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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 75 136
Rank change year-on-year -87 +61 -54
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 111 210 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.74% 3.69% 1.62%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.68% 52.50% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 87 112 105
10th Percentile £25,950 £30,050 £25,400
25th Percentile £32,250 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,543 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +15.79% -14.80%
75th Percentile £60,438 £73,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,000 - £65,000
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 387 400 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.58% 7.02% 5.53%
Number of salaries quoted 250 248 341
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,109 £42,500 £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 £69,125 £72,500 £62,200
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,900 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -78 73 £45,000 -30.77% 62
East Midlands -65 38 £33,000 -23.26% 31
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 25 (22.52%) Confluence
2 5 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.80%) CMS
5 1 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.90%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.80%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.90%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 35 (31.53%) Azure
2 22 (19.82%) AWS
3 12 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (6.31%) SaaS
6 5 (4.50%) GCP
7 4 (3.60%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.70%) GitHub
8 3 (2.70%) Siteimprove
9 2 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.90%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.90%) Figma
10 1 (0.90%) Miro
10 1 (0.90%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.21%) DHCP
1 8 (7.21%) DNS
2 5 (4.50%) Firewall
2 5 (4.50%) LAN
2 5 (4.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.50%) WAN
3 3 (2.70%) Network Security
3 3 (2.70%) NX-OS
3 3 (2.70%) VLAN
3 3 (2.70%) VPN
4 2 (1.80%) HTTP
4 2 (1.80%) Internet
5 1 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.60%) Power BI
3 3 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (2.70%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.90%) Metadata
4 1 (0.90%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.90%) Power Query
4 1 (0.90%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (20.72%) Git
2 11 (9.91%) Zephyr
3 10 (9.01%) GitLab
4 9 (8.11%) Selenium
5 8 (7.21%) Postman
6 7 (6.31%) Jenkins
6 7 (6.31%) SoapUI
6 7 (6.31%) Subversion
7 6 (5.41%) JMeter
8 5 (4.50%) Cucumber
8 5 (4.50%) Visual Studio
9 4 (3.60%) TestRail
10 3 (2.70%) Toad
11 2 (1.80%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.90%) Bugzilla
General
1 47 (42.34%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.22%) Finance
3 13 (11.71%) Law
4 11 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.91%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.21%) Games
6 7 (6.31%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.50%) Electronics
8 5 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.70%) iGaming
9 3 (2.70%) Retail
10 2 (1.80%) Banking
10 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.90%) Automotive
11 1 (0.90%) Billing
11 1 (0.90%) Marketing
11 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (26.13%) Analyst
2 22 (19.82%) Senior
3 16 (14.41%) Senior Analyst
4 14 (12.61%) IT Support
5 12 (10.81%) Business Analyst
6 11 (9.91%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (9.91%) Project Manager
7 10 (9.01%) Lead
8 8 (7.21%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (5.41%) Software Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.50%) Development Engineer
10 5 (4.50%) FPGA Engineer
10 5 (4.50%) IT Manager
10 5 (4.50%) Product Owner
11 4 (3.60%) Applications Support Analyst
11 4 (3.60%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (3.60%) QA Analyst
11 4 (3.60%) Technical Manager
11 4 (3.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.91%) React
2 7 (6.31%) XML
3 6 (5.41%) JSON
3 6 (5.41%) Playwright
3 6 (5.41%) SOAP
4 5 (4.50%) ADO
4 5 (4.50%) Terraform
5 4 (3.60%) Middleware
5 4 (3.60%) REST
6 3 (2.70%) React Native
7 2 (1.80%) Express.js
7 2 (1.80%) Fastify
7 2 (1.80%) Gherkin
7 2 (1.80%) Node.js
8 1 (0.90%) .NET
8 1 (0.90%) CSS
8 1 (0.90%) CSS3
8 1 (0.90%) HTML
8 1 (0.90%) HTML5
8 1 (0.90%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.61%) Product Ownership
2 11 (9.91%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.31%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 6 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (4.50%) FPGA
5 5 (4.50%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (4.50%) Verilog
5 5 (4.50%) VHDL
6 4 (3.60%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.70%) CMDB
7 3 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.70%) PKI
7 3 (2.70%) PMI
8 2 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.80%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.80%) Online Gambling
8 2 (1.80%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (1.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.61%) Windows
2 7 (6.31%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.60%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.80%) Android
4 2 (1.80%) Linux
5 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (50.45%) Agile
2 31 (27.93%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (23.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (22.52%) DevOps
5 23 (20.72%) Computer Science
6 22 (19.82%) Service Management
7 21 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (18.02%) Scrum
9 17 (15.32%) ITIL
10 16 (14.41%) CI/CD
10 16 (14.41%) Decision-Making
10 16 (14.41%) Waterfall
11 15 (13.51%) Project Delivery
11 15 (13.51%) Project Management
11 15 (13.51%) Requirements Gathering
11 15 (13.51%) SDLC
11 15 (13.51%) Software Testing
11 15 (13.51%) Test Automation
11 15 (13.51%) User Stories
12 13 (11.71%) AI
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.62%) SQL
2 15 (13.51%) PowerShell
3 11 (9.91%) Python
4 10 (9.01%) Java
5 7 (6.31%) C++
6 6 (5.41%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.50%) Perl
8 4 (3.60%) C#
9 2 (1.80%) C
10 1 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (40.54%) Degree
2 16 (14.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (8.11%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.21%) CCNA
5 8 (7.21%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (5.41%) ISEB
6 6 (5.41%) ISTQB
7 5 (4.50%) PMI Certification
7 5 (4.50%) SC Cleared
8 4 (3.60%) PMP
9 3 (2.70%) CBAP
9 3 (2.70%) CCNP
9 3 (2.70%) IIBA
9 3 (2.70%) MCSE
10 2 (1.80%) ACCA
10 2 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.80%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.72%) QA
2 6 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.70%) PMO
3 3 (2.70%) SLA
3 3 (2.70%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (1.80%) GDPR
4 2 (1.80%) NCSC
5 1 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (3.60%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (3.60%) Firmware
1 4 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.70%) vSphere
3 2 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) BMC PATROL
1 3 (2.70%) Control-M
1 3 (2.70%) FortiGate
1 3 (2.70%) HP ALM
1 3 (2.70%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (0.90%) Ansible
2 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.32%) Cisco
3 14 (12.61%) ServiceNow
4 10 (9.01%) Meraki
4 10 (9.01%) SAP
5 7 (6.31%) Oracle
6 6 (5.41%) Salesforce
7 5 (4.50%) Altera
7 5 (4.50%) Microsemi
7 5 (4.50%) Pega
7 5 (4.50%) VMware
7 5 (4.50%) Xilinx
8 4 (3.60%) Adobe
8 4 (3.60%) Google
9 3 (2.70%) BMC
9 3 (2.70%) HP
9 3 (2.70%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.80%) FIS
10 2 (1.80%) Planon
11 1 (0.90%) Freshdesk