JIRA Jobs in the North of England

Atlassian JIRA
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring JIRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited JIRA over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 108 142
Rank change year-on-year +21 +34 -54
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 442 408 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.33% 2.18% 2.29%
As % of the Development Applications category 47.68% 28.16% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 200 270 232
10th Percentile £27,825 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,938 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £56,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year -13.38% +2.04% +9.76%
75th Percentile £72,750 £75,772 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,375 £90,000 £83,905
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 927 1,449 1,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.98% 7.73% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 561 1,075 1,102
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,628 £42,500 £46,549
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,245 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.32% -10.77% +4.00%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the North of England

JIRA
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JIRA in the North of England.

Salary trend for JIRA in the North of England

JIRA
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 2025. 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 +28 336 £45,628 -23.95% 92
Yorkshire +19 90 £62,500 +19.05% 82
North East +4 16 £32,312 -39.75% 21
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 201 (45.48%) Confluence
2 43 (9.73%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.13%) CMS
4 4 (0.90%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.90%) WordPress
5 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) Moodle
6 1 (0.23%) nginx
6 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.23%) Totara
6 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.23%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (5.66%) Trello
3 16 (3.62%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.13%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (0.23%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.23%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 159 (35.97%) AWS
1 159 (35.97%) Azure
2 69 (15.61%) GCP
3 29 (6.56%) GitHub
4 9 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
4 9 (2.04%) Serverless
4 9 (2.04%) Slack
5 8 (1.81%) Miro
5 8 (1.81%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (1.13%) AWS Step Functions
8 5 (1.13%) Nutanix
8 5 (1.13%) PaaS
9 4 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (0.90%) Figma
9 4 (0.90%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.68%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.04%) Firewall
1 9 (2.04%) HTTP
2 8 (1.81%) Broadband
2 8 (1.81%) DNS
2 8 (1.81%) VPN
3 4 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (0.90%) SAN
3 4 (0.90%) SSH
4 3 (0.68%) 5G
4 3 (0.68%) VLAN
5 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.23%) FCoE
6 1 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.23%) LAN
6 1 (0.23%) Multicast
6 1 (0.23%) NAS
6 1 (0.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (28.73%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.07%) MongoDB
3 17 (3.85%) NoSQL
4 15 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (3.17%) MySQL
6 10 (2.26%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.81%) Power BI
8 6 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.90%) Biml
10 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.45%) Cloud Spanner
11 2 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.45%) Redis
12 1 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.23%) Couchbase
12 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.23%) OLAP
12 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 127 (28.73%) Selenium
2 125 (28.28%) Cucumber
2 125 (28.28%) SonarQube
3 120 (27.15%) GitLab
4 117 (26.47%) Bitbucket
4 117 (26.47%) Sonatype Nexus
5 113 (25.57%) Maven
6 33 (7.47%) Git
7 12 (2.71%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.36%) Postman
9 5 (1.13%) JUnit
10 4 (0.90%) Appium
10 4 (0.90%) Balsamiq
10 4 (0.90%) Fiddler
10 4 (0.90%) JMeter
10 4 (0.90%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.90%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.68%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 194 (43.89%) Finance
2 151 (34.16%) Banking
3 116 (26.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 96 (21.72%) Social Skills
5 74 (16.74%) Retail
6 73 (16.52%) Investment Banking
7 72 (16.29%) Corporate Banking
8 56 (12.67%) Manufacturing
9 32 (7.24%) Law
10 30 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.04%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.81%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.13%) Back Office
14 5 (1.13%) Cantonese Language
14 5 (1.13%) Legal
14 5 (1.13%) Mandarin Language
15 4 (0.90%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.90%) Marketing
16 3 (0.68%) Games
Job Titles
1 133 (30.09%) Software Engineer
2 72 (16.29%) Lead
3 68 (15.38%) Senior
4 61 (13.80%) Architect
5 57 (12.90%) Solutions Architect
6 56 (12.67%) Lead Architect
6 56 (12.67%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 47 (10.63%) Analyst
8 23 (5.20%) IT Support
9 21 (4.75%) Developer
10 19 (4.30%) SQL Analyst
10 19 (4.30%) Support Analyst
11 18 (4.07%) IT Analyst
11 18 (4.07%) IT Support Analyst
11 18 (4.07%) Project Manager
11 18 (4.07%) SQL Support Analyst
12 14 (3.17%) Business Analyst
12 14 (3.17%) Head of Delivery
12 14 (3.17%) Head of IT
13 8 (1.81%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (28.96%) Spring
2 126 (28.51%) React
3 125 (28.28%) Spring Boot
4 122 (27.60%) Kafka
5 119 (26.92%) HTML
5 119 (26.92%) Redux
6 118 (26.70%) CSS
7 113 (25.57%) JPA
8 84 (19.00%) REST
9 78 (17.65%) RESTful
10 74 (16.74%) Jest
11 72 (16.29%) CSS3
11 72 (16.29%) HTML5
11 72 (16.29%) Sass
12 41 (9.28%) Hibernate
13 19 (4.30%) Node.js
14 8 (1.81%) AngularJS
15 7 (1.58%) Middleware
15 7 (1.58%) Web Services
16 6 (1.36%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 145 (32.81%) Product Ownership
2 114 (25.79%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (4.98%) Social Media
4 6 (1.36%) CMDB
4 6 (1.36%) Public Cloud
4 6 (1.36%) Wiki
5 5 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (0.90%) Anti-Spyware
6 4 (0.90%) Data Centre
6 4 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (0.90%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.90%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.68%) Mainframe
7 3 (0.68%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.75%) Windows
2 17 (3.85%) Linux
3 8 (1.81%) Windows Vista
4 5 (1.13%) Android
5 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.23%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Solaris
6 1 (0.23%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (77.15%) Agile
2 176 (39.82%) DevOps
3 161 (36.43%) CI/CD
4 145 (32.81%) Software Engineering
5 139 (31.45%) SDLC
5 139 (31.45%) Test Automation
6 133 (30.09%) Microservices
7 131 (29.64%) Containerisation
8 121 (27.38%) Full-Stack Development
9 115 (26.02%) Performance Optimisation
10 114 (25.79%) Front End Development
11 103 (23.30%) Mentoring
12 93 (21.04%) User Experience
13 82 (18.55%) Migration
14 78 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
15 77 (17.42%) Strategic Thinking
16 72 (16.29%) Responsive Web Design
17 70 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
18 58 (13.12%) ERP
19 57 (12.90%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 163 (36.88%) SQL
2 154 (34.84%) Java
3 142 (32.13%) JavaScript
4 89 (20.14%) TypeScript
5 29 (6.56%) Python
6 11 (2.49%) C#
7 8 (1.81%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.58%) Bash
9 5 (1.13%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.90%) Groovy
11 3 (0.68%) PHP
12 2 (0.45%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.45%) SOQL
13 1 (0.23%) Bicep
13 1 (0.23%) C
13 1 (0.23%) C++
13 1 (0.23%) Go
13 1 (0.23%) VB
13 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 98 (22.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 91 (20.59%) Degree
3 24 (5.43%) DBS Check
4 23 (5.20%) PMI Certification
4 23 (5.20%) PMP
5 8 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.36%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.13%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.13%) Security Cleared
8 4 (0.90%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.68%) OCP
9 3 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.23%) CCSA
11 1 (0.23%) CCSE
11 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (32.35%) QA
2 79 (17.87%) Accessibility
3 21 (4.75%) SLA
4 4 (0.90%) ISO 20022
4 4 (0.90%) NIST
5 3 (0.68%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.45%) GDPR
7 1 (0.23%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.23%) NCSC
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 142 (32.13%) Docker
2 10 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.81%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.68%) vSphere
5 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.23%) KVM
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.23%) NFS
6 1 (0.23%) pfSense
6 1 (0.23%) SRDF
6 1 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 140 (31.67%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.07%) Ansible
3 12 (2.71%) Terraform
4 7 (1.58%) Grafana
5 6 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.68%) Argo
7 3 (0.68%) Control-M
7 3 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.68%) Istio
7 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.68%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.23%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) SCCM
8 1 (0.23%) SCOM
8 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (25.34%) Solace
2 60 (13.57%) Microsoft
3 56 (12.67%) SAP
3 56 (12.67%) Siemens
4 21 (4.75%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.85%) Google
6 11 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.26%) VMware
8 9 (2.04%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.58%) Bloomberg
9 7 (1.58%) Cisco
10 6 (1.36%) Oracle
11 5 (1.13%) IBM
12 4 (0.90%) Databricks
12 4 (0.90%) Okta
12 4 (0.90%) Perforce
13 3 (0.68%) Adobe
13 3 (0.68%) Dynatrace
14 2 (0.45%) Informatica
14 2 (0.45%) Palo Alto