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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 101 115
Rank change year-on-year -67 +14 -23
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,039 1,336 2,013
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.21% 3.17% 2.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.15% 36.47% 25.81%
Number of salaries quoted 773 824 1,445
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £97,500 £87,500
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 3,827 3,663 7,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.46% 8.70% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,563 2,393 5,723
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,743 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.07% -10.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -68 302 £72,500 +3.57% 235
North of England -60 222 £55,000 - 111
South East +17 221 £57,500 +10.58% 152
North West -61 121 £60,000 +9.09% 66
Midlands -99 102 £43,500 -22.62% 48
South West -59 91 £52,500 +12.90% 56
Yorkshire -39 79 £45,000 -28.00% 37
East of England -16 78 £70,000 +21.74% 37
East Midlands -47 51 £27,500 -23.61% 17
West Midlands -96 51 £45,000 -33.33% 31
North East -37 22 £67,500 +108.90% 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
1 351 (33.78%) Confluence
2 87 (8.37%) SharePoint
3 47 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.15%) CMS
5 8 (0.77%) IIS
6 6 (0.58%) Apache
6 6 (0.58%) SAS
6 6 (0.58%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.38%) Documentum
7 4 (0.38%) JBoss
7 4 (0.38%) WordPress
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.19%) Gentran
9 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.096%) Drupal
10 1 (0.096%) nginx
10 1 (0.096%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
2 45 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (2.21%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.83%) Trello
6 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.87%) CATIA
8 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.29%) Sketch
8 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.19%) InVision
10 1 (0.096%) Notion
Business Applications
1 32 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.96%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.58%) Shopify
6 5 (0.48%) Magento
6 5 (0.48%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.38%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.38%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.19%) Workfront
10 1 (0.096%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 288 (27.72%) Azure
2 140 (13.47%) Azure DevOps
3 139 (13.38%) AWS
4 118 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
5 88 (8.47%) SaaS
6 69 (6.64%) GitHub
7 56 (5.39%) Power Platform
8 51 (4.91%) Entra ID
9 44 (4.23%) GCP
10 29 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (2.69%) Serverless
12 25 (2.41%) Mimecast
13 23 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (2.12%) Figma
15 20 (1.92%) Amazon S3
15 20 (1.92%) Google Workspace
16 19 (1.83%) PaaS
17 18 (1.73%) Miro
17 18 (1.73%) Smartsheet
18 17 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.75%) VPN
2 29 (2.79%) Firewall
3 22 (2.12%) Multicast
4 21 (2.02%) DNS
4 21 (2.02%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.83%) Network Security
6 18 (1.73%) LAN
7 15 (1.44%) DHCP
7 15 (1.44%) WAN
8 14 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.77%) IPv4
9 8 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (0.58%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.48%) SSL
12 5 (0.48%) VoIP
12 5 (0.48%) Wireless
13 4 (0.38%) Internet
14 3 (0.29%) HTTP
14 3 (0.29%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.68%) SQL Server
2 45 (4.33%) Power BI
3 25 (2.41%) MySQL
4 22 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (1.73%) MongoDB
6 18 (1.73%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.44%) NoSQL
7 15 (1.44%) Tableau
8 14 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.96%) Big Data
10 8 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.77%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.38%) Data Vault
12 4 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.38%) Power Query
12 4 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (11.07%) Git
2 47 (4.52%) GitLab
3 36 (3.46%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.98%) Bitbucket
5 27 (2.60%) Selenium
6 23 (2.21%) Postman
7 21 (2.02%) Zephyr
8 14 (1.35%) Cucumber
9 13 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
10 12 (1.15%) SonarQube
11 11 (1.06%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.77%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.77%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 7 (0.67%) JMeter
13 7 (0.67%) JUnit
13 7 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
13 7 (0.67%) SoapUI
13 7 (0.67%) TeamCity
13 7 (0.67%) TestRail
General
1 370 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 266 (25.60%) Finance
3 153 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (6.74%) Marketing
5 59 (5.68%) Banking
6 52 (5.00%) Law
7 49 (4.72%) Retail
8 47 (4.52%) Legal
9 42 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (3.85%) Public Sector
11 35 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 34 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (3.08%) Games
15 26 (2.50%) Automotive
15 26 (2.50%) Manufacturing
16 22 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.83%) Aerospace
18 17 (1.64%) Advertising
19 11 (1.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 196 (18.86%) Analyst
2 160 (15.40%) Senior
3 103 (9.91%) Lead
4 94 (9.05%) Business Analyst
5 88 (8.47%) Developer
6 77 (7.41%) IT Support
6 77 (7.41%) Project Manager
7 71 (6.83%) Support Engineer
8 54 (5.20%) Support Analyst
9 46 (4.43%) IT Engineer
9 46 (4.43%) Software Engineer
10 41 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
11 40 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
12 36 (3.46%) IT Manager
13 34 (3.27%) Delivery Manager
14 33 (3.18%) Scrum Master
15 31 (2.98%) Applications Support
16 30 (2.89%) Senior Developer
17 29 (2.79%) Product Owner
17 29 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.20%) React
2 50 (4.81%) REST
3 44 (4.23%) HTML
4 43 (4.14%) .NET
5 41 (3.95%) CSS
6 37 (3.56%) JSON
7 36 (3.46%) Middleware
8 29 (2.79%) Node.js
9 28 (2.69%) FIX Protocol
10 27 (2.60%) SOAP
11 24 (2.31%) RESTful
11 24 (2.31%) XML
12 22 (2.12%) EDI
12 22 (2.12%) pytest
13 21 (2.02%) AngularJS
14 18 (1.73%) ASP.NET
14 18 (1.73%) Spring
15 17 (1.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 17 (1.64%) Playwright
16 14 (1.35%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 120 (11.55%) Product Ownership
2 104 (10.01%) Onboarding
3 42 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 34 (3.27%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.18%) Equities
8 26 (2.50%) Data Centre
9 23 (2.21%) Cloud Native
10 22 (2.12%) Fixed Income
11 21 (2.02%) Algorithms
11 21 (2.02%) Derivative
12 19 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.64%) PMI
14 16 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (1.15%) Security Posture
17 11 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
17 11 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 133 (12.80%) Windows
2 128 (12.32%) Linux
3 52 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 13 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (1.25%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.96%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.67%) CentOS
8 7 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.58%) Unix
10 5 (0.48%) Debian
11 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.19%) ThreadX
12 2 (0.19%) VMS
13 1 (0.096%) Android
13 1 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (51.97%) Agile
2 257 (24.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 256 (24.64%) DevOps
4 224 (21.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 217 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
6 203 (19.54%) Scrum
7 169 (16.27%) CI/CD
8 143 (13.76%) Service Management
9 138 (13.28%) ITSM
10 136 (13.09%) ITIL
11 130 (12.51%) Project Management
12 124 (11.93%) Roadmaps
13 118 (11.36%) CRM
14 116 (11.16%) SDLC
15 115 (11.07%) Decision-Making
16 107 (10.30%) User Stories
16 107 (10.30%) Workflow
17 106 (10.20%) Software Engineering
18 103 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 93 (8.95%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 192 (18.48%) SQL
2 157 (15.11%) Python
3 82 (7.89%) Java
4 78 (7.51%) PowerShell
5 72 (6.93%) JavaScript
6 45 (4.33%) C#
7 35 (3.37%) Bash
8 31 (2.98%) TypeScript
9 29 (2.79%) C++
10 26 (2.50%) R
11 20 (1.92%) PHP
12 11 (1.06%) C
13 10 (0.96%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.67%) Groovy
14 7 (0.67%) Perl
15 6 (0.58%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.48%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.48%) Tcl
16 5 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 172 (16.55%) Degree
2 104 (10.01%) Security Cleared
3 61 (5.87%) SC Cleared
4 46 (4.43%) PMI Certification
5 40 (3.85%) PMP
6 32 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (2.98%) ISTQB
8 30 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (2.21%) DV Cleared
11 22 (2.12%) AWS Certification
12 21 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.54%) CCNA
13 16 (1.54%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.25%) A+ Certification
15 8 (0.77%) CCNP
15 8 (0.77%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.77%) OSCP
15 8 (0.77%) RHCE
15 8 (0.77%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (12.80%) QA
2 41 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.56%) Accessibility
3 37 (3.56%) SLA
4 35 (3.37%) PMO
5 24 (2.31%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.02%) GDPR
7 13 (1.25%) TickIT
8 12 (1.15%) WCAG
9 10 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 9 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 9 (0.87%) Software Quality Assurance
11 8 (0.77%) GRC
12 7 (0.67%) MiFID
12 7 (0.67%) NIST
13 6 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.58%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.48%) NCSC
14 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 108 (10.39%) Active Directory
2 65 (6.26%) Docker
3 30 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.15%) vSphere
5 11 (1.06%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.77%) Squid
6 8 (0.77%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.67%) Firmware
8 6 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 4 (0.38%) KVM
11 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 50 (4.81%) Kubernetes
1 50 (4.81%) Terraform
2 42 (4.04%) Ansible
3 38 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.35%) Packer
5 12 (1.15%) ZABBIX
6 11 (1.06%) SCCM
7 10 (0.96%) Grafana
7 10 (0.96%) Kibana
8 8 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
8 8 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.67%) Nagios
10 5 (0.48%) Podman
10 5 (0.48%) SCOM
11 4 (0.38%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.38%) Graylog
11 4 (0.38%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.38%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.38%) VxRail
12 3 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 233 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 145 (13.96%) ServiceNow
3 77 (7.41%) Salesforce
4 64 (6.16%) Oracle
5 47 (4.52%) SAP
6 38 (3.66%) Splunk
7 36 (3.46%) Google
8 35 (3.37%) IBM
9 33 (3.18%) VMware
10 31 (2.98%) CrowdStrike
11 30 (2.89%) Atlassian
11 30 (2.89%) BMC
11 30 (2.89%) HubSpot
12 29 (2.79%) Cisco
13 14 (1.35%) Adobe
13 14 (1.35%) Red Hat
14 12 (1.15%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.15%) Meraki
15 11 (1.06%) Citrix
15 11 (1.06%) Zscaler