JIRA Job Trends in West Sussex

Atlassian JIRA
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex 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 24 26 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +30
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 22 22 21
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 5.16% 6.88% 5.00%
As % of the Development Applications category 61.11% 38.60% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 10
10th Percentile £33,500 £40,875 £36,675
25th Percentile £45,625 £53,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +30.23% +13.16%
75th Percentile £58,750 £75,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £107,500 £77,750 £70,125
South East median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% - +4.55%

All Development Application Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 36 57 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 8.45% 17.81% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 28 29 27
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -14.07% +17.39%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,000 £75,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in West Sussex

JIRA
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in West Sussex over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for JIRA in West Sussex

JIRA
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the West Sussex region 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
Horsham +4 8 £39,500 -43.57%
Burgess Hill -1 7 £57,500 -25.81% 3
Haywards Heath - 6 £50,000 - 1
Crawley - 1 - - 23
JIRA
South East

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 7 (31.82%) Confluence
2 2 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Copilot
1 3 (13.64%) SaaS
2 2 (9.09%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Charles Proxy
1 2 (9.09%) Fiddler
1 2 (9.09%) Postman
1 2 (9.09%) TestRail
2 1 (4.55%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.55%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.55%) mountebank
2 1 (4.55%) REST Assured
2 1 (4.55%) Subversion
General
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Advertising
2 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Lead
2 6 (27.27%) Help Desk Team Lead
2 6 (27.27%) Team Leader
3 4 (18.18%) Support Technician
4 3 (13.64%) Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Implementation Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Product Owner
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Kafka
2 2 (9.09%) RESTful
3 1 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (4.55%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (9.09%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Android
2 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) Scrum
2 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (18.18%) Functional Testing
3 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.64%) AI
4 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
4 3 (13.64%) Coaching
4 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.64%) DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) Kanban
4 3 (13.64%) Line Management
4 3 (13.64%) Microservices
4 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.64%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) SDLC
4 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Go
3 1 (4.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) PMO
1 3 (13.64%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) ZABBIX
2 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) Roku
4 1 (4.55%) CA Agile Central