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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 100 118
Rank change year-on-year -59 +18 -23
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,024 1,302 2,064
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.22% 3.25% 2.16%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.76% 36.02% 25.85%
Number of salaries quoted 763 791 1,480
10th Percentile £32,850 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £45,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £70,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -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 3,615 7,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.55% 9.03% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,567 2,366 5,864
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 £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 £102,500 £93,925
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 22 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 22 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 -68 301 £72,500 +3.57% 129
South East +28 220 £57,500 -4.17% 113
North of England -63 212 £56,150 +2.09% 81
North West -46 121 £60,000 +9.09% 39
Midlands -93 105 £44,543 -19.01% 36
South West -64 87 £52,500 +12.90% 38
East of England -12 77 £70,000 +32.08% 28
Yorkshire -48 70 £46,000 -29.23% 38
West Midlands -85 53 £47,500 -29.63% 25
East Midlands -46 52 £27,500 -23.61% 11
North East -43 21 £67,500 +200.00% 6
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
1 356 (34.77%) Confluence
2 82 (8.01%) SharePoint
3 41 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.17%) CMS
5 8 (0.78%) Apache
5 8 (0.78%) IIS
6 6 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.49%) JBoss
7 5 (0.49%) SAS
8 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.39%) Documentum
8 4 (0.39%) WordPress
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.20%) Gentran
10 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.098%) nginx
11 1 (0.098%) WebLogic
Applications
1 79 (7.71%) Microsoft Project
2 40 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.15%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.66%) Trello
6 12 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 11 (1.07%) CATIA
8 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.29%) Sketch
8 3 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) InVision
10 1 (0.098%) Notion
Business Applications
1 32 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.07%) Fidessa
3 11 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.59%) Magento
4 6 (0.59%) Shopify
5 5 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.49%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.39%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.39%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.20%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.20%) Workfront
8 1 (0.098%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.098%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.098%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.098%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.098%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.098%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.098%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 275 (26.86%) Azure
2 139 (13.57%) Azure DevOps
3 131 (12.79%) AWS
4 109 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (7.71%) SaaS
6 67 (6.54%) GitHub
7 57 (5.57%) Power Platform
8 45 (4.39%) Entra ID
9 43 (4.20%) GCP
10 34 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (2.54%) Serverless
12 23 (2.25%) Figma
13 21 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (1.95%) Mimecast
14 20 (1.95%) Smartsheet
15 19 (1.86%) Amazon S3
16 18 (1.76%) Google Workspace
16 18 (1.76%) PaaS
17 17 (1.66%) Miro
18 16 (1.56%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.52%) VPN
2 27 (2.64%) Firewall
3 24 (2.34%) Multicast
4 19 (1.86%) Network Security
5 18 (1.76%) DNS
5 18 (1.76%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.66%) LAN
7 13 (1.27%) DHCP
7 13 (1.27%) WAN
7 13 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.78%) IPv4
8 8 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (0.49%) SSL
10 5 (0.49%) VoIP
10 5 (0.49%) Wireless
11 4 (0.39%) HTTP
11 4 (0.39%) Internet
11 4 (0.39%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.29%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.76%) SQL Server
2 42 (4.10%) Power BI
3 25 (2.44%) MySQL
4 22 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (1.76%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.66%) MongoDB
7 16 (1.56%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (1.27%) Tableau
10 10 (0.98%) Big Data
11 8 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.68%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.39%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.39%) Power Query
14 3 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
14 3 (0.29%) Mixpanel
14 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 110 (10.74%) Git
2 46 (4.49%) GitLab
3 38 (3.71%) Selenium
4 34 (3.32%) Jenkins
5 33 (3.22%) Postman
6 30 (2.93%) Bitbucket
7 19 (1.86%) Zephyr
8 18 (1.76%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.37%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
9 14 (1.37%) SonarQube
10 13 (1.27%) SoapUI
11 11 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.98%) JUnit
13 9 (0.88%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.78%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.68%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
15 7 (0.68%) TeamCity
15 7 (0.68%) TestRail
General
1 359 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 266 (25.98%) Finance
3 143 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (7.13%) Marketing
5 58 (5.66%) Banking
6 55 (5.37%) Law
7 47 (4.59%) Retail
8 45 (4.39%) Legal
9 39 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (3.61%) Public Sector
11 33 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 32 (3.13%) Games
12 32 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (2.73%) Manufacturing
14 25 (2.44%) Automotive
15 21 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.76%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.66%) Advertising
18 10 (0.98%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 194 (18.95%) Analyst
2 158 (15.43%) Senior
3 105 (10.25%) Lead
4 96 (9.38%) Business Analyst
5 86 (8.40%) Developer
6 73 (7.13%) IT Support
6 73 (7.13%) Project Manager
7 68 (6.64%) Support Engineer
8 54 (5.27%) Support Analyst
9 43 (4.20%) IT Engineer
10 41 (4.00%) Software Engineer
11 38 (3.71%) IT Support Engineer
11 38 (3.71%) Systems Engineer
12 36 (3.52%) IT Manager
13 33 (3.22%) Scrum Master
14 32 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
15 31 (3.03%) Applications Support
16 30 (2.93%) Product Manager
16 30 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
16 30 (2.93%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.27%) HTML
2 53 (5.18%) React
2 53 (5.18%) REST
3 47 (4.59%) .NET
4 46 (4.49%) CSS
5 38 (3.71%) JSON
6 37 (3.61%) Middleware
7 34 (3.32%) SOAP
8 29 (2.83%) FIX Protocol
9 27 (2.64%) Node.js
10 25 (2.44%) XML
11 24 (2.34%) RESTful
12 22 (2.15%) EDI
12 22 (2.15%) pytest
13 21 (2.05%) AngularJS
13 21 (2.05%) Spring
14 18 (1.76%) ASP.NET
15 17 (1.66%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 17 (1.66%) Playwright
16 16 (1.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 118 (11.52%) Product Ownership
2 106 (10.35%) Onboarding
3 38 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
4 37 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.22%) Driving Licence
6 33 (3.22%) Equities
7 24 (2.34%) Fixed Income
8 23 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 21 (2.05%) Algorithms
9 21 (2.05%) Derivative
10 20 (1.95%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.37%) PMI
14 13 (1.27%) Virtual Team
15 12 (1.17%) Mobile App
16 10 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 125 (12.21%) Windows
2 122 (11.91%) Linux
3 48 (4.69%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.27%) Mac OS
4 13 (1.27%) Ubuntu
5 12 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.78%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.68%) CentOS
8 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.59%) Unix
10 5 (0.49%) Debian
11 2 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.20%) ThreadX
11 2 (0.20%) VMS
11 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.098%) Android
12 1 (0.098%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (53.22%) Agile
2 254 (24.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 249 (24.32%) DevOps
4 218 (21.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 210 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 207 (20.21%) Scrum
7 168 (16.41%) CI/CD
8 140 (13.67%) Service Management
9 134 (13.09%) ITSM
10 132 (12.89%) ITIL
11 131 (12.79%) Project Management
12 124 (12.11%) Roadmaps
13 120 (11.72%) SDLC
14 117 (11.43%) CRM
14 117 (11.43%) Decision-Making
15 106 (10.35%) User Stories
16 102 (9.96%) Workflow
17 99 (9.67%) Software Engineering
17 99 (9.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 95 (9.28%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 197 (19.24%) SQL
2 151 (14.75%) Python
3 89 (8.69%) Java
4 73 (7.13%) PowerShell
5 70 (6.84%) JavaScript
6 50 (4.88%) C#
7 35 (3.42%) Bash
8 32 (3.13%) TypeScript
9 25 (2.44%) C++
10 21 (2.05%) R
11 20 (1.95%) PHP
12 11 (1.07%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.68%) C
13 7 (0.68%) Groovy
13 7 (0.68%) Perl
14 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
14 5 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.49%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.39%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 171 (16.70%) Degree
2 96 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 42 (4.10%) ISTQB
5 41 (4.00%) PMI Certification
6 36 (3.52%) PMP
7 31 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 29 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (2.15%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.95%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.56%) CCNA
13 14 (1.37%) Master's Degree
14 11 (1.07%) A+ Certification
15 8 (0.78%) CCNP
15 8 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 8 (0.78%) OSCP
15 8 (0.78%) RHCE
15 8 (0.78%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (13.48%) QA
2 37 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 36 (3.52%) SLA
4 32 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (3.13%) PMO
5 24 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.76%) GDPR
7 13 (1.27%) TickIT
8 12 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 11 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 11 (1.07%) WCAG
10 9 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
11 8 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.78%) GRC
12 7 (0.68%) MiFID
13 6 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.59%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.49%) NIST
15 4 (0.39%) ISO 26262
15 4 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 98 (9.57%) Active Directory
2 65 (6.35%) Docker
3 27 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.17%) vSphere
5 9 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.78%) Squid
6 8 (0.78%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 4 (0.39%) Firmware
7 4 (0.39%) KVM
7 4 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.20%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 49 (4.79%) Kubernetes
2 47 (4.59%) Terraform
3 39 (3.81%) Ansible
4 33 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.37%) Packer
6 12 (1.17%) Grafana
6 12 (1.17%) ZABBIX
7 11 (1.07%) SCCM
8 10 (0.98%) Kibana
9 8 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
9 8 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.68%) Nagios
11 6 (0.59%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.49%) Podman
12 5 (0.49%) SCOM
13 4 (0.39%) Functional Safety
13 4 (0.39%) Graylog
13 4 (0.39%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.39%) VxRail
14 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 224 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 140 (13.67%) ServiceNow
3 78 (7.62%) Salesforce
4 66 (6.45%) Oracle
5 46 (4.49%) SAP
6 36 (3.52%) Google
6 36 (3.52%) Splunk
7 35 (3.42%) IBM
8 32 (3.13%) Atlassian
8 32 (3.13%) BMC
8 32 (3.13%) HubSpot
9 30 (2.93%) VMware
10 28 (2.73%) Cisco
11 26 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
12 14 (1.37%) Adobe
13 13 (1.27%) Red Hat
14 12 (1.17%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.17%) Meraki
15 11 (1.07%) Citrix
16 10 (0.98%) Zscaler