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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 115 99
Rank change year-on-year +40 -16 -31
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,947 2,455 3,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.47% 2.23% 3.35%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.72% 25.69% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 899 1,627 1,905
10th Percentile £33,350 £32,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,628 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 5,951 9,555 12,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.62% 8.67% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,419 6,501 8,107
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,772 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +41 1,778 £60,000 +9.09% 1,973
UK excluding London +31 1,275 £52,500 - 1,276
Work from Home +45 899 £65,000 +16.07% 1,046
London +37 489 £70,000 +7.69% 958
North of England +32 450 £50,000 -11.50% 281
North West +31 343 £47,500 -20.83% 166
Midlands +71 279 £55,000 +22.22% 167
South East -7 192 £60,000 +14.29% 486
West Midlands +70 175 £67,500 +50.00% 116
South West +7 133 £46,500 -7.00% 112
East of England +27 111 £53,000 +17.78% 109
East Midlands +58 104 £36,500 -23.16% 43
Scotland +38 96 £52,000 -16.80% 91
Yorkshire +33 94 £57,500 +9.52% 80
North East +5 15 £22,500 -57.14% 38
Wales +12 14 £65,000 +44.44% 21
Northern Ireland +40 12 £52,500 -4.55% 26

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
1 763 (39.19%) Confluence
2 87 (4.47%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.08%) CMS
4 14 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.36%) Apache
6 6 (0.31%) Headless CMS
6 6 (0.31%) nginx
7 5 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.26%) IIS
7 5 (0.26%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.21%) Kentico
8 4 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.21%) WordPress
9 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.15%) CICS
10 2 (0.10%) Moodle
10 2 (0.10%) Totara
10 2 (0.10%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.051%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 145 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 80 (4.11%) Microsoft Project
3 75 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 58 (2.98%) Trello
5 37 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 27 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.15%) Mozilla Thunderbird
9 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.051%) CANalyzer
10 1 (0.051%) InDesign
10 1 (0.051%) Notion
10 1 (0.051%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.051%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.051%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.051%) Weka
Business Applications
1 16 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
3 10 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.26%) CA PPM
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.10%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.10%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.10%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 502 (25.78%) Azure
2 469 (24.09%) AWS
3 243 (12.48%) GCP
4 98 (5.03%) Miro
5 86 (4.42%) Asana
6 80 (4.11%) GitHub
7 74 (3.80%) Power Platform
8 73 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
9 67 (3.44%) SaaS
10 59 (3.03%) Serverless
11 58 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
12 46 (2.36%) Amazon S3
13 45 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
14 38 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 34 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
16 31 (1.59%) AWS KMS
17 28 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (1.34%) Power Automate
18 26 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 24 (1.23%) Amazon ELB
Communications & Networking
1 291 (14.95%) Broadband
2 46 (2.36%) Firewall
3 35 (1.80%) DNS
4 32 (1.64%) HTTP
5 18 (0.92%) VPN
6 16 (0.82%) SSH
7 15 (0.77%) Multicast
7 15 (0.77%) VLAN
8 13 (0.67%) DHCP
9 12 (0.62%) Internet
10 11 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.51%) FTP
11 10 (0.51%) SMTP
12 9 (0.46%) TCP/IP
13 6 (0.31%) SAN
14 5 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (0.26%) Kerberos
14 5 (0.26%) Wireless
15 4 (0.21%) OpenLDAP
15 4 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (17.72%) SQL Server
2 80 (4.11%) Relational Database
3 71 (3.65%) MySQL
4 55 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
5 53 (2.72%) Power BI
6 40 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
7 39 (2.00%) NoSQL
8 36 (1.85%) MongoDB
9 33 (1.69%) Tableau
10 19 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (0.82%) Redis
12 15 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
12 15 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.56%) Data Lake
14 11 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
15 10 (0.51%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.51%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 320 (16.44%) Bitbucket
2 318 (16.33%) Selenium
3 297 (15.25%) SonarQube
4 282 (14.48%) Maven
5 279 (14.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 276 (14.18%) GitLab
7 264 (13.56%) Cucumber
8 235 (12.07%) Git
9 114 (5.86%) Jenkins
10 76 (3.90%) Rational DOORS
11 41 (2.11%) Visual Studio
12 30 (1.54%) JUnit
13 27 (1.39%) Postman
14 26 (1.34%) TeamCity
15 25 (1.28%) Vagrant
16 17 (0.87%) Ant
17 16 (0.82%) Cypress.io
18 15 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 15 (0.77%) JMeter
19 14 (0.72%) Subversion
General
1 664 (34.10%) Finance
2 474 (24.35%) Social Skills
3 368 (18.90%) Banking
4 291 (14.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 165 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
6 136 (6.99%) Retail
7 103 (5.29%) Investment Banking
8 102 (5.24%) Law
9 90 (4.62%) Corporate Banking
10 83 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
11 77 (3.95%) Manufacturing
12 69 (3.54%) Public Sector
13 67 (3.44%) Marketing
14 55 (2.82%) Legal
15 41 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
16 40 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
17 36 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
18 22 (1.13%) Electronics
19 20 (1.03%) Back Office
20 18 (0.92%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 341 (17.51%) Software Engineer
2 285 (14.64%) Senior
3 278 (14.28%) Analyst
4 220 (11.30%) Embedded Engineer
5 215 (11.04%) Release Engineer
6 186 (9.55%) Lead
7 169 (8.68%) Developer
8 91 (4.67%) Architect
9 79 (4.06%) Product Analyst
10 75 (3.85%) Project Manager
11 71 (3.65%) Support Analyst
12 66 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
13 65 (3.34%) Business Analyst
14 56 (2.88%) Lead Architect
14 56 (2.88%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 55 (2.82%) IT Support
15 55 (2.82%) Support Engineer
16 54 (2.77%) Principal Engineer
17 42 (2.16%) Delivery Manager
18 41 (2.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (16.90%) React
2 328 (16.85%) HTML
3 324 (16.64%) CSS
4 298 (15.31%) Spring
5 280 (14.38%) Spring Boot
6 278 (14.28%) Kafka
7 260 (13.35%) Redux
8 258 (13.25%) JPA
9 244 (12.53%) Middleware
10 177 (9.09%) Hibernate
11 163 (8.37%) REST
12 139 (7.14%) RESTful
13 111 (5.70%) HTML5
14 104 (5.34%) Jest
15 103 (5.29%) .NET
16 101 (5.19%) CSS3
17 99 (5.08%) Sass
18 60 (3.08%) AngularJS
19 55 (2.82%) Node.js
20 53 (2.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 447 (22.96%) Product Ownership
2 258 (13.25%) Enterprise Software
3 218 (11.20%) Embedded Systems
4 86 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
5 73 (3.75%) Video\Live Streaming
6 72 (3.70%) Over-the-Top Content
7 64 (3.29%) Management Information System
8 33 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 31 (1.59%) Mobile App
9 31 (1.59%) Public Cloud
10 28 (1.44%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.28%) SCADA
11 25 (1.28%) Social Media
12 22 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 21 (1.08%) Algorithms
14 20 (1.03%) Replication
15 17 (0.87%) Operational Technology
16 15 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
16 15 (0.77%) Reinsurance
16 15 (0.77%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 205 (10.53%) Linux
2 144 (7.40%) Windows
3 31 (1.59%) Unix
4 25 (1.28%) VMS
5 18 (0.92%) Android
6 13 (0.67%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.56%) Amazon Linux
7 11 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.41%) Windows Vista
10 7 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.31%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.15%) Debian
15 2 (0.10%) CentOS
15 2 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.10%) Solaris
15 2 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,328 (68.21%) Agile
2 668 (34.31%) CI/CD
3 538 (27.63%) DevOps
4 429 (22.03%) Roadmaps
5 394 (20.24%) Test Automation
6 372 (19.11%) Software Engineering
7 370 (19.00%) SDLC
8 349 (17.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 329 (16.90%) Microservices
10 326 (16.74%) Strategic Thinking
11 319 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
12 303 (15.56%) Full-Stack Development
13 293 (15.05%) Containerisation
14 287 (14.74%) Front End Development
15 281 (14.43%) Artificial Intelligence
16 264 (13.56%) Project Management
17 260 (13.35%) Performance Optimisation
18 258 (13.25%) Continuous Deployment
19 252 (12.94%) Mentoring
20 238 (12.22%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 509 (26.14%) SQL
2 421 (21.62%) JavaScript
3 379 (19.47%) Java
4 155 (7.96%) Python
5 150 (7.70%) TypeScript
6 138 (7.09%) C#
7 61 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 36 (1.85%) Groovy
9 27 (1.39%) C
10 23 (1.18%) C++
10 23 (1.18%) T-SQL
11 17 (0.87%) Bash
11 17 (0.87%) PHP
12 14 (0.72%) Shell Script
13 13 (0.67%) Apex Code
13 13 (0.67%) Perl
14 10 (0.51%) Ruby
15 8 (0.41%) Go
15 8 (0.41%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 353 (18.13%) Degree
2 203 (10.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 86 (4.42%) Security Cleared
4 63 (3.24%) SC Cleared
5 62 (3.18%) ISTQB
6 58 (2.98%) PMI Certification
7 50 (2.57%) Chartered Engineer
8 48 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (2.36%) PMP
10 30 (1.54%) HND
11 27 (1.39%) Azure Certification
12 24 (1.23%) DBS Check
13 19 (0.98%) AWS Certification
14 17 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 17 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (0.82%) Master's Degree
16 15 (0.77%) HNC
17 11 (0.56%) A+ Certification
18 9 (0.46%) CISSP
18 9 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 370 (19.00%) QA
2 116 (5.96%) Accessibility
3 48 (2.47%) SLA
4 32 (1.64%) PMO
5 29 (1.49%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (0.92%) GDPR
8 15 (0.77%) NIST
9 14 (0.72%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.31%) P3O
11 5 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.21%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.15%) GRC
14 2 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.10%) GxP
14 2 (0.10%) IEC 62304
14 2 (0.10%) ISO 13485
14 2 (0.10%) MiFID
14 2 (0.10%) Solvency II
System Software
1 356 (18.28%) Docker
2 58 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.98%) Firmware
4 18 (0.92%) DFS Replication
5 14 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.15%) Dovecot
8 3 (0.15%) Postfix
8 3 (0.15%) Squid
8 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.15%) vSphere
9 2 (0.10%) KVM
9 2 (0.10%) NFS
9 2 (0.10%) pfSense
9 2 (0.10%) SRDF
9 2 (0.10%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.10%) Xen
Systems Management
1 326 (16.74%) Kubernetes
2 93 (4.78%) Ansible
3 70 (3.60%) Terraform
4 51 (2.62%) Grafana
5 40 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 24 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.82%) Puppet
9 15 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.36%) Kibana
11 6 (0.31%) HP ALM
12 5 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
12 5 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.26%) logstash
12 5 (0.26%) Nessus
12 5 (0.26%) Packer
12 5 (0.26%) Salt
13 4 (0.21%) Argo
13 4 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
13 4 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 347 (17.82%) Microsoft
2 247 (12.69%) Solace
3 138 (7.09%) Salesforce
4 113 (5.80%) ServiceNow
5 101 (5.19%) Atlassian
6 78 (4.01%) SAP
7 72 (3.70%) Oracle
8 69 (3.54%) Google
9 59 (3.03%) IBM
10 56 (2.88%) Siemens
11 24 (1.23%) Splunk
12 20 (1.03%) VMware
13 17 (0.87%) MuleSoft
14 16 (0.82%) Cisco
14 16 (0.82%) Juniper
15 15 (0.77%) Dynatrace
16 12 (0.62%) Adobe
17 11 (0.56%) BMC
17 11 (0.56%) Okta
17 11 (0.56%) Remedy