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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 77 130
Rank change year-on-year -96 +53 -42
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 105 196 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.67% 3.52% 1.67%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.42% 52.27% 29.08%
Number of salaries quoted 74 98 90
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,425 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,772 £57,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.47% +21.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £73,750 £54,375
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 383 375 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.43% 6.74% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 221 226 288
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.50% -11.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,688 £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 29 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 29 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 -80 69 £45,000 -30.77% 82
East Midlands -70 36 £39,194 -18.77% 43
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 23 (21.90%) 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 9 (8.57%) 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 4 (3.81%) 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 32 (30.48%) Azure
2 19 (18.10%) AWS
3 14 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (5.71%) SaaS
6 5 (4.76%) GitHub
7 4 (3.81%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.86%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.90%) GCP
9 2 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.90%) Siteimprove
10 1 (0.95%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.95%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.95%) Figma
10 1 (0.95%) IaaS
10 1 (0.95%) Miro
10 1 (0.95%) Slack
10 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 22 (20.95%) Git
2 11 (10.48%) GitLab
3 10 (9.52%) Zephyr
4 8 (7.62%) 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%) Finance
2 15 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 11 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.52%) Law
5 7 (6.67%) Games
5 7 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.76%) Electronics
6 5 (4.76%) Retail
7 4 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.90%) Banking
8 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.90%) iGaming
8 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Automotive
9 1 (0.95%) Marketing
9 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (25.71%) Analyst
2 20 (19.05%) Senior
3 14 (13.33%) Business Analyst
4 12 (11.43%) Project Manager
4 12 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
5 11 (10.48%) IT Support
6 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (5.71%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (4.76%) Development Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) FPGA Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) IT Manager
8 5 (4.76%) Lead
8 5 (4.76%) Software Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) Support Analyst
9 4 (3.81%) Developer
9 4 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.81%) Junior
9 4 (3.81%) Product Owner
9 4 (3.81%) Technical Project Manager
9 4 (3.81%) Tester
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%) HTML5
6 1 (0.95%) React Native
6 1 (0.95%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.95%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.38%) Product Ownership
2 10 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.76%) FPGA
4 5 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.76%) Verilog
4 5 (4.76%) VHDL
5 4 (3.81%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.81%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.81%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.86%) PKI
6 3 (2.86%) PMI
7 2 (1.90%) CMDB
7 2 (1.90%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.90%) Online Gambling
7 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 30 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (24.76%) DevOps
5 22 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (19.05%) Computer Science
6 20 (19.05%) Project Delivery
6 20 (19.05%) Service Management
7 19 (18.10%) Scrum
8 17 (16.19%) ITIL
8 17 (16.19%) Project Management
9 16 (15.24%) AI
9 16 (15.24%) CI/CD
9 16 (15.24%) Requirements Gathering
10 15 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 15 (14.29%) User Stories
10 15 (14.29%) Waterfall
11 14 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (12.38%) Test Automation
13 12 (11.43%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.00%) SQL
2 11 (10.48%) PowerShell
2 11 (10.48%) Python
3 8 (7.62%) Java
4 7 (6.67%) C#
4 7 (6.67%) C++
5 5 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.76%) Perl
6 2 (1.90%) C
7 1 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 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%) MCSE
7 3 (2.86%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.90%) ACCA
8 2 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.90%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.14%) 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 4 (3.81%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (3.81%) Firmware
1 4 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.86%) vSphere
3 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 15 (14.29%) Cisco
3 13 (12.38%) ServiceNow
4 10 (9.52%) SAP
5 7 (6.67%) Meraki
5 7 (6.67%) Oracle
6 6 (5.71%) Pega
6 6 (5.71%) Salesforce
7 5 (4.76%) Adobe
7 5 (4.76%) Altera
7 5 (4.76%) Microsemi
7 5 (4.76%) VMware
7 5 (4.76%) Xilinx
8 3 (2.86%) BMC
8 3 (2.86%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.90%) FIS
9 2 (1.90%) Google
9 2 (1.90%) HP
9 2 (1.90%) Planon
10 1 (0.95%) Freshdesk