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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 75 130
Rank change year-on-year -95 +55 -38
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 112 201 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.72% 3.58% 1.66%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.24% 51.80% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 81 102 95
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,650 £30,850
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +21.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £60,250 £73,750 £54,250
90th Percentile £72,000 - £64,980
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 383 388 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.45% 6.92% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 230 234 315
10th Percentile £28,400 £32,875 £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 £75,900 £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 20 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 20 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 -81 76 £45,000 -30.77% 73
East Midlands -66 36 £39,194 -15.71% 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 26 (23.21%) Confluence
2 4 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.79%) CMS
5 1 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 9 (8.04%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.68%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.79%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.89%) Magento
3 1 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.89%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 34 (30.36%) Azure
2 23 (20.54%) AWS
3 13 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.36%) SaaS
6 5 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.46%) GitHub
7 4 (3.57%) GCP
7 4 (3.57%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.68%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.79%) Siteimprove
10 1 (0.89%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.89%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.89%) Figma
10 1 (0.89%) IaaS
10 1 (0.89%) Miro
10 1 (0.89%) Slack
10 1 (0.89%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.14%) DHCP
1 8 (7.14%) DNS
2 6 (5.36%) LAN
2 6 (5.36%) WAN
3 5 (4.46%) Firewall
3 5 (4.46%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.57%) Network Security
5 3 (2.68%) NX-OS
5 3 (2.68%) VLAN
5 3 (2.68%) VPN
6 2 (1.79%) HTTP
6 2 (1.79%) Internet
7 1 (0.89%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.46%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.57%) Power BI
4 2 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.79%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.89%) Metadata
5 1 (0.89%) Power Query
5 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.89%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (20.54%) Git
2 11 (9.82%) GitLab
3 10 (8.93%) Zephyr
4 8 (7.14%) Jenkins
5 7 (6.25%) Postman
5 7 (6.25%) Selenium
5 7 (6.25%) Subversion
6 6 (5.36%) JMeter
6 6 (5.36%) SoapUI
7 5 (4.46%) Cucumber
7 5 (4.46%) Visual Studio
8 3 (2.68%) TestRail
9 2 (1.79%) Toad
10 1 (0.89%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.89%) Bugzilla
General
1 53 (47.32%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.07%) Finance
3 14 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 11 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.93%) Law
6 8 (7.14%) Games
7 7 (6.25%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (4.46%) Electronics
9 5 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.46%) Retail
10 3 (2.68%) iGaming
11 2 (1.79%) Banking
11 2 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.89%) Automotive
12 1 (0.89%) Billing
12 1 (0.89%) Marketing
12 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (25.89%) Analyst
2 22 (19.64%) Senior
3 15 (13.39%) Business Analyst
4 14 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (10.71%) Project Manager
6 11 (9.82%) IT Support
7 8 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (7.14%) Lead
7 8 (7.14%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (5.36%) Support Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) Development Engineer
9 5 (4.46%) FPGA Engineer
9 5 (4.46%) IT Manager
9 5 (4.46%) Product Owner
9 5 (4.46%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.57%) Applications Support Analyst
10 4 (3.57%) Data Business Analyst
10 4 (3.57%) Developer
10 4 (3.57%) Technical Manager
10 4 (3.57%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.93%) React
2 6 (5.36%) Playwright
2 6 (5.36%) SOAP
2 6 (5.36%) Terraform
2 6 (5.36%) XML
3 5 (4.46%) ADO
3 5 (4.46%) JSON
3 5 (4.46%) REST
4 4 (3.57%) .NET
4 4 (3.57%) Middleware
5 3 (2.68%) React Native
6 2 (1.79%) Express.js
6 2 (1.79%) Fastify
6 2 (1.79%) Gherkin
6 2 (1.79%) Next.js
6 2 (1.79%) Node.js
7 1 (0.89%) CSS3
7 1 (0.89%) HTML
7 1 (0.89%) HTML5
7 1 (0.89%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.93%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.46%) FPGA
4 5 (4.46%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.46%) Verilog
4 5 (4.46%) VHDL
5 4 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.57%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.57%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.68%) PKI
6 3 (2.68%) PMI
7 2 (1.79%) CMDB
7 2 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.79%) Online Gambling
7 2 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.50%) Windows
2 7 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.57%) Android
3 4 (3.57%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.68%) Linux
5 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (52.68%) Agile
2 32 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (26.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (22.32%) DevOps
5 22 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (18.75%) Service Management
7 20 (17.86%) Computer Science
7 20 (17.86%) Scrum
8 19 (16.96%) Project Delivery
9 18 (16.07%) ITIL
9 18 (16.07%) Requirements Gathering
10 17 (15.18%) Decision-Making
10 17 (15.18%) Project Management
10 17 (15.18%) User Stories
11 16 (14.29%) AI
11 16 (14.29%) CI/CD
12 15 (13.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (13.39%) Waterfall
13 13 (11.61%) SDLC
13 13 (11.61%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.43%) SQL
2 11 (9.82%) PowerShell
2 11 (9.82%) Python
3 8 (7.14%) Java
4 7 (6.25%) C#
4 7 (6.25%) C++
5 5 (4.46%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.46%) Perl
6 2 (1.79%) C
7 1 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 42 (37.50%) Degree
2 14 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (8.04%) CCNA
3 9 (8.04%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (8.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 6 (5.36%) ISEB
5 6 (5.36%) ISTQB
5 6 (5.36%) PMI Certification
6 5 (4.46%) PMP
7 4 (3.57%) CCNP
7 4 (3.57%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.68%) CBAP
8 3 (2.68%) IIBA
8 3 (2.68%) MCSE
9 2 (1.79%) ACCA
9 2 (1.79%) CIMA
9 2 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (17.86%) QA
2 5 (4.46%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.57%) PMO
4 3 (2.68%) SLA
5 2 (1.79%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.79%) GDPR
5 2 (1.79%) NCSC
5 2 (1.79%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (3.57%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (3.57%) Firmware
1 4 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.68%) vSphere
3 2 (1.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.68%) BMC PATROL
1 3 (2.68%) Control-M
1 3 (2.68%) FortiGate
1 3 (2.68%) WhatsUp Gold
2 2 (1.79%) Ansible
2 2 (1.79%) Bosun
2 2 (1.79%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.89%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 23 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.39%) Cisco
3 14 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 10 (8.93%) SAP
5 7 (6.25%) Meraki
5 7 (6.25%) Oracle
6 6 (5.36%) Pega
6 6 (5.36%) Salesforce
7 5 (4.46%) Adobe
7 5 (4.46%) Altera
7 5 (4.46%) Microsemi
7 5 (4.46%) VMware
7 5 (4.46%) Xilinx
8 4 (3.57%) Google
9 3 (2.68%) BMC
9 3 (2.68%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.79%) FIS
10 2 (1.79%) HP
10 2 (1.79%) Planon
11 1 (0.89%) Cognos