Atlassian JIRA
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JIRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JIRA over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 93 66 73
Rank change year-on-year -27 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,706 5,697 5,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.26% 4.66% 4.27%
As % of the Development Applications category 24.93% 26.08% 21.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 3,308 3,626
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% +6.00% -

All Development Application Skills
UK

JIRA is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,842 21,844 25,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.09% 17.87% 20.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,216 12,549 16,287
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,548 £82,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% +10.00% -

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the UK

JIRA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JIRA.

Salary trend for JIRA in the UK

JIRA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for JIRA in the UK

JIRA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England -38 1,427 £62,500 +4.17% 743
UK excluding London -30 983 £57,500 +8.49% 533
Work from Home -17 787 £62,500 +4.17% 364
London -35 581 £70,000 +1.71% 267
South East -17 234 £57,500 +4.55% 167
North of England -3 206 £65,351 +24.48% 129
South West -6 164 £45,000 -14.29% 60
Scotland -26 134 £62,500 +13.64% 42
Midlands -74 127 £58,000 +16.00% 89
Yorkshire +4 126 £69,724 +32.81% 45
West Midlands -60 84 £60,000 +20.00% 73
North West -6 72 £51,500 -6.36% 70
East of England +34 69 £55,000 -12.00% 40
Wales +18 47 £62,788 +4.65% 11
East Midlands -16 39 £57,500 +15.00% 16
Northern Ireland +22 15 £60,000 +12.15% 5
North East +27 8 £52,500 +5.00% 15

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 691 (40.50%) Confluence
2 91 (5.33%) SharePoint
3 43 (2.52%) WebSphere
4 41 (2.40%) IIS
5 24 (1.41%) Captiva
5 24 (1.41%) FileNet
6 23 (1.35%) WebLogic
7 19 (1.11%) WebSphere Application Server
8 15 (0.88%) Tomcat
9 14 (0.82%) WordPress
10 13 (0.76%) CMS
11 7 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 7 (0.41%) Apache
12 6 (0.35%) nginx
13 5 (0.29%) SAS
14 4 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
14 4 (0.23%) Headless CMS
14 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
15 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
15 3 (0.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 68 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (2.52%) MS Visio
4 41 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
5 34 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 31 (1.82%) Trello
7 7 (0.41%) Simulink
8 4 (0.23%) 3ds Max
8 4 (0.23%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.23%) Maya
8 4 (0.23%) Sketch
8 4 (0.23%) Stateflow
9 3 (0.18%) Blender
9 3 (0.18%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.12%) InVision
10 2 (0.12%) UXPin
10 2 (0.12%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.059%) OrCAD
11 1 (0.059%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.059%) ZBrush
Business Applications
1 53 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (2.17%) PlanetPress Connect
3 12 (0.70%) iTrent
4 7 (0.41%) BusinessWorks
4 7 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.35%) Magento
6 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.18%) Shopify
7 2 (0.12%) Salerio
7 2 (0.12%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.059%) Endur
8 1 (0.059%) ENOVIA
8 1 (0.059%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.059%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.059%) Primavera
8 1 (0.059%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.059%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 403 (23.62%) Azure
2 302 (17.70%) AWS
3 165 (9.67%) GitHub
4 143 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
5 118 (6.92%) GCP
6 95 (5.57%) Serverless
7 90 (5.28%) Power Platform
8 86 (5.04%) SaaS
9 62 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
10 58 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
11 37 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 34 (1.99%) Amazon S3
12 34 (1.99%) OpenShift
13 33 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
14 30 (1.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 29 (1.70%) Amazon SQS
15 29 (1.70%) FinancialForce
16 25 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
17 21 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
18 20 (1.17%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 85 (4.98%) Firewall
2 50 (2.93%) DNS
3 49 (2.87%) TCP/IP
4 28 (1.64%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 28 (1.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 25 (1.47%) HTTP
6 23 (1.35%) SSL
7 19 (1.11%) VPN
8 17 (1.00%) Internet
8 17 (1.00%) VLAN
9 16 (0.94%) Wireless
10 15 (0.88%) DHCP
11 13 (0.76%) Network Security
12 12 (0.70%) AMQP
12 12 (0.70%) Wireshark
13 11 (0.64%) WAN
14 10 (0.59%) Intranet
14 10 (0.59%) LAN
14 10 (0.59%) PBX
15 9 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (12.37%) SQL Server
2 97 (5.69%) MySQL
3 79 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
4 78 (4.57%) Power BI
5 68 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
6 48 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
7 36 (2.11%) Relational Database
8 35 (2.05%) NoSQL
9 34 (1.99%) MongoDB
10 33 (1.93%) DynamoDB
11 25 (1.47%) Tableau
12 24 (1.41%) Oracle Database
13 21 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 21 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 20 (1.17%) Oracle Database 10g
14 20 (1.17%) Oracle Database 11g
15 17 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
15 17 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
16 16 (0.94%) Metadata
17 15 (0.88%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 373 (21.86%) Git
2 236 (13.83%) Jenkins
3 159 (9.32%) Bitbucket
4 115 (6.74%) Selenium
5 107 (6.27%) Cucumber
6 100 (5.86%) GitLab
7 71 (4.16%) Postman
8 65 (3.81%) Visual Studio
9 62 (3.63%) SoapUI
10 60 (3.52%) Maven
11 58 (3.40%) JMeter
12 51 (2.99%) Sonatype Nexus
13 45 (2.64%) JUnit
14 38 (2.23%) SonarQube
15 37 (2.17%) Artifactory
16 36 (2.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 36 (2.11%) REST Assured
17 34 (1.99%) Subversion
18 32 (1.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
19 31 (1.82%) TeamCity
General
1 518 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 503 (29.48%) Finance
3 257 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (11.66%) Banking
5 111 (6.51%) Retail
6 79 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 76 (4.45%) Public Sector
8 65 (3.81%) Marketing
9 64 (3.75%) Games
10 60 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (2.93%) Law
12 47 (2.75%) Manufacturing
13 28 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.35%) Legal
15 22 (1.29%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.17%) Electronics
17 17 (1.00%) Automotive
17 17 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
19 14 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 340 (19.93%) Analyst
2 287 (16.82%) Developer
3 266 (15.59%) Senior
4 166 (9.73%) Lead
5 146 (8.56%) DevOps Engineer
6 113 (6.62%) Support Analyst
7 111 (6.51%) Software Engineer
8 105 (6.15%) Business Analyst
9 103 (6.04%) Applications Support
10 98 (5.74%) Applications Support Analyst
10 98 (5.74%) Project Manager
11 77 (4.51%) Senior Developer
12 66 (3.87%) Support Engineer
13 54 (3.17%) Architect
14 49 (2.87%) Tester
15 48 (2.81%) Java Developer
16 46 (2.70%) Test Engineer
17 43 (2.52%) IT Manager
18 39 (2.29%) .NET Developer
19 38 (2.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (11.08%) .NET
2 114 (6.68%) RESTful
3 109 (6.39%) HTML
4 105 (6.15%) CSS
4 105 (6.15%) REST
5 94 (5.51%) React
6 93 (5.45%) Spring
7 72 (4.22%) JSON
8 71 (4.16%) Web Services
9 62 (3.63%) SOAP
10 58 (3.40%) Node.js
11 56 (3.28%) AngularJS
12 53 (3.11%) XML
13 45 (2.64%) Gherkin
14 41 (2.40%) .NET Framework
15 39 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
15 39 (2.29%) Vue
16 38 (2.23%) Spring Boot
17 37 (2.17%) HTML5
17 37 (2.17%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 141 (8.26%) Product Ownership
2 74 (4.34%) Cloud Native
3 72 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 66 (3.87%) Public Cloud
5 53 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (2.46%) Mobile App
7 37 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 33 (1.93%) Virtual Reality
9 31 (1.82%) Onboarding
10 28 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
11 27 (1.58%) Management Information System
12 26 (1.52%) Private Cloud
13 24 (1.41%) DataPower
14 23 (1.35%) Low-Code
15 20 (1.17%) IoT
16 17 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
17 14 (0.82%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.82%) Embedded Systems
17 14 (0.82%) Virtual Team
18 13 (0.76%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 230 (13.48%) Linux
2 175 (10.26%) Windows
3 123 (7.21%) Unix
4 58 (3.40%) Android
5 30 (1.76%) Apple iOS
5 30 (1.76%) Windows Server
6 19 (1.11%) Mac OS
7 17 (1.00%) Windows 10
8 12 (0.70%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.41%) Solaris
10 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.29%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.23%) Debian
13 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.12%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.059%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,021 (59.85%) Agile
2 529 (31.01%) DevOps
3 376 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
4 348 (20.40%) Scrum
5 336 (19.70%) CI/CD
6 242 (14.19%) Test Automation
7 233 (13.66%) Software Engineering
8 220 (12.90%) Project Management
9 207 (12.13%) ITIL
10 199 (11.66%) Mentoring
11 177 (10.38%) Microservices
12 173 (10.14%) Project Delivery
13 153 (8.97%) SDLC
14 136 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
15 129 (7.56%) Continuous Integration
16 126 (7.39%) CRM
17 125 (7.33%) Kanban
18 121 (7.09%) Migration
19 120 (7.03%) Infrastructure as Code
20 119 (6.98%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 362 (21.22%) SQL
2 328 (19.23%) Java
3 290 (17.00%) Python
4 245 (14.36%) C#
5 225 (13.19%) JavaScript
6 108 (6.33%) PowerShell
7 76 (4.45%) C++
8 66 (3.87%) Bash
8 66 (3.87%) TypeScript
9 52 (3.05%) PHP
10 48 (2.81%) C
11 35 (2.05%) Perl
12 27 (1.58%) Groovy
13 24 (1.41%) T-SQL
14 22 (1.29%) PL/SQL
14 22 (1.29%) Shell Script
15 14 (0.82%) R
16 13 (0.76%) VBA
17 12 (0.70%) Tcl
18 11 (0.64%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 264 (15.47%) Degree
2 236 (13.83%) Security Cleared
3 182 (10.67%) SC Cleared
4 72 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 52 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
7 33 (1.93%) ISTQB
8 24 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 23 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (1.35%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.23%) ISEB
11 18 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 18 (1.06%) PMP
12 15 (0.88%) CCNA
13 14 (0.82%) Azure Certification
14 11 (0.64%) DV Cleared
15 9 (0.53%) CCNP
16 8 (0.47%) CCIE
16 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.47%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (10.61%) QA
2 49 (2.87%) SLA
3 47 (2.75%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.75%) GDPR
4 39 (2.29%) PMO
5 34 (1.99%) NIST
6 30 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 27 (1.58%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.53%) GRC
10 8 (0.47%) COBIT
11 7 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.35%) ISO 26262
12 6 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.35%) MISRA
13 5 (0.29%) GxP
13 5 (0.29%) MISRA C
13 5 (0.29%) WCAG
14 4 (0.23%) Automotive SPICE
14 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 149 (8.73%) Docker
2 66 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.06%) Firmware
4 16 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.53%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.18%) Ceph
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.18%) vSphere
10 2 (0.12%) IAG
10 2 (0.12%) NFS
11 1 (0.059%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.059%) Gluster
11 1 (0.059%) iptables
11 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 144 (8.44%) Kubernetes
2 137 (8.03%) Terraform
3 125 (7.33%) Ansible
4 29 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (1.29%) AirWatch
5 22 (1.29%) HP Quality Center
5 22 (1.29%) OpenSSO
6 18 (1.06%) Grafana
6 18 (1.06%) Puppet
7 15 (0.88%) Progress Chef
8 14 (0.82%) Packer
9 13 (0.76%) Kibana
10 12 (0.70%) Kustomize
10 12 (0.70%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (0.47%) Nagios
13 7 (0.41%) HP ALM
14 6 (0.35%) Rancher
14 6 (0.35%) SCCM
14 6 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 343 (20.11%) Microsoft
2 183 (10.73%) Atlassian
3 158 (9.26%) ServiceNow
4 126 (7.39%) Oracle
5 81 (4.75%) Salesforce
6 78 (4.57%) Google
7 56 (3.28%) SAP
8 51 (2.99%) Cisco
9 47 (2.75%) IBM
10 42 (2.46%) VMware
11 34 (1.99%) F5
12 32 (1.88%) CheckPoint
12 32 (1.88%) HP
13 31 (1.82%) FNZ
14 30 (1.76%) Sage
15 29 (1.70%) HubSpot
15 29 (1.70%) Pardot
16 28 (1.64%) Fortinet
17 27 (1.58%) Kofax
17 27 (1.58%) Splunk