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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 102 135
Rank change year-on-year -39 +33 -4
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 245 297 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.07% 3.15% 1.68%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.28% 49.92% 22.91%
Number of salaries quoted 167 132 142
10th Percentile £34,700 £28,750 £38,797
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%

All Development Application Skills
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 809 595 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.53% 6.30% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 546 352 722
10th Percentile £33,875 £33,750 £37,574
25th Percentile £45,250 £43,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -10.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,751 £78,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

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 3 September 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 3 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
North West -42 136 £60,000 +20.00% 100
Yorkshire -47 77 £43,000 -12.70% 63
North East -36 32 £60,000 +85.69% 33
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 74 (30.20%) Confluence
2 19 (7.76%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.63%) CMS
5 2 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.82%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.82%) WordPress
6 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 29 (11.84%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (8.16%) MS Visio
4 18 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.49%) Trello
6 2 (0.82%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.82%) InVision
6 2 (0.82%) Sketch
7 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.63%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.63%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 88 (35.92%) Azure
2 56 (22.86%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (14.29%) AWS
4 26 (10.61%) Power Platform
5 25 (10.20%) GitHub
6 19 (7.76%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (5.31%) Boomi
9 10 (4.08%) GCP
9 10 (4.08%) SaaS
9 10 (4.08%) Serverless
10 9 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.27%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.27%) Smartsheet
12 6 (2.45%) Figma
13 5 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (2.04%) AWS Fargate
13 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (1.63%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.63%) HTTP
2 2 (0.82%) BGP
2 2 (0.82%) DHCP
2 2 (0.82%) DMZ
2 2 (0.82%) DNS
2 2 (0.82%) IPsec
2 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.82%) WAN
3 1 (0.41%) CTI
3 1 (0.41%) Firewall
3 1 (0.41%) Network Security
3 1 (0.41%) NX-OS
3 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.80%) Power BI
2 13 (5.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (4.90%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.86%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.86%) Tableau
5 5 (2.04%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.04%) MySQL
6 4 (1.63%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.22%) Big Data
7 3 (1.22%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.82%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.82%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.82%) Power Query
8 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.41%) Looker
9 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.41%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 16 (6.53%) Git
2 9 (3.67%) Bitbucket
3 8 (3.27%) GitLab
4 7 (2.86%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.45%) Artifactory
5 6 (2.45%) Postman
5 6 (2.45%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (2.04%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.63%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.22%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.22%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (1.22%) Selenium
8 3 (1.22%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.22%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.82%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.82%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.82%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.41%) TestComplete
10 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 76 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 75 (30.61%) Finance
3 55 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.80%) Retail
5 18 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.94%) Marketing
7 14 (5.71%) Law
8 13 (5.31%) Games
9 11 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.67%) Banking
11 8 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.45%) Legal
14 5 (2.04%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (1.22%) Advertising
16 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
17 2 (0.82%) Automotive
17 2 (0.82%) Local Government
17 2 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (25.71%) Analyst
2 34 (13.88%) Business Analyst
3 33 (13.47%) Senior
4 27 (11.02%) Developer
5 25 (10.20%) Project Manager
6 18 (7.35%) IT Manager
7 15 (6.12%) Delivery Manager
8 14 (5.71%) Senior Developer
9 13 (5.31%) IT Analyst
10 10 (4.08%) IT Project Manager
11 9 (3.67%) Coordinator
11 9 (3.67%) Lead
11 9 (3.67%) Project Coordinator
11 9 (3.67%) Service Analyst
12 8 (3.27%) Change Analyst
12 8 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.27%) Scrum Master
12 8 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.27%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (2.86%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.16%) REST
2 18 (7.35%) JSON
3 15 (6.12%) Middleware
4 13 (5.31%) SOAP
4 13 (5.31%) XML
5 12 (4.90%) EDI
5 12 (4.90%) Terraform
6 10 (4.08%) CSS
6 10 (4.08%) HTML
7 8 (3.27%) .NET
7 8 (3.27%) AngularJS
7 8 (3.27%) Playwright
7 8 (3.27%) Spring
7 8 (3.27%) Spring Boot
8 7 (2.86%) Node.js
9 6 (2.45%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (2.45%) React
10 5 (2.04%) RESTful
11 4 (1.63%) Gherkin
11 4 (1.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.76%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.12%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.08%) PMI
4 9 (3.67%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.04%) Life Science
6 5 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.63%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.22%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.22%) SystemC
9 2 (0.82%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.82%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.82%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.82%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.82%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.90%) Linux
2 9 (3.67%) Windows
3 2 (0.82%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) VMS
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (60.00%) Agile
2 96 (39.18%) DevOps
3 74 (30.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (26.12%) Scrum
5 62 (25.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (22.45%) Project Management
8 48 (19.59%) Decision-Making
9 45 (18.37%) CI/CD
10 42 (17.14%) CRM
10 42 (17.14%) ERP
11 36 (14.69%) Kanban
11 36 (14.69%) Software Delivery
12 34 (13.88%) Business Analysis
12 34 (13.88%) Requirements Gathering
12 34 (13.88%) Roadmaps
12 34 (13.88%) Waterfall
13 32 (13.06%) AI
13 32 (13.06%) SDLC
13 32 (13.06%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.63%) SQL
2 30 (12.24%) Python
3 21 (8.57%) Java
4 16 (6.53%) JavaScript
5 13 (5.31%) PowerShell
6 10 (4.08%) C#
7 6 (2.45%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.63%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.22%) C
9 3 (1.22%) C++
9 3 (1.22%) Groovy
10 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.82%) R
10 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.82%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.41%) Bicep
11 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.41%) Perl
11 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (16.73%) Degree
2 23 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.57%) PMI Certification
4 15 (6.12%) ITIL Certification
4 15 (6.12%) PMP
5 14 (5.71%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.63%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.63%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.82%) CCIE
10 2 (0.82%) CSPO
10 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.80%) QA
2 15 (6.12%) PMO
3 13 (5.31%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.90%) TickIT
5 9 (3.67%) Accessibility
5 9 (3.67%) GDPR
6 7 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.45%) GRC
7 6 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (1.63%) WCAG
9 3 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.41%) AQAP
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.90%) Docker
2 4 (1.63%) vSphere
3 2 (0.82%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (4.08%) Ansible
2 8 (3.27%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.04%) Grafana
4 3 (1.22%) Control-M
4 3 (1.22%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.22%) Packer
5 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.76%) SAP
3 17 (6.94%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.49%) Oracle
5 9 (3.67%) Cisco
5 9 (3.67%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.27%) Splunk
7 7 (2.86%) Sage
8 6 (2.45%) Databricks
9 5 (2.04%) Google
9 5 (2.04%) Meraki
9 5 (2.04%) YouTube
10 4 (1.63%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.63%) VMware
11 3 (1.22%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.22%) IBM
11 3 (1.22%) UiPath
12 2 (0.82%) Amplitude
12 2 (0.82%) Liquidlogic
12 2 (0.82%) Zscaler