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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 253 219
Rank change year-on-year +24 -34 -26
Contract jobs citing JSON 419 241 407
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.15% 0.94% 1.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.34% 4.14% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 179 305
10th Percentile £358 £400 £396
25th Percentile £413 £457 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £600
90th Percentile £808 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile - - £32.14
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £54.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £78.44
90th Percentile £57.25 - £81.25
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -1.75%

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 7,840 5,821 7,700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.53% 22.65% 20.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,265 3,854 5,485
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £674
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 84 209
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.22 £21.16
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.40 £81.88 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 +16 211 £575 +4.55% 70
North of England -12 84 £413 -22.08% 44
North West +6 54 £400 -10.11% 23
South East -24 50 £506 +1.25% 62
Midlands -51 31 £475 -16.23% 20
Yorkshire -48 29 £463 -18.43% 15
West Midlands -42 27 £500 -11.82% 13
South West -15 14 £400 -2.44% 19
East of England -16 10 £513 +13.89% 34
East Midlands -29 4 £450 +22.62% 6
North East - 1 £475 - 6
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 27 (6.44%) Confluence
2 12 (2.86%) Apache
2 12 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.91%) JBoss
3 8 (1.91%) WebLogic
4 6 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.19%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.19%) Mule
6 4 (0.95%) Appian
6 4 (0.95%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (0.95%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.72%) CICS
7 3 (0.72%) IIS
7 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.48%) Mendix
8 2 (0.48%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.30%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.43%) Maximo
4 5 (1.19%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.48%) Actimize
5 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.24%) Endur
6 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.24%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 114 (27.21%) Azure
2 92 (21.96%) AWS
3 41 (9.79%) GitHub
4 38 (9.07%) Power Platform
5 36 (8.59%) IaaS
5 36 (8.59%) Serverless
6 32 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (7.40%) Azure Logic Apps
7 31 (7.40%) OCI
8 27 (6.44%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (6.21%) GCP
10 22 (5.25%) PaaS
11 19 (4.53%) SaaS
12 17 (4.06%) Power Automate
13 14 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (3.34%) Azure Functions
13 14 (3.34%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (3.10%) OpenShift
14 13 (3.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.11%) HTTP
2 17 (4.06%) HTTPS
3 12 (2.86%) Firewall
4 7 (1.67%) VPN
5 6 (1.43%) DNS
6 5 (1.19%) SSL
6 5 (1.19%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.72%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.72%) DHCP
7 3 (0.72%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.72%) NFC
7 3 (0.72%) PPP
8 2 (0.48%) 5G
8 2 (0.48%) BGP
8 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.48%) MPLS
8 2 (0.48%) Network Security
8 2 (0.48%) SMS
9 1 (0.24%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.16%) Relational Database
2 27 (6.44%) MongoDB
3 24 (5.73%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (5.25%) NoSQL
4 22 (5.25%) RDBMS
5 21 (5.01%) Power BI
6 19 (4.53%) SQL Server
7 16 (3.82%) Metadata
8 14 (3.34%) Data Lake
9 13 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (2.39%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (1.91%) MySQL
12 8 (1.91%) Parquet
13 7 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (1.19%) Big Data
15 5 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (1.19%) Oracle Database
15 5 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 66 (15.75%) Git
2 55 (13.13%) Postman
3 47 (11.22%) JIRA
4 40 (9.55%) Jenkins
5 34 (8.11%) Selenium
6 30 (7.16%) JUnit
7 27 (6.44%) GitLab
8 23 (5.49%) Cucumber
9 21 (5.01%) Maven
10 13 (3.10%) SonarQube
11 11 (2.63%) Bitbucket
11 11 (2.63%) Eclipse
12 10 (2.39%) IntelliJ
13 9 (2.15%) SoapUI
14 7 (1.67%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.67%) Gradle
14 7 (1.67%) Mockito
15 6 (1.43%) SpecFlow
15 6 (1.43%) TestRail
15 6 (1.43%) Zephyr
General
1 128 (30.55%) Social Skills
2 84 (20.05%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (16.95%) Finance
4 51 (12.17%) Public Sector
5 35 (8.35%) Banking
6 21 (5.01%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.86%) Marketing
8 9 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.43%) Military
10 5 (1.19%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.95%) Billing
11 4 (0.95%) Publishing
11 4 (0.95%) Retail
12 3 (0.72%) Law
12 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Back Office
13 2 (0.48%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 143 (34.13%) Developer
2 50 (11.93%) Architect
3 27 (6.44%) Analyst
4 26 (6.21%) Senior
5 24 (5.73%) Data Engineer
6 21 (5.01%) Java Developer
6 21 (5.01%) Software Engineer
7 19 (4.53%) Business Analyst
8 15 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (3.58%) Lead
9 14 (3.34%) Cloud Specialist
9 14 (3.34%) Consultant
9 14 (3.34%) Integration Specialist
9 14 (3.34%) Oracle Specialist
10 12 (2.86%) DBA
11 11 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (2.39%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 10 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.39%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.15%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (46.78%) REST
2 188 (44.87%) XML
3 96 (22.91%) SOAP
4 60 (14.32%) HTML
5 58 (13.84%) OAuth
6 41 (9.79%) RESTful
7 40 (9.55%) Web Services
8 36 (8.59%) CSS
9 33 (7.88%) Spring
10 32 (7.64%) Kafka
10 32 (7.64%) React
11 27 (6.44%) .NET
11 27 (6.44%) YAML
12 26 (6.21%) OAuth2
12 26 (6.21%) Spring Boot
12 26 (6.21%) Swagger
13 25 (5.97%) Oracle Fusion
14 24 (5.73%) JWT
14 24 (5.73%) XSLT
15 19 (4.53%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.68%) PKI
2 27 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (5.49%) Data Structures
4 18 (4.30%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.10%) Public Cloud
6 12 (2.86%) Low-Code
7 11 (2.63%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.91%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.43%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.19%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.19%) Digital Wallet
11 5 (1.19%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.95%) CMDB
12 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 39 (9.31%) Linux
2 21 (5.01%) Unix
3 9 (2.15%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.91%) Android
5 7 (1.67%) Windows
6 6 (1.43%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.72%) zOS
8 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (37.95%) Agile
2 148 (35.32%) DevOps
3 130 (31.03%) CI/CD
4 103 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (15.75%) Validation
6 60 (14.32%) Microservices
7 52 (12.41%) Software Engineering
8 48 (11.46%) Data Modelling
9 47 (11.22%) Analytics
10 43 (10.26%) ERP
11 41 (9.79%) Integration Patterns
11 41 (9.79%) Scrum
12 40 (9.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (9.31%) Containerisation
14 37 (8.83%) Test Automation
15 34 (8.11%) Configuration Management
16 33 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (7.88%) Data Pipeline
16 33 (7.88%) Mentoring
17 31 (7.40%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 111 (26.49%) SQL
2 104 (24.82%) Python
3 90 (21.48%) Java
4 87 (20.76%) JavaScript
5 56 (13.37%) PowerShell
6 54 (12.89%) C#
7 25 (5.97%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.34%) T-SQL
9 13 (3.10%) Groovy
10 10 (2.39%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.15%) Scala
12 7 (1.67%) Bicep
12 7 (1.67%) C++
12 7 (1.67%) XPath
13 6 (1.43%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.95%) Swift
15 3 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.72%) Go
15 3 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 136 (32.46%) Security Cleared
2 101 (24.11%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.35%) Degree
4 24 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (3.34%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.19%) CCNP
8 5 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.19%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.95%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.48%) CCNA
10 2 (0.48%) CEH
10 2 (0.48%) GIAC
10 2 (0.48%) GWAPT
10 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.48%) OCP
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.16%) QA
2 17 (4.06%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.39%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.15%) WCAG
5 8 (1.91%) PSD2
6 6 (1.43%) GDPR
7 5 (1.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.19%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.19%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.72%) FATCA
8 3 (0.72%) HL7
9 2 (0.48%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.48%) NIST
9 2 (0.48%) SEPA
10 1 (0.24%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) NCSC
10 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (14.32%) Docker
2 7 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) HDFS
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (10.98%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.92%) Terraform
3 17 (4.06%) Ansible
4 16 (3.82%) Grafana
5 14 (3.34%) Prometheus
6 13 (3.10%) Puppet
7 12 (2.86%) Kibana
8 6 (1.43%) logstash
9 5 (1.19%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.95%) Pingdom
10 4 (0.95%) Podman
10 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.48%) Argo
12 2 (0.48%) CloudHub
12 2 (0.48%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.48%) QRadar
13 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 67 (15.99%) Oracle
2 62 (14.80%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.49%) Splunk
4 20 (4.77%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.58%) MuleSoft
5 15 (3.58%) webMethods
6 14 (3.34%) IBM
7 11 (2.63%) Adobe
8 10 (2.39%) OpenAI
9 9 (2.15%) Databricks
10 8 (1.91%) F5
10 8 (1.91%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.91%) SAP
11 7 (1.67%) Cisco
11 7 (1.67%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.43%) Foundry
12 6 (1.43%) Software AG
13 5 (1.19%) mParticle
13 5 (1.19%) Sonatype
13 5 (1.19%) Talend