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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 116 143
Rank change year-on-year -40 +27 -16
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 232 255 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.97% 2.68% 1.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.26% 48.39% 22.47%
Number of salaries quoted 136 100 109
10th Percentile £34,625 £35,000 £38,100
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,806 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +7.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £86,375 £97,500
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 821 527 979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.42% 5.55% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 517 299 578
10th Percentile £38,984 £32,700 £37,574
25th Percentile £47,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,761 £81,500 £77,500
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 28 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 28 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 -50 129 £57,500 +15.00% 106
Yorkshire -7 77 £43,000 -9.47% 75
North East -50 26 £63,750 +23.79% 28
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 65 (28.02%) Confluence
2 18 (7.76%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.72%) CMS
5 2 (0.86%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.86%) WordPress
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 25 (10.78%) Microsoft Project
2 23 (9.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (9.05%) MS Visio
4 20 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.74%) Trello
6 2 (0.86%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.86%) InVision
6 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.86%) Sketch
7 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (5.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.72%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.72%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 74 (31.90%) Azure
2 50 (21.55%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (15.52%) AWS
4 30 (12.93%) GitHub
5 25 (10.78%) Power Platform
6 19 (8.19%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (6.47%) Serverless
8 14 (6.03%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (5.60%) Amazon S3
9 13 (5.60%) Boomi
9 13 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (5.60%) SaaS
10 9 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (3.02%) GCP
13 6 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.59%) Figma
14 5 (2.16%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (2.16%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.02%) DNS
2 6 (2.59%) Firewall
3 5 (2.16%) Network Security
4 4 (1.72%) BIG-IP
4 4 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 4 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (1.29%) DHCP
5 3 (1.29%) HTTP
6 2 (0.86%) BGP
6 2 (0.86%) CTI
6 2 (0.86%) DMZ
6 2 (0.86%) IPsec
6 2 (0.86%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.86%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.86%) WAN
7 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.34%) Power BI
2 13 (5.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (5.17%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.16%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.72%) MySQL
6 4 (1.72%) Tableau
7 3 (1.29%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.86%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.86%) Power Query
8 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.43%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.43%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 14 (6.03%) Jenkins
2 13 (5.60%) GitLab
3 12 (5.17%) Git
4 9 (3.88%) Bitbucket
5 8 (3.45%) Artifactory
6 6 (2.59%) Cypress.io
6 6 (2.59%) Postman
6 6 (2.59%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.16%) JMeter
8 3 (1.29%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.29%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (1.29%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.86%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.86%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.86%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.43%) Selenium
10 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.43%) TestComplete
General
1 79 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 66 (28.45%) Finance
3 55 (23.71%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.34%) Retail
5 17 (7.33%) Marketing
6 16 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.74%) Games
8 11 (4.74%) Law
9 10 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.02%) Banking
11 6 (2.59%) Legal
12 5 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.72%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.86%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.86%) Automotive
15 2 (0.86%) Local Government
15 2 (0.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (29.74%) Analyst
2 36 (15.52%) Business Analyst
3 31 (13.36%) Senior
4 26 (11.21%) Developer
5 23 (9.91%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.90%) IT Manager
7 15 (6.47%) Delivery Manager
8 14 (6.03%) Senior Developer
9 13 (5.60%) IT Analyst
10 10 (4.31%) Coordinator
10 10 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.31%) Project Coordinator
11 9 (3.88%) IT Project Manager
11 9 (3.88%) Service Analyst
12 8 (3.45%) Change Analyst
12 8 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (3.02%) Lead
13 7 (3.02%) Test Engineer
14 6 (2.59%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.62%) REST
2 18 (7.76%) JSON
3 15 (6.47%) Middleware
3 15 (6.47%) Terraform
4 13 (5.60%) SOAP
4 13 (5.60%) XML
5 12 (5.17%) EDI
6 8 (3.45%) Gherkin
6 8 (3.45%) Playwright
7 7 (3.02%) CSS
7 7 (3.02%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (3.02%) HTML
7 7 (3.02%) Node.js
7 7 (3.02%) RESTful
8 6 (2.59%) .NET
8 6 (2.59%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.59%) Spring
8 6 (2.59%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.72%) React
10 3 (1.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.76%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.47%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.03%) Driving Licence
4 9 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.88%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (3.88%) PMI
5 7 (3.02%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.72%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.29%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.29%) Life Science
9 3 (1.29%) NHS
9 3 (1.29%) SystemC
10 2 (0.86%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.86%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.86%) Online Gambling
10 2 (0.86%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.47%) Linux
2 10 (4.31%) Windows
3 3 (1.29%) Unix
4 1 (0.43%) VMS
4 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (57.76%) Agile
2 85 (36.64%) DevOps
3 69 (29.74%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (28.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (27.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 56 (24.14%) Scrum
7 52 (22.41%) Project Management
8 45 (19.40%) Decision-Making
9 44 (18.97%) CI/CD
10 41 (17.67%) ERP
11 39 (16.81%) CRM
12 37 (15.95%) User Stories
13 36 (15.52%) Business Analysis
13 36 (15.52%) Requirements Gathering
14 35 (15.09%) AI
14 35 (15.09%) Kanban
14 35 (15.09%) Software Delivery
15 33 (14.22%) SDLC
16 30 (12.93%) Coaching
16 30 (12.93%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 58 (25.00%) SQL
2 28 (12.07%) Python
3 13 (5.60%) Java
3 13 (5.60%) JavaScript
4 11 (4.74%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.74%) TypeScript
5 9 (3.88%) C#
6 4 (1.72%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.72%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.29%) C++
7 3 (1.29%) Groovy
8 2 (0.86%) C
8 2 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.86%) R
8 2 (0.86%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.86%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.43%) Bash
9 1 (0.43%) Bicep
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
9 1 (0.43%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (15.95%) Degree
2 24 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.33%) PMI Certification
4 15 (6.47%) SC Cleared
5 14 (6.03%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (5.17%) PMP
7 7 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.16%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.16%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.72%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.86%) CBAP
11 2 (0.86%) CCIE
11 2 (0.86%) CSPO
11 2 (0.86%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.78%) QA
2 14 (6.03%) PMO
3 12 (5.17%) TickIT
4 10 (4.31%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.45%) Accessibility
6 7 (3.02%) GDPR
6 7 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (2.59%) SLA
8 3 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.29%) GRC
8 3 (1.29%) WCAG
9 2 (0.86%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.43%) AQAP
10 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 11 (4.74%) Docker
2 5 (2.16%) vSphere
3 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.17%) Ansible
2 11 (4.74%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.16%) Grafana
4 3 (1.29%) Control-M
4 3 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.29%) Packer
5 2 (0.86%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.86%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.76%) SAP
3 16 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.31%) Oracle
5 8 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.45%) Splunk
6 7 (3.02%) Atlassian
6 7 (3.02%) Sage
6 7 (3.02%) YouTube
7 6 (2.59%) Cisco
7 6 (2.59%) F5
8 5 (2.16%) Google
8 5 (2.16%) VMware
9 4 (1.72%) Databricks
9 4 (1.72%) UiPath
10 3 (1.29%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.29%) IBM
11 2 (0.86%) Adobe
11 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.86%) Pega