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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 97 129
Rank change year-on-year -71 +32 -35
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,154 1,375 1,455
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.23% 3.15% 2.00%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.15% 38.49% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 826 848 924
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,313 £42,500 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,395 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.68% +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 4,099 3,572 6,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.36% 8.18% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,700 2,287 4,098
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,425
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,125 £97,700 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,850 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.64% +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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -71 344 £70,000 -6.67% 627
North of England -46 249 £55,000 +6.28% 154
South East +1 235 £57,500 +15.00% 190
North West -46 133 £60,000 +9.09% 78
South West -21 121 £53,750 +19.44% 107
Midlands -83 108 £42,750 -22.27% 89
Yorkshire -29 85 £43,000 -14.00% 47
East of England -37 81 £62,500 +8.70% 59
West Midlands -83 61 £45,000 -30.77% 58
East Midlands -55 47 £27,500 -35.29% 30
North East -39 31 £60,000 +85.69% 32
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
1 384 (33.28%) Confluence
2 97 (8.41%) SharePoint
3 57 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.39%) CMS
5 8 (0.69%) IIS
6 7 (0.61%) SAS
7 6 (0.52%) Apache
7 6 (0.52%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.43%) JBoss
9 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.35%) WordPress
10 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
11 2 (0.17%) Gentran
12 1 (0.087%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.087%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 91 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
2 55 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
4 38 (3.29%) MS Visio
5 24 (2.08%) Trello
6 14 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (0.95%) CATIA
8 4 (0.35%) Moqups
9 3 (0.26%) Sketch
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.17%) InVision
11 1 (0.087%) Notion
11 1 (0.087%) Simulink
11 1 (0.087%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 36 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.04%) Fidessa
4 7 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.52%) SAP IBP
6 5 (0.43%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.35%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.35%) SAP Business One
7 4 (0.35%) Shopify
8 3 (0.26%) Magento
8 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.087%) Bloomberg TOMS
10 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.087%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.087%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.087%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 369 (31.98%) Azure
2 181 (15.68%) AWS
3 170 (14.73%) Azure DevOps
4 131 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
5 112 (9.71%) SaaS
6 69 (5.98%) GitHub
7 64 (5.55%) Entra ID
8 57 (4.94%) Power Platform
9 47 (4.07%) GCP
10 32 (2.77%) Miro
10 32 (2.77%) Serverless
11 31 (2.69%) Mimecast
12 25 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (2.17%) Figma
13 24 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (1.73%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
16 15 (1.30%) Boomi
17 14 (1.21%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.03%) VPN
2 29 (2.51%) DNS
3 28 (2.43%) TCP/IP
4 27 (2.34%) Firewall
5 22 (1.91%) DHCP
6 20 (1.73%) Multicast
6 20 (1.73%) WAN
7 18 (1.56%) LAN
7 18 (1.56%) Network Security
8 13 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.78%) Kerberos
10 8 (0.69%) IPv4
10 8 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
11 7 (0.61%) HTTP
12 5 (0.43%) FIX Connectivity
12 5 (0.43%) NAS
12 5 (0.43%) SSL
12 5 (0.43%) VLAN
12 5 (0.43%) VoIP
12 5 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.55%) SQL Server
2 49 (4.25%) Power BI
3 26 (2.25%) MySQL
4 24 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.08%) MongoDB
4 24 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.47%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.39%) Tableau
7 13 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (0.69%) Big Data
9 7 (0.61%) DynamoDB
9 7 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.43%) Redis
11 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.35%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 129 (11.18%) Git
2 50 (4.33%) GitLab
3 41 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.21%) Bitbucket
5 34 (2.95%) Selenium
6 30 (2.60%) Postman
7 26 (2.25%) Zephyr
8 18 (1.56%) Cucumber
9 17 (1.47%) Cypress.io
10 16 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
11 11 (0.95%) JMeter
11 11 (0.95%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 10 (0.87%) SoapUI
13 9 (0.78%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.78%) TestRail
13 9 (0.78%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.61%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.61%) MSI
14 7 (0.61%) TeamCity
General
1 397 (34.40%) Social Skills
2 308 (26.69%) Finance
3 201 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (6.59%) Marketing
5 64 (5.55%) Law
6 63 (5.46%) Public Sector
7 60 (5.20%) Banking
8 56 (4.85%) Retail
9 54 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 53 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (4.33%) Legal
12 41 (3.55%) Aerospace
13 38 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (2.69%) Games
16 28 (2.43%) Manufacturing
17 27 (2.34%) Automotive
18 26 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (1.30%) Advertising
19 15 (1.30%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 223 (19.32%) Analyst
2 177 (15.34%) Senior
3 121 (10.49%) Lead
4 113 (9.79%) Business Analyst
5 94 (8.15%) Project Manager
6 88 (7.63%) Developer
7 72 (6.24%) IT Support
8 58 (5.03%) Support Engineer
9 49 (4.25%) Software Engineer
10 44 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
11 42 (3.64%) Support Analyst
12 41 (3.55%) IT Engineer
12 41 (3.55%) Systems Engineer
13 40 (3.47%) IT Manager
14 38 (3.29%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (3.29%) IT Analyst
15 35 (3.03%) Product Manager
16 34 (2.95%) IT Support Engineer
16 34 (2.95%) Senior Developer
17 31 (2.69%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.20%) REST
2 57 (4.94%) React
3 48 (4.16%) HTML
4 47 (4.07%) .NET
5 43 (3.73%) CSS
5 43 (3.73%) JSON
6 30 (2.60%) Middleware
7 29 (2.51%) Node.js
7 29 (2.51%) XML
8 28 (2.43%) FIX Protocol
9 27 (2.34%) RESTful
10 26 (2.25%) SOAP
11 24 (2.08%) Playwright
12 23 (1.99%) AngularJS
13 19 (1.65%) EDI
14 18 (1.56%) ASP.NET
14 18 (1.56%) pytest
15 17 (1.47%) .NET Framework
16 16 (1.39%) Kafka
17 15 (1.30%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 141 (12.22%) Product Ownership
2 114 (9.88%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
4 47 (4.07%) Management Information System
5 42 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (3.21%) Driving Licence
7 35 (3.03%) Cloud Native
8 32 (2.77%) Data Centre
8 32 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (2.69%) Equities
10 30 (2.60%) PMI
11 22 (1.91%) Fixed Income
12 20 (1.73%) Derivative
13 18 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
14 17 (1.47%) Algorithms
14 17 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (1.39%) Security Posture
15 16 (1.39%) Virtual Team
16 12 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
16 12 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 147 (12.74%) Windows
2 138 (11.96%) Linux
3 52 (4.51%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.82%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.21%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.69%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.61%) Unix
9 6 (0.52%) Android
9 6 (0.52%) CentOS
9 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.43%) Debian
11 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.17%) ThreadX
12 2 (0.17%) VMS
13 1 (0.087%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (52.60%) Agile
2 322 (27.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 307 (26.60%) DevOps
4 295 (25.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 279 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
6 242 (20.97%) Scrum
7 191 (16.55%) CI/CD
8 181 (15.68%) Project Management
9 156 (13.52%) ITIL
10 155 (13.43%) Service Management
11 138 (11.96%) Decision-Making
11 138 (11.96%) Roadmaps
12 136 (11.79%) ITSM
13 131 (11.35%) Workflow
14 130 (11.27%) User Stories
15 129 (11.18%) SDLC
16 128 (11.09%) AI
16 128 (11.09%) Project Delivery
17 123 (10.66%) CRM
18 122 (10.57%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 203 (17.59%) SQL
2 167 (14.47%) Python
3 96 (8.32%) Java
4 89 (7.71%) PowerShell
5 87 (7.54%) JavaScript
6 60 (5.20%) C#
7 39 (3.38%) Bash
8 38 (3.29%) TypeScript
9 37 (3.21%) C++
10 34 (2.95%) R
11 20 (1.73%) PHP
12 14 (1.21%) C
13 9 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.69%) Bicep
15 7 (0.61%) Groovy
15 7 (0.61%) Perl
15 7 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.52%) Tcl
16 6 (0.52%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 204 (17.68%) Degree
2 135 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 86 (7.45%) SC Cleared
4 74 (6.41%) PMI Certification
5 54 (4.68%) PMP
6 40 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 40 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 35 (3.03%) DV Cleared
8 32 (2.77%) ISTQB
9 30 (2.60%) AWS Certification
10 28 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.91%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.56%) CCNA
13 18 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.87%) CISSP
15 9 (0.78%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.78%) CBAP
15 9 (0.78%) RHCE
15 9 (0.78%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (13.78%) QA
2 57 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (4.59%) Accessibility
4 52 (4.51%) PMO
5 36 (3.12%) GDPR
6 31 (2.69%) Data Quality
7 29 (2.51%) SLA
8 18 (1.56%) WCAG
9 13 (1.13%) TickIT
10 12 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 11 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 10 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 9 (0.78%) NIST
13 9 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
14 8 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.69%) NCSC
15 7 (0.61%) GRC
16 6 (0.52%) MiFID
16 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 114 (9.88%) Active Directory
2 68 (5.89%) Docker
3 33 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.04%) vSphere
6 11 (0.95%) Firmware
7 8 (0.69%) Squid
7 8 (0.69%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.35%) KVM
10 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.087%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 55 (4.77%) Terraform
2 52 (4.51%) Kubernetes
3 48 (4.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (3.81%) Ansible
5 14 (1.21%) Packer
6 12 (1.04%) ZABBIX
7 11 (0.95%) Grafana
8 10 (0.87%) Kibana
9 8 (0.69%) SCCM
9 8 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.52%) Control-M
11 6 (0.52%) Nagios
11 6 (0.52%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (0.35%) Functional Safety
13 4 (0.35%) Graylog
13 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.35%) Podman
13 4 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 264 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 141 (12.22%) ServiceNow
3 82 (7.11%) Salesforce
4 81 (7.02%) Oracle
5 66 (5.72%) SAP
6 41 (3.55%) Splunk
7 39 (3.38%) VMware
8 36 (3.12%) Cisco
9 35 (3.03%) Atlassian
9 35 (3.03%) IBM
10 34 (2.95%) CrowdStrike
11 30 (2.60%) BMC
12 29 (2.51%) Google
13 27 (2.34%) HubSpot
14 19 (1.65%) Red Hat
15 18 (1.56%) Meraki
16 12 (1.04%) Adobe
17 10 (0.87%) ION Trading
18 9 (0.78%) Sage
19 8 (0.69%) Bloomberg