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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 120 104
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 -36
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,170 1,342 1,419
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.51% 2.23% 3.10%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.31% 23.79% 24.41%
Number of salaries quoted 747 772 1,110
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £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 3,136 5,642 5,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.72% 9.38% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,106 3,200 4,752
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 26 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 26 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 +35 429 £75,000 +20.00% 195
South East +43 325 £45,000 -18.18% 253
North of England -4 151 £47,592 -13.31% 127
Midlands +21 125 £55,000 +10.00% 107
West Midlands +43 94 £60,000 +20.00% 60
South West -22 74 £43,000 -14.00% 98
Yorkshire +35 68 £44,500 +6.15% 41
North West -17 65 £46,250 -15.91% 77
East of England -13 50 £57,500 +13.30% 88
East Midlands +9 31 £49,500 +10.00% 43
North East -11 18 £51,500 - 9
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 (30.09%) Confluence
2 49 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.62%) CMS
4 15 (1.28%) IIS
5 14 (1.20%) Apache
6 11 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.94%) WordPress
7 10 (0.85%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.68%) nginx
9 6 (0.51%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.43%) JBoss
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.26%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.085%) Appian
12 1 (0.085%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.085%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 81 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
4 38 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.39%) MS Visio
6 23 (1.97%) Trello
7 10 (0.85%) 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 (0.085%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.085%) Doxygen
14 1 (0.085%) InDesign
14 1 (0.085%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 103 (8.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.28%) 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%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.17%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.17%) Sage X3
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
1 243 (20.77%) Azure
2 155 (13.25%) Azure DevOps
3 140 (11.97%) AWS
4 76 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (5.98%) Power Platform
6 63 (5.38%) 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%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 35 (2.99%) Entra ID
12 35 (2.99%) Serverless
13 33 (2.82%) AWS KMS
14 32 (2.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 30 (2.56%) Amazon ELB
16 28 (2.39%) Figma
16 28 (2.39%) Slack
17 25 (2.14%) Power Automate
18 24 (2.05%) Amazon Glacier
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.79%) Firewall
2 49 (4.19%) DNS
3 23 (1.97%) HTTP
3 23 (1.97%) SSH
4 21 (1.79%) DHCP
5 19 (1.62%) FTP
5 19 (1.62%) 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 35 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (2.82%) MySQL
6 25 (2.14%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.71%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.62%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (1.28%) Tableau
11 10 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.85%) 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%) Metadata
15 6 (0.51%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 190 (16.24%) Git
2 119 (10.17%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.15%) eCATT
4 54 (4.62%) Selenium
5 47 (4.02%) Bitbucket
6 39 (3.33%) NeoLoad
7 36 (3.08%) Postman
8 29 (2.48%) Vagrant
9 26 (2.22%) GitLab
10 25 (2.14%) Rational DOORS
11 22 (1.88%) Cypress.io
11 22 (1.88%) SoapUI
11 22 (1.88%) Team Foundation Server
12 19 (1.62%) TeamCity
12 19 (1.62%) WebDriver
13 18 (1.54%) Visual Studio
14 17 (1.45%) JUnit
14 17 (1.45%) Maven
15 16 (1.37%) Cucumber
16 15 (1.28%) TestRail
General
1 499 (42.65%) Social Skills
2 341 (29.15%) Finance
3 172 (14.70%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (11.37%) Marketing
5 101 (8.63%) Presentation Skills
6 96 (8.21%) Manufacturing
7 80 (6.84%) Influencing Skills
8 73 (6.24%) Banking
9 70 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
10 62 (5.30%) Law
11 51 (4.36%) Public Sector
12 43 (3.68%) 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 (1.62%) Electronics
19 19 (1.62%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 241 (20.60%) Analyst
2 193 (16.50%) Senior
3 162 (13.85%) Lead
4 131 (11.20%) Developer
5 69 (5.90%) Business Analyst
6 68 (5.81%) Support Analyst
7 64 (5.47%) Project Manager
8 55 (4.70%) Support Engineer
9 47 (4.02%) Applications Support
10 41 (3.50%) Software Engineer
11 40 (3.42%) Test Analyst
12 39 (3.33%) Applications Support Analyst
12 39 (3.33%) Test Leader
13 36 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
14 34 (2.91%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.65%) Senior Developer
16 30 (2.56%) Junior
16 30 (2.56%) Team Leader
17 28 (2.39%) Product Owner
17 28 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (6.41%) HTML
2 69 (5.90%) .NET
3 55 (4.70%) React
4 48 (4.10%) CSS
5 40 (3.42%) REST
6 35 (2.99%) Node.js
6 35 (2.99%) SOAP
7 33 (2.82%) RESTful
8 23 (1.97%) AngularJS
9 21 (1.79%) Kafka
10 19 (1.62%) Spring
10 19 (1.62%) XML
11 18 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
11 18 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
12 16 (1.37%) .NET Core
12 16 (1.37%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.37%) Vue
13 14 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
13 14 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
14 13 (1.11%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 98 (8.38%) Product Ownership
2 62 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.27%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (2.05%) Cloud Native
5 24 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (1.97%) IoT
7 22 (1.88%) Virtual Team
8 20 (1.71%) Mobile App
8 20 (1.71%) Replication
9 19 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.45%) Derivative
10 17 (1.45%) Equities
11 16 (1.37%) Algorithms
11 16 (1.37%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.03%) Wiki
13 11 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (0.77%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 140 (11.97%) Windows
2 134 (11.45%) Linux
3 29 (2.48%) VMS
4 19 (1.62%) Amazon Linux
5 18 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.45%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.37%) Mac OS
8 14 (1.20%) Android
8 14 (1.20%) Unix
9 10 (0.85%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.77%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.34%) Solaris
14 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
15 3 (0.26%) OpenWrt
16 2 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
17 1 (0.085%) Check Point GAiA
17 1 (0.085%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (45.30%) Agile
2 286 (24.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 283 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
4 218 (18.63%) DevOps
5 155 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 153 (13.08%) Scrum
7 146 (12.48%) CI/CD
8 144 (12.31%) Project Management
9 138 (11.79%) Change Management
9 138 (11.79%) Roadmaps
10 135 (11.54%) Test Management
11 133 (11.37%) ITIL
12 127 (10.85%) Test Automation
13 117 (10.00%) Computer Science
14 108 (9.23%) Mentoring
15 106 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 106 (9.06%) User Experience
16 92 (7.86%) ERP
17 87 (7.44%) SDLC
17 87 (7.44%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 210 (17.95%) SQL
2 163 (13.93%) Python
3 119 (10.17%) PowerShell
4 117 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 94 (8.03%) Java
6 77 (6.58%) C#
7 56 (4.79%) TypeScript
8 43 (3.68%) Bash
9 36 (3.08%) Groovy
10 23 (1.97%) C++
11 20 (1.71%) Go
12 16 (1.37%) Perl
13 15 (1.28%) Apex Code
14 12 (1.03%) PHP
15 10 (0.85%) C
15 10 (0.85%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.60%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.51%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.51%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 345 (29.49%) Degree
2 128 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 77 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (4.53%) ISTQB
6 36 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.39%) 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 19 (1.62%) DV Cleared
14 18 (1.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 16 (1.37%) Master's Degree
16 14 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 11 (0.94%) HND
17 11 (0.94%) SAP Certification
18 10 (0.85%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (13.42%) QA
2 67 (5.73%) Accessibility
3 48 (4.10%) PMO
4 38 (3.25%) SLA
5 30 (2.56%) Def Stans
5 30 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (2.22%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.62%) GDPR
8 18 (1.54%) NIST
9 14 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 14 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 10 (0.85%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 108 (9.23%) Active Directory
2 71 (6.07%) 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 (0.085%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.085%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 73 (6.24%) HP ALM
2 70 (5.98%) Terraform
3 54 (4.62%) Grafana
4 49 (4.19%) Prometheus
5 48 (4.10%) Kubernetes
5 48 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 39 (3.33%) Ansible
7 20 (1.71%) SCCM
8 14 (1.20%) Puppet
9 13 (1.11%) Control-M
10 12 (1.03%) ZABBIX
11 10 (0.85%) Nessus
12 7 (0.60%) 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%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.34%) Nagios
14 4 (0.34%) Salt
Vendors
1 217 (18.55%) Microsoft
2 125 (10.68%) SAP
3 111 (9.49%) ServiceNow
4 87 (7.44%) Atlassian
5 75 (6.41%) HP
6 64 (5.47%) Salesforce
7 44 (3.76%) Oracle
8 42 (3.59%) Google
9 30 (2.56%) IBM
10 23 (1.97%) VMware
11 22 (1.88%) Adobe
12 15 (1.28%) Tenable
13 14 (1.20%) Cisco
14 11 (0.94%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.94%) Juniper
15 10 (0.85%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.77%) Qualtrics
16 9 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 8 (0.68%) Okta
17 8 (0.68%) Zscaler