JIRA Job Trends in the Midlands

Atlassian JIRA
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 78 133
Rank change year-on-year -100 +55 -42
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 105 196 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.67% 3.51% 1.68%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.13% 54.14% 29.53%
Number of salaries quoted 72 97 91
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,772 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.14% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57,500 £73,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,250 - £65,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

All Development Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 387 362 535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.47% 6.49% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 221 223 272
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in the Midlands

JIRA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in the Midlands

JIRA
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
West Midlands -85 70 £46,250 -28.85% 67
East Midlands -62 35 £39,597 -14.85% 40
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 19 (18.10%) Confluence
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.81%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.95%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.90%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.95%) Magento
3 1 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.95%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.71%) Azure
2 17 (16.19%) AWS
3 12 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (6.67%) GitHub
6 6 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (5.71%) SaaS
7 4 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.81%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.86%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.95%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.95%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.95%) Figma
10 1 (0.95%) IaaS
10 1 (0.95%) Miro
10 1 (0.95%) PaaS
10 1 (0.95%) Slack
10 1 (0.95%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.62%) DHCP
1 8 (7.62%) DNS
2 7 (6.67%) LAN
2 7 (6.67%) WAN
3 5 (4.76%) Firewall
3 5 (4.76%) Network Security
3 5 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.86%) NX-OS
4 3 (2.86%) VLAN
4 3 (2.86%) VPN
5 2 (1.90%) HTTP
5 2 (1.90%) Internet
6 1 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.81%) Power BI
3 3 (2.86%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.90%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.90%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.90%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.90%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.95%) Metadata
5 1 (0.95%) Power Query
5 1 (0.95%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (22.86%) Git
2 13 (12.38%) GitLab
3 10 (9.52%) Jenkins
3 10 (9.52%) Zephyr
4 7 (6.67%) Postman
4 7 (6.67%) Subversion
5 6 (5.71%) JMeter
5 6 (5.71%) SoapUI
6 5 (4.76%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.76%) Selenium
6 5 (4.76%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.95%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.95%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.95%) TestRail
General
1 52 (49.52%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 13 (12.38%) Finance
4 12 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.57%) Law
6 7 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.71%) Games
7 6 (5.71%) Retail
8 5 (4.76%) Electronics
9 4 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.90%) Banking
10 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.95%) Automotive
11 1 (0.95%) iGaming
11 1 (0.95%) Marketing
11 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (21.90%) Analyst
2 16 (15.24%) Senior
3 13 (12.38%) Project Manager
4 12 (11.43%) Business Analyst
5 10 (9.52%) IT Support
6 8 (7.62%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (5.71%) IT Manager
9 5 (4.76%) Developer
9 5 (4.76%) Development Engineer
9 5 (4.76%) FPGA Engineer
9 5 (4.76%) Lead
9 5 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 5 (4.76%) Support Analyst
9 5 (4.76%) Technical Manager
9 5 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
10 4 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.81%) Product Owner
10 4 (3.81%) QA Manager
10 4 (3.81%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.57%) React
2 6 (5.71%) Playwright
2 6 (5.71%) SOAP
2 6 (5.71%) XML
3 5 (4.76%) .NET
3 5 (4.76%) ADO
3 5 (4.76%) JSON
3 5 (4.76%) REST
3 5 (4.76%) Terraform
4 4 (3.81%) Middleware
5 2 (1.90%) Express.js
5 2 (1.90%) Fastify
5 2 (1.90%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.90%) Next.js
5 2 (1.90%) Node.js
6 1 (0.95%) CSS3
6 1 (0.95%) React Native
6 1 (0.95%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.95%) Sass
6 1 (0.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.43%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.62%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.62%) Driving Licence
2 8 (7.62%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.71%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.76%) FPGA
4 5 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (4.76%) Verilog
4 5 (4.76%) VHDL
5 4 (3.81%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.81%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.86%) PKI
6 3 (2.86%) PMI
7 2 (1.90%) CMDB
7 2 (1.90%) IoT
7 2 (1.90%) Online Gambling
7 2 (1.90%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.33%) Windows
2 7 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.81%) Android
3 4 (3.81%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.86%) Linux
5 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (51.43%) Agile
2 34 (32.38%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (29.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (23.81%) DevOps
5 24 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 20 (19.05%) Service Management
8 19 (18.10%) Computer Science
8 19 (18.10%) ITIL
8 19 (18.10%) Scrum
9 18 (17.14%) CI/CD
9 18 (17.14%) Project Management
10 17 (16.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (15.24%) AI
12 14 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
12 14 (13.33%) Waterfall
13 13 (12.38%) Collaborative Culture
13 13 (12.38%) Decision-Making
13 13 (12.38%) Test Automation
13 13 (12.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 19 (18.10%) SQL
2 13 (12.38%) Python
3 10 (9.52%) Java
3 10 (9.52%) PowerShell
4 9 (8.57%) C++
5 8 (7.62%) C#
6 5 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.76%) Perl
7 4 (3.81%) C
8 1 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.95%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (38.10%) Degree
2 15 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (9.52%) CCNA
3 10 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (5.71%) ISEB
5 6 (5.71%) ISTQB
5 6 (5.71%) PMI Certification
5 6 (5.71%) Security Cleared
6 5 (4.76%) CCNP
6 5 (4.76%) PMP
7 4 (3.81%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.86%) CBAP
8 3 (2.86%) IIBA
8 3 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.86%) MCSE
8 3 (2.86%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.90%) ACCA
9 2 (1.90%) CIMA
9 2 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.14%) QA
2 3 (2.86%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.86%) PMO
2 3 (2.86%) SLA
3 2 (1.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.90%) GDPR
3 2 (1.90%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (5.71%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (5.71%) Firmware
2 4 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.86%) vSphere
4 2 (1.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) BMC PATROL
1 3 (2.86%) Control-M
1 3 (2.86%) FortiGate
1 3 (2.86%) WhatsUp Gold
2 2 (1.90%) Ansible
2 2 (1.90%) Bosun
2 2 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.95%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 24 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.29%) Cisco
2 15 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 11 (10.48%) SAP
4 6 (5.71%) Meraki
4 6 (5.71%) Oracle
4 6 (5.71%) Pega
4 6 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.76%) Adobe
5 5 (4.76%) Altera
5 5 (4.76%) Microsemi
5 5 (4.76%) VMware
5 5 (4.76%) Xilinx
6 3 (2.86%) BMC
6 3 (2.86%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.90%) FIS
7 2 (1.90%) Planon
8 1 (0.95%) Duck Creek
8 1 (0.95%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.95%) YouTube