Zscaler
15 13 (1.25%) Siemens
16 12 (1.15%) Citrix
16 12 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
16 12 (1.15%) Splunk