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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 108 102
Rank change year-on-year -14 -6 -28
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,057 1,236 1,817
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.81% 2.76% 2.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.10% 26.04% 25.85%
Number of salaries quoted 664 715 1,467
10th Percentile £30,250 £38,600 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,125 £70,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,409 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.65% - -

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 3,293 4,747 7,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.65% 10.61% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,246 2,729 5,808
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 11 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 11 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 +12 362 £75,000 +11.11% 141
South East +27 301 £45,500 -24.17% 160
North of England -45 145 £47,500 -1.05% 78
Midlands -26 103 £44,543 -19.01% 101
South West -52 72 £42,500 -11.46% 59
Yorkshire -30 65 £42,500 -5.56% 35
North West -20 61 £48,542 -2.97% 39
West Midlands -30 56 £41,250 -28.26% 73
East Midlands -11 47 £45,000 - 28
East of England -27 45 £57,500 +15.00% 36
North East -26 19 £51,500 - 6
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
1 334 (31.60%) Confluence
2 47 (4.45%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.32%) CMS
3 14 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.95%) Apache
5 9 (0.85%) IIS
6 6 (0.57%) WordPress
7 5 (0.47%) 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%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 63 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (5.87%) Microsoft Project
3 51 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 28 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (2.55%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.61%) Trello
7 14 (1.32%) CATIA
8 4 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.28%) Simulink
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.19%) Sketch
10 2 (0.19%) Windchill
11 1 (0.095%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.095%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 89 (8.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.76%) Magento
3 8 (0.76%) Shopify
4 7 (0.66%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.28%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.28%) 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%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 186 (17.60%) Azure
2 155 (14.66%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (6.62%) AWS
5 65 (6.15%) SaaS
6 47 (4.45%) Power Platform
7 40 (3.78%) GitHub
8 34 (3.22%) Figma
9 33 (3.12%) Entra ID
10 27 (2.55%) Slack
11 26 (2.46%) GCP
12 21 (1.99%) PaaS
13 20 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (1.80%) Google Workspace
15 18 (1.70%) Serverless
16 13 (1.23%) Adobe Analytics
16 13 (1.23%) Miro
17 12 (1.14%) Mimecast
17 12 (1.14%) Smartsheet
18 11 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.46%) Firewall
2 23 (2.18%) VPN
3 21 (1.99%) DNS
4 16 (1.51%) Multicast
4 16 (1.51%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.32%) DHCP
6 12 (1.14%) VLAN
7 10 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (0.66%) HTTP
8 7 (0.66%) LAN
8 7 (0.66%) WAN
9 5 (0.47%) Broadband
10 4 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.38%) Network Security
11 3 (0.28%) DOCSIS
11 3 (0.28%) DSL
11 3 (0.28%) FIX Connectivity
11 3 (0.28%) RTP
11 3 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.12%) Power BI
3 28 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (2.08%) MySQL
5 20 (1.89%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.04%) DB2
9 11 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (0.85%) 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 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.47%) Big Data
13 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.38%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 103 (9.74%) Git
2 69 (6.53%) eCATT
3 65 (6.15%) Selenium
4 57 (5.39%) Jenkins
5 48 (4.54%) Postman
6 40 (3.78%) Bitbucket
7 38 (3.60%) NeoLoad
8 33 (3.12%) GitLab
8 33 (3.12%) SoapUI
9 31 (2.93%) Team Foundation Server
10 28 (2.65%) WebDriver
11 27 (2.55%) Rational DOORS
12 22 (2.08%) Cypress.io
13 19 (1.80%) Cucumber
14 16 (1.51%) TeamCity
15 15 (1.42%) TestRail
15 15 (1.42%) Visual Studio
16 14 (1.32%) JUnit
17 13 (1.23%) Subversion
18 10 (0.95%) Maven
General
1 454 (42.95%) Social Skills
2 302 (28.57%) Finance
3 152 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (11.45%) Marketing
5 102 (9.65%) Manufacturing
6 92 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
7 69 (6.53%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (6.43%) Banking
9 48 (4.54%) Law
10 45 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 36 (3.41%) Legal
13 27 (2.55%) Retail
14 25 (2.37%) Public Sector
15 21 (1.99%) Advertising
16 19 (1.80%) French Language
17 18 (1.70%) Swedish Language
18 15 (1.42%) Electronics
19 14 (1.32%) Back Office
19 14 (1.32%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 236 (22.33%) Analyst
2 174 (16.46%) Senior
3 161 (15.23%) Lead
4 97 (9.18%) Developer
5 77 (7.28%) Support Analyst
6 73 (6.91%) Business Analyst
7 57 (5.39%) Support Engineer
8 50 (4.73%) IT Support
9 43 (4.07%) Test Analyst
9 43 (4.07%) Test Leader
10 42 (3.97%) Project Manager
10 42 (3.97%) Team Leader
11 38 (3.60%) Applications Support
12 33 (3.12%) Applications Support Analyst
13 32 (3.03%) Software Engineer
14 30 (2.84%) IT Engineer
15 29 (2.74%) Systems Engineer
16 27 (2.55%) Senior Manager
17 26 (2.46%) IT Support Engineer
17 26 (2.46%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (7.28%) HTML
2 56 (5.30%) .NET
3 46 (4.35%) CSS
3 46 (4.35%) SOAP
4 40 (3.78%) REST
5 38 (3.60%) React
6 31 (2.93%) RESTful
7 27 (2.55%) Node.js
8 23 (2.18%) Middleware
9 21 (1.99%) Elastic Stack
10 20 (1.89%) Spring
11 17 (1.61%) FIX Protocol
11 17 (1.61%) Kafka
12 15 (1.42%) Spring Boot
12 15 (1.42%) XML
13 13 (1.23%) AngularJS
13 13 (1.23%) pytest
14 12 (1.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 11 (1.04%) Gherkin
15 11 (1.04%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 95 (8.99%) Product Ownership
2 83 (7.85%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.69%) Management Information System
4 28 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (1.89%) Equities
5 20 (1.89%) Virtual Team
6 18 (1.70%) Data Centre
6 18 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (1.70%) Fixed Income
7 17 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (1.42%) Mobile App
9 14 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.32%) Derivative
10 13 (1.23%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
12 10 (0.95%) NHS
12 10 (0.95%) PMI
13 8 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.76%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 101 (9.56%) Windows
2 88 (8.33%) Linux
3 25 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.04%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.66%) Unix
6 7 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.57%) Android
8 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.28%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.28%) Solaris
11 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.095%) CentOS
12 1 (0.095%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.095%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 475 (44.94%) Agile
2 278 (26.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 236 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (15.99%) Scrum
5 165 (15.61%) DevOps
6 152 (14.38%) ITIL
7 143 (13.53%) ITSM
8 137 (12.96%) Roadmaps
8 137 (12.96%) Test Management
9 134 (12.68%) CI/CD
10 133 (12.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 130 (12.30%) User Experience
12 121 (11.45%) Service Management
13 120 (11.35%) Test Automation
14 110 (10.41%) Computer Science
14 110 (10.41%) ERP
15 100 (9.46%) Change Management
16 94 (8.89%) Project Management
17 93 (8.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 91 (8.61%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 193 (18.26%) SQL
2 110 (10.41%) Python
3 92 (8.70%) JavaScript
4 90 (8.51%) Java
5 70 (6.62%) PowerShell
6 63 (5.96%) C#
7 35 (3.31%) TypeScript
8 33 (3.12%) Bash
9 23 (2.18%) C++
10 17 (1.61%) Go
11 13 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.95%) C
13 8 (0.76%) PHP
14 7 (0.66%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.66%) R
15 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.38%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.28%) Groovy
16 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 300 (28.38%) Degree
2 95 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 55 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 55 (5.20%) ISTQB
4 51 (4.82%) SC Cleared
5 50 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 43 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (2.93%) MCSE
7 31 (2.93%) PMI Certification
8 28 (2.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 26 (2.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 23 (2.18%) PMP
11 19 (1.80%) DV Cleared
12 14 (1.32%) HND
13 13 (1.23%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.14%) Master's Degree
15 11 (1.04%) A+ Certification
15 11 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (12.87%) QA
2 56 (5.30%) Accessibility
3 38 (3.60%) SLA
4 35 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (3.12%) PMO
6 18 (1.70%) GDPR
6 18 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 17 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 15 (1.42%) NIST
9 10 (0.95%) Data Quality
10 9 (0.85%) WCAG
11 8 (0.76%) Def Stans
12 6 (0.57%) Basel II
13 5 (0.47%) PERC
14 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.28%) MiFID
14 3 (0.28%) P3O
14 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 98 (9.27%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.88%) Docker
3 19 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.51%) 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
6 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.095%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 72 (6.81%) HP ALM
2 43 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (2.65%) Terraform
5 20 (1.89%) SCCM
6 19 (1.80%) Grafana
7 18 (1.70%) Prometheus
8 17 (1.61%) Ansible
9 11 (1.04%) ZABBIX
10 9 (0.85%) Control-M
11 8 (0.76%) Puppet
12 6 (0.57%) vCenter Server
13 5 (0.47%) Nagios
13 5 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.38%) Kibana
14 4 (0.38%) Progress Chef
15 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
16 2 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
16 2 (0.19%) Nessus
16 2 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 206 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 121 (11.45%) SAP
3 98 (9.27%) ServiceNow
4 80 (7.57%) Atlassian
5 72 (6.81%) HP
6 67 (6.34%) Salesforce
7 40 (3.78%) Google
8 38 (3.60%) Oracle
9 34 (3.22%) IBM
10 22 (2.08%) Adobe
11 20 (1.89%) VMware
12 19 (1.80%) HubSpot
13 17 (1.61%) Cisco
14 16 (1.51%) BMC
15 15 (1.42%) Tenable
16 13 (1.23%) Zscaler
17 12 (1.14%) Siemens
18 10 (0.95%) Citrix
18 10 (0.95%) Splunk
19 9 (0.85%) Bloomberg