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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 63 137
Rank change year-on-year -82 +74 -70
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 108 228 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.88% 4.58% 1.67%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.03% 49.67% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 95 134 164
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,242 £26,000
25th Percentile £26,438 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,543 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +18.92% -15.91%
75th Percentile £66,504 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,250 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 372 459 842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.02% 9.22% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 268 297 638
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £34,688 £44,000 £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 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £75,000 £78,975
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +10.17% -9.23%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -46 55 £37,500 - 22
West Midlands -87 53 £47,500 -28.30% 27
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 (39.81%) Confluence
2 4 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) CMS
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.93%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.93%) Sketch
2 1 (0.93%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.00%) Azure
2 13 (12.04%) AWS
3 11 (10.19%) SaaS
4 9 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.63%) GCP
6 5 (4.63%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.70%) Slack
8 3 (2.78%) ClickUp
8 3 (2.78%) Siteimprove
9 2 (1.85%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.93%) Figma
10 1 (0.93%) GitHub
10 1 (0.93%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.93%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.78%) VPN
2 2 (1.85%) LAN
2 2 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.93%) DHCP
3 1 (0.93%) DNS
3 1 (0.93%) Firewall
3 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.93%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.63%) Amazon Redshift
1 5 (4.63%) Power BI
2 3 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.93%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.93%) Metadata
4 1 (0.93%) Power Query
4 1 (0.93%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (5.56%) Git
2 5 (4.63%) Selenium
3 4 (3.70%) Subversion
3 4 (3.70%) TestRail
4 3 (2.78%) Postman
4 3 (2.78%) Toad
4 3 (2.78%) Zephyr
5 2 (1.85%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.93%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.93%) SoapUI
General
1 28 (25.93%) Law
2 27 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.96%) Finance
4 10 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.78%) Banking
6 3 (2.78%) Games
6 3 (2.78%) Legal
6 3 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.78%) Retail
7 2 (1.85%) Billing
7 2 (1.85%) Electronics
7 2 (1.85%) iGaming
7 2 (1.85%) Marketing
8 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (31.48%) Analyst
2 23 (21.30%) IT Support
3 17 (15.74%) Senior
4 14 (12.96%) Business Analyst
5 12 (11.11%) Product Owner
5 12 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (10.19%) IT Engineer
6 11 (10.19%) IT Support Engineer
6 11 (10.19%) Support Engineer
7 10 (9.26%) Support Analyst
8 9 (8.33%) Lead
9 6 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (5.56%) IT Analyst
9 6 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (5.56%) Project Manager
9 6 (5.56%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (3.70%) Applications Support Analyst
10 4 (3.70%) Data Analyst
10 4 (3.70%) Product Manager
10 4 (3.70%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.33%) React
2 4 (3.70%) Middleware
2 4 (3.70%) REST
3 3 (2.78%) Node.js
3 3 (2.78%) React Native
4 2 (1.85%) Express.js
4 2 (1.85%) Fastify
5 1 (0.93%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.93%) CSS
5 1 (0.93%) CSS3
5 1 (0.93%) HTML
5 1 (0.93%) HTML5
5 1 (0.93%) JSON
5 1 (0.93%) Playwright
5 1 (0.93%) Redux
5 1 (0.93%) Sass
5 1 (0.93%) XML
5 1 (0.93%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.30%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.63%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.85%) CMDB
5 2 (1.85%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.93%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.56%) Windows
2 2 (1.85%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.93%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (63.89%) Agile
2 27 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (20.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (19.44%) ITSM
4 21 (19.44%) Root Cause Analysis
5 17 (15.74%) Backlog Refinement
5 17 (15.74%) DevOps
5 17 (15.74%) User Stories
6 16 (14.81%) Acceptance Criteria
7 15 (13.89%) Decision-Making
8 14 (12.96%) Incident Management
8 14 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (12.96%) SDLC
8 14 (12.96%) Software Testing
8 14 (12.96%) Sprint Planning
9 13 (12.04%) Computer Science
9 13 (12.04%) Requirements Gathering
9 13 (12.04%) Service Management
10 12 (11.11%) CI/CD
10 12 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (29.63%) SQL
2 9 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.78%) Java
4 3 (2.78%) Python
5 2 (1.85%) C++
5 2 (1.85%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (1.85%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.93%) C#
6 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 23 (21.30%) Degree
2 10 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 9 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (7.41%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.78%) CITP
7 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.85%) PMP
8 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (27.78%) QA
2 14 (12.96%) SLA
3 5 (4.63%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.78%) Software Quality Assurance
5 2 (1.85%) GDPR
5 2 (1.85%) PMO
6 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.93%) GRC
6 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (1.85%) Firmware
2 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.78%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.85%) Terraform
3 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.56%) Cisco
3 6 (5.56%) Google
3 6 (5.56%) Meraki
3 6 (5.56%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.63%) Oracle
5 3 (2.78%) Adobe
5 3 (2.78%) HP
6 2 (1.85%) Logitech
6 2 (1.85%) SAP
6 2 (1.85%) Yealink
7 1 (0.93%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.93%) Cognos
7 1 (0.93%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.93%) Planon