JSON Contract Job Trends in the East of England

JSON
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring JSON skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 78 101
Rank change year-on-year -9 +23 +22
Contract jobs citing JSON 17 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.07% 0.53% 0.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.34% 3.49% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 7
10th Percentile £363 - £467
25th Percentile £419 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -40.00% -13.56%
75th Percentile £494 £450 £513
90th Percentile £688 £645 £555
England median daily rate £520 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £15.52
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% +6.49%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 268 172 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.84% 15.10% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 94 117
10th Percentile £381 £292 £300
25th Percentile £425 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £416 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.12% -16.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £525 £563
90th Percentile £764 £639 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 8 10
10th Percentile £34.10 £49.75 £15.52
25th Percentile £43.00 £64.38 £41.20
Median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £50.13
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +29.68% -23.47%
75th Percentile £66.13 £65.63 £55.55
90th Percentile £75.88 £69.38 £69.58
England median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.20
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.74% -19.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

JSON job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JSON.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JSON

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSON in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JSON in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JSON.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JSON

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Cambridgeshire - 7 £725 - 7
Hertfordshire - 4 £475 - 10
Suffolk +5 2 £363 +20.83% 1
Essex -2 2 £438 - 10
Bedfordshire -1 1 £425 -43.33% 4
Norfolk - 1 £463 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP MDG
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
3 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.88%) Azure API Management
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) BGP
1 1 (5.88%) MPLS
1 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.88%) Parquet
2 1 (5.88%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
2 1 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Robot Framework
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Local Government
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Software Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Junior
2 5 (29.41%) Junior Software Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Junior Support Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Software Support Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Support Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Support Specialist
3 3 (17.65%) Data Integration Specialist
3 3 (17.65%) Data Migration Specialist
3 3 (17.65%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Integration Specialist
3 3 (17.65%) Migration Specialist
3 3 (17.65%) SSIS Specialist
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Power Platform Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Python Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) React Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (64.71%) XML
2 6 (35.29%) REST
3 5 (29.41%) SOAP
4 4 (23.53%) EDI
5 3 (17.65%) XSLT
6 2 (11.76%) HTML
6 2 (11.76%) RESTful
7 1 (5.88%) .NET
7 1 (5.88%) gRPC
7 1 (5.88%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (5.88%) IDoc
7 1 (5.88%) Immutable.js
7 1 (5.88%) Jinja
7 1 (5.88%) JSON-LD
7 1 (5.88%) JWT
7 1 (5.88%) Node.js
7 1 (5.88%) React
7 1 (5.88%) Redux
7 1 (5.88%) XML Messaging
7 1 (5.88%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Structures
2 2 (11.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.88%) Life Science
3 1 (5.88%) LIMS
3 1 (5.88%) Linked Data
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Validation
3 4 (23.53%) CI/CD
3 4 (23.53%) DevOps
3 4 (23.53%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (17.65%) AI
4 3 (17.65%) CRM
4 3 (17.65%) Data Extraction
4 3 (17.65%) Data Integration
4 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
4 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
4 3 (17.65%) ERP
4 3 (17.65%) Logistics
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) Clean Code
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.76%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) Java
2 7 (41.18%) JavaScript
3 5 (29.41%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) Python
5 1 (5.88%) C#
5 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (5.88%) GxP
1 1 (5.88%) HL7
1 1 (5.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (5.88%) ISO 22301
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) SAP
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle
2 5 (29.41%) Workday
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco
4 1 (5.88%) Juniper
4 1 (5.88%) Tealium
4 1 (5.88%) Virgin Media