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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 93 121
Rank change year-on-year -52 +28 +9
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 247 317 285
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.08% 3.33% 1.86%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.01% 51.13% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 170 144 157
10th Percentile £34,925 £28,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,806 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -1.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £110,000
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 823 620 1,150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.60% 6.52% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 558 366 774
10th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,438 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £88,148 £84,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -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 August 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 August 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 -52 136 £60,000 +11.63% 91
Yorkshire -40 79 £43,000 -18.10% 47
North East -32 32 £60,000 +85.69% 36
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 76 (30.77%) Confluence
2 22 (8.91%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.02%) CMS
5 2 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.81%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.81%) WordPress
6 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 28 (11.34%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (10.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (7.69%) MS Visio
4 18 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.45%) Trello
6 2 (0.81%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.81%) InVision
6 2 (0.81%) Sketch
7 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (5.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.62%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.62%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 89 (36.03%) Azure
2 57 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (14.17%) AWS
4 27 (10.93%) Power Platform
5 25 (10.12%) GitHub
6 20 (8.10%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (5.26%) Boomi
9 11 (4.45%) SaaS
10 10 (4.05%) GCP
10 10 (4.05%) Serverless
11 9 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (3.24%) Amazon S3
12 8 (3.24%) Smartsheet
13 6 (2.43%) Figma
14 5 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.02%) AWS Fargate
14 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (1.62%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.62%) HTTP
2 2 (0.81%) BGP
2 2 (0.81%) DMZ
2 2 (0.81%) IPsec
2 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.81%) WAN
3 1 (0.40%) DHCP
3 1 (0.40%) DNS
3 1 (0.40%) Network Security
3 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.72%) Power BI
2 13 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (4.86%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.24%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.83%) Tableau
6 6 (2.43%) MySQL
7 5 (2.02%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.62%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.21%) Big Data
9 3 (1.21%) Power Query
9 3 (1.21%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.81%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.81%) Mixpanel
10 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.40%) Looker
11 1 (0.40%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.40%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 17 (6.88%) Git
2 9 (3.64%) Bitbucket
3 7 (2.83%) GitLab
3 7 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.43%) Artifactory
4 6 (2.43%) Postman
4 6 (2.43%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (2.02%) REST Assured
6 4 (1.62%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.21%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.21%) Selenium
7 3 (1.21%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.21%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.81%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.81%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.81%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.40%) TestComplete
9 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 79 (31.98%) Finance
2 78 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 54 (21.86%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.72%) Retail
5 18 (7.29%) Marketing
5 18 (7.29%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.26%) Law
7 12 (4.86%) Games
8 11 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (4.05%) Banking
10 8 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.43%) Legal
13 5 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.02%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.62%) Advertising
15 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.81%) Automotive
16 2 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (25.51%) Analyst
2 33 (13.36%) Senior
3 32 (12.96%) Business Analyst
4 27 (10.93%) Developer
5 25 (10.12%) Project Manager
6 18 (7.29%) IT Manager
7 15 (6.07%) Delivery Manager
8 14 (5.67%) Senior Developer
9 13 (5.26%) IT Analyst
10 10 (4.05%) IT Project Manager
11 9 (3.64%) Coordinator
11 9 (3.64%) Project Coordinator
11 9 (3.64%) Scrum Master
11 9 (3.64%) Service Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) Change Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.24%) Lead
12 8 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.24%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (2.83%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.10%) REST
2 18 (7.29%) JSON
3 15 (6.07%) Middleware
4 13 (5.26%) SOAP
4 13 (5.26%) XML
5 12 (4.86%) EDI
6 11 (4.45%) CSS
6 11 (4.45%) HTML
6 11 (4.45%) Terraform
7 9 (3.64%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.64%) Spring
7 9 (3.64%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.24%) .NET
8 8 (3.24%) Playwright
9 7 (2.83%) Node.js
9 7 (2.83%) React
10 6 (2.43%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (2.43%) RESTful
11 5 (2.02%) Vue
12 4 (1.62%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.10%) Product Ownership
2 15 (6.07%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.07%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.05%) PMI
4 9 (3.64%) Enterprise Cloud
5 7 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.02%) Life Science
7 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.21%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.21%) SystemC
9 2 (0.81%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.81%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.81%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.81%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.81%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.26%) Linux
2 9 (3.64%) Windows
3 3 (1.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) VMS
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (59.92%) Agile
2 96 (38.87%) DevOps
3 74 (29.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 66 (26.72%) Scrum
5 61 (24.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (23.08%) Project Management
8 48 (19.43%) Decision-Making
9 46 (18.62%) CI/CD
10 42 (17.00%) CRM
10 42 (17.00%) ERP
11 37 (14.98%) Kanban
11 37 (14.98%) Software Delivery
12 35 (14.17%) Roadmaps
13 34 (13.77%) Business Analysis
14 33 (13.36%) Requirements Gathering
14 33 (13.36%) Waterfall
15 32 (12.96%) SDLC
15 32 (12.96%) Service Management
16 31 (12.55%) AI
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.27%) SQL
2 29 (11.74%) Python
3 22 (8.91%) Java
4 17 (6.88%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.86%) PowerShell
6 10 (4.05%) C#
7 6 (2.43%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.62%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.21%) C
9 3 (1.21%) C++
9 3 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.21%) Groovy
10 2 (0.81%) R
10 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.81%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.40%) Bicep
11 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.40%) Perl
11 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (15.79%) Degree
2 22 (8.91%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.50%) PMI Certification
4 16 (6.48%) ITIL Certification
5 15 (6.07%) PMP
6 13 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.62%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.81%) CBAP
11 2 (0.81%) CCIE
11 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.81%) CSPO
11 2 (0.81%) IIBA
11 2 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.72%) QA
2 15 (6.07%) PMO
3 13 (5.26%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.86%) TickIT
5 10 (4.05%) GDPR
6 9 (3.64%) Accessibility
7 7 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (2.43%) GRC
8 6 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (1.62%) WCAG
10 3 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.40%) AQAP
12 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (4.86%) Docker
2 3 (1.21%) vSphere
3 2 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (4.05%) Ansible
2 8 (3.24%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.02%) Grafana
4 3 (1.21%) Control-M
4 3 (1.21%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.21%) Packer
5 2 (0.81%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 58 (23.48%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.69%) SAP
3 16 (6.48%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.45%) Oracle
5 10 (4.05%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.24%) Cisco
6 8 (3.24%) Splunk
7 7 (2.83%) Sage
8 6 (2.43%) Databricks
9 5 (2.02%) Google
9 5 (2.02%) Meraki
9 5 (2.02%) YouTube
10 3 (1.21%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.21%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.21%) IBM
10 3 (1.21%) VMware
11 2 (0.81%) Adobe
11 2 (0.81%) F5
11 2 (0.81%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.81%) Pega