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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 116 101
Rank change year-on-year +10 -15 -34
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,139 1,330 1,406
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.34% 2.36% 3.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.27% 24.05% 24.58%
Number of salaries quoted 720 765 1,105
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £36,562
25th Percentile £40,225 £43,750 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £89,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%

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 3,056 5,530 5,720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.29% 9.83% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,074 3,183 4,712
10th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 6 December 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 6 December 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 +36 414 £78,000 +20.00% 149
South East +35 328 £43,750 -20.45% 247
North of England -26 141 £48,842 -11.03% 186
Midlands +5 118 £52,500 +5.00% 135
West Midlands +11 84 £55,000 +4.76% 72
South West -21 75 £42,500 -15.00% 91
Yorkshire +21 67 £44,000 +3.53% 83
North West -24 56 £47,683 -14.08% 87
East of England -16 46 £57,500 +12.75% 105
East Midlands +5 34 £49,750 +10.56% 58
North East -19 18 £51,500 - 17
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
1 336 (29.50%) Confluence
2 52 (4.57%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.76%) CMS
4 13 (1.14%) IIS
5 12 (1.05%) Apache
6 11 (0.97%) WordPress
7 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.79%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.44%) JBoss
9 5 (0.44%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.088%) Appian
11 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.088%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.088%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 80 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (4.48%) Microsoft Project
4 37 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.46%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.93%) Trello
7 12 (1.05%) CATIA
8 8 (0.70%) Simulink
9 7 (0.61%) MadCap Flare
10 5 (0.44%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 5 (0.44%) Windchill
11 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.18%) Sketch
13 1 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.088%) Doxygen
13 1 (0.088%) InDesign
13 1 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 104 (9.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.44%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.44%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.35%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.35%) Shopify
5 3 (0.26%) Endur
5 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.26%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.26%) SAP MII
5 3 (0.26%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.18%) EuroRunner
6 2 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.18%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.18%) SAP APO
6 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 235 (20.63%) Azure
2 157 (13.78%) Azure DevOps
3 109 (9.57%) AWS
4 75 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 61 (5.36%) SaaS
7 54 (4.74%) GitHub
8 34 (2.99%) Entra ID
8 34 (2.99%) GCP
9 33 (2.90%) Amazon S3
10 32 (2.81%) Serverless
11 28 (2.46%) Figma
12 27 (2.37%) Slack
13 26 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
14 25 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 24 (2.11%) Power Automate
15 24 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 22 (1.93%) Amazon ELB
16 22 (1.93%) AWS KMS
16 22 (1.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.78%) Firewall
2 42 (3.69%) DNS
3 23 (2.02%) HTTP
4 19 (1.67%) SSH
5 18 (1.58%) DHCP
6 16 (1.40%) FTP
6 16 (1.40%) SMTP
7 14 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.23%) VLAN
7 14 (1.23%) Wireless
8 13 (1.14%) Internet
8 13 (1.14%) Multicast
9 10 (0.88%) VPN
10 6 (0.53%) Broadband
10 6 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.44%) IMAP
11 5 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
12 4 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.51%) Power BI
3 30 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.37%) MySQL
5 23 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
5 23 (2.02%) Relational Database
6 19 (1.67%) MongoDB
7 18 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.58%) NoSQL
8 13 (1.14%) Tableau
9 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (0.70%) DB2
10 8 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.61%) OLAP
11 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.44%) GIS
Development Applications
1 167 (14.66%) Git
2 108 (9.48%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.32%) eCATT
4 59 (5.18%) Selenium
5 43 (3.78%) Bitbucket
5 43 (3.78%) Postman
6 39 (3.42%) NeoLoad
7 29 (2.55%) SoapUI
8 28 (2.46%) Team Foundation Server
9 27 (2.37%) Rational DOORS
10 25 (2.19%) GitLab
11 24 (2.11%) WebDriver
12 21 (1.84%) Vagrant
13 20 (1.76%) Cypress.io
14 19 (1.67%) Cucumber
14 19 (1.67%) TestRail
15 17 (1.49%) TeamCity
15 17 (1.49%) Visual Studio
16 15 (1.32%) JUnit
17 13 (1.14%) JMeter
General
1 488 (42.84%) Social Skills
2 331 (29.06%) Finance
3 168 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (11.24%) Marketing
5 99 (8.69%) Presentation Skills
6 96 (8.43%) Manufacturing
7 80 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
8 72 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
9 71 (6.23%) Banking
10 55 (4.83%) Law
11 40 (3.51%) Public Sector
12 38 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (3.25%) Retail
14 30 (2.63%) Legal
15 23 (2.02%) Advertising
15 23 (2.02%) Front Office
16 22 (1.93%) Automotive
17 20 (1.76%) Electronics
18 19 (1.67%) French Language
19 18 (1.58%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 239 (20.98%) Analyst
2 186 (16.33%) Senior
3 159 (13.96%) Lead
4 110 (9.66%) Developer
5 70 (6.15%) Support Analyst
6 69 (6.06%) Business Analyst
7 61 (5.36%) Project Manager
8 52 (4.57%) Support Engineer
9 47 (4.13%) Applications Support
10 45 (3.95%) Test Analyst
11 42 (3.69%) Test Leader
12 39 (3.42%) Applications Support Analyst
12 39 (3.42%) Software Engineer
13 33 (2.90%) Senior Manager
14 32 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
15 30 (2.63%) Team Leader
16 29 (2.55%) Junior
16 29 (2.55%) Senior Developer
17 27 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
17 27 (2.37%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (6.50%) HTML
2 66 (5.79%) .NET
3 48 (4.21%) React
4 41 (3.60%) SOAP
5 40 (3.51%) CSS
5 40 (3.51%) REST
6 35 (3.07%) Node.js
7 32 (2.81%) RESTful
8 22 (1.93%) Kafka
9 20 (1.76%) SAP Fiori
9 20 (1.76%) XML
10 19 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
11 16 (1.40%) Spring
12 15 (1.32%) Middleware
13 14 (1.23%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.23%) AngularJS
13 14 (1.23%) FIX Protocol
13 14 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
14 13 (1.14%) Playwright
14 13 (1.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.25%) Product Ownership
2 63 (5.53%) Onboarding
3 49 (4.30%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.02%) Cloud Native
6 22 (1.93%) Virtual Team
7 20 (1.76%) IoT
8 17 (1.49%) Algorithms
8 17 (1.49%) Derivative
8 17 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.49%) Equities
9 16 (1.40%) Fixed Income
10 14 (1.23%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.23%) Replication
11 12 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (1.05%) Wiki
12 10 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 129 (11.33%) Windows
2 119 (10.45%) Linux
3 21 (1.84%) VMS
4 17 (1.49%) Windows 10
4 17 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.40%) Amazon Linux
6 14 (1.23%) Mac OS
7 12 (1.05%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.97%) Android
8 11 (0.97%) Unix
9 7 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.35%) Solaris
12 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.26%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.088%) Check Point GAiA
15 1 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (45.30%) Agile
2 285 (25.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 269 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
4 208 (18.26%) DevOps
5 154 (13.52%) Scrum
6 151 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 144 (12.64%) Test Management
8 140 (12.29%) CI/CD
9 138 (12.12%) Roadmaps
10 134 (11.76%) Project Management
11 133 (11.68%) ITIL
12 132 (11.59%) Change Management
13 129 (11.33%) Test Automation
14 111 (9.75%) Computer Science
15 109 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 109 (9.57%) User Experience
16 99 (8.69%) Mentoring
17 94 (8.25%) ERP
18 88 (7.73%) Waterfall
19 86 (7.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 206 (18.09%) SQL
2 148 (12.99%) Python
3 109 (9.57%) JavaScript
3 109 (9.57%) PowerShell
4 93 (8.17%) Java
5 74 (6.50%) C#
6 52 (4.57%) TypeScript
7 43 (3.78%) Bash
8 27 (2.37%) Groovy
9 24 (2.11%) C++
10 20 (1.76%) Go
11 15 (1.32%) Apex Code
12 13 (1.14%) Perl
13 10 (0.88%) C
14 8 (0.70%) PHP
14 8 (0.70%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.44%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.35%) SOQL
17 3 (0.26%) XAML
Qualifications
1 340 (29.85%) Degree
2 120 (10.54%) Security Cleared
3 65 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 58 (5.09%) ISTQB
5 36 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (2.46%) PMI Certification
8 25 (2.19%) MCSE
9 23 (2.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 23 (2.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 23 (2.02%) PMP
10 20 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.67%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.49%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.32%) Azure Certification
14 14 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 11 (0.97%) HND
15 11 (0.97%) SAP Certification
16 8 (0.70%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (14.05%) QA
2 65 (5.71%) Accessibility
3 45 (3.95%) PMO
4 38 (3.34%) SLA
5 32 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.63%) Def Stans
7 26 (2.28%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.58%) GDPR
9 17 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 17 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 17 (1.49%) NIST
10 10 (0.88%) WCAG
11 8 (0.70%) MiFID
12 6 (0.53%) PERC
13 4 (0.35%) Basel II
14 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.26%) P3O
14 3 (0.26%) SEPA
15 2 (0.18%) MISRA
15 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 99 (8.69%) Active Directory
2 60 (5.27%) Docker
3 20 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (1.23%) DFS Replication
6 8 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.61%) vSphere
8 5 (0.44%) Dovecot
8 5 (0.44%) Firmware
8 5 (0.44%) Postfix
8 5 (0.44%) Squid
9 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.18%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.088%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 73 (6.41%) HP ALM
2 59 (5.18%) Terraform
3 47 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (4.04%) Kubernetes
5 44 (3.86%) Grafana
6 40 (3.51%) Prometheus
7 30 (2.63%) Ansible
8 18 (1.58%) SCCM
9 12 (1.05%) Control-M
9 12 (1.05%) Puppet
9 12 (1.05%) ZABBIX
10 8 (0.70%) Nessus
11 6 (0.53%) Kibana
11 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.44%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
13 4 (0.35%) Nagios
13 4 (0.35%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 217 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 127 (11.15%) SAP
3 101 (8.87%) ServiceNow
4 87 (7.64%) Atlassian
5 75 (6.58%) HP
6 63 (5.53%) Salesforce
7 41 (3.60%) Oracle
8 35 (3.07%) Google
9 33 (2.90%) IBM
10 21 (1.84%) Adobe
10 21 (1.84%) VMware
11 15 (1.32%) Tenable
12 14 (1.23%) Cisco
13 9 (0.79%) Bloomberg
13 9 (0.79%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.79%) Qualtrics
14 8 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 8 (0.70%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.61%) HubSpot
15 7 (0.61%) Splunk