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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 95 68
Rank change year-on-year -14 -27 +11
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 2,475 3,484 8,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.45% 3.54% 5.19%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.02% 24.76% 22.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 2,051 3,913
10th Percentile £31,650 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £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 9,512 14,072 37,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.42% 14.29% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,632 8,593 15,905
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% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -21 2,143 £55,000 -8.33% 554
UK excluding London -2 1,761 £52,500 -4.55% 386
Work from Home -27 912 £57,500 -0.86% 290
London -30 625 £65,000 -5.55% 183
North of England +44 440 £58,000 +5.45% 91
South East -25 360 £52,500 -4.55% 102
South West +28 339 £50,000 -2.91% 55
North West +38 245 £62,783 +9.19% 56
Midlands -63 239 £47,500 -13.64% 85
Scotland -40 206 £62,500 +4.17% 25
West Midlands -65 150 £45,000 -18.18% 52
Yorkshire +23 132 £57,500 +4.77% 28
East of England -15 126 £45,000 -21.74% 30
East Midlands +5 85 £47,500 -13.64% 34
North East +19 63 £52,500 +5.00% 10
Wales +27 41 £45,000 +5.88% 6
Northern Ireland +38 13 £55,000 -24.14% 4

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
1 828 (33.45%) Confluence
2 129 (5.21%) SharePoint
3 57 (2.30%) CMS
4 36 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (0.97%) Apache
6 20 (0.81%) WebSphere
6 20 (0.81%) WordPress
7 15 (0.61%) Captiva
7 15 (0.61%) FileNet
8 13 (0.53%) nginx
9 12 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
9 12 (0.48%) IIS
10 10 (0.40%) SAS
11 9 (0.36%) Drupal
12 7 (0.28%) Apache Spark
13 6 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.20%) Kentico
14 5 (0.20%) Tomcat
15 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 147 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 141 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (3.11%) Microsoft Project
4 73 (2.95%) MS Visio
5 67 (2.71%) Trello
6 34 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 23 (0.93%) Simulink
8 22 (0.89%) Stateflow
9 18 (0.73%) Photoshop
10 15 (0.61%) Sketch
11 7 (0.28%) CANalyzer
12 5 (0.20%) Doxygen
12 5 (0.20%) OrCAD
13 4 (0.16%) Maya
13 4 (0.16%) MotionBuilder
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.081%) Adobe Premiere
14 2 (0.081%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 33 (1.33%) SDL Web 8
2 30 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.65%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.20%) CA PPM
5 5 (0.20%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.16%) Magento
6 4 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
6 4 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.12%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.12%) SAP MDM
7 3 (0.12%) SAP Retail
7 3 (0.12%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.081%) iTrent
8 2 (0.081%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 553 (22.34%) Azure
2 395 (15.96%) AWS
3 178 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
3 178 (7.19%) Power Platform
4 175 (7.07%) GitHub
5 125 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
6 96 (3.88%) SaaS
7 94 (3.80%) GCP
8 67 (2.71%) Serverless
9 58 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
10 53 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
11 44 (1.78%) Miro
12 43 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
13 41 (1.66%) Entra ID
13 41 (1.66%) Figma
14 40 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
15 30 (1.21%) Amazon S3
16 26 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
18 22 (0.89%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 99 (4.00%) Firewall
2 52 (2.10%) DNS
3 47 (1.90%) TCP/IP
4 37 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
5 35 (1.41%) VPN
6 32 (1.29%) DHCP
7 26 (1.05%) Wireless
8 19 (0.77%) 5G
8 19 (0.77%) Network Security
9 18 (0.73%) Modbus
10 17 (0.69%) HTTP
11 15 (0.61%) LAN
11 15 (0.61%) MPLS
12 14 (0.57%) J1939
12 14 (0.57%) WAN
13 13 (0.53%) PBX
13 13 (0.53%) RS-232
14 12 (0.48%) BGP
15 11 (0.44%) Bluetooth
15 11 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (9.25%) SQL Server
2 167 (6.75%) Power BI
3 108 (4.36%) MySQL
4 82 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
5 63 (2.55%) Relational Database
6 58 (2.34%) Tableau
7 54 (2.18%) NoSQL
8 49 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
9 48 (1.94%) Data Vault
10 34 (1.37%) MongoDB
11 33 (1.33%) Delta Lake
12 27 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 25 (1.01%) Data Lake
14 23 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (0.65%) Big Data
16 13 (0.53%) GIS
16 13 (0.53%) Looker
16 13 (0.53%) MariaDB
16 13 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 12 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 468 (18.91%) Git
2 212 (8.57%) Jenkins
3 200 (8.08%) Bitbucket
4 140 (5.66%) Visual Studio
5 119 (4.81%) GitLab
6 95 (3.84%) Selenium
7 82 (3.31%) Sourcetree
8 62 (2.51%) Cucumber
9 45 (1.82%) Postman
9 45 (1.82%) Team Foundation Server
10 44 (1.78%) Cypress.io
10 44 (1.78%) TeamCity
11 42 (1.70%) NUnit
12 39 (1.58%) Subversion
13 33 (1.33%) Moq
14 29 (1.17%) SpecFlow
15 28 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
15 28 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
16 27 (1.09%) SonarQube
16 27 (1.09%) TestRail
General
1 846 (34.18%) Social Skills
2 668 (26.99%) Finance
3 323 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 220 (8.89%) Banking
5 194 (7.84%) Marketing
6 169 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 157 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
8 152 (6.14%) Law
9 135 (5.45%) Public Sector
10 104 (4.20%) Legal
11 103 (4.16%) Games
12 98 (3.96%) Retail
13 79 (3.19%) Aerospace
14 66 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
15 64 (2.59%) Automotive
16 62 (2.51%) Electronics
17 56 (2.26%) Manufacturing
18 48 (1.94%) Telecoms
19 32 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
20 28 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 437 (17.66%) Developer
2 382 (15.43%) Senior
3 350 (14.14%) Analyst
4 256 (10.34%) Lead
5 202 (8.16%) Software Engineer
6 188 (7.60%) Business Analyst
7 154 (6.22%) Project Manager
8 134 (5.41%) Senior Developer
9 100 (4.04%) Full Stack Developer
10 98 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
11 79 (3.19%) Support Engineer
12 76 (3.07%) 3D Developer
12 76 (3.07%) Games Developer
12 76 (3.07%) Unity 3D Developer
13 74 (2.99%) Applications Support
14 66 (2.67%) Data Engineer
15 63 (2.55%) IT Manager
16 56 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
17 55 (2.22%) Senior Software Engineer
18 53 (2.14%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (9.70%) HTML
2 205 (8.28%) .NET
3 202 (8.16%) CSS
4 173 (6.99%) React
5 141 (5.70%) RESTful
6 126 (5.09%) REST
7 113 (4.57%) .NET Framework
8 109 (4.40%) SOAP
9 102 (4.12%) Web Services
10 101 (4.08%) Node.js
11 88 (3.56%) ASP.NET
11 88 (3.56%) XML
12 83 (3.35%) JSON
13 82 (3.31%) AngularJS
13 82 (3.31%) jQuery
14 77 (3.11%) Entity Framework
15 76 (3.07%) Unity (Game Engine)
16 64 (2.59%) Spring
17 63 (2.55%) Vue
18 48 (1.94%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 236 (9.54%) Product Ownership
2 77 (3.11%) Virtual Reality
3 69 (2.79%) Management Information System
3 69 (2.79%) Mobile App
4 68 (2.75%) Data Structures
5 54 (2.18%) IoT
5 54 (2.18%) Onboarding
5 54 (2.18%) Public Cloud
6 53 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 51 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
8 43 (1.74%) Cloud Native
9 41 (1.66%) Algorithms
10 39 (1.58%) Reinsurance
11 38 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
12 36 (1.45%) Data Centre
12 36 (1.45%) Market Risk
13 34 (1.37%) Legacy Code
14 31 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
14 31 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
15 24 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 358 (14.46%) Linux
2 227 (9.17%) Windows
3 88 (3.56%) Unix
4 69 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 45 (1.82%) Android
6 37 (1.49%) Apple iOS
7 35 (1.41%) Mac OS
8 23 (0.93%) Windows 10
9 19 (0.77%) CentOS
9 19 (0.77%) Ubuntu
10 17 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
11 14 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
12 6 (0.24%) Debian
12 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
13 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
14 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,311 (52.97%) Agile
2 655 (26.46%) Scrum
3 634 (25.62%) DevOps
4 530 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
5 408 (16.48%) Project Management
6 393 (15.88%) Software Engineering
7 322 (13.01%) CI/CD
8 293 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 279 (11.27%) Test Automation
10 276 (11.15%) Roadmaps
11 257 (10.38%) Mentoring
12 238 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 235 (9.49%) Coaching
14 225 (9.09%) Kanban
14 225 (9.09%) User Stories
15 214 (8.65%) Software Testing
16 211 (8.53%) SDLC
17 201 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
18 198 (8.00%) Migration
19 182 (7.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 457 (18.46%) SQL
2 345 (13.94%) JavaScript
3 330 (13.33%) C#
4 306 (12.36%) Python
5 254 (10.26%) Java
6 108 (4.36%) PowerShell
7 99 (4.00%) C
8 75 (3.03%) C++
9 72 (2.91%) PHP
9 72 (2.91%) TypeScript
10 70 (2.83%) Bash
11 60 (2.42%) T-SQL
12 37 (1.49%) Perl
13 29 (1.17%) MATLAB
13 29 (1.17%) Ruby
14 28 (1.13%) Shell Script
15 25 (1.01%) Go
15 25 (1.01%) Kotlin
16 24 (0.97%) Embedded C
17 23 (0.93%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 575 (23.23%) Degree
2 302 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 229 (9.25%) SC Cleared
4 98 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 66 (2.67%) PMI Certification
7 63 (2.55%) DV Cleared
8 55 (2.22%) PMP
9 45 (1.82%) ISTQB
10 27 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 27 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.01%) HND
12 24 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 24 (0.97%) ISEB
13 20 (0.81%) CCNA
13 20 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (0.77%) Master's Degree
15 17 (0.69%) CSPO
16 16 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 14 (0.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 254 (10.26%) QA
2 128 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 115 (4.65%) GDPR
4 67 (2.71%) PMO
5 59 (2.38%) SLA
6 51 (2.06%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.01%) ISO 9001
8 23 (0.93%) MISRA
9 17 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 14 (0.57%) Automotive SPICE
10 14 (0.57%) ISO 26262
10 14 (0.57%) PSD2
11 12 (0.48%) NIST
12 10 (0.40%) NCSC
13 9 (0.36%) IEC 62304
13 9 (0.36%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.32%) AUTOSAR
14 8 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.16%) GRC
15 4 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 209 (8.44%) Docker
2 78 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.90%) Firmware
4 42 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 24 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.40%) NFS
8 10 (0.40%) pfSense
9 9 (0.36%) vSphere
10 2 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.040%) iptables
11 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 193 (7.80%) Kubernetes
2 154 (6.22%) Terraform
3 125 (5.05%) Ansible
4 45 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.97%) Grafana
7 20 (0.81%) vCenter Server
8 18 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
9 17 (0.69%) Progress Chef
10 15 (0.61%) Istio
10 15 (0.61%) Packer
11 11 (0.44%) HP ALM
11 11 (0.44%) ZABBIX
12 10 (0.40%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 10 (0.40%) SCDPM
12 10 (0.40%) SCOM
13 9 (0.36%) Puppet
13 9 (0.36%) SCCM
14 8 (0.32%) Functional Safety
15 7 (0.28%) Salt
Vendors
1 441 (17.82%) Microsoft
2 182 (7.35%) Atlassian
3 167 (6.75%) ServiceNow
4 114 (4.61%) Oracle
5 111 (4.48%) Salesforce
6 87 (3.52%) Google
7 79 (3.19%) VMware
8 69 (2.79%) SAP
9 58 (2.34%) IBM
10 53 (2.14%) Databricks
11 50 (2.02%) Informatica
12 43 (1.74%) Adobe
13 36 (1.45%) Cisco
14 27 (1.09%) Splunk
15 26 (1.05%) Apple
15 26 (1.05%) Veeam
16 24 (0.97%) Commvault
17 20 (0.81%) Palo Alto
18 19 (0.77%) Sun
19 18 (0.73%) HP