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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 96 89
Rank change year-on-year +36 -7 -15
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 335 266 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.22% 2.89% 2.98%
As % of the Development Applications category 50.07% 21.71% 23.97%
Number of salaries quoted 180 133 161
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,900 £38,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,530 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.05% -7.95% +4.17%

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 669 1,225 968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.44% 13.29% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 386 676 665
10th Percentile £30,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,813 £47,188 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,375 £83,750 £89,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025. 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 +26 182 £40,000 -36.00% 246
Berkshire +45 108 £45,000 -5.26% 146
Buckinghamshire +28 70 £34,500 -48.89% 58
Surrey -1 57 £47,500 -20.83% 79
Hampshire +45 33 £60,000 +22.45% 87
Kent +2 31 £43,250 -8.95% 54
West Sussex +2 22 £50,000 -28.57% 28
East Sussex +9 6 £30,000 -40.00% 22
Isle of Wight - 5 £55,320 - 19
Oxfordshire -6 4 £30,000 -57.14% 42
Middlesex +4 3 - - 4
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 48 (14.33%) Confluence
2 5 (1.49%) IIS
3 4 (1.19%) CMS
3 4 (1.19%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (9.85%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.99%) CATIA
2 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.49%) MadCap Flare
4 5 (1.49%) Windchill
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 70 (20.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.60%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 75 (22.39%) Azure DevOps
2 17 (5.07%) Azure
3 15 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (3.88%) SaaS
5 8 (2.39%) GitHub
5 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (2.09%) Miro
7 6 (1.79%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.49%) Google Analytics
8 5 (1.49%) Google Docs
9 4 (1.19%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.19%) Figma
10 3 (0.90%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (0.60%) AWS
11 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.60%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.60%) Google Play
11 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.60%) Intacct
11 2 (0.60%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.19%) Firewall
1 4 (1.19%) VLAN
2 3 (0.90%) HTTP
3 2 (0.60%) GPRS
3 2 (0.60%) LTE
3 2 (0.60%) Modbus
3 2 (0.60%) VPN
3 2 (0.60%) Wireless
4 1 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.30%) DHCP
4 1 (0.30%) DNS
4 1 (0.30%) Network Security
4 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.09%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.49%) Power BI
3 4 (1.19%) GIS
4 3 (0.90%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 69 (20.60%) eCATT
2 39 (11.64%) Jenkins
3 38 (11.34%) Git
3 38 (11.34%) NeoLoad
4 34 (10.15%) Postman
4 34 (10.15%) SoapUI
5 32 (9.55%) Selenium
5 32 (9.55%) Team Foundation Server
6 30 (8.96%) WebDriver
7 19 (5.67%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (1.79%) TestRail
9 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.60%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.60%) Apache Continuum
10 2 (0.60%) CMake
10 2 (0.60%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.60%) GitLab
10 2 (0.60%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.60%) Subversion
10 2 (0.60%) Xcode
General
1 136 (40.60%) Social Skills
2 117 (34.93%) Finance
3 80 (23.88%) Marketing
4 76 (22.69%) Manufacturing
5 53 (15.82%) Presentation Skills
6 48 (14.33%) Influencing Skills
7 40 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
8 39 (11.64%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.69%) French Language
10 9 (2.69%) Swedish Language
11 7 (2.09%) Legal
11 7 (2.09%) Retail
12 6 (1.79%) Advertising
12 6 (1.79%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.49%) Publishing
14 4 (1.19%) Banking
15 3 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.90%) Electronics
15 3 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 102 (30.45%) Analyst
2 91 (27.16%) Lead
3 66 (19.70%) Senior
4 42 (12.54%) Test Analyst
5 32 (9.55%) Test Leader
6 25 (7.46%) Support Analyst
7 20 (5.97%) Team Leader
8 17 (5.07%) Applications Support
9 16 (4.78%) Applications Support Analyst
9 16 (4.78%) Automation Test Lead
9 16 (4.78%) Technical Support
10 14 (4.18%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.88%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.58%) Performance Analyst
12 12 (3.58%) Performance Test Analyst
12 12 (3.58%) Service Desk Team Leader
12 12 (3.58%) Systems Engineer
12 12 (3.58%) Testing Analyst
13 11 (3.28%) Senior Test Analyst
14 10 (2.99%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.34%) .NET
2 36 (10.75%) HTML
3 35 (10.45%) SOAP
4 4 (1.19%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.19%) LDAP
4 4 (1.19%) Qt
4 4 (1.19%) REST
5 3 (0.90%) Kafka
5 3 (0.90%) React
5 3 (0.90%) RESTful
5 3 (0.90%) XML
6 2 (0.60%) ADO
6 2 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.60%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.60%) Google Maps API
6 2 (0.60%) OpenGL
6 2 (0.60%) OpenSceneGraph
6 2 (0.60%) QML
6 2 (0.60%) Qt Quick
6 2 (0.60%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.87%) Onboarding
2 11 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.09%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.49%) Life Science
6 5 (1.49%) NHS
7 4 (1.19%) 3D Graphics
7 4 (1.19%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.90%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.90%) Robotics
9 2 (0.60%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.60%) FPGA
9 2 (0.60%) IoT
9 2 (0.60%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.60%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.24%) Windows
2 20 (5.97%) Linux
3 9 (2.69%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.09%) Android
4 7 (2.09%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (33.43%) Agile
2 110 (32.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 107 (31.94%) Test Management
4 69 (20.60%) Source to Pay
5 64 (19.10%) ERP
6 60 (17.91%) Roadmaps
7 57 (17.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 54 (16.12%) Visualisation
9 53 (15.82%) Product Roadmap
10 51 (15.22%) Scrum
11 49 (14.63%) Risk Management
12 48 (14.33%) Test Scripting
13 47 (14.03%) Programme Management
14 45 (13.43%) Requirements Gathering
15 43 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
16 42 (12.54%) Software Testing
17 41 (12.24%) Test Strategy
18 40 (11.94%) ITIL
19 39 (11.64%) Performance Testing
19 39 (11.64%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 75 (22.39%) SQL
2 39 (11.64%) Java
3 36 (10.75%) C#
4 14 (4.18%) Python
5 10 (2.99%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.79%) Bash
6 6 (1.79%) C++
7 2 (0.60%) C
7 2 (0.60%) Go
7 2 (0.60%) Objective-C
7 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.30%) Delphi
8 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.30%) Perl
8 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.30%) VB
8 1 (0.30%) VB6
8 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 133 (39.70%) Degree
2 49 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 34 (10.15%) ISTQB
4 30 (8.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 17 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (4.78%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.88%) MCSE
9 11 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.79%) A+ Certification
10 6 (1.79%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.19%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.60%) APMP
13 2 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.60%) NVQ Level 3
13 2 (0.60%) PhD
14 1 (0.30%) CIMA
14 1 (0.30%) MCSA
14 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (17.31%) QA
2 30 (8.96%) Def Stans
3 16 (4.78%) SLA
4 14 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 13 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 10 (2.99%) PMO
7 5 (1.49%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.60%) GDPR
10 2 (0.60%) WCAG
11 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (6.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.49%) Docker
4 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (20.60%) HP ALM
2 14 (4.18%) SCCM
3 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.99%) ZABBIX
4 5 (1.49%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.49%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.19%) Nagios
5 4 (1.19%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.60%) Grafana
6 2 (0.60%) Nessus
6 2 (0.60%) Terraform
7 1 (0.30%) SCOM
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (20.90%) SAP
2 69 (20.60%) HP
3 46 (13.73%) Microsoft
4 17 (5.07%) IBM
5 12 (3.58%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.69%) Google
7 6 (1.79%) VMware
7 6 (1.79%) Zoho
8 4 (1.19%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.19%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.90%) Adobe
9 3 (0.90%) BMC
9 3 (0.90%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.90%) Qualtrics
10 2 (0.60%) Apple
10 2 (0.60%) Freshdesk
10 2 (0.60%) Mapbox
10 2 (0.60%) Roku
10 2 (0.60%) Sage
10 2 (0.60%) Xamarin