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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 265 204
Rank change year-on-year +61 -61 +4
Contract jobs citing JSON 427 243 414
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 0.89% 1.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.10% 4.06% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 169 319
10th Percentile £356 £397 £383
25th Percentile £413 £457 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -1.69% -1.11%
75th Percentile £644 £588 £600
90th Percentile £800 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £534
% change year-on-year -4.08% -2.39% +0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 9
10th Percentile £31.25 - £42.10
25th Percentile £38.75 £91.25 £57.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - £81.25
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -3.45%

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 6,999 5,982 7,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.18% 21.86% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,673 3,827 5,524
10th Percentile £356 £359 £363
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £671
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 68 161
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £31.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.75 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.57 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 8 January 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 +62 232 £550 - 42
North of England -8 76 £402 -25.21% 25
North West +17 54 £401 -7.76% 17
South East -24 31 £475 -9.52% 40
Midlands -30 27 £488 -13.18% 9
West Midlands -30 24 £525 -7.41% 5
Yorkshire -43 21 £513 -9.61% 6
East of England -10 15 £475 +58.33% 10
South West -2 12 £413 +0.61% 7
East Midlands -26 3 £450 - 4
South Coast - 1 £625 -
North East - 1 £475 - 2
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 (6.32%) Confluence
2 13 (3.04%) Apache
3 10 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.34%) WebLogic
4 9 (2.11%) JBoss
5 7 (1.64%) Appian
6 6 (1.41%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.41%) Mule
6 6 (1.41%) nginx
6 6 (1.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (1.17%) OpenStack
7 5 (1.17%) Oracle Service Bus
8 4 (0.94%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.94%) Mule ESB
8 4 (0.94%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.47%) IIS
9 2 (0.47%) Moodle
10 1 (0.23%) CICS
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.28%) Oracle ERP
2 13 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.87%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.41%) Maximo
5 2 (0.47%) Actimize
5 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.23%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.23%) Endur
6 1 (0.23%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (29.04%) Azure
2 89 (20.84%) AWS
3 45 (10.54%) GitHub
4 36 (8.43%) Power Platform
5 35 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (7.96%) Azure Logic Apps
6 34 (7.96%) IaaS
7 32 (7.49%) Serverless
8 27 (6.32%) GCP
8 27 (6.32%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (5.85%) OCI
10 21 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (4.92%) Power Automate
11 20 (4.68%) PaaS
12 19 (4.45%) PowerApps
13 17 (3.98%) SaaS
14 16 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (3.28%) Azure AKS
15 14 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.49%) HTTP
2 29 (6.79%) HTTPS
3 16 (3.75%) Firewall
3 16 (3.75%) SSL
4 9 (2.11%) VPN
5 5 (1.17%) DNS
6 4 (0.94%) BGP
6 4 (0.94%) NFC
6 4 (0.94%) PPP
7 3 (0.70%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.70%) MPLS
7 3 (0.70%) SMS
7 3 (0.70%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.47%) 5G
8 2 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.23%) IPsec
9 1 (0.23%) Network Security
9 1 (0.23%) VRRP
9 1 (0.23%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.20%) Relational Database
2 22 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (4.92%) MongoDB
3 21 (4.92%) Power BI
4 18 (4.22%) RDBMS
5 17 (3.98%) SQL Server
6 13 (3.04%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.34%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.11%) Metadata
8 9 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.64%) Big Data
11 6 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.41%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (1.41%) Oracle Database
11 6 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (1.41%) Parquet
12 5 (1.17%) Delta Lake
12 5 (1.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 70 (16.39%) Git
2 54 (12.65%) Postman
3 46 (10.77%) JIRA
4 41 (9.60%) Jenkins
5 40 (9.37%) Selenium
6 35 (8.20%) JUnit
7 30 (7.03%) GitLab
8 27 (6.32%) Cucumber
9 17 (3.98%) Maven
10 16 (3.75%) SonarQube
11 13 (3.04%) Bitbucket
11 13 (3.04%) Gradle
12 12 (2.81%) Eclipse
13 11 (2.58%) Cypress.io
14 10 (2.34%) IntelliJ
15 8 (1.87%) Robot Framework
16 7 (1.64%) Mockito
17 6 (1.41%) Android Studio
17 6 (1.41%) SpecFlow
17 6 (1.41%) Zephyr
General
1 108 (25.29%) Social Skills
2 72 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (15.93%) Finance
4 62 (14.52%) Public Sector
5 30 (7.03%) Banking
6 14 (3.28%) Marketing
7 11 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.17%) Digital Healthcare
10 5 (1.17%) Military
11 4 (0.94%) Billing
11 4 (0.94%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.70%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.70%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.70%) Retail
13 2 (0.47%) Law
13 2 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 170 (39.81%) Developer
2 55 (12.88%) Architect
3 46 (10.77%) Senior
4 30 (7.03%) Java Developer
5 25 (5.85%) Software Engineer
6 23 (5.39%) Senior Developer
7 22 (5.15%) Analyst
8 17 (3.98%) Lead
9 15 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (3.51%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 14 (3.28%) Integration Specialist
11 13 (3.04%) Business Analyst
11 13 (3.04%) Data Engineer
11 13 (3.04%) webMethods Developer
12 12 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.58%) Cloud Specialist
13 11 (2.58%) Consultant
13 11 (2.58%) Integration Developer
13 11 (2.58%) Oracle Specialist
14 10 (2.34%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (48.01%) REST
2 195 (45.67%) XML
3 101 (23.65%) SOAP
4 87 (20.37%) HTML
5 68 (15.93%) OAuth
6 57 (13.35%) RESTful
7 45 (10.54%) Spring
8 41 (9.60%) CSS
9 38 (8.90%) React
10 36 (8.43%) Web Services
11 34 (7.96%) Spring Boot
12 33 (7.73%) OAuth2
13 31 (7.26%) AngularJS
14 26 (6.09%) .NET
15 25 (5.85%) HTML5
15 25 (5.85%) Kafka
15 25 (5.85%) XSLT
16 23 (5.39%) Oracle Fusion
17 22 (5.15%) Swagger
18 21 (4.92%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.32%) PKI
2 26 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.98%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.75%) Cloud Native
5 14 (3.28%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.28%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.34%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.11%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.87%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.41%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.17%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.17%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.94%) IVR
13 4 (0.94%) Replication
13 4 (0.94%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 44 (10.30%) Linux
2 16 (3.75%) Unix
3 11 (2.58%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.34%) Android
5 8 (1.87%) Windows
6 6 (1.41%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.23%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.23%) tvOS
8 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (40.98%) DevOps
2 169 (39.58%) Agile
3 135 (31.62%) CI/CD
4 80 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (18.03%) Microservices
6 55 (12.88%) Validation
7 52 (12.18%) Test Automation
8 51 (11.94%) Scrum
8 51 (11.94%) Software Engineering
9 46 (10.77%) Containerisation
10 43 (10.07%) Deployment Automation
11 37 (8.67%) Analytics
11 37 (8.67%) ERP
11 37 (8.67%) Integration Patterns
12 36 (8.43%) Computer Science
13 35 (8.20%) Configuration Management
14 34 (7.96%) Migration
15 33 (7.73%) Data Modelling
16 32 (7.49%) Infrastructure as Code
16 32 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (24.82%) Java
2 105 (24.59%) SQL
3 101 (23.65%) JavaScript
4 81 (18.97%) Python
5 58 (13.58%) PowerShell
6 50 (11.71%) C#
7 23 (5.39%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.34%) Scala
8 10 (2.34%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.11%) C++
10 8 (1.87%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.64%) XPath
12 6 (1.41%) Groovy
12 6 (1.41%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.41%) Swift
13 5 (1.17%) Objective-C
13 5 (1.17%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.70%) C
15 3 (0.70%) Jython
Qualifications
1 137 (32.08%) Security Cleared
2 108 (25.29%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.07%) Degree
4 31 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.17%) CCNP
9 5 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.17%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.94%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.70%) CEH
11 3 (0.70%) GIAC
11 3 (0.70%) GWAPT
12 2 (0.47%) CCNA
12 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.47%) OCP
12 2 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.62%) Accessibility
2 21 (4.92%) QA
3 9 (2.11%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.11%) WCAG
4 5 (1.17%) GDPR
4 5 (1.17%) PSD2
5 4 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.94%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.70%) ISO 8583
6 3 (0.70%) NIST
7 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.47%) SEPA
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 72 (16.86%) Docker
2 10 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) HDFS
4 1 (0.23%) KVM
4 1 (0.23%) Squid
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.39%) Terraform
3 19 (4.45%) Ansible
4 15 (3.51%) Grafana
5 14 (3.28%) Kibana
5 14 (3.28%) Puppet
6 10 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.11%) logstash
8 8 (1.87%) Prometheus
9 6 (1.41%) Podman
9 6 (1.41%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.17%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (0.94%) Pingdom
12 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.70%) CloudHub
13 2 (0.47%) Argo
13 2 (0.47%) Fluentd
13 2 (0.47%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.47%) QRadar
13 2 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 63 (14.75%) Oracle
2 60 (14.05%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.15%) ServiceNow
3 22 (5.15%) webMethods
4 20 (4.68%) SAP
5 18 (4.22%) IBM
6 17 (3.98%) MuleSoft
7 16 (3.75%) Splunk
8 11 (2.58%) Cisco
8 11 (2.58%) Software AG
9 10 (2.34%) Adobe
9 10 (2.34%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.34%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.11%) TIBCO
11 8 (1.87%) Axway
11 8 (1.87%) BMC
11 8 (1.87%) Databricks
11 8 (1.87%) HP
11 8 (1.87%) Ivanti
11 8 (1.87%) Remedy