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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 89 115
Rank change year-on-year -66 +26 +12
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 224 343 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.06% 3.63% 2.03%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.02% 51.89% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 170 163 226
10th Percentile £37,500 £21,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,433 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +2.04%
75th Percentile £73,438 £76,840 £75,772
90th Percentile £83,875 £87,500 £91,250
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 772 661 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.66% 7.00% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 573 396 967
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £46,250 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,987 £75,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
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 23 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 23 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 -49 127 £60,000 +9.09% 44
Yorkshire -43 72 £46,000 -20.00% 37
North East -43 25 £63,750 +97.30% 11
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 69 (30.80%) Confluence
2 16 (7.14%) 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 26 (11.61%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (5.36%) Trello
5 9 (4.02%) 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 12 (5.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.23%) 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 81 (36.16%) Azure
2 51 (22.77%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (13.39%) AWS
3 30 (13.39%) Power Platform
4 27 (12.05%) GitHub
5 17 (7.59%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (5.80%) Boomi
7 12 (5.36%) SaaS
8 10 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (4.46%) Serverless
9 9 (4.02%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (4.02%) GCP
10 8 (3.57%) Amazon S3
10 8 (3.57%) Smartsheet
11 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (2.23%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.23%) AWS Fargate
13 4 (1.79%) Dropbox
13 4 (1.79%) Power Automate
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 25 (11.16%) Power BI
2 13 (5.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (4.91%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.46%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.13%) MySQL
6 7 (3.13%) Tableau
7 6 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.23%) DynamoDB
8 5 (2.23%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.79%) Big Data
10 3 (1.34%) Power Query
10 3 (1.34%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.89%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.89%) Mixpanel
11 2 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.45%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.45%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 19 (8.48%) Git
2 8 (3.57%) Bitbucket
2 8 (3.57%) GitLab
2 8 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.13%) Postman
4 6 (2.68%) Artifactory
4 6 (2.68%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (2.23%) REST Assured
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%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (31.70%) Social Skills
2 70 (31.25%) Finance
3 37 (16.52%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.82%) Retail
5 17 (7.59%) Marketing
6 13 (5.80%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.36%) Games
8 10 (4.46%) Banking
8 10 (4.46%) Law
9 9 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.13%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.23%) Advertising
11 5 (2.23%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.89%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.45%) Billing
14 1 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (15.63%) Senior
2 30 (13.39%) Analyst
2 30 (13.39%) Developer
3 25 (11.16%) Project Manager
4 18 (8.04%) IT Manager
5 17 (7.59%) Business Analyst
6 15 (6.70%) Delivery Manager
6 15 (6.70%) Senior Developer
7 10 (4.46%) IT Project Manager
7 10 (4.46%) Lead
8 9 (4.02%) Scrum Master
8 9 (4.02%) Service Manager
9 8 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.13%) Applications Engineer
10 7 (3.13%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.13%) IT Support
10 7 (3.13%) Java Developer
10 7 (3.13%) Project Coordinator
10 7 (3.13%) Senior Manager
11 6 (2.68%) Software Engineer
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 10 (4.46%) AngularJS
8 10 (4.46%) Spring
8 10 (4.46%) Spring Boot
9 9 (4.02%) React
10 8 (3.57%) Node.js
11 7 (3.13%) .NET
11 7 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (3.13%) Playwright
12 6 (2.68%) RESTful
12 6 (2.68%) Vue
13 3 (1.34%) Flask
13 3 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.48%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.59%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (6.70%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.91%) PMI
5 9 (4.02%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.68%) Life Science
7 6 (2.68%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.34%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.34%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.89%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.89%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.89%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.89%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.89%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (0.45%) CMDB
10 1 (0.45%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.91%) Linux
2 7 (3.13%) Windows
3 2 (0.89%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) VMS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (61.16%) Agile
2 89 (39.73%) DevOps
3 74 (33.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (29.02%) Scrum
5 58 (25.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (24.11%) Project Management
7 52 (23.21%) CI/CD
8 48 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (20.98%) ERP
10 40 (17.86%) CRM
11 38 (16.96%) Kanban
12 35 (15.63%) Roadmaps
13 34 (15.18%) Software Delivery
14 31 (13.84%) Service Management
15 28 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 27 (12.05%) Decision-Making
16 27 (12.05%) Release Management
17 26 (11.61%) SDLC
18 24 (10.71%) Validation
18 24 (10.71%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.21%) SQL
2 29 (12.95%) Python
3 23 (10.27%) Java
4 21 (9.38%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.36%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.02%) C#
7 6 (2.68%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.79%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.34%) Groovy
10 2 (0.89%) C
10 2 (0.89%) C++
10 2 (0.89%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.89%) PHP
10 2 (0.89%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.45%) Bicep
11 1 (0.45%) Perl
11 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.45%) R
11 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (16.96%) Degree
2 22 (9.82%) PMI Certification
3 15 (6.70%) PMP
4 14 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.46%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.13%) ISTQB
8 5 (2.23%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.23%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.89%) CBAP
11 2 (0.89%) CCIE
11 2 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.45%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.71%) QA
2 12 (5.36%) PMO
2 12 (5.36%) TickIT
3 7 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.68%) GDPR
4 6 (2.68%) GRC
5 4 (1.79%) WCAG
6 3 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.89%) ISO 9001
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 3 (1.34%) vSphere
3 2 (0.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (4.91%) Terraform
2 10 (4.46%) Ansible
3 8 (3.57%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.23%) 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 50 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.38%) SAP
3 17 (7.59%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.36%) Oracle
5 9 (4.02%) Splunk
6 8 (3.57%) Cisco
6 8 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 7 (3.13%) Freshdesk
7 7 (3.13%) Sage
8 6 (2.68%) Databricks
8 6 (2.68%) Meraki
9 5 (2.23%) IBM
10 4 (1.79%) Google
11 3 (1.34%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.34%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.34%) VMware
12 2 (0.89%) Adobe
12 2 (0.89%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.89%) Siemens
12 2 (0.89%) Zscaler