JIRA Job Trends in the South East

Atlassian JIRA
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 139 137
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 -52
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 221 171 329
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.41% 1.99% 1.94%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.12% 26.97% 23.14%
Number of salaries quoted 173 120 213
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,450 £36,900
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%

All Development Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 688 634 1,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.38% 7.37% 8.37%
Number of salaries quoted 502 412 1,065
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £38,200
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,750 £62,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% +7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +12.07% -10.77%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in the South East

JIRA
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the South East over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in the South East

JIRA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley +7 74 £40,000 -11.11% 35
Surrey +13 65 £57,500 -8.00% 17
Hampshire -23 46 £60,000 +33.33% 26
Buckinghamshire -3 44 £40,000 +14.29% 11
Berkshire +10 15 £57,500 -9.80% 18
Oxfordshire -5 15 £36,250 -33.33% 6
West Sussex -13 15 £70,000 +9.80% 6
East Sussex -9 9 £55,000 -24.14% 4
Kent -21 9 £53,750 +43.33% 4
Sussex -8 1 - - 2
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 55 (24.89%) Confluence
2 37 (16.74%) SharePoint
3 29 (13.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.36%) Apache
5 2 (0.90%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.90%) Gentran
5 2 (0.90%) IIS
6 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (3.62%) CATIA
2 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) SAP IBP
1 5 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 72 (32.58%) Azure
2 47 (21.27%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (15.38%) SaaS
4 31 (14.03%) AWS
5 29 (13.12%) Entra ID
6 27 (12.22%) Mimecast
7 15 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.07%) GitHub
9 8 (3.62%) Serverless
10 7 (3.17%) Azure Stack
10 7 (3.17%) GCP
11 6 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (2.71%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (2.26%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (2.26%) PaaS
12 5 (2.26%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.81%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.71%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.26%) VoIP
3 4 (1.81%) Firewall
3 4 (1.81%) LAN
3 4 (1.81%) VPN
3 4 (1.81%) WAN
3 4 (1.81%) Wireless
4 3 (1.36%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) ATM
5 2 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.90%) DHCP
6 1 (0.45%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (0.45%) DKIM
6 1 (0.45%) DMARC
6 1 (0.45%) X.21
6 1 (0.45%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.60%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.98%) MySQL
2 11 (4.98%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (3.17%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.71%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.81%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.36%) Spatial Data
7 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.90%) Redis
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.45%) Power BI
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (10.41%) Git
2 15 (6.79%) GitLab
3 10 (4.52%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (3.17%) Bitbucket
4 7 (3.17%) Zephyr
5 6 (2.71%) Cucumber
5 6 (2.71%) SonarQube
6 5 (2.26%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.26%) Selenium
7 4 (1.81%) Apache Continuum
7 4 (1.81%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.36%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.90%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.90%) JUnit
9 2 (0.90%) Mocha
9 2 (0.90%) Subversion
10 1 (0.45%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.45%) NUnit
10 1 (0.45%) Toad
10 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.57%) Legal
3 29 (13.12%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.12%) Finance
4 9 (4.07%) Automotive
5 8 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.71%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.71%) Electronics
8 5 (2.26%) Marketing
9 4 (1.81%) Games
9 4 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.36%) Retail
10 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.90%) Banking
11 2 (0.90%) Law
11 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.45%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (20.36%) Analyst
2 37 (16.74%) Lead
3 35 (15.84%) Support Engineer
4 31 (14.03%) Senior
5 26 (11.76%) Support Analyst
6 25 (11.31%) Systems Engineer
7 24 (10.86%) Developer
8 22 (9.95%) 3rd Line Support
8 22 (9.95%) IT Support
9 20 (9.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 20 (9.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 19 (8.60%) IT Engineer
10 19 (8.60%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (6.79%) Applications Support
11 15 (6.79%) Business Analyst
11 15 (6.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (5.43%) Applications Support Analyst
12 12 (5.43%) Technical Analyst
13 11 (4.98%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (4.98%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.69%) React
2 11 (4.98%) .NET
2 11 (4.98%) Node.js
2 11 (4.98%) REST
3 10 (4.52%) ASP.NET
3 10 (4.52%) JSON
4 8 (3.62%) Gherkin
4 8 (3.62%) Jest
5 7 (3.17%) ARM Templates
5 7 (3.17%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (3.17%) RESTful
6 6 (2.71%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.71%) Kafka
6 6 (2.71%) Next.js
7 5 (2.26%) Entity Framework
7 5 (2.26%) React Native
8 4 (1.81%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.81%) Laravel
8 4 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (1.81%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.79%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.71%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.81%) Acoustics
6 4 (1.81%) ASIC
6 4 (1.81%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (1.81%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.81%) NHS
6 4 (1.81%) PKI
7 3 (1.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.90%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 51 (23.08%) Windows
2 44 (19.91%) Linux
3 16 (7.24%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.43%) Ubuntu
5 8 (3.62%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (3.17%) CentOS
6 7 (3.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.26%) Debian
8 1 (0.45%) Android
8 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (38.01%) Agile
2 51 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (20.36%) Technical Leadership
5 43 (19.46%) Change Management
5 43 (19.46%) DevOps
6 34 (15.38%) Scrum
6 34 (15.38%) Workflow
7 30 (13.57%) Incident Management
7 30 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (13.12%) CI/CD
8 29 (13.12%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (12.22%) Identity Management
10 26 (11.76%) ITIL
10 26 (11.76%) Software Engineering
11 24 (10.86%) Mentoring
12 23 (10.41%) User Stories
12 23 (10.41%) Waterfall
13 22 (9.95%) ITSM
14 20 (9.05%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (19.46%) Python
2 39 (17.65%) SQL
3 27 (12.22%) R
4 24 (10.86%) PowerShell
5 16 (7.24%) Bash
6 15 (6.79%) JavaScript
7 14 (6.33%) PHP
8 12 (5.43%) TypeScript
9 11 (4.98%) Java
10 7 (3.17%) C
10 7 (3.17%) Groovy
11 6 (2.71%) C#
12 4 (1.81%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.81%) Perl
13 3 (1.36%) Ada
14 2 (0.90%) Go
14 2 (0.90%) Ruby
15 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.45%) VB6
Qualifications
1 36 (16.29%) Degree
2 23 (10.41%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 9 (4.07%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.71%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.71%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.81%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.36%) CEH
8 3 (1.36%) CISM
8 3 (1.36%) CISSP
8 3 (1.36%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.36%) GIAC
8 3 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.36%) PMP
9 2 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.90%) MCSE
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.45%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (10.41%) QA
3 9 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 9 (4.07%) SLA
4 8 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (1.81%) ISO 26262
6 3 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.36%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.36%) ISO 8583
6 3 (1.36%) NIST
7 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.45%) GDPR
8 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.69%) Docker
3 6 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.81%) KVM
5 2 (0.90%) Firmware
5 2 (0.90%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 30 (13.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (8.60%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.79%) Terraform
4 13 (5.88%) Ansible
5 7 (3.17%) Kibana
5 7 (3.17%) Nagios
6 5 (2.26%) Docker Swarm
6 5 (2.26%) Podman
7 4 (1.81%) Functional Safety
7 4 (1.81%) Graylog
7 4 (1.81%) Packer
7 4 (1.81%) Proxmox
7 4 (1.81%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.90%) SCCM
8 2 (0.90%) SCOM
8 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 56 (25.34%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.67%) CrowdStrike
3 20 (9.05%) IBM
3 20 (9.05%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.52%) Splunk
5 8 (3.62%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.17%) Oracle
6 7 (3.17%) SAP
7 6 (2.71%) Okta
7 6 (2.71%) VMware
8 5 (2.26%) Atlassian
8 5 (2.26%) New Relic
9 4 (1.81%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.81%) Google
9 4 (1.81%) Veeam
10 3 (1.36%) Cisco
10 3 (1.36%) Juniper
10 3 (1.36%) Qualys
10 3 (1.36%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.36%) Zerto