Job market reports · Skill · August 2026
jira
249 live US technical postings name jira in August 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 249 postings naming jira that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Software Engineer63.5%
- 2Data Analyst12%
- 3DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer9.2%
- 4Full-Stack Engineer6%
- 5Data Engineer3.2%
- 6Frontend Engineer1.6%
- 7Security Engineer1.6%
- 8Data Scientist1.2%
What postings asking for it pay
Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1Remote8.8%
- 2New York, NY5.6%
- 3Washington, DC4.8%
- 4Silicon Valley, CA2.4%
- 5Austin, TX2%
- 6Denver, CO2%
- 7San Francisco, CA2%
- 8Los Angeles, CA1.6%
How we counted
457,191 live US postings read directly from 64,697 employers’ own careers pages in August 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.