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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 101 65
Rank change year-on-year -24 -36 +9
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,935 2,650 9,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.14% 3.28% 5.33%
As % of the Development Applications category 24.95% 24.04% 23.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 1,867 4,226
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +2.68%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,400 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

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 7,755 11,022 40,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.58% 13.66% 23.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,065 7,557 16,055
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -22 1,665 £55,000 -8.33% 248
UK excluding London -5 1,351 £52,500 -4.55% 223
Work from Home -44 645 £55,000 -8.33% 164
London -59 507 £62,500 -7.41% 58
North of England +35 339 £55,000 +0.22% 42
South East -53 283 £52,500 -4.55% 74
South West +29 244 £50,000 -4.76% 32
North West +53 216 £60,000 +12.40% 20
Midlands -61 194 £45,000 -18.18% 37
Scotland -10 164 £57,500 +4.55% 10
West Midlands -63 114 £42,500 -25.44% 26
Yorkshire +10 91 £52,500 -4.34% 16
East of England -23 78 £45,000 -21.74% 15
East Midlands -10 77 £47,500 -13.64% 11
Wales +33 38 £55,000 +22.22% 1
North East +4 32 £62,500 +27.98% 6
Northern Ireland +27 13 £68,750 +14.58% 16

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
1 622 (32.14%) Confluence
2 134 (6.93%) SharePoint
3 63 (3.26%) CMS
4 24 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 22 (1.14%) Apache
6 14 (0.72%) nginx
7 13 (0.67%) IIS
8 11 (0.57%) Apache Spark
9 10 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.31%) Kentico
10 6 (0.31%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.26%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.21%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.21%) SAS
12 4 (0.21%) WordPress
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 130 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 124 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (3.36%) MS Visio
4 62 (3.20%) Microsoft Project
5 59 (3.05%) Trello
6 26 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 19 (0.98%) Photoshop
8 13 (0.67%) Sketch
9 12 (0.62%) Simulink
10 8 (0.41%) Stateflow
11 6 (0.31%) OrCAD
12 2 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.10%) Gliffy
13 1 (0.052%) 1Password
13 1 (0.052%) Doxygen
13 1 (0.052%) Maya
13 1 (0.052%) Notion
13 1 (0.052%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 37 (1.91%) SDL Web 8
2 20 (1.03%) NEC Housing
3 12 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.36%) Magento
6 5 (0.26%) CA PPM
6 5 (0.26%) iTrent
6 5 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.26%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.26%) SAP MDM
6 5 (0.26%) SAP Retail
7 4 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
7 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.21%) Temenos T24
8 3 (0.16%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.16%) Maximo
8 3 (0.16%) Primavera
8 3 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.16%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 432 (22.33%) Azure
2 307 (15.87%) AWS
3 163 (8.42%) Power Platform
4 162 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
5 105 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
6 98 (5.06%) GitHub
7 84 (4.34%) SaaS
8 65 (3.36%) GCP
9 60 (3.10%) Figma
10 44 (2.27%) Miro
10 44 (2.27%) Serverless
11 43 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
12 41 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
13 36 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
14 30 (1.55%) Entra ID
15 26 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (1.09%) PaaS
17 19 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (0.98%) Asana
18 18 (0.93%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 65 (3.36%) Firewall
2 44 (2.27%) DNS
3 42 (2.17%) VPN
4 31 (1.60%) DHCP
5 25 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 25 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (1.09%) 5G
7 20 (1.03%) HTTP
7 20 (1.03%) Wireless
8 17 (0.88%) WAN
9 16 (0.83%) LAN
9 16 (0.83%) Network Security
10 13 (0.67%) MPLS
11 12 (0.62%) BGP
12 11 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
12 11 (0.57%) HTTPS
12 11 (0.57%) Modbus
13 10 (0.52%) GPRS
14 9 (0.47%) Internet
15 8 (0.41%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (8.22%) SQL Server
2 156 (8.06%) Power BI
3 77 (3.98%) MySQL
4 58 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
4 58 (3.00%) Relational Database
5 51 (2.64%) NoSQL
6 44 (2.27%) Tableau
7 37 (1.91%) MongoDB
8 30 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 29 (1.50%) Data Vault
10 23 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (0.93%) Data Lake
12 16 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (0.78%) Big Data
13 15 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.62%) Looker
15 11 (0.57%) Data Mining
15 11 (0.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.57%) GIS
15 11 (0.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 363 (18.76%) Git
2 148 (7.65%) Jenkins
3 108 (5.58%) Bitbucket
4 79 (4.08%) Visual Studio
5 76 (3.93%) GitLab
6 63 (3.26%) Selenium
7 48 (2.48%) TeamCity
8 47 (2.43%) NUnit
9 45 (2.33%) Sourcetree
10 41 (2.12%) Postman
11 39 (2.02%) Cypress.io
12 37 (1.91%) Cucumber
12 37 (1.91%) Moq
13 34 (1.76%) Team Foundation Server
14 31 (1.60%) SpecFlow
15 28 (1.45%) Maven
15 28 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
16 25 (1.29%) SonarQube
17 21 (1.09%) TestRail
18 20 (1.03%) git-flow
General
1 747 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 489 (25.27%) Finance
3 244 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (8.48%) Banking
5 160 (8.27%) Marketing
6 127 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 116 (5.99%) Law
8 111 (5.74%) Public Sector
9 102 (5.27%) Presentation Skills
10 94 (4.86%) Legal
11 77 (3.98%) Aerospace
11 77 (3.98%) Retail
12 65 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
13 45 (2.33%) Games
14 42 (2.17%) Telecoms
15 39 (2.02%) Automotive
15 39 (2.02%) Manufacturing
16 32 (1.65%) Electronics
17 29 (1.50%) Police
18 27 (1.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 315 (16.28%) Developer
2 305 (15.76%) Senior
3 272 (14.06%) Analyst
4 184 (9.51%) Lead
5 147 (7.60%) Business Analyst
6 121 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 115 (5.94%) Software Engineer
8 100 (5.17%) Full Stack Developer
9 93 (4.81%) Senior Developer
10 75 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
11 58 (3.00%) Support Engineer
12 52 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
13 49 (2.53%) IT Manager
14 48 (2.48%) Data Engineer
15 47 (2.43%) Consultant
15 47 (2.43%) Test Engineer
16 42 (2.17%) Scrum Master
17 41 (2.12%) .NET Developer
17 41 (2.12%) C# Developer
17 41 (2.12%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (12.04%) HTML
2 187 (9.66%) CSS
3 166 (8.58%) .NET
4 148 (7.65%) React
5 133 (6.87%) RESTful
6 116 (5.99%) REST
7 107 (5.53%) Web Services
8 101 (5.22%) .NET Framework
9 100 (5.17%) SOAP
10 88 (4.55%) ASP.NET
11 87 (4.50%) XML
12 85 (4.39%) Node.js
13 78 (4.03%) jQuery
14 77 (3.98%) Entity Framework
15 76 (3.93%) JSON
16 71 (3.67%) AngularJS
17 53 (2.74%) Spring
18 46 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
19 42 (2.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
20 41 (2.12%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 169 (8.73%) Product Ownership
2 63 (3.26%) Mobile App
3 60 (3.10%) Management Information System
4 54 (2.79%) Onboarding
5 48 (2.48%) Data Structures
6 45 (2.33%) IoT
7 40 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 38 (1.96%) Legacy Code
8 38 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 35 (1.81%) Cloud Native
10 33 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
10 33 (1.71%) Public Cloud
11 30 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
12 25 (1.29%) Market Risk
13 24 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
14 23 (1.19%) Virtual Reality
15 22 (1.14%) Algorithms
16 21 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
17 20 (1.03%) Derivative
18 19 (0.98%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 280 (14.47%) Linux
2 157 (8.11%) Windows
3 63 (3.26%) Unix
4 54 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 36 (1.86%) Android
6 34 (1.76%) Apple iOS
7 24 (1.24%) Windows 10
8 21 (1.09%) CentOS
8 21 (1.09%) Mac OS
9 14 (0.72%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (0.52%) Debian
11 10 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
13 5 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
13 5 (0.26%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.16%) Solaris
14 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,042 (53.85%) Agile
2 496 (25.63%) Scrum
3 473 (24.44%) DevOps
4 418 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
5 307 (15.87%) Project Management
6 260 (13.44%) CI/CD
7 214 (11.06%) Software Engineering
8 211 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 210 (10.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 208 (10.75%) Roadmaps
11 199 (10.28%) Test Automation
12 187 (9.66%) User Stories
13 185 (9.56%) Mentoring
14 179 (9.25%) SDLC
15 175 (9.04%) Business Intelligence
16 170 (8.79%) Coaching
17 162 (8.37%) Kanban
17 162 (8.37%) Software Testing
18 156 (8.06%) User Experience
19 151 (7.80%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 391 (20.21%) SQL
2 302 (15.61%) JavaScript
3 229 (11.83%) Python
4 227 (11.73%) C#
5 191 (9.87%) Java
6 81 (4.19%) PowerShell
7 70 (3.62%) TypeScript
8 60 (3.10%) Bash
8 60 (3.10%) T-SQL
9 59 (3.05%) C
10 58 (3.00%) C++
11 53 (2.74%) PHP
12 30 (1.55%) Shell Script
13 27 (1.40%) Perl
14 25 (1.29%) Apex Code
15 23 (1.19%) Kotlin
15 23 (1.19%) Ruby
16 19 (0.98%) Go
17 18 (0.93%) XPath
18 16 (0.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 406 (20.98%) Degree
2 247 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 172 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 60 (3.10%) DV Cleared
5 59 (3.05%) PMI Certification
6 54 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (2.33%) PMP
8 44 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 39 (2.02%) ISTQB
10 33 (1.71%) Azure Certification
11 31 (1.60%) AWS Certification
12 24 (1.24%) DBS Check
12 24 (1.24%) ISEB
12 24 (1.24%) Master's Degree
13 18 (0.93%) IIBA
14 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.67%) HND
16 12 (0.62%) APMG
17 11 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 10 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (10.39%) QA
2 112 (5.79%) Data Quality
3 89 (4.60%) GDPR
4 65 (3.36%) PMO
5 61 (3.15%) Accessibility
6 34 (1.76%) SLA
7 24 (1.24%) ISO 9001
8 15 (0.78%) NIST
9 12 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.57%) IEC 62304
10 11 (0.57%) NCSC
11 9 (0.47%) MiFID
12 8 (0.41%) MISRA
13 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.26%) Automotive SPICE
15 5 (0.26%) GRC
15 5 (0.26%) ISO 26262
15 5 (0.26%) JTAG
16 4 (0.21%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 141 (7.29%) Docker
2 64 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.40%) Firmware
4 17 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (0.62%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.47%) NFS
7 9 (0.47%) pfSense
8 6 (0.31%) vSphere
9 5 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.052%) iptables
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 157 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 119 (6.15%) Terraform
3 99 (5.12%) Ansible
4 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (1.03%) Grafana
7 16 (0.83%) Istio
8 12 (0.62%) HP ALM
8 12 (0.62%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (0.52%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 9 (0.47%) SCDPM
11 9 (0.47%) ZABBIX
12 7 (0.36%) Puppet
13 6 (0.31%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.26%) CloudHub
14 5 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
14 5 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 325 (16.80%) Microsoft
2 143 (7.39%) ServiceNow
3 131 (6.77%) Atlassian
4 117 (6.05%) Salesforce
5 67 (3.46%) Oracle
6 62 (3.20%) Google
7 47 (2.43%) SAP
8 46 (2.38%) VMware
9 43 (2.22%) Databricks
10 41 (2.12%) Adobe
11 37 (1.91%) Informatica
12 28 (1.45%) IBM
13 26 (1.34%) Apple
14 23 (1.19%) HP
14 23 (1.19%) Splunk
15 20 (1.03%) NEC
15 20 (1.03%) Veeam
16 19 (0.98%) Cisco
17 18 (0.93%) Cognizant
17 18 (0.93%) Sybase