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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 93 123
Rank change year-on-year -44 +30 -73
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 111 154 202
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.11% 2.95% 2.07%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.27% 34.53% 26.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85 118 157
10th Percentile £24,750 £34,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £26,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £49,329
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +11.50% -8.65%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £71,625 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 355 446 773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.56% 8.55% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 269 318 649
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,813 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 14 March 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 14 March 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
East Midlands -18 57 £42,500 +11.11% 24
West Midlands -43 54 £44,543 -30.13% 62
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 43 (38.74%) Confluence
2 6 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.90%) CMS
3 1 (0.90%) IIS
3 1 (0.90%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.60%) Trello
3 3 (2.70%) CATIA
4 1 (0.90%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.90%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.90%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.90%) Maximo
2 1 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (33.33%) Azure
2 15 (13.51%) SaaS
3 11 (9.91%) AWS
3 11 (9.91%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (6.31%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.41%) GCP
7 4 (3.60%) IaaS
7 4 (3.60%) PaaS
7 4 (3.60%) Slack
8 3 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.70%) ClickUp
8 3 (2.70%) Datadog
8 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.70%) Firebase
9 2 (1.80%) Asana
9 2 (1.80%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.80%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.90%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.31%) Firewall
2 5 (4.50%) VPN
3 4 (3.60%) DNS
4 3 (2.70%) VLAN
5 2 (1.80%) LAN
5 2 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.90%) DHCP
6 1 (0.90%) Modbus
6 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.31%) Power BI
2 6 (5.41%) MySQL
3 4 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (2.70%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.80%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.90%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 10 (9.01%) Git
2 5 (4.50%) Subversion
3 3 (2.70%) Postman
3 3 (2.70%) Selenium
3 3 (2.70%) TestRail
4 2 (1.80%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.80%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.90%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.90%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.90%) Toad
General
1 31 (27.93%) Law
2 26 (23.42%) Social Skills
3 24 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.61%) Finance
5 6 (5.41%) Electronics
6 5 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.60%) Legal
7 4 (3.60%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.60%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.70%) Billing
8 3 (2.70%) Games
8 3 (2.70%) Retail
9 2 (1.80%) Banking
9 2 (1.80%) Marketing
9 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Advertising
10 1 (0.90%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.90%) Automotive
10 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (25.23%) Analyst
2 27 (24.32%) IT Support
3 19 (17.12%) IT Engineer
4 18 (16.22%) IT Support Engineer
4 18 (16.22%) Support Engineer
5 17 (15.32%) Senior
6 12 (10.81%) Business Analyst
7 11 (9.91%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (9.91%) Lead
8 9 (8.11%) Product Owner
9 7 (6.31%) Junior
9 7 (6.31%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Support Analyst
10 6 (5.41%) Embedded Engineer
10 6 (5.41%) IT Analyst
10 6 (5.41%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (4.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 5 (4.50%) Software Test Engineer
11 5 (4.50%) Systems Test Engineer
11 5 (4.50%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.41%) Laravel
2 4 (3.60%) Node.js
2 4 (3.60%) React
3 3 (2.70%) CSS
3 3 (2.70%) HTML
3 3 (2.70%) Next.js
3 3 (2.70%) React Native
3 3 (2.70%) Vue
4 2 (1.80%) .NET
4 2 (1.80%) Playwright
4 2 (1.80%) RESTful
4 2 (1.80%) XML
5 1 (0.90%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.90%) Alpine.js
5 1 (0.90%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.90%) LAMP
5 1 (0.90%) Redux
5 1 (0.90%) Symfony
5 1 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.62%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.21%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.50%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (4.50%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.70%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.80%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.90%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.90%) CMDB
6 1 (0.90%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.90%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.80%) Windows
2 1 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (66.67%) Agile
2 31 (27.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (18.02%) User Acceptance Testing
5 18 (16.22%) Acceptance Criteria
5 18 (16.22%) ITSM
5 18 (16.22%) Scrum
6 17 (15.32%) Incident Management
7 16 (14.41%) DevOps
8 15 (13.51%) Root Cause Analysis
8 15 (13.51%) User Stories
9 14 (12.61%) Decision-Making
10 13 (11.71%) Backlog Refinement
10 13 (11.71%) Project Management
10 13 (11.71%) Sprint Planning
11 12 (10.81%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.91%) CI/CD
12 11 (9.91%) Scenario Testing
12 11 (9.91%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.42%) SQL
2 6 (5.41%) PHP
2 6 (5.41%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.60%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.70%) Python
4 3 (2.70%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.80%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.90%) C
6 1 (0.90%) C#
6 1 (0.90%) C++
6 1 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.90%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.90%) Java
6 1 (0.90%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 23 (20.72%) Degree
2 10 (9.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.21%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.60%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.70%) PMP
7 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.80%) CITP
8 1 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.90%) MySQL Certification
8 1 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (25.23%) QA
2 17 (15.32%) SLA
3 2 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.80%) GDPR
3 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.80%) PMO
4 1 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.90%) GRC
4 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 1 (0.90%) NIST
4 1 (0.90%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.90%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.90%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.70%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.70%) vSphere
3 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) Terraform
2 2 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.90%) Ansible
3 1 (0.90%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.31%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.41%) Cisco
3 6 (5.41%) Google
4 5 (4.50%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.70%) Meraki
5 3 (2.70%) SonicWALL
5 3 (2.70%) Zend
6 2 (1.80%) IBM
6 2 (1.80%) Logitech
6 2 (1.80%) Oracle
6 2 (1.80%) Yealink
7 1 (0.90%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.90%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.90%) Denodo
7 1 (0.90%) HP
7 1 (0.90%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.90%) Planon
7 1 (0.90%) Talend