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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 263 224
Rank change year-on-year -7 -39 -21
Contract jobs citing JSON 368 219 388
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.90% 1.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.69% 4.03% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 169 285
10th Percentile £363 £366 £400
25th Percentile £421 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% -2.73%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £676 £670
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £75.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +15.63% +10.34%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +15.63% +10.34%

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 7,844 5,430 7,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.32% 22.34% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,194 3,769 5,324
10th Percentile £363 £365 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £534
% change year-on-year - -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 103 228
10th Percentile £32.50 £33.25 £22.27
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.16 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.95 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -1 190 £525 - 45
North of England -15 74 £416 -7.05% 27
South East -43 54 £525 +5.00% 36
North West -12 41 £393 -12.05% 16
Yorkshire -26 32 £458 -8.50% 8
Midlands -45 20 £505 -8.14% 10
West Midlands -55 15 £505 -10.18% 3
East of England -19 13 £506 +68.75% 5
South West -20 13 £548 +46.00% 6
East Midlands -32 5 - - 7
North East -15 4 £550 +175.00% 3
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 (5.16%) Confluence
2 13 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.26%) Apache
4 9 (2.45%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.36%) CICS
7 4 (1.09%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (1.09%) Mule
7 4 (1.09%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.82%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.82%) IIS
8 3 (0.82%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.54%) Mendix
9 2 (0.54%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.27%) JBoss
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.27%) nginx
10 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (4.08%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.63%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.09%) Maximo
4 4 (1.09%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.82%) Findur
6 2 (0.54%) Actimize
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.54%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.27%) Magento
7 1 (0.27%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.27%) Shopify
7 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 121 (32.88%) Azure
2 81 (22.01%) AWS
3 42 (11.41%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (10.87%) Serverless
5 39 (10.60%) Power Platform
6 30 (8.15%) Azure Logic Apps
6 30 (8.15%) GitHub
7 29 (7.88%) GCP
8 28 (7.61%) OCI
9 20 (5.43%) Power Automate
10 19 (5.16%) PaaS
11 17 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (4.35%) Azure Functions
13 15 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (4.08%) PowerApps
14 14 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (3.80%) SaaS
15 13 (3.53%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (3.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.71%) HTTP
2 10 (2.72%) DNS
2 10 (2.72%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.17%) BIG-IP
3 8 (2.17%) DHCP
3 8 (2.17%) Firewall
4 3 (0.82%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.82%) Network Security
4 3 (0.82%) VPN
5 2 (0.54%) DSL
5 2 (0.54%) FTP
5 2 (0.54%) Intranet
5 2 (0.54%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.54%) SMS
5 2 (0.54%) SSH
5 2 (0.54%) X.509
6 1 (0.27%) BGP
6 1 (0.27%) Internet
6 1 (0.27%) MPLS
6 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.15%) Relational Database
2 26 (7.07%) NoSQL
3 24 (6.52%) Metadata
4 23 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (5.98%) Power BI
5 22 (5.98%) RDBMS
6 20 (5.43%) MongoDB
7 18 (4.89%) SQL Server
8 12 (3.26%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.72%) Data Lake
9 10 (2.72%) Parquet
10 9 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.90%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.63%) DB2
12 6 (1.63%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.63%) Spark SQL
13 5 (1.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 43 (11.68%) Git
2 41 (11.14%) JIRA
2 41 (11.14%) Postman
3 25 (6.79%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.62%) GitLab
5 14 (3.80%) Maven
6 9 (2.45%) SoapUI
6 9 (2.45%) SonarQube
7 8 (2.17%) ERwin
7 8 (2.17%) JUnit
8 6 (1.63%) Selenium
9 5 (1.36%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.36%) Gradle
10 4 (1.09%) ER Studio
10 4 (1.09%) Gatling
10 4 (1.09%) JMeter
11 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.82%) MSTest
11 3 (0.82%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 109 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.29%) Finance
3 48 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.78%) Banking
5 35 (9.51%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.72%) Marketing
8 5 (1.36%) Military
8 5 (1.36%) Publishing
9 3 (0.82%) Back Office
9 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.82%) Law
9 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.82%) Retail
10 2 (0.54%) Billing
10 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.54%) Games
10 2 (0.54%) Legal
11 1 (0.27%) Automotive
11 1 (0.27%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 109 (29.62%) Developer
2 33 (8.97%) Architect
3 27 (7.34%) Data Engineer
4 24 (6.52%) Senior
5 20 (5.43%) Analyst
6 18 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (4.89%) Integration Engineer
7 17 (4.62%) Consultant
8 16 (4.35%) Business Analyst
8 16 (4.35%) Java Developer
8 16 (4.35%) Software Engineer
9 13 (3.53%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (3.53%) DBA
9 13 (3.53%) Integration Specialist
10 12 (3.26%) Cloud Specialist
10 12 (3.26%) Oracle Specialist
11 11 (2.99%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (2.99%) Software Developer
12 9 (2.45%) Lead
12 9 (2.45%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (39.95%) XML
2 145 (39.40%) REST
3 83 (22.55%) SOAP
4 51 (13.86%) OAuth
5 46 (12.50%) Kafka
6 40 (10.87%) Web Services
7 34 (9.24%) RESTful
8 33 (8.97%) HTML
8 33 (8.97%) React
8 33 (8.97%) YAML
9 31 (8.42%) .NET
10 29 (7.88%) CSS
11 26 (7.07%) Swagger
12 25 (6.79%) JWT
12 25 (6.79%) Node.js
13 23 (6.25%) OAuth2
14 22 (5.98%) XSLT
15 20 (5.43%) Oracle Fusion
16 18 (4.89%) Middleware
17 17 (4.62%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.71%) Data Structures
2 17 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.26%) Public Cloud
5 11 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.90%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.36%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.36%) DataPower
9 5 (1.36%) Digital Wallet
9 5 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.36%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.36%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.36%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (1.09%) Online Banking
10 4 (1.09%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.98%) Linux
2 11 (2.99%) Windows
3 9 (2.45%) Unix
4 5 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.36%) zOS
5 4 (1.09%) Android
6 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.54%) VMS
8 1 (0.27%) Solaris
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (33.15%) DevOps
2 109 (29.62%) Agile
3 96 (26.09%) CI/CD
4 84 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (17.66%) Validation
6 61 (16.58%) Data Modelling
7 53 (14.40%) Analytics
8 47 (12.77%) Integration Patterns
9 42 (11.41%) ERP
9 42 (11.41%) Microservices
10 40 (10.87%) Data Pipeline
11 37 (10.05%) API Integration
12 36 (9.78%) AI
12 36 (9.78%) Software Engineering
13 33 (8.97%) ETL
14 32 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 31 (8.42%) Performance Tuning
16 30 (8.15%) Containerisation
17 29 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
18 28 (7.61%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 139 (37.77%) Python
2 120 (32.61%) SQL
3 74 (20.11%) Java
4 71 (19.29%) JavaScript
5 45 (12.23%) C#
6 39 (10.60%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.62%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.53%) Shell Script
9 12 (3.26%) Groovy
10 11 (2.99%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.17%) Bash
12 7 (1.90%) Bicep
12 7 (1.90%) VBA
13 6 (1.63%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.63%) R
14 5 (1.36%) Go
14 5 (1.36%) Kotlin
15 4 (1.09%) JCL
16 3 (0.82%) Scala
16 3 (0.82%) XPath
Qualifications
1 113 (30.71%) Security Cleared
2 81 (22.01%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.07%) Degree
4 17 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.99%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.63%) CISM
7 6 (1.63%) CISSP
8 5 (1.36%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.09%) CCNP
9 4 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.27%) CCNA
12 1 (0.27%) CSPO
12 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.27%) OCP
12 1 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.61%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.79%) QA
3 17 (4.62%) GDPR
4 8 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.90%) PSD2
6 6 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.36%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.36%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.36%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.36%) NIST
7 5 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.09%) HL7
9 3 (0.82%) FATCA
10 2 (0.54%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.54%) NCSC
10 2 (0.54%) SEPA
10 2 (0.54%) SLA
10 2 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (12.50%) Docker
2 10 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.54%) HDFS
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.54%) OpenSSH
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 38 (10.33%) Terraform
3 17 (4.62%) Ansible
4 13 (3.53%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.99%) Grafana
6 4 (1.09%) Kibana
6 4 (1.09%) logstash
6 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.09%) Pingdom
7 3 (0.82%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.82%) Puppet
7 3 (0.82%) QRadar
8 2 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.54%) Argo
8 2 (0.54%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.54%) Podman
8 2 (0.54%) SCCM
8 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.27%) Istio
Vendors
1 71 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 70 (19.02%) Oracle
3 25 (6.79%) ServiceNow
4 21 (5.71%) Splunk
5 19 (5.16%) Databricks
6 14 (3.80%) MuleSoft
7 13 (3.53%) SAP
7 13 (3.53%) Workday
8 12 (3.26%) Adobe
9 10 (2.72%) F5
10 9 (2.45%) webMethods
11 8 (2.17%) Confluent
11 8 (2.17%) Infoblox
11 8 (2.17%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.17%) Sonatype
12 7 (1.90%) Foundry
12 7 (1.90%) IBM
13 6 (1.63%) Dell
13 6 (1.63%) Google
13 6 (1.63%) OpenAI