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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 106 106
Rank change year-on-year -31 0 +2
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 139 227 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.31% 2.35% 2.96%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.69% 29.37% 22.98%
Number of salaries quoted 78 92 162
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,983 £36,270
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,592 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% -25.93% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60,750 £64,175 £82,548
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £96,539
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,560 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -7.90% +4.17%

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 541 773 866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.12% 7.99% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 395 431 720
10th Percentile - £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,710 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £78,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -

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 21 December 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 21 December 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
Yorkshire +10 69 £44,000 +0.57% 24
North West -33 52 £47,592 -5.81% 35
North East -21 18 £51,500 - 4
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 48 (34.53%) Confluence
2 11 (7.91%) CMS
3 6 (4.32%) WordPress
4 5 (3.60%) Umbraco
5 3 (2.16%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.44%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.72%) Apache
7 1 (0.72%) FileNet
7 1 (0.72%) JBoss
7 1 (0.72%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (3.60%) Trello
3 4 (2.88%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Markit EDM
1 2 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.72%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.72%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 38 (27.34%) Azure
2 13 (9.35%) AWS
3 10 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (5.76%) Entra ID
4 8 (5.76%) SaaS
5 6 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.60%) Figma
6 5 (3.60%) Slack
7 4 (2.88%) Adobe Analytics
7 4 (2.88%) GitHub
8 3 (2.16%) Contentful
8 3 (2.16%) GCP
8 3 (2.16%) PaaS
8 3 (2.16%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.72%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.72%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.16%) HTTP
1 3 (2.16%) SAN
2 2 (1.44%) DNS
3 1 (0.72%) Firewall
3 1 (0.72%) Network Security
3 1 (0.72%) RFID
3 1 (0.72%) SSH
3 1 (0.72%) SSL
3 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.72%) VLAN
3 1 (0.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.07%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 6 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.32%) OLAP
4 5 (3.60%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.16%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.16%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.44%) Power BI
6 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (10.07%) Git
2 10 (7.19%) Bitbucket
3 4 (2.88%) Artifactory
3 4 (2.88%) JUnit
3 4 (2.88%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (2.16%) JIRA Agile
4 3 (2.16%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (2.16%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.16%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.44%) Appium
5 2 (1.44%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.44%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.44%) JMeter
5 2 (1.44%) Maven
5 2 (1.44%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.72%) Ant
6 1 (0.72%) GitLab
6 1 (0.72%) Selenium
6 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.72%) TestRail
General
1 61 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.58%) Finance
3 15 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.91%) Law
5 10 (7.19%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.32%) Advertising
7 6 (4.32%) Marketing
8 4 (2.88%) Automotive
8 4 (2.88%) Banking
8 4 (2.88%) Retail
9 3 (2.16%) Avionics
10 2 (1.44%) Games
10 2 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.44%) Publishing
11 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Legal
11 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (25.18%) Developer
2 26 (18.71%) Analyst
3 23 (16.55%) JIRA Developer
4 14 (10.07%) Lead
5 10 (7.19%) Business Analyst
6 9 (6.47%) Applications Support
6 9 (6.47%) Architect
6 9 (6.47%) Senior
6 9 (6.47%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (5.76%) Applications Support Analyst
7 8 (5.76%) Lead Architect
7 8 (5.76%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 8 (5.76%) Support Analyst
8 7 (5.04%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) Consultant
9 6 (4.32%) Project Manager
9 6 (4.32%) SQL Developer
10 5 (3.60%) Software Consultant
10 5 (3.60%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (3.60%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.04%) HTML
2 6 (4.32%) CSS
2 6 (4.32%) React
3 4 (2.88%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.88%) Kafka
4 3 (2.16%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.16%) Bootstrap
4 3 (2.16%) gRPC
4 3 (2.16%) Node.js
4 3 (2.16%) Playwright
4 3 (2.16%) Redux
4 3 (2.16%) REST
4 3 (2.16%) RESTful
4 3 (2.16%) Spring
4 3 (2.16%) Spring Batch
4 3 (2.16%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.44%) Next.js
6 1 (0.72%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.72%) JWT
6 1 (0.72%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.47%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.32%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.44%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.44%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.72%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.72%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.72%) Life Science
6 1 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.72%) Online Games
6 1 (0.72%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.72%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.07%) Linux
2 13 (9.35%) Windows
3 1 (0.72%) Check Point GAiA
3 1 (0.72%) Fedora
3 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (36.69%) Agile
2 47 (33.81%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (31.65%) ITIL
4 38 (27.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (26.62%) Computer Science
6 36 (25.90%) Change Management
7 32 (23.02%) ITSM
8 29 (20.86%) Service Management
9 28 (20.14%) DevOps
10 24 (17.27%) Incident Management
11 23 (16.55%) Asset Management
12 18 (12.95%) Project Management
13 17 (12.23%) CI/CD
13 17 (12.23%) Containerisation
13 17 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (10.07%) Business Strategy
14 14 (10.07%) Roadmaps
15 13 (9.35%) Mentoring
15 13 (9.35%) Scrum
15 13 (9.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 36 (25.90%) JavaScript
2 28 (20.14%) PowerShell
3 18 (12.95%) SQL
4 10 (7.19%) TypeScript
5 9 (6.47%) Python
6 7 (5.04%) Java
7 6 (4.32%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.88%) C#
9 3 (2.16%) Bash
10 1 (0.72%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.72%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 49 (35.25%) Degree
2 24 (17.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 17 (12.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.32%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.16%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.16%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.44%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.72%) CCSA
8 1 (0.72%) CCSE
8 1 (0.72%) CISM
8 1 (0.72%) CISSP
8 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.72%) PhD
8 1 (0.72%) PMP
8 1 (0.72%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.35%) QA
2 4 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.16%) GDPR
3 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (1.44%) PMO
4 2 (1.44%) SLA
5 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.72%) GxP
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.60%) Docker
3 3 (2.16%) vSphere
4 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.19%) Control-M
2 10 (7.19%) Grafana
3 7 (5.04%) Prometheus
4 5 (3.60%) Ansible
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.88%) Terraform
6 3 (2.16%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.72%) Podman
7 1 (0.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (21.58%) Atlassian
2 21 (15.11%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.91%) SAP
4 8 (5.76%) Siemens
5 6 (4.32%) Adobe
5 6 (4.32%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.60%) Google
6 5 (3.60%) IBM
7 3 (2.16%) Forcepoint
7 3 (2.16%) Proofpoint
7 3 (2.16%) Qualtrics
7 3 (2.16%) VMware
7 3 (2.16%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.44%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.44%) Oracle
8 2 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.72%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.72%) Sitecore