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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 65 120
Rank change year-on-year -92 +55 -61
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 111 223 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.85% 4.31% 1.95%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.00% 45.51% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 100 125 171
10th Percentile £24,750 £22,031 £26,000
25th Percentile £34,375 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,772 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,127 £71,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £82,625 £73,750 £75,772
England median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.08% +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 370 490 825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.82% 9.46% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 279 320 657
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £34,600
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,688 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,990 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £61,000 £63,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.54% +6.50% -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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -79 56 £45,000 -30.77% 41
East Midlands -53 55 £42,500 +13.33% 13
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 44 (39.64%) Confluence
2 6 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.90%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.90%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.90%) Simulink
3 1 (0.90%) Sketch
3 1 (0.90%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.90%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (28.83%) Azure
2 15 (13.51%) AWS
3 10 (9.01%) SaaS
4 9 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.41%) GCP
7 5 (4.50%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.60%) Slack
9 3 (2.70%) ClickUp
9 3 (2.70%) Siteimprove
10 2 (1.80%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.90%) Figma
11 1 (0.90%) GitHub
11 1 (0.90%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.90%) Miro
11 1 (0.90%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.80%) LAN
1 2 (1.80%) VPN
1 2 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.50%) Amazon Redshift
1 5 (4.50%) Power BI
2 3 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.80%) MySQL
4 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.90%) Metadata
4 1 (0.90%) Power Query
4 1 (0.90%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (6.31%) Subversion
2 6 (5.41%) Selenium
3 5 (4.50%) Git
3 5 (4.50%) TestRail
4 3 (2.70%) Postman
4 3 (2.70%) Toad
4 3 (2.70%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.90%) Bugzilla
5 1 (0.90%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.90%) SoapUI
General
1 31 (27.93%) Law
2 24 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 17 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.61%) Finance
5 10 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.41%) Electronics
7 3 (2.70%) Billing
7 3 (2.70%) Games
7 3 (2.70%) Legal
7 3 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.70%) Retail
8 2 (1.80%) Banking
8 2 (1.80%) iGaming
9 1 (0.90%) Advertising
9 1 (0.90%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.90%) Automotive
9 1 (0.90%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (28.83%) Analyst
2 25 (22.52%) IT Support
3 17 (15.32%) Senior
4 13 (11.71%) Business Analyst
4 13 (11.71%) IT Engineer
4 13 (11.71%) IT Support Engineer
4 13 (11.71%) Product Owner
4 13 (11.71%) Support Engineer
5 12 (10.81%) Lead
5 12 (10.81%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (9.01%) Support Analyst
7 9 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (5.41%) Embedded Engineer
8 6 (5.41%) IT Analyst
8 6 (5.41%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (5.41%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (5.41%) Test Engineer
9 5 (4.50%) Software Test Engineer
9 5 (4.50%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (4.50%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.31%) React
2 4 (3.60%) REST
3 3 (2.70%) Node.js
3 3 (2.70%) React Native
4 2 (1.80%) Express.js
4 2 (1.80%) Fastify
4 2 (1.80%) Laravel
4 2 (1.80%) Middleware
4 2 (1.80%) Playwright
5 1 (0.90%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.90%) CSS
5 1 (0.90%) CSS3
5 1 (0.90%) HTML
5 1 (0.90%) HTML5
5 1 (0.90%) JSON
5 1 (0.90%) LAMP
5 1 (0.90%) Sass
5 1 (0.90%) Symfony
5 1 (0.90%) XML
5 1 (0.90%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.62%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.31%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.50%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.80%) CMDB
5 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.90%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.90%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.90%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.90%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.90%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.90%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.80%) Windows
2 1 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (65.77%) Agile
2 31 (27.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (18.02%) ITSM
3 20 (18.02%) Root Cause Analysis
3 20 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (16.22%) Backlog Refinement
4 18 (16.22%) Software Testing
5 17 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (14.41%) DevOps
6 16 (14.41%) User Stories
7 15 (13.51%) Acceptance Criteria
8 14 (12.61%) Computer Science
8 14 (12.61%) Incident Management
8 14 (12.61%) SDLC
8 14 (12.61%) Sprint Planning
9 13 (11.71%) Decision-Making
10 12 (10.81%) CI/CD
10 12 (10.81%) Test Automation
10 12 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (9.91%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 29 (26.13%) SQL
2 9 (8.11%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.60%) Python
4 3 (2.70%) Java
4 3 (2.70%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.80%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (1.80%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.80%) PHP
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%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (21.62%) Degree
2 11 (9.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 11 (9.91%) Security Cleared
3 9 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.70%) CITP
6 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.80%) PMP
7 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.90%) MySQL Certification
7 1 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (27.93%) QA
2 14 (12.61%) SLA
3 5 (4.50%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.70%) Software Quality Assurance
5 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.90%) GDPR
6 1 (0.90%) GRC
6 1 (0.90%) PMO
6 1 (0.90%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (1.80%) Firmware
2 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) HP ALM
1 3 (2.70%) Terraform
2 2 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.31%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.41%) Cisco
3 6 (5.41%) Google
3 6 (5.41%) Meraki
4 5 (4.50%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.60%) Oracle
6 3 (2.70%) Adobe
6 3 (2.70%) HP
7 2 (1.80%) Logitech
7 2 (1.80%) Yealink
7 2 (1.80%) Zend
8 1 (0.90%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.90%) Cognos
8 1 (0.90%) Planon
8 1 (0.90%) SAP