Atlassian JIRA
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JIRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JIRA over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 92 67
Rank change year-on-year -9 -25 +10
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 2,545 3,804 7,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.59% 3.66% 5.01%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.60% 25.28% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,741 2,194 3,885
10th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.84% +3.48%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK

JIRA is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,569 15,049 34,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.73% 14.47% 22.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,758 9,186 15,926
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

JIRA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JIRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JIRA in the UK

JIRA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JIRA.

Salary trend for JIRA in the UK

JIRA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JIRA over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

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 29 April 2024. 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 -14 2,187 £55,000 -8.33% 666
UK excluding London -7 1,812 £52,500 -4.55% 447
Work from Home -20 958 £58,700 -0.83% 331
London -30 637 £65,000 -7.14% 231
North of England +28 443 £60,000 +9.09% 95
South East -19 379 £52,500 -8.70% 118
South West +32 348 £50,000 - 77
North West +31 239 £62,783 +9.19% 58
Midlands -61 239 £47,500 -13.64% 86
Scotland -45 223 £62,500 +4.17% 31
West Midlands -66 152 £45,000 -18.18% 52
Yorkshire +28 141 £60,000 +9.09% 30
East of England -10 127 £45,000 -21.74% 35
East Midlands -6 84 £48,415 -7.78% 34
North East +19 63 £52,500 +5.00% 8
Wales +34 40 £45,000 -5.26% 10
Northern Ireland +44 16 £66,250 -8.62% 5

JIRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 867 (34.07%) Confluence
2 130 (5.11%) SharePoint
3 51 (2.00%) CMS
4 36 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.30%) WebSphere
6 28 (1.10%) Captiva
6 28 (1.10%) FileNet
7 25 (0.98%) Apache
8 21 (0.83%) WordPress
9 15 (0.59%) nginx
10 13 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
11 11 (0.43%) IIS
12 10 (0.39%) SAS
12 10 (0.39%) Tomcat
13 9 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 9 (0.35%) Drupal
14 8 (0.31%) Apache Spark
15 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
16 5 (0.20%) Kentico
17 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 152 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 138 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
4 74 (2.91%) MS Visio
5 68 (2.67%) Trello
6 36 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 22 (0.86%) Simulink
7 22 (0.86%) Stateflow
8 16 (0.63%) Photoshop
9 15 (0.59%) Sketch
10 7 (0.28%) CANalyzer
11 5 (0.20%) Doxygen
11 5 (0.20%) OrCAD
12 4 (0.16%) Maya
12 4 (0.16%) MotionBuilder
13 2 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.079%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.079%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 38 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.06%) SDL Web 8
3 24 (0.94%) PlanetPress Connect
4 8 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.20%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.20%) Magento
5 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
6 4 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.12%) CA PPM
7 3 (0.12%) iTrent
7 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.12%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.079%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.079%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.079%) SAP MDM
8 2 (0.079%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 563 (22.12%) Azure
2 386 (15.17%) AWS
3 198 (7.78%) GitHub
4 195 (7.66%) Power Platform
5 190 (7.47%) Azure DevOps
6 129 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
7 106 (4.17%) SaaS
8 101 (3.97%) GCP
9 69 (2.71%) Serverless
10 55 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
11 45 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
11 45 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
12 44 (1.73%) Miro
13 42 (1.65%) Entra ID
13 42 (1.65%) Figma
14 32 (1.26%) Amazon S3
15 28 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
16 27 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 27 (1.06%) Slack
17 25 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 101 (3.97%) Firewall
2 52 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 51 (2.00%) DNS
4 36 (1.41%) VPN
4 36 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (1.14%) DHCP
5 29 (1.14%) Wireless
6 20 (0.79%) Modbus
7 19 (0.75%) 5G
7 19 (0.75%) Network Security
8 18 (0.71%) PBX
9 16 (0.63%) HTTP
10 15 (0.59%) LAN
11 14 (0.55%) J1939
11 14 (0.55%) MPLS
12 13 (0.51%) WAN
13 12 (0.47%) RS-232
14 11 (0.43%) BGP
14 11 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (9.39%) SQL Server
2 181 (7.11%) Power BI
3 125 (4.91%) MySQL
4 100 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
5 66 (2.59%) Tableau
6 62 (2.44%) Relational Database
7 58 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
8 53 (2.08%) NoSQL
9 52 (2.04%) Data Vault
10 37 (1.45%) MongoDB
11 36 (1.41%) Delta Lake
12 33 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 25 (0.98%) Data Lake
14 23 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 19 (0.75%) Big Data
17 16 (0.63%) MariaDB
17 16 (0.63%) Metadata
18 13 (0.51%) GIS
18 13 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 498 (19.57%) Git
2 227 (8.92%) Jenkins
3 223 (8.76%) Bitbucket
4 149 (5.85%) Visual Studio
5 117 (4.60%) GitLab
6 97 (3.81%) Selenium
7 80 (3.14%) Sourcetree
8 73 (2.87%) Cucumber
9 47 (1.85%) Postman
10 43 (1.69%) Cypress.io
11 42 (1.65%) Subversion
11 42 (1.65%) Team Foundation Server
12 39 (1.53%) TeamCity
13 36 (1.41%) NUnit
14 31 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
15 29 (1.14%) JMeter
15 29 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
15 29 (1.14%) SoapUI
16 28 (1.10%) SpecFlow
17 27 (1.06%) Moq
General
1 824 (32.38%) Social Skills
2 715 (28.09%) Finance
3 350 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 247 (9.71%) Banking
5 188 (7.39%) Marketing
6 172 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 163 (6.40%) Law
8 162 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
9 138 (5.42%) Public Sector
10 121 (4.75%) Games
11 106 (4.17%) Legal
12 99 (3.89%) Retail
13 68 (2.67%) Aerospace
14 65 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
15 63 (2.48%) Electronics
16 62 (2.44%) Automotive
17 59 (2.32%) Manufacturing
18 49 (1.93%) Telecoms
19 32 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
20 27 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 457 (17.96%) Developer
2 405 (15.91%) Senior
3 388 (15.25%) Analyst
4 255 (10.02%) Lead
5 217 (8.53%) Software Engineer
6 197 (7.74%) Business Analyst
7 162 (6.37%) Project Manager
8 144 (5.66%) Senior Developer
9 90 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
10 89 (3.50%) Full Stack Developer
11 88 (3.46%) 3D Developer
11 88 (3.46%) Games Developer
11 88 (3.46%) Unity 3D Developer
12 81 (3.18%) Support Engineer
13 75 (2.95%) Applications Support
14 66 (2.59%) Data Engineer
15 62 (2.44%) IT Manager
16 61 (2.40%) Senior Software Engineer
17 60 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
18 57 (2.24%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 230 (9.04%) HTML
2 197 (7.74%) .NET
3 194 (7.62%) CSS
4 167 (6.56%) React
5 152 (5.97%) RESTful
6 130 (5.11%) REST
7 109 (4.28%) SOAP
8 105 (4.13%) .NET Framework
9 99 (3.89%) Web Services
10 92 (3.61%) Node.js
11 88 (3.46%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 83 (3.26%) AngularJS
13 82 (3.22%) JSON
13 82 (3.22%) XML
14 77 (3.03%) ASP.NET
15 76 (2.99%) jQuery
16 75 (2.95%) Spring
17 68 (2.67%) Entity Framework
18 66 (2.59%) Vue
19 48 (1.89%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 226 (8.88%) Product Ownership
2 91 (3.58%) Virtual Reality
3 70 (2.75%) Data Structures
4 65 (2.55%) Management Information System
5 63 (2.48%) Mobile App
6 61 (2.40%) Public Cloud
7 57 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
8 55 (2.16%) IoT
9 54 (2.12%) Onboarding
9 54 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 43 (1.69%) Reinsurance
11 39 (1.53%) Algorithms
12 38 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 37 (1.45%) Market Risk
14 35 (1.38%) Cloud Native
15 34 (1.34%) Data Centre
16 28 (1.10%) DataPower
16 28 (1.10%) Legacy Code
16 28 (1.10%) Private Cloud
17 27 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 373 (14.66%) Linux
2 233 (9.16%) Windows
3 102 (4.01%) Unix
4 63 (2.48%) Windows Server
5 46 (1.81%) Android
6 41 (1.61%) Mac OS
7 38 (1.49%) Apple iOS
8 24 (0.94%) Windows 10
9 20 (0.79%) Ubuntu
10 19 (0.75%) CentOS
11 18 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
12 17 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
14 6 (0.24%) Debian
14 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 5 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
15 5 (0.20%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
16 3 (0.12%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,358 (53.36%) Agile
2 666 (26.17%) Scrum
3 654 (25.70%) DevOps
4 544 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
5 423 (16.62%) Software Engineering
6 412 (16.19%) Project Management
7 321 (12.61%) CI/CD
8 288 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 275 (10.81%) Test Automation
10 274 (10.77%) Roadmaps
11 259 (10.18%) Mentoring
12 248 (9.74%) Coaching
13 245 (9.63%) Stakeholder Management
14 233 (9.16%) User Stories
15 226 (8.88%) Kanban
16 217 (8.53%) Software Testing
17 216 (8.49%) SDLC
18 206 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
19 205 (8.06%) Migration
20 190 (7.47%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 473 (18.59%) SQL
2 341 (13.40%) C#
3 339 (13.32%) JavaScript
4 305 (11.98%) Python
5 299 (11.75%) Java
6 114 (4.48%) PowerShell
7 97 (3.81%) C
8 83 (3.26%) C++
9 74 (2.91%) Bash
9 74 (2.91%) PHP
10 73 (2.87%) TypeScript
11 56 (2.20%) T-SQL
12 36 (1.41%) Perl
13 30 (1.18%) Ruby
14 29 (1.14%) Shell Script
15 28 (1.10%) MATLAB
16 26 (1.02%) Go
17 25 (0.98%) Kotlin
18 24 (0.94%) Embedded C
19 22 (0.86%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 594 (23.34%) Degree
2 321 (12.61%) Security Cleared
3 250 (9.82%) SC Cleared
4 113 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 78 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 62 (2.44%) PMI Certification
7 58 (2.28%) DV Cleared
8 53 (2.08%) PMP
9 45 (1.77%) ISTQB
10 27 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (1.02%) HND
11 26 (1.02%) ISEB
12 23 (0.90%) CCNA
13 21 (0.83%) Master's Degree
14 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.67%) Azure Certification
16 16 (0.63%) CSPO
17 15 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 15 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 14 (0.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (9.78%) QA
2 137 (5.38%) Data Quality
3 131 (5.15%) GDPR
4 70 (2.75%) PMO
5 59 (2.32%) SLA
6 50 (1.96%) Accessibility
7 29 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 25 (0.98%) ISO 9001
9 22 (0.86%) MISRA
10 14 (0.55%) Automotive SPICE
10 14 (0.55%) ISO 26262
10 14 (0.55%) PSD2
11 11 (0.43%) NCSC
11 11 (0.43%) NIST
12 9 (0.35%) IEC 62304
12 9 (0.35%) ISO 20022
13 8 (0.31%) AUTOSAR
14 7 (0.28%) GRC
15 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 192 (7.54%) Docker
2 83 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
4 45 (1.77%) Firmware
5 30 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 23 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.59%) Hyper-V
8 11 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
8 11 (0.43%) vSphere
9 10 (0.39%) NFS
9 10 (0.39%) pfSense
10 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.079%) iptables
12 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 177 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 140 (5.50%) Terraform
3 111 (4.36%) Ansible
4 45 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.94%) Grafana
7 20 (0.79%) vCenter Server
8 18 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
8 18 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 17 (0.67%) Packer
10 14 (0.55%) Istio
11 12 (0.47%) ZABBIX
12 10 (0.39%) HP ALM
12 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 10 (0.39%) SCCM
12 10 (0.39%) SCDPM
12 10 (0.39%) SCOM
13 9 (0.35%) Puppet
14 8 (0.31%) Functional Safety
15 7 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 461 (18.11%) Microsoft
2 197 (7.74%) Atlassian
3 167 (6.56%) ServiceNow
4 126 (4.95%) Oracle
5 112 (4.40%) Salesforce
6 91 (3.58%) Google
7 88 (3.46%) VMware
8 83 (3.26%) SAP
9 73 (2.87%) IBM
10 54 (2.12%) Informatica
11 53 (2.08%) Databricks
12 44 (1.73%) Adobe
13 36 (1.41%) Cisco
14 29 (1.14%) Apple
15 28 (1.10%) Kofax
15 28 (1.10%) Pega
16 27 (1.06%) Splunk
17 25 (0.98%) Commvault
17 25 (0.98%) Veeam
18 24 (0.94%) FNZ