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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 75 128
Rank change year-on-year -100 +53 -37
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 105 195 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.67% 3.47% 1.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.20% 51.72% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 74 97 94
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,500 £31,925
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.41% +18.97% -11.36%
75th Percentile £57,500 £73,750 £54,875
90th Percentile £71,250 - £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 386 377 564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.45% 6.70% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 222 225 295
10th Percentile £28,600 £34,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,688 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.64% +16.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,540 £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 2 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 2 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 -84 70 £45,000 -30.77% 89
East Midlands -69 35 £39,597 -17.93% 54
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 22 (20.95%) Confluence
2 4 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.90%) CMS
5 1 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 10 (9.52%) 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 30 (28.57%) Azure
2 18 (17.14%) AWS
3 14 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (5.71%) GitHub
5 6 (5.71%) SaaS
6 4 (3.81%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.90%) Siteimprove
9 1 (0.95%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.95%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.95%) Figma
9 1 (0.95%) GCP
9 1 (0.95%) Miro
9 1 (0.95%) PaaS
9 1 (0.95%) Slack
9 1 (0.95%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.62%) DHCP
1 8 (7.62%) DNS
2 6 (5.71%) LAN
2 6 (5.71%) WAN
3 5 (4.76%) Firewall
3 5 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.81%) Network Security
5 3 (2.86%) NX-OS
5 3 (2.86%) VLAN
5 3 (2.86%) VPN
6 2 (1.90%) HTTP
6 2 (1.90%) Internet
7 1 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.81%) Power BI
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
5 1 (0.95%) Metadata
5 1 (0.95%) Power Query
5 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.95%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (21.90%) Git
2 12 (11.43%) GitLab
3 11 (10.48%) Zephyr
4 9 (8.57%) Jenkins
5 7 (6.67%) Postman
5 7 (6.67%) Selenium
5 7 (6.67%) Subversion
6 6 (5.71%) JMeter
6 6 (5.71%) SoapUI
7 5 (4.76%) Cucumber
7 5 (4.76%) Visual Studio
8 3 (2.86%) TestRail
9 2 (1.90%) Toad
10 1 (0.95%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.95%) Bugzilla
General
1 49 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 14 (13.33%) Finance
4 11 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.57%) Law
6 7 (6.67%) Games
6 7 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.76%) Electronics
7 5 (4.76%) Retail
8 4 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.90%) Banking
10 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.90%) iGaming
10 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.95%) Automotive
11 1 (0.95%) Marketing
11 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (24.76%) Analyst
2 19 (18.10%) Senior
3 13 (12.38%) Business Analyst
3 13 (12.38%) Project Manager
4 11 (10.48%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (9.52%) IT Support
6 7 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (5.71%) IT Manager
8 5 (4.76%) Development Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) FPGA Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) Lead
8 5 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (4.76%) Software Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) Support Analyst
9 4 (3.81%) Developer
9 4 (3.81%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (3.81%) Junior
9 4 (3.81%) Product Owner
9 4 (3.81%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.81%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.62%) React
2 6 (5.71%) Playwright
2 6 (5.71%) SOAP
2 6 (5.71%) XML
3 5 (4.76%) ADO
3 5 (4.76%) JSON
3 5 (4.76%) REST
3 5 (4.76%) Terraform
4 4 (3.81%) .NET
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%) HTML
6 1 (0.95%) HTML5
6 1 (0.95%) React Native
6 1 (0.95%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.43%) Product Ownership
2 10 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.62%) Driving Licence
4 7 (6.67%) Data Centre
5 6 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (4.76%) FPGA
6 5 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (4.76%) Verilog
6 5 (4.76%) VHDL
7 4 (3.81%) Mobile App
7 4 (3.81%) Virtual Team
8 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.86%) PKI
8 3 (2.86%) PMI
9 2 (1.90%) CMDB
9 2 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.90%) Online Gambling
9 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 56 (53.33%) Agile
2 32 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (29.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (25.71%) DevOps
5 23 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (19.05%) Computer Science
6 20 (19.05%) Project Delivery
7 19 (18.10%) Scrum
7 19 (18.10%) Service Management
8 18 (17.14%) Project Management
9 17 (16.19%) CI/CD
9 17 (16.19%) ITIL
10 16 (15.24%) AI
10 16 (15.24%) Waterfall
11 15 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
11 15 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (13.33%) Decision-Making
12 14 (13.33%) Test Automation
12 14 (13.33%) User Stories
13 12 (11.43%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.05%) SQL
2 12 (11.43%) Python
3 10 (9.52%) PowerShell
4 9 (8.57%) Java
5 8 (7.62%) C++
6 7 (6.67%) C#
7 5 (4.76%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.76%) Perl
8 3 (2.86%) C
9 1 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.95%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 42 (40.00%) Degree
2 14 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (8.57%) CCNA
3 9 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (5.71%) ISEB
4 6 (5.71%) ISTQB
4 6 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.76%) PMI Certification
6 4 (3.81%) CCNP
6 4 (3.81%) PMP
7 3 (2.86%) CBAP
7 3 (2.86%) IIBA
7 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.86%) MCSE
7 3 (2.86%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.90%) CIMA
8 2 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (18.10%) QA
2 5 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.81%) PMO
4 3 (2.86%) SLA
5 2 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.90%) GDPR
5 2 (1.90%) NCSC
5 2 (1.90%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (4.76%) 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%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.95%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 23 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.33%) Cisco
2 14 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 11 (10.48%) SAP
4 8 (7.62%) Oracle
5 6 (5.71%) Meraki
5 6 (5.71%) Pega
5 6 (5.71%) Salesforce
6 5 (4.76%) Adobe
6 5 (4.76%) Altera
6 5 (4.76%) Microsemi
6 5 (4.76%) VMware
6 5 (4.76%) Xilinx
7 3 (2.86%) BMC
7 3 (2.86%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.90%) FIS
8 2 (1.90%) HP
8 2 (1.90%) Planon
9 1 (0.95%) Cognos
9 1 (0.95%) Google