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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 266 213
Rank change year-on-year +55 -53 -15
Contract jobs citing JSON 414 229 427
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 0.86% 1.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.72% 3.86% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 160 331
10th Percentile £358 £400 £384
25th Percentile £413 £462 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £650 £591 £600
90th Percentile £823 £667 £688
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.10% -1.69% +0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile - - £35.46
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £53.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £54.06 £93.75 £75.63
90th Percentile £82.00 - £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 7,237 5,927 7,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.00% 22.37% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,847 3,765 5,693
10th Percentile £358 £363 £358
25th Percentile £415 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 77 183
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £25.96
25th Percentile £49.06 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.80 £77.31
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +43 220 £570 +5.56% 67
North of England -11 80 £414 -26.26% 32
North West +18 59 £400 -10.11% 18
South East -14 34 £513 - 42
Midlands -38 30 £525 -7.41% 14
West Midlands -26 27 £531 -6.39% 5
Yorkshire -49 20 £563 -0.79% 14
East of England -9 13 £500 -16.67% 6
South West -15 12 £400 -2.44% 8
East Midlands -22 3 £450 - 9
South Coast - 1 £625 -
North East - 1 £475 -
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 21 (5.07%) Confluence
2 12 (2.90%) Apache
3 11 (2.66%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.93%) JBoss
4 8 (1.93%) WebLogic
5 7 (1.69%) Appian
6 6 (1.45%) nginx
7 5 (1.21%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.21%) OpenStack
7 5 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.97%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.97%) Mule
8 4 (0.97%) Oracle Service Bus
9 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.48%) IIS
10 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.24%) Mendix
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.24%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (4.59%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.45%) Maximo
4 5 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.48%) Actimize
5 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.24%) Endur
6 1 (0.24%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 123 (29.71%) Azure
2 93 (22.46%) AWS
3 46 (11.11%) GitHub
4 40 (9.66%) Azure Logic Apps
5 39 (9.42%) Serverless
6 38 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (8.70%) IaaS
7 36 (8.70%) Power Platform
8 31 (7.49%) OCI
9 28 (6.76%) GCP
10 27 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (5.80%) PaaS
12 19 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (4.35%) SaaS
14 17 (4.11%) Power Automate
15 16 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (3.86%) Azure Functions
15 16 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
16 15 (3.62%) PowerApps
17 14 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.49%) HTTP
2 29 (7.00%) HTTPS
3 16 (3.86%) Firewall
4 8 (1.93%) SSL
4 8 (1.93%) VPN
5 4 (0.97%) BGP
5 4 (0.97%) DNS
6 3 (0.72%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.72%) MPLS
6 3 (0.72%) NFC
6 3 (0.72%) PPP
7 2 (0.48%) 5G
7 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.48%) SMS
7 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.24%) IPsec
8 1 (0.24%) VLAN
8 1 (0.24%) VRRP
8 1 (0.24%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.49%) Relational Database
2 21 (5.07%) MongoDB
3 18 (4.35%) Power BI
3 18 (4.35%) RDBMS
4 17 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (3.86%) SQL Server
6 13 (3.14%) Metadata
6 13 (3.14%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.42%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.45%) Big Data
9 6 (1.45%) MySQL
9 6 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (1.45%) Parquet
10 5 (1.21%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 66 (15.94%) Git
2 62 (14.98%) Postman
3 45 (10.87%) Jenkins
4 41 (9.90%) JIRA
5 40 (9.66%) Selenium
6 34 (8.21%) JUnit
7 28 (6.76%) GitLab
8 26 (6.28%) Cucumber
9 20 (4.83%) Maven
10 19 (4.59%) SonarQube
11 14 (3.38%) Bitbucket
12 11 (2.66%) Cypress.io
12 11 (2.66%) Eclipse
13 10 (2.42%) IntelliJ
14 9 (2.17%) Gradle
15 8 (1.93%) Robot Framework
16 7 (1.69%) Mockito
16 7 (1.69%) SoapUI
17 6 (1.45%) SpecFlow
17 6 (1.45%) Zephyr
General
1 113 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 78 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (15.46%) Finance
4 62 (14.98%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.00%) Banking
6 16 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.14%) Marketing
8 9 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.69%) Military
11 5 (1.21%) Digital Healthcare
12 4 (0.97%) Billing
12 4 (0.97%) Retail
13 3 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.72%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.72%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.48%) Law
14 2 (0.48%) Legal
14 2 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 154 (37.20%) Developer
2 48 (11.59%) Architect
3 36 (8.70%) Senior
4 27 (6.52%) Java Developer
5 25 (6.04%) Analyst
6 19 (4.59%) Software Engineer
7 18 (4.35%) Integration Specialist
7 18 (4.35%) Senior Developer
8 17 (4.11%) Data Engineer
8 17 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.86%) Business Analyst
10 15 (3.62%) Cloud Specialist
10 15 (3.62%) Lead
10 15 (3.62%) Oracle Specialist
11 13 (3.14%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 13 (3.14%) Integration Developer
11 13 (3.14%) webMethods Developer
12 12 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.42%) Consultant
13 10 (2.42%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (50.72%) REST
2 198 (47.83%) XML
3 104 (25.12%) SOAP
4 69 (16.67%) HTML
5 68 (16.43%) OAuth
6 46 (11.11%) RESTful
7 38 (9.18%) Spring
8 37 (8.94%) CSS
9 33 (7.97%) React
10 30 (7.25%) OAuth2
10 30 (7.25%) Spring Boot
10 30 (7.25%) Web Services
10 30 (7.25%) XSLT
11 27 (6.52%) Oracle Fusion
12 25 (6.04%) .NET
12 25 (6.04%) YAML
13 23 (5.56%) Kafka
13 23 (5.56%) Swagger
14 22 (5.31%) JWT
15 21 (5.07%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.52%) PKI
2 26 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (4.11%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.11%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.86%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.90%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.66%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.45%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.21%) Digital Wallet
11 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.21%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.97%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (10.14%) Linux
2 16 (3.86%) Unix
3 7 (1.69%) Android
3 7 (1.69%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.69%) Windows
4 5 (1.21%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (39.86%) DevOps
2 151 (36.47%) Agile
3 141 (34.06%) CI/CD
4 85 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (16.18%) Microservices
6 61 (14.73%) Validation
7 51 (12.32%) Test Automation
8 50 (12.08%) Software Engineering
9 49 (11.84%) ERP
10 47 (11.35%) Deployment Automation
11 46 (11.11%) Containerisation
12 42 (10.14%) Analytics
13 41 (9.90%) Scrum
14 37 (8.94%) Computer Science
15 36 (8.70%) Configuration Management
15 36 (8.70%) Data Modelling
15 36 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (8.21%) CRM
17 33 (7.97%) Integration Patterns
17 33 (7.97%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 101 (24.40%) SQL
2 96 (23.19%) Java
3 88 (21.26%) Python
4 86 (20.77%) JavaScript
5 58 (14.01%) PowerShell
6 54 (13.04%) C#
7 23 (5.56%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.42%) Groovy
8 10 (2.42%) Scala
9 9 (2.17%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.69%) C++
10 7 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.45%) XPath
12 5 (1.21%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.72%) Go
14 3 (0.72%) Jython
14 3 (0.72%) PHP
14 3 (0.72%) R
14 3 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 140 (33.82%) Security Cleared
2 108 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 41 (9.90%) Degree
4 32 (7.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.66%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.42%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.21%) CCNP
9 5 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.21%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.72%) CEH
11 3 (0.72%) GIAC
11 3 (0.72%) GWAPT
12 2 (0.48%) CCNA
12 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.48%) OCP
12 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 20 (4.83%) QA
3 9 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.17%) WCAG
4 8 (1.93%) PSD2
5 6 (1.45%) GDPR
6 5 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.21%) ISO 8583
6 5 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.97%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.72%) HL7
8 3 (0.72%) NIST
9 2 (0.48%) SEPA
10 1 (0.24%) FATCA
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.24%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (17.15%) Docker
2 9 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) HDFS
4 1 (0.24%) KVM
4 1 (0.24%) Squid
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.52%) Terraform
3 19 (4.59%) Ansible
4 16 (3.86%) Grafana
5 14 (3.38%) Kibana
5 14 (3.38%) Puppet
6 10 (2.42%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.17%) logstash
8 6 (1.45%) Podman
8 6 (1.45%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.21%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.97%) Pingdom
11 3 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
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 59 (14.25%) Oracle
2 57 (13.77%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.31%) webMethods
4 17 (4.11%) IBM
4 17 (4.11%) SAP
5 16 (3.86%) MuleSoft
6 15 (3.62%) Splunk
7 14 (3.38%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.90%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.66%) Adobe
9 11 (2.66%) Cisco
9 11 (2.66%) Software AG
10 9 (2.17%) Databricks
10 9 (2.17%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.93%) Axway
11 8 (1.93%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.69%) Veracode
13 6 (1.45%) F5
14 5 (1.21%) Foundry
14 5 (1.21%) Pega