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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 228 251
Rank change year-on-year -19 +23 -40
Contract jobs citing JSON 453 307 310
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.11% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.34% 4.99% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 224 203
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £409 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.19% -3.09%
75th Percentile £571 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £640 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £492 £525
% change year-on-year +1.63% -6.29% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £47.08 - £50.50
25th Percentile £56.19 £31.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate £73.75 £37.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.67% -53.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £85.94 £43.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £87.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £73.75 £37.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +96.67% -53.13% +14.29%

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 8,486 6,154 7,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.60% 22.31% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,559 4,231 5,050
10th Percentile £365 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £643 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 151 228
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £23.94
25th Percentile £47.60 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -1.12% -11.00%
75th Percentile £73.34 £67.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £51.25
% change year-on-year +18.45% +7.07% -14.58%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -1 254 £525 -4.09% 104
South East -50 63 £500 +5.26% 43
North of England -64 63 £450 +7.53% 27
Yorkshire -22 37 £475 +22.58% 14
Midlands -42 31 £425 -20.00% 18
West Midlands -46 27 £425 -22.73% 11
North West -47 26 £404 -9.27% 13
South West -23 16 £485 +29.33% 7
East of England -24 9 £475 +11.76% 9
East Midlands -15 4 - - 7
North East -40 3 £550 +175.00%
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 25 (5.52%) Confluence
2 22 (4.86%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.09%) Apache
4 12 (2.65%) Apache Spark
5 10 (2.21%) Anypoint
5 10 (2.21%) Mule
6 6 (1.32%) CICS
7 5 (1.10%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.66%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.66%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.44%) IIS
9 2 (0.44%) JBoss
9 2 (0.44%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.44%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.44%) nginx
9 2 (0.44%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.75%) NetSuite
2 11 (2.43%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.32%) Maximo
5 3 (0.66%) Findur
5 3 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.44%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.44%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.44%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.22%) Magento
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 170 (37.53%) Azure
2 110 (24.28%) AWS
3 70 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (11.48%) GCP
5 47 (10.38%) Power Platform
6 37 (8.17%) Boomi
6 37 (8.17%) Power Automate
7 36 (7.95%) GitHub
8 35 (7.73%) Serverless
9 29 (6.40%) PowerApps
10 28 (6.18%) Entra ID
11 24 (5.30%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (4.19%) Azure Service Bus
13 19 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (3.97%) Amazon S3
14 18 (3.97%) AtomSphere
14 18 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (3.97%) SaaS
15 15 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.97%) HTTP
2 11 (2.43%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.21%) DNS
4 8 (1.77%) DHCP
5 7 (1.55%) BIG-IP
6 5 (1.10%) SSL
7 4 (0.88%) Firewall
7 4 (0.88%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.88%) Intranet
7 4 (0.88%) Network Security
7 4 (0.88%) SSH
8 3 (0.66%) FTP
8 3 (0.66%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.66%) WAN
9 2 (0.44%) DSL
9 2 (0.44%) Internet
9 2 (0.44%) NAS
9 2 (0.44%) SAN
9 2 (0.44%) Wireless
9 2 (0.44%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.39%) Metadata
2 36 (7.95%) SQL Server
3 33 (7.28%) MongoDB
4 27 (5.96%) Relational Database
5 24 (5.30%) Power BI
6 20 (4.42%) NoSQL
6 20 (4.42%) Parquet
7 19 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (3.53%) RDBMS
10 13 (2.87%) DynamoDB
11 11 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (1.99%) Delta Lake
13 9 (1.99%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.77%) Db2
14 8 (1.77%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (1.55%) Data Lake
16 6 (1.32%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 79 (17.44%) Git
2 46 (10.15%) JIRA
3 32 (7.06%) Jenkins
4 31 (6.84%) GitLab
5 24 (5.30%) Postman
6 15 (3.31%) Maven
6 15 (3.31%) Selenium
7 12 (2.65%) SonarQube
8 10 (2.21%) JUnit
9 8 (1.77%) ERwin
10 7 (1.55%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.55%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.55%) Gradle
11 6 (1.32%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (1.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (1.10%) Gatling
12 5 (1.10%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.10%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.88%) ER Studio
General
1 130 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.54%) Finance
3 71 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (10.38%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.73%) Banking
6 15 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.09%) Publishing
8 11 (2.43%) Marketing
9 7 (1.55%) Retail
10 6 (1.32%) Legal
10 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.88%) Law
13 3 (0.66%) Back Office
13 3 (0.66%) Front Office
13 3 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 154 (34.00%) Developer
2 59 (13.02%) Senior
3 48 (10.60%) Architect
4 36 (7.95%) Analyst
5 26 (5.74%) Data Engineer
5 26 (5.74%) Senior Developer
6 20 (4.42%) Consultant
7 18 (3.97%) Python Developer
8 17 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (3.75%) Integration Engineer
9 16 (3.53%) Business Analyst
10 15 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (3.09%) Integration Architect
11 14 (3.09%) Python Engineer
12 12 (2.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 11 (2.43%) Integration Specialist
13 11 (2.43%) Java Developer
14 10 (2.21%) Integration Developer
14 10 (2.21%) Technical Analyst
15 9 (1.99%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (40.40%) REST
2 174 (38.41%) XML
3 94 (20.75%) SOAP
4 67 (14.79%) Kafka
5 49 (10.82%) .NET
5 49 (10.82%) OAuth
6 47 (10.38%) Middleware
7 42 (9.27%) React
7 42 (9.27%) RESTful
8 34 (7.51%) YAML
9 33 (7.28%) Web Services
10 28 (6.18%) OAuth2
11 24 (5.30%) CSS
11 24 (5.30%) Swagger
12 22 (4.86%) HTML
12 22 (4.86%) Node.js
13 21 (4.64%) JWT
14 20 (4.42%) OpenAPI
14 20 (4.42%) SAML
15 17 (3.75%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.61%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.28%) Data Structures
3 23 (5.08%) Cloud Native
4 20 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.97%) Algorithms
6 16 (3.53%) AI Agents
6 16 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.87%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.21%) Taxonomies
10 9 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.99%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.77%) CMDB
11 8 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.77%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.55%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.32%) DataPower
13 6 (1.32%) Online Banking
13 6 (1.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.18%) Linux
2 23 (5.08%) Windows
3 9 (1.99%) Unix
3 9 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.77%) Android
5 6 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.32%) zOS
6 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.44%) Solaris
7 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.44%) VMS
7 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.22%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (37.09%) CI/CD
2 150 (33.11%) DevOps
3 149 (32.89%) Agile
4 112 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (17.22%) Data Modelling
6 72 (15.89%) Validation
7 69 (15.23%) AI
8 63 (13.91%) Event-Driven
9 61 (13.47%) Integration Patterns
10 59 (13.02%) Scrum
11 50 (11.04%) Analytics
12 49 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (10.60%) ETL
13 48 (10.60%) Microservices
14 47 (10.38%) Workflow
15 46 (10.15%) Test Automation
16 45 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
17 44 (9.71%) API Integration
18 43 (9.49%) Data Pipeline
18 43 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 173 (38.19%) Python
2 168 (37.09%) SQL
3 102 (22.52%) JavaScript
4 92 (20.31%) Java
5 62 (13.69%) C#
6 49 (10.82%) PowerShell
7 30 (6.62%) Groovy
8 22 (4.86%) TypeScript
9 18 (3.97%) PL/SQL
10 15 (3.31%) Bash
11 14 (3.09%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.21%) Bicep
13 9 (1.99%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.99%) VBA
14 8 (1.77%) Kotlin
15 7 (1.55%) R
15 7 (1.55%) Scala
16 6 (1.32%) C++
16 6 (1.32%) JCL
17 5 (1.10%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 127 (28.04%) Security Cleared
2 100 (22.08%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.74%) Degree
4 13 (2.87%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.77%) CISSP
8 7 (1.55%) CISM
9 6 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.88%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.88%) PhD
10 4 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.44%) CCNP
12 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.44%) GIAC
12 2 (0.44%) SSCP
13 1 (0.22%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (9.49%) Data Quality
2 36 (7.95%) Accessibility
3 31 (6.84%) QA
4 19 (4.19%) GDPR
5 10 (2.21%) WCAG
6 9 (1.99%) ISO 20022
7 7 (1.55%) NIST
8 6 (1.32%) ISO 15022
9 5 (1.10%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.88%) HL7
11 3 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.66%) GRC
11 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.66%) NCSC
12 2 (0.44%) Basel III
12 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.44%) SLA
13 1 (0.22%) COREP
13 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 53 (11.70%) Docker
2 20 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.44%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 59 (13.02%) Kubernetes
2 49 (10.82%) Terraform
3 37 (8.17%) Ansible
4 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.32%) Grafana
5 6 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.88%) SCCM
7 3 (0.66%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.66%) Puppet
7 3 (0.66%) WMI
8 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.44%) Kibana
8 2 (0.44%) QRadar
9 1 (0.22%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.22%) Istio
9 1 (0.22%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.22%) logstash
9 1 (0.22%) Podman
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 89 (19.65%) Oracle
3 38 (8.39%) ServiceNow
4 29 (6.40%) MuleSoft
5 27 (5.96%) Google
6 25 (5.52%) Databricks
6 25 (5.52%) Salesforce
7 24 (5.30%) SAP
8 22 (4.86%) IBM
9 20 (4.42%) Workday
10 16 (3.53%) Splunk
11 11 (2.43%) Sonatype
11 11 (2.43%) webMethods
12 9 (1.99%) Informatica
13 8 (1.77%) F5
14 7 (1.55%) Dell
14 7 (1.55%) Foundry
14 7 (1.55%) Infoblox
14 7 (1.55%) Palantir
14 7 (1.55%) TIBCO