JIRA Job Trends in Leeds

Atlassian JIRA
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 56 42
Rank change year-on-year -22 -14 +47
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 25 28 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.83% 2.76% 5.22%
As % of the Development Applications category 18.52% 25.93% 36.92%
Number of salaries quoted 18 16 50
10th Percentile £28,175 £31,875 £39,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,688 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,788 £45,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -37.93% +16.94%
75th Percentile £49,063 £59,063 £83,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £71,250 £100,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £41,788 £45,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -7.14% -36.24% +10.22%

All Development Application Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 135 108 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 9.89% 10.63% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 89 79 143
10th Percentile - £38,350 £40,200
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,865 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -20.80% +9.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,000 £91,934
West Yorkshire median annual salary £53,500 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.90% -16.00% +5.00%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

JIRA job vacancy trend in Leeds

JIRA
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Leeds over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in Leeds

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 9 (36.00%) Confluence
2 2 (8.00%) CMS
2 2 (8.00%) Headless CMS
3 1 (4.00%) FileNet
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (12.00%) GitHub
4 2 (8.00%) Figma
5 1 (4.00%) AWS
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (20.00%) OLAP
3 2 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (8.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Git
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Finance
3 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Developer
2 9 (36.00%) Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Business Analyst
4 5 (20.00%) JIRA Developer
4 5 (20.00%) SQL Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Report Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Analyst Developer
6 2 (8.00%) ETL Developer
6 2 (8.00%) SQL Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Web Developer
6 2 (8.00%) Website Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) IT Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) ITSM Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Administrator
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Next.js
1 2 (8.00%) React
2 1 (4.00%) CSS
2 1 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (4.00%) Visualforce
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) DevOps
1 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) Change Management
3 8 (32.00%) Agile
3 8 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (28.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (28.00%) Incident Management
4 7 (28.00%) ITIL
5 6 (24.00%) ITSM
5 6 (24.00%) Service Management
6 5 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (20.00%) Asset Management
6 5 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 5 (20.00%) ETL
6 5 (20.00%) Validation
7 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (12.00%) CRM
8 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (12.00%) Web Development
8 3 (12.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) SQL
2 7 (28.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
4 5 (20.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (8.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (4.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Degree
2 6 (24.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.00%) GDPR
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (8.00%) HubSpot
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) Freshdesk
3 1 (4.00%) IBM
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow