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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 94 128
Rank change year-on-year -74 +34 -31
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,197 1,364 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.14% 3.20% 2.04%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.13% 42.48% 23.03%
Number of salaries quoted 750 746 718
10th Percentile £34,250 £32,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,198 £57,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +1.77% -5.83%

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 4,255 3,211 5,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.06% 7.54% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 1,991 3,135
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,188 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,875 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -58 411 £70,000 -9.68% 79
South East -75 241 £55,000 +22.22% 84
North of England -59 215 £52,500 +5.00% 47
South West -24 133 £58,750 +36.63% 31
North West -60 115 £55,000 +10.00% 21
Midlands -86 109 £45,000 -22.41% 44
Yorkshire -31 74 £42,500 -10.53% 24
West Midlands -80 72 £47,500 -26.92% 31
East of England -51 70 £60,000 +4.35% 21
East Midlands -64 37 £39,194 -15.71% 13
North East -61 26 £67,500 +31.07% 2
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
1 408 (34.09%) Confluence
2 93 (7.77%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.34%) CMS
5 8 (0.67%) SAS
6 6 (0.50%) IIS
6 6 (0.50%) JBoss
7 5 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.33%) Drupal
8 4 (0.33%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.25%) Apache
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.17%) nginx
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
11 1 (0.084%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.084%) MTS
11 1 (0.084%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 121 (10.11%) Microsoft Project
2 71 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 64 (5.35%) MS Visio
5 30 (2.51%) Trello
6 23 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.67%) CATIA
7 8 (0.67%) Moqups
8 6 (0.50%) Simulink
9 3 (0.25%) Sketch
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.17%) InVision
10 2 (0.17%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.084%) Mathcad
11 1 (0.084%) Notion
11 1 (0.084%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.084%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 45 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.09%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.50%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.33%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.25%) Magento
6 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.25%) Shopify
6 3 (0.25%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 357 (29.82%) Azure
2 178 (14.87%) Azure DevOps
3 172 (14.37%) AWS
4 149 (12.45%) Microsoft 365
5 137 (11.45%) SaaS
6 79 (6.60%) GitHub
7 73 (6.10%) Entra ID
8 56 (4.68%) Power Platform
9 35 (2.92%) Miro
10 31 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (2.34%) Serverless
12 26 (2.17%) Mimecast
13 25 (2.09%) GCP
14 21 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (1.75%) Figma
14 21 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (1.42%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.42%) IaaS
16 16 (1.34%) Google Workspace
16 16 (1.34%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 57 (4.76%) DNS
2 47 (3.93%) VPN
3 42 (3.51%) DHCP
4 38 (3.17%) Firewall
5 36 (3.01%) TCP/IP
6 25 (2.09%) Network Security
7 24 (2.01%) WAN
8 23 (1.92%) Multicast
9 20 (1.67%) LAN
10 15 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.84%) VLAN
12 8 (0.67%) Kerberos
13 7 (0.58%) BIG-IP
13 7 (0.58%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 7 (0.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 7 (0.58%) HTTP
14 6 (0.50%) Internet
14 6 (0.50%) IPv4
14 6 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 52 (4.34%) Power BI
3 27 (2.26%) MongoDB
4 26 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (1.67%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.42%) MySQL
8 16 (1.34%) Tableau
9 12 (1.00%) Metadata
10 11 (0.92%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.67%) Redis
11 8 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.58%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (0.50%) Spatial Data
13 6 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 119 (9.94%) Git
2 61 (5.10%) GitLab
3 48 (4.01%) Jenkins
4 36 (3.01%) Rational DOORS
5 33 (2.76%) Selenium
6 31 (2.59%) Postman
7 30 (2.51%) Bitbucket
8 28 (2.34%) Cypress.io
9 21 (1.75%) Zephyr
10 14 (1.17%) JMeter
11 11 (0.92%) Claude Code
12 10 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 10 (0.84%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.75%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.58%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.58%) MSI
14 7 (0.58%) SoapUI
14 7 (0.58%) Subversion
15 6 (0.50%) IntelliJ
16 5 (0.42%) TestRail
General
1 450 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 365 (30.49%) Finance
3 231 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (7.10%) Organisational Skills
5 76 (6.35%) Banking
6 71 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 69 (5.76%) Aerospace
8 63 (5.26%) Marketing
8 63 (5.26%) Retail
9 57 (4.76%) Law
10 56 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 55 (4.59%) Manufacturing
12 46 (3.84%) Legal
13 34 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
14 29 (2.42%) Electronics
15 28 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (2.17%) Telecoms
17 25 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
18 24 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
19 22 (1.84%) Games
Job Titles
1 269 (22.47%) Analyst
2 173 (14.45%) Senior
3 148 (12.36%) Business Analyst
4 113 (9.44%) Lead
5 103 (8.60%) Project Manager
6 80 (6.68%) Developer
7 51 (4.26%) Delivery Manager
8 49 (4.09%) IT Support
8 49 (4.09%) Support Analyst
9 46 (3.84%) IT Analyst
10 45 (3.76%) Software Engineer
11 44 (3.68%) IT Manager
11 44 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
12 40 (3.34%) Product Owner
13 36 (3.01%) Technical Analyst
14 34 (2.84%) Support Engineer
15 32 (2.67%) Technical Manager
16 31 (2.59%) IT Engineer
17 30 (2.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 29 (2.42%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.51%) REST
2 47 (3.93%) .NET
3 45 (3.76%) HTML
4 43 (3.59%) React
4 43 (3.59%) Terraform
5 31 (2.59%) CSS
5 31 (2.59%) FIX Protocol
6 28 (2.34%) Node.js
6 28 (2.34%) Playwright
7 26 (2.17%) Gherkin
7 26 (2.17%) JSON
8 25 (2.09%) RESTful
9 24 (2.01%) Middleware
10 19 (1.59%) AngularJS
10 19 (1.59%) pytest
10 19 (1.59%) XML
11 16 (1.34%) ASP.NET
11 16 (1.34%) SOAP
12 15 (1.25%) Next.js
13 14 (1.17%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 151 (12.61%) Product Ownership
2 100 (8.35%) Onboarding
3 70 (5.85%) Enterprise Software
4 51 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 51 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 48 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (3.34%) Driving Licence
7 34 (2.84%) Cloud Native
8 33 (2.76%) Equities
9 28 (2.34%) PMI
10 25 (2.09%) Fixed Income
10 25 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.67%) Virtual Team
13 19 (1.59%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.59%) Derivative
14 16 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (1.17%) Security Posture
16 13 (1.09%) Biopharmaceutical
17 12 (1.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 147 (12.28%) Windows
2 123 (10.28%) Linux
3 39 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.01%) macOS
5 15 (1.25%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.17%) Android
7 13 (1.09%) Ubuntu
7 13 (1.09%) Unix
8 11 (0.92%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.50%) Debian
11 5 (0.42%) CentOS
11 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.17%) VMS
14 1 (0.084%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 639 (53.38%) Agile
2 367 (30.66%) Continuous Improvement
3 359 (29.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 334 (27.90%) Problem-Solving
5 299 (24.98%) DevOps
6 260 (21.72%) Scrum
7 224 (18.71%) Project Management
8 215 (17.96%) AI
9 186 (15.54%) User Stories
10 183 (15.29%) ITIL
11 177 (14.79%) CI/CD
12 167 (13.95%) Project Delivery
13 151 (12.61%) Service Management
14 150 (12.53%) Acceptance Criteria
15 141 (11.78%) Requirements Gathering
16 137 (11.45%) Validation
17 134 (11.19%) Decision-Making
17 134 (11.19%) ITSM
17 134 (11.19%) Mentoring
18 132 (11.03%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 204 (17.04%) SQL
2 175 (14.62%) Python
3 90 (7.52%) Java
4 88 (7.35%) PowerShell
5 79 (6.60%) JavaScript
6 66 (5.51%) C#
7 44 (3.68%) C++
8 41 (3.43%) TypeScript
9 39 (3.26%) Bash
10 29 (2.42%) R
11 12 (1.00%) C
12 11 (0.92%) PHP
13 8 (0.67%) Bicep
13 8 (0.67%) Perl
13 8 (0.67%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.58%) ActionScript
14 7 (0.58%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.58%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.50%) SOQL
15 6 (0.50%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 217 (18.13%) Degree
2 147 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 93 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 84 (7.02%) PMI Certification
5 69 (5.76%) PMP
6 42 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 37 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (3.01%) DV Cleared
9 32 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
11 29 (2.42%) Master's Degree
12 27 (2.26%) CCNA
12 27 (2.26%) ISTQB
13 26 (2.17%) AWS Certification
14 20 (1.67%) A+ Certification
15 16 (1.34%) CSPO
16 13 (1.09%) MBA
17 12 (1.00%) CCNP
18 11 (0.92%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (14.87%) QA
2 60 (5.01%) PMO
3 53 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 40 (3.34%) Data Quality
6 29 (2.42%) SLA
7 28 (2.34%) GDPR
8 16 (1.34%) WCAG
9 11 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 10 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 10 (0.84%) NIST
11 9 (0.75%) NCSC
12 8 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 5 (0.42%) ISO 20022
14 5 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.42%) TickIT
15 4 (0.33%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.25%) ISO 8583
16 3 (0.25%) MiFID
System Software
1 107 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.84%) Docker
3 33 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.34%) vSphere
6 15 (1.25%) Firmware
7 10 (0.84%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.50%) Squid
8 6 (0.50%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.33%) KVM
10 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.084%) HDFS
12 1 (0.084%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 50 (4.18%) Kubernetes
1 50 (4.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (2.84%) Ansible
3 11 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.84%) ZABBIX
5 7 (0.58%) Control-M
5 7 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
5 7 (0.58%) Grafana
5 7 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.50%) BMC PATROL
6 6 (0.50%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.50%) Packer
6 6 (0.50%) Proxmox
7 5 (0.42%) Kibana
8 4 (0.33%) Graylog
8 4 (0.33%) Nagios
8 4 (0.33%) Podman
8 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.25%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 302 (25.23%) Microsoft
2 143 (11.95%) ServiceNow
3 79 (6.60%) Oracle
4 78 (6.52%) SAP
5 75 (6.27%) Salesforce
6 40 (3.34%) VMware
7 38 (3.17%) Atlassian
8 33 (2.76%) Cisco
8 33 (2.76%) Splunk
9 29 (2.42%) IBM
10 27 (2.26%) CrowdStrike
11 25 (2.09%) Google
12 23 (1.92%) HubSpot
13 20 (1.67%) BMC
14 17 (1.42%) Pega
15 16 (1.34%) Sage
16 15 (1.25%) Red Hat
17 14 (1.17%) Adobe
18 11 (0.92%) ION Trading
18 11 (0.92%) Thales