Which roles ask for Jira at tech companies · 53 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
53 roles counted that list Jira, one per company, title and level; 67 postings in the window.
In short
Jira: listed in 53 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 33 and preferred in 20. The largest group is software engineer roles: 20 of 53 (38%).
- Required
- 33 of 53 (62%)
- Of the roles that list Jira
- Preferred
- 20 of 53 (38%)
- Of the roles that list Jira
- Largest group
- 20 of 53 (38%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Jira
Roles listing Jira, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 20 | 20 of 719 (3%) |
| QA engineer | 14 | 14 of 63 (22%) |
| Security engineer | 4 | 4 of 126 (3%) |
| AI engineer | 3 | 3 of 70 (4%) |
| Platform engineer | 3 | 3 of 57 (5%) |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 (2%) |
| Mobile engineer | 2 | 2 of 38 |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Data architect | 1 | 1 of 11 |
| Data scientist | 1 | 1 of 112 (1%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- General Dynamics Information Technology2 roles
- IO Connect Services2 roles
- Vantor2 roles
- Compass UOL1 role
- Conga1 role
- EXL1 role
- H.W. Kaufman Financial Group1 role
- Lumen Technologies1 role
- Madello Consulting1 role
- Okta1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 53 Jira roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Git | 24 of 53 (45%) |
| Agile | 20 of 53 (38%) |
| CI/CD | 20 of 53 (38%) |
| Java | 17 of 53 (32%) |
| Python | 16 of 53 (30%) |
| SQL | 16 of 53 (30%) |
| REST | 14 of 53 (26%) |
| JavaScript | 13 of 53 (25%) |
| Test Automation | 13 of 53 (25%) |
| Confluence | 11 of 53 (21%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 11 of 53 (21%) |
| Git | 10 of 53 (19%) |
| AWS | 9 of 53 (17%) |
| Agile | 9 of 53 (17%) |
| Jenkins | 7 of 53 (13%) |
| Azure | 6 of 53 (11%) |
| Kubernetes | 6 of 53 (11%) |
| Confluence | 5 of 53 (9%) |
| GCP | 5 of 53 (9%) |
| Python | 5 of 53 (9%) |
Experience
Of the 22 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 22 of 22
- 2+ years
- 20 of 22
- 3+ years
- 16 of 22
- 5+ years
- 12 of 22
- 8+ years
- 4 of 22
- 10+ years
- 2 of 22
Degree
Of the 31 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 6 of 31
- Required, or experience instead
- 10 of 31
- Preferred
- 0 of 31
- Not mentioned
- 15 of 31
Pay and remote work
Of the 53 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 25 of 53 (47%)
- Remote roles
- 46 of 53 (87%)
How we count: 53 roles from 50 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology