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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 98 131
Rank change year-on-year -65 +33 -37
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,201 1,305 1,397
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.18% 3.02% 2.02%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.04% 40.04% 23.63%
Number of salaries quoted 800 772 814
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,750 £41,969 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +8.11% -7.50%

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 4,135 3,259 5,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.07% 7.54% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,630 2,031 3,533
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -62 384 £70,000 -9.68% 775
North of England -43 241 £55,000 +10.00% 219
South East -16 239 £57,500 +25.00% 271
South West -38 138 £55,000 +22.22% 123
North West -31 132 £60,000 +20.00% 111
Midlands -92 110 £45,000 -21.74% 113
Yorkshire -27 78 £42,750 -10.00% 74
West Midlands -82 74 £45,000 -30.77% 72
East of England -42 73 £62,500 +8.70% 118
East Midlands -76 36 £39,194 -14.80% 41
North East -44 31 £63,750 +6.25% 35
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
1 417 (34.72%) Confluence
2 95 (7.91%) SharePoint
3 55 (4.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.25%) CMS
5 8 (0.67%) IIS
6 7 (0.58%) SAS
7 6 (0.50%) JBoss
7 6 (0.50%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.33%) Apache
8 4 (0.33%) Drupal
9 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.25%) nginx
9 3 (0.25%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.25%) WordPress
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.17%) Gentran
11 1 (0.083%) MTS
11 1 (0.083%) WebSphere
Applications
1 109 (9.08%) Microsoft Project
2 70 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 68 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 55 (4.58%) MS Visio
5 24 (2.00%) Trello
6 19 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.58%) CATIA
8 6 (0.50%) Moqups
9 3 (0.25%) Simulink
9 3 (0.25%) Sketch
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.17%) InVision
10 2 (0.17%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.083%) Notion
11 1 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.083%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 43 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.08%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.50%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.42%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.33%) Magento
6 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.33%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.25%) Shopify
8 2 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
8 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.083%) Maximo
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.083%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 369 (30.72%) Azure
2 191 (15.90%) AWS
3 175 (14.57%) Azure DevOps
4 136 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
5 129 (10.74%) SaaS
6 78 (6.49%) GitHub
7 75 (6.24%) Entra ID
8 55 (4.58%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.58%) GCP
10 35 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
11 32 (2.66%) Miro
11 32 (2.66%) Serverless
12 30 (2.50%) Mimecast
13 27 (2.25%) Figma
14 25 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
15 22 (1.83%) Amazon S3
15 22 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (1.25%) Boomi
17 15 (1.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.16%) DNS
2 46 (3.83%) VPN
3 41 (3.41%) DHCP
4 34 (2.83%) Firewall
4 34 (2.83%) TCP/IP
5 23 (1.92%) WAN
6 22 (1.83%) Network Security
7 20 (1.67%) LAN
8 19 (1.58%) Multicast
9 15 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.75%) Kerberos
10 9 (0.75%) VLAN
11 8 (0.67%) IPv4
11 8 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
12 6 (0.50%) FIX Connectivity
12 6 (0.50%) HTTP
12 6 (0.50%) NX-OS
13 5 (0.42%) Internet
13 5 (0.42%) SSH
13 5 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.83%) SQL Server
2 51 (4.25%) Power BI
3 26 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.83%) MongoDB
5 21 (1.75%) MySQL
5 21 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.42%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.42%) Tableau
7 14 (1.17%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.67%) Metadata
10 7 (0.58%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (0.58%) Redis
11 5 (0.42%) Big Data
11 5 (0.42%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 129 (10.74%) Git
2 60 (5.00%) GitLab
3 50 (4.16%) Jenkins
4 35 (2.91%) Selenium
5 34 (2.83%) Bitbucket
6 33 (2.75%) Postman
7 26 (2.16%) Cypress.io
8 25 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
9 24 (2.00%) Zephyr
10 17 (1.42%) Cucumber
11 16 (1.33%) JMeter
12 11 (0.92%) SoapUI
12 11 (0.92%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 10 (0.83%) Visual Studio
14 8 (0.67%) Claude Code
14 8 (0.67%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.58%) MSI
15 7 (0.58%) Subversion
15 7 (0.58%) TestRail
General
1 435 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 346 (28.81%) Finance
3 225 (18.73%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
5 72 (6.00%) Marketing
6 70 (5.83%) Public Sector
7 65 (5.41%) Aerospace
8 61 (5.08%) Banking
9 59 (4.91%) Law
9 59 (4.91%) Retail
10 54 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 52 (4.33%) Manufacturing
12 48 (4.00%) Legal
13 34 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (2.41%) Electronics
14 29 (2.41%) Games
15 27 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (2.08%) Automotive
17 20 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 257 (21.40%) Analyst
2 179 (14.90%) Senior
3 133 (11.07%) Business Analyst
4 127 (10.57%) Lead
5 102 (8.49%) Project Manager
6 87 (7.24%) Developer
7 59 (4.91%) IT Support
8 50 (4.16%) Support Analyst
9 47 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
10 44 (3.66%) Support Engineer
11 43 (3.58%) IT Manager
11 43 (3.58%) Software Engineer
12 42 (3.50%) IT Analyst
12 42 (3.50%) Product Owner
13 41 (3.41%) Delivery Manager
14 36 (3.00%) IT Engineer
15 35 (2.91%) Technical Analyst
16 32 (2.66%) Consultant
16 32 (2.66%) Product Manager
17 31 (2.58%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (6.16%) REST
2 54 (4.50%) HTML
2 54 (4.50%) Terraform
3 47 (3.91%) .NET
3 47 (3.91%) React
4 42 (3.50%) JSON
5 38 (3.16%) CSS
6 31 (2.58%) Middleware
6 31 (2.58%) Playwright
7 30 (2.50%) SOAP
8 29 (2.41%) RESTful
8 29 (2.41%) XML
9 27 (2.25%) FIX Protocol
10 26 (2.16%) Node.js
11 25 (2.08%) Gherkin
12 22 (1.83%) AngularJS
13 18 (1.50%) EDI
14 16 (1.33%) ASP.NET
14 16 (1.33%) pytest
15 15 (1.25%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 162 (13.49%) Product Ownership
2 106 (8.83%) Onboarding
3 67 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
4 52 (4.33%) Management Information System
5 43 (3.58%) Data Centre
6 42 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
7 41 (3.41%) Driving Licence
8 37 (3.08%) Cloud Native
9 32 (2.66%) PMI
10 31 (2.58%) Equities
11 28 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (1.75%) Fixed Income
14 19 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
14 19 (1.58%) Virtual Team
15 17 (1.42%) Derivative
16 15 (1.25%) Security Posture
17 13 (1.08%) Algorithms
17 13 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
18 12 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 153 (12.74%) Windows
2 134 (11.16%) Linux
3 46 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.92%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.17%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.08%) Ubuntu
7 12 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (1.00%) Unix
8 10 (0.83%) Android
8 10 (0.83%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.42%) CentOS
9 5 (0.42%) Debian
9 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.17%) VMS
12 1 (0.083%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.083%) Rocky
12 1 (0.083%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (52.46%) Agile
2 353 (29.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 344 (28.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 319 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
5 303 (25.23%) DevOps
6 268 (22.31%) Scrum
7 212 (17.65%) Project Management
8 185 (15.40%) AI
9 183 (15.24%) CI/CD
10 175 (14.57%) ITIL
11 172 (14.32%) User Stories
12 157 (13.07%) Project Delivery
13 152 (12.66%) Service Management
14 144 (11.99%) Decision-Making
15 142 (11.82%) Roadmaps
16 139 (11.57%) Acceptance Criteria
16 139 (11.57%) Requirements Gathering
17 134 (11.16%) Workflow
18 132 (10.99%) Change Management
19 131 (10.91%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 212 (17.65%) SQL
2 174 (14.49%) Python
3 100 (8.33%) Java
4 95 (7.91%) PowerShell
5 83 (6.91%) JavaScript
6 60 (5.00%) C#
7 40 (3.33%) Bash
8 38 (3.16%) C++
8 38 (3.16%) TypeScript
9 33 (2.75%) R
10 14 (1.17%) PHP
11 11 (0.92%) C
11 11 (0.92%) Perl
12 8 (0.67%) Bicep
13 7 (0.58%) Groovy
13 7 (0.58%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.50%) Tcl
14 6 (0.50%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.50%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.42%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 222 (18.48%) Degree
2 152 (12.66%) Security Cleared
3 91 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 81 (6.74%) PMI Certification
5 61 (5.08%) PMP
6 42 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (3.16%) DV Cleared
8 36 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.58%) ISTQB
10 30 (2.50%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (2.41%) AWS Certification
12 27 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
13 26 (2.16%) CCNA
14 16 (1.33%) A+ Certification
15 12 (1.00%) CSPO
15 12 (1.00%) MBA
16 11 (0.92%) CBAP
16 11 (0.92%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (14.82%) QA
2 58 (4.83%) PMO
3 56 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (4.08%) Accessibility
5 37 (3.08%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.41%) SLA
7 27 (2.25%) GDPR
8 18 (1.50%) WCAG
9 13 (1.08%) TickIT
10 11 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 10 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 10 (0.83%) NCSC
11 10 (0.83%) NIST
12 7 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 6 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
14 5 (0.42%) GRC
14 5 (0.42%) MiFID
15 4 (0.33%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 114 (9.49%) Active Directory
2 54 (4.50%) Docker
3 36 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.42%) vSphere
5 16 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 12 (1.00%) Firmware
6 12 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.67%) Squid
7 8 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.33%) KVM
10 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.083%) HDFS
12 1 (0.083%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 51 (4.25%) Kubernetes
1 51 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (3.75%) Ansible
3 14 (1.17%) Packer
4 12 (1.00%) ZABBIX
5 9 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.67%) Grafana
6 8 (0.67%) Kibana
7 7 (0.58%) Control-M
7 7 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
7 7 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.50%) BMC PATROL
8 6 (0.50%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.50%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.42%) SCCM
10 4 (0.33%) Graylog
10 4 (0.33%) Nagios
10 4 (0.33%) Podman
11 3 (0.25%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 305 (25.40%) Microsoft
2 145 (12.07%) ServiceNow
3 83 (6.91%) Oracle
4 77 (6.41%) SAP
5 75 (6.24%) Salesforce
6 43 (3.58%) Atlassian
7 42 (3.50%) VMware
8 38 (3.16%) Splunk
9 35 (2.91%) Cisco
10 31 (2.58%) CrowdStrike
10 31 (2.58%) Google
10 31 (2.58%) IBM
11 24 (2.00%) HubSpot
12 23 (1.92%) BMC
13 20 (1.67%) Red Hat
14 14 (1.17%) Adobe
15 13 (1.08%) Sage
16 11 (0.92%) ION Trading
16 11 (0.92%) Meraki
17 9 (0.75%) Qualys