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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 98 120
Rank change year-on-year -70 +22 -28
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,033 1,320 2,037
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.20% 3.20% 2.20%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.97% 36.49% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 770 807 1,463
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,750
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 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,125 £97,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,125 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.32% -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 3,830 3,617 7,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.47% 8.78% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,566 2,357 5,749
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.07% -10.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -71 299 £72,500 +3.57% 243
North of England -58 220 £55,000 - 119
South East +19 219 £57,500 +6.98% 145
North West -51 120 £60,000 +9.09% 71
Midlands -96 104 £43,500 -24.26% 50
South West -52 90 £52,500 +12.90% 62
East of England -14 78 £70,000 +26.70% 33
Yorkshire -44 78 £45,000 -28.00% 38
West Midlands -97 53 £47,500 -29.63% 31
East Midlands -52 51 £27,500 -23.61% 19
North East -45 22 £67,500 +108.90% 11
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
1 355 (34.37%) Confluence
2 87 (8.42%) SharePoint
3 47 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.16%) CMS
5 8 (0.77%) IIS
6 6 (0.58%) Apache
6 6 (0.58%) SAS
6 6 (0.58%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.39%) Documentum
7 4 (0.39%) JBoss
7 4 (0.39%) WordPress
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.19%) Gentran
9 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.097%) Drupal
10 1 (0.097%) nginx
10 1 (0.097%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (7.45%) Microsoft Project
2 44 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (2.23%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.84%) Trello
6 12 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.87%) CATIA
8 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.29%) Sketch
8 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.19%) InVision
10 1 (0.097%) Notion
Business Applications
1 31 (3.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.06%) Fidessa
3 11 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.58%) Shopify
5 5 (0.48%) Magento
5 5 (0.48%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.39%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.39%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.19%) Workfront
9 1 (0.097%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 286 (27.69%) Azure
2 141 (13.65%) Azure DevOps
3 137 (13.26%) AWS
4 116 (11.23%) Microsoft 365
5 87 (8.42%) SaaS
6 68 (6.58%) GitHub
7 55 (5.32%) Power Platform
8 51 (4.94%) Entra ID
9 44 (4.26%) GCP
10 29 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (2.71%) Serverless
12 25 (2.42%) Mimecast
13 23 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (2.13%) Figma
15 20 (1.94%) Amazon S3
15 20 (1.94%) Google Workspace
16 19 (1.84%) Smartsheet
17 18 (1.74%) Miro
17 18 (1.74%) PaaS
18 17 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.68%) VPN
2 28 (2.71%) Firewall
3 24 (2.32%) Multicast
4 20 (1.94%) DNS
4 20 (1.94%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.84%) Network Security
6 17 (1.65%) LAN
7 15 (1.45%) DHCP
8 13 (1.26%) WAN
8 13 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.77%) IPv4
9 8 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (0.58%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.48%) SSL
12 5 (0.48%) VoIP
12 5 (0.48%) Wireless
13 4 (0.39%) Internet
14 3 (0.29%) HTTP
14 3 (0.29%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 44 (4.26%) Power BI
3 25 (2.42%) MySQL
4 22 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 18 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.45%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.36%) Tableau
9 10 (0.97%) Big Data
10 8 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.77%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.39%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.39%) Power Query
12 4 (0.39%) Redis
13 3 (0.29%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 114 (11.04%) Git
2 47 (4.55%) GitLab
3 35 (3.39%) Jenkins
4 31 (3.00%) Bitbucket
5 27 (2.61%) Selenium
6 24 (2.32%) Postman
7 20 (1.94%) Zephyr
8 14 (1.36%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
9 12 (1.16%) SonarQube
10 11 (1.06%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.77%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.77%) SoapUI
12 7 (0.68%) Artifactory
12 7 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (0.68%) JUnit
12 7 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
12 7 (0.68%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.68%) TestRail
12 7 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 368 (35.62%) Social Skills
2 263 (25.46%) Finance
3 150 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (6.87%) Marketing
5 60 (5.81%) Banking
6 53 (5.13%) Law
7 49 (4.74%) Retail
8 48 (4.65%) Legal
9 41 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (3.87%) Public Sector
11 35 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 35 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (3.10%) Games
14 26 (2.52%) Manufacturing
15 25 (2.42%) Automotive
16 21 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.74%) Aerospace
18 17 (1.65%) Advertising
19 10 (0.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 197 (19.07%) Analyst
2 158 (15.30%) Senior
3 103 (9.97%) Lead
4 96 (9.29%) Business Analyst
5 88 (8.52%) Developer
6 77 (7.45%) IT Support
7 75 (7.26%) Project Manager
8 71 (6.87%) Support Engineer
9 54 (5.23%) Support Analyst
10 46 (4.45%) IT Engineer
11 45 (4.36%) Software Engineer
12 41 (3.97%) IT Support Engineer
13 39 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
14 36 (3.48%) IT Manager
15 33 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
15 33 (3.19%) Scrum Master
16 31 (3.00%) Applications Support
17 30 (2.90%) Senior Developer
18 29 (2.81%) Product Owner
18 29 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.23%) React
2 50 (4.84%) REST
3 46 (4.45%) HTML
4 44 (4.26%) .NET
5 42 (4.07%) CSS
6 37 (3.58%) JSON
7 36 (3.48%) Middleware
8 30 (2.90%) FIX Protocol
9 29 (2.81%) Node.js
10 28 (2.71%) SOAP
11 24 (2.32%) RESTful
11 24 (2.32%) XML
12 23 (2.23%) pytest
13 22 (2.13%) EDI
14 21 (2.03%) AngularJS
15 18 (1.74%) ASP.NET
15 18 (1.74%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 18 (1.74%) Spring
16 17 (1.65%) Playwright
17 14 (1.36%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 118 (11.42%) Product Ownership
2 105 (10.16%) Onboarding
3 40 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (3.29%) Equities
5 34 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.19%) Driving Licence
7 24 (2.32%) Data Centre
7 24 (2.32%) Fixed Income
8 23 (2.23%) Cloud Native
9 22 (2.13%) Algorithms
9 22 (2.13%) Derivative
10 18 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.55%) PMI
12 15 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (1.16%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.06%) Mobile App
15 10 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 131 (12.68%) Windows
2 126 (12.20%) Linux
3 51 (4.94%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.36%) Mac OS
5 13 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (1.26%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.97%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.68%) CentOS
8 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.58%) Unix
10 5 (0.48%) Debian
11 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.19%) ThreadX
12 2 (0.19%) VMS
13 1 (0.097%) Android
13 1 (0.097%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (52.18%) Agile
2 258 (24.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 255 (24.69%) DevOps
4 220 (21.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 215 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
6 202 (19.55%) Scrum
7 170 (16.46%) CI/CD
8 143 (13.84%) Service Management
9 138 (13.36%) ITSM
10 137 (13.26%) ITIL
11 129 (12.49%) Project Management
12 124 (12.00%) Roadmaps
13 118 (11.42%) SDLC
14 117 (11.33%) CRM
15 116 (11.23%) Decision-Making
16 108 (10.45%) User Stories
17 107 (10.36%) Workflow
18 103 (9.97%) Software Engineering
19 102 (9.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 91 (8.81%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 193 (18.68%) SQL
2 156 (15.10%) Python
3 83 (8.03%) Java
4 77 (7.45%) PowerShell
5 72 (6.97%) JavaScript
6 46 (4.45%) C#
7 35 (3.39%) Bash
8 31 (3.00%) TypeScript
9 28 (2.71%) C++
10 26 (2.52%) R
11 20 (1.94%) PHP
12 10 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.87%) C
14 7 (0.68%) Groovy
14 7 (0.68%) Perl
15 6 (0.58%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.48%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.48%) Tcl
16 5 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 169 (16.36%) Degree
2 102 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 60 (5.81%) SC Cleared
4 45 (4.36%) PMI Certification
5 38 (3.68%) PMP
6 32 (3.10%) ISTQB
7 31 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (2.23%) DV Cleared
11 21 (2.03%) AWS Certification
12 20 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.55%) CCNA
13 16 (1.55%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.26%) A+ Certification
15 8 (0.77%) CCNP
15 8 (0.77%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.77%) OSCP
15 8 (0.77%) RHCE
15 8 (0.77%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (12.97%) QA
2 39 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 36 (3.48%) SLA
5 33 (3.19%) PMO
6 24 (2.32%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.94%) GDPR
8 13 (1.26%) TickIT
9 12 (1.16%) WCAG
10 10 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 9 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 9 (0.87%) Software Quality Assurance
12 8 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.77%) GRC
13 7 (0.68%) MiFID
14 6 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.58%) NIST
14 6 (0.58%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.48%) NCSC
15 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 107 (10.36%) Active Directory
2 65 (6.29%) Docker
3 29 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.16%) vSphere
5 10 (0.97%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.77%) Squid
6 8 (0.77%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.58%) Firmware
8 5 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 4 (0.39%) KVM
10 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 49 (4.74%) Kubernetes
1 49 (4.74%) Terraform
2 41 (3.97%) Ansible
3 38 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.36%) Packer
5 12 (1.16%) ZABBIX
6 11 (1.06%) SCCM
7 10 (0.97%) Grafana
7 10 (0.97%) Kibana
8 8 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
8 8 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.68%) Nagios
10 5 (0.48%) Podman
10 5 (0.48%) SCOM
11 4 (0.39%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.39%) Graylog
11 4 (0.39%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.39%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.39%) VxRail
12 3 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 228 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 143 (13.84%) ServiceNow
3 78 (7.55%) Salesforce
4 64 (6.20%) Oracle
5 46 (4.45%) SAP
6 36 (3.48%) Google
6 36 (3.48%) Splunk
7 34 (3.29%) IBM
8 32 (3.10%) VMware
9 31 (3.00%) BMC
9 31 (3.00%) CrowdStrike
9 31 (3.00%) HubSpot
10 30 (2.90%) Atlassian
11 28 (2.71%) Cisco
12 14 (1.36%) Adobe
12 14 (1.36%) Red Hat
13 12 (1.16%) Freshdesk
13 12 (1.16%) Meraki
14 11 (1.06%) Citrix
15 10 (0.97%) Zscaler