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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 98 120
Rank change year-on-year -69 +22 -27
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,027 1,310 2,049
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.22% 3.26% 2.18%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.72% 36.37% 25.83%
Number of salaries quoted 767 797 1,471
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,245 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +13.17% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £71,111
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 3,844 3,602 7,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.55% 8.97% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,355 5,829
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 £58,457
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +11.19% -10.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,150 £95,000
UK median annual salary £61,418 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +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 25 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 25 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 -78 298 £72,500 +3.57% 114
South East +27 221 £57,500 -4.17% 119
North of England -64 216 £55,000 - 83
North West -48 120 £60,000 +9.09% 42
Midlands -92 106 £44,543 -19.01% 36
South West -61 85 £52,500 +12.90% 46
East of England -13 78 £70,000 +32.08% 28
Yorkshire -43 74 £45,000 -28.00% 35
West Midlands -85 55 £47,500 -29.63% 25
East Midlands -56 51 £27,500 -23.61% 11
North East -38 22 £67,500 +200.00% 8
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
1 354 (34.47%) Confluence
2 86 (8.37%) SharePoint
3 45 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.17%) CMS
5 8 (0.78%) IIS
6 7 (0.68%) Apache
7 6 (0.58%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.49%) JBoss
8 5 (0.49%) SAS
9 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.39%) Documentum
9 4 (0.39%) WordPress
10 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.19%) Gentran
11 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.097%) nginx
12 1 (0.097%) WebLogic
Applications
1 77 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
2 41 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (2.24%) 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 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.19%) InVision
10 1 (0.097%) Notion
Business Applications
1 31 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.07%) Fidessa
3 11 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.49%) Magento
4 5 (0.49%) Shopify
4 5 (0.49%) Visualfiles
5 4 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.39%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.39%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.19%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.19%) Workfront
7 1 (0.097%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.097%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.097%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 281 (27.36%) Azure
2 139 (13.53%) Azure DevOps
3 134 (13.05%) AWS
4 114 (11.10%) Microsoft 365
5 86 (8.37%) SaaS
6 67 (6.52%) GitHub
7 55 (5.36%) Power Platform
8 49 (4.77%) Entra ID
9 43 (4.19%) GCP
10 31 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (2.63%) Serverless
12 24 (2.34%) Mimecast
13 23 (2.24%) Figma
14 22 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.85%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.85%) Smartsheet
16 18 (1.75%) Google Workspace
16 18 (1.75%) PaaS
17 17 (1.66%) Miro
18 16 (1.56%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.60%) VPN
2 28 (2.73%) Firewall
3 25 (2.43%) Multicast
4 19 (1.85%) DNS
4 19 (1.85%) Network Security
4 19 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.66%) LAN
6 14 (1.36%) 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%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.49%) SSL
10 5 (0.49%) VoIP
10 5 (0.49%) Wireless
11 4 (0.39%) Internet
12 3 (0.29%) FIX Connectivity
12 3 (0.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 42 (4.09%) Power BI
3 25 (2.43%) MySQL
4 22 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (1.75%) MongoDB
5 18 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.46%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (1.27%) Tableau
9 10 (0.97%) Big Data
10 8 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.68%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.39%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.39%) Power Query
12 4 (0.39%) Redis
13 3 (0.29%) Mixpanel
13 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 110 (10.71%) Git
2 46 (4.48%) GitLab
3 35 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 33 (3.21%) Selenium
5 30 (2.92%) Bitbucket
6 29 (2.82%) Postman
7 20 (1.95%) Zephyr
8 14 (1.36%) Cucumber
8 14 (1.36%) Cypress.io
8 14 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
9 13 (1.27%) SonarQube
10 11 (1.07%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (0.78%) JUnit
12 8 (0.78%) REST Assured
13 7 (0.68%) JMeter
13 7 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
13 7 (0.68%) TeamCity
13 7 (0.68%) TestRail
13 7 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 359 (34.96%) Social Skills
2 262 (25.51%) Finance
3 146 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (7.11%) Marketing
5 58 (5.65%) Banking
6 53 (5.16%) Law
7 48 (4.67%) Retail
8 47 (4.58%) Legal
9 40 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
10 38 (3.70%) Public Sector
11 37 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (3.12%) Games
14 28 (2.73%) Manufacturing
15 25 (2.43%) Automotive
16 21 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.75%) Aerospace
18 17 (1.66%) Advertising
19 10 (0.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 194 (18.89%) Analyst
2 157 (15.29%) Senior
3 106 (10.32%) Lead
4 97 (9.44%) Business Analyst
5 86 (8.37%) Developer
6 75 (7.30%) IT Support
7 73 (7.11%) Project Manager
8 70 (6.82%) Support Engineer
9 53 (5.16%) Support Analyst
10 45 (4.38%) IT Engineer
11 42 (4.09%) Software Engineer
12 40 (3.89%) IT Support Engineer
12 40 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
13 36 (3.51%) IT Manager
14 33 (3.21%) Delivery Manager
15 32 (3.12%) Scrum Master
16 31 (3.02%) Applications Support
17 30 (2.92%) Senior Developer
18 29 (2.82%) Product Manager
18 29 (2.82%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.06%) React
2 50 (4.87%) HTML
2 50 (4.87%) REST
3 45 (4.38%) .NET
4 43 (4.19%) CSS
5 38 (3.70%) JSON
6 36 (3.51%) Middleware
7 31 (3.02%) SOAP
8 30 (2.92%) FIX Protocol
9 28 (2.73%) Node.js
10 25 (2.43%) XML
11 23 (2.24%) pytest
11 23 (2.24%) RESTful
12 22 (2.14%) EDI
13 20 (1.95%) AngularJS
14 19 (1.85%) Spring
15 18 (1.75%) ASP.NET
15 18 (1.75%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 17 (1.66%) Playwright
17 14 (1.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 117 (11.39%) Product Ownership
2 106 (10.32%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (3.31%) Equities
6 33 (3.21%) Driving Licence
7 25 (2.43%) Fixed Income
8 23 (2.24%) Data Centre
9 22 (2.14%) Algorithms
9 22 (2.14%) 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
12 15 (1.46%) PMI
13 14 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.27%) Virtual Team
15 12 (1.17%) Mobile App
16 10 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 127 (12.37%) Windows
2 124 (12.07%) Linux
3 50 (4.87%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.27%) Mac OS
4 13 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (1.27%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.68%) CentOS
7 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.58%) Unix
9 5 (0.49%) Debian
10 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.19%) ThreadX
10 2 (0.19%) VMS
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.097%) Android
11 1 (0.097%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (52.58%) Agile
2 255 (24.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 248 (24.15%) DevOps
4 217 (21.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 209 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
6 203 (19.77%) Scrum
7 168 (16.36%) CI/CD
8 141 (13.73%) Service Management
9 135 (13.15%) ITSM
10 133 (12.95%) ITIL
11 128 (12.46%) Project Management
12 124 (12.07%) Roadmaps
13 119 (11.59%) CRM
14 118 (11.49%) Decision-Making
14 118 (11.49%) SDLC
15 108 (10.52%) User Stories
16 107 (10.42%) Workflow
17 101 (9.83%) Software Engineering
17 101 (9.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 93 (9.06%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 192 (18.70%) SQL
2 151 (14.70%) Python
3 86 (8.37%) Java
4 74 (7.21%) PowerShell
5 69 (6.72%) JavaScript
6 47 (4.58%) C#
7 34 (3.31%) Bash
8 30 (2.92%) TypeScript
9 27 (2.63%) C++
10 25 (2.43%) R
11 20 (1.95%) PHP
12 10 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.78%) C
14 7 (0.68%) Groovy
14 7 (0.68%) Perl
15 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.49%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.49%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.39%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 170 (16.55%) Degree
2 97 (9.44%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.45%) SC Cleared
4 42 (4.09%) PMI Certification
5 38 (3.70%) ISTQB
6 36 (3.51%) PMP
7 32 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (2.14%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.95%) AWS Certification
11 20 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.56%) CCNA
13 15 (1.46%) Master's Degree
14 12 (1.17%) A+ Certification
15 8 (0.78%) CCNP
15 8 (0.78%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.78%) OSCP
15 8 (0.78%) RHCE
15 8 (0.78%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (13.44%) QA
2 37 (3.60%) Accessibility
2 37 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (3.51%) SLA
4 32 (3.12%) PMO
5 24 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 19 (1.85%) 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 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.58%) NIST
13 6 (0.58%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.39%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 103 (10.03%) Active Directory
2 65 (6.33%) Docker
3 29 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.17%) vSphere
5 10 (0.97%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.78%) Squid
6 8 (0.78%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.49%) Firmware
7 5 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 4 (0.39%) KVM
9 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 49 (4.77%) Kubernetes
2 47 (4.58%) Terraform
3 39 (3.80%) Ansible
4 37 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.36%) Packer
6 12 (1.17%) ZABBIX
7 11 (1.07%) Grafana
7 11 (1.07%) SCCM
8 10 (0.97%) Kibana
9 8 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
9 8 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.68%) Nagios
11 5 (0.49%) Podman
11 5 (0.49%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.49%) SCOM
12 4 (0.39%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.39%) Graylog
12 4 (0.39%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.39%) VxRail
13 3 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 224 (21.81%) Microsoft
2 141 (13.73%) ServiceNow
3 78 (7.59%) Salesforce
4 65 (6.33%) Oracle
5 46 (4.48%) SAP
6 36 (3.51%) Splunk
7 35 (3.41%) Google
7 35 (3.41%) IBM
8 32 (3.12%) BMC
8 32 (3.12%) HubSpot
8 32 (3.12%) VMware
9 31 (3.02%) Atlassian
10 30 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
11 28 (2.73%) Cisco
12 14 (1.36%) Adobe
12 14 (1.36%) Red Hat
13 12 (1.17%) Freshdesk
13 12 (1.17%) Meraki
14 11 (1.07%) Citrix
15 10 (0.97%) Zscaler