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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 95 127
Rank change year-on-year -78 +32 -32
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,175 1,367 1,327
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.13% 3.17% 2.04%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.08% 41.78% 23.26%
Number of salaries quoted 740 750 753
10th Percentile £34,200 £32,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,875 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,375 £55,250
% change year-on-year -5.78% +5.66% -7.92%

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 4,185 3,272 5,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.03% 7.59% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,586 1,980 3,232
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -55 404 £68,000 -12.26% 891
South East -66 230 £55,000 +22.22% 283
North of England -54 217 £52,500 +5.00% 261
South West -30 131 £60,000 +39.53% 124
North West -45 120 £55,000 +10.00% 124
Midlands -92 105 £44,772 -22.47% 135
Yorkshire -30 70 £42,500 -10.53% 104
West Midlands -80 70 £46,250 -28.85% 87
East of England -45 69 £60,000 +4.35% 118
East Midlands -68 35 £39,597 -14.85% 48
North East -59 27 £61,250 +18.93% 34
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
1 401 (34.13%) Confluence
2 89 (7.57%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.36%) CMS
5 8 (0.68%) SAS
6 7 (0.60%) IIS
6 7 (0.60%) JBoss
7 5 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.34%) Drupal
8 4 (0.34%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.26%) Apache
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.17%) nginx
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
11 1 (0.085%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.085%) MTS
11 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
Applications
1 117 (9.96%) Microsoft Project
2 71 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
3 66 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 61 (5.19%) MS Visio
5 28 (2.38%) Trello
6 21 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.68%) CATIA
7 8 (0.68%) Moqups
8 6 (0.51%) Simulink
9 3 (0.26%) Sketch
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.17%) InVision
10 2 (0.17%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.085%) Mathcad
11 1 (0.085%) Notion
11 1 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.085%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 45 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.11%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.51%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.34%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.34%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.26%) Magento
6 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.26%) Shopify
6 3 (0.26%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 346 (29.45%) Azure
2 172 (14.64%) AWS
3 169 (14.38%) Azure DevOps
4 146 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
5 131 (11.15%) SaaS
6 79 (6.72%) GitHub
7 73 (6.21%) Entra ID
8 52 (4.43%) Power Platform
9 33 (2.81%) Miro
10 31 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (2.30%) Serverless
12 26 (2.21%) Mimecast
13 24 (2.04%) GCP
14 22 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (1.79%) Figma
16 20 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (1.45%) IaaS
18 16 (1.36%) Amazon S3
18 16 (1.36%) Google Workspace
19 15 (1.28%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.77%) DNS
2 46 (3.91%) VPN
3 41 (3.49%) DHCP
4 38 (3.23%) Firewall
5 34 (2.89%) TCP/IP
6 25 (2.13%) Network Security
7 24 (2.04%) WAN
8 21 (1.79%) LAN
8 21 (1.79%) Multicast
9 15 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.77%) VLAN
11 8 (0.68%) Kerberos
12 7 (0.60%) BIG-IP
12 7 (0.60%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 7 (0.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 7 (0.60%) IPv4
12 7 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (0.51%) HTTP
13 6 (0.51%) Internet
13 6 (0.51%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 48 (4.09%) Power BI
3 26 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (2.21%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (1.62%) Relational Database
5 18 (1.53%) MySQL
6 13 (1.11%) Tableau
7 12 (1.02%) Metadata
8 10 (0.85%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (0.60%) Redis
11 6 (0.51%) Spatial Data
11 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 116 (9.87%) Git
2 60 (5.11%) GitLab
3 49 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 33 (2.81%) Rational DOORS
5 32 (2.72%) Bitbucket
6 31 (2.64%) Selenium
7 29 (2.47%) Postman
8 26 (2.21%) Cypress.io
9 21 (1.79%) Zephyr
10 14 (1.19%) JMeter
11 10 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 10 (0.85%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.77%) Claude Code
12 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
13 8 (0.68%) SoapUI
14 7 (0.60%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.60%) MSI
14 7 (0.60%) Subversion
15 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
16 4 (0.34%) REST Assured
General
1 437 (37.19%) Social Skills
2 352 (29.96%) Finance
3 227 (19.32%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (6.89%) Organisational Skills
5 74 (6.30%) Banking
6 71 (6.04%) Public Sector
7 68 (5.79%) Aerospace
8 63 (5.36%) Marketing
8 63 (5.36%) Retail
9 56 (4.77%) Law
10 54 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 54 (4.60%) Manufacturing
11 44 (3.74%) Legal
12 34 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (2.55%) Electronics
14 29 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (2.21%) Telecoms
16 24 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
17 23 (1.96%) Games
18 22 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 264 (22.47%) Analyst
2 168 (14.30%) Senior
3 142 (12.09%) Business Analyst
4 109 (9.28%) Lead
5 104 (8.85%) Project Manager
6 80 (6.81%) Developer
7 50 (4.26%) IT Support
7 50 (4.26%) Support Analyst
8 49 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
9 44 (3.74%) IT Analyst
9 44 (3.74%) IT Manager
10 42 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
10 42 (3.57%) Software Engineer
11 40 (3.40%) Product Owner
12 35 (2.98%) Support Engineer
12 35 (2.98%) Technical Analyst
13 31 (2.64%) IT Engineer
13 31 (2.64%) Technical Manager
14 30 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 29 (2.47%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.36%) REST
2 49 (4.17%) .NET
3 47 (4.00%) HTML
4 45 (3.83%) Terraform
5 43 (3.66%) React
6 32 (2.72%) CSS
7 29 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
7 29 (2.47%) Node.js
8 27 (2.30%) Playwright
9 25 (2.13%) JSON
9 25 (2.13%) Middleware
10 24 (2.04%) Gherkin
10 24 (2.04%) RESTful
11 18 (1.53%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.53%) ASP.NET
11 18 (1.53%) SOAP
11 18 (1.53%) XML
12 17 (1.45%) pytest
13 15 (1.28%) .NET Core
14 14 (1.19%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 148 (12.60%) Product Ownership
2 99 (8.43%) Onboarding
3 69 (5.87%) Enterprise Software
4 51 (4.34%) Management Information System
5 50 (4.26%) Data Centre
6 45 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
7 40 (3.40%) Driving Licence
8 33 (2.81%) Cloud Native
9 32 (2.72%) Equities
10 28 (2.38%) PMI
11 26 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (2.04%) Fixed Income
13 20 (1.70%) Virtual Team
14 18 (1.53%) Algorithms
14 18 (1.53%) Derivative
15 15 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (1.19%) Security Posture
17 13 (1.11%) Biopharmaceutical
18 12 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 147 (12.51%) Windows
2 124 (10.55%) Linux
3 41 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.96%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.19%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.11%) Ubuntu
6 13 (1.11%) Unix
7 11 (0.94%) Android
8 10 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.43%) CentOS
9 5 (0.43%) Debian
9 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.17%) VMS
12 1 (0.085%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.085%) Rocky
12 1 (0.085%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 618 (52.60%) Agile
2 358 (30.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 349 (29.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 327 (27.83%) Problem-Solving
5 290 (24.68%) DevOps
6 253 (21.53%) Scrum
7 219 (18.64%) Project Management
8 202 (17.19%) AI
9 181 (15.40%) ITIL
10 179 (15.23%) User Stories
11 170 (14.47%) CI/CD
12 163 (13.87%) Project Delivery
13 153 (13.02%) Service Management
14 144 (12.26%) Acceptance Criteria
15 137 (11.66%) Requirements Gathering
16 135 (11.49%) ITSM
16 135 (11.49%) Validation
17 132 (11.23%) Decision-Making
17 132 (11.23%) Mentoring
18 130 (11.06%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 196 (16.68%) SQL
2 170 (14.47%) Python
3 89 (7.57%) Java
4 88 (7.49%) PowerShell
5 78 (6.64%) JavaScript
6 66 (5.62%) C#
7 43 (3.66%) C++
8 41 (3.49%) TypeScript
9 39 (3.32%) Bash
10 29 (2.47%) R
11 13 (1.11%) C
12 11 (0.94%) PHP
13 8 (0.68%) Bicep
13 8 (0.68%) Perl
13 8 (0.68%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.60%) ActionScript
14 7 (0.60%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.51%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.51%) Tcl
15 6 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 213 (18.13%) Degree
2 147 (12.51%) Security Cleared
3 91 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 83 (7.06%) PMI Certification
5 68 (5.79%) PMP
6 41 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (3.06%) DV Cleared
8 35 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (2.55%) ITIL Certification
11 29 (2.47%) Master's Degree
12 27 (2.30%) AWS Certification
13 26 (2.21%) CCNA
14 25 (2.13%) ISTQB
15 19 (1.62%) A+ Certification
16 14 (1.19%) CSPO
17 13 (1.11%) MBA
18 11 (0.94%) CCNP
18 11 (0.94%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (14.89%) QA
2 59 (5.02%) PMO
3 52 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (3.57%) Accessibility
5 36 (3.06%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.47%) SLA
7 25 (2.13%) GDPR
8 17 (1.45%) WCAG
9 11 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 10 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 9 (0.77%) NCSC
11 9 (0.77%) NIST
12 8 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 6 (0.51%) TickIT
15 5 (0.43%) ISO 20022
15 5 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 4 (0.34%) ISO 9001
17 3 (0.26%) ISO 8583
17 3 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 110 (9.36%) Active Directory
2 48 (4.09%) Docker
3 35 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.45%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.45%) vSphere
5 16 (1.36%) Firmware
6 11 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.60%) Squid
8 7 (0.60%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.34%) KVM
10 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.085%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 51 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 49 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (3.15%) Ansible
4 11 (0.94%) ZABBIX
5 10 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.60%) Control-M
6 7 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
6 7 (0.60%) Grafana
6 7 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (0.60%) Packer
7 6 (0.51%) BMC PATROL
7 6 (0.51%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.51%) Kibana
7 6 (0.51%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.34%) Graylog
8 4 (0.34%) Nagios
8 4 (0.34%) Podman
8 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.26%) SCCM
9 3 (0.26%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 300 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 143 (12.17%) ServiceNow
3 81 (6.89%) Oracle
4 78 (6.64%) SAP
5 72 (6.13%) Salesforce
6 42 (3.57%) VMware
7 39 (3.32%) Atlassian
8 34 (2.89%) Splunk
9 32 (2.72%) Cisco
10 28 (2.38%) IBM
11 27 (2.30%) CrowdStrike
12 26 (2.21%) Google
13 23 (1.96%) HubSpot
14 20 (1.70%) BMC
15 17 (1.45%) Pega
15 17 (1.45%) Red Hat
16 14 (1.19%) Adobe
16 14 (1.19%) Sage
17 11 (0.94%) ION Trading
18 10 (0.85%) Thales