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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 98 119
Rank change year-on-year -67 +21 -24
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,016 1,291 2,068
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.22% 3.25% 2.17%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.84% 35.83% 25.88%
Number of salaries quoted 760 781 1,479
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,938 £45,250 £42,500
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 £71,236
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,245 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.62% +13.17% -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 3,786 3,603 7,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.53% 9.06% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,535 2,354 5,880
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
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 19 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 19 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 -70 298 £72,500 +3.57% 130
South East +36 218 £57,500 -4.17% 117
North of England -64 212 £57,300 +4.18% 80
North West -39 121 £60,000 +9.09% 40
Midlands -87 105 £44,543 -19.01% 39
South West -55 84 £51,250 +10.22% 39
East of England -16 77 £70,000 +32.08% 33
Yorkshire -57 70 £46,000 -29.23% 36
West Midlands -82 53 £47,500 -29.63% 27
East Midlands -49 52 £27,500 -23.61% 12
North East -35 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
1 355 (34.94%) Confluence
2 82 (8.07%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.18%) CMS
5 8 (0.79%) IIS
6 7 (0.69%) Apache
7 6 (0.59%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.49%) JBoss
9 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.39%) Documentum
9 4 (0.39%) SAS
9 4 (0.39%) WordPress
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.20%) Gentran
11 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.098%) nginx
12 1 (0.098%) WebLogic
Applications
1 77 (7.58%) Microsoft Project
2 40 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (2.26%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.67%) Trello
6 13 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 12 (1.18%) CATIA
8 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.30%) Sketch
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.20%) InVision
10 1 (0.098%) Notion
Business Applications
1 32 (3.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.89%) Fidessa
5 6 (0.59%) Magento
5 6 (0.59%) Shopify
6 5 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.49%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.39%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.39%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.20%) Workfront
9 1 (0.098%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.098%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.098%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.098%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.098%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 271 (26.67%) Azure
2 137 (13.48%) Azure DevOps
3 128 (12.60%) AWS
4 108 (10.63%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (7.78%) SaaS
6 65 (6.40%) GitHub
7 57 (5.61%) Power Platform
8 46 (4.53%) Entra ID
9 43 (4.23%) GCP
10 35 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (2.46%) Serverless
12 23 (2.26%) Figma
13 20 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (1.97%) Mimecast
13 20 (1.97%) Smartsheet
14 18 (1.77%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.77%) PaaS
15 17 (1.67%) Google Workspace
16 16 (1.57%) Boomi
16 16 (1.57%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.35%) VPN
2 25 (2.46%) Firewall
3 23 (2.26%) Multicast
4 18 (1.77%) Network Security
5 17 (1.67%) DNS
5 17 (1.67%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.57%) LAN
7 13 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (1.18%) DHCP
8 12 (1.18%) WAN
9 8 (0.79%) IPv4
9 8 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (0.49%) SSL
11 5 (0.49%) Wireless
12 4 (0.39%) HTTP
12 4 (0.39%) VoIP
13 3 (0.30%) Internet
13 3 (0.30%) Kerberos
14 2 (0.20%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 42 (4.13%) Power BI
3 24 (2.36%) MySQL
4 23 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.77%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.67%) MongoDB
7 16 (1.57%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (1.28%) Tableau
10 10 (0.98%) Big Data
11 8 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.59%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.39%) Db2
14 4 (0.39%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.39%) Power Query
15 3 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
15 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 109 (10.73%) Git
2 44 (4.33%) GitLab
3 40 (3.94%) Selenium
4 35 (3.44%) Jenkins
5 34 (3.35%) Postman
6 29 (2.85%) Bitbucket
7 19 (1.87%) Zephyr
8 18 (1.77%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.48%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.48%) Rational DOORS
10 14 (1.38%) SoapUI
10 14 (1.38%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.98%) JUnit
12 10 (0.98%) WebDriver
13 8 (0.79%) REST Assured
13 8 (0.79%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.69%) Apache Continuum
14 7 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
14 7 (0.69%) TestRail
General
1 356 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 263 (25.89%) Finance
3 141 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (7.19%) Marketing
5 59 (5.81%) Banking
6 54 (5.31%) Law
7 47 (4.63%) Retail
8 45 (4.43%) Legal
9 38 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (3.54%) Public Sector
12 33 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 31 (3.05%) Games
13 31 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (2.85%) Manufacturing
15 25 (2.46%) Automotive
16 21 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.77%) Aerospace
18 17 (1.67%) Advertising
19 10 (0.98%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 192 (18.90%) Analyst
2 157 (15.45%) Senior
3 106 (10.43%) Lead
4 94 (9.25%) Business Analyst
5 85 (8.37%) Developer
6 73 (7.19%) IT Support
6 73 (7.19%) Project Manager
7 68 (6.69%) Support Engineer
8 54 (5.31%) Support Analyst
9 43 (4.23%) IT Engineer
10 39 (3.84%) Software Engineer
10 39 (3.84%) Systems Engineer
11 38 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
12 36 (3.54%) IT Manager
13 32 (3.15%) Delivery Manager
13 32 (3.15%) Scrum Master
14 31 (3.05%) Applications Support
15 30 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
15 30 (2.95%) Senior Developer
16 29 (2.85%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (5.51%) HTML
2 53 (5.22%) React
2 53 (5.22%) REST
3 48 (4.72%) .NET
4 47 (4.63%) CSS
5 38 (3.74%) JSON
6 37 (3.64%) Middleware
7 35 (3.44%) SOAP
8 27 (2.66%) FIX Protocol
9 26 (2.56%) Node.js
10 25 (2.46%) RESTful
10 25 (2.46%) XML
11 22 (2.17%) EDI
11 22 (2.17%) pytest
12 21 (2.07%) AngularJS
13 20 (1.97%) Spring
14 18 (1.77%) ASP.NET
15 17 (1.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 17 (1.67%) Playwright
16 15 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 115 (11.32%) Product Ownership
2 104 (10.24%) Onboarding
3 38 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (3.54%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (3.25%) Driving Licence
6 31 (3.05%) Equities
7 23 (2.26%) Fixed Income
8 21 (2.07%) Derivative
9 20 (1.97%) Algorithms
9 20 (1.97%) Data Centre
10 19 (1.87%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.38%) PMI
14 13 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.28%) Virtual Team
15 12 (1.18%) Mobile App
16 10 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 118 (11.61%) Windows
2 115 (11.32%) Linux
3 46 (4.53%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (1.18%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.08%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.79%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.69%) CentOS
8 7 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.59%) Unix
10 4 (0.39%) Debian
11 2 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.20%) ThreadX
11 2 (0.20%) VMS
12 1 (0.098%) Android
12 1 (0.098%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (53.05%) Agile
2 247 (24.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 243 (23.92%) DevOps
4 217 (21.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 207 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
6 206 (20.28%) Scrum
7 164 (16.14%) CI/CD
8 137 (13.48%) Service Management
9 133 (13.09%) ITSM
10 129 (12.70%) Project Management
11 128 (12.60%) ITIL
12 123 (12.11%) Roadmaps
13 117 (11.52%) CRM
13 117 (11.52%) Decision-Making
13 117 (11.52%) SDLC
14 105 (10.33%) User Stories
15 102 (10.04%) Workflow
16 99 (9.74%) Software Engineering
17 97 (9.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 95 (9.35%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 197 (19.39%) SQL
2 145 (14.27%) Python
3 89 (8.76%) Java
4 71 (6.99%) JavaScript
5 69 (6.79%) PowerShell
6 50 (4.92%) C#
7 34 (3.35%) Bash
8 32 (3.15%) TypeScript
9 25 (2.46%) C++
10 21 (2.07%) R
11 19 (1.87%) PHP
12 11 (1.08%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.69%) C
13 7 (0.69%) Groovy
13 7 (0.69%) 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%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 171 (16.83%) Degree
2 93 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 54 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.23%) ISTQB
5 41 (4.04%) PMI Certification
6 36 (3.54%) PMP
7 32 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.97%) DV Cleared
11 19 (1.87%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.38%) CCNA
14 13 (1.28%) Master's Degree
15 11 (1.08%) A+ Certification
16 9 (0.89%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 8 (0.79%) DBS Check
17 8 (0.79%) OSCP
17 8 (0.79%) RHCE
17 8 (0.79%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (13.39%) QA
2 36 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.44%) SLA
4 32 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (3.15%) PMO
5 24 (2.36%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.77%) GDPR
7 13 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 13 (1.28%) TickIT
8 12 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 11 (1.08%) WCAG
10 9 (0.89%) Software Quality Assurance
11 8 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.79%) GRC
12 7 (0.69%) 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 97 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 66 (6.50%) Docker
3 25 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.08%) vSphere
5 9 (0.89%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.79%) Squid
6 8 (0.79%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.39%) Firmware
7 4 (0.39%) KVM
8 3 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.20%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 50 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 46 (4.53%) Terraform
3 38 (3.74%) Ansible
4 34 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.38%) Packer
6 12 (1.18%) Grafana
6 12 (1.18%) ZABBIX
7 11 (1.08%) SCCM
8 10 (0.98%) Kibana
9 8 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
9 8 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.69%) 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
14 3 (0.30%) HP ALM
14 3 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 221 (21.75%) Microsoft
2 139 (13.68%) ServiceNow
3 78 (7.68%) Salesforce
4 64 (6.30%) Oracle
5 46 (4.53%) SAP
6 35 (3.44%) Google
6 35 (3.44%) IBM
7 34 (3.35%) Splunk
8 33 (3.25%) Atlassian
9 32 (3.15%) BMC
9 32 (3.15%) HubSpot
10 28 (2.76%) VMware
11 26 (2.56%) Cisco
11 26 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
12 14 (1.38%) Adobe
13 13 (1.28%) Red Hat
14 12 (1.18%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.18%) Meraki
15 11 (1.08%) Citrix
16 9 (0.89%) Zscaler