JIRA Job Trends in Staffordshire

Atlassian JIRA
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring JIRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 32 83
Rank change year-on-year -41 +51 -31
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 5 32 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.37% 5.30% 0.40%
As % of the Development Applications category 19.23% 66.67% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 2
10th Percentile - £34,125 £33,615
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,288
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £67,500 £47,150
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +43.16% +34.71%
75th Percentile £45,250 £75,000 £56,588
90th Percentile £57,100 - £61,605
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £59,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.69% +32.78% -18.18%

All Development Application Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 26 48 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 1.93% 7.95% 5.36%
Number of salaries quoted 25 26 46
10th Percentile £27,750 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £100,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,750
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.00% -8.26%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

JIRA job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

JIRA
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing JIRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing JIRA

JIRA
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for JIRA in Staffordshire

JIRA
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JIRA within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Stoke-on-Trent -14 2 £43,000 +7.50% 1
Rugeley - 1 £65,000 -
JIRA
West Midlands

JIRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Postman
2 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Advertising
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Automotive
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Service Operations Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (20.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) API Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow