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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 118 134
Rank change year-on-year -43 +16 -13
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 237 255 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.98% 2.67% 1.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.55% 48.11% 22.65%
Number of salaries quoted 137 100 103
10th Percentile £34,700 £35,000 £37,650
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,206 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £76,650 £86,375 £97,400
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 830 530 958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.45% 5.55% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 517 302 560
10th Percentile £38,984 £32,850 £37,566
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 £69,313 £67,813
90th Percentile £91,761 £81,125 £75,125
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 1 October 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 October 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 -47 131 £57,500 +15.00% 123
Yorkshire -9 78 £43,000 -9.47% 85
North East -49 28 £60,000 +16.50% 30
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 (28.69%) Confluence
2 18 (7.59%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.69%) CMS
5 2 (0.84%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.84%) WordPress
6 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 24 (10.13%) Microsoft Project
2 23 (9.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (9.70%) MS Visio
3 20 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (4.64%) Trello
5 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.84%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.84%) InVision
6 2 (0.84%) Sketch
7 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (5.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.69%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.69%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 76 (32.07%) Azure
2 51 (21.52%) Azure DevOps
3 37 (15.61%) AWS
4 31 (13.08%) GitHub
5 25 (10.55%) Power Platform
6 19 (8.02%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (6.33%) Serverless
8 14 (5.91%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (5.91%) SaaS
9 13 (5.49%) Amazon S3
9 13 (5.49%) Boomi
9 13 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.95%) GCP
13 6 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (2.53%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.53%) Figma
13 6 (2.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.80%) DNS
2 7 (2.95%) Firewall
3 6 (2.53%) Network Security
4 5 (2.11%) BIG-IP
4 5 (2.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (2.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (1.27%) DHCP
5 3 (1.27%) HTTP
6 2 (0.84%) BGP
6 2 (0.84%) CTI
6 2 (0.84%) DMZ
6 2 (0.84%) IPsec
6 2 (0.84%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.84%) WAN
7 1 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.13%) Power BI
2 13 (5.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (5.06%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.11%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.69%) MySQL
6 4 (1.69%) Tableau
7 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.84%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.84%) Power Query
8 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.42%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.42%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 15 (6.33%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.91%) GitLab
3 12 (5.06%) Git
4 9 (3.80%) Artifactory
4 9 (3.80%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.53%) Cypress.io
5 6 (2.53%) Postman
5 6 (2.53%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (2.11%) JMeter
7 3 (1.27%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.27%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.84%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.84%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.84%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.42%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.42%) TestComplete
General
1 82 (34.60%) Social Skills
2 66 (27.85%) Finance
3 57 (24.05%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.55%) Retail
5 17 (7.17%) Marketing
5 17 (7.17%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.64%) Games
7 11 (4.64%) Law
7 11 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.38%) Banking
9 6 (2.53%) Legal
10 5 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.69%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.84%) Automotive
13 2 (0.84%) Local Government
13 2 (0.84%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (30.38%) Analyst
2 38 (16.03%) Business Analyst
3 32 (13.50%) Senior
4 26 (10.97%) Developer
5 23 (9.70%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.75%) Delivery Manager
6 16 (6.75%) IT Manager
7 14 (5.91%) Senior Developer
8 13 (5.49%) IT Analyst
9 11 (4.64%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.22%) Coordinator
10 10 (4.22%) Project Coordinator
11 9 (3.80%) IT Project Manager
11 9 (3.80%) Service Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) Change Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (2.95%) Applications Support
13 7 (2.95%) Support Analyst
13 7 (2.95%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.44%) REST
2 18 (7.59%) JSON
3 16 (6.75%) Terraform
4 15 (6.33%) Middleware
5 13 (5.49%) SOAP
5 13 (5.49%) XML
6 12 (5.06%) EDI
7 8 (3.38%) Gherkin
7 8 (3.38%) Playwright
8 7 (2.95%) CSS
8 7 (2.95%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (2.95%) HTML
8 7 (2.95%) Node.js
8 7 (2.95%) RESTful
9 6 (2.53%) .NET
9 6 (2.53%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.53%) Spring
9 6 (2.53%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.69%) React
11 3 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.02%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.75%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (5.91%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.22%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.22%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (3.80%) PMI
6 7 (2.95%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.11%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.27%) Life Science
9 3 (1.27%) NHS
9 3 (1.27%) SystemC
10 2 (0.84%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.84%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (0.84%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.33%) Linux
2 10 (4.22%) Windows
3 3 (1.27%) Unix
4 1 (0.42%) VMS
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (57.81%) Agile
2 86 (36.29%) DevOps
3 73 (30.80%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (28.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (27.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (23.21%) Scrum
7 51 (21.52%) Project Management
8 46 (19.41%) CI/CD
8 46 (19.41%) Decision-Making
9 41 (17.30%) ERP
10 39 (16.46%) CRM
10 39 (16.46%) User Stories
11 38 (16.03%) Business Analysis
12 37 (15.61%) Requirements Gathering
13 36 (15.19%) AI
14 35 (14.77%) Kanban
14 35 (14.77%) Software Delivery
15 33 (13.92%) SDLC
16 32 (13.50%) Coaching
16 32 (13.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 59 (24.89%) SQL
2 30 (12.66%) Python
3 13 (5.49%) Java
3 13 (5.49%) JavaScript
4 11 (4.64%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.64%) TypeScript
5 9 (3.80%) C#
6 5 (2.11%) ActionScript
7 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.27%) C++
8 3 (1.27%) Groovy
9 2 (0.84%) Bash
9 2 (0.84%) C
9 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.84%) R
9 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.84%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.42%) Go
10 1 (0.42%) Perl
10 1 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (15.19%) Degree
2 25 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.75%) PMI Certification
3 16 (6.75%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.91%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (4.64%) PMP
6 7 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.11%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.11%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.11%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.69%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.27%) IIBA
9 3 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.84%) CBAP
10 2 (0.84%) CSPO
10 2 (0.84%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.55%) QA
2 14 (5.91%) PMO
3 12 (5.06%) TickIT
4 10 (4.22%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.38%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.95%) GDPR
6 7 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.95%) SLA
7 6 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.27%) WCAG
10 2 (0.84%) GRC
10 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.42%) AQAP
11 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 11 (4.64%) Docker
2 5 (2.11%) vSphere
3 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (5.49%) Ansible
2 12 (5.06%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.11%) Grafana
4 3 (1.27%) Control-M
4 3 (1.27%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.27%) Packer
5 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.84%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.42%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.42%) Opsview
6 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 60 (25.32%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.59%) SAP
3 16 (6.75%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.22%) Oracle
5 9 (3.80%) YouTube
6 8 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.38%) Splunk
7 7 (2.95%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.95%) F5
7 7 (2.95%) Sage
8 6 (2.53%) Cisco
9 5 (2.11%) Google
9 5 (2.11%) VMware
10 4 (1.69%) Databricks
10 4 (1.69%) UiPath
11 3 (1.27%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.27%) IBM
12 2 (0.84%) Adobe
12 2 (0.84%) BMC
12 2 (0.84%) Remedy