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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 95 127
Rank change year-on-year -72 +32 -31
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,168 1,342 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.18% 3.10% 2.00%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.47% 40.83% 23.68%
Number of salaries quoted 813 804 858
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,575 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,500 £44,625
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 £92,250 £94,633 £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 4,102 3,287 5,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.16% 7.59% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,687 2,059 3,710
10th Percentile £35,850 £36,250 £39,500
25th Percentile £47,246 £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 £101,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% +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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -67 366 £70,000 -7.59% 514
North of England -50 244 £55,000 +10.00% 139
South East -21 227 £57,500 +21.05% 167
North West -44 136 £60,000 +20.00% 69
South West -29 129 £55,000 +22.22% 114
Midlands -80 111 £44,543 -19.01% 85
East of England -36 77 £62,500 +8.70% 85
Yorkshire -40 76 £43,000 -12.70% 45
West Midlands -74 73 £45,000 -30.77% 54
East Midlands -64 38 £33,000 -23.26% 30
North East -42 32 £60,000 +166.67% 27
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
1 400 (34.25%) Confluence
2 94 (8.05%) SharePoint
3 58 (4.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.28%) CMS
5 8 (0.68%) IIS
6 7 (0.60%) SAS
7 6 (0.51%) JBoss
7 6 (0.51%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.43%) Apache
9 4 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.26%) WordPress
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
11 2 (0.17%) Gentran
12 1 (0.086%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.086%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 103 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
2 67 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (3.94%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.97%) Trello
6 17 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.60%) CATIA
8 5 (0.43%) Moqups
9 3 (0.26%) Sketch
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.17%) InVision
10 2 (0.17%) Simulink
11 1 (0.086%) Notion
11 1 (0.086%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.086%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 38 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.11%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.51%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.43%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.34%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.34%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
8 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.17%) Magento
8 2 (0.17%) Shopify
9 1 (0.086%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.086%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 371 (31.76%) Azure
2 182 (15.58%) AWS
3 175 (14.98%) Azure DevOps
4 139 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
5 123 (10.53%) SaaS
6 77 (6.59%) Entra ID
7 66 (5.65%) GitHub
8 56 (4.79%) Power Platform
9 46 (3.94%) GCP
10 32 (2.74%) Mimecast
10 32 (2.74%) Miro
11 31 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
12 29 (2.48%) Serverless
13 26 (2.23%) Figma
14 22 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (1.54%) Amazon S3
16 16 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (1.28%) Boomi
18 14 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
18 14 (1.20%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.85%) VPN
2 44 (3.77%) DNS
3 37 (3.17%) DHCP
4 32 (2.74%) TCP/IP
5 31 (2.65%) Firewall
6 22 (1.88%) Network Security
6 22 (1.88%) WAN
7 20 (1.71%) Multicast
8 19 (1.63%) LAN
9 15 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.77%) Kerberos
10 9 (0.77%) VLAN
11 8 (0.68%) IPv4
11 8 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
12 6 (0.51%) FIX Connectivity
12 6 (0.51%) HTTP
12 6 (0.51%) Internet
13 5 (0.43%) NAS
13 5 (0.43%) SSH
13 5 (0.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 52 (4.45%) Power BI
3 27 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.80%) MongoDB
4 21 (1.80%) MySQL
4 21 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.37%) Tableau
7 13 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
8 7 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (0.51%) Big Data
9 6 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.43%) Metadata
10 5 (0.43%) Redis
11 4 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.34%) Data Vault
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 130 (11.13%) Git
2 53 (4.54%) GitLab
3 45 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.17%) Bitbucket
5 36 (3.08%) Selenium
6 30 (2.57%) Postman
7 28 (2.40%) Zephyr
8 21 (1.80%) Cypress.io
9 17 (1.46%) Cucumber
10 16 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
11 12 (1.03%) SoapUI
12 11 (0.94%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 10 (0.86%) JMeter
14 9 (0.77%) REST Assured
14 9 (0.77%) TestRail
14 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
15 8 (0.68%) Subversion
16 7 (0.60%) Claude Code
16 7 (0.60%) MSI
General
1 412 (35.27%) Social Skills
2 337 (28.85%) Finance
3 223 (19.09%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (6.25%) Marketing
5 66 (5.65%) Public Sector
6 63 (5.39%) Banking
7 61 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
8 59 (5.05%) Law
9 56 (4.79%) Retail
10 53 (4.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 51 (4.37%) Legal
12 50 (4.28%) Aerospace
13 38 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
14 36 (3.08%) Manufacturing
15 33 (2.83%) Games
16 32 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (2.31%) Automotive
18 25 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
19 23 (1.97%) Electronics
20 13 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 245 (20.98%) Analyst
2 178 (15.24%) Senior
3 124 (10.62%) Business Analyst
4 122 (10.45%) Lead
5 99 (8.48%) Project Manager
6 86 (7.36%) Developer
7 67 (5.74%) IT Support
8 50 (4.28%) Support Engineer
9 48 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
10 46 (3.94%) Software Engineer
10 46 (3.94%) Support Analyst
11 42 (3.60%) IT Manager
12 41 (3.51%) Product Owner
13 40 (3.42%) IT Analyst
14 39 (3.34%) IT Engineer
15 38 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
16 34 (2.91%) Systems Engineer
17 33 (2.83%) Product Manager
18 32 (2.74%) Senior Developer
18 32 (2.74%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (5.91%) REST
2 51 (4.37%) Terraform
3 48 (4.11%) React
4 47 (4.02%) HTML
5 46 (3.94%) .NET
6 45 (3.85%) JSON
7 37 (3.17%) CSS
8 31 (2.65%) XML
9 30 (2.57%) Middleware
9 30 (2.57%) SOAP
10 28 (2.40%) FIX Protocol
11 27 (2.31%) Playwright
12 26 (2.23%) Node.js
12 26 (2.23%) RESTful
13 21 (1.80%) AngularJS
14 19 (1.63%) Gherkin
15 18 (1.54%) EDI
16 17 (1.46%) ASP.NET
16 17 (1.46%) pytest
17 16 (1.37%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 153 (13.10%) Product Ownership
2 105 (8.99%) Onboarding
3 65 (5.57%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 41 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (3.34%) Data Centre
6 39 (3.34%) Driving Licence
7 38 (3.25%) Cloud Native
8 31 (2.65%) Equities
8 31 (2.65%) PMI
9 28 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 22 (1.88%) Fixed Income
12 17 (1.46%) Derivative
12 17 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.46%) Virtual Team
13 16 (1.37%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.28%) Algorithms
15 13 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
16 12 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 153 (13.10%) Windows
2 135 (11.56%) Linux
3 49 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.88%) Mac OS
5 12 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.03%) Ubuntu
5 12 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.94%) Unix
7 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.68%) Android
9 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.43%) Debian
11 4 (0.34%) CentOS
11 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.17%) ThreadX
12 2 (0.17%) VMS
13 1 (0.086%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (53.00%) Agile
2 335 (28.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 330 (28.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 306 (26.20%) DevOps
5 297 (25.43%) Problem-Solving
6 260 (22.26%) Scrum
7 199 (17.04%) Project Management
8 176 (15.07%) CI/CD
9 173 (14.81%) ITIL
10 162 (13.87%) AI
11 154 (13.18%) User Stories
12 150 (12.84%) Service Management
13 144 (12.33%) Decision-Making
13 144 (12.33%) Project Delivery
14 140 (11.99%) Roadmaps
15 138 (11.82%) Workflow
16 130 (11.13%) ITSM
16 130 (11.13%) Requirements Gathering
17 129 (11.04%) Change Management
18 127 (10.87%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 203 (17.38%) SQL
2 171 (14.64%) Python
3 98 (8.39%) Java
4 97 (8.30%) PowerShell
5 77 (6.59%) JavaScript
6 57 (4.88%) C#
7 38 (3.25%) C++
8 37 (3.17%) Bash
9 35 (3.00%) R
10 34 (2.91%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.20%) PHP
12 12 (1.03%) C
13 11 (0.94%) Perl
14 8 (0.68%) Bicep
15 7 (0.60%) Groovy
15 7 (0.60%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.51%) Tcl
16 6 (0.51%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 212 (18.15%) Degree
2 138 (11.82%) Security Cleared
3 84 (7.19%) SC Cleared
4 79 (6.76%) PMI Certification
5 60 (5.14%) PMP
6 41 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 36 (3.08%) DV Cleared
9 34 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (2.83%) ISTQB
11 30 (2.57%) AWS Certification
12 27 (2.31%) Master's Degree
12 27 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 25 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
14 24 (2.05%) CCNA
15 14 (1.20%) A+ Certification
16 11 (0.94%) CISSP
16 11 (0.94%) CSPO
17 10 (0.86%) CCNP
18 9 (0.77%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (14.81%) QA
2 58 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (4.79%) PMO
4 51 (4.37%) Accessibility
5 35 (3.00%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.48%) GDPR
7 26 (2.23%) SLA
8 18 (1.54%) WCAG
9 13 (1.11%) TickIT
10 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 10 (0.86%) NCSC
10 10 (0.86%) NIST
11 9 (0.77%) Software Quality Assurance
12 7 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.60%) GRC
12 7 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 6 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 119 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 57 (4.88%) Docker
3 36 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 15 (1.28%) vSphere
6 13 (1.11%) Firmware
7 10 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (0.68%) Squid
8 8 (0.68%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.34%) KVM
10 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.086%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.086%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 53 (4.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 43 (3.68%) Ansible
4 14 (1.20%) Packer
5 12 (1.03%) ZABBIX
6 9 (0.77%) Grafana
7 8 (0.68%) Kibana
8 7 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
8 7 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.60%) SCCM
8 7 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.51%) Control-M
9 6 (0.51%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.43%) BMC PATROL
10 5 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.34%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.34%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.34%) Graylog
11 4 (0.34%) Podman
11 4 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 286 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 146 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 80 (6.85%) Oracle
4 76 (6.51%) Salesforce
5 71 (6.08%) SAP
6 42 (3.60%) VMware
7 40 (3.42%) Atlassian
7 40 (3.42%) Splunk
8 39 (3.34%) Cisco
9 33 (2.83%) CrowdStrike
10 30 (2.57%) Google
11 28 (2.40%) BMC
11 28 (2.40%) IBM
12 25 (2.14%) HubSpot
13 19 (1.63%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.37%) Meraki
15 11 (0.94%) Adobe
15 11 (0.94%) ION Trading
16 9 (0.77%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.77%) Sage