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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 91 68
Rank change year-on-year -12 -23 +9
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 2,537 3,769 7,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.57% 3.63% 5.02%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.46% 25.27% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,738 2,183 3,888
10th Percentile £31,500 £37,566 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £44,000
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 £93,750 £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 9,589 14,916 35,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.72% 14.37% 22.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,753 9,129 15,955
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 £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 3 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 3 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 -14 2,180 £55,000 -8.33% 604
UK excluding London -8 1,804 £52,500 -4.55% 422
Work from Home -21 949 £58,700 -0.83% 290
London -32 641 £65,000 -5.55% 200
North of England +31 440 £60,000 +9.09% 76
South East -25 373 £52,500 -8.70% 115
South West +29 351 £50,000 - 64
North West +34 239 £62,783 +9.19% 44
Midlands -56 239 £47,500 -13.64% 84
Scotland -48 222 £62,500 +4.17% 38
West Midlands -71 153 £45,000 -18.18% 49
Yorkshire +22 137 £60,000 +9.09% 26
East of England -15 126 £45,000 -21.74% 42
East Midlands +3 83 £47,500 -13.64% 35
North East +23 64 £52,500 +5.00% 7
Wales +30 40 £45,000 -5.26% 11
Northern Ireland +43 16 £66,250 -8.62% 3

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
1 862 (33.98%) Confluence
2 131 (5.16%) SharePoint
3 51 (2.01%) CMS
4 37 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.30%) WebSphere
6 28 (1.10%) Captiva
6 28 (1.10%) FileNet
7 25 (0.99%) Apache
8 21 (0.83%) WordPress
9 14 (0.55%) nginx
10 13 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
11 12 (0.47%) IIS
12 9 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 9 (0.35%) Drupal
12 9 (0.35%) SAS
13 8 (0.32%) Apache Spark
13 8 (0.32%) Tomcat
14 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
15 5 (0.20%) Kentico
16 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 151 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 138 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (3.04%) Microsoft Project
4 74 (2.92%) MS Visio
5 68 (2.68%) Trello
6 36 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 22 (0.87%) Simulink
7 22 (0.87%) 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 37 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.06%) SDL Web 8
3 22 (0.87%) PlanetPress Connect
4 8 (0.32%) 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
1 564 (22.23%) Azure
2 393 (15.49%) AWS
3 199 (7.84%) GitHub
4 193 (7.61%) Power Platform
5 186 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
6 132 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
7 104 (4.10%) SaaS
8 100 (3.94%) GCP
9 70 (2.76%) Serverless
10 55 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
11 47 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
12 44 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
12 44 (1.73%) Miro
13 43 (1.69%) Entra ID
14 42 (1.66%) Figma
15 32 (1.26%) Amazon S3
16 28 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
16 28 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
16 28 (1.10%) Slack
17 27 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 101 (3.98%) Firewall
2 50 (1.97%) DNS
2 50 (1.97%) TCP/IP
3 36 (1.42%) VPN
3 36 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (1.14%) DHCP
4 29 (1.14%) Wireless
5 20 (0.79%) Modbus
6 19 (0.75%) 5G
7 17 (0.67%) Network Security
7 17 (0.67%) PBX
8 16 (0.63%) HTTP
9 15 (0.59%) LAN
10 14 (0.55%) J1939
10 14 (0.55%) MPLS
11 13 (0.51%) WAN
12 12 (0.47%) RS-232
13 11 (0.43%) BGP
13 11 (0.43%) Bluetooth
13 11 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (9.18%) SQL Server
2 179 (7.06%) Power BI
3 123 (4.85%) MySQL
4 98 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
5 65 (2.56%) Tableau
6 63 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 55 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
8 54 (2.13%) NoSQL
9 51 (2.01%) Data Vault
10 38 (1.50%) MongoDB
11 36 (1.42%) Delta Lake
12 31 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 25 (0.99%) Data Lake
14 23 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
15 19 (0.75%) Big Data
16 17 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (0.59%) MariaDB
17 15 (0.59%) Metadata
18 13 (0.51%) GIS
18 13 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 498 (19.63%) Git
2 225 (8.87%) Jenkins
3 222 (8.75%) Bitbucket
4 149 (5.87%) Visual Studio
5 116 (4.57%) GitLab
6 97 (3.82%) Selenium
7 80 (3.15%) Sourcetree
8 72 (2.84%) Cucumber
9 47 (1.85%) Postman
10 43 (1.69%) Cypress.io
10 43 (1.69%) Subversion
11 42 (1.66%) Team Foundation Server
12 38 (1.50%) TeamCity
13 36 (1.42%) NUnit
14 31 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
15 29 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
16 28 (1.10%) JMeter
16 28 (1.10%) SoapUI
17 27 (1.06%) Moq
17 27 (1.06%) SpecFlow
General
1 820 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 709 (27.95%) Finance
3 342 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 244 (9.62%) Banking
5 188 (7.41%) Marketing
6 174 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 164 (6.46%) Presentation Skills
8 161 (6.35%) Law
9 138 (5.44%) Public Sector
10 117 (4.61%) Games
11 105 (4.14%) Legal
12 99 (3.90%) Retail
13 70 (2.76%) Aerospace
14 65 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
15 62 (2.44%) Automotive
15 62 (2.44%) Electronics
16 57 (2.25%) Manufacturing
17 49 (1.93%) Telecoms
18 32 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
19 28 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 458 (18.05%) Developer
2 403 (15.88%) Senior
3 384 (15.14%) Analyst
4 259 (10.21%) Lead
5 217 (8.55%) Software Engineer
6 197 (7.77%) Business Analyst
7 160 (6.31%) Project Manager
8 146 (5.75%) Senior Developer
9 90 (3.55%) Full Stack Developer
10 89 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
11 88 (3.47%) 3D Developer
11 88 (3.47%) Games Developer
11 88 (3.47%) Unity 3D Developer
12 83 (3.27%) Support Engineer
13 76 (3.00%) Applications Support
14 66 (2.60%) Data Engineer
15 62 (2.44%) IT Manager
16 60 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
16 60 (2.36%) Senior Software Engineer
17 56 (2.21%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (9.18%) HTML
2 199 (7.84%) .NET
3 197 (7.77%) CSS
4 169 (6.66%) React
5 152 (5.99%) RESTful
6 130 (5.12%) REST
7 108 (4.26%) SOAP
8 106 (4.18%) .NET Framework
9 99 (3.90%) Web Services
10 93 (3.67%) Node.js
11 88 (3.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 83 (3.27%) AngularJS
12 83 (3.27%) JSON
12 83 (3.27%) XML
13 79 (3.11%) ASP.NET
14 76 (3.00%) Spring
15 75 (2.96%) jQuery
16 69 (2.72%) Entity Framework
17 65 (2.56%) Vue
18 49 (1.93%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 226 (8.91%) Product Ownership
2 91 (3.59%) Virtual Reality
3 70 (2.76%) Data Structures
4 65 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 64 (2.52%) Mobile App
6 59 (2.33%) Public Cloud
7 55 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 55 (2.17%) IoT
8 54 (2.13%) Onboarding
9 52 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
10 43 (1.69%) Reinsurance
11 39 (1.54%) Algorithms
12 38 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
13 37 (1.46%) Market Risk
14 34 (1.34%) Data Centre
15 33 (1.30%) Cloud Native
16 28 (1.10%) DataPower
16 28 (1.10%) Legacy Code
16 28 (1.10%) Private Cloud
17 27 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 371 (14.62%) Linux
2 234 (9.22%) Windows
3 100 (3.94%) Unix
4 65 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 47 (1.85%) Android
6 40 (1.58%) Mac OS
7 39 (1.54%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.99%) 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%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.12%) FreeBSD
16 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
16 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,347 (53.09%) Agile
2 664 (26.17%) Scrum
3 650 (25.62%) DevOps
4 540 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
5 424 (16.71%) Software Engineering
6 412 (16.24%) Project Management
7 319 (12.57%) CI/CD
8 286 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 273 (10.76%) Roadmaps
9 273 (10.76%) Test Automation
10 257 (10.13%) Mentoring
11 247 (9.74%) Coaching
12 244 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 235 (9.26%) User Stories
14 225 (8.87%) Kanban
15 216 (8.51%) SDLC
16 214 (8.44%) Software Testing
17 207 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
18 204 (8.04%) Migration
19 188 (7.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 471 (18.57%) SQL
2 342 (13.48%) C#
3 339 (13.36%) JavaScript
4 302 (11.90%) Python
5 299 (11.79%) Java
6 111 (4.38%) PowerShell
7 98 (3.86%) C
8 83 (3.27%) C++
9 74 (2.92%) PHP
10 73 (2.88%) Bash
10 73 (2.88%) TypeScript
11 54 (2.13%) T-SQL
12 36 (1.42%) Perl
13 30 (1.18%) Ruby
14 28 (1.10%) MATLAB
15 27 (1.06%) Shell Script
16 25 (0.99%) Go
16 25 (0.99%) Kotlin
17 24 (0.95%) Embedded C
18 22 (0.87%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 593 (23.37%) Degree
2 322 (12.69%) Security Cleared
3 249 (9.81%) SC Cleared
4 113 (4.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 78 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 63 (2.48%) PMI Certification
7 61 (2.40%) DV Cleared
8 54 (2.13%) PMP
9 42 (1.66%) ISTQB
10 26 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (1.02%) HND
11 25 (0.99%) ISEB
12 22 (0.87%) CCNA
13 19 (0.75%) Master's Degree
13 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.63%) Azure Certification
14 16 (0.63%) CSPO
15 15 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 15 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 14 (0.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (9.74%) QA
2 136 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 130 (5.12%) GDPR
4 68 (2.68%) PMO
5 59 (2.33%) SLA
6 50 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 29 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 25 (0.99%) ISO 9001
9 22 (0.87%) MISRA
10 14 (0.55%) Automotive SPICE
10 14 (0.55%) ISO 26262
10 14 (0.55%) PSD2
11 11 (0.43%) NCSC
12 10 (0.39%) NIST
13 9 (0.35%) IEC 62304
13 9 (0.35%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.32%) AUTOSAR
15 6 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 5 (0.20%) GRC
System Software
1 196 (7.73%) Docker
2 83 (3.27%) Active Directory
3 45 (1.77%) Firmware
3 45 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
4 29 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
7 11 (0.43%) vSphere
8 10 (0.39%) NFS
8 10 (0.39%) pfSense
9 2 (0.079%) iptables
9 2 (0.079%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.039%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 177 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 141 (5.56%) Terraform
3 111 (4.38%) Ansible
4 46 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.95%) 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 15 (0.59%) 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 (0.32%) Functional Safety
15 7 (0.28%) Consul
Vendors
1 459 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 192 (7.57%) Atlassian
3 168 (6.62%) ServiceNow
4 129 (5.08%) Oracle
5 112 (4.41%) Salesforce
6 92 (3.63%) Google
7 85 (3.35%) VMware
8 83 (3.27%) SAP
9 72 (2.84%) IBM
10 53 (2.09%) Databricks
10 53 (2.09%) Informatica
11 44 (1.73%) Adobe
12 36 (1.42%) Cisco
13 29 (1.14%) Apple
14 28 (1.10%) Kofax
14 28 (1.10%) Pega
15 27 (1.06%) Splunk
16 25 (0.99%) Commvault
17 24 (0.95%) Veeam
18 23 (0.91%) Palo Alto