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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 98 116
Rank change year-on-year -65 +18 -24
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,003 1,285 2,047
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.23% 3.27% 2.22%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.51% 35.10% 25.97%
Number of salaries quoted 753 777 1,470
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,750 £87,750
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 3,784 3,661 7,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.62% 9.31% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,535 2,407 5,858
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £59,688
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.90% -8.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%

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 9 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 9 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 -68 298 £72,500 +3.57% 173
South East +43 224 £57,500 -4.17% 118
North of England -76 201 £55,000 - 83
North West -43 117 £60,000 +9.09% 36
Midlands -84 106 £44,543 -19.01% 49
South West -56 78 £47,000 +1.08% 46
East of England -8 75 £70,000 +32.08% 42
Yorkshire -62 67 £46,000 -16.36% 41
East Midlands -48 53 £37,500 - 22
West Midlands -89 53 £47,500 -29.63% 27
North East -40 17 £63,750 +183.33% 7
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
1 352 (35.09%) Confluence
2 79 (7.88%) SharePoint
3 35 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.20%) 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 77 (7.68%) Microsoft Project
2 40 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.19%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (1.50%) Trello
7 13 (1.30%) CATIA
8 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.30%) Sketch
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) InVision
10 1 (0.100%) Notion
Business Applications
1 29 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.80%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.70%) Magento
5 7 (0.70%) Shopify
6 6 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
7 5 (0.50%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.20%) Workfront
9 1 (0.100%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.100%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.100%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.100%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.100%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.100%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 255 (25.42%) Azure
2 130 (12.96%) Azure DevOps
3 125 (12.46%) AWS
4 100 (9.97%) Microsoft 365
5 72 (7.18%) SaaS
6 60 (5.98%) GitHub
7 55 (5.48%) Power Platform
8 44 (4.39%) GCP
9 42 (4.19%) Entra ID
10 36 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (2.39%) Serverless
12 23 (2.29%) Figma
13 20 (1.99%) Smartsheet
14 19 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (1.69%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.69%) Google Workspace
15 17 (1.69%) PaaS
16 16 (1.60%) Boomi
16 16 (1.60%) Mimecast
17 14 (1.40%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.29%) VPN
2 25 (2.49%) Firewall
3 23 (2.29%) Multicast
4 18 (1.79%) Network Security
5 16 (1.60%) DNS
5 16 (1.60%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.50%) LAN
7 12 (1.20%) DHCP
7 12 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (1.10%) WAN
9 8 (0.80%) IPv4
9 8 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.50%) SSL
11 5 (0.50%) Wireless
12 4 (0.40%) HTTP
12 4 (0.40%) VoIP
13 3 (0.30%) Internet
14 2 (0.20%) Extranet
14 2 (0.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.99%) Power BI
3 27 (2.69%) MySQL
4 24 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.69%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.60%) NoSQL
7 15 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.40%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (1.00%) Tableau
11 9 (0.90%) Big Data
12 6 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.50%) Db2
13 5 (0.50%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.50%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
14 4 (0.40%) Power Query
15 3 (0.30%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 101 (10.07%) Git
2 47 (4.69%) Selenium
3 43 (4.29%) GitLab
4 40 (3.99%) Postman
5 36 (3.59%) Jenkins
6 28 (2.79%) Bitbucket
7 20 (1.99%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.89%) Zephyr
9 18 (1.79%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
9 18 (1.79%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (1.50%) Cucumber
10 15 (1.50%) WebDriver
11 13 (1.30%) SonarQube
12 10 (1.00%) JUnit
13 8 (0.80%) REST Assured
13 8 (0.80%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.70%) Apache Continuum
14 7 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
14 7 (0.70%) TestRail
General
1 358 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 262 (26.12%) Finance
3 134 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (7.18%) Marketing
5 61 (6.08%) Banking
6 55 (5.48%) Law
7 45 (4.49%) Retail
8 42 (4.19%) Legal
9 38 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (3.49%) Public Sector
12 31 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (3.09%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (2.79%) Games
15 25 (2.49%) Automotive
16 23 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.89%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.60%) Advertising
19 13 (1.30%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 198 (19.74%) Analyst
2 157 (15.65%) Senior
3 107 (10.67%) Lead
4 92 (9.17%) Business Analyst
5 78 (7.78%) Developer
6 70 (6.98%) IT Support
7 67 (6.68%) Project Manager
8 65 (6.48%) Support Engineer
9 56 (5.58%) Support Analyst
10 41 (4.09%) 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 31 (3.09%) Delivery Manager
13 31 (3.09%) IT Manager
13 31 (3.09%) Scrum Master
13 31 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
14 30 (2.99%) Product Manager
15 29 (2.89%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.98%) HTML
2 51 (5.08%) React
3 50 (4.99%) REST
4 49 (4.89%) .NET
5 45 (4.49%) CSS
6 41 (4.09%) SOAP
7 34 (3.39%) Middleware
8 33 (3.29%) JSON
9 27 (2.69%) Node.js
10 26 (2.59%) FIX Protocol
11 23 (2.29%) RESTful
11 23 (2.29%) XML
12 22 (2.19%) pytest
13 21 (2.09%) EDI
14 19 (1.89%) Spring
15 18 (1.79%) AngularJS
16 17 (1.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 17 (1.69%) Playwright
17 16 (1.60%) ASP.NET
18 15 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 115 (11.47%) Product Ownership
2 99 (9.87%) Onboarding
3 35 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.99%) Equities
7 29 (2.89%) 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 10 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 107 (10.67%) Linux
2 104 (10.37%) Windows
3 40 (3.99%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.20%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.90%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.80%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.80%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.70%) CentOS
8 7 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.50%) Unix
10 4 (0.40%) Debian
11 2 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.20%) ThreadX
11 2 (0.20%) VMS
12 1 (0.100%) Android
12 1 (0.100%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (53.14%) Agile
2 238 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 230 (22.93%) DevOps
4 214 (21.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 207 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
6 203 (20.24%) Scrum
7 157 (15.65%) CI/CD
8 136 (13.56%) Service Management
9 135 (13.46%) ITSM
10 134 (13.36%) ITIL
11 121 (12.06%) Project Management
12 120 (11.96%) Roadmaps
13 115 (11.47%) SDLC
14 114 (11.37%) Decision-Making
15 111 (11.07%) CRM
16 101 (10.07%) User Stories
17 96 (9.57%) User Experience
18 95 (9.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 94 (9.37%) Workflow
20 93 (9.27%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 193 (19.24%) SQL
2 137 (13.66%) Python
3 90 (8.97%) Java
4 66 (6.58%) JavaScript
5 62 (6.18%) PowerShell
6 49 (4.89%) C#
7 33 (3.29%) Bash
8 27 (2.69%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.29%) C++
10 19 (1.89%) PHP
11 17 (1.69%) R
12 13 (1.30%) 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
1 177 (17.65%) Degree
2 88 (8.77%) Security Cleared
3 50 (4.99%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.79%) ISTQB
5 40 (3.99%) PMI Certification
6 37 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (3.29%) PMP
8 29 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.99%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.40%) CCNA
12 14 (1.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 14 (1.40%) Master's Degree
13 11 (1.10%) A+ Certification
14 8 (0.80%) OSCP
14 8 (0.80%) RHCE
14 8 (0.80%) RHCSA
15 7 (0.70%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (12.76%) QA
2 34 (3.39%) SLA
3 32 (3.19%) Accessibility
4 31 (3.09%) PMO
5 25 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.29%) 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
11 8 (0.80%) WCAG
12 7 (0.70%) MiFID
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 91 (9.07%) Active Directory
2 63 (6.28%) Docker
3 22 (2.19%) 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%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.20%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.19%) Terraform
3 35 (3.49%) Ansible
4 32 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.40%) Packer
6 12 (1.20%) ZABBIX
7 11 (1.10%) Grafana
7 11 (1.10%) SCCM
8 8 (0.80%) Kibana
8 8 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
9 7 (0.70%) Nagios
10 6 (0.60%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.50%) Podman
11 5 (0.50%) SCOM
12 4 (0.40%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.40%) Graylog
12 4 (0.40%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.30%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 209 (20.84%) Microsoft
2 138 (13.76%) ServiceNow
3 75 (7.48%) Salesforce
4 60 (5.98%) Oracle
5 46 (4.59%) SAP
6 37 (3.69%) IBM
7 36 (3.59%) Atlassian
8 35 (3.49%) Google
9 32 (3.19%) BMC
9 32 (3.19%) HubSpot
10 31 (3.09%) Splunk
11 26 (2.59%) Cisco
12 24 (2.39%) VMware
13 22 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
14 14 (1.40%) Adobe
15 13 (1.30%) Red Hat
16 12 (1.20%) Freshdesk
16 12 (1.20%) Meraki
17 11 (1.10%) Citrix
18 9 (0.90%) Zscaler