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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 107 98
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 -25
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,071 1,261 1,765
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.91% 2.69% 2.85%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.91% 25.67% 25.68%
Number of salaries quoted 661 711 1,411
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £91,934
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -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 3,254 4,913 6,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.80% 10.49% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,201 2,763 5,657
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,796 £60,781
% change year-on-year -1.31% +0.02% -6.49%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 +10 368 £75,000 +12.78% 139
South East +30 318 £47,500 -17.39% 161
North of England -44 142 £47,500 +1.06% 88
Midlands -26 105 £45,000 -18.18% 111
South West -53 67 £42,500 -10.53% 57
Yorkshire -12 65 £41,788 -7.14% 42
West Midlands -14 63 £43,522 -24.31% 77
North West -32 58 £47,683 -4.63% 41
East of England -18 43 £57,500 +13.86% 42
East Midlands -7 42 £51,000 +13.33% 34
North East -27 19 £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
1 332 (31.00%) Confluence
2 47 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.40%) CMS
4 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.03%) Apache
6 9 (0.84%) IIS
7 6 (0.56%) WordPress
8 5 (0.47%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.47%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.37%) Documentum
10 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.28%) nginx
11 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.19%) JBoss
12 1 (0.093%) FileNet
12 1 (0.093%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.093%) SAS
12 1 (0.093%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.093%) Tuxedo
12 1 (0.093%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (5.70%) Microsoft Project
3 50 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.61%) MS Visio
6 19 (1.77%) Trello
7 14 (1.31%) CATIA
8 4 (0.37%) Windchill
9 3 (0.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 3 (0.28%) Simulink
9 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.19%) Sketch
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.093%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.093%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 90 (8.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.65%) Fidessa
3 7 (0.65%) Magento
3 7 (0.65%) Shopify
4 4 (0.37%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.28%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.28%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.19%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.19%) Endur
6 2 (0.19%) EuroRunner
6 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.19%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.19%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 195 (18.21%) Azure
2 157 (14.66%) Azure DevOps
3 80 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (6.72%) AWS
5 63 (5.88%) SaaS
6 50 (4.67%) Power Platform
7 42 (3.92%) GitHub
8 35 (3.27%) Entra ID
9 34 (3.17%) Figma
10 28 (2.61%) Slack
11 25 (2.33%) GCP
12 20 (1.87%) PaaS
12 20 (1.87%) Serverless
13 19 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (1.59%) Google Workspace
15 13 (1.21%) Adobe Analytics
15 13 (1.21%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.21%) Miro
15 13 (1.21%) Power Automate
16 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.52%) DNS
1 27 (2.52%) Firewall
2 20 (1.87%) VPN
3 16 (1.49%) DHCP
3 16 (1.49%) Multicast
3 16 (1.49%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.12%) VLAN
5 11 (1.03%) HTTP
6 10 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (0.56%) LAN
7 6 (0.56%) SSH
7 6 (0.56%) WAN
8 5 (0.47%) Broadband
8 5 (0.47%) Wireless
9 4 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.37%) FTP
9 4 (0.37%) Internet
9 4 (0.37%) SMTP
10 3 (0.28%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.26%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.99%) Power BI
3 30 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (2.05%) MySQL
5 19 (1.77%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.31%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.21%) MongoDB
8 11 (1.03%) DB2
8 11 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.56%) Tableau
12 5 (0.47%) Big Data
12 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.47%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 125 (11.67%) Git
2 77 (7.19%) Jenkins
3 69 (6.44%) eCATT
3 69 (6.44%) Selenium
4 53 (4.95%) Postman
5 40 (3.73%) Bitbucket
6 38 (3.55%) NeoLoad
6 38 (3.55%) Team Foundation Server
7 37 (3.45%) SoapUI
8 32 (2.99%) WebDriver
9 29 (2.71%) GitLab
9 29 (2.71%) Rational DOORS
10 22 (2.05%) Cypress.io
11 19 (1.77%) Cucumber
12 16 (1.49%) TeamCity
12 16 (1.49%) Visual Studio
13 15 (1.40%) TestRail
14 13 (1.21%) JUnit
14 13 (1.21%) Subversion
15 11 (1.03%) JMeter
General
1 472 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 313 (29.23%) Finance
3 152 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (11.48%) Marketing
5 100 (9.34%) Manufacturing
6 92 (8.59%) Presentation Skills
7 69 (6.44%) Banking
8 67 (6.26%) Influencing Skills
9 62 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (4.30%) Law
11 40 (3.73%) Legal
12 37 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 32 (2.99%) Retail
14 27 (2.52%) Public Sector
15 22 (2.05%) Advertising
16 19 (1.77%) French Language
17 18 (1.68%) Swedish Language
18 16 (1.49%) Electronics
18 16 (1.49%) Front Office
19 14 (1.31%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 239 (22.32%) Analyst
2 183 (17.09%) Senior
3 174 (16.25%) Lead
4 99 (9.24%) Developer
5 74 (6.91%) Business Analyst
6 73 (6.82%) Support Analyst
7 52 (4.86%) Support Engineer
8 49 (4.58%) Test Analyst
9 44 (4.11%) Test Leader
10 42 (3.92%) IT Support
10 42 (3.92%) Project Manager
11 39 (3.64%) Applications Support
11 39 (3.64%) Team Leader
12 33 (3.08%) Applications Support Analyst
12 33 (3.08%) Software Engineer
13 28 (2.61%) Senior Analyst
13 28 (2.61%) Systems Engineer
14 26 (2.43%) IT Engineer
14 26 (2.43%) Senior Manager
14 26 (2.43%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (7.47%) HTML
2 63 (5.88%) .NET
3 50 (4.67%) SOAP
4 44 (4.11%) CSS
5 41 (3.83%) REST
6 36 (3.36%) React
7 31 (2.89%) RESTful
8 25 (2.33%) Node.js
9 21 (1.96%) Elastic Stack
9 21 (1.96%) Middleware
10 18 (1.68%) Spring
11 17 (1.59%) FIX Protocol
11 17 (1.59%) Kafka
12 16 (1.49%) XML
13 13 (1.21%) pytest
13 13 (1.21%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.12%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 11 (1.03%) AngularJS
15 11 (1.03%) Gherkin
15 11 (1.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.68%) Product Ownership
2 80 (7.47%) Onboarding
3 38 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 28 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (1.87%) Equities
5 20 (1.87%) Virtual Team
6 19 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (1.68%) Fixed Income
8 17 (1.59%) Cloud Native
8 17 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.31%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.31%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.31%) Derivative
9 14 (1.31%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.03%) Embedded Systems
12 10 (0.93%) PMI
13 9 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (0.84%) NHS
14 7 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 104 (9.71%) Windows
2 90 (8.40%) Linux
3 23 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.40%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.03%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.65%) Unix
8 6 (0.56%) Android
8 6 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.37%) VMS
10 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.28%) OpenWrt
11 3 (0.28%) Solaris
12 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.093%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (44.82%) Agile
2 300 (28.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 235 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (15.97%) DevOps
5 168 (15.69%) Scrum
6 148 (13.82%) ITIL
7 143 (13.35%) Test Management
8 136 (12.70%) CI/CD
9 134 (12.51%) Roadmaps
10 131 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 126 (11.76%) ITSM
12 125 (11.67%) User Experience
13 122 (11.39%) Test Automation
14 118 (11.02%) Change Management
15 110 (10.27%) Computer Science
16 108 (10.08%) ERP
17 107 (9.99%) Service Management
18 106 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 98 (9.15%) Project Management
20 89 (8.31%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 200 (18.67%) SQL
2 114 (10.64%) Python
3 91 (8.50%) Java
4 90 (8.40%) JavaScript
5 77 (7.19%) PowerShell
6 71 (6.63%) C#
7 34 (3.17%) TypeScript
8 32 (2.99%) Bash
9 23 (2.15%) C++
10 18 (1.68%) Go
11 12 (1.12%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.93%) C
13 9 (0.84%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.65%) Groovy
14 7 (0.65%) PHP
15 6 (0.56%) R
16 4 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.28%) RPG
Qualifications
1 325 (30.35%) Degree
2 114 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 61 (5.70%) ISTQB
4 59 (5.51%) SC Cleared
5 55 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 42 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (3.08%) PMI Certification
9 31 (2.89%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 29 (2.71%) MCSE
11 28 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 24 (2.24%) PMP
13 17 (1.59%) DV Cleared
14 15 (1.40%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.40%) HND
15 13 (1.21%) Master's Degree
16 12 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 11 (1.03%) A+ Certification
18 9 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (14.29%) QA
2 59 (5.51%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (3.17%) PMO
4 34 (3.17%) SLA
5 25 (2.33%) Def Stans
6 20 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 19 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 18 (1.68%) GDPR
9 15 (1.40%) NIST
10 13 (1.21%) Data Quality
11 10 (0.93%) WCAG
12 6 (0.56%) Basel II
13 5 (0.47%) PERC
14 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.28%) MiFID
15 3 (0.28%) P3O
15 3 (0.28%) SEPA
15 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.19%) MISRA
System Software
1 97 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 45 (4.20%) Docker
3 17 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.56%) vSphere
6 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.28%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.28%) Postfix
6 3 (0.28%) Squid
7 2 (0.19%) Firmware
7 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (6.72%) HP ALM
2 44 (4.11%) Kubernetes
3 43 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (3.08%) Terraform
5 24 (2.24%) Grafana
6 23 (2.15%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.68%) SCCM
8 15 (1.40%) Ansible
9 11 (1.03%) ZABBIX
10 9 (0.84%) Control-M
11 7 (0.65%) Puppet
12 5 (0.47%) Nessus
12 5 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.47%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.37%) Kibana
13 4 (0.37%) Nagios
13 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.28%) Proxmox
15 2 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
15 2 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 213 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 123 (11.48%) SAP
3 101 (9.43%) ServiceNow
4 82 (7.66%) Atlassian
5 73 (6.82%) HP
6 65 (6.07%) Salesforce
7 39 (3.64%) Oracle
8 38 (3.55%) Google
9 35 (3.27%) IBM
10 21 (1.96%) Adobe
11 18 (1.68%) VMware
12 16 (1.49%) HubSpot
13 15 (1.40%) Cisco
14 13 (1.21%) BMC
14 13 (1.21%) Tenable
15 11 (1.03%) Siemens
16 10 (0.93%) Zscaler
17 9 (0.84%) Bloomberg
17 9 (0.84%) Qualtrics
18 8 (0.75%) Reuters