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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 120 103
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 -37
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,160 1,340 1,427
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.47% 2.26% 3.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.11% 23.92% 24.53%
Number of salaries quoted 738 771 1,116
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £37,625
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 3,126 5,601 5,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.65% 9.44% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,109 3,199 4,767
10th Percentile £29,750 £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 £78,000 £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 29 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 29 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 +50 424 £77,500 +23.02% 151
South East +42 324 £43,750 -20.45% 187
North of England -12 147 £47,683 -13.14% 60
Midlands +33 123 £53,750 +7.50% 59
West Midlands +44 91 £57,500 +15.00% 32
South West -23 76 £43,000 -14.00% 66
Yorkshire +21 68 £44,500 +4.71% 18
North West -13 61 £47,500 -13.64% 36
East of England -11 49 £57,500 +13.30% 43
East Midlands +12 32 £49,500 +10.00% 25
North East -16 18 £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
1 351 (30.26%) Confluence
2 51 (4.40%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.64%) CMS
4 14 (1.21%) Apache
4 14 (1.21%) IIS
5 11 (0.95%) WordPress
6 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.86%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.69%) nginx
8 6 (0.52%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.43%) JBoss
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.086%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.086%) Appian
11 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.086%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.086%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 81 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (4.48%) Microsoft Project
4 37 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.41%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.90%) Trello
7 10 (0.86%) CATIA
8 8 (0.69%) Simulink
9 7 (0.60%) MadCap Flare
10 6 (0.52%) 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 (0.086%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.086%) Doxygen
14 1 (0.086%) InDesign
14 1 (0.086%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 104 (8.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.43%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.43%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.34%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.26%) Endur
5 3 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.26%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.26%) SAP MII
5 3 (0.26%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.17%) EuroRunner
6 2 (0.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.17%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.17%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.17%) SAP APO
6 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.17%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.17%) Shopify
6 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 242 (20.86%) Azure
2 154 (13.28%) Azure DevOps
3 129 (11.12%) AWS
4 75 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (5.95%) Power Platform
6 63 (5.43%) SaaS
7 54 (4.66%) GitHub
8 40 (3.45%) Amazon S3
8 40 (3.45%) GCP
9 34 (2.93%) Entra ID
9 34 (2.93%) Serverless
10 33 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
11 32 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 30 (2.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 29 (2.50%) AWS KMS
14 28 (2.41%) Amazon ELB
14 28 (2.41%) Figma
15 27 (2.33%) Slack
16 25 (2.16%) Power Automate
17 23 (1.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (4.57%) Firewall
2 47 (4.05%) DNS
3 22 (1.90%) HTTP
3 22 (1.90%) SSH
4 20 (1.72%) DHCP
5 18 (1.55%) FTP
5 18 (1.55%) SMTP
6 15 (1.29%) VLAN
6 15 (1.29%) Wireless
7 14 (1.21%) Internet
7 14 (1.21%) TCP/IP
8 13 (1.12%) Multicast
9 12 (1.03%) VPN
10 6 (0.52%) Broadband
10 6 (0.52%) IMAP
10 6 (0.52%) OpenLDAP
10 6 (0.52%) SAN
10 6 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.34%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 43 (3.71%) Power BI
3 33 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (2.67%) MySQL
5 30 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.64%) MongoDB
7 19 (1.64%) NoSQL
8 18 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (1.29%) Tableau
10 9 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.60%) DB2
11 7 (0.60%) OLAP
11 7 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 180 (15.52%) Git
2 117 (10.09%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.21%) eCATT
4 56 (4.83%) Selenium
5 47 (4.05%) Bitbucket
6 39 (3.36%) NeoLoad
7 38 (3.28%) Postman
8 27 (2.33%) Vagrant
9 26 (2.24%) GitLab
10 25 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
10 25 (2.16%) SoapUI
11 24 (2.07%) Team Foundation Server
12 22 (1.90%) Cypress.io
13 21 (1.81%) WebDriver
14 19 (1.64%) TeamCity
15 18 (1.55%) Visual Studio
16 17 (1.47%) Cucumber
17 16 (1.38%) TestRail
18 15 (1.29%) JUnit
18 15 (1.29%) Maven
General
1 492 (42.41%) Social Skills
2 337 (29.05%) Finance
3 171 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (11.55%) Marketing
5 102 (8.79%) Presentation Skills
6 96 (8.28%) Manufacturing
7 80 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
8 73 (6.29%) Banking
9 72 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
10 62 (5.34%) Law
11 46 (3.97%) Public Sector
12 42 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 39 (3.36%) Retail
14 30 (2.59%) Legal
15 23 (1.98%) Advertising
15 23 (1.98%) Automotive
15 23 (1.98%) Front Office
16 20 (1.72%) French Language
17 19 (1.64%) Electronics
18 18 (1.55%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 237 (20.43%) Analyst
2 191 (16.47%) Senior
3 161 (13.88%) Lead
4 123 (10.60%) Developer
5 69 (5.95%) Business Analyst
5 69 (5.95%) Support Analyst
6 62 (5.34%) Project Manager
7 55 (4.74%) Support Engineer
8 47 (4.05%) Applications Support
9 42 (3.62%) Test Analyst
10 40 (3.45%) Software Engineer
10 40 (3.45%) Test Leader
11 39 (3.36%) Applications Support Analyst
12 35 (3.02%) DevOps Engineer
13 34 (2.93%) Senior Manager
14 30 (2.59%) Senior Developer
14 30 (2.59%) Team Leader
15 29 (2.50%) Junior
15 29 (2.50%) Product Owner
16 28 (2.41%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (6.38%) HTML
2 69 (5.95%) .NET
3 50 (4.31%) React
4 44 (3.79%) CSS
5 40 (3.45%) REST
6 37 (3.19%) SOAP
7 34 (2.93%) Node.js
8 31 (2.67%) RESTful
9 20 (1.72%) Kafka
9 20 (1.72%) XML
10 19 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
10 19 (1.64%) SAP Fiori
11 18 (1.55%) AngularJS
12 17 (1.47%) Spring
13 15 (1.29%) .NET Core
14 14 (1.21%) Lightning Web Components
14 14 (1.21%) Playwright
14 14 (1.21%) Spring Boot
14 14 (1.21%) Vue
15 13 (1.12%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 97 (8.36%) Product Ownership
2 63 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 50 (4.31%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 22 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 21 (1.81%) IoT
9 19 (1.64%) Replication
10 18 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.47%) Derivative
11 17 (1.47%) Equities
11 17 (1.47%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.38%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.38%) Fixed Income
13 12 (1.03%) Wiki
14 11 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
15 10 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 140 (12.07%) Windows
2 131 (11.29%) Linux
3 27 (2.33%) VMS
4 18 (1.55%) Amazon Linux
4 18 (1.55%) Windows 10
4 18 (1.55%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.29%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.12%) Android
7 12 (1.03%) Unix
8 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
9 9 (0.78%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.34%) Solaris
12 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.26%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.086%) Check Point GAiA
15 1 (0.086%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (45.26%) Agile
2 285 (24.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 279 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
4 214 (18.45%) DevOps
5 153 (13.19%) Scrum
5 153 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 145 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 140 (12.07%) Project Management
8 138 (11.90%) Roadmaps
9 137 (11.81%) Test Management
10 135 (11.64%) Change Management
11 132 (11.38%) ITIL
12 123 (10.60%) Test Automation
13 115 (9.91%) Computer Science
14 108 (9.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 108 (9.31%) User Experience
15 106 (9.14%) Mentoring
16 91 (7.84%) ERP
17 87 (7.50%) SDLC
18 86 (7.41%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 210 (18.10%) SQL
2 160 (13.79%) Python
3 116 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 113 (9.74%) JavaScript
5 91 (7.84%) Java
6 76 (6.55%) C#
7 53 (4.57%) TypeScript
8 43 (3.71%) Bash
9 34 (2.93%) Groovy
10 23 (1.98%) C++
11 20 (1.72%) Go
12 15 (1.29%) Apex Code
13 14 (1.21%) Perl
14 11 (0.95%) PHP
15 10 (0.86%) C
15 10 (0.86%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.52%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.52%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 345 (29.74%) Degree
2 126 (10.86%) Security Cleared
3 73 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (4.57%) ISTQB
6 36 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 33 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.41%) PMI Certification
9 25 (2.16%) AWS Certification
9 25 (2.16%) MCSE
10 24 (2.07%) PMP
11 22 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 20 (1.72%) Azure Certification
12 20 (1.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 18 (1.55%) DV Cleared
14 16 (1.38%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 11 (0.95%) HND
16 11 (0.95%) SAP Certification
17 8 (0.69%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (13.53%) QA
2 67 (5.78%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.05%) PMO
4 38 (3.28%) SLA
5 30 (2.59%) Def Stans
5 30 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (2.24%) Data Quality
7 19 (1.64%) GDPR
8 18 (1.55%) NIST
9 15 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 15 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 10 (0.86%) WCAG
11 8 (0.69%) MiFID
12 6 (0.52%) 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%) MISRA
15 2 (0.17%) UCITS
System Software
1 106 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 68 (5.86%) Docker
3 20 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.64%) DFS Replication
5 10 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.78%) vSphere
7 6 (0.52%) Dovecot
7 6 (0.52%) Firmware
7 6 (0.52%) Postfix
7 6 (0.52%) Squid
8 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.086%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.086%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 73 (6.29%) HP ALM
2 67 (5.78%) Terraform
3 52 (4.48%) Grafana
4 48 (4.14%) Kubernetes
5 47 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (4.05%) Prometheus
6 38 (3.28%) Ansible
7 18 (1.55%) SCCM
8 14 (1.21%) Puppet
9 13 (1.12%) Control-M
10 12 (1.03%) ZABBIX
11 10 (0.86%) Nessus
12 7 (0.60%) Kibana
13 6 (0.52%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.52%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
14 4 (0.34%) Nagios
14 4 (0.34%) Salt
14 4 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 215 (18.53%) Microsoft
2 126 (10.86%) SAP
3 107 (9.22%) ServiceNow
4 86 (7.41%) Atlassian
5 75 (6.47%) HP
6 65 (5.60%) Salesforce
7 41 (3.53%) Google
7 41 (3.53%) Oracle
8 31 (2.67%) IBM
9 22 (1.90%) Adobe
9 22 (1.90%) VMware
10 15 (1.29%) Tenable
11 14 (1.21%) Cisco
12 11 (0.95%) Dynatrace
13 10 (0.86%) Bloomberg
13 10 (0.86%) Juniper
14 9 (0.78%) Qualtrics
14 9 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 8 (0.69%) Splunk
15 8 (0.69%) Zscaler