JIRA Job Trends in the West Midlands

Atlassian JIRA
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 57 130
Rank change year-on-year -91 +73 -77
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 53 140 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.68% 4.55% 1.78%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.98% 49.30% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 49 86 105
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £66,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% +47.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £82,500 - £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Development Application Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 221 284 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.82% 9.23% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 164 199 423
10th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £32,600
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £67,313 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,986 £78,250 £81,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

JIRA
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in the West Midlands

JIRA
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
Warwickshire -26 15 £67,500 - 11
Birmingham -47 12 £45,000 -30.77% 10
Wolverhampton - 6 £69,000 -
Shropshire -18 5 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Staffordshire -35 5 £42,500 -39.29% 5
Solihull +8 2 £77,500 -
Coventry -21 1 £60,715 - 1
Worcestershire -27 1 £43,000 -33.85% 1
JIRA
England

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (30.19%) Confluence
2 3 (5.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (33.96%) Azure
2 12 (22.64%) AWS
3 9 (16.98%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (13.21%) SaaS
5 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (9.43%) GCP
6 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
7 4 (7.55%) Slack
8 3 (5.66%) Siteimprove
9 2 (3.77%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.89%) Figma
10 1 (1.89%) GitHub
10 1 (1.89%) Lucidchart
10 1 (1.89%) Miro
10 1 (1.89%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) LAN
1 2 (3.77%) VPN
1 2 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) Amazon Redshift
1 5 (9.43%) Power BI
2 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.89%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.89%) Metadata
4 1 (1.89%) Power Query
4 1 (1.89%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Selenium
2 4 (7.55%) TestRail
3 3 (5.66%) Postman
3 3 (5.66%) Toad
3 3 (5.66%) Zephyr
4 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.89%) Bugzilla
4 1 (1.89%) Git
4 1 (1.89%) SoapUI
General
1 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Finance
3 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Retail
6 2 (3.77%) Banking
6 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Games
6 2 (3.77%) iGaming
7 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.89%) Marketing
7 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (49.06%) Analyst
2 13 (24.53%) Senior
3 12 (22.64%) Senior Analyst
4 11 (20.75%) Business Analyst
5 8 (15.09%) Lead
6 6 (11.32%) Product Owner
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Business Analyst
7 5 (9.43%) Applications Support
7 5 (9.43%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (9.43%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Data Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Data Business Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Power BI Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) QA Analyst
9 3 (5.66%) QA Leader
9 3 (5.66%) Senior Data Analyst
9 3 (5.66%) Senior QA Analyst
9 3 (5.66%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) React
2 4 (7.55%) REST
3 3 (5.66%) React Native
4 2 (3.77%) Express.js
4 2 (3.77%) Fastify
4 2 (3.77%) Middleware
4 2 (3.77%) Node.js
5 1 (1.89%) CSS
5 1 (1.89%) CSS3
5 1 (1.89%) HTML
5 1 (1.89%) HTML5
5 1 (1.89%) JSON
5 1 (1.89%) Playwright
5 1 (1.89%) Sass
5 1 (1.89%) XML
5 1 (1.89%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Product Ownership
2 6 (11.32%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) CMDB
3 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.89%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (62.26%) Agile
2 15 (28.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (28.30%) DevOps
3 13 (24.53%) SDLC
3 13 (24.53%) User Stories
4 12 (22.64%) Software Testing
5 11 (20.75%) CI/CD
5 11 (20.75%) Decision-Making
6 10 (18.87%) Acceptance Criteria
7 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (16.98%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (16.98%) Roadmaps
7 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (15.09%) Backlog Refinement
9 7 (13.21%) Data Modelling
9 7 (13.21%) ITSM
9 7 (13.21%) Product Roadmap
9 7 (13.21%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (13.21%) Scrum
9 7 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.30%) SQL
2 3 (5.66%) Java
2 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.66%) Python
3 2 (3.77%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Degree
2 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
3 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.66%) CITP
5 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.77%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.77%) PMP
7 1 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.96%) QA
2 5 (9.43%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.66%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.66%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (3.77%) GDPR
5 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.89%) GRC
5 1 (1.89%) PMO
5 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) HP ALM
2 2 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) ServiceNow
3 6 (11.32%) Google
4 4 (7.55%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.66%) HP
5 3 (5.66%) Oracle
6 2 (3.77%) Logitech
6 2 (3.77%) Yealink
7 1 (1.89%) Adobe
7 1 (1.89%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (1.89%) Cognos
7 1 (1.89%) Planon