JSON Contract Job Trends in England

JSON
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring JSON skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 269 217
Rank change year-on-year +24 -52 -14
Contract jobs citing JSON 418 220 393
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.06% 0.90% 1.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.25% 4.01% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 177 287
10th Percentile £359 £372 £400
25th Percentile £421 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -6.37% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £799 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £70.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +23.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +23.33% +7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,966 5,484 7,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.21% 22.39% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,329 3,802 5,345
10th Percentile £358 £365 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 89 180
10th Percentile £34.00 £28.76 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £37.49
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.85 £83.17 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

JSON job vacancy trend in England

JSON
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JSON

JSON
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSON in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JSON in England

JSON
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JSON

JSON
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JSON in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for JSON in England

JSON
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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
London +37 219 £530 +0.95% 44
North of England -13 81 £402 -10.96% 25
South East -32 50 £513 +2.50% 32
North West -14 47 £391 -12.08% 13
Yorkshire -34 33 £459 -21.24% 11
Midlands -50 26 £488 -13.33% 15
West Midlands -50 21 £488 -15.22% 5
East of England -22 15 £513 +36.67% 6
South West -18 12 £548 +36.88% 7
East Midlands -32 5 - - 10
North East - 4 £550 - 1
South Coast - 1 £625 -
JSON
UK

JSON
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 19 (4.55%) Confluence
2 17 (4.07%) Apache
3 12 (2.87%) SharePoint
4 10 (2.39%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.20%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.20%) CICS
6 5 (1.20%) JBoss
6 5 (1.20%) Mule
6 5 (1.20%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.96%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.96%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.72%) IIS
8 3 (0.72%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.48%) Mendix
9 2 (0.48%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.24%) nginx
10 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.59%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.44%) Maximo
3 6 (1.44%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.96%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.72%) Findur
6 2 (0.48%) Actimize
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.24%) Magento
7 1 (0.24%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.24%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
7 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 125 (29.90%) Azure
2 92 (22.01%) AWS
3 43 (10.29%) GitHub
4 41 (9.81%) Serverless
5 37 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (8.61%) Power Platform
7 35 (8.37%) IaaS
8 33 (7.89%) GCP
9 32 (7.66%) Azure Logic Apps
10 28 (6.70%) OCI
11 27 (6.46%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (4.31%) PaaS
13 17 (4.07%) Power Automate
14 16 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (3.83%) SaaS
15 15 (3.59%) Apigee
15 15 (3.59%) Azure Functions
16 14 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (3.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.66%) HTTP
2 10 (2.39%) Firewall
3 9 (2.15%) DNS
4 8 (1.91%) HTTPS
4 8 (1.91%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.44%) BIG-IP
5 6 (1.44%) DHCP
5 6 (1.44%) VPN
6 3 (0.72%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.48%) 5G
7 2 (0.48%) BGP
7 2 (0.48%) DSL
7 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.48%) FTP
7 2 (0.48%) MPLS
7 2 (0.48%) Network Security
7 2 (0.48%) SMS
7 2 (0.48%) SSH
7 2 (0.48%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.42%) Relational Database
2 28 (6.70%) NoSQL
3 26 (6.22%) Metadata
4 25 (5.98%) MongoDB
5 23 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (5.26%) RDBMS
7 21 (5.02%) Power BI
7 21 (5.02%) SQL Server
8 16 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (3.35%) Parquet
10 13 (3.11%) Data Lake
11 12 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
12 10 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (1.91%) Delta Lake
15 7 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (1.67%) DynamoDB
15 7 (1.67%) Hadoop
16 6 (1.44%) DB2
16 6 (1.44%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 57 (13.64%) Git
2 48 (11.48%) Postman
3 42 (10.05%) JIRA
4 33 (7.89%) Jenkins
5 19 (4.55%) GitLab
6 17 (4.07%) Maven
7 15 (3.59%) Selenium
8 14 (3.35%) JUnit
9 11 (2.63%) Cucumber
10 9 (2.15%) SoapUI
10 9 (2.15%) SonarQube
11 8 (1.91%) ERwin
12 6 (1.44%) IntelliJ
12 6 (1.44%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.44%) TestRail
12 6 (1.44%) Zephyr
13 5 (1.20%) Bitbucket
13 5 (1.20%) Eclipse
13 5 (1.20%) Gradle
13 5 (1.20%) MSTest
General
1 114 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 74 (17.70%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (16.27%) Finance
4 44 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 37 (8.85%) Banking
6 20 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.11%) Marketing
8 6 (1.44%) Publishing
9 5 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.20%) Military
10 4 (0.96%) Billing
10 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.96%) Retail
11 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Back Office
12 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.48%) Games
12 2 (0.48%) Law
12 2 (0.48%) Legal
13 1 (0.24%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 127 (30.38%) Developer
2 53 (12.68%) Architect
3 33 (7.89%) Data Engineer
4 24 (5.74%) Senior
5 22 (5.26%) Analyst
6 20 (4.78%) Java Developer
7 19 (4.55%) Consultant
7 19 (4.55%) Software Engineer
8 18 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (4.07%) Business Analyst
10 16 (3.83%) Integration Engineer
11 13 (3.11%) DBA
11 13 (3.11%) Integration Specialist
12 12 (2.87%) Cloud Specialist
12 12 (2.87%) Oracle Specialist
13 11 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (2.63%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 11 (2.63%) Lead
14 10 (2.39%) Administrator
14 10 (2.39%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (43.30%) REST
2 171 (40.91%) XML
3 86 (20.57%) SOAP
4 54 (12.92%) OAuth
5 44 (10.53%) Kafka
6 41 (9.81%) HTML
7 39 (9.33%) RESTful
7 39 (9.33%) Web Services
8 32 (7.66%) React
8 32 (7.66%) YAML
9 30 (7.18%) Node.js
10 29 (6.94%) CSS
10 29 (6.94%) Swagger
11 27 (6.46%) .NET
11 27 (6.46%) JWT
12 26 (6.22%) OAuth2
13 25 (5.98%) Spring
13 25 (5.98%) XSLT
14 21 (5.02%) Spring Boot
15 20 (4.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.70%) PKI
2 26 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.98%) Data Structures
4 15 (3.59%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.11%) Cloud Native
7 12 (2.87%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.39%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.91%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.67%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.20%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.20%) DataPower
12 5 (1.20%) Digital Wallet
12 5 (1.20%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.20%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.96%) Online Banking
13 4 (0.96%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.78%) Linux
2 13 (3.11%) Unix
3 9 (2.15%) Windows
4 5 (1.20%) zOS
5 4 (0.96%) Android
5 4 (0.96%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.48%) VMS
7 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.24%) Solaris
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (34.45%) Agile
2 132 (31.58%) DevOps
3 110 (26.32%) CI/CD
4 89 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (18.66%) Validation
6 65 (15.55%) Data Modelling
7 57 (13.64%) Microservices
8 55 (13.16%) Analytics
9 52 (12.44%) Integration Patterns
10 44 (10.53%) Software Engineering
11 42 (10.05%) Data Pipeline
11 42 (10.05%) ERP
12 38 (9.09%) API Integration
12 38 (9.09%) Containerisation
13 35 (8.37%) ETL
14 34 (8.13%) AI
14 34 (8.13%) CRM
15 33 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (7.42%) Test Automation
17 30 (7.18%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 135 (32.30%) Python
2 126 (30.14%) SQL
3 86 (20.57%) Java
4 75 (17.94%) JavaScript
5 57 (13.64%) PowerShell
6 50 (11.96%) C#
7 21 (5.02%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.35%) Groovy
8 14 (3.35%) T-SQL
9 13 (3.11%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.91%) R
11 7 (1.67%) Bicep
11 7 (1.67%) Scala
11 7 (1.67%) XPath
12 6 (1.44%) Bash
12 6 (1.44%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.20%) Go
13 5 (1.20%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.20%) VBA
14 4 (0.96%) JCL
Qualifications
1 145 (34.69%) Security Cleared
2 108 (25.84%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.13%) Degree
4 24 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.11%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.20%) CCNP
7 5 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (1.20%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.48%) CCNA
9 2 (0.48%) CISM
9 2 (0.48%) CISSP
9 2 (0.48%) OCP
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) CBAP
10 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.74%) QA
3 13 (3.11%) GDPR
4 9 (2.15%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.91%) PSD2
6 6 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.44%) WCAG
7 5 (1.20%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.20%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.20%) NIST
7 5 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.96%) HL7
9 3 (0.72%) FATCA
10 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.48%) SEPA
10 2 (0.48%) SLA
11 1 (0.24%) GRC
11 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 54 (12.92%) Docker
2 8 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.48%) HDFS
4 2 (0.48%) OpenSSH
4 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.24%) Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (11.96%) Kubernetes
2 36 (8.61%) Terraform
3 13 (3.11%) Ansible
3 13 (3.11%) Grafana
3 13 (3.11%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.67%) Puppet
5 6 (1.44%) Kibana
6 4 (0.96%) logstash
6 4 (0.96%) Pingdom
7 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.72%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.48%) Argo
8 2 (0.48%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.48%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.48%) Podman
8 2 (0.48%) QRadar
8 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.24%) Istio
Vendors
1 71 (16.99%) Oracle
2 66 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.02%) Databricks
3 21 (5.02%) Splunk
4 20 (4.78%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.83%) MuleSoft
6 14 (3.35%) Adobe
7 13 (3.11%) webMethods
8 12 (2.87%) SAP
9 11 (2.63%) IBM
10 9 (2.15%) F5
11 8 (1.91%) Confluent
11 8 (1.91%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.91%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.91%) Sonatype
11 8 (1.91%) Workday
12 7 (1.67%) Foundry
13 6 (1.44%) Google
13 6 (1.44%) Infoblox
13 6 (1.44%) Talend