JIRA Job Trends

Atlassian JIRA
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 105 112 97
Rank change year-on-year +7 -15 -30
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 1,297 1,396 1,614
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.19% 2.53% 3.14%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.60% 24.52% 25.33%
Number of salaries quoted 757 797 1,238
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,075 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -11.30% +4.55%

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 3,643 5,693 6,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.14% 10.30% 12.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,399 3,322 5,126
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,574 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% -5.98% +6.36%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JIRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

JIRA job vacancy trend in the UK

JIRA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA over the 6 months to 30 December 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 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
England +6 1,104 £57,500 -0.05% 2,380
UK excluding London +2 818 £47,500 -6.86% 2,245
London +29 393 £77,500 +19.23% 346
Work from Home +9 375 £53,500 -4.62% 1,298
South East +36 335 £45,000 -21.74% 593
North of England -34 135 £47,683 -4.63% 482
Midlands -7 107 £48,500 -5.37% 437
Scotland +43 97 £64,999 +8.33% 108
South West -42 69 £42,500 -11.46% 258
West Midlands -14 67 £42,500 -19.05% 223
Yorkshire +14 64 £43,250 +1.76% 212
North West -36 54 £47,592 -4.92% 236
East of England -27 45 £57,500 +6.98% 305
East Midlands -14 40 £53,500 +7.00% 192
Northern Ireland -3 24 £50,000 -4.76% 29
North East -27 17 £51,500 - 34
Wales -16 7 £70,000 +7.69% 58

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 381 (29.38%) Confluence
2 52 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.62%) CMS
4 18 (1.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 13 (1.00%) Apache
5 13 (1.00%) IIS
6 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.69%) WordPress
7 7 (0.54%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.46%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.46%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.31%) JBoss
9 4 (0.31%) nginx
10 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.23%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.15%) CICS
11 2 (0.15%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.077%) FileNet
12 1 (0.077%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 80 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (5.47%) Microsoft Project
4 35 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (2.24%) MS Visio
6 25 (1.93%) Trello
7 14 (1.08%) CATIA
8 7 (0.54%) Windchill
9 6 (0.46%) Simulink
10 5 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
11 4 (0.31%) Mozilla Thunderbird
12 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
13 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
13 2 (0.15%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.15%) Sketch
14 1 (0.077%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 1 (0.077%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.077%) Doxygen
14 1 (0.077%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 110 (8.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (0.77%) Workday HCM
5 8 (0.62%) Shopify
6 7 (0.54%) Fidessa
6 7 (0.54%) SAP IBP
7 6 (0.46%) Magento
7 6 (0.46%) SAP MII
8 5 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.31%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.31%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.31%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.23%) SAP CX
11 2 (0.15%) Endur
11 2 (0.15%) EuroRunner
11 2 (0.15%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 302 (23.28%) Azure
2 212 (16.35%) Azure DevOps
3 110 (8.48%) AWS
4 103 (7.94%) GitHub
5 86 (6.63%) Power Platform
6 75 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
7 68 (5.24%) SaaS
8 47 (3.62%) GCP
9 43 (3.32%) Entra ID
10 36 (2.78%) GitHub Copilot
11 35 (2.70%) Snowflake
12 31 (2.39%) Figma
13 27 (2.08%) Slack
14 25 (1.93%) Serverless
15 21 (1.62%) OCI
15 21 (1.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 20 (1.54%) Amazon S3
16 20 (1.54%) Power Automate
17 19 (1.46%) dbt
18 17 (1.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.70%) Firewall
2 34 (2.62%) DNS
3 19 (1.46%) DHCP
4 18 (1.39%) Multicast
5 17 (1.31%) HTTP
6 14 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.00%) VLAN
7 13 (1.00%) Wireless
8 12 (0.93%) SSH
8 12 (0.93%) VPN
9 9 (0.69%) FTP
9 9 (0.69%) SMTP
10 8 (0.62%) Internet
10 8 (0.62%) Telnet
10 8 (0.62%) WAN
11 6 (0.46%) Broadband
11 6 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.31%) BGP
12 4 (0.31%) LAN
12 4 (0.31%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 64 (4.93%) Power BI
3 50 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (3.08%) Tableau
5 34 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (2.31%) MySQL
7 23 (1.77%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.31%) NoSQL
9 16 (1.23%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
11 13 (1.00%) DB2
12 12 (0.93%) Metadata
13 11 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 10 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
15 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 7 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
16 7 (0.54%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 175 (13.49%) Git
2 108 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 74 (5.71%) Selenium
4 69 (5.32%) eCATT
5 61 (4.70%) Postman
6 53 (4.09%) Bitbucket
7 44 (3.39%) Rational DOORS
8 39 (3.01%) NeoLoad
8 39 (3.01%) SoapUI
8 39 (3.01%) Team Foundation Server
9 37 (2.85%) GitLab
10 35 (2.70%) WebDriver
11 26 (2.00%) Cucumber
11 26 (2.00%) Cypress.io
12 21 (1.62%) Subversion
13 20 (1.54%) Visual Studio
14 18 (1.39%) TeamCity
15 17 (1.31%) Oracle Forms
16 16 (1.23%) TestRail
17 15 (1.16%) JUnit
General
1 554 (42.71%) Social Skills
2 424 (32.69%) Finance
3 221 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (11.10%) Marketing
5 117 (9.02%) Manufacturing
6 97 (7.48%) Presentation Skills
7 75 (5.78%) Banking
8 74 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
9 73 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (4.01%) Law
11 45 (3.47%) Public Sector
12 43 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 43 (3.32%) Retail
13 34 (2.62%) Legal
14 28 (2.16%) Front Office
15 25 (1.93%) Advertising
15 25 (1.93%) French Language
16 24 (1.85%) Swedish Language
17 19 (1.46%) Electronics
18 18 (1.39%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 255 (19.66%) Analyst
2 227 (17.50%) Senior
3 184 (14.19%) Lead
4 116 (8.94%) Developer
5 73 (5.63%) Support Analyst
6 71 (5.47%) Business Analyst
7 56 (4.32%) Project Manager
8 50 (3.86%) Test Analyst
9 48 (3.70%) Applications Support
9 48 (3.70%) Support Engineer
10 45 (3.47%) Team Leader
10 45 (3.47%) Test Leader
11 41 (3.16%) Software Engineer
12 40 (3.08%) Consultant
13 39 (3.01%) Applications Support Analyst
14 32 (2.47%) Technical Support
15 31 (2.39%) Senior Manager
16 30 (2.31%) Product Owner
16 30 (2.31%) Senior Developer
17 28 (2.16%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.86%) HTML
2 73 (5.63%) .NET
3 60 (4.63%) SOAP
4 52 (4.01%) REST
5 51 (3.93%) CSS
6 50 (3.86%) React
6 50 (3.86%) RESTful
7 37 (2.85%) Node.js
8 31 (2.39%) SAP Fiori
9 27 (2.08%) FIX Protocol
9 27 (2.08%) SAML
10 21 (1.62%) OAuth
11 20 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
11 20 (1.54%) Kafka
11 20 (1.54%) XML
12 19 (1.46%) OAuth2
12 19 (1.46%) Web Services
13 17 (1.31%) Gherkin
13 17 (1.31%) JSON
13 17 (1.31%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 126 (9.71%) Product Ownership
2 81 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 61 (4.70%) Management Information System
4 57 (4.39%) Cloud Native
5 35 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 33 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (2.24%) Equities
9 28 (2.16%) Fixed Income
10 26 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 20 (1.54%) Virtual Team
12 19 (1.46%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.16%) Derivative
14 14 (1.08%) Data Centre
14 14 (1.08%) Mobile App
15 12 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
16 11 (0.85%) IoT
17 10 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
17 10 (0.77%) PMI
17 10 (0.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 117 (9.02%) Windows
2 108 (8.33%) Linux
3 23 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.08%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.85%) Android
8 10 (0.77%) Unix
9 9 (0.69%) Amazon Linux
9 9 (0.69%) VMS
10 7 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.46%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.31%) Solaris
13 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.23%) OpenWrt
15 2 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.077%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.077%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 621 (47.88%) Agile
2 366 (28.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 287 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
4 264 (20.35%) DevOps
5 203 (15.65%) CI/CD
6 185 (14.26%) Scrum
7 171 (13.18%) ITIL
8 168 (12.95%) Test Automation
9 158 (12.18%) Test Management
10 154 (11.87%) Roadmaps
11 151 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 139 (10.72%) Change Management
13 135 (10.41%) Project Management
14 134 (10.33%) User Experience
15 131 (10.10%) Coaching
16 130 (10.02%) Mentoring
17 125 (9.64%) AI
17 125 (9.64%) Analytics
18 122 (9.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 119 (9.18%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 253 (19.51%) SQL
2 175 (13.49%) Python
3 121 (9.33%) JavaScript
4 118 (9.10%) Java
5 110 (8.48%) PowerShell
6 84 (6.48%) C#
7 52 (4.01%) TypeScript
8 37 (2.85%) Bash
9 27 (2.08%) C++
10 23 (1.77%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.62%) Go
11 21 (1.62%) PL/SQL
12 15 (1.16%) C
12 15 (1.16%) T-SQL
13 14 (1.08%) Apex Code
14 13 (1.00%) Groovy
15 10 (0.77%) PHP
16 7 (0.54%) Perl
17 4 (0.31%) Ada
18 3 (0.23%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 375 (28.91%) Degree
2 121 (9.33%) Security Cleared
3 69 (5.32%) ISTQB
4 66 (5.09%) SC Cleared
5 64 (4.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 57 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (2.93%) PMI Certification
9 33 (2.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 33 (2.54%) MCSE
10 31 (2.39%) PMP
11 28 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 22 (1.70%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.46%) DV Cleared
14 18 (1.39%) AWS Certification
15 16 (1.23%) SAP Certification
16 14 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 13 (1.00%) Azure Certification
17 13 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
18 10 (0.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (13.72%) QA
2 79 (6.09%) Accessibility
3 44 (3.39%) PMO
4 36 (2.78%) SLA
5 33 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (2.31%) Def Stans
7 27 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 26 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 25 (1.93%) GDPR
10 20 (1.54%) Data Quality
11 17 (1.31%) NIST
12 10 (0.77%) WCAG
13 6 (0.46%) Basel II
14 5 (0.39%) GMP
14 5 (0.39%) PERC
14 5 (0.39%) PMBOK
15 4 (0.31%) MiFID
16 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.23%) P3O
16 3 (0.23%) SEPA
System Software
1 106 (8.17%) Active Directory
2 51 (3.93%) Docker
3 20 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.46%) vSphere
7 5 (0.39%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.31%) Dovecot
8 4 (0.31%) Postfix
8 4 (0.31%) Squid
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) RACF
9 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.077%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 73 (5.63%) HP ALM
2 61 (4.70%) Terraform
3 48 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (3.55%) Kubernetes
5 41 (3.16%) Grafana
6 34 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
7 33 (2.54%) Prometheus
8 25 (1.93%) Ansible
9 17 (1.31%) SCCM
10 12 (0.93%) ZABBIX
11 11 (0.85%) Control-M
12 9 (0.69%) Puppet
13 7 (0.54%) Nessus
14 6 (0.46%) Progress Chef
15 5 (0.39%) Kibana
16 4 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
16 4 (0.31%) Nagios
16 4 (0.31%) Proxmox
16 4 (0.31%) vCenter Server
17 2 (0.15%) Podman
Vendors
1 248 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 142 (10.95%) SAP
3 114 (8.79%) ServiceNow
4 93 (7.17%) Atlassian
5 75 (5.78%) HP
6 71 (5.47%) Salesforce
7 61 (4.70%) Oracle
8 48 (3.70%) IBM
9 42 (3.24%) Google
10 25 (1.93%) Adobe
11 19 (1.46%) VMware
12 15 (1.16%) Tenable
13 14 (1.08%) Splunk
14 13 (1.00%) Cisco
15 11 (0.85%) Workday
16 10 (0.77%) HubSpot
16 10 (0.77%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.77%) Siemens
17 9 (0.69%) Bloomberg
17 9 (0.69%) Dynatrace