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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 90 114
Rank change year-on-year -56 +24 +21
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 234 345 315
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.10% 3.62% 1.99%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.32% 51.88% 25.78%
Number of salaries quoted 176 164 203
10th Percentile £37,500 £21,250 £37,650
25th Percentile £41,813 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +0.22%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,840 £75,772
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £96,100
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 798 665 1,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.76% 6.98% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 583 396 900
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,625 £36,750
25th Percentile £43,875 £46,250 £43,750
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 £61,018 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.13% +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 27 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 27 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 -52 129 £60,000 +11.63% 35
Yorkshire -40 78 £45,500 -20.87% 27
North East -38 27 £63,750 +97.30% 10
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 73 (31.20%) Confluence
2 18 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.28%) CMS
5 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.85%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.85%) WordPress
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 27 (11.54%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (5.56%) MS Visio
5 12 (5.13%) Trello
6 2 (0.85%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.85%) InVision
6 2 (0.85%) Sketch
7 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.71%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.71%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.43%) Shopify
4 1 (0.43%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 83 (35.47%) Azure
2 52 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (13.25%) AWS
4 30 (12.82%) Power Platform
5 27 (11.54%) GitHub
6 17 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (5.56%) Boomi
8 12 (5.13%) SaaS
9 11 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (4.27%) Serverless
11 9 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (3.85%) GCP
12 8 (3.42%) Amazon S3
12 8 (3.42%) Smartsheet
13 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (2.14%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (2.14%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.14%) AWS Fargate
14 5 (2.14%) Figma
15 4 (1.71%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.28%) HTTP
2 2 (0.85%) BGP
2 2 (0.85%) DMZ
2 2 (0.85%) IPsec
2 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.85%) WAN
3 1 (0.43%) DHCP
3 1 (0.43%) DNS
3 1 (0.43%) Network Security
3 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.68%) Power BI
2 13 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.27%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.99%) MySQL
6 7 (2.99%) Tableau
7 6 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.14%) DynamoDB
8 5 (2.14%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.71%) Big Data
10 3 (1.28%) Power Query
10 3 (1.28%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.85%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.85%) Mixpanel
11 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.43%) Looker
12 1 (0.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (8.12%) Git
2 8 (3.42%) Bitbucket
2 8 (3.42%) GitLab
2 8 (3.42%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.99%) Postman
4 6 (2.56%) Artifactory
4 6 (2.56%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (2.14%) REST Assured
6 4 (1.71%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.28%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.28%) Selenium
7 3 (1.28%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.28%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.85%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.85%) JUnit
8 2 (0.85%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.43%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.43%) TestComplete
General
1 76 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 74 (31.62%) Finance
3 41 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.40%) Retail
5 18 (7.69%) Marketing
6 14 (5.98%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.13%) Games
7 12 (5.13%) Law
8 11 (4.70%) Banking
9 9 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.99%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.14%) Advertising
12 5 (2.14%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.85%) Legal
15 2 (0.85%) Local Government
15 2 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (16.67%) Analyst
2 34 (14.53%) Senior
3 30 (12.82%) Developer
4 25 (10.68%) Project Manager
5 22 (9.40%) Business Analyst
6 18 (7.69%) IT Manager
7 15 (6.41%) Delivery Manager
7 15 (6.41%) Senior Developer
8 10 (4.27%) IT Project Manager
8 10 (4.27%) Lead
9 9 (3.85%) Scrum Master
9 9 (3.85%) Service Manager
10 8 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (2.99%) Applications Engineer
11 7 (2.99%) Coordinator
11 7 (2.99%) IT Support
11 7 (2.99%) Java Developer
11 7 (2.99%) Project Coordinator
11 7 (2.99%) Senior Manager
12 6 (2.56%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.55%) REST
2 19 (8.12%) JSON
3 16 (6.84%) Middleware
4 15 (6.41%) CSS
5 14 (5.98%) HTML
6 13 (5.56%) SOAP
6 13 (5.56%) XML
7 12 (5.13%) EDI
8 10 (4.27%) AngularJS
8 10 (4.27%) Spring
8 10 (4.27%) Spring Boot
9 9 (3.85%) React
10 8 (3.42%) Node.js
11 7 (2.99%) .NET
11 7 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (2.99%) Playwright
12 6 (2.56%) RESTful
12 6 (2.56%) Vue
13 3 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
13 3 (1.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.55%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.26%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (6.41%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.70%) PMI
5 9 (3.85%) Enterprise Cloud
6 8 (3.42%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.56%) Life Science
7 6 (2.56%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.28%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.28%) SystemC
9 2 (0.85%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.85%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.85%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.85%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.70%) Linux
2 7 (2.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.85%) Unix
4 1 (0.43%) VMS
4 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (60.68%) Agile
2 91 (38.89%) DevOps
3 77 (32.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 66 (28.21%) Scrum
5 62 (26.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 55 (23.50%) Project Management
7 52 (22.22%) CI/CD
7 52 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (20.51%) ERP
9 42 (17.95%) CRM
10 39 (16.67%) Kanban
11 35 (14.96%) Roadmaps
11 35 (14.96%) Service Management
11 35 (14.96%) Software Delivery
12 34 (14.53%) Decision-Making
13 29 (12.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (11.54%) Release Management
14 27 (11.54%) SDLC
14 27 (11.54%) Waterfall
15 26 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 54 (23.08%) SQL
2 29 (12.39%) Python
3 23 (9.83%) Java
4 21 (8.97%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 9 (3.85%) C#
7 6 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.14%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.28%) Groovy
10 2 (0.85%) C
10 2 (0.85%) C++
10 2 (0.85%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.85%) PHP
10 2 (0.85%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.43%) Bicep
11 1 (0.43%) Perl
11 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.43%) R
11 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (17.09%) Degree
2 22 (9.40%) PMI Certification
3 16 (6.84%) Security Cleared
4 15 (6.41%) PMP
5 11 (4.70%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.42%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.99%) ISTQB
8 5 (2.14%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (2.14%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.85%) CBAP
10 2 (0.85%) CCIE
10 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.43%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.26%) QA
2 12 (5.13%) PMO
2 12 (5.13%) TickIT
3 9 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.42%) GDPR
5 6 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.56%) GRC
6 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.71%) WCAG
7 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.85%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.43%) AQAP
8 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 13 (5.56%) Docker
2 3 (1.28%) vSphere
3 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (4.70%) Terraform
2 10 (4.27%) Ansible
3 8 (3.42%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.14%) Grafana
5 3 (1.28%) Control-M
5 3 (1.28%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.28%) Packer
6 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 49 (20.94%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.97%) SAP
3 17 (7.26%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.13%) Oracle
5 11 (4.70%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.85%) Splunk
7 8 (3.42%) Cisco
8 7 (2.99%) Freshdesk
8 7 (2.99%) Sage
9 6 (2.56%) Databricks
9 6 (2.56%) Meraki
10 4 (1.71%) Google
11 3 (1.28%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.28%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.28%) IBM
11 3 (1.28%) VMware
12 2 (0.85%) F5
12 2 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.85%) Pega
12 2 (0.85%) Siemens