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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 98 122
Rank change year-on-year -34 +24 -71
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 106 158 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.18% 2.68% 2.07%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.62% 32.44% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 82 101 147
10th Percentile £24,750 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £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 325 487 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.61% 8.27% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 250 297 598
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,100 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,125 £42,500 £39,841
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +6.28% -5.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,550 £75,000 £75,772
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 20 February 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 February 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 -35 54 £41,250 -28.26% 73
East Midlands -9 52 £44,750 +5.29% 22
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 42 (39.62%) Confluence
2 6 (5.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.94%) CMS
3 1 (0.94%) IIS
3 1 (0.94%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.77%) CATIA
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.77%) Trello
3 1 (0.94%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.94%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.94%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.94%) Maximo
2 1 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (30.19%) Azure
2 16 (15.09%) SaaS
3 11 (10.38%) AWS
4 9 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (7.55%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.66%) GCP
7 5 (4.72%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.77%) IaaS
8 4 (3.77%) PaaS
8 4 (3.77%) Slack
9 3 (2.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.83%) Datadog
9 3 (2.83%) Firebase
10 2 (1.89%) Asana
10 2 (1.89%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.89%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.94%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.94%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.55%) Firewall
2 5 (4.72%) VPN
3 4 (3.77%) DNS
3 4 (3.77%) VLAN
4 2 (1.89%) LAN
4 2 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.94%) DHCP
5 1 (0.94%) Modbus
5 1 (0.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.55%) Power BI
2 6 (5.66%) MySQL
3 4 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.94%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (10.38%) Git
2 5 (4.72%) Subversion
3 3 (2.83%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.89%) Postman
4 2 (1.89%) Selenium
4 2 (1.89%) TestRail
5 1 (0.94%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.94%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.94%) Zephyr
General
1 28 (26.42%) Law
2 25 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (23.58%) Social Skills
3 14 (13.21%) Finance
4 6 (5.66%) Electronics
5 5 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.77%) Billing
6 4 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.77%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.83%) Games
7 3 (2.83%) Retail
8 2 (1.89%) Legal
8 2 (1.89%) Marketing
8 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Advertising
9 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.94%) Automotive
9 1 (0.94%) Banking
9 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (23.58%) Analyst
2 23 (21.70%) IT Support
3 18 (16.98%) IT Engineer
4 17 (16.04%) IT Support Engineer
4 17 (16.04%) Support Engineer
5 15 (14.15%) Senior
6 12 (11.32%) Business Analyst
7 10 (9.43%) Lead
8 9 (8.49%) 2nd Line Support
8 9 (8.49%) Product Owner
9 7 (6.60%) Head of Support
9 7 (6.60%) IT Analyst
9 7 (6.60%) Junior
9 7 (6.60%) Support Analyst
10 6 (5.66%) Embedded Engineer
10 6 (5.66%) IT Support Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Software Test Engineer
11 5 (4.72%) Systems Engineer
11 5 (4.72%) Systems Test Engineer
11 5 (4.72%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.66%) Laravel
2 4 (3.77%) Node.js
2 4 (3.77%) React
3 3 (2.83%) CSS
3 3 (2.83%) HTML
3 3 (2.83%) Next.js
3 3 (2.83%) React Native
3 3 (2.83%) Vue
4 2 (1.89%) .NET
4 2 (1.89%) Playwright
4 2 (1.89%) RESTful
4 2 (1.89%) XML
5 1 (0.94%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.94%) Alpine.js
5 1 (0.94%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.94%) LAMP
5 1 (0.94%) Redux
5 1 (0.94%) Symfony
5 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.81%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.60%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.72%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (4.72%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.77%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.89%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.94%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.94%) CMDB
7 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.94%) NHS
7 1 (0.94%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (64.15%) Agile
2 34 (32.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (18.87%) Incident Management
6 18 (16.98%) ITSM
7 17 (16.04%) Root Cause Analysis
7 17 (16.04%) User Acceptance Testing
8 16 (15.09%) Scrum
9 15 (14.15%) Acceptance Criteria
9 15 (14.15%) Project Management
10 14 (13.21%) Decision-Making
10 14 (13.21%) User Stories
11 13 (12.26%) Sprint Planning
12 12 (11.32%) DevOps
13 11 (10.38%) Backlog Refinement
13 11 (10.38%) Customer Service
13 11 (10.38%) Service Delivery
14 10 (9.43%) Actionable Insight
14 10 (9.43%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.70%) SQL
2 6 (5.66%) PHP
3 4 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.83%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.83%) Python
4 3 (2.83%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.89%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.94%) C
6 1 (0.94%) C#
6 1 (0.94%) C++
6 1 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.94%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.94%) Java
6 1 (0.94%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 21 (19.81%) Degree
2 7 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (6.60%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.66%) PMI Certification
3 6 (5.66%) PMP
3 6 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.77%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.94%) CITP
6 1 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.94%) MySQL Certification
6 1 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.64%) QA
2 19 (17.92%) SLA
3 5 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.83%) PMO
5 2 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.89%) GDPR
5 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.94%) GRC
6 1 (0.94%) NIST
6 1 (0.94%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.77%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.77%) vSphere
3 3 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.72%) Terraform
2 2 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.94%) Ansible
3 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.55%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.66%) Google
4 5 (4.72%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.77%) Cisco
5 4 (3.77%) SonicWALL
6 3 (2.83%) IBM
6 3 (2.83%) Zend
7 2 (1.89%) Logitech
7 2 (1.89%) Yealink
8 1 (0.94%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.94%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.94%) Denodo
8 1 (0.94%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.94%) Oracle
8 1 (0.94%) Planon
8 1 (0.94%) Talend