[3][4] The following season, Jones spent the campaign on loan at Cercle Brugge of the Belgian First Division in order to gain first-team experience, and made eight appearances during his year-long stay with the club.
[4][6] After a trial period with League Two team Shrewsbury Town a month later,[7] he joined the club on a permanent deal in November 2006, for the remainder of the 2006–07 season.
[8] Jones made his debut for Shrewsbury in a 2–0 away defeat to Hereford United in the FA Cup on 21 November, coming on as a second-half substitute in the match.
[13] Jones returned to first-team action three months into the 2007–08 season, but, with strong defensive competition, struggled to hold down a regular place in the team.
[14] Jones subsequently joined Conference National side Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan deal in February 2008,[15] and made his debut shortly after, playing the whole match in a 0–0 draw with Northwich Victoria at Aggborough.
[14] However, after making two further appearances, during which Kidderminster kept two clean sheets,[18][19] new Shrewsbury manager Paul Simpson chose to recall Jones prematurely and he returned to his parent club on 12 March.
[28] However, after Kidderminster lost 3–1 to Cambridge United on 17 February 2009, a game in which Jones gave away a penalty after fouling Scott Rendell in the area, he did not feature again for two months.
[34] Jones played regularly during the first six months of the season, and scored twice, both goals coming in the club's 4–1 away victory at Forest Green Rovers on 30 January 2010.
[35] However, he was sent-off in Mansfield's 3–1 away defeat to eventual champions Stevenage on 9 February,[36] and would go on to make just two further appearances during the remaining three months of the season due to both suspension and injury.
[22] A month later, on 17 June 2010, Jones signed for another Conference National side in the form of Forest Green Rovers, joining on a one-year contract.
[39] He was made first-team captain at The New Lawn ahead of the 2010–11 season, and went on to make his debut against his former club, Mansfield Town, playing the whole game in a 3–1 away loss on 14 August 2010.
[40] Three days later, Jones opened his goalscoring account for the season when he headed in Lee Fowler's floated corner in the club's 3–0 home victory over Wrexham.
[41] He scored one further time during the season, in Forest Green's final game of 2010, giving his side the lead with another headed goal in a 4–2 win against Bath City.
[47] He scored twice within the space of two weeks at the end of August and start of September, both of which headed goals; the first in a 3–1 win at Newport County,[48] before briefly giving Kidderminster the lead in an eventual 2–2 home draw with Ebbsfleet United.
[57][58][59] Following Mansfield's 3–1 away loss to Ebbsfleet United on 8 September,[60] Jones featured just once in the next three months[57] – scoring in the match, a convincing 3–0 victory at Macclesfield Town in November 2012.
[57] He scored his fourth goal of the season when he headed in Colin Daniel's cross to add to Mansfield's lead in a 5–0 win over Dartford at Field Mill.
[73][74] Jones made his Stevenage debut on the opening day of the 2013–14 season, playing the first 68 minutes as the club lost 4–3 at home to Oldham Athletic.