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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 109 129
Rank change year-on-year -62 +20 -11
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 217 274 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.91% 2.91% 1.66%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.72% 49.37% 23.76%
Number of salaries quoted 118 101 87
10th Percentile £32,975 £32,750 £37,400
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £44,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,125 £69,375
90th Percentile £75,250 £86,250 £102,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 812 555 909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.39% 5.89% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 502 313 501
10th Percentile £37,625 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,438 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £66,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -56 120 £55,000 +10.00% 77
Yorkshire -31 71 £42,500 -10.53% 80
North East -59 26 £67,500 +31.07% 17
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 62 (28.57%) Confluence
2 17 (7.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.84%) CMS
3 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.92%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.92%) WordPress
5 1 (0.46%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (11.06%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (9.68%) MS Visio
4 19 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (5.07%) Trello
6 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.92%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.92%) InVision
7 2 (0.92%) Sketch
8 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (6.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.84%) Sage 200
2 4 (1.84%) SAP Business One
2 4 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.03%) Azure
2 40 (18.43%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (14.75%) AWS
4 25 (11.52%) GitHub
5 18 (8.29%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.45%) SaaS
7 13 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (5.53%) Serverless
9 11 (5.07%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (4.61%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.69%) IaaS
12 7 (3.23%) GCP
12 7 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.76%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.30%) AWS Fargate
14 5 (2.30%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.07%) DNS
2 9 (4.15%) Firewall
3 8 (3.69%) Network Security
4 7 (3.23%) BIG-IP
4 7 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 7 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (1.38%) DHCP
5 3 (1.38%) HTTP
6 2 (0.92%) BGP
6 2 (0.92%) CTI
6 2 (0.92%) DMZ
6 2 (0.92%) IPsec
6 2 (0.92%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.92%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.92%) WAN
7 1 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.46%) RTP
7 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.83%) Power BI
2 10 (4.61%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.30%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.38%) MySQL
5 3 (1.38%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.92%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.92%) Tableau
7 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.46%) Mixpanel
7 1 (0.46%) Power Query
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.46%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.46%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 14 (6.45%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.07%) GitLab
3 9 (4.15%) Bitbucket
4 7 (3.23%) Git
5 6 (2.76%) Artifactory
5 6 (2.76%) Cypress.io
5 6 (2.76%) Postman
6 5 (2.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (2.30%) JMeter
7 3 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.38%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.38%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.92%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.92%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.46%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.46%) Selenium
9 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.46%) Zephyr
General
1 70 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 61 (28.11%) Finance
3 48 (22.12%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.29%) Retail
5 16 (7.37%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.07%) Law
8 10 (4.61%) Banking
8 10 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.69%) Games
9 8 (3.69%) Marketing
10 6 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.76%) Legal
11 5 (2.30%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.92%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.92%) Automotive
14 2 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (30.88%) Analyst
2 36 (16.59%) Business Analyst
3 24 (11.06%) Senior
4 22 (10.14%) Project Manager
5 17 (7.83%) IT Manager
6 14 (6.45%) Delivery Manager
6 14 (6.45%) Developer
7 12 (5.53%) IT Analyst
8 10 (4.61%) Coordinator
8 10 (4.61%) IT Project Manager
8 10 (4.61%) Project Coordinator
9 9 (4.15%) Service Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) Change Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) Senior Business Analyst
11 7 (3.23%) Applications Support
11 7 (3.23%) Senior Developer
11 7 (3.23%) Support Analyst
11 7 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.99%) Terraform
2 9 (4.15%) REST
3 8 (3.69%) Gherkin
3 8 (3.69%) JSON
4 7 (3.23%) Middleware
4 7 (3.23%) Node.js
4 7 (3.23%) Playwright
5 6 (2.76%) RESTful
5 6 (2.76%) SOAP
5 6 (2.76%) XML
6 5 (2.30%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.30%) CSS
6 5 (2.30%) EDI
6 5 (2.30%) HTML
6 5 (2.30%) Spring
6 5 (2.30%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.84%) .NET
7 4 (1.84%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.84%) React
8 2 (0.92%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.76%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (8.29%) Product Ownership
3 16 (7.37%) Driving Licence
4 12 (5.53%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.69%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.23%) PMI
6 7 (3.23%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.76%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.30%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.38%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.38%) Life Science
9 3 (1.38%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.38%) SystemC
10 2 (0.92%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.92%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.92%) Online Gambling
10 2 (0.92%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.53%) Linux
2 10 (4.61%) Windows
3 3 (1.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.46%) VMS
4 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (58.99%) Agile
2 71 (32.72%) DevOps
3 67 (30.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 64 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (27.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (23.04%) Scrum
7 49 (22.58%) Project Management
8 41 (18.89%) CI/CD
8 41 (18.89%) Decision-Making
9 38 (17.51%) User Stories
10 36 (16.59%) AI
10 36 (16.59%) Software Delivery
11 35 (16.13%) Business Analysis
11 35 (16.13%) ERP
12 34 (15.67%) Requirements Gathering
13 33 (15.21%) CRM
13 33 (15.21%) SDLC
14 32 (14.75%) ITIL
15 31 (14.29%) Service Management
16 30 (13.82%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 47 (21.66%) SQL
2 28 (12.90%) Python
3 11 (5.07%) JavaScript
3 11 (5.07%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.61%) TypeScript
5 9 (4.15%) Java
6 7 (3.23%) ActionScript
6 7 (3.23%) C#
7 3 (1.38%) C++
7 3 (1.38%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.92%) Bash
8 2 (0.92%) C
8 2 (0.92%) R
8 2 (0.92%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.46%) Bicep
9 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.46%) Go
9 1 (0.46%) PHP
9 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 34 (15.67%) Degree
2 21 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
3 14 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.99%) PMI Certification
5 10 (4.61%) PMP
6 7 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.30%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.30%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.38%) IIBA
9 3 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.92%) CSPO
10 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.92%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.68%) QA
2 14 (6.45%) PMO
3 9 (4.15%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.23%) GDPR
5 7 (3.23%) SLA
6 6 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (2.30%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.30%) TickIT
8 2 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.92%) WCAG
9 1 (0.46%) AQAP
9 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.46%) NIST
9 1 (0.46%) SEPA
9 1 (0.46%) TARGET2
System Software
1 9 (4.15%) Docker
2 5 (2.30%) vSphere
3 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (4.61%) Ansible
2 9 (4.15%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.30%) Grafana
4 3 (1.38%) Control-M
4 3 (1.38%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.92%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.92%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.46%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.46%) Opsview
6 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 51 (23.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.29%) SAP
3 17 (7.83%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.07%) Oracle
5 9 (4.15%) F5
5 9 (4.15%) YouTube
6 8 (3.69%) Splunk
7 7 (3.23%) Atlassian
7 7 (3.23%) Sage
7 7 (3.23%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.76%) Cisco
9 5 (2.30%) VMware
10 4 (1.84%) Google
10 4 (1.84%) UiPath
11 2 (0.92%) Databricks
11 2 (0.92%) FIS
11 2 (0.92%) Freshdesk
11 2 (0.92%) Pega
11 2 (0.92%) Remedy
11 2 (0.92%) Zscaler