Atlassian JIRA
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring JIRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited JIRA over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 101 92
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 -25
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,525 2,545 3,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.92% 2.59% 3.66%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.74% 26.60% 25.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 1,741 2,194
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +0.84%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,498 9,566 15,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.54% 9.73% 14.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,807 6,755 9,183
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
England +11 1,375 £57,500 +4.55% 1,118
UK excluding London +15 1,063 £50,000 -4.76% 672
Work from Home -18 398 £62,500 +6.47% 743
London -2 393 £70,000 +7.69% 496
North of England +14 386 £47,000 -21.67% 165
North West +21 285 £47,000 -25.14% 109
Midlands +33 202 £50,000 +5.26% 114
South West +17 170 £46,500 -7.00% 82
South East -21 158 £60,000 +14.29% 168
West Midlands +35 138 £60,000 +33.33% 89
Yorkshire +31 93 £48,507 -19.16% 43
Scotland +27 73 £52,000 -16.80% 19
East Midlands +30 64 £37,500 -22.54% 25
East of England -3 57 £53,000 +17.78% 90
Wales +20 20 £57,500 +27.78% 19
Northern Ireland +33 13 £52,500 -20.75% 24
North East 0 10 £22,500 -57.14% 13

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
1 542 (35.54%) Confluence
2 105 (6.89%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.77%) CMS
4 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.72%) Kentico
6 7 (0.46%) nginx
7 6 (0.39%) Headless CMS
7 6 (0.39%) WordPress
8 5 (0.33%) Apache
8 5 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.33%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.20%) Appian
9 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.13%) CICS
10 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.13%) Sitefinity
10 2 (0.13%) Totara
Applications
1 112 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 91 (5.97%) Microsoft Project
3 66 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
4 64 (4.20%) Trello
5 33 (2.16%) MS Visio
6 18 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.33%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.20%) Sketch
9 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.066%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.066%) InDesign
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.066%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.066%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 10 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.20%) CA PPM
6 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.13%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.13%) SimCorp Dimension
7 1 (0.066%) Endur
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.066%) PlanetPress Connect
7 1 (0.066%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.066%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.066%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 268 (17.57%) Azure
2 192 (12.59%) AWS
3 96 (6.30%) GitHub
4 86 (5.64%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (5.38%) GCP
6 79 (5.18%) SaaS
7 69 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
8 67 (4.39%) Power Platform
9 52 (3.41%) Serverless
10 35 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (1.90%) Figma
12 26 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (1.51%) Power Automate
14 21 (1.38%) Miro
15 20 (1.31%) Amazon S3
16 18 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
16 18 (1.18%) Entra ID
16 18 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
17 16 (1.05%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.84%) HTTP
2 25 (1.64%) DNS
3 24 (1.57%) Firewall
4 20 (1.31%) VPN
5 13 (0.85%) Multicast
6 12 (0.79%) DHCP
6 12 (0.79%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.52%) Internet
8 7 (0.46%) LAN
8 7 (0.46%) Network Security
8 7 (0.46%) WAN
9 5 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.33%) Wireless
10 4 (0.26%) 5G
10 4 (0.26%) Broadband
10 4 (0.26%) GSM
10 4 (0.26%) SAN
10 4 (0.26%) SSH
10 4 (0.26%) SSL
10 4 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (6.75%) SQL Server
2 96 (6.30%) Relational Database
3 78 (5.11%) MySQL
4 55 (3.61%) Tableau
5 54 (3.54%) Power BI
6 48 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (2.43%) NoSQL
8 30 (1.97%) MongoDB
9 28 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (1.18%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.92%) Redis
11 14 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (0.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 7 (0.46%) BigQuery
16 7 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.46%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 219 (14.36%) Git
2 95 (6.23%) Bitbucket
3 93 (6.10%) Rational DOORS
4 90 (5.90%) Jenkins
5 64 (4.20%) Selenium
6 55 (3.61%) SonarQube
7 54 (3.54%) Visual Studio
8 35 (2.30%) GitLab
9 33 (2.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 32 (2.10%) Maven
11 30 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
12 27 (1.77%) TeamCity
13 25 (1.64%) JUnit
13 25 (1.64%) Postman
14 22 (1.44%) Ant
14 22 (1.44%) eggPlant
15 20 (1.31%) TestRail
16 16 (1.05%) Cypress.io
17 14 (0.92%) Cucumber
17 14 (0.92%) JMeter
General
1 496 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 343 (22.49%) Finance
3 163 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (7.48%) Banking
5 93 (6.10%) Manufacturing
6 76 (4.98%) Law
7 56 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
7 56 (3.67%) Retail
8 55 (3.61%) Marketing
9 52 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
10 47 (3.08%) Public Sector
11 41 (2.69%) Legal
12 40 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
12 40 (2.62%) Electronics
13 27 (1.77%) Avionics
14 26 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 19 (1.25%) Advertising
16 14 (0.92%) Back Office
16 14 (0.92%) Financial Institution
16 14 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 349 (22.89%) Senior
2 222 (14.56%) Analyst
3 176 (11.54%) Developer
4 175 (11.48%) Lead
5 107 (7.02%) Software Engineer
6 103 (6.75%) Architect
7 101 (6.62%) Principal Engineer
8 73 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
9 69 (4.52%) Business Analyst
9 69 (4.52%) Project Manager
10 66 (4.33%) Senior Developer
10 66 (4.33%) Support Analyst
11 59 (3.87%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 58 (3.80%) Lead Architect
12 58 (3.80%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 56 (3.67%) IT Support
14 53 (3.48%) Senior Software Engineer
15 48 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
16 47 (3.08%) Support Engineer
17 39 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (7.48%) .NET
2 85 (5.57%) React
3 80 (5.25%) HTML
4 74 (4.85%) CSS
5 72 (4.72%) REST
6 63 (4.13%) Node.js
7 49 (3.21%) RESTful
8 48 (3.15%) AngularJS
9 45 (2.95%) Web Services
10 43 (2.82%) Spring
11 37 (2.43%) JSON
12 36 (2.36%) SOAP
12 36 (2.36%) XML
13 35 (2.30%) OAuth
14 33 (2.16%) GraphQL
14 33 (2.16%) Kafka
15 31 (2.03%) .NET Framework
16 27 (1.77%) HTML5
17 26 (1.70%) Middleware
18 22 (1.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 132 (8.66%) Product Ownership
2 61 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 38 (2.49%) Onboarding
4 32 (2.10%) Virtual Team
5 30 (1.97%) CMDB
6 29 (1.90%) Algorithms
7 28 (1.84%) Mobile App
8 26 (1.70%) SCADA
9 24 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.31%) Satnav
10 20 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.31%) Social Media
11 19 (1.25%) Reinsurance
12 18 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (1.18%) Operational Technology
12 18 (1.18%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.11%) PMI
14 16 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
15 15 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 206 (13.51%) Linux
2 131 (8.59%) Windows
3 28 (1.84%) Unix
4 20 (1.31%) Android
5 19 (1.25%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.26%) Debian
10 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Vista
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) zOS
12 1 (0.066%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 797 (52.26%) Agile
2 326 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
3 285 (18.69%) DevOps
4 260 (17.05%) Project Management
5 253 (16.59%) Scrum
6 199 (13.05%) CI/CD
7 175 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 163 (10.69%) Mentoring
9 159 (10.43%) Test Automation
10 149 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 147 (9.64%) Computer Science
12 146 (9.57%) Roadmaps
13 142 (9.31%) SDLC
14 141 (9.25%) Software Engineering
15 136 (8.92%) Continuous Integration
16 124 (8.13%) Systems Engineering
17 120 (7.87%) Project Delivery
17 120 (7.87%) User Experience
18 110 (7.21%) Analytics
19 109 (7.15%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 272 (17.84%) SQL
2 182 (11.93%) JavaScript
3 166 (10.89%) C#
4 155 (10.16%) Python
5 148 (9.70%) Java
6 66 (4.33%) C
7 61 (4.00%) TypeScript
8 39 (2.56%) PowerShell
9 36 (2.36%) C++
10 29 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 25 (1.64%) Bash
12 20 (1.31%) VB
13 18 (1.18%) PHP
14 16 (1.05%) Ada
14 16 (1.05%) Go
15 13 (0.85%) Ruby
16 12 (0.79%) Groovy
16 12 (0.79%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.59%) Kotlin
18 8 (0.52%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 355 (23.28%) Degree
2 240 (15.74%) BPSS Clearance
3 63 (4.13%) PMI Certification
4 61 (4.00%) Security Cleared
5 56 (3.67%) HND
6 51 (3.34%) ISTQB
7 50 (3.28%) PMP
8 47 (3.08%) Chartered Engineer
9 35 (2.30%) SC Cleared
10 34 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.51%) Master's Degree
12 22 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (1.38%) DBS Check
14 18 (1.18%) Azure Certification
15 17 (1.11%) HNC
15 17 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 14 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 12 (0.79%) CISSP
18 11 (0.72%) A+ Certification
19 9 (0.59%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.13%) QA
2 57 (3.74%) SLA
3 44 (2.89%) Data Quality
4 29 (1.90%) Accessibility
5 27 (1.77%) PMO
6 25 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (1.44%) GDPR
8 18 (1.18%) ISO 20022
9 17 (1.11%) NIST
10 6 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.33%) P3O
11 5 (0.33%) SEPA
12 4 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (0.26%) GRC
12 4 (0.26%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.20%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.20%) IEC 62304
13 3 (0.20%) ISO 13485
14 2 (0.13%) Solvency II
System Software
1 111 (7.28%) Docker
2 41 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.05%) Firmware
3 16 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.20%) vSphere
6 2 (0.13%) KVM
6 2 (0.13%) NFS
6 2 (0.13%) pfSense
6 2 (0.13%) SRDF
6 2 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.13%) Xen
7 1 (0.066%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.066%) HDFS
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 92 (6.03%) Kubernetes
2 91 (5.97%) Ansible
3 41 (2.69%) Terraform
4 25 (1.64%) Progress Chef
5 23 (1.51%) Grafana
5 23 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.25%) Puppet
7 18 (1.18%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.52%) Opsgenie
9 7 (0.46%) HP ALM
9 7 (0.46%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.39%) Argo
10 6 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (0.39%) Packer
11 4 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.26%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.20%) Avamar
12 3 (0.20%) Istio
12 3 (0.20%) Kibana
Vendors
1 338 (22.16%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.80%) Atlassian
3 90 (5.90%) ServiceNow
4 84 (5.51%) SAP
5 74 (4.85%) Google
6 66 (4.33%) Salesforce
7 65 (4.26%) Oracle
8 60 (3.93%) IBM
9 58 (3.80%) Siemens
10 21 (1.38%) Keysight
10 21 (1.38%) VMware
11 19 (1.25%) Cisco
11 19 (1.25%) Splunk
12 17 (1.11%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.98%) Adobe
14 10 (0.66%) Databricks
15 9 (0.59%) CA Agile Central
15 9 (0.59%) Okta
16 8 (0.52%) Dynatrace
16 8 (0.52%) HP