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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 95 68
Rank change year-on-year -9 -27 +10
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 2,486 3,542 8,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.49% 3.56% 5.17%
As % of the Development Applications category 26.08% 24.85% 22.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,685 2,090 3,928
10th Percentile £31,500 £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 9,532 14,256 37,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.54% 14.33% 22.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,651 8,729 15,975
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 20 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 20 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 -17 2,152 £55,000 -8.33% 649
UK excluding London -2 1,769 £52,500 -4.55% 448
Work from Home -24 922 £57,500 -0.86% 317
London -34 627 £65,000 -5.55% 242
North of England +38 442 £60,000 +9.09% 98
South East -23 365 £52,500 -6.67% 137
South West +28 339 £50,000 -2.44% 66
North West +38 244 £62,783 +9.19% 55
Midlands -63 240 £47,500 -13.64% 86
Scotland -38 208 £62,500 +3.72% 28
West Midlands -69 151 £45,000 -18.18% 52
Yorkshire +25 134 £60,000 +9.33% 32
East of England -16 124 £45,000 -21.74% 32
East Midlands -11 85 £47,500 -13.64% 34
North East +25 64 £52,500 +5.00% 14
Wales +29 41 £45,000 +5.88% 12
Northern Ireland +42 13 £55,000 -24.14% 2

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
1 843 (33.91%) Confluence
2 130 (5.23%) SharePoint
3 57 (2.29%) CMS
4 37 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (1.05%) WebSphere
6 25 (1.01%) Apache
7 21 (0.84%) Captiva
7 21 (0.84%) FileNet
8 20 (0.80%) WordPress
9 13 (0.52%) nginx
10 12 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
10 12 (0.48%) IIS
11 10 (0.40%) SAS
12 9 (0.36%) Drupal
13 7 (0.28%) Apache Spark
14 6 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
15 5 (0.20%) Kentico
15 5 (0.20%) Tomcat
16 4 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 147 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 140 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (3.10%) Microsoft Project
4 74 (2.98%) MS Visio
5 68 (2.74%) Trello
6 35 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 23 (0.93%) Simulink
8 22 (0.88%) Stateflow
9 18 (0.72%) Photoshop
10 15 (0.60%) 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 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
14 2 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 2 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
14 2 (0.080%) Adobe Premiere
14 2 (0.080%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 33 (1.33%) SDL Web 8
2 31 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.64%) 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 (0.080%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.080%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 548 (22.04%) Azure
2 382 (15.37%) AWS
3 184 (7.40%) Power Platform
4 182 (7.32%) GitHub
5 179 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
6 128 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
7 97 (3.90%) SaaS
8 87 (3.50%) GCP
9 67 (2.70%) Serverless
10 53 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
11 47 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
12 43 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
12 43 (1.73%) Miro
13 42 (1.69%) Entra ID
13 42 (1.69%) Figma
14 31 (1.25%) Amazon S3
15 28 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
18 24 (0.97%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 99 (3.98%) Firewall
2 51 (2.05%) DNS
3 48 (1.93%) TCP/IP
4 37 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
5 34 (1.37%) VPN
6 31 (1.25%) DHCP
7 27 (1.09%) Wireless
8 19 (0.76%) 5G
8 19 (0.76%) Modbus
9 18 (0.72%) Network Security
10 17 (0.68%) HTTP
11 15 (0.60%) LAN
12 14 (0.56%) J1939
12 14 (0.56%) MPLS
12 14 (0.56%) PBX
13 13 (0.52%) RS-232
13 13 (0.52%) WAN
14 11 (0.44%) BGP
14 11 (0.44%) Bluetooth
14 11 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 172 (6.92%) Power BI
3 111 (4.47%) MySQL
4 85 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
5 64 (2.57%) Relational Database
6 63 (2.53%) Tableau
7 54 (2.17%) NoSQL
8 50 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
9 49 (1.97%) Data Vault
10 35 (1.41%) MongoDB
11 34 (1.37%) Delta Lake
12 29 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 25 (1.01%) Data Lake
14 23 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (0.64%) Big Data
16 15 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 13 (0.52%) GIS
17 13 (0.52%) Looker
17 13 (0.52%) MariaDB
17 13 (0.52%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 482 (19.39%) Git
2 216 (8.69%) Jenkins
3 202 (8.13%) Bitbucket
4 141 (5.67%) Visual Studio
5 116 (4.67%) GitLab
6 97 (3.90%) Selenium
7 82 (3.30%) Sourcetree
8 64 (2.57%) Cucumber
9 46 (1.85%) Postman
10 45 (1.81%) Team Foundation Server
11 44 (1.77%) Cypress.io
11 44 (1.77%) TeamCity
12 42 (1.69%) NUnit
13 39 (1.57%) Subversion
14 33 (1.33%) Moq
15 29 (1.17%) SpecFlow
16 28 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
16 28 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
17 27 (1.09%) TestRail
18 25 (1.01%) Zephyr
General
1 828 (33.31%) Social Skills
2 680 (27.35%) Finance
3 325 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 228 (9.17%) Banking
5 194 (7.80%) Marketing
6 169 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 155 (6.23%) Law
7 155 (6.23%) Presentation Skills
8 137 (5.51%) Public Sector
9 105 (4.22%) Legal
10 104 (4.18%) Games
11 99 (3.98%) Retail
12 77 (3.10%) Aerospace
13 67 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
14 64 (2.57%) Automotive
15 63 (2.53%) Electronics
16 57 (2.29%) Manufacturing
17 49 (1.97%) Telecoms
18 31 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
19 30 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 451 (18.14%) Developer
2 395 (15.89%) Senior
3 357 (14.36%) Analyst
4 259 (10.42%) Lead
5 207 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 190 (7.64%) Business Analyst
7 153 (6.15%) Project Manager
8 146 (5.87%) Senior Developer
9 98 (3.94%) Full Stack Developer
10 85 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
11 81 (3.26%) Support Engineer
12 77 (3.10%) 3D Developer
12 77 (3.10%) Games Developer
12 77 (3.10%) Unity 3D Developer
13 73 (2.94%) Applications Support
14 67 (2.70%) Data Engineer
15 62 (2.49%) IT Manager
16 58 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
17 55 (2.21%) Senior Software Engineer
17 55 (2.21%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (9.65%) HTML
2 206 (8.29%) .NET
3 201 (8.09%) CSS
4 171 (6.88%) React
5 153 (6.15%) RESTful
6 126 (5.07%) REST
7 114 (4.59%) .NET Framework
8 110 (4.42%) SOAP
9 103 (4.14%) Web Services
10 89 (3.58%) Node.js
11 88 (3.54%) ASP.NET
12 87 (3.50%) XML
13 82 (3.30%) JSON
14 81 (3.26%) AngularJS
14 81 (3.26%) jQuery
15 77 (3.10%) Entity Framework
15 77 (3.10%) Unity (Game Engine)
16 75 (3.02%) Spring
17 63 (2.53%) Vue
18 48 (1.93%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 227 (9.13%) Product Ownership
2 78 (3.14%) Virtual Reality
3 69 (2.78%) Data Structures
3 69 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 67 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 55 (2.21%) IoT
5 55 (2.21%) Public Cloud
6 54 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 52 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
7 52 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 41 (1.65%) Reinsurance
9 40 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 39 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 36 (1.45%) Market Risk
12 34 (1.37%) Data Centre
12 34 (1.37%) Legacy Code
13 33 (1.33%) Cloud Native
14 29 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
15 28 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
16 23 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 362 (14.56%) Linux
2 229 (9.21%) Windows
3 94 (3.78%) Unix
4 67 (2.70%) Windows Server
5 46 (1.85%) Android
6 38 (1.53%) Apple iOS
7 37 (1.49%) Mac OS
8 24 (0.97%) Windows 10
9 19 (0.76%) CentOS
9 19 (0.76%) Ubuntu
10 17 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
12 14 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
13 6 (0.24%) Debian
13 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
15 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
16 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,309 (52.65%) Agile
2 643 (25.86%) Scrum
3 628 (25.26%) DevOps
4 541 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
5 408 (16.41%) Project Management
6 399 (16.05%) Software Engineering
7 308 (12.39%) CI/CD
8 280 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 274 (11.02%) Roadmaps
10 270 (10.86%) Test Automation
11 247 (9.94%) Mentoring
12 241 (9.69%) Coaching
12 241 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 227 (9.13%) User Stories
14 221 (8.89%) Kanban
15 215 (8.65%) Software Testing
16 211 (8.49%) SDLC
17 203 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
18 200 (8.05%) Migration
19 185 (7.44%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 467 (18.79%) SQL
2 336 (13.52%) JavaScript
3 332 (13.35%) C#
4 297 (11.95%) Python
5 276 (11.10%) Java
6 108 (4.34%) PowerShell
7 99 (3.98%) C
8 75 (3.02%) C++
9 74 (2.98%) TypeScript
10 72 (2.90%) PHP
11 71 (2.86%) Bash
12 60 (2.41%) T-SQL
13 36 (1.45%) Perl
14 29 (1.17%) MATLAB
14 29 (1.17%) Ruby
15 28 (1.13%) Shell Script
16 25 (1.01%) Kotlin
17 24 (0.97%) Embedded C
18 23 (0.93%) Apex Code
18 23 (0.93%) Go
Qualifications
1 582 (23.41%) Degree
2 301 (12.11%) Security Cleared
3 229 (9.21%) SC Cleared
4 99 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 80 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 67 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 61 (2.45%) DV Cleared
8 55 (2.21%) PMP
9 44 (1.77%) ISTQB
10 26 (1.05%) HND
11 24 (0.97%) ISEB
12 23 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (0.76%) CCNA
14 19 (0.76%) Master's Degree
15 16 (0.64%) CSPO
16 15 (0.60%) AWS Certification
16 15 (0.60%) Azure Certification
16 15 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 15 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (10.14%) QA
2 133 (5.35%) Data Quality
3 123 (4.95%) GDPR
4 68 (2.74%) PMO
5 60 (2.41%) SLA
6 52 (2.09%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.01%) ISO 9001
8 23 (0.93%) MISRA
9 18 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 14 (0.56%) Automotive SPICE
10 14 (0.56%) ISO 26262
10 14 (0.56%) PSD2
11 11 (0.44%) NIST
12 10 (0.40%) NCSC
13 9 (0.36%) IEC 62304
13 9 (0.36%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.32%) AUTOSAR
15 7 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
16 5 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 4 (0.16%) JTAG
System Software
1 195 (7.84%) Docker
2 79 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 46 (1.85%) Firmware
4 43 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
5 28 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 24 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.56%) 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 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.040%) iptables
11 1 (0.040%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 178 (7.16%) Kubernetes
2 138 (5.55%) Terraform
3 111 (4.47%) Ansible
4 45 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.97%) Grafana
7 20 (0.80%) vCenter Server
8 18 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
9 17 (0.68%) Progress Chef
10 15 (0.60%) Istio
10 15 (0.60%) 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%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 443 (17.82%) Microsoft
2 181 (7.28%) Atlassian
3 163 (6.56%) ServiceNow
4 123 (4.95%) Oracle
5 109 (4.38%) Salesforce
6 89 (3.58%) Google
7 81 (3.26%) VMware
8 76 (3.06%) SAP
9 63 (2.53%) IBM
10 53 (2.13%) Databricks
11 51 (2.05%) Informatica
12 43 (1.73%) Adobe
13 35 (1.41%) Cisco
14 27 (1.09%) Apple
14 27 (1.09%) Splunk
15 25 (1.01%) Veeam
16 24 (0.97%) Commvault
17 21 (0.84%) Kofax
17 21 (0.84%) Pega
18 19 (0.76%) Palo Alto