JSON Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

JSON
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring JSON skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 46 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing JSON 20 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 3.05% 1.11% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.58% 6.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 0
10th Percentile £346 - -
25th Percentile £358 £373 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £385 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.60% - -
75th Percentile £443 £398 -
90th Percentile £485 - -
North West median daily rate £421 £435 £525
% change year-on-year -3.16% -17.14% +22.66%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cheshire

JSON falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 159 80 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 24.24% 17.74% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 57 30
10th Percentile £313 £303 £425
25th Percentile £358 £356 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £487
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -7.64% +9.49%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £539
90th Percentile £686 £638 £568
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £36.58 - -
25th Percentile £46.44 £82.50 -
Median hourly rate £64.25 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% - -
75th Percentile £81.44 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £90.93 - -
North West median hourly rate £62.75 £55.84 £46.18
% change year-on-year +12.37% +20.92% +3.36%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JSON relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

JSON job vacancy trend in Cheshire

JSON
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JSON.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JSON

JSON
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSON in Cheshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JSON in Cheshire

JSON
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JSON.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing JSON

JSON
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford -14 12 £359 -6.75%
Warrington - 4 £400 -
Chester - 2 £725 -
Alderley Edge - 1 £500 -
JSON
North West

JSON
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Mule
1 2 (10.00%) Mule ESB
2 1 (5.00%) Anypoint
2 1 (5.00%) JBoss
2 1 (5.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
2 7 (35.00%) Apigee
3 6 (30.00%) npm
4 4 (20.00%) Azure
4 4 (20.00%) GCP
5 3 (15.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (15.00%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (15.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (15.00%) Kong
5 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (10.00%) OpenShift
7 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) HTTP
1 4 (20.00%) HTTPS
2 3 (15.00%) DNS
2 3 (15.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 11 (55.00%) Git
2 6 (30.00%) Cypress.io
2 6 (30.00%) Grunt
2 6 (30.00%) gulp
2 6 (30.00%) SonarQube
3 5 (25.00%) Jenkins
4 4 (20.00%) Postman
5 1 (5.00%) Cucumber
5 1 (5.00%) JIRA
5 1 (5.00%) JUnit
General
1 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Military
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 5 (25.00%) UI Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Apigee Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Security Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Automation Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Java Software Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Lead
6 1 (5.00%) Lead Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) REST
1 11 (55.00%) XML
2 7 (35.00%) CSS
2 7 (35.00%) HTML
2 7 (35.00%) JWT
2 7 (35.00%) OAuth
3 6 (30.00%) Ajax
3 6 (30.00%) CSS3
3 6 (30.00%) Enzyme
3 6 (30.00%) HTML5
3 6 (30.00%) Jest
3 6 (30.00%) LESS
3 6 (30.00%) Nightwatchjs
3 6 (30.00%) Node.js
3 6 (30.00%) React
3 6 (30.00%) Redux
3 6 (30.00%) Sass
3 6 (30.00%) Spring
3 6 (30.00%) Spring Boot
4 5 (25.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) CMDB
2 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (45.00%) Microservices
3 7 (35.00%) API Testing
3 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (35.00%) Unit Testing
3 7 (35.00%) Validation
4 6 (30.00%) Agile
4 6 (30.00%) Front End Development
4 6 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 6 (30.00%) Use Case
5 5 (25.00%) DevOps
6 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) API Design
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (20.00%) TDD
6 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Java
1 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (15.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) Degree
2 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (35.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (15.00%) Azure Certification
5 3 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.00%) CCNP
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (15.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Docker
2 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (15.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (30.00%) Perforce
1 6 (30.00%) Splunk
2 4 (20.00%) MuleSoft
3 3 (15.00%) LogRhythm
4 2 (10.00%) AppDynamics
4 2 (10.00%) Dynatrace
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow