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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 110 102
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 -29
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,051 1,245 1,827
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.82% 2.76% 2.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.27% 26.01% 25.87%
Number of salaries quoted 659 711 1,474
10th Percentile £30,250 £38,750 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £42,593
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

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 3,257 4,786 7,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.62% 10.62% 10.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,224 2,718 5,837
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,375 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £58,750 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.00% +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 10 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 10 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 +12 359 £75,000 +11.11% 141
South East +28 303 £45,500 -24.17% 162
North of England -51 144 £47,500 -2.08% 79
Midlands -27 103 £44,543 -19.01% 103
South West -55 69 £42,500 -11.46% 56
Yorkshire -39 64 £42,500 -5.56% 35
North West -26 61 £48,542 -2.97% 39
West Midlands -26 56 £41,250 -28.26% 76
East Midlands -9 47 £45,000 - 27
East of England -22 44 £57,500 +15.00% 36
North East -27 19 £51,500 - 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
1 329 (31.30%) Confluence
2 47 (4.47%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.33%) CMS
3 14 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.95%) Apache
5 9 (0.86%) IIS
6 6 (0.57%) 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 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.095%) Appian
10 1 (0.095%) FileNet
10 1 (0.095%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.095%) SAS
10 1 (0.095%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 64 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (5.80%) Microsoft Project
3 52 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (2.57%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.62%) Trello
7 14 (1.33%) CATIA
8 4 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.29%) Simulink
9 3 (0.29%) Windchill
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.19%) Sketch
11 1 (0.095%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.095%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 89 (8.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.76%) Magento
3 8 (0.76%) Shopify
4 7 (0.67%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.29%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.19%) Endur
7 2 (0.19%) EuroRunner
7 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.19%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.19%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.095%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.095%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 184 (17.51%) Azure
2 155 (14.75%) Azure DevOps
3 76 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (6.57%) AWS
5 65 (6.18%) SaaS
6 47 (4.47%) Power Platform
7 40 (3.81%) GitHub
8 33 (3.14%) Entra ID
8 33 (3.14%) Figma
9 27 (2.57%) Slack
10 25 (2.38%) GCP
11 21 (2.00%) PaaS
12 20 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.71%) Google Workspace
13 18 (1.71%) Serverless
14 13 (1.24%) Adobe Analytics
14 13 (1.24%) Miro
15 12 (1.14%) Mimecast
15 12 (1.14%) Smartsheet
16 11 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.38%) Firewall
2 22 (2.09%) DNS
2 22 (2.09%) VPN
3 16 (1.52%) Multicast
3 16 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.43%) DHCP
5 12 (1.14%) VLAN
6 10 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (0.67%) HTTP
8 6 (0.57%) LAN
8 6 (0.57%) WAN
9 5 (0.48%) Broadband
10 4 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.29%) GPON
11 3 (0.29%) IPv4
11 3 (0.29%) IPv6
11 3 (0.29%) Network Security
11 3 (0.29%) PPP
11 3 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.14%) Power BI
3 28 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (2.09%) MySQL
5 20 (1.90%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.33%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.05%) DB2
9 11 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.57%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (0.57%) Tableau
13 5 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.48%) Big Data
13 5 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.38%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 105 (9.99%) Git
2 69 (6.57%) eCATT
3 65 (6.18%) Selenium
4 60 (5.71%) Jenkins
5 48 (4.57%) Postman
6 40 (3.81%) Bitbucket
7 38 (3.62%) NeoLoad
8 33 (3.14%) SoapUI
9 31 (2.95%) GitLab
9 31 (2.95%) Team Foundation Server
10 28 (2.66%) WebDriver
11 27 (2.57%) Rational DOORS
12 22 (2.09%) Cypress.io
13 19 (1.81%) Cucumber
14 16 (1.52%) TeamCity
15 15 (1.43%) TestRail
15 15 (1.43%) Visual Studio
16 14 (1.33%) JUnit
17 13 (1.24%) Subversion
18 10 (0.95%) Maven
General
1 455 (43.29%) Social Skills
2 302 (28.73%) Finance
3 150 (14.27%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (11.51%) Marketing
5 102 (9.71%) Manufacturing
6 92 (8.75%) Presentation Skills
7 69 (6.57%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (6.47%) Banking
9 48 (4.57%) Law
9 48 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 35 (3.33%) Legal
12 27 (2.57%) Retail
13 25 (2.38%) Public Sector
14 21 (2.00%) Advertising
15 19 (1.81%) French Language
16 18 (1.71%) Swedish Language
17 15 (1.43%) Electronics
18 14 (1.33%) Back Office
18 14 (1.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 236 (22.45%) Analyst
2 173 (16.46%) Senior
3 163 (15.51%) Lead
4 97 (9.23%) Developer
5 77 (7.33%) Support Analyst
6 73 (6.95%) Business Analyst
7 56 (5.33%) Support Engineer
8 50 (4.76%) IT Support
9 43 (4.09%) Test Analyst
9 43 (4.09%) Test Leader
10 42 (4.00%) Team Leader
11 40 (3.81%) Project Manager
12 38 (3.62%) Applications Support
13 33 (3.14%) Applications Support Analyst
14 32 (3.04%) Software Engineer
15 30 (2.85%) IT Engineer
16 29 (2.76%) Systems Engineer
17 26 (2.47%) IT Support Engineer
17 26 (2.47%) Technical Support
18 25 (2.38%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.23%) HTML
2 56 (5.33%) .NET
3 46 (4.38%) SOAP
4 45 (4.28%) CSS
5 40 (3.81%) REST
6 38 (3.62%) React
7 31 (2.95%) RESTful
8 27 (2.57%) Node.js
9 23 (2.19%) Middleware
10 21 (2.00%) Elastic Stack
11 20 (1.90%) Spring
12 17 (1.62%) FIX Protocol
12 17 (1.62%) Kafka
13 15 (1.43%) Spring Boot
13 15 (1.43%) XML
14 13 (1.24%) AngularJS
14 13 (1.24%) pytest
15 12 (1.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 11 (1.05%) Gherkin
16 11 (1.05%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.94%) Product Ownership
2 82 (7.80%) Onboarding
3 38 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (1.90%) Equities
5 20 (1.90%) Virtual Team
6 18 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (1.71%) Fixed Income
7 17 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (1.52%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.33%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.33%) Derivative
9 14 (1.33%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.24%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
12 10 (0.95%) NHS
12 10 (0.95%) PMI
13 8 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 101 (9.61%) Windows
2 86 (8.18%) Linux
3 24 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.24%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.05%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.05%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.67%) Unix
7 6 (0.57%) Android
7 6 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.29%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.29%) Solaris
11 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.095%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.095%) Fedora
12 1 (0.095%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (44.62%) Agile
2 279 (26.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 232 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (15.89%) Scrum
5 164 (15.60%) DevOps
6 150 (14.27%) ITIL
7 141 (13.42%) ITSM
8 137 (13.04%) Test Management
9 135 (12.84%) Roadmaps
10 133 (12.65%) CI/CD
11 130 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 126 (11.99%) User Experience
13 120 (11.42%) Test Automation
14 119 (11.32%) Service Management
15 110 (10.47%) Computer Science
15 110 (10.47%) ERP
16 102 (9.71%) Change Management
17 94 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 93 (8.85%) Project Management
19 91 (8.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 193 (18.36%) SQL
2 109 (10.37%) Python
3 92 (8.75%) JavaScript
4 90 (8.56%) Java
5 69 (6.57%) PowerShell
6 63 (5.99%) C#
7 35 (3.33%) TypeScript
8 32 (3.04%) Bash
9 23 (2.19%) C++
10 17 (1.62%) Go
11 13 (1.24%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.95%) C
13 7 (0.67%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.67%) PHP
13 7 (0.67%) R
14 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.38%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.29%) Perl
15 3 (0.29%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.29%) RPG
Qualifications
1 302 (28.73%) Degree
2 96 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 55 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 55 (5.23%) ISTQB
4 53 (5.04%) SC Cleared
5 50 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 43 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (2.95%) MCSE
7 31 (2.95%) PMI Certification
8 28 (2.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 26 (2.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 22 (2.09%) PMP
11 18 (1.71%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.33%) HND
13 13 (1.24%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.14%) Master's Degree
15 11 (1.05%) A+ Certification
15 11 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (13.04%) QA
2 56 (5.33%) Accessibility
3 38 (3.62%) SLA
4 35 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (3.04%) PMO
6 18 (1.71%) GDPR
6 18 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 17 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 15 (1.43%) NIST
9 11 (1.05%) Def Stans
10 10 (0.95%) Data Quality
11 9 (0.86%) WCAG
12 6 (0.57%) Basel II
13 5 (0.48%) PERC
14 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.29%) MiFID
14 3 (0.29%) P3O
14 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.29%) SEPA
14 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 97 (9.23%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.81%) Docker
3 18 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.57%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.095%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (6.85%) HP ALM
2 42 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (2.57%) Terraform
5 19 (1.81%) Grafana
5 19 (1.81%) SCCM
6 18 (1.71%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.52%) Ansible
8 11 (1.05%) ZABBIX
9 9 (0.86%) Control-M
10 8 (0.76%) Puppet
11 5 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.48%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.38%) Kibana
12 4 (0.38%) Nagios
12 4 (0.38%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
13 2 (0.19%) Nessus
13 2 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 205 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 121 (11.51%) SAP
3 99 (9.42%) ServiceNow
4 80 (7.61%) Atlassian
5 72 (6.85%) HP
6 67 (6.37%) Salesforce
7 39 (3.71%) Google
8 38 (3.62%) Oracle
9 34 (3.24%) IBM
10 21 (2.00%) Adobe
11 19 (1.81%) HubSpot
11 19 (1.81%) VMware
12 16 (1.52%) BMC
12 16 (1.52%) Cisco
13 14 (1.33%) Tenable
14 12 (1.14%) Siemens
14 12 (1.14%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.86%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.86%) Citrix
15 9 (0.86%) Splunk