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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 110 99
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 -32
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,133 1,293 1,380
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.19% 2.54% 3.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.19% 24.34% 24.91%
Number of salaries quoted 724 751 1,082
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £36,252
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,560 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -7.90% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £96,385
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%

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 3,131 5,312 5,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.06% 10.42% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,156 3,118 4,570
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 19 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +36 404 £78,000 +20.00% 161
South East +34 339 £45,000 -21.74% 228
North of England -32 140 £47,500 -5.00% 179
Midlands -12 112 £49,500 -1.00% 142
West Midlands +3 74 £43,750 -16.67% 76
South West -30 72 £42,500 -10.53% 104
Yorkshire -1 68 £44,000 +0.57% 69
North West -35 54 £47,592 -4.92% 94
East of England -17 46 £57,500 +12.75% 110
East Midlands -17 38 £53,500 +9.74% 64
North East -19 18 £51,500 - 16
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
1 330 (29.13%) Confluence
2 50 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.68%) CMS
4 13 (1.15%) IIS
5 12 (1.06%) Apache
6 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.79%) WordPress
7 7 (0.62%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.53%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.44%) JBoss
10 4 (0.35%) nginx
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.26%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.088%) Appian
12 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.088%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 76 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
2 65 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (4.68%) Microsoft Project
4 37 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (2.38%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.77%) Trello
7 13 (1.15%) CATIA
8 8 (0.71%) Simulink
9 7 (0.62%) MadCap Flare
10 5 (0.44%) Windchill
11 4 (0.35%) Mozilla Thunderbird
12 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
13 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.18%) Sketch
14 1 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 1 (0.088%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.088%) Doxygen
14 1 (0.088%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 105 (9.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.53%) Shopify
4 5 (0.44%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.44%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.35%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.35%) Magento
6 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.26%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.26%) SAP MII
6 3 (0.26%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.18%) Bloomberg AIM
7 2 (0.18%) Endur
7 2 (0.18%) EuroRunner
7 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.18%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.18%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.18%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 224 (19.77%) Azure
2 157 (13.86%) Azure DevOps
3 97 (8.56%) AWS
4 75 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (5.21%) SaaS
6 57 (5.03%) Power Platform
7 50 (4.41%) GitHub
8 35 (3.09%) Entra ID
9 32 (2.82%) GCP
10 29 (2.56%) Figma
11 26 (2.29%) Serverless
12 25 (2.21%) Slack
13 24 (2.12%) Amazon S3
14 21 (1.85%) Power Automate
15 19 (1.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 18 (1.59%) PowerApps
17 17 (1.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 17 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
18 16 (1.41%) PaaS
19 15 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.27%) DNS
2 36 (3.18%) Firewall
3 19 (1.68%) DHCP
4 18 (1.59%) HTTP
5 15 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.24%) Multicast
6 14 (1.24%) SSH
6 14 (1.24%) VLAN
7 13 (1.15%) VPN
8 11 (0.97%) FTP
8 11 (0.97%) SMTP
8 11 (0.97%) Wireless
9 10 (0.88%) Internet
10 6 (0.53%) Broadband
10 6 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.44%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.35%) IMAP
12 4 (0.35%) OpenLDAP
12 4 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.18%) Power BI
3 30 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.47%) MySQL
5 24 (2.12%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (1.50%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.41%) MongoDB
9 14 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (0.97%) Tableau
11 10 (0.88%) DB2
12 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.62%) OLAP
14 7 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.44%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 153 (13.50%) Git
2 96 (8.47%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.35%) eCATT
4 64 (5.65%) Selenium
5 49 (4.32%) Postman
6 43 (3.80%) Bitbucket
7 39 (3.44%) NeoLoad
8 35 (3.09%) SoapUI
9 34 (3.00%) Team Foundation Server
10 30 (2.65%) Rational DOORS
11 29 (2.56%) WebDriver
12 23 (2.03%) GitLab
13 20 (1.77%) Cucumber
14 19 (1.68%) Cypress.io
15 18 (1.59%) TeamCity
16 17 (1.50%) TestRail
16 17 (1.50%) Visual Studio
17 14 (1.24%) JUnit
18 13 (1.15%) JMeter
18 13 (1.15%) Subversion
General
1 490 (43.25%) Social Skills
2 326 (28.77%) Finance
3 163 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (11.12%) Marketing
5 99 (8.74%) Manufacturing
6 97 (8.56%) Presentation Skills
7 80 (7.06%) Influencing Skills
8 72 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
9 67 (5.91%) Banking
10 54 (4.77%) Law
11 39 (3.44%) Retail
12 36 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (3.00%) Public Sector
14 30 (2.65%) Legal
15 23 (2.03%) Advertising
16 20 (1.77%) Electronics
16 20 (1.77%) Front Office
17 19 (1.68%) French Language
18 18 (1.59%) Swedish Language
19 17 (1.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 237 (20.92%) Analyst
2 185 (16.33%) Senior
3 167 (14.74%) Lead
4 111 (9.80%) Developer
5 68 (6.00%) Business Analyst
5 68 (6.00%) Support Analyst
6 56 (4.94%) Project Manager
7 49 (4.32%) Support Engineer
8 47 (4.15%) Test Analyst
9 44 (3.88%) Applications Support
10 43 (3.80%) Test Leader
11 37 (3.27%) Software Engineer
12 35 (3.09%) Applications Support Analyst
13 33 (2.91%) Team Leader
14 31 (2.74%) Senior Manager
15 30 (2.65%) Technical Support
16 28 (2.47%) Junior
17 27 (2.38%) Product Owner
17 27 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
17 27 (2.38%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (6.80%) HTML
2 70 (6.18%) .NET
3 47 (4.15%) SOAP
4 46 (4.06%) React
5 40 (3.53%) CSS
6 39 (3.44%) REST
7 34 (3.00%) Node.js
7 34 (3.00%) RESTful
8 21 (1.85%) Kafka
8 21 (1.85%) SAP Fiori
8 21 (1.85%) XML
9 20 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
10 16 (1.41%) Middleware
10 16 (1.41%) Spring
11 15 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
12 14 (1.24%) .NET Core
13 13 (1.15%) Gherkin
13 13 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
14 12 (1.06%) JSON
14 12 (1.06%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.03%) Product Ownership
2 65 (5.74%) Onboarding
3 46 (4.06%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (1.94%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.59%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.50%) Equities
10 16 (1.41%) Fixed Income
10 16 (1.41%) IoT
11 14 (1.24%) Derivative
12 13 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.06%) Embedded Systems
14 11 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.88%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (0.88%) PMI
15 10 (0.88%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 117 (10.33%) Windows
2 112 (9.89%) Linux
3 17 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.41%) Windows 10
5 15 (1.32%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.15%) VMS
7 12 (1.06%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.97%) Amazon Linux
8 11 (0.97%) Android
8 11 (0.97%) Unix
9 8 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.53%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.35%) Solaris
12 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.26%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.088%) Check Point GAiA
15 1 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (44.84%) Agile
2 291 (25.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 262 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
4 195 (17.21%) DevOps
5 159 (14.03%) Scrum
6 150 (13.24%) Test Management
7 148 (13.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 144 (12.71%) ITIL
9 138 (12.18%) Roadmaps
10 137 (12.09%) CI/CD
11 127 (11.21%) Change Management
11 127 (11.21%) Test Automation
12 123 (10.86%) Project Management
13 115 (10.15%) User Experience
14 113 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 110 (9.71%) Computer Science
16 101 (8.91%) Mentoring
17 98 (8.65%) ERP
18 97 (8.56%) ITSM
19 94 (8.30%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 211 (18.62%) SQL
2 137 (12.09%) Python
3 107 (9.44%) JavaScript
4 100 (8.83%) PowerShell
5 95 (8.38%) Java
6 78 (6.88%) C#
7 47 (4.15%) TypeScript
8 42 (3.71%) Bash
9 24 (2.12%) C++
10 21 (1.85%) Go
11 19 (1.68%) Groovy
12 14 (1.24%) Apex Code
13 11 (0.97%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.79%) C
14 9 (0.79%) Perl
15 7 (0.62%) PHP
15 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.44%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.26%) RPG
17 3 (0.26%) XAML
Qualifications
1 337 (29.74%) Degree
2 118 (10.41%) Security Cleared
3 61 (5.38%) ISTQB
3 61 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 57 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 35 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (2.65%) PMI Certification
8 28 (2.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 27 (2.38%) MCSE
10 26 (2.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 22 (1.94%) PMP
12 20 (1.77%) DV Cleared
13 17 (1.50%) Master's Degree
14 15 (1.32%) AWS Certification
15 14 (1.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 11 (0.97%) SAP Certification
17 10 (0.88%) Azure Certification
17 10 (0.88%) HND
18 9 (0.79%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (14.03%) QA
2 64 (5.65%) Accessibility
3 44 (3.88%) PMO
4 38 (3.35%) SLA
5 33 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.65%) Def Stans
7 21 (1.85%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 18 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 17 (1.50%) GDPR
10 17 (1.50%) NIST
11 10 (0.88%) WCAG
12 6 (0.53%) Basel II
12 6 (0.53%) MiFID
13 5 (0.44%) PERC
14 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.26%) P3O
14 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.26%) SEPA
14 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 95 (8.38%) Active Directory
2 55 (4.85%) Docker
3 20 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.71%) DFS Replication
5 8 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.62%) vSphere
7 4 (0.35%) Dovecot
7 4 (0.35%) Postfix
7 4 (0.35%) Squid
8 2 (0.18%) Firmware
8 2 (0.18%) Terminal Server
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 73 (6.44%) HP ALM
2 48 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 46 (4.06%) Terraform
4 45 (3.97%) Kubernetes
5 36 (3.18%) Grafana
6 32 (2.82%) Prometheus
7 25 (2.21%) Ansible
8 18 (1.59%) SCCM
9 12 (1.06%) Control-M
9 12 (1.06%) ZABBIX
10 11 (0.97%) Puppet
11 7 (0.62%) Nessus
12 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.44%) Kibana
14 4 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
14 4 (0.35%) Nagios
14 4 (0.35%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.35%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.26%) Podman
Vendors
1 211 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 134 (11.83%) SAP
3 101 (8.91%) ServiceNow
4 86 (7.59%) Atlassian
5 75 (6.62%) HP
6 63 (5.56%) Salesforce
7 41 (3.62%) Oracle
8 37 (3.27%) Google
8 37 (3.27%) IBM
9 21 (1.85%) Adobe
9 21 (1.85%) VMware
10 15 (1.32%) Tenable
11 14 (1.24%) Cisco
12 9 (0.79%) Dynatrace
12 9 (0.79%) HubSpot
12 9 (0.79%) Qualtrics
13 8 (0.71%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 8 (0.71%) Siemens
13 8 (0.71%) Zscaler