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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 100 132
Rank change year-on-year -66 +32 -41
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,201 1,294 1,374
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.16% 3.01% 2.03%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.58% 40.39% 23.48%
Number of salaries quoted 775 755 783
10th Percentile £33,950 £32,850 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,375 £41,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,125 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,500 £85,000
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 4,202 3,204 5,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.06% 7.44% 8.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,626 1,978 3,382
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,058
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -50 397 £67,750 -12.58% 648
South East -39 242 £56,250 +25.00% 212
North of England -40 232 £55,000 +10.00% 209
South West -35 138 £56,250 +26.40% 109
North West -50 129 £57,500 +15.00% 108
Midlands -100 104 £44,543 -22.87% 113
Yorkshire -7 77 £43,000 -9.47% 74
East of England -34 71 £61,250 +6.52% 105
West Midlands -82 69 £45,000 -30.77% 76
East Midlands -66 35 £39,194 -18.77% 37
North East -50 26 £63,750 +23.79% 28
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
1 414 (34.47%) Confluence
2 97 (8.08%) SharePoint
3 53 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.33%) CMS
5 7 (0.58%) IIS
5 7 (0.58%) JBoss
5 7 (0.58%) SAS
6 6 (0.50%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.33%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.25%) Apache
9 3 (0.25%) Drupal
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.17%) Gentran
10 2 (0.17%) nginx
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
11 1 (0.083%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.083%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 113 (9.41%) Microsoft Project
2 72 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 61 (5.08%) MS Visio
5 27 (2.25%) Trello
6 19 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.58%) CATIA
7 7 (0.58%) Moqups
8 4 (0.33%) Simulink
9 3 (0.25%) Sketch
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.17%) InVision
10 2 (0.17%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.083%) Notion
11 1 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.083%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 42 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.08%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.50%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.33%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.25%) Magento
6 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.25%) Shopify
6 3 (0.25%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.083%) Maximo
8 1 (0.083%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 363 (30.22%) Azure
2 185 (15.40%) AWS
3 179 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
4 142 (11.82%) Microsoft 365
5 129 (10.74%) SaaS
6 79 (6.58%) GitHub
7 74 (6.16%) Entra ID
8 56 (4.66%) Power Platform
9 38 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (2.91%) GCP
11 32 (2.66%) Miro
11 32 (2.66%) Serverless
12 28 (2.33%) Figma
12 28 (2.33%) Mimecast
13 25 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (1.75%) Amazon S3
14 21 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
16 16 (1.33%) Boomi
17 15 (1.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 52 (4.33%) DNS
2 46 (3.83%) VPN
3 41 (3.41%) DHCP
4 35 (2.91%) Firewall
5 34 (2.83%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.92%) Network Security
6 23 (1.92%) WAN
7 20 (1.67%) LAN
7 20 (1.67%) Multicast
8 15 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.75%) VLAN
10 8 (0.67%) IPv4
10 8 (0.67%) Kerberos
10 8 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
11 6 (0.50%) FIX Connectivity
11 6 (0.50%) HTTP
11 6 (0.50%) NX-OS
12 5 (0.42%) Internet
12 5 (0.42%) SSH
12 5 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.75%) SQL Server
2 52 (4.33%) Power BI
3 25 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.83%) MongoDB
5 20 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (1.58%) MySQL
7 17 (1.42%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.17%) Tableau
9 12 (1.00%) Metadata
10 11 (0.92%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.58%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
11 7 (0.58%) Redis
12 4 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.33%) Big Data
12 4 (0.33%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 124 (10.32%) Git
2 61 (5.08%) GitLab
3 54 (4.50%) Jenkins
4 36 (3.00%) Selenium
5 35 (2.91%) Bitbucket
6 33 (2.75%) Postman
7 30 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
8 26 (2.16%) Cypress.io
9 22 (1.83%) Zephyr
10 17 (1.42%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.25%) JMeter
12 11 (0.92%) SoapUI
12 11 (0.92%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 10 (0.83%) Visual Studio
14 9 (0.75%) Artifactory
15 8 (0.67%) Claude Code
16 7 (0.58%) MSI
16 7 (0.58%) Subversion
16 7 (0.58%) TestRail
General
1 445 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 352 (29.31%) Finance
3 229 (19.07%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
5 71 (5.91%) Marketing
6 70 (5.83%) Aerospace
7 69 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 63 (5.25%) Banking
9 62 (5.16%) Retail
10 58 (4.83%) Law
11 54 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 54 (4.50%) Manufacturing
12 46 (3.83%) Legal
13 30 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (2.50%) Electronics
13 30 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (2.25%) Games
15 25 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (2.00%) Automotive
17 22 (1.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 269 (22.40%) Analyst
2 181 (15.07%) Senior
3 142 (11.82%) Business Analyst
4 119 (9.91%) Lead
5 103 (8.58%) Project Manager
6 87 (7.24%) Developer
7 55 (4.58%) IT Support
8 53 (4.41%) Support Analyst
9 46 (3.83%) Delivery Manager
10 45 (3.75%) IT Analyst
10 45 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
11 44 (3.66%) Software Engineer
12 41 (3.41%) IT Manager
13 39 (3.25%) Product Owner
13 39 (3.25%) Support Engineer
14 36 (3.00%) Technical Analyst
15 34 (2.83%) IT Engineer
16 33 (2.75%) Product Manager
17 32 (2.66%) Consultant
18 31 (2.58%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (6.24%) REST
2 51 (4.25%) HTML
2 51 (4.25%) Terraform
3 47 (3.91%) .NET
4 42 (3.50%) React
5 40 (3.33%) JSON
6 35 (2.91%) CSS
7 31 (2.58%) Middleware
8 28 (2.33%) FIX Protocol
9 27 (2.25%) Node.js
9 27 (2.25%) Playwright
9 27 (2.25%) SOAP
10 26 (2.16%) RESTful
10 26 (2.16%) XML
11 24 (2.00%) Gherkin
12 19 (1.58%) AngularJS
13 18 (1.50%) EDI
14 17 (1.42%) pytest
15 16 (1.33%) ASP.NET
15 16 (1.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 155 (12.91%) Product Ownership
2 103 (8.58%) Onboarding
3 67 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
4 54 (4.50%) Management Information System
5 45 (3.75%) Data Centre
6 43 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (3.16%) Driving Licence
8 37 (3.08%) Cloud Native
9 32 (2.66%) Equities
10 31 (2.58%) PMI
11 29 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.83%) Fixed Income
14 21 (1.75%) Virtual Team
15 20 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
16 18 (1.50%) Derivative
17 15 (1.25%) Algorithms
18 14 (1.17%) Security Posture
19 13 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
19 13 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 153 (12.74%) Windows
2 135 (11.24%) Linux
3 44 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.92%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.17%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.08%) Ubuntu
6 13 (1.08%) Unix
7 11 (0.92%) Android
7 11 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.42%) CentOS
8 5 (0.42%) Debian
8 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.083%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.083%) Rocky
11 1 (0.083%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 631 (52.54%) Agile
2 363 (30.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 348 (28.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 329 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
5 303 (25.23%) DevOps
6 260 (21.65%) Scrum
7 218 (18.15%) Project Management
8 196 (16.32%) AI
9 181 (15.07%) CI/CD
9 181 (15.07%) User Stories
10 175 (14.57%) ITIL
11 159 (13.24%) Project Delivery
12 152 (12.66%) Service Management
13 148 (12.32%) Acceptance Criteria
14 141 (11.74%) Requirements Gathering
15 140 (11.66%) Decision-Making
16 134 (11.16%) Validation
17 132 (10.99%) ITSM
17 132 (10.99%) Roadmaps
18 131 (10.91%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 211 (17.57%) SQL
2 171 (14.24%) Python
3 96 (7.99%) Java
4 93 (7.74%) PowerShell
5 78 (6.49%) JavaScript
6 63 (5.25%) C#
7 40 (3.33%) Bash
8 39 (3.25%) C++
9 38 (3.16%) TypeScript
10 31 (2.58%) R
11 13 (1.08%) PHP
12 10 (0.83%) C
12 10 (0.83%) Perl
13 8 (0.67%) Bicep
14 7 (0.58%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.50%) Groovy
15 6 (0.50%) Tcl
15 6 (0.50%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.42%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 223 (18.57%) Degree
2 152 (12.66%) Security Cleared
3 92 (7.66%) SC Cleared
4 84 (6.99%) PMI Certification
5 65 (5.41%) PMP
6 43 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (3.16%) DV Cleared
8 36 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (2.41%) ISTQB
12 28 (2.33%) AWS Certification
12 28 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
12 28 (2.33%) Master's Degree
13 26 (2.16%) CCNA
14 17 (1.42%) A+ Certification
15 12 (1.00%) CBAP
15 12 (1.00%) CSPO
15 12 (1.00%) MBA
16 10 (0.83%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (15.07%) QA
2 58 (4.83%) PMO
3 53 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (4.08%) Accessibility
5 39 (3.25%) Data Quality
6 28 (2.33%) SLA
7 25 (2.08%) GDPR
8 17 (1.42%) WCAG
9 13 (1.08%) TickIT
10 11 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 10 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 9 (0.75%) NCSC
12 9 (0.75%) NIST
13 7 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 5 (0.42%) MiFID
14 5 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
15 4 (0.33%) GRC
15 4 (0.33%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 113 (9.41%) Active Directory
2 54 (4.50%) Docker
3 35 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.42%) vSphere
5 16 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.08%) Firmware
7 11 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (0.67%) Squid
8 8 (0.67%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.33%) KVM
10 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.083%) HDFS
12 1 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 55 (4.58%) Kubernetes
2 50 (4.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (3.66%) Ansible
4 13 (1.08%) Packer
5 12 (1.00%) ZABBIX
6 9 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.67%) Grafana
7 8 (0.67%) Kibana
8 7 (0.58%) Control-M
8 7 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
8 7 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (0.50%) BMC PATROL
9 6 (0.50%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.50%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.42%) SCCM
11 4 (0.33%) Graylog
11 4 (0.33%) Nagios
11 4 (0.33%) Podman
11 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 310 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 140 (11.66%) ServiceNow
3 81 (6.74%) Oracle
4 77 (6.41%) SAP
5 73 (6.08%) Salesforce
6 44 (3.66%) Atlassian
7 42 (3.50%) VMware
8 35 (2.91%) Splunk
9 33 (2.75%) Cisco
9 33 (2.75%) IBM
10 31 (2.58%) Google
11 29 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
12 24 (2.00%) HubSpot
13 21 (1.75%) BMC
14 19 (1.58%) Red Hat
15 15 (1.25%) Adobe
16 13 (1.08%) Pega
16 13 (1.08%) Sage
17 11 (0.92%) ION Trading
18 9 (0.75%) Bloomberg