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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 113 108
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 -38
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,078 1,244 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.06% 2.58% 2.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 34.74% 24.80% 24.41%
Number of salaries quoted 670 705 1,086
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,560 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -7.90% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £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 3,103 5,016 5,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.94% 10.39% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,118 2,870 4,689
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £40,950
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £49,236
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,474 £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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +23 382 £75,000 +15.38% 126
South East +37 330 £45,000 -21.74% 226
North of England -32 132 £47,500 -5.00% 148
Midlands -9 105 £47,500 -9.52% 136
West Midlands 0 66 £42,500 -22.73% 66
Yorkshire -3 66 £41,038 -3.44% 69
South West -46 65 £42,500 -10.53% 100
North West -38 49 £47,683 -4.74% 61
East of England -29 44 £57,500 +12.75% 114
East Midlands -8 39 £55,000 +22.22% 69
North East -23 17 £51,500 - 18
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
1 318 (29.50%) Confluence
2 47 (4.36%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.48%) CMS
4 13 (1.21%) Apache
4 13 (1.21%) IIS
5 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.65%) WordPress
7 6 (0.56%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.37%) JBoss
9 4 (0.37%) nginx
10 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.28%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.093%) FileNet
12 1 (0.093%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.093%) SAS
12 1 (0.093%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.093%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 71 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (5.57%) Microsoft Project
3 52 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 30 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (2.32%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.86%) Trello
7 15 (1.39%) CATIA
8 5 (0.46%) Windchill
9 4 (0.37%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 4 (0.37%) Simulink
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.19%) Sketch
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.093%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.093%) InDesign
11 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 91 (8.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.65%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.56%) Shopify
5 5 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.46%) Magento
6 4 (0.37%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.28%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.28%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.19%) Endur
8 2 (0.19%) EuroRunner
8 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.19%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MII
8 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.093%) Actimize
9 1 (0.093%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 206 (19.11%) Azure
2 156 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
3 78 (7.24%) AWS
4 77 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.29%) SaaS
6 52 (4.82%) Power Platform
7 46 (4.27%) GitHub
8 33 (3.06%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.78%) Figma
10 27 (2.50%) GCP
10 27 (2.50%) Slack
11 23 (2.13%) Serverless
12 18 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.67%) Power Automate
13 17 (1.58%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 15 (1.39%) PowerApps
16 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (1.30%) PaaS
17 13 (1.21%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.97%) DNS
2 30 (2.78%) Firewall
3 19 (1.76%) DHCP
4 17 (1.58%) Multicast
5 15 (1.39%) HTTP
5 15 (1.39%) VPN
6 14 (1.30%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.21%) VLAN
8 10 (0.93%) SSH
9 8 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.74%) Wireless
10 7 (0.65%) FTP
10 7 (0.65%) Internet
10 7 (0.65%) SMTP
11 5 (0.46%) Broadband
11 5 (0.46%) WAN
12 4 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.37%) IMAP
12 4 (0.37%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (2.69%) Power BI
4 26 (2.41%) MySQL
5 21 (1.95%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.48%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.39%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.02%) DB2
9 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 8 (0.74%) Tableau
11 7 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.56%) OLAP
13 5 (0.46%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 139 (12.89%) Git
2 86 (7.98%) Jenkins
3 76 (7.05%) Selenium
4 69 (6.40%) eCATT
5 59 (5.47%) Postman
6 41 (3.80%) Bitbucket
6 41 (3.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 40 (3.71%) SoapUI
8 39 (3.62%) NeoLoad
9 35 (3.25%) WebDriver
10 32 (2.97%) Rational DOORS
11 25 (2.32%) GitLab
12 24 (2.23%) Cypress.io
13 20 (1.86%) Cucumber
14 17 (1.58%) TeamCity
14 17 (1.58%) Visual Studio
15 16 (1.48%) TestRail
16 15 (1.39%) JUnit
17 13 (1.21%) JMeter
17 13 (1.21%) Subversion
General
1 476 (44.16%) Social Skills
2 318 (29.50%) Finance
3 148 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (11.41%) Marketing
5 97 (9.00%) Manufacturing
6 93 (8.63%) Presentation Skills
7 73 (6.77%) Banking
8 70 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
9 69 (6.40%) Influencing Skills
10 47 (4.36%) Law
11 38 (3.53%) Legal
12 35 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 33 (3.06%) Retail
14 26 (2.41%) Public Sector
15 22 (2.04%) Advertising
16 19 (1.76%) Electronics
16 19 (1.76%) French Language
16 19 (1.76%) Front Office
17 18 (1.67%) Swedish Language
18 14 (1.30%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 221 (20.50%) Analyst
2 183 (16.98%) Senior
3 172 (15.96%) Lead
4 105 (9.74%) Developer
5 64 (5.94%) Support Analyst
6 61 (5.66%) Business Analyst
7 50 (4.64%) Test Analyst
8 48 (4.45%) Project Manager
9 47 (4.36%) Support Engineer
10 45 (4.17%) Test Leader
11 39 (3.62%) Applications Support
12 36 (3.34%) Software Engineer
12 36 (3.34%) Team Leader
13 31 (2.88%) Applications Support Analyst
14 30 (2.78%) Technical Support
15 27 (2.50%) IT Support
15 27 (2.50%) Product Owner
15 27 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
15 27 (2.50%) Senior Developer
15 27 (2.50%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (8.07%) HTML
2 69 (6.40%) .NET
3 52 (4.82%) SOAP
4 47 (4.36%) CSS
5 43 (3.99%) React
6 42 (3.90%) REST
7 32 (2.97%) RESTful
8 31 (2.88%) Node.js
9 21 (1.95%) Elastic Stack
10 20 (1.86%) Kafka
11 18 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
11 18 (1.67%) Spring
12 17 (1.58%) XML
13 16 (1.48%) Middleware
14 14 (1.30%) pytest
14 14 (1.30%) Spring Boot
15 13 (1.21%) AngularJS
15 13 (1.21%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 13 (1.21%) Gherkin
15 13 (1.21%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 85 (7.88%) Product Ownership
2 76 (7.05%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (1.95%) Virtual Team
7 20 (1.86%) Cloud Native
7 20 (1.86%) Equities
8 19 (1.76%) Algorithms
8 19 (1.76%) Fixed Income
9 18 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.39%) Derivative
11 14 (1.30%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
13 11 (1.02%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.93%) PMI
15 9 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (0.83%) IoT
15 9 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (0.74%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 107 (9.93%) Windows
2 104 (9.65%) Linux
3 19 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.39%) Mac OS
4 15 (1.39%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.93%) Android
7 9 (0.83%) Unix
8 7 (0.65%) Amazon Linux
8 7 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.65%) VMS
9 6 (0.56%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.37%) Solaris
11 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.28%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
14 1 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.093%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (44.53%) Agile
2 290 (26.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 246 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
4 173 (16.05%) DevOps
5 163 (15.12%) Scrum
6 152 (14.10%) Test Management
7 146 (13.54%) ITIL
8 136 (12.62%) CI/CD
9 131 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 128 (11.87%) Roadmaps
11 126 (11.69%) Test Automation
12 122 (11.32%) User Experience
13 121 (11.22%) Change Management
14 111 (10.30%) Project Management
15 107 (9.93%) Computer Science
16 105 (9.74%) ITSM
16 105 (9.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (9.09%) ERP
18 93 (8.63%) Service Management
19 92 (8.53%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 209 (19.39%) SQL
2 121 (11.22%) Python
3 99 (9.18%) JavaScript
4 98 (9.09%) Java
5 84 (7.79%) PowerShell
6 79 (7.33%) C#
7 44 (4.08%) TypeScript
8 36 (3.34%) Bash
9 25 (2.32%) C++
10 19 (1.76%) Go
11 13 (1.21%) Apex Code
12 11 (1.02%) Groovy
12 11 (1.02%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.83%) C
14 7 (0.65%) PHP
15 6 (0.56%) Perl
15 6 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.28%) RPG
Qualifications
1 325 (30.15%) Degree
2 109 (10.11%) Security Cleared
3 71 (6.59%) ISTQB
4 56 (5.19%) SC Cleared
5 55 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (4.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 37 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (3.15%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 30 (2.78%) PMI Certification
10 28 (2.60%) MCSE
11 26 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 22 (2.04%) PMP
13 18 (1.67%) DV Cleared
14 14 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 14 (1.30%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.21%) AWS Certification
15 13 (1.21%) HND
16 12 (1.11%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.74%) Azure Certification
18 7 (0.65%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (14.94%) QA
2 63 (5.84%) Accessibility
3 38 (3.53%) PMO
4 34 (3.15%) SLA
5 32 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.78%) Def Stans
7 21 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 20 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 18 (1.67%) GDPR
10 17 (1.58%) Data Quality
11 15 (1.39%) NIST
12 10 (0.93%) WCAG
13 6 (0.56%) Basel II
14 5 (0.46%) PERC
15 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.28%) MiFID
16 3 (0.28%) P3O
16 3 (0.28%) SEPA
16 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (8.63%) Active Directory
2 49 (4.55%) Docker
3 18 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.56%) vSphere
7 4 (0.37%) DFS Replication
7 4 (0.37%) Dovecot
7 4 (0.37%) Postfix
7 4 (0.37%) Squid
8 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.093%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 73 (6.77%) HP ALM
2 47 (4.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 46 (4.27%) Kubernetes
4 37 (3.43%) Terraform
5 29 (2.69%) Grafana
6 27 (2.50%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.67%) Ansible
8 17 (1.58%) SCCM
9 11 (1.02%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.93%) Control-M
11 9 (0.83%) Puppet
12 7 (0.65%) Nessus
13 5 (0.46%) Kibana
13 5 (0.46%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
14 4 (0.37%) Nagios
14 4 (0.37%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.37%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
16 2 (0.19%) Podman
Vendors
1 210 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 122 (11.32%) SAP
3 93 (8.63%) ServiceNow
4 85 (7.88%) Atlassian
5 75 (6.96%) HP
6 60 (5.57%) Salesforce
7 44 (4.08%) Oracle
8 36 (3.34%) Google
9 35 (3.25%) IBM
10 20 (1.86%) Adobe
11 18 (1.67%) VMware
12 13 (1.21%) Cisco
12 13 (1.21%) Tenable
13 12 (1.11%) HubSpot
14 10 (0.93%) Siemens
15 9 (0.83%) BMC
15 9 (0.83%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.83%) Qualtrics
16 8 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 8 (0.74%) Zscaler