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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 78 106
Rank change year-on-year -69 +28 +32
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 202 340 412
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 4.24% 2.14%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.97% 50.30% 27.58%
Number of salaries quoted 160 156 291
10th Percentile £37,500 £21,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,400 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.36% - +0.22%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,005 £75,772
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,934 £90,000
England median annual salary £59,250 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% +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 749 676 1,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.82% 8.43% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 566 414 1,157
10th Percentile £31,875 £36,975 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,780 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% +5.05% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,986 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +10.17% -9.23%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -46 114 £60,000 +9.09% 38
Yorkshire -60 70 £46,000 -16.36% 37
North East -36 18 £67,500 +200.00% 5
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 63 (31.19%) Confluence
2 17 (8.42%) SharePoint
3 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.49%) CMS
5 2 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.99%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.99%) WordPress
6 1 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 22 (10.89%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.97%) Trello
5 5 (2.48%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.99%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.99%) InVision
6 2 (0.99%) Sketch
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (4.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.49%) Sage 200
3 3 (1.49%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.50%) Shopify
4 1 (0.50%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 68 (33.66%) Azure
2 41 (20.30%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (14.85%) Power Platform
4 23 (11.39%) AWS
5 22 (10.89%) GitHub
6 18 (8.91%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (6.93%) Boomi
8 10 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.96%) GCP
9 8 (3.96%) SaaS
9 8 (3.96%) Smartsheet
10 7 (3.47%) Google Workspace
11 6 (2.97%) Google Docs
11 6 (2.97%) Google Sheets
11 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (2.97%) Serverless
12 5 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.98%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.98%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.98%) HTTP
2 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.50%) DHCP
3 1 (0.50%) DNS
3 1 (0.50%) Network Security
3 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (12.38%) Power BI
2 13 (6.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (4.46%) NoSQL
4 8 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.96%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.47%) Tableau
6 5 (2.48%) MySQL
7 4 (1.98%) Big Data
7 4 (1.98%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.49%) Power Query
8 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.99%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.99%) Mixpanel
9 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.50%) Looker
10 1 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (8.91%) Git
2 7 (3.47%) GitLab
2 7 (3.47%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.47%) Postman
2 7 (3.47%) SonarQube
3 6 (2.97%) Artifactory
4 5 (2.48%) REST Assured
5 4 (1.98%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.98%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.49%) JUnit
6 3 (1.49%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.49%) Selenium
6 3 (1.49%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.49%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.99%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.99%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.99%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.50%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 64 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 56 (27.72%) Finance
3 32 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.41%) Retail
5 17 (8.42%) Manufacturing
5 17 (8.42%) Marketing
6 11 (5.45%) Games
7 10 (4.95%) Banking
8 9 (4.46%) Law
9 8 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.96%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.48%) Advertising
10 5 (2.48%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.99%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 33 (16.34%) Senior
2 30 (14.85%) Developer
3 24 (11.88%) Analyst
4 18 (8.91%) Lead
4 18 (8.91%) Project Manager
5 15 (7.43%) Senior Developer
6 14 (6.93%) IT Manager
7 13 (6.44%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.95%) Delivery Manager
9 9 (4.46%) Architect
9 9 (4.46%) Scrum Master
10 8 (3.96%) IT Project Manager
10 8 (3.96%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.96%) Service Manager
11 7 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.47%) IT Support
11 7 (3.47%) Operations Manager
11 7 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.97%) Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (2.97%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.90%) REST
2 18 (8.91%) JSON
3 16 (7.92%) CSS
4 15 (7.43%) HTML
4 15 (7.43%) Middleware
5 12 (5.94%) EDI
5 12 (5.94%) SOAP
5 12 (5.94%) XML
6 8 (3.96%) RESTful
7 7 (3.47%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.47%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (3.47%) Playwright
7 7 (3.47%) React
7 7 (3.47%) Spring
7 7 (3.47%) Spring Boot
8 6 (2.97%) .NET
8 6 (2.97%) Vue
9 4 (1.98%) PySpark
9 4 (1.98%) YAML
10 3 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.41%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.93%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.94%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.46%) Enterprise Cloud
4 9 (4.46%) PMI
5 6 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.97%) Life Science
5 6 (2.97%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.49%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.99%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.99%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.99%) NHS
8 2 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.50%) EPoS
9 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.50%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.93%) Windows
2 10 (4.95%) Linux
3 7 (3.47%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.50%) Unix
5 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (56.93%) Agile
2 78 (38.61%) DevOps
3 63 (31.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (27.23%) Scrum
5 51 (25.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (24.26%) ERP
7 46 (22.77%) CI/CD
7 46 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (19.80%) Project Management
9 34 (16.83%) Kanban
10 33 (16.34%) CRM
11 32 (15.84%) Roadmaps
12 29 (14.36%) Service Management
13 24 (11.88%) Release Management
13 24 (11.88%) Software Delivery
14 23 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 21 (10.40%) Decision-Making
15 21 (10.40%) Scaled Agile Framework
16 20 (9.90%) Waterfall
17 19 (9.41%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.76%) SQL
2 22 (10.89%) Python
3 21 (10.40%) Java
4 20 (9.90%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.45%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.46%) C#
7 5 (2.48%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.49%) Groovy
8 3 (1.49%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.99%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.99%) PHP
9 2 (0.99%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.50%) C
10 1 (0.50%) C++
10 1 (0.50%) Perl
10 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (18.32%) Degree
2 17 (8.42%) PMI Certification
3 15 (7.43%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (5.45%) PMP
6 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.96%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.47%) A+ Certification
7 7 (3.47%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.97%) HNC
8 6 (2.97%) HND
8 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.99%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.99%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.39%) QA
2 12 (5.94%) TickIT
3 9 (4.46%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.96%) PMO
5 6 (2.97%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.97%) GRC
6 5 (2.48%) GDPR
7 4 (1.98%) WCAG
8 3 (1.49%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.50%) AQAP
10 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.50%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 13 (6.44%) Docker
2 8 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (3.96%) Kubernetes
1 8 (3.96%) Terraform
2 7 (3.47%) Ansible
3 4 (1.98%) Grafana
4 3 (1.49%) Control-M
4 3 (1.49%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.49%) Packer
Vendors
1 50 (24.75%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.88%) SAP
3 18 (8.91%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.45%) Oracle
5 9 (4.46%) Freshdesk
5 9 (4.46%) Google
6 8 (3.96%) Databricks
7 6 (2.97%) Cisco
7 6 (2.97%) Citrix
7 6 (2.97%) Meraki
7 6 (2.97%) Sage
7 6 (2.97%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.97%) Siemens
8 5 (2.48%) IBM
9 4 (1.98%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.49%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.49%) VMware
11 2 (0.99%) Adobe
11 2 (0.99%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.99%) Splunk