JIRA Job Trends in the North of England

Atlassian JIRA
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 83 113
Rank change year-on-year -63 +30 +15
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 212 344 409
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.05% 4.09% 2.05%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.60% 51.34% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 166 157 288
10th Percentile £37,500 £21,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,150 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% - +0.11%
75th Percentile £73,438 £76,840 £75,772
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,934 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All Development Application Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 768 670 1,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.80% 7.97% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 572 406 1,160
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,780 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +5.05% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,985 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +12.07% -10.77%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

JIRA job vacancy trend in the North of England

JIRA
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in the North of England

JIRA
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 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
North West -46 121 £60,000 +9.09% 45
Yorkshire -48 70 £46,000 -29.23% 41
North East -43 21 £67,500 +200.00% 9
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 68 (32.08%) Confluence
2 16 (7.55%) SharePoint
3 13 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.42%) CMS
5 2 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.94%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.94%) WordPress
6 1 (0.47%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 25 (11.79%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (3.30%) MS Visio
4 7 (3.30%) Trello
5 2 (0.94%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.94%) InVision
5 2 (0.94%) Sketch
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (5.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.89%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.89%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.47%) Shopify
4 1 (0.47%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.49%) Azure
2 44 (20.75%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (14.15%) Power Platform
4 25 (11.79%) AWS
5 24 (11.32%) GitHub
6 17 (8.02%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (6.60%) Boomi
8 11 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (4.25%) SaaS
10 8 (3.77%) GCP
10 8 (3.77%) Serverless
10 8 (3.77%) Smartsheet
11 7 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.30%) Google Workspace
12 6 (2.83%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.83%) Google Docs
12 6 (2.83%) Google Sheets
12 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (1.89%) Figma
13 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.89%) HTTP
2 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.47%) DHCP
3 1 (0.47%) DNS
3 1 (0.47%) Network Security
3 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.79%) Power BI
2 13 (6.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (4.25%) NoSQL
3 9 (4.25%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.30%) Tableau
6 5 (2.36%) MySQL
7 4 (1.89%) Big Data
7 4 (1.89%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.42%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.42%) Power Query
8 3 (1.42%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.94%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.94%) Mixpanel
10 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.47%) Looker
10 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (8.96%) Git
2 7 (3.30%) GitLab
2 7 (3.30%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.30%) Postman
2 7 (3.30%) SonarQube
3 6 (2.83%) Artifactory
3 6 (2.83%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.36%) REST Assured
5 4 (1.89%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.42%) JUnit
6 3 (1.42%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.42%) Selenium
6 3 (1.42%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.94%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.94%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.94%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.47%) TestComplete
General
1 65 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 62 (29.25%) Finance
3 34 (16.04%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.91%) Retail
5 17 (8.02%) Marketing
6 15 (7.08%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.13%) Games
8 10 (4.72%) Banking
9 9 (4.25%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.25%) Law
9 9 (4.25%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.36%) Advertising
10 5 (2.36%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.94%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Back Office
13 1 (0.47%) Billing
Job Titles
1 34 (16.04%) Senior
2 31 (14.62%) Developer
3 27 (12.74%) Analyst
4 21 (9.91%) Project Manager
5 17 (8.02%) IT Manager
6 16 (7.55%) Business Analyst
7 15 (7.08%) Senior Developer
8 14 (6.60%) Lead
9 13 (6.13%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (4.72%) IT Project Manager
11 9 (4.25%) Scrum Master
11 9 (4.25%) Service Manager
12 8 (3.77%) Java Developer
13 7 (3.30%) Architect
13 7 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (3.30%) IT Support
13 7 (3.30%) Operations Manager
13 7 (3.30%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.83%) Full-Stack Developer
14 6 (2.83%) Software Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.91%) REST
2 19 (8.96%) JSON
3 16 (7.55%) CSS
3 16 (7.55%) Middleware
4 15 (7.08%) HTML
5 13 (6.13%) SOAP
5 13 (6.13%) XML
6 12 (5.66%) EDI
7 9 (4.25%) AngularJS
7 9 (4.25%) Spring
7 9 (4.25%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.77%) RESTful
9 7 (3.30%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (3.30%) Playwright
9 7 (3.30%) React
10 6 (2.83%) .NET
10 6 (2.83%) Vue
11 4 (1.89%) Node.js
11 4 (1.89%) PySpark
11 4 (1.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.43%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.60%) Driving Licence
4 11 (5.19%) PMI
5 9 (4.25%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.83%) Life Science
6 6 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.36%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.42%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.94%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.94%) NHS
9 2 (0.94%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.47%) EPoS
10 1 (0.47%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.47%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.13%) Windows
2 9 (4.25%) Linux
3 7 (3.30%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.83%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Unix
5 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (58.49%) Agile
2 83 (39.15%) DevOps
3 65 (30.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (27.36%) Scrum
5 57 (26.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (23.58%) ERP
7 49 (23.11%) CI/CD
8 47 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (21.23%) Project Management
10 38 (17.92%) CRM
11 36 (16.98%) Kanban
12 34 (16.04%) Roadmaps
13 29 (13.68%) Service Management
14 28 (13.21%) Software Delivery
15 26 (12.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (11.79%) Release Management
17 24 (11.32%) Decision-Making
18 23 (10.85%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 22 (10.38%) Waterfall
20 20 (9.43%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 53 (25.00%) SQL
2 24 (11.32%) Python
3 23 (10.85%) Java
4 20 (9.43%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.19%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.25%) C#
7 5 (2.36%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.42%) Groovy
8 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.94%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.94%) PHP
9 2 (0.94%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.47%) C
10 1 (0.47%) C++
10 1 (0.47%) Perl
10 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (18.87%) Degree
2 19 (8.96%) PMI Certification
3 15 (7.08%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.66%) PMP
5 9 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.77%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.30%) A+ Certification
7 7 (3.30%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.83%) HNC
8 6 (2.83%) HND
8 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.42%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.94%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.32%) QA
2 12 (5.66%) TickIT
3 9 (4.25%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.25%) PMO
4 6 (2.83%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.83%) GRC
5 5 (2.36%) GDPR
6 4 (1.89%) WCAG
7 3 (1.42%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.47%) AQAP
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.47%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 13 (6.13%) Docker
2 8 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (3.77%) Kubernetes
1 8 (3.77%) Terraform
2 7 (3.30%) Ansible
3 4 (1.89%) Grafana
4 3 (1.42%) Control-M
4 3 (1.42%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.42%) Packer
5 1 (0.47%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 52 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.79%) SAP
3 18 (8.49%) ServiceNow
4 13 (6.13%) Oracle
5 9 (4.25%) Freshdesk
5 9 (4.25%) Google
6 8 (3.77%) Databricks
6 8 (3.77%) Salesforce
7 7 (3.30%) Sage
8 6 (2.83%) Cisco
8 6 (2.83%) Citrix
8 6 (2.83%) Meraki
9 5 (2.36%) IBM
10 4 (1.89%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.89%) Siemens
10 4 (1.89%) Splunk
11 3 (1.42%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.42%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.42%) VMware
12 2 (0.94%) Adobe