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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 95 129
Rank change year-on-year -70 +34 -26
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,158 1,385 1,489
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.20% 3.16% 2.04%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.26% 40.06% 24.28%
Number of salaries quoted 811 838 920
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,450
25th Percentile £41,875 £42,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,125 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,778 £90,000
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 4,098 3,457 6,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.24% 7.88% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,687 2,193 4,006
10th Percentile £35,850 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,046 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -65 355 £68,000 -9.33% 652
North of England -49 249 £55,000 +10.00% 172
South East -14 227 £57,500 +20.42% 184
North West -38 138 £60,000 +14.29% 91
South West -38 124 £55,000 +22.22% 135
Midlands -89 113 £44,543 -19.01% 83
Yorkshire -37 79 £43,000 -14.00% 49
East of England -41 76 £62,500 +8.70% 65
West Midlands -78 71 £45,000 -30.77% 50
East Midlands -54 42 £27,500 -35.29% 33
North East -39 32 £60,000 +166.67% 35
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
1 392 (33.85%) Confluence
2 95 (8.20%) SharePoint
3 56 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.38%) CMS
5 8 (0.69%) IIS
6 7 (0.60%) SAS
7 6 (0.52%) JBoss
7 6 (0.52%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.43%) Apache
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.26%) WordPress
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
11 2 (0.17%) Gentran
12 1 (0.086%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.086%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 98 (8.46%) Microsoft Project
2 64 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
4 44 (3.80%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.99%) Trello
6 15 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (0.86%) CATIA
8 5 (0.43%) Moqups
9 3 (0.26%) Sketch
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.17%) InVision
11 1 (0.086%) Notion
11 1 (0.086%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.086%) Simulink
11 1 (0.086%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 37 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.12%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.52%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.43%) Visualfiles
6 4 (0.35%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.35%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
8 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.17%) Magento
8 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.17%) Shopify
9 1 (0.086%) Finacle
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.086%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.086%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.086%) Temenos T24
9 1 (0.086%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 373 (32.21%) Azure
2 186 (16.06%) AWS
3 174 (15.03%) Azure DevOps
4 134 (11.57%) Microsoft 365
5 119 (10.28%) SaaS
6 70 (6.04%) Entra ID
7 67 (5.79%) GitHub
8 59 (5.09%) Power Platform
9 48 (4.15%) GCP
10 33 (2.85%) Miro
11 32 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (2.59%) Mimecast
13 29 (2.50%) Serverless
14 26 (2.25%) Figma
15 22 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.55%) Amazon S3
17 16 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
18 15 (1.30%) Boomi
19 14 (1.21%) Smartsheet
20 13 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.37%) VPN
2 36 (3.11%) DNS
3 29 (2.50%) DHCP
3 29 (2.50%) Firewall
3 29 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 22 (1.90%) Network Security
4 22 (1.90%) WAN
5 20 (1.73%) Multicast
6 19 (1.64%) LAN
7 13 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.78%) Kerberos
9 8 (0.69%) IPv4
9 8 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (0.60%) VLAN
11 6 (0.52%) FIX Connectivity
11 6 (0.52%) HTTP
11 6 (0.52%) Internet
12 5 (0.43%) NAS
12 5 (0.43%) VoIP
12 5 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 53 (4.58%) Power BI
3 28 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.07%) MySQL
5 23 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (1.90%) MongoDB
7 16 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.38%) Tableau
8 15 (1.30%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (0.60%) Big Data
10 7 (0.60%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
11 6 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.43%) Metadata
12 5 (0.43%) Redis
12 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 130 (11.23%) Git
2 52 (4.49%) GitLab
3 45 (3.89%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.20%) Bitbucket
5 35 (3.02%) Selenium
6 32 (2.76%) Postman
7 28 (2.42%) Zephyr
8 20 (1.73%) Cypress.io
9 17 (1.47%) Cucumber
9 17 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
10 12 (1.04%) SoapUI
11 11 (0.95%) JMeter
11 11 (0.95%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 9 (0.78%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.78%) TestRail
13 9 (0.78%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.60%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.60%) MSI
15 6 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 409 (35.32%) Social Skills
2 331 (28.58%) Finance
3 219 (18.91%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (6.56%) Marketing
5 66 (5.70%) Public Sector
6 63 (5.44%) Banking
7 60 (5.18%) Law
7 60 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (4.92%) Retail
9 54 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (4.40%) Legal
11 47 (4.06%) Aerospace
12 38 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (2.76%) Manufacturing
13 32 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (2.59%) Games
15 26 (2.25%) Automotive
15 26 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.64%) Electronics
17 13 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 240 (20.73%) Analyst
2 182 (15.72%) Senior
3 120 (10.36%) Business Analyst
3 120 (10.36%) Lead
4 98 (8.46%) Project Manager
5 86 (7.43%) Developer
6 68 (5.87%) IT Support
7 50 (4.32%) Support Engineer
8 47 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
8 47 (4.06%) Software Engineer
9 42 (3.63%) Support Analyst
10 41 (3.54%) IT Manager
11 39 (3.37%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.37%) IT Analyst
11 39 (3.37%) IT Engineer
12 38 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
13 35 (3.02%) Product Owner
14 33 (2.85%) Product Manager
14 33 (2.85%) Senior Developer
15 31 (2.68%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.70%) REST
2 52 (4.49%) Terraform
3 51 (4.40%) React
4 49 (4.23%) HTML
5 48 (4.15%) .NET
6 44 (3.80%) JSON
7 39 (3.37%) CSS
8 31 (2.68%) XML
9 30 (2.59%) Middleware
10 29 (2.50%) SOAP
11 28 (2.42%) FIX Protocol
11 28 (2.42%) Node.js
12 27 (2.33%) Playwright
12 27 (2.33%) RESTful
13 22 (1.90%) AngularJS
14 18 (1.55%) ASP.NET
14 18 (1.55%) EDI
15 17 (1.47%) .NET Framework
15 17 (1.47%) Gherkin
15 17 (1.47%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 149 (12.87%) Product Ownership
2 108 (9.33%) Onboarding
3 60 (5.18%) Enterprise Software
4 49 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 40 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (3.37%) Driving Licence
7 38 (3.28%) Cloud Native
8 37 (3.20%) Data Centre
9 31 (2.68%) Equities
9 31 (2.68%) PMI
10 30 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
11 22 (1.90%) Fixed Income
12 21 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.55%) Derivative
13 18 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
13 18 (1.55%) Virtual Team
14 16 (1.38%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.38%) Security Posture
15 13 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
16 12 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 150 (12.95%) Windows
2 135 (11.66%) Linux
3 50 (4.32%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.90%) Mac OS
5 12 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.04%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.86%) Unix
6 10 (0.86%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.69%) Android
8 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.43%) Debian
10 4 (0.35%) CentOS
10 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.17%) ThreadX
11 2 (0.17%) VMS
12 1 (0.086%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 618 (53.37%) Agile
2 331 (28.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 316 (27.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 307 (26.51%) DevOps
5 295 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
6 253 (21.85%) Scrum
7 192 (16.58%) Project Management
8 184 (15.89%) CI/CD
9 164 (14.16%) ITIL
10 154 (13.30%) AI
11 148 (12.78%) Service Management
12 146 (12.61%) Decision-Making
12 146 (12.61%) User Stories
13 142 (12.26%) Roadmaps
14 139 (12.00%) Project Delivery
15 131 (11.31%) Workflow
16 126 (10.88%) Change Management
16 126 (10.88%) SDLC
16 126 (10.88%) Waterfall
17 125 (10.79%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 204 (17.62%) SQL
2 171 (14.77%) Python
3 98 (8.46%) Java
4 94 (8.12%) PowerShell
5 83 (7.17%) JavaScript
6 59 (5.09%) C#
7 38 (3.28%) C++
8 37 (3.20%) Bash
9 36 (3.11%) TypeScript
10 33 (2.85%) R
11 16 (1.38%) PHP
12 12 (1.04%) C
13 9 (0.78%) Perl
14 8 (0.69%) Bicep
14 8 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.60%) Groovy
15 7 (0.60%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.52%) Tcl
16 6 (0.52%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 212 (18.31%) Degree
2 137 (11.83%) Security Cleared
3 84 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 80 (6.91%) PMI Certification
5 61 (5.27%) PMP
6 44 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 37 (3.20%) DV Cleared
9 33 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (2.76%) ISTQB
11 30 (2.59%) AWS Certification
12 27 (2.33%) Master's Degree
13 26 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
14 23 (1.99%) CCNA
14 23 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.95%) A+ Certification
15 11 (0.95%) CISSP
16 10 (0.86%) CCNP
17 9 (0.78%) CISM
17 9 (0.78%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (14.51%) QA
2 56 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (4.75%) PMO
4 51 (4.40%) Accessibility
5 36 (3.11%) Data Quality
6 30 (2.59%) GDPR
7 27 (2.33%) SLA
8 18 (1.55%) WCAG
9 13 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 13 (1.12%) TickIT
10 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 10 (0.86%) NCSC
10 10 (0.86%) NIST
11 9 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
12 8 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.60%) GRC
14 6 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.43%) MiFID
16 4 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 114 (9.84%) Active Directory
2 60 (5.18%) Docker
3 35 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.21%) vSphere
6 13 (1.12%) Firmware
7 9 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (0.69%) Squid
8 8 (0.69%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.35%) KVM
10 3 (0.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.086%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.086%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (4.32%) Kubernetes
1 50 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (3.71%) Ansible
3 14 (1.21%) Packer
4 12 (1.04%) ZABBIX
5 9 (0.78%) Grafana
6 8 (0.69%) Kibana
7 7 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
7 7 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (0.60%) SCCM
7 7 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.52%) Control-M
8 6 (0.52%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.43%) BMC PATROL
9 5 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (0.35%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.35%) Graylog
10 4 (0.35%) Nagios
10 4 (0.35%) Podman
10 4 (0.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 281 (24.27%) Microsoft
2 141 (12.18%) ServiceNow
3 80 (6.91%) Oracle
4 78 (6.74%) Salesforce
5 68 (5.87%) SAP
6 41 (3.54%) VMware
7 40 (3.45%) Cisco
7 40 (3.45%) Splunk
8 35 (3.02%) Atlassian
9 31 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
9 31 (2.68%) Google
9 31 (2.68%) IBM
10 26 (2.25%) BMC
11 23 (1.99%) HubSpot
12 19 (1.64%) Red Hat
13 18 (1.55%) Meraki
14 11 (0.95%) Adobe
14 11 (0.95%) ION Trading
15 9 (0.78%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.78%) Sage