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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 71 97
Rank change year-on-year -70 +26 +26
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 178 237 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.15% 3.71% 2.68%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.61% 38.85% 30.14%
Number of salaries quoted 118 151 307
10th Percentile £34,750 £21,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,433 £38,749 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -19.91% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,625 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,934 £90,000
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 695 610 1,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.49% 9.56% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 516 446 1,120
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,592 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.23% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,666 £77,500 £73,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,934 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,843 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.19% +5.00% -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 1 April 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 1 April 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 -39 85 £65,000 +16.07% 60
Yorkshire -59 75 £46,000 -5.17% 37
North East -45 18 £52,000 +131.11% 18
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 69 (38.76%) Confluence
2 10 (5.62%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.93%) CMS
4 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.69%) WordPress
6 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.12%) Headless CMS
6 2 (1.12%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.69%) Trello
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Shopify
2 1 (0.56%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 47 (26.40%) Azure
2 21 (11.80%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (8.99%) AWS
4 12 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.74%) Power Platform
5 11 (6.18%) GitHub
6 9 (5.06%) SaaS
7 7 (3.93%) Google Workspace
8 6 (3.37%) Google Docs
8 6 (3.37%) Google Sheets
9 5 (2.81%) Figma
9 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (2.25%) Dropbox
10 4 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.25%) GCP
10 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.25%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.69%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.81%) HTTP
2 1 (0.56%) DNS
2 1 (0.56%) SAN
2 1 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.18%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.93%) Power BI
2 7 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.37%) MongoDB
3 6 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.25%) Big Data
4 4 (2.25%) MySQL
5 3 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.69%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.69%) Tableau
6 2 (1.12%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.56%) Looker
7 1 (0.56%) OLAP
7 1 (0.56%) Power Query
7 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (11.24%) Git
2 8 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.93%) GitLab
4 6 (3.37%) Cucumber
4 6 (3.37%) Postman
5 5 (2.81%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.81%) JUnit
5 5 (2.81%) REST Assured
5 5 (2.81%) SonarQube
6 4 (2.25%) Artifactory
6 4 (2.25%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (1.69%) JMeter
7 3 (1.69%) Selenium
8 2 (1.12%) Appium
8 2 (1.12%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.12%) JIRA Agile
8 2 (1.12%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.56%) Gatling
9 1 (0.56%) TestRail
9 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (39.33%) Social Skills
2 47 (26.40%) Finance
3 21 (11.80%) Manufacturing
4 18 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.18%) Banking
6 9 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.49%) Advertising
7 8 (4.49%) Law
8 6 (3.37%) Marketing
9 4 (2.25%) Games
9 4 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.25%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.69%) Retail
11 2 (1.12%) Automotive
11 2 (1.12%) Avionics
12 1 (0.56%) Billing
12 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.56%) Legal
12 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (17.98%) Developer
2 24 (13.48%) Lead
3 20 (11.24%) Senior
4 19 (10.67%) Analyst
5 17 (9.55%) JIRA Developer
6 16 (8.99%) Architect
7 14 (7.87%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (6.74%) Lead Architect
8 12 (6.74%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 9 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.49%) Applications Support
10 8 (4.49%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.93%) Applications Support Analyst
11 7 (3.93%) Operations Manager
11 7 (3.93%) Support Analyst
12 6 (3.37%) 2nd Line Support
12 6 (3.37%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.37%) Senior Manager
12 6 (3.37%) Service Manager
12 6 (3.37%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.74%) CSS
2 11 (6.18%) HTML
3 9 (5.06%) React
3 9 (5.06%) REST
3 9 (5.06%) RESTful
4 8 (4.49%) AngularJS
4 8 (4.49%) Playwright
4 8 (4.49%) Spring
4 8 (4.49%) Spring Boot
5 5 (2.81%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (2.81%) JSON
6 4 (2.25%) Vue
6 4 (2.25%) YAML
7 3 (1.69%) Flask
7 3 (1.69%) gRPC
7 3 (1.69%) Kafka
7 3 (1.69%) Middleware
7 3 (1.69%) PySpark
7 3 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (1.69%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.55%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.25%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.25%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.25%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.69%) Life Science
5 3 (1.69%) PMI
5 3 (1.69%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.12%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.12%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.56%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.56%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.87%) Windows
2 10 (5.62%) Linux
3 6 (3.37%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (50.00%) Agile
2 54 (30.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (28.65%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (25.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 45 (25.28%) DevOps
5 45 (25.28%) Service Management
6 44 (24.72%) CI/CD
7 39 (21.91%) ITIL
7 39 (21.91%) Scrum
8 30 (16.85%) Change Management
9 27 (15.17%) ITSM
10 25 (14.04%) Computer Science
11 24 (13.48%) Incident Management
12 23 (12.92%) ERP
13 20 (11.24%) Business Strategy
13 20 (11.24%) Project Management
14 19 (10.67%) Asset Management
14 19 (10.67%) Roadmaps
15 18 (10.11%) Kanban
15 18 (10.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 39 (21.91%) JavaScript
2 25 (14.04%) PowerShell
3 24 (13.48%) SQL
4 20 (11.24%) Java
5 16 (8.99%) Python
6 8 (4.49%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.69%) Groovy
8 2 (1.12%) C#
8 2 (1.12%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.56%) C
9 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.56%) Perl
9 1 (0.56%) PHP
9 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (28.65%) Degree
2 22 (12.36%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (10.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 13 (7.30%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.49%) PMI Certification
5 8 (4.49%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.93%) ISTQB
6 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.37%) A+ Certification
7 6 (3.37%) HNC
7 6 (3.37%) HND
7 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 6 (3.37%) PMP
8 5 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.12%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.56%) CISM
11 1 (0.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.30%) QA
2 6 (3.37%) GDPR
3 5 (2.81%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.81%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.25%) GRC
5 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.12%) PMO
6 2 (1.12%) WCAG
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.56%) GxP
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.56%) TickIT
System Software
1 9 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.37%) Docker
3 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.37%) Grafana
2 6 (3.37%) Terraform
3 5 (2.81%) Ansible
3 5 (2.81%) Control-M
4 4 (2.25%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.69%) Packer
6 1 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 27 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.36%) Atlassian
3 15 (8.43%) SAP
4 12 (6.74%) Siemens
5 9 (5.06%) ServiceNow
6 8 (4.49%) Freshdesk
6 8 (4.49%) Google
7 7 (3.93%) IBM
8 6 (3.37%) Cisco
8 6 (3.37%) Citrix
8 6 (3.37%) Meraki
9 4 (2.25%) Databricks
9 4 (2.25%) Oracle
9 4 (2.25%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.69%) Adobe
10 3 (1.69%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.69%) Qualtrics
11 2 (1.12%) HubSpot
11 2 (1.12%) Proofpoint
11 2 (1.12%) Zscaler