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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 107 131
Rank change year-on-year -39 +24 -1
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 242 277 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 2.95% 1.59%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.83% 49.82% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 156 112 120
10th Percentile £34,625 £29,125 £39,922
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £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 785 556 1,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.35% 5.92% 7.05%
Number of salaries quoted 511 315 625
10th Percentile £38,984 £35,000 £37,744
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,269 £82,751 £78,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -36 135 £60,000 +20.00% 64
Yorkshire -41 76 £43,000 -11.35% 47
North East -38 31 £63,750 +54.55% 20
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 71 (29.34%) Confluence
2 18 (7.44%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.65%) CMS
5 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.83%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.83%) WordPress
6 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 28 (11.57%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (10.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (8.26%) MS Visio
4 19 (7.85%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (4.55%) Trello
6 2 (0.83%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.83%) InVision
6 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.83%) Sketch
7 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (5.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.65%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.65%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 85 (35.12%) Azure
2 55 (22.73%) Azure DevOps
3 38 (15.70%) AWS
4 27 (11.16%) GitHub
5 26 (10.74%) Power Platform
6 19 (7.85%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (5.79%) Serverless
8 13 (5.37%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (5.37%) Boomi
9 12 (4.96%) Amazon S3
10 10 (4.13%) GCP
11 8 (3.31%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (3.31%) SaaS
12 7 (2.89%) Smartsheet
13 6 (2.48%) Figma
14 5 (2.07%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.07%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.65%) HTTP
2 3 (1.24%) DHCP
2 3 (1.24%) DNS
3 2 (0.83%) BGP
3 2 (0.83%) CTI
3 2 (0.83%) DMZ
3 2 (0.83%) Firewall
3 2 (0.83%) IPsec
3 2 (0.83%) NX-OS
3 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.83%) WAN
4 1 (0.41%) Network Security
4 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.33%) Power BI
2 13 (5.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (4.96%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (2.89%) Tableau
6 5 (2.07%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.07%) MySQL
6 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.83%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.83%) Mixpanel
9 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.83%) Power Query
9 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.41%) Looker
10 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.41%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 16 (6.61%) Git
2 13 (5.37%) GitLab
3 11 (4.55%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.72%) Bitbucket
4 9 (3.72%) Postman
5 7 (2.89%) Cypress.io
6 6 (2.48%) Artifactory
6 6 (2.48%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.07%) JMeter
8 4 (1.65%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.65%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.24%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (1.24%) Selenium
9 3 (1.24%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.24%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.83%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.83%) Balsamiq
10 2 (0.83%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.41%) TestComplete
General
1 75 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 73 (30.17%) Finance
3 54 (22.31%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.92%) Retail
5 17 (7.02%) Marketing
5 17 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.79%) Law
7 13 (5.37%) Games
8 11 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.31%) Banking
9 8 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.48%) Legal
11 5 (2.07%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.24%) Advertising
13 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.83%) Automotive
14 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (26.03%) Analyst
2 34 (14.05%) Business Analyst
3 33 (13.64%) Senior
4 28 (11.57%) Developer
5 25 (10.33%) Project Manager
6 17 (7.02%) IT Manager
7 15 (6.20%) Delivery Manager
8 14 (5.79%) Senior Developer
9 13 (5.37%) IT Analyst
10 10 (4.13%) IT Project Manager
11 9 (3.72%) Coordinator
11 9 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.72%) Lead
11 9 (3.72%) Project Coordinator
11 9 (3.72%) Service Analyst
11 9 (3.72%) Test Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) Change Analyst
12 8 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.31%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (2.89%) Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.68%) REST
2 18 (7.44%) JSON
3 15 (6.20%) Middleware
4 14 (5.79%) Terraform
5 13 (5.37%) SOAP
5 13 (5.37%) XML
6 12 (4.96%) EDI
7 11 (4.55%) Playwright
8 10 (4.13%) CSS
8 10 (4.13%) HTML
9 8 (3.31%) .NET
9 8 (3.31%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.31%) Gherkin
9 8 (3.31%) RESTful
9 8 (3.31%) Spring
9 8 (3.31%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.89%) Node.js
11 6 (2.48%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (2.48%) React
12 4 (1.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.68%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.61%) Driving Licence
3 15 (6.20%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.13%) PMI
5 9 (3.72%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.24%) Life Science
8 3 (1.24%) SystemC
9 2 (0.83%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.83%) NHS
9 2 (0.83%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.83%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.37%) Linux
2 10 (4.13%) Windows
3 2 (0.83%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) VMS
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (59.92%) Agile
2 96 (39.67%) DevOps
3 72 (29.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (27.69%) Scrum
5 62 (25.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 60 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (22.31%) Project Management
8 48 (19.83%) Decision-Making
9 47 (19.42%) CI/CD
10 42 (17.36%) CRM
10 42 (17.36%) ERP
11 39 (16.12%) Kanban
12 38 (15.70%) Software Delivery
13 35 (14.46%) Requirements Gathering
13 35 (14.46%) SDLC
14 34 (14.05%) Business Analysis
14 34 (14.05%) User Stories
15 33 (13.64%) AI
15 33 (13.64%) Roadmaps
16 32 (13.22%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 57 (23.55%) SQL
2 29 (11.98%) Python
3 20 (8.26%) Java
4 17 (7.02%) JavaScript
5 13 (5.37%) PowerShell
6 10 (4.13%) C#
6 10 (4.13%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.65%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.24%) C
8 3 (1.24%) C++
8 3 (1.24%) Groovy
9 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.83%) R
9 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.83%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.41%) Bicep
10 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.41%) Perl
10 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (17.77%) Degree
2 25 (10.33%) Security Cleared
3 20 (8.26%) PMI Certification
4 15 (6.20%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.79%) ITIL Certification
5 14 (5.79%) PMP
6 6 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.07%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.65%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.65%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.83%) CBAP
10 2 (0.83%) IIBA
10 2 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.74%) QA
2 14 (5.79%) PMO
3 12 (4.96%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.96%) TickIT
4 9 (3.72%) Accessibility
4 9 (3.72%) GDPR
5 7 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (2.07%) GRC
8 4 (1.65%) WCAG
9 3 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.83%) SLA
11 1 (0.41%) AQAP
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (4.55%) Docker
2 5 (2.07%) vSphere
3 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (4.55%) Ansible
2 9 (3.72%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.07%) Grafana
4 3 (1.24%) Control-M
4 3 (1.24%) Docker Swarm
4 3 (1.24%) Packer
5 2 (0.83%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.83%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (23.55%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.85%) SAP
3 17 (7.02%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.55%) Oracle
5 9 (3.72%) Cisco
5 9 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.31%) Splunk
7 7 (2.89%) Sage
8 6 (2.48%) Databricks
9 5 (2.07%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.07%) Google
9 5 (2.07%) VMware
9 5 (2.07%) YouTube
10 4 (1.65%) Meraki
11 3 (1.24%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.24%) IBM
11 3 (1.24%) UiPath
12 2 (0.83%) Amplitude
12 2 (0.83%) FIS
12 2 (0.83%) Liquidlogic