JIRA Job Trends in Leicester

Atlassian JIRA
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 9 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 2.66% 2.69% -
As % of the Development Applications category 56.25% 20.83% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £49,800 £35,250 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 -
90th Percentile £59,000 £61,500 -
Leicestershire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% -2.17%

All Development Application Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 16 24 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 4.73% 12.90% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13 22 15
10th Percentile £47,080 £29,975 £34,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +0.47% +7.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £61,875
90th Percentile £69,100 £72,250 £62,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £49,990
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.02% +2.43%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Leicester

JIRA
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing JIRA

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 3 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Miro
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Subversion
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Embedded Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Software Test Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Systems Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Systems Test Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Test Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Product Owner
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Product Owner
3 1 (11.11%) Product Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Product Owner
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Digital Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Actionable Insight
3 5 (55.56%) Issue Tracking
3 5 (55.56%) Performance Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Regression Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
3 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
4 4 (44.44%) Scrum
5 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (33.33%) User Stories
6 2 (22.22%) Business Case
6 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) HubSpot
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce