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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 253 224
Rank change year-on-year +18 -29 -30
Contract jobs citing JSON 414 241 390
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.11% 0.99% 1.03%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.30% 4.36% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 183 302
10th Percentile £358 £400 £393
25th Percentile £413 £446 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £624 £600 £600
90th Percentile £808 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile - - £28.81
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £48.75
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 -
90th Percentile £57.25 - £76.75
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 7,804 5,531 7,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.01% 22.63% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,246 3,764 5,391
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -0.83% -5.65%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £790 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 84 187
10th Percentile £35.13 £27.22 £21.08
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.14 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £82.70 £75.00
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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +17 212 £565 +7.62% 61
North of England -18 81 £402 -10.22% 25
North West +1 52 £397 -10.81% 10
South East -50 50 £506 +1.25% 44
Yorkshire -41 28 £455 -24.01% 13
Midlands -48 25 £500 -5.88% 14
West Midlands -48 22 £500 -9.09% 7
South West -15 16 £413 +3.13% 6
East of England -13 11 £531 +18.06% 24
East Midlands -36 3 - - 7
North East - 3 £550 - 2
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 22 (5.31%) Confluence
2 14 (3.38%) Apache
3 10 (2.42%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 5 (1.21%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.21%) Mule
6 4 (0.97%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (0.97%) JBoss
6 4 (0.97%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (0.97%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.72%) Appian
7 3 (0.72%) CICS
7 3 (0.72%) IIS
8 2 (0.48%) Mendix
8 2 (0.48%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (4.11%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.21%) Maximo
3 5 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.72%) Findur
5 2 (0.48%) Actimize
5 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.24%) Endur
6 1 (0.24%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.24%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Shopify
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 120 (28.99%) Azure
2 89 (21.50%) AWS
3 42 (10.14%) GitHub
4 39 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (9.42%) Serverless
5 37 (8.94%) IaaS
6 36 (8.70%) Power Platform
7 32 (7.73%) Azure Logic Apps
8 30 (7.25%) OCI
9 29 (7.00%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (6.04%) GCP
11 22 (5.31%) PaaS
12 18 (4.35%) SaaS
13 17 (4.11%) Power Automate
14 16 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (3.62%) Azure Functions
16 14 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
17 13 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (3.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.73%) HTTP
2 13 (3.14%) HTTPS
3 11 (2.66%) Firewall
4 7 (1.69%) VPN
5 6 (1.45%) DNS
6 5 (1.21%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.72%) BIG-IP
7 3 (0.72%) DHCP
7 3 (0.72%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.72%) SSL
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%) NFC
8 2 (0.48%) PPP
8 2 (0.48%) SMS
9 1 (0.24%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.73%) Relational Database
2 26 (6.28%) MongoDB
2 26 (6.28%) NoSQL
3 23 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (5.56%) RDBMS
4 21 (5.07%) Power BI
5 19 (4.59%) SQL Server
6 17 (4.11%) Metadata
7 15 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (3.38%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.66%) Parquet
9 11 (2.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.69%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.45%) Big Data
13 6 (1.45%) MySQL
14 5 (1.21%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 61 (14.73%) Git
2 53 (12.80%) Postman
3 45 (10.87%) JIRA
4 37 (8.94%) Jenkins
5 25 (6.04%) Selenium
6 23 (5.56%) GitLab
6 23 (5.56%) JUnit
7 20 (4.83%) Maven
8 19 (4.59%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.42%) SoapUI
9 10 (2.42%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.69%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.69%) Mockito
11 6 (1.45%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.45%) Eclipse
11 6 (1.45%) ERwin
11 6 (1.45%) Gradle
11 6 (1.45%) IntelliJ
11 6 (1.45%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.45%) Zephyr
General
1 115 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 80 (19.32%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (16.91%) Finance
4 51 (12.32%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.21%) Banking
6 20 (4.83%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.66%) Marketing
8 6 (1.45%) Military
9 5 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.97%) Billing
10 4 (0.97%) Publishing
10 4 (0.97%) Retail
10 4 (0.97%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.72%) Law
11 3 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Back Office
12 2 (0.48%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 140 (33.82%) Developer
2 50 (12.08%) Architect
3 29 (7.00%) Data Engineer
4 26 (6.28%) Analyst
5 24 (5.80%) Java Developer
5 24 (5.80%) Senior
6 18 (4.35%) Business Analyst
7 17 (4.11%) Software Engineer
8 15 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (3.14%) Cloud Specialist
9 13 (3.14%) Consultant
9 13 (3.14%) DBA
9 13 (3.14%) Integration Engineer
9 13 (3.14%) Integration Specialist
9 13 (3.14%) Lead
9 13 (3.14%) Oracle Specialist
10 11 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (2.42%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 10 (2.42%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (2.17%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (44.93%) REST
2 182 (43.96%) XML
3 90 (21.74%) SOAP
4 56 (13.53%) OAuth
5 48 (11.59%) HTML
6 38 (9.18%) RESTful
7 37 (8.94%) Web Services
8 36 (8.70%) React
9 35 (8.45%) Kafka
10 30 (7.25%) CSS
10 30 (7.25%) Spring
11 27 (6.52%) Spring Boot
12 26 (6.28%) Swagger
12 26 (6.28%) YAML
13 25 (6.04%) JWT
13 25 (6.04%) OAuth2
13 25 (6.04%) XSLT
14 24 (5.80%) .NET
14 24 (5.80%) Node.js
14 24 (5.80%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.76%) PKI
2 27 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (6.04%) Data Structures
4 17 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.38%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.42%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.42%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.21%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.21%) Digital Wallet
10 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.21%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.97%) CMDB
11 4 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.97%) Wiki
12 3 (0.72%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.21%) 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 3 (0.72%) zOS
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (35.99%) Agile
2 145 (35.02%) DevOps
3 121 (29.23%) CI/CD
4 93 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (17.39%) Validation
6 61 (14.73%) Microservices
7 59 (14.25%) Data Modelling
8 48 (11.59%) Analytics
9 47 (11.35%) Software Engineering
10 45 (10.87%) Integration Patterns
11 42 (10.14%) ERP
12 38 (9.18%) Data Pipeline
13 36 (8.70%) Containerisation
14 35 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (8.21%) Test Automation
16 32 (7.73%) Configuration Management
17 31 (7.49%) API Integration
17 31 (7.49%) CRM
17 31 (7.49%) Scrum
18 30 (7.25%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 118 (28.50%) Python
1 118 (28.50%) SQL
2 88 (21.26%) Java
3 81 (19.57%) JavaScript
4 57 (13.77%) PowerShell
5 53 (12.80%) C#
6 22 (5.31%) TypeScript
7 17 (4.11%) T-SQL
8 14 (3.38%) Groovy
9 10 (2.42%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.69%) Bicep
10 7 (1.69%) R
10 7 (1.69%) XPath
11 5 (1.21%) C++
11 5 (1.21%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.21%) Scala
12 4 (0.97%) Go
13 3 (0.72%) C
13 3 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (35.02%) Security Cleared
2 109 (26.33%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.21%) Degree
4 23 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.14%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.21%) CCNP
8 5 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (0.97%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.48%) CCNA
11 2 (0.48%) OCP
11 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.24%) CBAP
12 1 (0.24%) CEH
12 1 (0.24%) GIAC
12 1 (0.24%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.04%) QA
2 17 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.93%) PSD2
4 8 (1.93%) WCAG
5 6 (1.45%) GDPR
6 5 (1.21%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.21%) ISO 8583
6 5 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.97%) HL7
8 3 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.72%) FATCA
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%) PMO
10 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (12.80%) Docker
2 6 (1.45%) 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 47 (11.35%) Kubernetes
2 29 (7.00%) Terraform
3 16 (3.86%) Grafana
4 15 (3.62%) Ansible
5 13 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.66%) Kibana
7 8 (1.93%) Puppet
8 5 (1.21%) logstash
9 4 (0.97%) Pingdom
9 4 (0.97%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.72%) Podman
11 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.48%) Argo
11 2 (0.48%) CloudHub
11 2 (0.48%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.48%) QRadar
12 1 (0.24%) Istio
Vendors
1 67 (16.18%) Oracle
2 61 (14.73%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.31%) Splunk
4 18 (4.35%) Databricks
4 18 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.62%) MuleSoft
6 13 (3.14%) IBM
7 11 (2.66%) Adobe
7 11 (2.66%) webMethods
8 10 (2.42%) SAP
9 9 (2.17%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.93%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.69%) F5
11 7 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.69%) Workday
12 6 (1.45%) Cisco
12 6 (1.45%) Foundry
12 6 (1.45%) Software AG
13 5 (1.21%) PagerDuty
13 5 (1.21%) Talend