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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 47 65
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 -15
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 11 27 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.93% 3.59% 1.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.33% 57.45% 29.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 10
10th Percentile £30,650 £36,070 -
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,438 £22,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.39% +15.79%
75th Percentile £43,750 £67,188 £39,438
90th Percentile £44,350 £76,500 £45,870
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +44.44% -21.74%

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 33 47 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 2.78% 6.24% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 22 29 35
10th Percentile £31,750 £37,500 £26,572
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,125 £87,500 £70,230
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £60,250 £54,500
% change year-on-year -12.86% +10.55% -5.22%

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
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 22 August 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 7 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Stafford -11 2 - - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 2 (18.18%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
1 2 (18.18%) Postman
1 2 (18.18%) Subversion
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Electronics
2 2 (18.18%) Games
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Development Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) FPGA Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Service Operations Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Tester
3 2 (18.18%) Tester
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Configuration Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Service Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Service Operations Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) FPGA
1 2 (18.18%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (18.18%) Online Gambling
1 2 (18.18%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (18.18%) Verilog
1 2 (18.18%) VHDL
1 2 (18.18%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) ITSM
3 3 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (27.27%) User Stories
4 2 (18.18%) AI
4 2 (18.18%) API Testing
4 2 (18.18%) BDD
4 2 (18.18%) Content Management
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) FPGA Design
4 2 (18.18%) Logistics
4 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 2 (18.18%) Product Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) SDLC
4 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) Perl
2 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
4 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) Altera
2 2 (18.18%) Microsemi
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Xilinx