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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 99 119
Rank change year-on-year -64 +20 -28
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,067 1,360 1,957
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.22% 3.13% 2.21%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.61% 36.77% 25.84%
Number of salaries quoted 795 844 1,387
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,455 £44,000 £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 £70,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,875 £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 3,864 3,699 7,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.41% 8.52% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,610 2,414 5,499
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 £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
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 13 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 13 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 -70 314 £72,500 +3.57% 284
North of England -69 223 £55,000 +2.33% 102
South East +21 221 £57,500 +15.00% 148
North West -53 125 £60,000 +14.29% 54
Midlands -91 106 £43,250 -21.36% 59
South West -41 100 £47,500 +2.15% 85
East of England -17 79 £70,000 +21.74% 40
Yorkshire -49 75 £46,000 -29.23% 38
West Midlands -92 54 £46,250 -28.85% 38
East Midlands -56 52 £27,125 -25.17% 21
North East -43 23 £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
1 357 (33.46%) Confluence
2 88 (8.25%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.12%) CMS
5 9 (0.84%) IIS
6 7 (0.66%) SAS
7 6 (0.56%) Apache
7 6 (0.56%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.37%) Documentum
8 4 (0.37%) JBoss
8 4 (0.37%) WordPress
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.19%) Gentran
11 1 (0.094%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.094%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 78 (7.31%) Microsoft Project
2 45 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (2.06%) MS Visio
5 21 (1.97%) Trello
6 11 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.75%) CATIA
8 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.28%) Sketch
8 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.19%) InVision
10 1 (0.094%) Notion
10 1 (0.094%) Simulink
10 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.94%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.66%) Shopify
6 5 (0.47%) Magento
6 5 (0.47%) SAP IBP
6 5 (0.47%) Visualfiles
7 4 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.37%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.37%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.19%) Workfront
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.094%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 309 (28.96%) Azure
2 149 (13.96%) Azure DevOps
3 147 (13.78%) AWS
4 122 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
5 95 (8.90%) SaaS
6 70 (6.56%) GitHub
7 58 (5.44%) Power Platform
8 55 (5.15%) Entra ID
9 45 (4.22%) GCP
10 29 (2.72%) Serverless
11 28 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (2.53%) Mimecast
13 24 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (2.16%) Figma
15 21 (1.97%) Amazon S3
15 21 (1.97%) Miro
16 20 (1.87%) PaaS
17 17 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (1.59%) Smartsheet
18 16 (1.50%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.66%) VPN
2 30 (2.81%) Firewall
3 26 (2.44%) DNS
3 26 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 21 (1.97%) Multicast
5 19 (1.78%) Network Security
6 18 (1.69%) DHCP
6 18 (1.69%) LAN
6 18 (1.69%) WAN
7 14 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.75%) IPv4
8 8 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (0.66%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.47%) SSL
10 5 (0.47%) VoIP
10 5 (0.47%) Wireless
11 4 (0.37%) Internet
11 4 (0.37%) NAS
12 3 (0.28%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 48 (4.50%) Power BI
3 26 (2.44%) MySQL
4 23 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (1.78%) MongoDB
6 18 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.50%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.41%) Tableau
9 14 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (0.94%) Big Data
11 9 (0.84%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.37%) Data Vault
15 4 (0.37%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.37%) Power Query
15 4 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 116 (10.87%) Git
2 50 (4.69%) GitLab
3 37 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 32 (3.00%) Bitbucket
5 27 (2.53%) Selenium
6 23 (2.16%) Postman
6 23 (2.16%) Zephyr
7 15 (1.41%) Cucumber
8 13 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
9 12 (1.12%) SonarQube
10 11 (1.03%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.75%) JMeter
11 8 (0.75%) REST Assured
11 8 (0.75%) TestRail
11 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.66%) Artifactory
12 7 (0.66%) JUnit
12 7 (0.66%) SoapUI
12 7 (0.66%) TeamCity
General
1 373 (34.96%) Social Skills
2 270 (25.30%) Finance
3 158 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (6.65%) Marketing
5 55 (5.15%) Banking
6 52 (4.87%) Law
7 51 (4.78%) Retail
8 45 (4.22%) Legal
9 43 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
9 43 (4.03%) Public Sector
10 35 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 33 (3.09%) Games
11 33 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
11 33 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (2.34%) Automotive
13 24 (2.25%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.87%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.59%) Advertising
17 12 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 196 (18.37%) Analyst
2 164 (15.37%) Senior
3 103 (9.65%) Lead
4 94 (8.81%) Business Analyst
5 89 (8.34%) Developer
6 83 (7.78%) Project Manager
7 78 (7.31%) IT Support
8 72 (6.75%) Support Engineer
9 54 (5.06%) Support Analyst
10 48 (4.50%) Software Engineer
11 46 (4.31%) IT Engineer
12 42 (3.94%) Systems Engineer
13 41 (3.84%) IT Support Engineer
14 38 (3.56%) IT Manager
15 35 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
16 34 (3.19%) Scrum Master
17 32 (3.00%) Applications Support
18 31 (2.91%) Product Manager
18 31 (2.91%) Senior Developer
19 30 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.15%) React
2 52 (4.87%) REST
3 44 (4.12%) .NET
3 44 (4.12%) HTML
4 43 (4.03%) CSS
5 38 (3.56%) JSON
6 36 (3.37%) Middleware
7 31 (2.91%) Node.js
8 27 (2.53%) FIX Protocol
8 27 (2.53%) SOAP
9 25 (2.34%) RESTful
9 25 (2.34%) XML
10 22 (2.06%) AngularJS
10 22 (2.06%) EDI
11 21 (1.97%) pytest
12 19 (1.78%) ASP.NET
12 19 (1.78%) Playwright
12 19 (1.78%) Spring
13 16 (1.50%) .NET Framework
13 16 (1.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 125 (11.72%) Product Ownership
2 103 (9.65%) Onboarding
3 48 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (3.66%) Management Information System
6 35 (3.28%) Driving Licence
7 32 (3.00%) Equities
8 29 (2.72%) Data Centre
9 26 (2.44%) Cloud Native
10 23 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.97%) Fixed Income
12 20 (1.87%) Algorithms
12 20 (1.87%) Derivative
13 18 (1.69%) PMI
14 17 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
15 16 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (1.31%) Security Posture
17 12 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
18 10 (0.94%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 138 (12.93%) Windows
2 132 (12.37%) Linux
3 51 (4.78%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.50%) Mac OS
5 13 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.66%) CentOS
8 7 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.56%) Unix
10 5 (0.47%) Debian
11 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.19%) Android
12 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.19%) ThreadX
12 2 (0.19%) VMS
13 1 (0.094%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (52.48%) Agile
2 274 (25.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 271 (25.40%) DevOps
4 238 (22.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 221 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
6 211 (19.78%) Scrum
7 175 (16.40%) CI/CD
8 146 (13.68%) Service Management
9 139 (13.03%) ITSM
10 138 (12.93%) ITIL
11 137 (12.84%) Project Management
12 126 (11.81%) Roadmaps
13 120 (11.25%) CRM
14 118 (11.06%) SDLC
15 117 (10.97%) Decision-Making
16 110 (10.31%) Software Engineering
16 110 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 110 (10.31%) User Stories
17 108 (10.12%) Workflow
18 101 (9.47%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 195 (18.28%) SQL
2 158 (14.81%) Python
3 84 (7.87%) Java
4 78 (7.31%) PowerShell
5 76 (7.12%) JavaScript
6 50 (4.69%) C#
7 36 (3.37%) Bash
8 34 (3.19%) TypeScript
9 28 (2.62%) C++
9 28 (2.62%) R
10 20 (1.87%) PHP
11 12 (1.12%) C
12 10 (0.94%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.66%) Groovy
13 7 (0.66%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.56%) Bicep
14 6 (0.56%) Perl
14 6 (0.56%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.47%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 172 (16.12%) Degree
2 112 (10.50%) Security Cleared
3 68 (6.37%) SC Cleared
4 51 (4.78%) PMI Certification
5 44 (4.12%) PMP
6 34 (3.19%) ISTQB
7 32 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.25%) AWS Certification
9 24 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (2.16%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.59%) CCNA
11 17 (1.59%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.84%) A+ Certification
13 8 (0.75%) CCNP
13 8 (0.75%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.75%) OSCP
13 8 (0.75%) RHCE
13 8 (0.75%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (13.21%) QA
2 42 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (3.66%) Accessibility
3 39 (3.66%) SLA
4 37 (3.47%) PMO
5 25 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 21 (1.97%) GDPR
7 14 (1.31%) WCAG
8 13 (1.22%) TickIT
9 9 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 9 (0.84%) Software Quality Assurance
10 8 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.75%) GRC
10 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 7 (0.66%) MiFID
12 6 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.56%) NCSC
12 6 (0.56%) NIST
12 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.37%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 107 (10.03%) Active Directory
2 65 (6.09%) Docker
3 32 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.12%) vSphere
6 8 (0.75%) Firmware
6 8 (0.75%) Squid
6 8 (0.75%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 4 (0.37%) KVM
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 50 (4.69%) Kubernetes
1 50 (4.69%) Terraform
2 43 (4.03%) Ansible
3 42 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.31%) Packer
5 12 (1.12%) ZABBIX
6 11 (1.03%) SCCM
7 10 (0.94%) Grafana
7 10 (0.94%) Kibana
8 8 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
9 7 (0.66%) Nagios
10 6 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.47%) Podman
11 5 (0.47%) SCOM
12 4 (0.37%) Control-M
12 4 (0.37%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.37%) Graylog
12 4 (0.37%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.37%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 235 (22.02%) Microsoft
2 146 (13.68%) ServiceNow
3 77 (7.22%) Salesforce
4 65 (6.09%) Oracle
5 54 (5.06%) SAP
6 40 (3.75%) Splunk
7 36 (3.37%) VMware
8 35 (3.28%) IBM
9 33 (3.09%) CrowdStrike
10 32 (3.00%) BMC
11 31 (2.91%) HubSpot
12 30 (2.81%) Cisco
12 30 (2.81%) Google
13 29 (2.72%) Atlassian
14 14 (1.31%) Adobe
14 14 (1.31%) Red Hat
15 12 (1.12%) Freshdesk
15 12 (1.12%) Meraki
15 12 (1.12%) Zscaler
16 8 (0.75%) Databricks