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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 87 111
Rank change year-on-year -69 +24 +18
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 224 351 390
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.09% 3.82% 2.10%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.90% 51.92% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 173 164 274
10th Percentile £37,500 £21,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,410 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.22%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,840 £75,772
90th Percentile £84,750 £87,500 £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 775 676 1,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.76% 7.36% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 576 402 1,104
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,825 £35,075
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,560 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +4.65% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,987 £76,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -3.85% +12.14% -10.82%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -51 124 £60,000 +9.09% 56
Yorkshire -39 78 £45,000 -28.00% 30
North East -38 22 £67,500 +108.90% 9
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 70 (31.25%) Confluence
2 15 (6.70%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.34%) CMS
5 2 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.89%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.89%) WordPress
6 1 (0.45%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 25 (11.16%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.91%) Trello
5 8 (3.57%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.89%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.89%) InVision
6 2 (0.89%) Sketch
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.79%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.79%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.45%) Shopify
4 1 (0.45%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 78 (34.82%) Azure
2 49 (21.88%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (13.84%) Power Platform
4 29 (12.95%) AWS
5 26 (11.61%) GitHub
6 17 (7.59%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (6.25%) Boomi
8 10 (4.46%) SaaS
9 9 (4.02%) GCP
9 9 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (4.02%) Serverless
10 8 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.57%) Google Workspace
10 8 (3.57%) Smartsheet
11 7 (3.13%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.68%) Google Docs
12 6 (2.68%) Google Sheets
12 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.34%) HTTP
2 2 (0.89%) BGP
2 2 (0.89%) DMZ
2 2 (0.89%) IPsec
2 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.89%) WAN
3 1 (0.45%) DHCP
3 1 (0.45%) DNS
3 1 (0.45%) Network Security
3 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.61%) Power BI
2 13 (5.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (4.46%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.57%) NoSQL
5 7 (3.13%) Tableau
6 5 (2.23%) MySQL
7 4 (1.79%) Big Data
7 4 (1.79%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.34%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.34%) Power Query
8 3 (1.34%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.89%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.89%) Mixpanel
10 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.45%) Looker
10 1 (0.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (8.48%) Git
2 8 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.13%) Bitbucket
3 7 (3.13%) GitLab
3 7 (3.13%) Postman
3 7 (3.13%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.68%) Artifactory
5 5 (2.23%) REST Assured
6 4 (1.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.79%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.34%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.34%) Selenium
7 3 (1.34%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.34%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.89%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.89%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.89%) JUnit
8 2 (0.89%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.89%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.45%) JMeter
General
1 72 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 68 (30.36%) Finance
3 36 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.82%) Retail
5 17 (7.59%) Marketing
6 14 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.80%) Games
8 10 (4.46%) Banking
9 9 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.02%) Law
9 9 (4.02%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.23%) Advertising
10 5 (2.23%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.89%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.45%) Billing
Job Titles
1 34 (15.18%) Senior
2 31 (13.84%) Developer
3 30 (13.39%) Analyst
4 24 (10.71%) Project Manager
5 18 (8.04%) IT Manager
6 17 (7.59%) Business Analyst
7 15 (6.70%) Senior Developer
8 14 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
9 13 (5.80%) Lead
10 10 (4.46%) IT Project Manager
10 10 (4.46%) Service Manager
11 9 (4.02%) Scrum Master
12 8 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.57%) Java Developer
13 7 (3.13%) IT Support
13 7 (3.13%) Operations Manager
13 7 (3.13%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.68%) 2nd Line Support
14 6 (2.68%) Architect
14 6 (2.68%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.93%) REST
2 19 (8.48%) JSON
3 16 (7.14%) Middleware
4 15 (6.70%) CSS
5 14 (6.25%) HTML
6 13 (5.80%) SOAP
6 13 (5.80%) XML
7 12 (5.36%) EDI
8 9 (4.02%) AngularJS
8 9 (4.02%) Spring
8 9 (4.02%) Spring Boot
9 7 (3.13%) .NET
9 7 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (3.13%) Playwright
9 7 (3.13%) React
9 7 (3.13%) RESTful
10 6 (2.68%) Vue
11 5 (2.23%) Node.js
12 4 (1.79%) PySpark
12 4 (1.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.93%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.25%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.91%) PMI
5 9 (4.02%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.68%) Life Science
6 6 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.34%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.34%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.89%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.89%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.89%) NHS
9 2 (0.89%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.45%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.45%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.36%) Windows
2 9 (4.02%) Linux
3 7 (3.13%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (58.48%) Agile
2 88 (39.29%) DevOps
3 71 (31.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 62 (27.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (26.79%) Scrum
6 50 (22.32%) CI/CD
6 50 (22.32%) Project Management
7 48 (21.43%) ERP
8 47 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (17.41%) CRM
10 36 (16.07%) Kanban
10 36 (16.07%) Roadmaps
11 31 (13.84%) Service Management
11 31 (13.84%) Software Delivery
12 27 (12.05%) Release Management
12 27 (12.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (10.71%) Collaborative Culture
13 24 (10.71%) Decision-Making
14 23 (10.27%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 23 (10.27%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 55 (24.55%) SQL
2 28 (12.50%) Python
3 23 (10.27%) Java
4 19 (8.48%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.91%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.02%) C#
7 4 (1.79%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.34%) Groovy
8 3 (1.34%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.89%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.89%) PHP
9 2 (0.89%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.45%) Bicep
10 1 (0.45%) C
10 1 (0.45%) C++
10 1 (0.45%) Perl
10 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (18.75%) Degree
2 22 (9.82%) PMI Certification
3 15 (6.70%) PMP
3 15 (6.70%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.13%) A+ Certification
5 7 (3.13%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.68%) HNC
6 6 (2.68%) HND
6 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (1.79%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.34%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.71%) QA
2 12 (5.36%) TickIT
3 10 (4.46%) PMO
4 9 (4.02%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.68%) GRC
6 4 (1.79%) GDPR
6 4 (1.79%) WCAG
7 2 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.89%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.89%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.45%) AQAP
8 1 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 13 (5.80%) Docker
2 8 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (4.91%) Terraform
2 10 (4.46%) Ansible
3 8 (3.57%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.79%) Grafana
5 3 (1.34%) Control-M
5 3 (1.34%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.34%) Packer
6 2 (0.89%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.45%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 53 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.27%) SAP
3 17 (7.59%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.36%) Oracle
5 10 (4.46%) Google
6 8 (3.57%) Cisco
6 8 (3.57%) Databricks
6 8 (3.57%) Freshdesk
6 8 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 7 (3.13%) Sage
7 7 (3.13%) Splunk
8 6 (2.68%) Citrix
8 6 (2.68%) Meraki
9 5 (2.23%) IBM
10 4 (1.79%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.34%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.34%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.34%) Siemens
11 3 (1.34%) VMware
12 2 (0.89%) F5