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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 71 85
Rank change year-on-year -75 +14 +32
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 168 250 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.17% 3.61% 2.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 24.96% 37.88% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 102 145 306
10th Percentile £36,375 £21,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,748 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,950 £50,055 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -20.27% +9.19%
75th Percentile £63,438 £76,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £77,375 £91,161 £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -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 673 660 1,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.70% 9.53% 9.18%
Number of salaries quoted 504 446 1,108
10th Percentile - £36,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £73,375
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 15 March 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 15 March 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 -39 75 £57,500 +1.32% 47
Yorkshire -47 73 £46,000 -0.54% 38
North East -35 20 £51,500 +128.89% 16
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 63 (37.50%) Confluence
2 10 (5.95%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.36%) CMS
4 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.38%) WordPress
5 3 (1.79%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.19%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (5.36%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Markit EDM
1 2 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.60%) Shopify
2 1 (0.60%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 40 (23.81%) Azure
2 16 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.55%) Power Platform
5 9 (5.36%) AWS
5 9 (5.36%) SaaS
6 7 (4.17%) GitHub
6 7 (4.17%) Google Workspace
7 6 (3.57%) Google Docs
7 6 (3.57%) Google Sheets
8 5 (2.98%) Figma
9 4 (2.38%) Dropbox
9 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.79%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (1.79%) Contentful
10 3 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.79%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.79%) Slack
11 2 (1.19%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.38%) HTTP
2 2 (1.19%) SAN
3 1 (0.60%) DNS
3 1 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.74%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.76%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.57%) MongoDB
3 6 (3.57%) Power BI
4 5 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.79%) Big Data
6 3 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.19%) MySQL
7 2 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.60%) OLAP
8 1 (0.60%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (10.12%) Git
2 9 (5.36%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.98%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (2.38%) JUnit
5 3 (1.79%) GitLab
5 3 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.79%) Postman
5 3 (1.79%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.19%) Appium
6 2 (1.19%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.19%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.19%) JIRA Agile
6 2 (1.19%) JMeter
6 2 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.19%) REST Assured
6 2 (1.19%) Selenium
6 2 (1.19%) SpecFlow
6 2 (1.19%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.60%) TestRail
General
1 76 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 44 (26.19%) Finance
3 22 (13.10%) Manufacturing
4 15 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.76%) Advertising
5 8 (4.76%) Banking
6 7 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.17%) Law
7 5 (2.98%) Marketing
7 5 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.79%) Automotive
8 3 (1.79%) Retail
9 2 (1.19%) Avionics
9 2 (1.19%) Games
9 2 (1.19%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
10 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (20.24%) Developer
2 23 (13.69%) JIRA Developer
2 23 (13.69%) Lead
3 22 (13.10%) Analyst
4 18 (10.71%) Senior
5 13 (7.74%) Architect
5 13 (7.74%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (7.14%) Lead Architect
6 12 (7.14%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 11 (6.55%) Applications Support
8 10 (5.95%) Applications Support Analyst
8 10 (5.95%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.95%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (4.17%) Operations Manager
10 6 (3.57%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.57%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.57%) Senior Strategy Manager
10 6 (3.57%) Service Manager
10 6 (3.57%) Strategy Manager
11 4 (2.38%) Head of Digital
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.36%) CSS
2 8 (4.76%) HTML
3 7 (4.17%) React
4 6 (3.57%) RESTful
5 5 (2.98%) AngularJS
5 5 (2.98%) Playwright
5 5 (2.98%) Spring
5 5 (2.98%) Spring Boot
6 4 (2.38%) REST
7 3 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.79%) Flask
7 3 (1.79%) gRPC
7 3 (1.79%) Kafka
7 3 (1.79%) Next.js
7 3 (1.79%) Spring Batch
8 2 (1.19%) Middleware
8 2 (1.19%) PySpark
8 2 (1.19%) Vue
9 1 (0.60%) .NET
9 1 (0.60%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.74%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (2.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.79%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.79%) Life Science
3 3 (1.79%) Private Cloud
4 2 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.19%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.19%) PMI
4 2 (1.19%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.60%) CMDB
5 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.60%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.60%) NHS
5 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.71%) Windows
2 12 (7.14%) Linux
3 6 (3.57%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.60%) Fedora
4 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (41.67%) Agile
2 63 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (32.74%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (29.76%) ITIL
5 48 (28.57%) Service Management
6 38 (22.62%) Change Management
7 37 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
8 36 (21.43%) Computer Science
9 35 (20.83%) ITSM
10 31 (18.45%) CI/CD
11 29 (17.26%) DevOps
12 27 (16.07%) Incident Management
13 25 (14.88%) Scrum
14 24 (14.29%) Asset Management
15 20 (11.90%) ERP
16 19 (11.31%) Business Strategy
17 18 (10.71%) User Experience
18 17 (10.12%) Containerisation
19 16 (9.52%) Project Management
19 16 (9.52%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (24.40%) JavaScript
2 29 (17.26%) PowerShell
3 18 (10.71%) SQL
4 11 (6.55%) Java
5 9 (5.36%) Python
6 8 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.38%) C#
8 2 (1.19%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.19%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.60%) PHP
9 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (35.12%) Degree
2 25 (14.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 23 (13.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (3.57%) A+ Certification
7 6 (3.57%) HNC
7 6 (3.57%) HND
7 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 6 (3.57%) Security Cleared
8 5 (2.98%) ISTQB
8 5 (2.98%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.38%) PMP
10 3 (1.79%) SC Cleared
11 2 (1.19%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.60%) CISSP
12 1 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.76%) QA
2 5 (2.98%) GDPR
3 4 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.79%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.19%) GRC
5 2 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (1.19%) PMO
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.60%) GxP
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.60%) SLA
6 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.57%) Docker
3 2 (1.19%) vSphere
4 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (5.36%) Control-M
1 9 (5.36%) Grafana
1 9 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.17%) Prometheus
3 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.79%) Ansible
4 3 (1.79%) Terraform
5 2 (1.19%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 30 (17.86%) Atlassian
2 29 (17.26%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.93%) SAP
4 12 (7.14%) Siemens
5 10 (5.95%) Google
6 9 (5.36%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.76%) Freshdesk
8 6 (3.57%) Citrix
9 5 (2.98%) IBM
10 4 (2.38%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.79%) Adobe
11 3 (1.79%) Cisco
11 3 (1.79%) Forcepoint
11 3 (1.79%) Meraki
11 3 (1.79%) Oracle
11 3 (1.79%) Proofpoint
11 3 (1.79%) Qualtrics
11 3 (1.79%) Zscaler
12 2 (1.19%) HubSpot
12 2 (1.19%) Splunk