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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 60 137
Rank change year-on-year -89 +77 -62
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 105 231 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.83% 4.55% 1.66%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.75% 51.11% 27.71%
Number of salaries quoted 92 135 160
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,921 £25,975
25th Percentile £26,250 £36,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,022 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.96% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £64,063 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £73,750 £72,827
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 353 452 830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.79% 8.90% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 253 291 612
10th Percentile £26,325 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.11% -10.00%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -87 53 £47,500 -29.63% 26
East Midlands -48 52 £27,500 -23.61% 15
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 40 (38.10%) Confluence
2 4 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.95%) CMS
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.95%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.95%) Sketch
2 1 (0.95%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.95%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.71%) Azure
2 14 (13.33%) AWS
3 10 (9.52%) SaaS
4 8 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (4.76%) GCP
5 5 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.86%) ClickUp
6 3 (2.86%) Siteimprove
6 3 (2.86%) Slack
7 2 (1.90%) GitHub
7 2 (1.90%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.95%) Figma
8 1 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.95%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.95%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.81%) VPN
2 3 (2.86%) DHCP
2 3 (2.86%) DNS
2 3 (2.86%) Firewall
3 2 (1.90%) LAN
3 2 (1.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.95%) NX-OS
4 1 (0.95%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.76%) Amazon Redshift
1 5 (4.76%) Power BI
2 3 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.95%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.95%) Metadata
4 1 (0.95%) Power Query
4 1 (0.95%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (8.57%) Git
2 5 (4.76%) Selenium
3 4 (3.81%) TestRail
3 4 (3.81%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.81%) Zephyr
4 3 (2.86%) Postman
4 3 (2.86%) Toad
5 2 (1.90%) GitLab
5 2 (1.90%) Subversion
6 1 (0.95%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.95%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.95%) SoapUI
General
1 28 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.71%) Law
3 14 (13.33%) Finance
4 12 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.81%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.86%) Banking
7 3 (2.86%) Games
7 3 (2.86%) Legal
7 3 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.86%) Retail
8 2 (1.90%) Billing
8 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.90%) iGaming
8 2 (1.90%) Marketing
9 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (31.43%) Analyst
2 23 (21.90%) IT Support
3 16 (15.24%) Senior
4 13 (12.38%) Business Analyst
5 11 (10.48%) IT Engineer
5 11 (10.48%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (10.48%) Senior Analyst
5 11 (10.48%) Support Engineer
6 10 (9.52%) Product Owner
6 10 (9.52%) Support Analyst
7 8 (7.62%) Lead
8 6 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (5.71%) IT Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (5.71%) Project Manager
9 5 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (4.76%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.81%) Applications Support Analyst
10 4 (3.81%) Data Analyst
10 4 (3.81%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.48%) React
2 4 (3.81%) Middleware
2 4 (3.81%) REST
3 3 (2.86%) Node.js
3 3 (2.86%) React Native
4 2 (1.90%) Express.js
4 2 (1.90%) Fastify
5 1 (0.95%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.95%) CSS
5 1 (0.95%) CSS3
5 1 (0.95%) HTML
5 1 (0.95%) HTML5
5 1 (0.95%) JSON
5 1 (0.95%) Playwright
5 1 (0.95%) Redux
5 1 (0.95%) Sass
5 1 (0.95%) XML
5 1 (0.95%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.90%) CMDB
6 2 (1.90%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.95%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.95%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.95%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.62%) Windows
2 3 (2.86%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.95%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (61.90%) Agile
2 22 (20.95%) ITSM
2 22 (20.95%) Root Cause Analysis
3 20 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (16.19%) DevOps
5 16 (15.24%) Computer Science
5 16 (15.24%) User Stories
6 15 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
6 15 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 14 (13.33%) Backlog Refinement
7 14 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 14 (13.33%) SDLC
7 14 (13.33%) Service Management
8 13 (12.38%) Requirements Gathering
9 12 (11.43%) CI/CD
9 12 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (11.43%) Software Engineering
9 12 (11.43%) Software Testing
9 12 (11.43%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 34 (32.38%) SQL
2 10 (9.52%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.71%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.76%) C++
4 5 (4.76%) Python
5 4 (3.81%) Java
6 3 (2.86%) C#
7 2 (1.90%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (1.90%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.95%) C
8 1 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 27 (25.71%) Degree
2 11 (10.48%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (7.62%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.86%) CITP
7 2 (1.90%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.90%) PMP
8 1 (0.95%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CCNA
8 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.95%) MCSE
8 1 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (25.71%) QA
2 15 (14.29%) SLA
3 5 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.86%) Software Quality Assurance
5 2 (1.90%) GDPR
5 2 (1.90%) PMO
6 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.95%) GRC
6 1 (0.95%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (2.86%) Firmware
2 2 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.95%) Docker
3 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.95%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) HP ALM
1 3 (2.86%) Terraform
2 2 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.95%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.95%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.67%) Cisco
4 6 (5.71%) Google
4 6 (5.71%) Meraki
4 6 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.76%) Oracle
6 3 (2.86%) Adobe
6 3 (2.86%) HP
7 2 (1.90%) Logitech
7 2 (1.90%) SAP
7 2 (1.90%) VMware
7 2 (1.90%) Yealink
8 1 (0.95%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.95%) Cognos
8 1 (0.95%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.95%) Planon