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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 106 105
Rank change year-on-year -52 -1 -18
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,005 1,101 2,115
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.28% 2.94% 2.56%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.39% 29.07% 27.25%
Number of salaries quoted 743 812 1,566
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,575 £75,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 3,669 3,787 7,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.69% 10.11% 9.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,512 2,704 6,074
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,969 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £103,375 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -42 310 £75,000 +7.14% 127
South East +13 219 £55,160 -8.07% 108
North of England -64 184 £57,500 +4.55% 79
Midlands -59 115 £44,543 -13.09% 57
North West -27 104 £65,000 +18.18% 35
South West -71 81 £42,500 -10.53% 40
East of England -21 70 £58,750 +6.82% 25
Yorkshire -73 66 £46,000 -5.17% 35
West Midlands -60 60 £44,543 -25.76% 42
East Midlands -39 55 £42,500 +13.33% 15
North East -40 14 £60,000 +166.67% 10
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
1 352 (35.02%) Confluence
2 74 (7.36%) SharePoint
3 32 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.00%) IIS
5 9 (0.90%) CMS
6 8 (0.80%) Apache
7 5 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.50%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.40%) Documentum
9 3 (0.30%) JBoss
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.20%) Gentran
10 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.20%) WordPress
11 1 (0.100%) Drupal
11 1 (0.100%) nginx
11 1 (0.100%) SAS
11 1 (0.100%) Tuxedo
11 1 (0.100%) Umbraco
Applications
1 72 (7.16%) Microsoft Project
2 46 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (2.29%) MS Visio
6 14 (1.39%) CATIA
7 9 (0.90%) Trello
8 4 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.100%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.00%) Magento
3 10 (1.00%) Shopify
4 9 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.50%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.40%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.20%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.20%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.20%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.100%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.100%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.100%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.100%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.100%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.100%) SAP MII
8 1 (0.100%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 247 (24.58%) Azure
2 128 (12.74%) Azure DevOps
3 102 (10.15%) AWS
4 88 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (6.87%) SaaS
6 57 (5.67%) Power Platform
7 55 (5.47%) GitHub
8 46 (4.58%) GCP
9 37 (3.68%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (3.58%) Entra ID
11 21 (2.09%) Google Workspace
11 21 (2.09%) PaaS
12 20 (1.99%) Figma
12 20 (1.99%) Mimecast
12 20 (1.99%) Smartsheet
13 16 (1.59%) Miro
13 16 (1.59%) Serverless
13 16 (1.59%) Slack
14 14 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.39%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.59%) VPN
2 22 (2.19%) Firewall
3 17 (1.69%) Multicast
4 13 (1.29%) Network Security
5 11 (1.09%) DNS
5 11 (1.09%) LAN
6 10 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.90%) WAN
8 8 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (0.70%) HTTP
10 5 (0.50%) DHCP
10 5 (0.50%) IPv4
10 5 (0.50%) SSL
10 5 (0.50%) Wireless
11 3 (0.30%) Broadband
11 3 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.20%) GPON
12 2 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 42 (4.18%) Power BI
3 25 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (1.79%) MySQL
5 16 (1.59%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.49%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.09%) DB2
8 11 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (0.90%) Big Data
10 8 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.70%) Tableau
12 5 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.50%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.40%) Power Query
14 3 (0.30%) Looker
14 3 (0.30%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 98 (9.75%) Git
2 54 (5.37%) Selenium
3 50 (4.98%) Postman
4 47 (4.68%) Jenkins
5 40 (3.98%) GitLab
6 30 (2.99%) SoapUI
7 29 (2.89%) Bitbucket
8 26 (2.59%) Rational DOORS
9 24 (2.39%) Cucumber
9 24 (2.39%) Team Foundation Server
10 19 (1.89%) WebDriver
11 16 (1.59%) Zephyr
12 15 (1.49%) Cypress.io
13 14 (1.39%) TeamCity
14 13 (1.29%) JUnit
14 13 (1.29%) TestRail
15 11 (1.09%) SonarQube
16 10 (1.00%) JMeter
17 9 (0.90%) Subversion
18 8 (0.80%) Oracle APEX
General
1 387 (38.51%) Social Skills
2 261 (25.97%) Finance
3 137 (13.63%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (7.06%) Banking
5 69 (6.87%) Marketing
6 63 (6.27%) Law
7 45 (4.48%) Legal
8 40 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 39 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.68%) Retail
11 31 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 28 (2.79%) Manufacturing
13 26 (2.59%) Public Sector
14 23 (2.29%) Automotive
14 23 (2.29%) Games
14 23 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (2.09%) Advertising
16 18 (1.79%) Electronics
17 15 (1.49%) Aerospace
18 14 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 195 (19.40%) Analyst
2 149 (14.83%) Senior
3 123 (12.24%) Lead
4 81 (8.06%) Developer
5 74 (7.36%) Business Analyst
6 73 (7.26%) IT Support
7 71 (7.06%) Support Engineer
8 65 (6.47%) Support Analyst
9 52 (5.17%) Project Manager
10 42 (4.18%) Systems Engineer
11 36 (3.58%) IT Engineer
11 36 (3.58%) IT Support Engineer
12 35 (3.48%) Applications Support
12 35 (3.48%) Software Engineer
13 29 (2.89%) Applications Support Analyst
13 29 (2.89%) Sales Executive
14 28 (2.79%) Product Manager
15 27 (2.69%) Architect
15 27 (2.69%) Team Leader
16 26 (2.59%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.67%) HTML
2 52 (5.17%) .NET
2 52 (5.17%) REST
2 52 (5.17%) SOAP
3 46 (4.58%) CSS
4 44 (4.38%) React
5 37 (3.68%) Middleware
6 36 (3.58%) RESTful
7 33 (3.28%) JSON
8 25 (2.49%) XML
9 23 (2.29%) Node.js
10 22 (2.19%) Elastic Stack
11 19 (1.89%) EDI
11 19 (1.89%) FIX Protocol
12 16 (1.59%) AngularJS
12 16 (1.59%) Kafka
12 16 (1.59%) pytest
12 16 (1.59%) Spring
13 15 (1.49%) Playwright
14 14 (1.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 111 (11.04%) Product Ownership
2 95 (9.45%) Onboarding
3 33 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (3.18%) Management Information System
5 20 (1.99%) Derivative
5 20 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (1.89%) Equities
6 19 (1.89%) Fixed Income
7 18 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 18 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 16 (1.59%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.49%) PMI
10 14 (1.39%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.39%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.19%) NHS
12 11 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 96 (9.55%) Windows
2 86 (8.56%) Linux
3 38 (3.78%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.00%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.50%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.40%) Android
8 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.30%) CentOS
9 3 (0.30%) Unix
10 2 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.20%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.20%) ThreadX
11 1 (0.100%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.100%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (53.53%) Agile
2 232 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 216 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
4 215 (21.39%) DevOps
5 204 (20.30%) Scrum
6 175 (17.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 161 (16.02%) CI/CD
8 135 (13.43%) Service Management
9 134 (13.33%) ITIL
9 134 (13.33%) ITSM
10 114 (11.34%) Roadmaps
11 110 (10.95%) User Experience
12 106 (10.55%) Test Automation
13 104 (10.35%) Project Management
14 101 (10.05%) SDLC
15 100 (9.95%) Decision-Making
16 98 (9.75%) CRM
17 96 (9.55%) Software Engineering
18 94 (9.35%) Change Management
19 85 (8.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 201 (20.00%) SQL
2 109 (10.85%) Python
3 86 (8.56%) Java
4 73 (7.26%) JavaScript
5 59 (5.87%) PowerShell
6 48 (4.78%) C#
7 30 (2.99%) TypeScript
8 26 (2.59%) Bash
9 19 (1.89%) C++
10 16 (1.59%) R
11 15 (1.49%) T-SQL
12 14 (1.39%) PHP
13 11 (1.09%) C
14 7 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.60%) Groovy
15 6 (0.60%) Perl
16 5 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.40%) Go
17 4 (0.40%) RPG
Qualifications
1 222 (22.09%) Degree
2 99 (9.85%) Security Cleared
3 59 (5.87%) SC Cleared
4 54 (5.37%) ISTQB
5 49 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 46 (4.58%) PMI Certification
7 40 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (3.28%) PMP
9 26 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.29%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.99%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 15 (1.49%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 14 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 13 (1.29%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (1.00%) MCSE
17 9 (0.90%) CCNA
18 8 (0.80%) A+ Certification
19 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (12.34%) QA
2 32 (3.18%) SLA
3 29 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (2.89%) PMO
4 27 (2.69%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.09%) GDPR
6 20 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 19 (1.89%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 11 (1.09%) TickIT
10 8 (0.80%) GRC
10 8 (0.80%) MiFID
10 8 (0.80%) Software Quality Assurance
11 7 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.60%) Basel II
13 5 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.40%) ISO 26262
14 4 (0.40%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 93 (9.25%) Active Directory
2 59 (5.87%) Docker
3 19 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.40%) vSphere
6 3 (0.30%) Squid
6 3 (0.30%) Terminal Server
6 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.20%) Firmware
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.100%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 46 (4.58%) Kubernetes
2 40 (3.98%) Terraform
3 33 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (2.99%) Ansible
5 13 (1.29%) SCCM
6 11 (1.09%) Grafana
7 9 (0.90%) Packer
8 7 (0.70%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.70%) Puppet
9 6 (0.60%) Kibana
9 6 (0.60%) SCOM
9 6 (0.60%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.50%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.40%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.40%) Nagios
11 4 (0.40%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.30%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.30%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 202 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 113 (11.24%) ServiceNow
3 75 (7.46%) Salesforce
4 58 (5.77%) Atlassian
5 46 (4.58%) Oracle
6 43 (4.28%) Google
6 43 (4.28%) SAP
7 42 (4.18%) IBM
8 30 (2.99%) HubSpot
9 29 (2.89%) BMC
10 26 (2.59%) Cisco
11 21 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
12 20 (1.99%) VMware
13 18 (1.79%) Splunk
14 12 (1.19%) Citrix
14 12 (1.19%) Meraki
14 12 (1.19%) Red Hat
15 11 (1.09%) Siemens
16 10 (1.00%) Freshdesk
16 10 (1.00%) Zscaler