JSON Contracts with Work from Home Options

JSON
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for JSON skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JSON over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 173 150
Rank change year-on-year -7 -23 -15
Contract jobs citing JSON 177 358 781
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.17% 1.42% 1.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.88% 5.65% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 234 535
10th Percentile £383 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £510 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -5.56% +13.68%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £650
90th Percentile £688 £792 £725
UK median daily rate £534 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.71% -4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 10
10th Percentile - £70.00 £30.53
25th Percentile - £70.94 £45.31
Median hourly rate - £73.75 £57.75
Median % change year-on-year - +27.71% -11.86%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £72.50 £46.32
% change year-on-year +10.34% +56.52% -20.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

JSON is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,628 6,337 13,079
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 24.03% 25.22% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,546 4,711 9,657
10th Percentile £331 £395 £400
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +13.40%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 80 116
10th Percentile £24.68 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.60 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.65
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing JSON as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JSON trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing JSON.

JSON daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing JSON over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

JSON daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing JSON.

JSON hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (4.52%) Confluence
2 5 (2.82%) Apache Solr
2 5 (2.82%) CMS
3 4 (2.26%) nginx
3 4 (2.26%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.69%) Apache
4 3 (1.69%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.13%) Alfresco
5 2 (1.13%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.13%) Appian
5 2 (1.13%) Camunda
5 2 (1.13%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.56%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.56%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.56%) MetaMask
6 1 (0.56%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (5.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.69%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (1.13%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 63 (35.59%) Azure
2 27 (15.25%) Power Platform
3 25 (14.12%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (14.12%) Serverless
4 21 (11.86%) AWS
5 17 (9.60%) GitHub
6 16 (9.04%) GCP
7 13 (7.34%) PowerApps
8 12 (6.78%) Power Automate
9 11 (6.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (6.21%) Azure Stack
10 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (4.52%) Azure Functions
11 8 (4.52%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (3.39%) Azure API Management
12 6 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.65%) DNS
1 10 (5.65%) Firewall
2 7 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 7 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (3.39%) HTTP
3 6 (3.39%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.39%) VPN
4 4 (2.26%) BGP
4 4 (2.26%) HTTPS
4 4 (2.26%) IPsec
4 4 (2.26%) NetScaler
5 3 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (1.69%) IOS XR
6 2 (1.13%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (1.13%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.13%) Internet
6 2 (1.13%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.13%) WAN
7 1 (0.56%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.56%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (18.64%) NoSQL
2 29 (16.38%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (13.56%) SQL Server
4 19 (10.73%) Power BI
5 18 (10.17%) Relational Database
6 15 (8.47%) MongoDB
6 15 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (6.21%) RDBMS
7 11 (6.21%) Snowflake Schema
8 10 (5.65%) Data Lake
8 10 (5.65%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (5.08%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (3.95%) MySQL
11 5 (2.82%) Parquet
12 4 (2.26%) Big Data
12 4 (2.26%) BigQuery
12 4 (2.26%) Couchbase
12 4 (2.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (2.26%) Looker
12 4 (2.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (19.21%) Git
2 22 (12.43%) JIRA
3 13 (7.34%) GitLab
3 13 (7.34%) Jenkins
3 13 (7.34%) Visual Studio Code
4 11 (6.21%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.82%) MSI
5 5 (2.82%) Postman
5 5 (2.82%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.82%) WiX
6 4 (2.26%) Maven
6 4 (2.26%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (2.26%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (1.69%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (1.13%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.13%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.13%) JUnit
8 2 (1.13%) Subversion
8 2 (1.13%) Travis CI
General
1 50 (28.25%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.17%) Public Sector
3 16 (9.04%) Finance
4 10 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.65%) Banking
5 9 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.52%) Marketing
6 8 (4.52%) Retail
6 8 (4.52%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.26%) Advertising
7 4 (2.26%) Legal
8 3 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.13%) Arabic Language
9 2 (1.13%) French Language
9 2 (1.13%) German Language
9 2 (1.13%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.13%) Korean Language
9 2 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 51 (28.81%) Developer
2 33 (18.64%) Architect
3 23 (12.99%) Senior
4 20 (11.30%) Data Architect
5 17 (9.60%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (7.91%) Analyst
6 14 (7.91%) Software Engineer
7 12 (6.78%) Business Analyst
8 10 (5.65%) DBA
8 10 (5.65%) PostgreSQL DBA
9 9 (5.08%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 9 (5.08%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
9 9 (5.08%) Power BI Analyst
9 9 (5.08%) Salesforce Developer
9 9 (5.08%) Senior Developer
10 8 (4.52%) Integration Developer
10 8 (4.52%) Network Engineer
11 7 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (3.39%) Consultant
12 6 (3.39%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (48.59%) XML
2 58 (32.77%) REST
3 29 (16.38%) SOAP
4 23 (12.99%) .NET
4 23 (12.99%) HTML
5 22 (12.43%) CSS
6 20 (11.30%) YAML
7 18 (10.17%) Kafka
8 17 (9.60%) RESTful
8 17 (9.60%) Web Services
9 15 (8.47%) jQuery
10 13 (7.34%) Node.js
10 13 (7.34%) OAuth
10 13 (7.34%) Swagger
11 12 (6.78%) Spring
12 11 (6.21%) ARM Templates
12 11 (6.21%) JSON Schema
13 9 (5.08%) ASP.NET
13 9 (5.08%) Lightning Web Components
14 8 (4.52%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.73%) Data Structures
2 13 (7.34%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.21%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.52%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.52%) Reference Data
5 7 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.39%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.82%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.82%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.82%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.82%) Web 2.0
8 4 (2.26%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (1.69%) CMDB
9 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.13%) Blockchain
10 2 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.13%) IoT
10 2 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.60%) Linux
2 12 (6.78%) Windows
3 6 (3.39%) Unix
4 4 (2.26%) CentOS
5 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (51.98%) Agile
2 57 (32.20%) DevOps
3 42 (23.73%) CI/CD
4 33 (18.64%) Data Modelling
5 32 (18.08%) Microservices
6 30 (16.95%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (13.56%) Migration
9 21 (11.86%) Analytics
9 21 (11.86%) SDLC
9 21 (11.86%) Test Automation
10 17 (9.60%) Data Mapping
10 17 (9.60%) Data Protection
10 17 (9.60%) Infrastructure as Code
10 17 (9.60%) Software Engineering
11 16 (9.04%) Event-Driven
12 15 (8.47%) Scrum
13 14 (7.91%) Configuration Management
13 14 (7.91%) Data Transformation
13 14 (7.91%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 53 (29.94%) SQL
2 47 (26.55%) JavaScript
3 34 (19.21%) Python
4 30 (16.95%) Java
5 27 (15.25%) C#
6 16 (9.04%) PowerShell
7 14 (7.91%) T-SQL
8 9 (5.08%) Apex Code
8 9 (5.08%) SOQL
9 6 (3.39%) ActionScript
9 6 (3.39%) Bash
9 6 (3.39%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.26%) PHP
10 4 (2.26%) X++
11 3 (1.69%) Go
11 3 (1.69%) Ruby
11 3 (1.69%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.13%) Scala
12 2 (1.13%) Solidity
12 2 (1.13%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (11.86%) Degree
2 15 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.56%) CISSP
7 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) ISEB
7 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.04%) QA
2 12 (6.78%) Data Quality
3 8 (4.52%) GDPR
4 5 (2.82%) HIPAA
4 5 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.26%) NIST
6 2 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.13%) PMO
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.56%) MiFID
7 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (7.91%) Docker
2 5 (2.82%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.26%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.69%) vCloud
4 3 (1.69%) vSphere
5 2 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.56%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.56%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (13.56%) Terraform
2 16 (9.04%) Ansible
3 13 (7.34%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.82%) PingFederate
4 5 (2.82%) Progress Chef
4 5 (2.82%) Puppet
5 4 (2.26%) Grafana
5 4 (2.26%) Kibana
6 3 (1.69%) Autotask
6 3 (1.69%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.69%) logstash
7 2 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (1.13%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.13%) TIBCO Hawk
7 2 (1.13%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.56%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.56%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.56%) Rancher
8 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.60%) Oracle
3 12 (6.78%) Google
4 10 (5.65%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.95%) Adobe
5 7 (3.95%) F5
6 6 (3.39%) Cisco
6 6 (3.39%) TOWER Software
7 5 (2.82%) Ping Identity
7 5 (2.82%) VMware
8 4 (2.26%) Ensighten
8 4 (2.26%) IBM
8 4 (2.26%) Informatica
8 4 (2.26%) Monetate
8 4 (2.26%) Omniture
8 4 (2.26%) Optimizely
8 4 (2.26%) Pega
8 4 (2.26%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.26%) Tealium
9 3 (1.69%) Remedy