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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 106 101
Rank change year-on-year -15 -5 -27
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,047 1,243 1,825
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.82% 2.74% 2.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.28% 25.87% 25.73%
Number of salaries quoted 655 709 1,471
10th Percentile £30,250 £38,700 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,326 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,498 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% - -

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 3,243 4,804 7,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.62% 10.59% 10.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,211 2,731 5,850
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,250 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £57,750 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.85% +3.33% -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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +9 356 £75,000 +11.11% 142
South East +22 305 £45,875 -23.54% 158
North of England -45 144 £47,500 - 82
Midlands -22 102 £44,543 -19.01% 111
South West -56 69 £42,500 -11.46% 55
Yorkshire -32 64 £42,500 -5.56% 37
North West -27 61 £48,542 -2.92% 39
West Midlands -21 56 £40,000 -30.43% 79
East Midlands -14 46 £47,250 +5.00% 32
East of England -24 43 £57,500 +15.00% 41
North East -27 19 £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
1 330 (31.52%) Confluence
2 48 (4.58%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.34%) CMS
3 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.96%) Apache
5 9 (0.86%) IIS
6 6 (0.57%) WordPress
7 5 (0.48%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.38%) Documentum
8 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.19%) JBoss
9 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.096%) Appian
10 1 (0.096%) FileNet
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.096%) SAS
10 1 (0.096%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 65 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (5.83%) Microsoft Project
3 52 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (2.58%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.62%) Trello
7 14 (1.34%) CATIA
8 4 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.29%) Simulink
9 3 (0.29%) Windchill
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.19%) Sketch
11 1 (0.096%) Doxygen
11 1 (0.096%) Mozilla Thunderbird
11 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 89 (8.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.76%) Magento
3 8 (0.76%) Shopify
4 7 (0.67%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.29%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.29%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.19%) Endur
7 2 (0.19%) EuroRunner
7 2 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.19%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.19%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.19%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.096%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 186 (17.77%) Azure
2 155 (14.80%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (6.69%) AWS
5 64 (6.11%) SaaS
6 48 (4.58%) Power Platform
7 40 (3.82%) GitHub
8 33 (3.15%) Entra ID
8 33 (3.15%) Figma
9 27 (2.58%) Slack
10 25 (2.39%) GCP
11 21 (2.01%) PaaS
12 20 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (1.81%) Serverless
14 18 (1.72%) Google Workspace
15 13 (1.24%) Adobe Analytics
15 13 (1.24%) Miro
16 12 (1.15%) Mimecast
16 12 (1.15%) Smartsheet
17 11 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.39%) Firewall
2 23 (2.20%) DNS
3 22 (2.10%) VPN
4 16 (1.53%) Multicast
4 16 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.43%) DHCP
6 12 (1.15%) VLAN
7 10 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.76%) HTTP
9 7 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (0.57%) LAN
10 6 (0.57%) WAN
11 5 (0.48%) Broadband
12 4 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.38%) Internet
12 4 (0.38%) Wireless
13 3 (0.29%) DOCSIS
13 3 (0.29%) DSL
13 3 (0.29%) GPON
13 3 (0.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 33 (3.15%) Power BI
3 29 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (2.10%) MySQL
5 20 (1.91%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.34%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.15%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.05%) DB2
9 11 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (0.57%) Tableau
13 5 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.48%) Big Data
13 5 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.48%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.38%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 106 (10.12%) Git
2 69 (6.59%) eCATT
3 65 (6.21%) Selenium
4 62 (5.92%) Jenkins
5 48 (4.58%) Postman
6 40 (3.82%) Bitbucket
7 38 (3.63%) NeoLoad
8 33 (3.15%) SoapUI
9 32 (3.06%) Team Foundation Server
10 31 (2.96%) GitLab
11 28 (2.67%) WebDriver
12 27 (2.58%) Rational DOORS
13 22 (2.10%) Cypress.io
14 19 (1.81%) Cucumber
15 16 (1.53%) TeamCity
16 15 (1.43%) TestRail
16 15 (1.43%) Visual Studio
17 14 (1.34%) JUnit
18 13 (1.24%) Subversion
19 10 (0.96%) Maven
General
1 456 (43.55%) Social Skills
2 300 (28.65%) Finance
3 150 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (11.27%) Marketing
5 102 (9.74%) Manufacturing
6 90 (8.60%) Presentation Skills
7 69 (6.59%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (6.49%) Banking
9 48 (4.58%) Law
9 48 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 35 (3.34%) Legal
12 27 (2.58%) Retail
13 25 (2.39%) Public Sector
14 21 (2.01%) Advertising
15 19 (1.81%) French Language
16 18 (1.72%) Swedish Language
17 15 (1.43%) Electronics
18 14 (1.34%) Back Office
18 14 (1.34%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 235 (22.45%) Analyst
2 174 (16.62%) Senior
3 164 (15.66%) Lead
4 97 (9.26%) Developer
5 76 (7.26%) Support Analyst
6 72 (6.88%) Business Analyst
7 55 (5.25%) Support Engineer
8 49 (4.68%) IT Support
9 44 (4.20%) Test Analyst
10 43 (4.11%) Test Leader
11 42 (4.01%) Team Leader
12 41 (3.92%) Project Manager
13 38 (3.63%) Applications Support
14 33 (3.15%) Applications Support Analyst
15 32 (3.06%) Software Engineer
16 29 (2.77%) IT Engineer
16 29 (2.77%) Systems Engineer
17 26 (2.48%) Senior Manager
17 26 (2.48%) Technical Support
18 25 (2.39%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.26%) HTML
2 56 (5.35%) .NET
3 46 (4.39%) SOAP
4 45 (4.30%) CSS
5 40 (3.82%) REST
6 38 (3.63%) React
7 31 (2.96%) RESTful
8 27 (2.58%) Node.js
9 23 (2.20%) Middleware
10 21 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
11 20 (1.91%) Spring
12 17 (1.62%) FIX Protocol
12 17 (1.62%) Kafka
13 15 (1.43%) Spring Boot
13 15 (1.43%) XML
14 13 (1.24%) AngularJS
14 13 (1.24%) pytest
15 12 (1.15%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 11 (1.05%) Gherkin
16 11 (1.05%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.88%) Product Ownership
2 78 (7.45%) Onboarding
3 38 (3.63%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (1.91%) Equities
5 20 (1.91%) Virtual Team
6 18 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (1.72%) Fixed Income
7 17 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (1.53%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.34%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.34%) Derivative
9 14 (1.34%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.24%) Algorithms
11 10 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
11 10 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (0.96%) NHS
11 10 (0.96%) PMI
12 8 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 102 (9.74%) Windows
2 87 (8.31%) Linux
3 24 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.24%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.05%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.05%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.67%) Unix
7 6 (0.57%) Android
7 6 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.29%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.29%) Solaris
11 2 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.096%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.096%) Fedora
12 1 (0.096%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (44.70%) Agile
2 281 (26.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 231 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (15.76%) DevOps
4 165 (15.76%) Scrum
5 146 (13.94%) ITIL
6 138 (13.18%) Test Management
7 136 (12.99%) ITSM
8 134 (12.80%) CI/CD
9 133 (12.70%) Roadmaps
10 130 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 124 (11.84%) User Experience
12 121 (11.56%) Test Automation
13 116 (11.08%) Service Management
14 110 (10.51%) Computer Science
14 110 (10.51%) ERP
15 104 (9.93%) Change Management
16 94 (8.98%) Project Management
16 94 (8.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 91 (8.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 192 (18.34%) SQL
2 109 (10.41%) Python
3 92 (8.79%) JavaScript
4 89 (8.50%) Java
5 71 (6.78%) PowerShell
6 63 (6.02%) C#
7 35 (3.34%) TypeScript
8 31 (2.96%) Bash
9 23 (2.20%) C++
10 17 (1.62%) Go
11 13 (1.24%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.96%) C
13 7 (0.67%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.67%) PHP
13 7 (0.67%) R
14 4 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.38%) Groovy
15 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.29%) Perl
15 3 (0.29%) RPG
Qualifications
1 304 (29.04%) Degree
2 98 (9.36%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.35%) ISTQB
4 55 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (5.16%) SC Cleared
6 50 (4.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 43 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.96%) MCSE
8 31 (2.96%) PMI Certification
9 28 (2.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 26 (2.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 22 (2.10%) PMP
12 18 (1.72%) DV Cleared
13 14 (1.34%) AWS Certification
13 14 (1.34%) HND
14 12 (1.15%) Master's Degree
15 11 (1.05%) A+ Certification
15 11 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (13.18%) QA
2 55 (5.25%) Accessibility
3 37 (3.53%) SLA
4 35 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (3.15%) PMO
6 18 (1.72%) GDPR
6 18 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 17 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 15 (1.43%) NIST
9 12 (1.15%) Def Stans
10 10 (0.96%) Data Quality
11 9 (0.86%) WCAG
12 6 (0.57%) Basel II
13 5 (0.48%) PERC
14 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.29%) MiFID
14 3 (0.29%) P3O
14 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.29%) SEPA
14 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 97 (9.26%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.92%) Docker
3 18 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.57%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.096%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.096%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.096%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.096%) Postfix
7 1 (0.096%) Squid
7 1 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (6.88%) HP ALM
2 42 (4.01%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (2.67%) Terraform
5 20 (1.91%) Grafana
6 19 (1.81%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.81%) SCCM
7 15 (1.43%) Ansible
8 11 (1.05%) ZABBIX
9 9 (0.86%) Control-M
10 8 (0.76%) Puppet
11 5 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.48%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.38%) Kibana
12 4 (0.38%) Nagios
12 4 (0.38%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.29%) Nessus
14 2 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
14 2 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
14 2 (0.19%) SCOM
Vendors
1 207 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 121 (11.56%) SAP
3 96 (9.17%) ServiceNow
4 81 (7.74%) Atlassian
5 72 (6.88%) HP
6 63 (6.02%) Salesforce
7 39 (3.72%) Google
8 37 (3.53%) Oracle
9 34 (3.25%) IBM
10 21 (2.01%) Adobe
11 19 (1.81%) VMware
12 16 (1.53%) Cisco
12 16 (1.53%) HubSpot
13 14 (1.34%) Tenable
14 13 (1.24%) BMC
15 12 (1.15%) Siemens
15 12 (1.15%) Zscaler
16 9 (0.86%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.86%) Citrix
16 9 (0.86%) Qualtrics