JIRA Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Atlassian JIRA
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 36
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +48
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 24 22 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 4.83% 5.19% 3.57%
As % of the Development Applications category 77.42% 57.89% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 7
10th Percentile - £50,125 £43,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £78,750
90th Percentile - £58,625 £88,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%

All Development Application Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 31 38 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 6.24% 8.96% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 36
10th Percentile £43,250 £45,500 £38,125
25th Percentile £49,375 £51,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £75,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

JIRA job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

JIRA
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing JIRA

JIRA
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
County Antrim -2 10 £50,000 -4.76% 11
County Down - 6 - -
County Armagh - 4 - -
Newry - 2 - -
JIRA
UK

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Asana
2 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) GitHub
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.17%) MySQL
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Bitbucket
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (25.00%) French Language
3 6 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (25.00%) Swedish Language
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Advertising
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Coordinator
1 7 (29.17%) Project Coordinator
2 6 (25.00%) Lead
2 6 (25.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 6 (25.00%) Team Leader
3 2 (8.33%) Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Developer
4 1 (4.17%) Senior
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Supply Chain Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) .NET
1 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
1 1 (4.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (29.17%) Management Information System
1 7 (29.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (58.33%) Logistics
3 8 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
4 7 (29.17%) CRM
4 7 (29.17%) Customer Service
4 7 (29.17%) ITIL
4 7 (29.17%) PRINCE2
4 7 (29.17%) Process Improvement
4 7 (29.17%) Programme Management
4 7 (29.17%) Project Management
4 7 (29.17%) Telesales
5 6 (25.00%) Coaching
5 6 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 6 (25.00%) ITSM
5 6 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
5 6 (25.00%) Service Management
6 4 (16.67%) Agile
7 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) C#
1 1 (4.17%) PHP
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
1 1 (4.17%) T-SQL
1 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
1 1 (4.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (29.17%) PMI Certification
2 7 (29.17%) PMP
3 6 (25.00%) MCSE
3 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GMP
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) Databricks
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) RedGate
3 1 (4.17%) SAP