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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 90 124
Rank change year-on-year -56 +34 +6
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 248 314 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.08% 3.29% 1.73%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.13% 50.48% 23.38%
Number of salaries quoted 171 144 142
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £38,797
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -3.81% +2.97%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £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 823 622 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.59% 6.52% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 557 371 727
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £37,574
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +6.67% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £63,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.03% +5.25% -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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -43 137 £60,000 +11.63% 52
Yorkshire -42 79 £43,000 -14.00% 33
North East -39 32 £60,000 +85.69% 21
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 75 (30.24%) Confluence
2 20 (8.06%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.61%) CMS
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.81%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.81%) WordPress
6 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 28 (11.29%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (10.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (7.66%) MS Visio
4 18 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.44%) Trello
6 2 (0.81%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.81%) InVision
6 2 (0.81%) Sketch
7 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (5.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.61%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.61%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 90 (36.29%) Azure
2 58 (23.39%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (14.11%) AWS
4 26 (10.48%) Power Platform
5 25 (10.08%) GitHub
6 20 (8.06%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (5.24%) Boomi
9 10 (4.03%) GCP
9 10 (4.03%) SaaS
9 10 (4.03%) Serverless
10 9 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.23%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.23%) Smartsheet
12 6 (2.42%) Figma
13 5 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (2.02%) AWS Fargate
14 4 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.61%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.61%) HTTP
2 2 (0.81%) BGP
2 2 (0.81%) DMZ
2 2 (0.81%) IPsec
2 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.81%) WAN
3 1 (0.40%) DHCP
3 1 (0.40%) DNS
3 1 (0.40%) Network Security
3 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.68%) Power BI
2 13 (5.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (4.84%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.23%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.82%) Tableau
6 6 (2.42%) MySQL
7 5 (2.02%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.61%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.21%) Big Data
9 3 (1.21%) Power Query
9 3 (1.21%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.81%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.81%) Mixpanel
10 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.40%) Looker
11 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.40%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 17 (6.85%) Git
2 9 (3.63%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.82%) GitLab
3 7 (2.82%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.42%) Artifactory
4 6 (2.42%) Postman
4 6 (2.42%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (2.02%) REST Assured
6 4 (1.61%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.21%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.21%) Selenium
7 3 (1.21%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.21%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.81%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.81%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.81%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.40%) TestComplete
9 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (31.45%) Finance
1 78 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.18%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (9.68%) Retail
4 18 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.85%) Marketing
6 13 (5.24%) Games
6 13 (5.24%) Law
7 11 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.03%) Banking
9 8 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.42%) Legal
11 5 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.02%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.61%) Advertising
13 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.81%) Automotive
14 2 (0.81%) Local Government
14 2 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (25.81%) Analyst
2 33 (13.31%) Business Analyst
2 33 (13.31%) Senior
3 28 (11.29%) Developer
4 25 (10.08%) Project Manager
5 18 (7.26%) IT Manager
6 15 (6.05%) Delivery Manager
7 14 (5.65%) Senior Developer
8 13 (5.24%) IT Analyst
9 10 (4.03%) IT Project Manager
10 9 (3.63%) Coordinator
10 9 (3.63%) Lead
10 9 (3.63%) Project Coordinator
10 9 (3.63%) Scrum Master
10 9 (3.63%) Service Analyst
11 8 (3.23%) Change Analyst
11 8 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.23%) Senior Business Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.06%) REST
2 18 (7.26%) JSON
3 15 (6.05%) Middleware
4 13 (5.24%) SOAP
4 13 (5.24%) XML
5 12 (4.84%) EDI
6 11 (4.44%) CSS
6 11 (4.44%) HTML
6 11 (4.44%) Terraform
7 9 (3.63%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.63%) Spring
7 9 (3.63%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.23%) .NET
8 8 (3.23%) Playwright
9 7 (2.82%) Node.js
9 7 (2.82%) React
10 6 (2.42%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (2.42%) RESTful
11 5 (2.02%) Vue
12 4 (1.61%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.06%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.05%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.05%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.03%) PMI
4 9 (3.63%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.02%) Life Science
6 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.61%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.21%) SystemC
9 2 (0.81%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.81%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.81%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.81%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.81%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.24%) Linux
2 9 (3.63%) Windows
3 3 (1.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) VMS
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (60.08%) Agile
2 97 (39.11%) DevOps
3 76 (30.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 66 (26.61%) Scrum
5 61 (24.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (22.58%) Project Management
7 48 (19.35%) Decision-Making
8 46 (18.55%) CI/CD
9 42 (16.94%) CRM
9 42 (16.94%) ERP
10 37 (14.92%) Kanban
10 37 (14.92%) Software Delivery
11 35 (14.11%) Business Analysis
11 35 (14.11%) Roadmaps
12 34 (13.71%) Requirements Gathering
12 34 (13.71%) Waterfall
13 33 (13.31%) SDLC
14 32 (12.90%) AI
14 32 (12.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.18%) SQL
2 29 (11.69%) Python
3 22 (8.87%) Java
4 17 (6.85%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.84%) PowerShell
6 10 (4.03%) C#
7 6 (2.42%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.61%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.21%) C
9 3 (1.21%) C++
9 3 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.21%) Groovy
10 2 (0.81%) R
10 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.81%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.40%) Bicep
11 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.40%) Perl
11 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 40 (16.13%) Degree
2 22 (8.87%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.47%) PMI Certification
4 16 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
5 15 (6.05%) PMP
6 13 (5.24%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.61%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.81%) CCIE
11 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.81%) CSPO
11 2 (0.81%) IIBA
11 2 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.68%) QA
2 15 (6.05%) PMO
3 13 (5.24%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.84%) TickIT
5 10 (4.03%) GDPR
6 9 (3.63%) Accessibility
7 7 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (2.42%) GRC
8 6 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (1.61%) WCAG
10 3 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.40%) AQAP
12 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (4.84%) Docker
2 3 (1.21%) vSphere
3 2 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (4.03%) Ansible
2 8 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.02%) Grafana
4 3 (1.21%) Control-M
4 3 (1.21%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.21%) Packer
5 2 (0.81%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.66%) SAP
3 17 (6.85%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.44%) Oracle
5 9 (3.63%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.23%) Cisco
6 8 (3.23%) Splunk
7 7 (2.82%) Sage
8 6 (2.42%) Databricks
9 5 (2.02%) Google
9 5 (2.02%) Meraki
9 5 (2.02%) YouTube
10 4 (1.61%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.21%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.21%) IBM
11 3 (1.21%) VMware
12 2 (0.81%) Adobe
12 2 (0.81%) F5
12 2 (0.81%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.81%) Pega