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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 118 102
Rank change year-on-year +13 -16 -35
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,169 1,346 1,413
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.49% 2.24% 3.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.09% 23.79% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 744 774 1,105
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,825 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £95,000
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 3,152 5,658 5,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.73% 9.40% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,120 3,214 4,732
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
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 27 November 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 27 November 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 +38 429 £75,000 +20.00% 181
South East +42 325 £45,000 -18.18% 187
North of England -8 150 £47,500 -13.64% 63
Midlands +24 124 £55,000 +10.00% 66
West Midlands +46 93 £57,500 +15.00% 36
South West -20 75 £43,000 -14.00% 75
Yorkshire +24 68 £44,500 +1.71% 20
North West -10 64 £45,000 -18.18% 37
East of England -12 50 £57,500 +13.86% 46
East Midlands +10 31 £49,500 +10.00% 28
North East -11 18 £51,500 - 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
1 352 (30.11%) Confluence
2 50 (4.28%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.63%) CMS
4 15 (1.28%) Apache
4 15 (1.28%) IIS
5 11 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.94%) WordPress
6 10 (0.86%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.68%) nginx
8 6 (0.51%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.43%) JBoss
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.086%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.086%) Appian
11 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.086%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.086%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 81 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
4 38 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.40%) MS Visio
6 23 (1.97%) Trello
7 10 (0.86%) CATIA
8 8 (0.68%) Simulink
9 7 (0.60%) MadCap Flare
10 6 (0.51%) Mozilla Thunderbird
11 5 (0.43%) Windchill
12 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
13 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.17%) Sketch
14 1 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.086%) Doxygen
14 1 (0.086%) InDesign
14 1 (0.086%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 103 (8.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.43%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.43%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.43%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.26%) Endur
4 3 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.26%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.26%) SAP MII
4 3 (0.26%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.26%) Shopify
5 2 (0.17%) EuroRunner
5 2 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.17%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.17%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.17%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 244 (20.87%) Azure
2 155 (13.26%) Azure DevOps
3 139 (11.89%) AWS
4 77 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (5.99%) Power Platform
6 63 (5.39%) SaaS
7 54 (4.62%) GitHub
8 44 (3.76%) Amazon S3
9 43 (3.68%) GCP
10 38 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
11 36 (3.08%) Serverless
12 35 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 35 (2.99%) Entra ID
13 32 (2.74%) AWS KMS
14 31 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 29 (2.48%) Amazon ELB
16 28 (2.40%) Figma
16 28 (2.40%) Slack
17 25 (2.14%) Power Automate
18 23 (1.97%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 55 (4.70%) Firewall
2 48 (4.11%) DNS
3 22 (1.88%) HTTP
3 22 (1.88%) SSH
4 21 (1.80%) DHCP
5 18 (1.54%) FTP
5 18 (1.54%) SMTP
6 15 (1.28%) VLAN
6 15 (1.28%) Wireless
7 14 (1.20%) Internet
7 14 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.11%) Multicast
9 12 (1.03%) VPN
10 6 (0.51%) Broadband
10 6 (0.51%) IMAP
10 6 (0.51%) OpenLDAP
10 6 (0.51%) SAN
10 6 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.34%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 43 (3.68%) Power BI
3 34 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
3 34 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (2.82%) MySQL
5 25 (2.14%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.71%) MongoDB
7 19 (1.63%) NoSQL
8 18 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.28%) Tableau
10 11 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 9 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.60%) OLAP
15 6 (0.51%) DB2
15 6 (0.51%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 189 (16.17%) Git
2 119 (10.18%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.16%) eCATT
4 54 (4.62%) Selenium
5 48 (4.11%) Bitbucket
6 39 (3.34%) NeoLoad
7 36 (3.08%) Postman
8 28 (2.40%) Vagrant
9 27 (2.31%) GitLab
10 25 (2.14%) Rational DOORS
11 23 (1.97%) SoapUI
12 22 (1.88%) Cypress.io
12 22 (1.88%) Team Foundation Server
13 19 (1.63%) TeamCity
13 19 (1.63%) WebDriver
14 18 (1.54%) JUnit
14 18 (1.54%) Visual Studio
15 17 (1.45%) Maven
16 16 (1.37%) Cucumber
17 15 (1.28%) TestRail
General
1 498 (42.60%) Social Skills
2 340 (29.08%) Finance
3 172 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (11.38%) Marketing
5 101 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
6 96 (8.21%) Manufacturing
7 80 (6.84%) Influencing Skills
8 72 (6.16%) Banking
9 70 (5.99%) Organisational Skills
10 63 (5.39%) Law
11 50 (4.28%) Public Sector
12 42 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 40 (3.42%) Retail
14 31 (2.65%) Legal
15 25 (2.14%) Automotive
16 23 (1.97%) Advertising
17 22 (1.88%) Front Office
18 20 (1.71%) French Language
19 19 (1.63%) Electronics
19 19 (1.63%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 241 (20.62%) Analyst
2 194 (16.60%) Senior
3 161 (13.77%) Lead
4 131 (11.21%) Developer
5 69 (5.90%) Business Analyst
6 68 (5.82%) Support Analyst
7 64 (5.47%) Project Manager
8 56 (4.79%) Support Engineer
9 47 (4.02%) Applications Support
10 41 (3.51%) Software Engineer
11 40 (3.42%) Test Analyst
12 39 (3.34%) Applications Support Analyst
12 39 (3.34%) Test Leader
13 35 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
14 34 (2.91%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.65%) Senior Developer
16 30 (2.57%) Junior
16 30 (2.57%) Team Leader
17 28 (2.40%) Product Owner
17 28 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (6.42%) HTML
2 69 (5.90%) .NET
3 55 (4.70%) React
4 48 (4.11%) CSS
5 40 (3.42%) REST
6 36 (3.08%) SOAP
7 34 (2.91%) Node.js
8 33 (2.82%) RESTful
9 23 (1.97%) AngularJS
10 20 (1.71%) Kafka
10 20 (1.71%) XML
11 19 (1.63%) Spring
12 18 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
12 18 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
13 16 (1.37%) .NET Core
13 16 (1.37%) Spring Boot
13 16 (1.37%) Vue
14 14 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
14 14 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
15 13 (1.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 97 (8.30%) Product Ownership
2 62 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.28%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.05%) Cloud Native
7 23 (1.97%) IoT
8 22 (1.88%) Virtual Team
9 20 (1.71%) Mobile App
9 20 (1.71%) Replication
10 19 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.45%) Derivative
11 17 (1.45%) Equities
12 16 (1.37%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.37%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.03%) Wiki
14 11 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (0.77%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 139 (11.89%) Windows
2 134 (11.46%) Linux
3 28 (2.40%) VMS
4 18 (1.54%) Amazon Linux
5 17 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.45%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.37%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.20%) Android
7 14 (1.20%) Unix
8 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
9 9 (0.77%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.34%) Solaris
12 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.26%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.086%) Check Point GAiA
15 1 (0.086%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (45.17%) Agile
2 286 (24.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 283 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
4 217 (18.56%) DevOps
5 154 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 153 (13.09%) Scrum
7 147 (12.57%) CI/CD
8 143 (12.23%) Project Management
9 138 (11.80%) Roadmaps
10 137 (11.72%) Change Management
11 135 (11.55%) Test Management
12 133 (11.38%) ITIL
13 126 (10.78%) Test Automation
14 116 (9.92%) Computer Science
15 107 (9.15%) Mentoring
16 106 (9.07%) User Experience
17 105 (8.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 92 (7.87%) ERP
19 87 (7.44%) SDLC
19 87 (7.44%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 210 (17.96%) SQL
2 163 (13.94%) Python
3 118 (10.09%) JavaScript
3 118 (10.09%) PowerShell
4 94 (8.04%) Java
5 77 (6.59%) C#
6 56 (4.79%) TypeScript
7 43 (3.68%) Bash
8 35 (2.99%) Groovy
9 23 (1.97%) C++
10 20 (1.71%) Go
11 15 (1.28%) Apex Code
11 15 (1.28%) Perl
12 12 (1.03%) PHP
13 10 (0.86%) C
13 10 (0.86%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.60%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.51%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 345 (29.51%) Degree
2 128 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 76 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (4.45%) ISTQB
6 36 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.40%) PMI Certification
9 25 (2.14%) AWS Certification
9 25 (2.14%) MCSE
10 24 (2.05%) PMP
11 22 (1.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 20 (1.71%) Azure Certification
13 18 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 18 (1.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 16 (1.37%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 11 (0.94%) HND
16 11 (0.94%) SAP Certification
17 10 (0.86%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (13.43%) QA
2 67 (5.73%) Accessibility
3 48 (4.11%) PMO
4 38 (3.25%) SLA
5 30 (2.57%) Def Stans
5 30 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (2.22%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.63%) GDPR
8 18 (1.54%) NIST
9 14 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 14 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 10 (0.86%) WCAG
11 8 (0.68%) MiFID
12 6 (0.51%) PERC
13 4 (0.34%) P3O
14 3 (0.26%) Basel II
14 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.26%) SEPA
15 2 (0.17%) MISRA
15 2 (0.17%) UCITS
System Software
1 106 (9.07%) Active Directory
2 70 (5.99%) Docker
3 20 (1.71%) DFS Replication
3 20 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.94%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.77%) vSphere
6 8 (0.68%) Firmware
7 6 (0.51%) Dovecot
7 6 (0.51%) Postfix
7 6 (0.51%) Squid
8 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.086%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 73 (6.24%) HP ALM
2 69 (5.90%) Terraform
3 53 (4.53%) Grafana
4 48 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 48 (4.11%) Prometheus
5 47 (4.02%) Kubernetes
6 39 (3.34%) Ansible
7 19 (1.63%) SCCM
8 14 (1.20%) Puppet
9 13 (1.11%) Control-M
10 12 (1.03%) ZABBIX
11 10 (0.86%) Nessus
12 8 (0.68%) Kibana
13 6 (0.51%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.51%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
14 4 (0.34%) Nagios
14 4 (0.34%) Salt
14 4 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 218 (18.65%) Microsoft
2 125 (10.69%) SAP
3 110 (9.41%) ServiceNow
4 89 (7.61%) Atlassian
5 75 (6.42%) HP
6 64 (5.47%) Salesforce
7 45 (3.85%) Oracle
8 42 (3.59%) Google
9 30 (2.57%) IBM
10 22 (1.88%) Adobe
10 22 (1.88%) VMware
11 15 (1.28%) Tenable
12 14 (1.20%) Cisco
13 11 (0.94%) Dynatrace
13 11 (0.94%) Juniper
14 10 (0.86%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.77%) Qualtrics
15 9 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 8 (0.68%) Okta
16 8 (0.68%) Zscaler