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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 97 114
Rank change year-on-year -71 +17 -20
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,003 1,272 2,052
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.21% 3.28% 2.29%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.47% 35.06% 26.14%
Number of salaries quoted 754 767 1,494
10th Percentile £32,575 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,103 £45,250 £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 £75,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £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 3,789 3,628 7,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.55% 9.35% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,537 2,416 5,937
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,418 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.73% -9.69%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -64 293 £72,500 +3.57% 275
South East +38 226 £57,500 -4.17% 142
North of England -83 198 £55,000 - 99
North West -52 116 £60,000 +9.09% 52
Midlands -94 108 £44,543 -19.01% 70
South West -61 81 £45,000 -6.26% 59
East of England -18 75 £70,000 +32.08% 54
Yorkshire -68 67 £46,000 -16.36% 39
East Midlands -43 54 £40,000 +6.67% 26
West Midlands -100 54 £46,250 -28.85% 44
North East -45 15 £60,000 +166.67% 9
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
1 351 (35.00%) Confluence
2 80 (7.98%) SharePoint
3 34 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.40%) CMS
5 8 (0.80%) IIS
6 7 (0.70%) Apache
7 6 (0.60%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.50%) JBoss
9 4 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.40%) Documentum
9 4 (0.40%) WordPress
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.30%) SAS
11 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.20%) Gentran
11 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.100%) Drupal
12 1 (0.100%) nginx
Applications
1 74 (7.38%) Microsoft Project
2 39 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (1.30%) CATIA
7 11 (1.10%) Trello
8 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Sketch
10 1 (0.100%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.100%) InVision
10 1 (0.100%) Notion
Business Applications
1 29 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.80%) Fidessa
4 8 (0.80%) Magento
4 8 (0.80%) Shopify
5 7 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.50%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.20%) Workfront
8 1 (0.100%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.100%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.100%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.100%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.100%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.100%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 253 (25.22%) Azure
2 128 (12.76%) Azure DevOps
3 120 (11.96%) AWS
4 102 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (6.98%) SaaS
6 58 (5.78%) GitHub
7 55 (5.48%) Power Platform
8 44 (4.39%) Entra ID
9 43 (4.29%) GCP
10 37 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (2.29%) Figma
12 21 (2.09%) Serverless
13 19 (1.89%) Smartsheet
14 18 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (1.79%) Google Workspace
15 17 (1.69%) PaaS
16 16 (1.60%) Amazon S3
16 16 (1.60%) Boomi
16 16 (1.60%) Mimecast
17 14 (1.40%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.49%) VPN
2 25 (2.49%) Firewall
3 23 (2.29%) Multicast
4 18 (1.79%) Network Security
5 16 (1.60%) DNS
6 15 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.40%) LAN
8 12 (1.20%) DHCP
9 11 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (1.00%) WAN
11 8 (0.80%) IPv4
11 8 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
12 7 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (0.60%) HTTP
14 5 (0.50%) SSL
14 5 (0.50%) Wireless
15 3 (0.30%) Internet
15 3 (0.30%) VoIP
16 2 (0.20%) Extranet
16 2 (0.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.68%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.89%) Power BI
3 24 (2.39%) MySQL
4 23 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.69%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (1.30%) NoSQL
9 12 (1.20%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.90%) Big Data
12 8 (0.80%) Tableau
13 6 (0.60%) DB2
13 6 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.50%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (0.40%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.40%) Power Query
16 3 (0.30%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 98 (9.77%) Git
2 48 (4.79%) Selenium
3 45 (4.49%) Postman
4 42 (4.19%) GitLab
5 38 (3.79%) Jenkins
6 27 (2.69%) Bitbucket
7 23 (2.29%) SoapUI
8 20 (1.99%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (1.89%) Zephyr
10 18 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
11 17 (1.69%) Cucumber
11 17 (1.69%) Cypress.io
11 17 (1.69%) WebDriver
12 13 (1.30%) SonarQube
13 11 (1.10%) JUnit
14 9 (0.90%) REST Assured
14 9 (0.90%) Subversion
14 9 (0.90%) TeamCity
14 9 (0.90%) TestRail
15 7 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
General
1 359 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 256 (25.52%) Finance
3 133 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (7.28%) Marketing
5 62 (6.18%) Banking
6 56 (5.58%) Law
7 45 (4.49%) Retail
8 43 (4.29%) Legal
9 38 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 35 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (3.09%) Manufacturing
12 31 (3.09%) Public Sector
13 30 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (2.79%) Games
15 25 (2.49%) Automotive
16 23 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.79%) Aerospace
18 17 (1.69%) Advertising
19 14 (1.40%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 199 (19.84%) Analyst
2 158 (15.75%) Senior
3 114 (11.37%) Lead
4 89 (8.87%) Business Analyst
5 83 (8.28%) Developer
6 71 (7.08%) IT Support
7 66 (6.58%) Support Engineer
8 63 (6.28%) Project Manager
9 58 (5.78%) Support Analyst
10 42 (4.19%) Systems Engineer
11 39 (3.89%) IT Engineer
12 35 (3.49%) Applications Support
12 35 (3.49%) IT Support Engineer
12 35 (3.49%) Software Engineer
13 32 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
14 31 (3.09%) Scrum Master
15 30 (2.99%) Product Manager
16 29 (2.89%) Applications Support Analyst
16 29 (2.89%) Sales Executive
16 29 (2.89%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (6.08%) HTML
2 51 (5.08%) .NET
2 51 (5.08%) React
2 51 (5.08%) REST
3 45 (4.49%) CSS
4 44 (4.39%) SOAP
5 35 (3.49%) Middleware
6 33 (3.29%) JSON
7 26 (2.59%) FIX Protocol
8 24 (2.39%) RESTful
8 24 (2.39%) XML
9 23 (2.29%) Node.js
10 22 (2.19%) EDI
11 21 (2.09%) pytest
12 18 (1.79%) Spring
13 17 (1.69%) AngularJS
13 17 (1.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 17 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
14 16 (1.60%) ASP.NET
14 16 (1.60%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 113 (11.27%) Product Ownership
2 98 (9.77%) Onboarding
3 35 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.99%) Equities
6 29 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (2.59%) Driving Licence
8 23 (2.29%) Fixed Income
9 21 (2.09%) Derivative
10 19 (1.89%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.79%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.40%) Cloud Native
13 14 (1.40%) PMI
14 12 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (1.20%) Mobile App
14 12 (1.20%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 104 (10.37%) Linux
1 104 (10.37%) Windows
2 41 (4.09%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (1.10%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (0.70%) CentOS
7 7 (0.70%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.50%) Unix
9 3 (0.30%) Android
9 3 (0.30%) Debian
10 2 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.20%) ThreadX
10 2 (0.20%) VMS
11 1 (0.100%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (52.24%) Agile
2 242 (24.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 224 (22.33%) DevOps
4 209 (20.84%) Problem-Solving
5 205 (20.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 202 (20.14%) Scrum
7 155 (15.45%) CI/CD
8 138 (13.76%) ITSM
9 137 (13.66%) Service Management
10 135 (13.46%) ITIL
11 118 (11.76%) Roadmaps
12 116 (11.57%) Project Management
13 115 (11.47%) SDLC
14 110 (10.97%) Decision-Making
15 108 (10.77%) CRM
16 99 (9.87%) User Experience
16 99 (9.87%) User Stories
17 96 (9.57%) Test Automation
18 93 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 92 (9.17%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 193 (19.24%) SQL
2 133 (13.26%) Python
3 91 (9.07%) Java
4 71 (7.08%) JavaScript
5 64 (6.38%) PowerShell
6 52 (5.18%) C#
7 34 (3.39%) Bash
8 28 (2.79%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.29%) C++
10 18 (1.79%) PHP
11 17 (1.69%) R
12 14 (1.40%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.70%) C
13 7 (0.70%) Groovy
13 7 (0.70%) Perl
14 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
14 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.50%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 179 (17.85%) Degree
2 90 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 51 (5.08%) ISTQB
4 50 (4.99%) SC Cleared
5 39 (3.89%) PMI Certification
6 38 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (3.09%) PMP
9 30 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.09%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.60%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 15 (1.50%) AWS Certification
13 14 (1.40%) CCNA
14 11 (1.10%) A+ Certification
15 10 (1.00%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 8 (0.80%) OSCP
17 8 (0.80%) RHCE
17 8 (0.80%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (12.96%) QA
2 34 (3.39%) SLA
3 30 (2.99%) PMO
4 29 (2.89%) Accessibility
5 27 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (2.19%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.50%) GDPR
7 15 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 13 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 12 (1.20%) TickIT
10 9 (0.90%) Software Quality Assurance
11 8 (0.80%) GRC
12 7 (0.70%) MiFID
12 7 (0.70%) WCAG
13 6 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.40%) ISO 26262
14 4 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 96 (9.57%) Active Directory
2 61 (6.08%) Docker
3 23 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.00%) vSphere
5 8 (0.80%) Squid
5 8 (0.80%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.40%) Firmware
7 4 (0.40%) KVM
8 3 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.30%) Terminal Server
8 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.09%) Terraform
3 35 (3.49%) Ansible
4 33 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.40%) Packer
6 12 (1.20%) SCCM
6 12 (1.20%) ZABBIX
7 11 (1.10%) Grafana
8 8 (0.80%) Kibana
9 7 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
9 7 (0.70%) Nagios
9 7 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.60%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.60%) SCOM
11 5 (0.50%) Podman
12 4 (0.40%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.40%) Graylog
12 4 (0.40%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.30%) Puppet
13 3 (0.30%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 212 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 134 (13.36%) ServiceNow
3 75 (7.48%) Salesforce
4 59 (5.88%) Oracle
5 45 (4.49%) SAP
6 39 (3.89%) Atlassian
7 38 (3.79%) IBM
8 36 (3.59%) Google
9 32 (3.19%) BMC
9 32 (3.19%) HubSpot
10 31 (3.09%) Splunk
11 27 (2.69%) Cisco
12 25 (2.49%) VMware
13 22 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
14 13 (1.30%) Adobe
14 13 (1.30%) Red Hat
15 12 (1.20%) Freshdesk
15 12 (1.20%) Meraki
16 11 (1.10%) Citrix
17 9 (0.90%) Zscaler