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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 93 67
Rank change year-on-year -21 -26 +12
Permanent jobs citing JIRA 2,454 3,154 8,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.26% 3.39% 5.23%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.82% 24.34% 22.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,632 1,931 4,036
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £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 £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £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 9,505 12,960 40,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.76% 13.92% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,495 8,140 16,070
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +4.00% +8.76%
75th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -22 2,131 £55,000 -8.33% 521
UK excluding London -10 1,750 £52,500 -4.55% 358
Work from Home -31 893 £56,500 -2.59% 250
London -42 618 £65,000 -3.70% 185
North of England +35 436 £55,750 +1.58% 79
South East -40 368 £52,500 -4.55% 94
South West +27 333 £50,000 - 53
North West +47 251 £60,000 +6.90% 54
Midlands -67 236 £47,500 -13.64% 66
Scotland -28 196 £62,500 +4.17% 33
West Midlands -77 145 £45,000 -19.28% 44
East of England -25 126 £45,000 -21.74% 25
Yorkshire +20 123 £52,500 -4.34% 21
East Midlands -21 87 £47,500 -13.64% 22
North East +16 62 £52,500 -4.55% 6
Wales +32 45 £45,000 +5.88% 10
Northern Ireland +28 13 £55,000 -45.00% 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
1 812 (33.09%) Confluence
2 135 (5.50%) SharePoint
3 64 (2.61%) CMS
4 35 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (1.02%) Apache
6 18 (0.73%) WordPress
7 13 (0.53%) nginx
8 12 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 12 (0.49%) IIS
9 11 (0.45%) Apache Spark
10 9 (0.37%) Drupal
10 9 (0.37%) SAS
10 9 (0.37%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 6 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.20%) Kentico
12 5 (0.20%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.16%) Captiva
13 4 (0.16%) FileNet
Applications
1 147 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 145 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
3 79 (3.22%) Microsoft Project
4 72 (2.93%) MS Visio
5 70 (2.85%) Trello
6 32 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 24 (0.98%) Simulink
8 22 (0.90%) Stateflow
9 21 (0.86%) Photoshop
10 13 (0.53%) Sketch
11 7 (0.29%) 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 37 (1.51%) SDL Web 8
2 24 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.41%) PlanetPress Connect
5 5 (0.20%) CA PPM
5 5 (0.20%) Fidessa
5 5 (0.20%) iTrent
5 5 (0.20%) Magento
5 5 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
6 4 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.16%) SAP MDG
6 4 (0.16%) SAP MDM
6 4 (0.16%) SAP Retail
7 3 (0.12%) Maximo
7 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.12%) Sage 300 ERP
7 3 (0.12%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 549 (22.37%) Azure
2 385 (15.69%) AWS
3 187 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
4 183 (7.46%) Power Platform
5 153 (6.23%) GitHub
6 121 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
7 99 (4.03%) SaaS
8 80 (3.26%) GCP
9 64 (2.61%) Serverless
10 58 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
11 48 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (1.96%) Miro
12 45 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
13 42 (1.71%) Figma
14 41 (1.67%) Entra ID
15 36 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (0.94%) Amazon S3
17 22 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 21 (0.86%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 93 (3.79%) Firewall
2 48 (1.96%) DNS
2 48 (1.96%) TCP/IP
3 37 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
4 36 (1.47%) VPN
5 32 (1.30%) DHCP
6 27 (1.10%) Wireless
7 21 (0.86%) Modbus
8 20 (0.81%) 5G
9 19 (0.77%) HTTP
9 19 (0.77%) Network Security
10 17 (0.69%) LAN
11 16 (0.65%) WAN
12 15 (0.61%) MPLS
13 14 (0.57%) J1939
14 13 (0.53%) RS-232
15 12 (0.49%) BGP
16 11 (0.45%) Bluetooth
16 11 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
16 11 (0.45%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (9.21%) SQL Server
2 171 (6.97%) Power BI
3 102 (4.16%) MySQL
4 79 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
5 61 (2.49%) NoSQL
6 60 (2.44%) Relational Database
7 58 (2.36%) Tableau
8 47 (1.92%) Data Vault
9 46 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
10 36 (1.47%) MongoDB
11 30 (1.22%) Delta Lake
12 27 (1.10%) Data Lake
13 25 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 23 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
15 21 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
16 16 (0.65%) Big Data
17 14 (0.57%) Data Mining
17 14 (0.57%) Looker
18 13 (0.53%) GIS
19 12 (0.49%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 458 (18.66%) Git
2 197 (8.03%) Jenkins
3 174 (7.09%) Bitbucket
4 128 (5.22%) Visual Studio
5 118 (4.81%) GitLab
6 95 (3.87%) Selenium
7 85 (3.46%) Sourcetree
8 58 (2.36%) Cucumber
9 49 (2.00%) Team Foundation Server
10 47 (1.92%) TeamCity
11 46 (1.87%) NUnit
12 44 (1.79%) Cypress.io
13 42 (1.71%) Postman
14 37 (1.51%) Moq
15 31 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
15 31 (1.26%) SpecFlow
16 30 (1.22%) Subversion
17 29 (1.18%) TestRail
18 25 (1.02%) Zephyr
19 24 (0.98%) SonarQube
General
1 859 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 642 (26.16%) Finance
3 326 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (8.27%) Banking
5 197 (8.03%) Marketing
6 159 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 147 (5.99%) Law
8 139 (5.66%) Public Sector
9 135 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
10 105 (4.28%) Legal
11 99 (4.03%) Retail
12 87 (3.55%) Games
13 83 (3.38%) Aerospace
14 66 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
15 64 (2.61%) Automotive
15 64 (2.61%) Electronics
16 59 (2.40%) Manufacturing
17 49 (2.00%) Telecoms
18 32 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
19 26 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 429 (17.48%) Developer
2 393 (16.01%) Senior
3 338 (13.77%) Analyst
4 247 (10.07%) Lead
5 189 (7.70%) Software Engineer
6 181 (7.38%) Business Analyst
7 160 (6.52%) Project Manager
8 139 (5.66%) Senior Developer
9 110 (4.48%) Full Stack Developer
10 95 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
11 80 (3.26%) Support Engineer
12 70 (2.85%) Applications Support
13 66 (2.69%) IT Manager
14 65 (2.65%) Data Engineer
15 60 (2.44%) Test Engineer
16 59 (2.40%) 3D Developer
16 59 (2.40%) Games Developer
16 59 (2.40%) Unity 3D Developer
17 57 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
18 55 (2.24%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (10.39%) HTML
2 213 (8.68%) CSS
3 206 (8.39%) .NET
4 175 (7.13%) React
5 147 (5.99%) RESTful
6 131 (5.34%) REST
7 116 (4.73%) .NET Framework
8 112 (4.56%) SOAP
9 107 (4.36%) Web Services
10 99 (4.03%) Node.js
11 95 (3.87%) ASP.NET
12 90 (3.67%) XML
13 89 (3.63%) jQuery
14 86 (3.50%) JSON
15 81 (3.30%) Entity Framework
16 80 (3.26%) AngularJS
17 66 (2.69%) Spring
18 60 (2.44%) Vue
19 59 (2.40%) Unity (Game Engine)
20 52 (2.12%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 225 (9.17%) Product Ownership
2 75 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 71 (2.89%) Data Structures
4 69 (2.81%) Mobile App
5 59 (2.40%) Virtual Reality
6 57 (2.32%) IoT
7 56 (2.28%) Onboarding
8 53 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
9 52 (2.12%) Public Cloud
9 52 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 41 (1.67%) Algorithms
11 40 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
12 39 (1.59%) Legacy Code
13 38 (1.55%) Cloud Native
14 36 (1.47%) Reinsurance
15 32 (1.30%) Data Centre
15 32 (1.30%) Market Risk
16 29 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
17 26 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
18 24 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 350 (14.26%) Linux
2 221 (9.01%) Windows
3 77 (3.14%) Unix
4 70 (2.85%) Windows Server
5 46 (1.87%) Android
6 37 (1.51%) Apple iOS
7 31 (1.26%) Mac OS
8 26 (1.06%) Windows 10
9 21 (0.86%) CentOS
10 19 (0.77%) Ubuntu
11 16 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
13 14 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (0.29%) Debian
15 6 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
17 3 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
17 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,301 (53.02%) Agile
2 649 (26.45%) Scrum
3 627 (25.55%) DevOps
4 536 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
5 410 (16.71%) Project Management
6 351 (14.30%) Software Engineering
7 317 (12.92%) CI/CD
8 284 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 281 (11.45%) Test Automation
10 274 (11.17%) Roadmaps
11 252 (10.27%) Mentoring
12 243 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 230 (9.37%) User Stories
14 227 (9.25%) Kanban
15 223 (9.09%) Coaching
16 221 (9.01%) Software Testing
17 214 (8.72%) SDLC
18 206 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
19 183 (7.46%) Migration
19 183 (7.46%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 462 (18.83%) SQL
2 348 (14.18%) JavaScript
3 318 (12.96%) C#
4 309 (12.59%) Python
5 239 (9.74%) Java
6 107 (4.36%) PowerShell
7 98 (3.99%) C
8 76 (3.10%) C++
9 75 (3.06%) TypeScript
10 72 (2.93%) PHP
11 69 (2.81%) Bash
12 64 (2.61%) T-SQL
13 39 (1.59%) Perl
14 30 (1.22%) MATLAB
15 28 (1.14%) Ruby
16 27 (1.10%) Shell Script
17 26 (1.06%) Kotlin
18 24 (0.98%) Embedded C
18 24 (0.98%) Go
19 23 (0.94%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 561 (22.86%) Degree
2 299 (12.18%) Security Cleared
3 218 (8.88%) SC Cleared
4 84 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 75 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 70 (2.85%) DV Cleared
7 68 (2.77%) PMI Certification
8 56 (2.28%) PMP
9 48 (1.96%) ISTQB
10 30 (1.22%) Azure Certification
11 29 (1.18%) AWS Certification
12 26 (1.06%) ISEB
13 25 (1.02%) HND
14 24 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
15 21 (0.86%) Master's Degree
16 20 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
17 19 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 17 (0.69%) CSPO
19 16 (0.65%) CCNA
19 16 (0.65%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (10.47%) QA
2 130 (5.30%) Data Quality
3 108 (4.40%) GDPR
4 72 (2.93%) PMO
5 56 (2.28%) SLA
6 50 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.02%) ISO 9001
8 21 (0.86%) MISRA
9 14 (0.57%) Automotive SPICE
9 14 (0.57%) ISO 26262
10 13 (0.53%) PSD2
11 12 (0.49%) NIST
12 11 (0.45%) NCSC
13 9 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.37%) IEC 62304
13 9 (0.37%) ISO 20022
14 7 (0.29%) AUTOSAR
15 4 (0.16%) GRC
15 4 (0.16%) IEC 61131
15 4 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 203 (8.27%) Docker
2 76 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 47 (1.92%) Firmware
4 38 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 23 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.61%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.41%) NFS
8 10 (0.41%) pfSense
9 9 (0.37%) vSphere
10 2 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.041%) iptables
11 1 (0.041%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 189 (7.70%) Kubernetes
2 147 (5.99%) Terraform
3 120 (4.89%) Ansible
4 45 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (0.98%) Grafana
7 20 (0.81%) vCenter Server
8 18 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
9 15 (0.61%) Istio
10 12 (0.49%) HP ALM
10 12 (0.49%) Progress Chef
11 11 (0.45%) ZABBIX
12 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 10 (0.41%) Packer
12 10 (0.41%) SCDPM
12 10 (0.41%) SCOM
13 9 (0.37%) SCCM
14 8 (0.33%) Functional Safety
15 6 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
15 6 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 426 (17.36%) Microsoft
2 177 (7.21%) Atlassian
3 155 (6.32%) ServiceNow
4 113 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 100 (4.07%) Oracle
6 84 (3.42%) Google
7 73 (2.97%) VMware
8 60 (2.44%) SAP
9 57 (2.32%) Databricks
10 52 (2.12%) Informatica
11 49 (2.00%) IBM
12 47 (1.92%) Adobe
13 32 (1.30%) Cisco
14 27 (1.10%) Splunk
14 27 (1.10%) Veeam
15 26 (1.06%) Apple
16 24 (0.98%) Commvault
17 19 (0.77%) Cognizant
17 19 (0.77%) Sun
18 18 (0.73%) HP