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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 116 101
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 -33
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,144 1,336 1,394
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.36% 2.36% 3.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.32% 24.05% 24.51%
Number of salaries quoted 726 765 1,094
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,075 £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 £89,500 £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 3,065 5,556 5,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.33% 9.80% 12.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,082 3,192 4,682
10th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 5 December 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 5 December 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 +40 415 £77,500 +19.23% 113
South East +36 326 £45,000 -18.18% 185
North of England -21 142 £47,683 -13.14% 125
Midlands +14 119 £53,750 +7.50% 105
West Midlands +12 86 £57,500 +12.20% 59
South West -20 79 £42,750 -14.50% 67
Yorkshire +17 67 £44,000 +3.53% 45
North West -28 57 £47,683 -14.08% 72
East of England -17 46 £57,500 +12.75% 68
East Midlands -4 33 £49,500 +10.00% 44
North East -18 18 £51,500 - 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
1 345 (30.16%) Confluence
2 51 (4.46%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.75%) 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 (0.52%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.44%) JBoss
9 5 (0.44%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.087%) Appian
11 1 (0.087%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.087%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 80 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (4.46%) Microsoft Project
4 37 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (2.53%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.92%) Trello
7 11 (0.96%) CATIA
8 8 (0.70%) Simulink
9 7 (0.61%) MadCap Flare
10 5 (0.44%) Mozilla Thunderbird
10 5 (0.44%) Windchill
11 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.17%) Sketch
13 1 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.087%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.087%) Doxygen
13 1 (0.087%) InDesign
13 1 (0.087%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 104 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.44%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.44%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.35%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.35%) Shopify
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 (0.17%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.17%) EuroRunner
6 2 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.17%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.17%) SAP APO
6 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 234 (20.45%) Azure
2 157 (13.72%) Azure DevOps
3 112 (9.79%) AWS
4 75 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (5.59%) Power Platform
6 61 (5.33%) SaaS
7 54 (4.72%) GitHub
8 36 (3.15%) Amazon S3
9 34 (2.97%) Entra ID
9 34 (2.97%) GCP
10 32 (2.80%) Serverless
11 29 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (2.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 28 (2.45%) Figma
13 27 (2.36%) Slack
14 26 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 25 (2.19%) AWS KMS
16 24 (2.10%) Amazon ELB
16 24 (2.10%) Power Automate
17 23 (2.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.93%) Firewall
2 43 (3.76%) DNS
3 24 (2.10%) HTTP
4 20 (1.75%) SSH
5 18 (1.57%) DHCP
6 17 (1.49%) FTP
6 17 (1.49%) SMTP
7 14 (1.22%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.22%) VLAN
7 14 (1.22%) Wireless
8 13 (1.14%) Internet
8 13 (1.14%) Multicast
9 10 (0.87%) VPN
10 6 (0.52%) Broadband
10 6 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.44%) IMAP
11 5 (0.44%) OpenLDAP
12 4 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (5.94%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.50%) Power BI
3 31 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.36%) MySQL
5 26 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.66%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (1.57%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.14%) Tableau
10 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (0.70%) DB2
11 8 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.61%) OLAP
12 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 174 (15.21%) Git
2 111 (9.70%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.29%) eCATT
4 58 (5.07%) Selenium
5 43 (3.76%) Bitbucket
6 42 (3.67%) Postman
7 39 (3.41%) NeoLoad
8 27 (2.36%) SoapUI
9 26 (2.27%) Rational DOORS
9 26 (2.27%) Team Foundation Server
10 25 (2.19%) GitLab
11 23 (2.01%) Vagrant
12 22 (1.92%) WebDriver
13 21 (1.84%) Cypress.io
14 19 (1.66%) Cucumber
14 19 (1.66%) TestRail
15 17 (1.49%) TeamCity
15 17 (1.49%) Visual Studio
16 16 (1.40%) JUnit
17 14 (1.22%) Maven
General
1 488 (42.66%) Social Skills
2 332 (29.02%) Finance
3 168 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (11.28%) Marketing
5 99 (8.65%) Presentation Skills
6 96 (8.39%) Manufacturing
7 80 (6.99%) Influencing Skills
8 72 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
9 71 (6.21%) Banking
10 55 (4.81%) Law
11 43 (3.76%) Public Sector
12 38 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (3.23%) Retail
14 30 (2.62%) Legal
15 23 (2.01%) Advertising
15 23 (2.01%) Front Office
16 22 (1.92%) Automotive
17 19 (1.66%) Electronics
17 19 (1.66%) French Language
18 18 (1.57%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 238 (20.80%) Analyst
2 186 (16.26%) Senior
3 158 (13.81%) Lead
4 115 (10.05%) Developer
5 70 (6.12%) Business Analyst
5 70 (6.12%) Support Analyst
6 62 (5.42%) Project Manager
7 52 (4.55%) Support Engineer
8 47 (4.11%) Applications Support
9 43 (3.76%) Test Analyst
10 42 (3.67%) Test Leader
11 39 (3.41%) Applications Support Analyst
11 39 (3.41%) Software Engineer
12 33 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (2.88%) Senior Manager
13 30 (2.62%) Team Leader
14 29 (2.53%) Junior
14 29 (2.53%) Senior Developer
15 28 (2.45%) Product Owner
16 27 (2.36%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (6.29%) HTML
2 64 (5.59%) .NET
3 48 (4.20%) React
4 40 (3.50%) CSS
4 40 (3.50%) REST
4 40 (3.50%) SOAP
5 35 (3.06%) Node.js
6 33 (2.88%) RESTful
7 22 (1.92%) Kafka
8 20 (1.75%) SAP Fiori
8 20 (1.75%) XML
9 19 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
10 17 (1.49%) Spring
11 15 (1.31%) AngularJS
11 15 (1.31%) Middleware
12 14 (1.22%) .NET Core
12 14 (1.22%) FIX Protocol
12 14 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (1.22%) Playwright
12 14 (1.22%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 96 (8.39%) Product Ownership
2 63 (5.51%) Onboarding
3 49 (4.28%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.01%) Cloud Native
7 22 (1.92%) Virtual Team
8 20 (1.75%) IoT
9 17 (1.49%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.49%) Derivative
9 17 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.49%) Equities
10 16 (1.40%) Fixed Income
11 15 (1.31%) Replication
12 14 (1.22%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.05%) Wiki
14 11 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
15 10 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 130 (11.36%) Windows
2 122 (10.66%) Linux
3 23 (2.01%) VMS
4 17 (1.49%) Amazon Linux
4 17 (1.49%) Windows 10
4 17 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.31%) Android
6 14 (1.22%) Mac OS
7 12 (1.05%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.96%) Unix
9 7 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.35%) Solaris
12 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.26%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.087%) Check Point GAiA
15 1 (0.087%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (45.45%) Agile
2 284 (24.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 268 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (18.36%) DevOps
5 155 (13.55%) Scrum
6 151 (13.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 142 (12.41%) Test Management
8 140 (12.24%) CI/CD
9 138 (12.06%) Roadmaps
10 135 (11.80%) Project Management
11 134 (11.71%) Change Management
12 133 (11.63%) ITIL
13 129 (11.28%) Test Automation
14 111 (9.70%) Computer Science
15 110 (9.62%) User Experience
16 109 (9.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (8.57%) Mentoring
18 94 (8.22%) ERP
19 87 (7.60%) Waterfall
20 86 (7.52%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 204 (17.83%) SQL
2 150 (13.11%) Python
3 111 (9.70%) PowerShell
4 109 (9.53%) JavaScript
5 93 (8.13%) Java
6 72 (6.29%) C#
7 52 (4.55%) TypeScript
8 43 (3.76%) Bash
9 29 (2.53%) Groovy
10 24 (2.10%) C++
11 20 (1.75%) Go
12 15 (1.31%) Apex Code
13 14 (1.22%) Perl
14 10 (0.87%) C
15 8 (0.70%) PHP
15 8 (0.70%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.52%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.44%) PL/SQL
18 4 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 338 (29.55%) Degree
2 127 (11.10%) Security Cleared
3 72 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (4.90%) ISTQB
6 36 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.45%) PMI Certification
9 25 (2.19%) MCSE
10 23 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 23 (2.01%) PMP
11 21 (1.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 20 (1.75%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.66%) DV Cleared
14 17 (1.49%) Master's Degree
15 15 (1.31%) Azure Certification
16 14 (1.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 11 (0.96%) HND
17 11 (0.96%) SAP Certification
18 8 (0.70%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (14.07%) QA
2 65 (5.68%) Accessibility
3 45 (3.93%) PMO
4 38 (3.32%) SLA
5 32 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.62%) Def Stans
7 26 (2.27%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.57%) GDPR
9 17 (1.49%) NIST
10 16 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 16 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 10 (0.87%) WCAG
12 8 (0.70%) MiFID
13 6 (0.52%) PERC
14 4 (0.35%) Basel II
15 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.26%) P3O
15 3 (0.26%) SEPA
16 2 (0.17%) MISRA
16 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 101 (8.83%) Active Directory
2 62 (5.42%) Docker
3 20 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.31%) DFS Replication
6 8 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.61%) vSphere
8 5 (0.44%) Dovecot
8 5 (0.44%) Firmware
8 5 (0.44%) Postfix
8 5 (0.44%) Squid
9 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.087%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 73 (6.38%) HP ALM
2 61 (5.33%) Terraform
3 47 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (4.02%) Grafana
4 46 (4.02%) Kubernetes
5 42 (3.67%) Prometheus
6 31 (2.71%) Ansible
7 18 (1.57%) SCCM
8 12 (1.05%) Control-M
8 12 (1.05%) Puppet
8 12 (1.05%) ZABBIX
9 8 (0.70%) Nessus
10 6 (0.52%) Kibana
10 6 (0.52%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.44%) 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%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 216 (18.88%) Microsoft
2 127 (11.10%) SAP
3 103 (9.00%) ServiceNow
4 88 (7.69%) Atlassian
5 75 (6.56%) HP
6 64 (5.59%) Salesforce
7 41 (3.58%) Oracle
8 35 (3.06%) Google
9 32 (2.80%) IBM
10 21 (1.84%) Adobe
10 21 (1.84%) VMware
11 15 (1.31%) Tenable
12 14 (1.22%) Cisco
13 9 (0.79%) Bloomberg
13 9 (0.79%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.79%) Qualtrics
13 9 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 8 (0.70%) Juniper
14 8 (0.70%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.61%) Red Hat