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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 99 127
Rank change year-on-year -63 +28 -32
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,214 1,338 1,364
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.17% 3.10% 2.04%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.58% 41.16% 23.56%
Number of salaries quoted 780 756 777
10th Percentile £34,925 £32,875 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £41,500 £44,500
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,375 £85,800
UK median annual salary £56,348 £60,000 £55,680
% change year-on-year -6.09% +7.76% -7.20%

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 4,247 3,251 5,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.09% 7.53% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,643 1,982 3,333
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £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 1 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 1 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 -50 406 £68,000 -12.26% 737
South East -62 240 £55,000 +22.22% 233
North of England -43 237 £55,000 +10.00% 236
South West -30 138 £56,250 +26.40% 121
North West -47 131 £57,500 +15.00% 123
Midlands -88 105 £45,000 -22.41% 131
Yorkshire -9 78 £43,000 -9.47% 84
East of England -34 71 £61,250 +6.52% 118
West Midlands -86 70 £45,000 -30.77% 84
East Midlands -65 35 £39,597 -17.93% 47
North East -49 28 £60,000 +16.50% 30
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
1 419 (34.51%) Confluence
2 94 (7.74%) SharePoint
3 51 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.32%) CMS
5 7 (0.58%) IIS
5 7 (0.58%) JBoss
5 7 (0.58%) SAS
6 6 (0.49%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.33%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.25%) Apache
9 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.25%) Drupal
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.16%) Gentran
10 2 (0.16%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) WordPress
11 1 (0.082%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.082%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 114 (9.39%) Microsoft Project
2 73 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 64 (5.27%) MS Visio
5 28 (2.31%) Trello
6 20 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.58%) CATIA
7 7 (0.58%) Moqups
8 4 (0.33%) Simulink
9 3 (0.25%) Sketch
10 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.16%) InVision
10 2 (0.16%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.082%) Notion
11 1 (0.082%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.082%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 43 (3.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.07%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.49%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.33%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.25%) Magento
6 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.25%) Shopify
6 3 (0.25%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.082%) Actimize
8 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.082%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.082%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 367 (30.23%) Azure
2 187 (15.40%) AWS
3 184 (15.16%) Azure DevOps
4 141 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
5 131 (10.79%) SaaS
6 81 (6.67%) GitHub
7 73 (6.01%) Entra ID
8 59 (4.86%) Power Platform
9 39 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (2.88%) GCP
11 34 (2.80%) Miro
12 32 (2.64%) Serverless
13 28 (2.31%) Figma
14 26 (2.14%) Mimecast
15 25 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (1.73%) Amazon S3
16 21 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
18 16 (1.32%) Boomi
18 16 (1.32%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (4.45%) DNS
2 46 (3.79%) VPN
3 41 (3.38%) DHCP
4 36 (2.97%) Firewall
5 34 (2.80%) TCP/IP
6 24 (1.98%) Network Security
7 23 (1.89%) WAN
8 20 (1.65%) LAN
8 20 (1.65%) Multicast
9 15 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.74%) VLAN
11 8 (0.66%) IPv4
11 8 (0.66%) Kerberos
11 8 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
12 6 (0.49%) FIX Connectivity
12 6 (0.49%) HTTP
12 6 (0.49%) NX-OS
13 5 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 5 (0.41%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 55 (4.53%) Power BI
3 26 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.89%) MongoDB
5 20 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (1.57%) MySQL
7 16 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.24%) Tableau
9 12 (0.99%) Metadata
10 11 (0.91%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.58%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
11 7 (0.58%) Redis
12 6 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.33%) Big Data
13 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 125 (10.30%) Git
2 62 (5.11%) GitLab
3 55 (4.53%) Jenkins
4 36 (2.97%) Selenium
5 35 (2.88%) Bitbucket
6 33 (2.72%) Postman
7 31 (2.55%) Rational DOORS
8 26 (2.14%) Cypress.io
9 22 (1.81%) Zephyr
10 17 (1.40%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.24%) JMeter
12 11 (0.91%) SoapUI
12 11 (0.91%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.82%) Artifactory
13 10 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 10 (0.82%) Visual Studio
14 8 (0.66%) Claude Code
15 7 (0.58%) MSI
15 7 (0.58%) Subversion
15 7 (0.58%) TestRail
General
1 451 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 358 (29.49%) Finance
3 233 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (6.75%) Organisational Skills
5 73 (6.01%) Marketing
6 71 (5.85%) Aerospace
6 71 (5.85%) Public Sector
7 68 (5.60%) Banking
8 66 (5.44%) Retail
9 59 (4.86%) Law
10 57 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 54 (4.45%) Manufacturing
12 44 (3.62%) Legal
13 31 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
13 31 (2.55%) Electronics
14 29 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (2.22%) Games
16 25 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
17 24 (1.98%) Automotive
18 22 (1.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 276 (22.73%) Analyst
2 183 (15.07%) Senior
3 147 (12.11%) Business Analyst
4 120 (9.88%) Lead
5 106 (8.73%) Project Manager
6 88 (7.25%) Developer
7 53 (4.37%) IT Support
8 52 (4.28%) Support Analyst
9 47 (3.87%) Delivery Manager
10 46 (3.79%) IT Analyst
10 46 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
11 44 (3.62%) Software Engineer
12 43 (3.54%) IT Manager
13 40 (3.29%) Product Owner
14 38 (3.13%) Support Engineer
15 36 (2.97%) Technical Analyst
16 33 (2.72%) IT Engineer
16 33 (2.72%) Product Manager
17 32 (2.64%) Consultant
17 32 (2.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (6.18%) REST
2 52 (4.28%) Terraform
3 51 (4.20%) HTML
4 48 (3.95%) .NET
5 42 (3.46%) React
6 40 (3.29%) JSON
7 35 (2.88%) CSS
8 32 (2.64%) Middleware
9 28 (2.31%) FIX Protocol
10 27 (2.22%) Node.js
10 27 (2.22%) Playwright
10 27 (2.22%) SOAP
11 26 (2.14%) XML
12 25 (2.06%) RESTful
13 24 (1.98%) Gherkin
14 19 (1.57%) AngularJS
15 18 (1.48%) EDI
16 17 (1.40%) pytest
17 16 (1.32%) ASP.NET
17 16 (1.32%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 157 (12.93%) Product Ownership
2 104 (8.57%) Onboarding
3 69 (5.68%) Enterprise Software
4 54 (4.45%) Management Information System
5 46 (3.79%) Data Centre
6 43 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
7 39 (3.21%) Driving Licence
8 37 (3.05%) Cloud Native
9 32 (2.64%) Equities
10 31 (2.55%) PMI
11 29 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.81%) Fixed Income
14 21 (1.73%) Virtual Team
15 20 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
16 18 (1.48%) Derivative
17 15 (1.24%) Algorithms
18 14 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
18 14 (1.15%) Security Posture
19 13 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 152 (12.52%) Windows
2 135 (11.12%) Linux
3 44 (3.62%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.89%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 13 (1.07%) Ubuntu
6 13 (1.07%) Unix
7 11 (0.91%) Android
7 11 (0.91%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.41%) CentOS
8 5 (0.41%) Debian
8 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.16%) VMS
11 1 (0.082%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.082%) Rocky
11 1 (0.082%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 644 (53.05%) Agile
2 364 (29.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 354 (29.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 334 (27.51%) Problem-Solving
5 308 (25.37%) DevOps
6 263 (21.66%) Scrum
7 223 (18.37%) Project Management
8 202 (16.64%) AI
9 186 (15.32%) User Stories
10 182 (14.99%) CI/CD
11 178 (14.66%) ITIL
12 163 (13.43%) Project Delivery
13 153 (12.60%) Service Management
14 149 (12.27%) Acceptance Criteria
15 145 (11.94%) Requirements Gathering
16 141 (11.61%) Decision-Making
17 138 (11.37%) Validation
18 136 (11.20%) Roadmaps
19 133 (10.96%) ITSM
20 132 (10.87%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 211 (17.38%) SQL
2 175 (14.42%) Python
3 96 (7.91%) Java
4 93 (7.66%) PowerShell
5 78 (6.43%) JavaScript
6 64 (5.27%) C#
7 41 (3.38%) Bash
8 39 (3.21%) C++
9 38 (3.13%) TypeScript
10 29 (2.39%) R
11 13 (1.07%) PHP
12 10 (0.82%) C
12 10 (0.82%) Perl
13 8 (0.66%) Bicep
13 8 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.49%) Groovy
14 6 (0.49%) Tcl
14 6 (0.49%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.41%) ActionScript
15 5 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 221 (18.20%) Degree
2 154 (12.69%) Security Cleared
3 94 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 84 (6.92%) PMI Certification
5 65 (5.35%) PMP
6 43 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 39 (3.21%) DV Cleared
8 35 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (2.39%) ISTQB
11 28 (2.31%) AWS Certification
11 28 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
11 28 (2.31%) Master's Degree
12 26 (2.14%) CCNA
13 18 (1.48%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.07%) CSPO
15 12 (0.99%) CBAP
15 12 (0.99%) MBA
16 11 (0.91%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (14.91%) QA
2 58 (4.78%) PMO
3 51 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (4.04%) Accessibility
5 39 (3.21%) Data Quality
6 28 (2.31%) SLA
7 25 (2.06%) GDPR
8 17 (1.40%) WCAG
9 13 (1.07%) TickIT
10 11 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 10 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 9 (0.74%) NCSC
12 9 (0.74%) NIST
13 7 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 5 (0.41%) MiFID
14 5 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
15 4 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.33%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 112 (9.23%) Active Directory
2 53 (4.37%) Docker
3 35 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.40%) vSphere
5 16 (1.32%) Hyper-V
6 13 (1.07%) Firmware
7 11 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (0.66%) Squid
8 8 (0.66%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.33%) KVM
10 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.082%) HDFS
12 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 56 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 48 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (3.71%) Ansible
4 13 (1.07%) Packer
5 12 (0.99%) ZABBIX
6 9 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.66%) Grafana
7 8 (0.66%) Kibana
8 7 (0.58%) Control-M
8 7 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
8 7 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (0.49%) BMC PATROL
9 6 (0.49%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.41%) SCCM
11 4 (0.33%) Graylog
11 4 (0.33%) Nagios
11 4 (0.33%) Podman
11 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 311 (25.62%) Microsoft
2 142 (11.70%) ServiceNow
3 82 (6.75%) Oracle
4 78 (6.43%) SAP
5 73 (6.01%) Salesforce
6 44 (3.62%) Atlassian
7 42 (3.46%) VMware
8 35 (2.88%) Splunk
9 33 (2.72%) IBM
10 32 (2.64%) Cisco
11 31 (2.55%) Google
12 27 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
13 24 (1.98%) HubSpot
14 21 (1.73%) BMC
15 19 (1.57%) Red Hat
16 15 (1.24%) Adobe
17 14 (1.15%) Sage
18 13 (1.07%) Pega
19 11 (0.91%) ION Trading
20 10 (0.82%) YouTube