JIRA jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, JIRA appears in 8,136 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning JIRA, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is JIRA in demand in 2026?
Yes. JIRA appears in 8,136 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning JIRA (12.7% of all postings mentioning JIRA).
+What jobs require JIRA?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning JIRA are Manual QA Engineer (68.2% of that role’s postings mention JIRA), Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer (50.0% of that role’s postings mention JIRA), QA Analyst (47.7% of that role’s postings mention JIRA).
+What skills are commonly paired with JIRA?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), JIRA most often appears alongside Confluence, Python, Agile, SQL, Git.
+Where is JIRA most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring JIRA are Bengaluru, Pune, New York City, Hyderabad, San Francisco, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring JIRA — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require JIRA
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Manual QA Engineer | 30 | 68.2% |
| Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer | 11 | 50.0% |
| QA Analyst | 21 | 47.7% |
| Product Operations Manager | 11 | 44.0% |
| Technical Project Manager | 36 | 35.3% |
| Network Software Engineer | 10 | 34.5% |
| Software Integration Engineer | 14 | 32.6% |
| Quality Assurance Tester | 8 | 32.0% |
| Scrum Master | 8 | 32.0% |
| Design Program Manager | 7 | 31.8% |
Roles with the most JIRA postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,036 | 12.7% |
| Product Manager | 542 | 6.7% |
| Business Analyst | 516 | 6.3% |
| Technical Program Manager | 467 | 5.7% |
| Program Manager | 309 | 3.8% |
| Product Owner | 264 | 3.2% |
| Systems Engineer | 243 | 3.0% |
| QA Engineer | 198 | 2.4% |
| DevOps Engineer | 114 | 1.4% |
| Data Engineer | 95 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for JIRA
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 186 | 2.3% |
| Pune | 166 | 2.0% |
| New York City | 158 | 1.9% |
| Hyderabad | 114 | 1.4% |
| San Francisco | 109 | 1.3% |
| Toronto | 105 | 1.3% |
| Annapolis | 104 | 1.3% |
| Boston | 104 | 1.3% |
| London | 96 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with JIRA
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning JIRA by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s JIRA postings by all JIRA postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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