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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 99 117
Rank change year-on-year -65 +18 -25
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,048 1,338 2,002
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.21% 3.15% 2.20%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.22% 36.51% 25.82%
Number of salaries quoted 778 824 1,432
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,375 £45,000 £41,750
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 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,375 £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 3,850 3,665 7,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.44% 8.64% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,581 2,390 5,680
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 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.14% -10.82%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
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 7 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 7 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 -66 304 £72,500 +3.57% 239
South East +23 224 £57,500 +13.86% 148
North of England -61 222 £55,000 - 107
North West -52 122 £60,000 +9.09% 58
Midlands -94 103 £44,543 -20.77% 61
South West -50 94 £48,750 +4.84% 57
East of England -18 78 £70,000 +21.74% 48
Yorkshire -37 78 £45,000 -28.00% 39
East Midlands -50 52 £27,500 -23.61% 25
West Midlands -93 51 £47,500 -29.63% 36
North East -40 22 £67,500 +108.90% 11
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
1 353 (33.68%) Confluence
2 86 (8.21%) SharePoint
3 47 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.15%) CMS
5 8 (0.76%) IIS
6 7 (0.67%) SAS
7 6 (0.57%) Apache
7 6 (0.57%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.38%) Documentum
8 4 (0.38%) JBoss
8 4 (0.38%) WordPress
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.19%) Gentran
10 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.095%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.095%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 78 (7.44%) Microsoft Project
2 46 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (2.19%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.91%) Trello
6 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.86%) 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 (0.095%) Notion
Business Applications
1 32 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.95%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.57%) 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
7 4 (0.38%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.19%) Workfront
9 1 (0.095%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.095%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 295 (28.15%) Azure
2 144 (13.74%) Azure DevOps
3 141 (13.45%) AWS
4 114 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
5 90 (8.59%) SaaS
6 69 (6.58%) GitHub
7 57 (5.44%) Power Platform
8 51 (4.87%) Entra ID
9 44 (4.20%) GCP
10 29 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (2.67%) Serverless
12 25 (2.39%) Mimecast
13 23 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (2.10%) Figma
15 20 (1.91%) Amazon S3
16 18 (1.72%) Google Workspace
16 18 (1.72%) Miro
16 18 (1.72%) PaaS
16 18 (1.72%) Smartsheet
17 17 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.53%) VPN
2 29 (2.77%) Firewall
3 22 (2.10%) Multicast
4 21 (2.00%) DNS
4 21 (2.00%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.81%) Network Security
6 16 (1.53%) LAN
6 16 (1.53%) WAN
7 15 (1.43%) DHCP
8 12 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.76%) IPv4
9 8 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (0.67%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.48%) SSL
11 5 (0.48%) VoIP
11 5 (0.48%) Wireless
12 4 (0.38%) Internet
12 4 (0.38%) NAS
13 3 (0.29%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 46 (4.39%) Power BI
3 25 (2.39%) MySQL
4 22 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.72%) MongoDB
5 18 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.43%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.43%) Tableau
7 14 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.95%) Big Data
9 8 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.76%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.38%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.38%) Power Query
11 4 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (10.97%) Git
2 47 (4.48%) GitLab
3 36 (3.44%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.96%) Bitbucket
5 27 (2.58%) Selenium
6 23 (2.19%) Postman
7 21 (2.00%) Zephyr
8 14 (1.34%) Cucumber
9 13 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
10 12 (1.15%) SonarQube
11 11 (1.05%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.76%) REST Assured
12 8 (0.76%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.67%) Artifactory
13 7 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 7 (0.67%) JMeter
13 7 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
13 7 (0.67%) SoapUI
13 7 (0.67%) TeamCity
13 7 (0.67%) TestRail
General
1 371 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 268 (25.57%) Finance
3 157 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (6.58%) Marketing
5 58 (5.53%) Banking
6 53 (5.06%) Law
7 49 (4.68%) Retail
8 45 (4.29%) Legal
9 43 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
10 38 (3.63%) Public Sector
11 35 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 34 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (3.05%) Games
15 26 (2.48%) Automotive
15 26 (2.48%) Manufacturing
16 22 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.81%) Aerospace
18 17 (1.62%) Advertising
19 11 (1.05%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 198 (18.89%) Analyst
2 159 (15.17%) Senior
3 105 (10.02%) Lead
4 95 (9.06%) Business Analyst
5 88 (8.40%) Developer
6 79 (7.54%) Project Manager
7 76 (7.25%) IT Support
8 69 (6.58%) Support Engineer
9 54 (5.15%) Support Analyst
10 47 (4.48%) Software Engineer
11 45 (4.29%) IT Engineer
12 40 (3.82%) IT Support Engineer
12 40 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
13 36 (3.44%) IT Manager
14 34 (3.24%) Delivery Manager
15 33 (3.15%) Scrum Master
16 31 (2.96%) Applications Support
17 30 (2.86%) Product Owner
17 30 (2.86%) Senior Developer
18 29 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.15%) React
2 50 (4.77%) REST
3 45 (4.29%) HTML
4 44 (4.20%) .NET
5 42 (4.01%) CSS
6 37 (3.53%) JSON
7 36 (3.44%) Middleware
8 29 (2.77%) Node.js
9 28 (2.67%) FIX Protocol
10 27 (2.58%) SOAP
11 24 (2.29%) RESTful
11 24 (2.29%) XML
12 22 (2.10%) EDI
12 22 (2.10%) pytest
13 21 (2.00%) AngularJS
14 18 (1.72%) ASP.NET
14 18 (1.72%) Playwright
14 18 (1.72%) Spring
15 17 (1.62%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 14 (1.34%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 121 (11.55%) Product Ownership
2 102 (9.73%) Onboarding
3 43 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 34 (3.24%) Driving Licence
7 33 (3.15%) Equities
8 27 (2.58%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.29%) Cloud Native
10 22 (2.10%) Fixed Income
11 21 (2.00%) Algorithms
11 21 (2.00%) Derivative
12 19 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (1.62%) PMI
14 16 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.15%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
17 10 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 132 (12.60%) Windows
2 130 (12.40%) Linux
3 53 (5.06%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.34%) Mac OS
5 13 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.76%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.67%) CentOS
8 7 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.57%) Unix
10 5 (0.48%) Debian
11 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.19%) ThreadX
12 2 (0.19%) VMS
13 1 (0.095%) Android
13 1 (0.095%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (52.39%) Agile
2 264 (25.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 262 (25.00%) DevOps
4 230 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 219 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
6 207 (19.75%) Scrum
7 170 (16.22%) CI/CD
8 143 (13.65%) Service Management
9 137 (13.07%) ITSM
10 134 (12.79%) ITIL
11 132 (12.60%) Project Management
12 127 (12.12%) Roadmaps
13 118 (11.26%) CRM
13 118 (11.26%) SDLC
14 115 (10.97%) Decision-Making
15 111 (10.59%) User Stories
16 109 (10.40%) Software Engineering
17 107 (10.21%) Workflow
18 105 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 95 (9.06%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 194 (18.51%) SQL
2 158 (15.08%) Python
3 84 (8.02%) Java
4 77 (7.35%) PowerShell
5 73 (6.97%) JavaScript
6 47 (4.48%) C#
7 37 (3.53%) Bash
8 31 (2.96%) TypeScript
9 29 (2.77%) C++
10 26 (2.48%) R
11 20 (1.91%) PHP
12 12 (1.15%) C
13 10 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.67%) Groovy
14 7 (0.67%) Perl
15 6 (0.57%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.48%) Bicep
16 5 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.48%) Tcl
16 5 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 173 (16.51%) Degree
2 104 (9.92%) Security Cleared
3 61 (5.82%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.58%) PMI Certification
5 42 (4.01%) PMP
6 32 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.05%) ISTQB
7 30 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (2.19%) DV Cleared
10 22 (2.10%) AWS Certification
10 22 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.53%) CCNA
11 16 (1.53%) Master's Degree
12 13 (1.24%) A+ Certification
13 8 (0.76%) CCNP
13 8 (0.76%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.76%) OSCP
13 8 (0.76%) RHCE
13 8 (0.76%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (12.98%) QA
2 40 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (3.63%) Accessibility
4 37 (3.53%) SLA
5 36 (3.44%) PMO
6 25 (2.39%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.91%) GDPR
8 13 (1.24%) TickIT
8 13 (1.24%) WCAG
9 10 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 9 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 9 (0.86%) Software Quality Assurance
11 8 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.76%) GRC
12 7 (0.67%) MiFID
12 7 (0.67%) NIST
13 6 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.48%) NCSC
14 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 108 (10.31%) Active Directory
2 65 (6.20%) Docker
3 30 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.15%) vSphere
5 11 (1.05%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.76%) Squid
6 8 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.67%) Firmware
8 6 (0.57%) 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 51 (4.87%) Terraform
2 50 (4.77%) Kubernetes
3 44 (4.20%) Ansible
4 38 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.34%) Packer
6 12 (1.15%) ZABBIX
7 11 (1.05%) SCCM
8 10 (0.95%) Grafana
8 10 (0.95%) Kibana
9 8 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
10 7 (0.67%) Nagios
11 6 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.48%) Podman
12 5 (0.48%) SCOM
13 4 (0.38%) Functional Safety
13 4 (0.38%) Graylog
13 4 (0.38%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.38%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.38%) VxRail
14 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 231 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 145 (13.84%) ServiceNow
3 75 (7.16%) Salesforce
4 63 (6.01%) Oracle
5 47 (4.48%) SAP
6 39 (3.72%) Splunk
7 35 (3.34%) IBM
8 34 (3.24%) Google
9 33 (3.15%) VMware
10 31 (2.96%) CrowdStrike
11 30 (2.86%) Atlassian
11 30 (2.86%) BMC
11 30 (2.86%) Cisco
11 30 (2.86%) HubSpot
12 14 (1.34%) Adobe
12 14 (1.34%) Red Hat
13 12 (1.15%) Meraki
13 12 (1.15%) Zscaler
14 11 (1.05%) Citrix
14 11 (1.05%) Freshdesk