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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 117 102
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 -35
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,141 1,336 1,425
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.43% 2.28% 3.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.53% 23.99% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 720 770 1,115
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,206 £43,750 £47,500
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 £88,750 £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 3,040 5,568 5,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.47% 9.50% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,041 3,187 4,769
10th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 30 November 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 30 November 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 +41 420 £78,500 +22.18% 151
South East +36 322 £43,750 -20.45% 184
North of England -14 142 £47,683 -13.14% 59
Midlands +23 120 £52,500 +5.00% 59
West Midlands +36 89 £57,500 +12.20% 32
South West -18 75 £43,000 -14.00% 67
Yorkshire +30 68 £44,500 +4.71% 17
North West -21 57 £47,592 -13.47% 36
East of England -13 45 £57,500 +12.75% 43
East Midlands +11 31 £49,500 +10.00% 25
North East -20 17 £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
1 346 (30.32%) Confluence
2 50 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.58%) CMS
4 13 (1.14%) IIS
5 12 (1.05%) Apache
6 11 (0.96%) WordPress
7 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.79%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.53%) nginx
8 6 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.44%) JBoss
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 81 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (4.56%) Microsoft Project
4 37 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.45%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.93%) Trello
7 10 (0.88%) CATIA
8 8 (0.70%) Simulink
9 7 (0.61%) MadCap Flare
10 6 (0.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
11 5 (0.44%) Windchill
12 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
13 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.18%) Sketch
14 1 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 1 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.088%) Doxygen
14 1 (0.088%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 104 (9.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.44%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.44%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.35%) Elite 3E
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%) EuroRunner
6 2 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.18%) Markit EDM
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
6 2 (0.18%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 233 (20.42%) Azure
2 153 (13.41%) Azure DevOps
3 119 (10.43%) AWS
4 74 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (5.78%) Power Platform
6 62 (5.43%) SaaS
7 53 (4.65%) GitHub
8 39 (3.42%) Amazon S3
9 37 (3.24%) GCP
10 33 (2.89%) Entra ID
10 33 (2.89%) Serverless
11 32 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 29 (2.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 28 (2.45%) AWS KMS
14 28 (2.45%) Figma
15 27 (2.37%) Amazon ELB
15 27 (2.37%) Slack
16 23 (2.02%) Power Automate
16 23 (2.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (4.29%) Firewall
2 45 (3.94%) DNS
3 22 (1.93%) HTTP
4 21 (1.84%) SSH
5 18 (1.58%) DHCP
5 18 (1.58%) FTP
5 18 (1.58%) SMTP
6 14 (1.23%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.23%) VLAN
6 14 (1.23%) Wireless
7 13 (1.14%) Internet
8 12 (1.05%) Multicast
9 10 (0.88%) VPN
10 6 (0.53%) Broadband
10 6 (0.53%) IMAP
10 6 (0.53%) OpenLDAP
10 6 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.68%) Power BI
3 32 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
5 27 (2.37%) MySQL
6 23 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (1.58%) MongoDB
7 18 (1.58%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.31%) Tableau
9 9 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 7 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.61%) DB2
10 7 (0.61%) OLAP
10 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.44%) Metadata
11 5 (0.44%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 175 (15.34%) Git
2 114 (9.99%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.31%) eCATT
4 56 (4.91%) Selenium
5 44 (3.86%) Bitbucket
6 39 (3.42%) NeoLoad
7 37 (3.24%) Postman
8 26 (2.28%) Vagrant
9 25 (2.19%) GitLab
9 25 (2.19%) Rational DOORS
10 24 (2.10%) SoapUI
10 24 (2.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 21 (1.84%) Cypress.io
11 21 (1.84%) WebDriver
12 17 (1.49%) Cucumber
12 17 (1.49%) Visual Studio
13 16 (1.40%) TeamCity
13 16 (1.40%) TestRail
14 14 (1.23%) JUnit
14 14 (1.23%) Maven
General
1 486 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 331 (29.01%) Finance
3 168 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (11.57%) Marketing
5 102 (8.94%) Presentation Skills
6 96 (8.41%) Manufacturing
7 80 (7.01%) Influencing Skills
8 72 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
9 71 (6.22%) Banking
10 59 (5.17%) Law
11 44 (3.86%) Public Sector
12 40 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (3.24%) Retail
14 29 (2.54%) Legal
15 23 (2.02%) Front Office
16 22 (1.93%) Advertising
16 22 (1.93%) Automotive
17 20 (1.75%) French Language
18 19 (1.67%) Electronics
19 18 (1.58%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 235 (20.60%) Analyst
2 187 (16.39%) Senior
3 158 (13.85%) Lead
4 115 (10.08%) Developer
5 69 (6.05%) Business Analyst
5 69 (6.05%) Support Analyst
6 62 (5.43%) Project Manager
7 54 (4.73%) Support Engineer
8 47 (4.12%) Applications Support
9 42 (3.68%) Test Analyst
10 40 (3.51%) Test Leader
11 39 (3.42%) Applications Support Analyst
11 39 (3.42%) Software Engineer
12 34 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
12 34 (2.98%) Senior Manager
13 30 (2.63%) Team Leader
14 29 (2.54%) Junior
14 29 (2.54%) Product Owner
15 28 (2.45%) Consultant
15 28 (2.45%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (6.13%) HTML
2 63 (5.52%) .NET
3 49 (4.29%) React
4 40 (3.51%) CSS
5 38 (3.33%) REST
6 36 (3.16%) SOAP
7 34 (2.98%) Node.js
8 31 (2.72%) RESTful
9 20 (1.75%) XML
10 19 (1.67%) Kafka
10 19 (1.67%) SAP Fiori
11 18 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
12 16 (1.40%) AngularJS
12 16 (1.40%) Spring
13 14 (1.23%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
13 14 (1.23%) Playwright
14 13 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
14 13 (1.14%) Middleware
14 13 (1.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 97 (8.50%) Product Ownership
2 63 (5.52%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.38%) 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 (1.75%) IoT
8 18 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.58%) Replication
9 17 (1.49%) Derivative
9 17 (1.49%) Equities
10 16 (1.40%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.40%) Fixed Income
11 14 (1.23%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.05%) Wiki
13 10 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
13 10 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 134 (11.74%) Windows
2 126 (11.04%) Linux
3 26 (2.28%) VMS
4 18 (1.58%) Amazon Linux
5 17 (1.49%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.40%) Windows Server
7 14 (1.23%) Mac OS
8 13 (1.14%) Android
9 11 (0.96%) Unix
10 10 (0.88%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.70%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.35%) Solaris
14 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
15 3 (0.26%) OpenWrt
16 2 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
17 1 (0.088%) Check Point GAiA
17 1 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 518 (45.40%) Agile
2 281 (24.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 270 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (18.40%) DevOps
5 150 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 149 (13.06%) Scrum
7 140 (12.27%) CI/CD
8 137 (12.01%) Project Management
8 137 (12.01%) Roadmaps
8 137 (12.01%) Test Management
9 133 (11.66%) Change Management
10 130 (11.39%) ITIL
11 121 (10.60%) Test Automation
12 111 (9.73%) Computer Science
13 108 (9.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 107 (9.38%) User Experience
15 101 (8.85%) Mentoring
16 91 (7.98%) ERP
17 86 (7.54%) SDLC
18 85 (7.45%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 203 (17.79%) SQL
2 155 (13.58%) Python
3 112 (9.82%) PowerShell
4 108 (9.47%) JavaScript
5 88 (7.71%) Java
6 71 (6.22%) C#
7 53 (4.65%) TypeScript
8 43 (3.77%) Bash
9 32 (2.80%) Groovy
10 23 (2.02%) C++
11 20 (1.75%) Go
12 15 (1.31%) Apex Code
13 14 (1.23%) Perl
14 10 (0.88%) C
15 9 (0.79%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.70%) PHP
17 6 (0.53%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.53%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 341 (29.89%) Degree
2 125 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 73 (6.40%) SC Cleared
4 59 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (4.65%) ISTQB
6 36 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.45%) PMI Certification
9 25 (2.19%) MCSE
10 24 (2.10%) PMP
11 23 (2.02%) AWS Certification
12 22 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 20 (1.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 18 (1.58%) Azure Certification
15 17 (1.49%) DV Cleared
16 16 (1.40%) Master's Degree
17 13 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 11 (0.96%) HND
18 11 (0.96%) SAP Certification
19 8 (0.70%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (13.67%) QA
2 66 (5.78%) Accessibility
3 46 (4.03%) PMO
4 38 (3.33%) SLA
5 30 (2.63%) Def Stans
5 30 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (2.28%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.58%) GDPR
7 18 (1.58%) NIST
8 15 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 15 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 10 (0.88%) WCAG
10 8 (0.70%) MiFID
11 6 (0.53%) PERC
12 4 (0.35%) P3O
13 3 (0.26%) Basel II
13 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.26%) SEPA
14 2 (0.18%) MISRA
14 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 102 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 64 (5.61%) Docker
3 20 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (1.58%) DFS Replication
4 18 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.61%) vSphere
7 6 (0.53%) Dovecot
7 6 (0.53%) Firmware
7 6 (0.53%) Postfix
7 6 (0.53%) Squid
8 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.088%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.088%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 73 (6.40%) HP ALM
2 64 (5.61%) Terraform
3 50 (4.38%) Grafana
4 46 (4.03%) Kubernetes
4 46 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (4.03%) Prometheus
5 34 (2.98%) Ansible
6 17 (1.49%) SCCM
7 13 (1.14%) Puppet
8 12 (1.05%) Control-M
8 12 (1.05%) ZABBIX
9 9 (0.79%) Nessus
10 7 (0.61%) Kibana
11 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.53%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (0.35%) Nagios
12 4 (0.35%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.26%) Salt
Vendors
1 211 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 125 (10.96%) SAP
3 104 (9.11%) ServiceNow
4 85 (7.45%) Atlassian
5 75 (6.57%) HP
6 64 (5.61%) Salesforce
7 40 (3.51%) Oracle
8 37 (3.24%) Google
9 31 (2.72%) IBM
10 21 (1.84%) Adobe
11 20 (1.75%) VMware
12 15 (1.31%) Tenable
13 13 (1.14%) Cisco
14 10 (0.88%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.88%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.79%) Juniper
15 9 (0.79%) Qualtrics
15 9 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 8 (0.70%) Zscaler
17 7 (0.61%) Red Hat