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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 264 241
Rank change year-on-year -5 -23 -41
Contract jobs citing JSON 388 222 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 0.93% 0.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.83% 4.14% 4.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 173 261
10th Percentile £366 £363 £400
25th Percentile £429 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -6.37% -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £679 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 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 £54.06 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £74.50 - -
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 8,035 5,357 7,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.21% 22.39% 20.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,295 3,715 5,407
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.26%
75th Percentile £630 £660 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £790
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £535
% change year-on-year +0.48% -2.34% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 96 236
10th Percentile £31.03 £29.66 £22.63
25th Percentile £51.25 £47.90 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.75 £66.38
90th Percentile £78.75 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -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 29 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 29 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 29 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 0 205 £525 -3.58% 46
North of England -26 71 £447 - 14
South East -36 58 £525 +5.00% 30
Yorkshire -21 37 £463 -7.50% 3
North West -19 33 £394 -11.91% 8
Midlands -47 21 £488 -11.36% 8
West Midlands -48 17 £488 -11.36% 5
South West -18 14 £425 +13.33% 7
East of England -19 14 £506 +68.75% 4
North East -24 4 £550 +175.00% 3
East Midlands -27 4 - - 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 20 (5.15%) Confluence
2 15 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.84%) Apache
4 9 (2.32%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.80%) CICS
5 7 (1.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (1.03%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (1.03%) Mule
6 4 (1.03%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (1.03%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.77%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.77%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (0.77%) IIS
7 3 (0.77%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.52%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.26%) JBoss
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.61%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.55%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.03%) Maximo
4 4 (1.03%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.77%) Findur
5 3 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.26%) Actimize
7 1 (0.26%) Magento
7 1 (0.26%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.26%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.26%) Shopify
7 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 131 (33.76%) Azure
2 87 (22.42%) AWS
3 49 (12.63%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (10.57%) Power Platform
5 38 (9.79%) Serverless
6 35 (9.02%) GitHub
7 31 (7.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 24 (6.19%) GCP
8 24 (6.19%) OCI
8 24 (6.19%) Power Automate
9 20 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (4.38%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (4.38%) PaaS
10 17 (4.38%) PowerApps
11 16 (4.12%) Azure Functions
12 15 (3.87%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (3.61%) Amazon S3
14 13 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (3.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.12%) HTTP
2 12 (3.09%) DNS
3 11 (2.84%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.58%) BIG-IP
4 10 (2.58%) DHCP
5 6 (1.55%) Firewall
6 3 (0.77%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.77%) Intranet
6 3 (0.77%) Network Security
7 2 (0.52%) DSL
7 2 (0.52%) FTP
7 2 (0.52%) Internet
7 2 (0.52%) NAS
7 2 (0.52%) SAN
7 2 (0.52%) SMS
7 2 (0.52%) SSH
7 2 (0.52%) VPN
7 2 (0.52%) X.509
8 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.47%) Relational Database
2 25 (6.44%) Metadata
3 23 (5.93%) SQL Server
4 22 (5.67%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (4.90%) Power BI
6 19 (4.90%) RDBMS
7 15 (3.87%) MongoDB
8 14 (3.61%) Parquet
9 11 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (2.84%) DynamoDB
9 11 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.58%) Oracle Database
11 9 (2.32%) Delta Lake
12 8 (2.06%) Data Lake
12 8 (2.06%) DB2
13 7 (1.80%) MySQL
13 7 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 52 (13.40%) Git
2 45 (11.60%) JIRA
3 42 (10.82%) Postman
4 23 (5.93%) GitLab
5 21 (5.41%) Jenkins
6 12 (3.09%) Maven
7 9 (2.32%) ERwin
7 9 (2.32%) SoapUI
7 9 (2.32%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (1.55%) JUnit
9 5 (1.29%) ER Studio
9 5 (1.29%) Gradle
9 5 (1.29%) Selenium
9 5 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.03%) Gatling
11 3 (0.77%) MSTest
11 3 (0.77%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 116 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.30%) Finance
3 51 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.28%) Banking
5 35 (9.02%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.32%) Marketing
8 6 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.55%) Publishing
9 4 (1.03%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.03%) Military
10 3 (0.77%) Back Office
10 3 (0.77%) Front Office
10 3 (0.77%) Law
10 3 (0.77%) Retail
11 2 (0.52%) Automotive
11 2 (0.52%) Games
11 2 (0.52%) Legal
11 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (30.67%) Developer
2 34 (8.76%) Senior
3 32 (8.25%) Architect
4 29 (7.47%) Data Engineer
5 22 (5.67%) Analyst
6 18 (4.64%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (4.38%) Business Analyst
8 16 (4.12%) Consultant
8 16 (4.12%) Integration Engineer
8 16 (4.12%) Integration Specialist
9 15 (3.87%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.35%) Java Developer
11 12 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (3.09%) Senior Developer
12 11 (2.84%) Cloud Specialist
12 11 (2.84%) Lead
12 11 (2.84%) Oracle Specialist
12 11 (2.84%) Python Developer
12 11 (2.84%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (39.69%) REST
2 149 (38.40%) XML
3 83 (21.39%) SOAP
4 46 (11.86%) Kafka
5 44 (11.34%) OAuth
6 40 (10.31%) Web Services
7 37 (9.54%) React
8 36 (9.28%) .NET
8 36 (9.28%) RESTful
9 33 (8.51%) YAML
10 31 (7.99%) CSS
11 30 (7.73%) HTML
12 25 (6.44%) Middleware
13 24 (6.19%) Node.js
14 23 (5.93%) Swagger
15 21 (5.41%) XSLT
16 20 (5.15%) JWT
17 18 (4.64%) Apache Avro
17 18 (4.64%) OAuth2
17 18 (4.64%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.70%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.64%) Data Structures
3 12 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (2.84%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.84%) Public Cloud
5 10 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.58%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.80%) DataPower
7 7 (1.80%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.80%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.55%) Online Banking
8 6 (1.55%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.29%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.29%) Digital Wallet
9 5 (1.29%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.03%) CMDB
10 4 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.67%) Linux
2 11 (2.84%) Windows
3 9 (2.32%) Unix
4 7 (1.80%) zOS
5 5 (1.29%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.77%) Android
6 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.52%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Solaris
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (31.19%) DevOps
2 109 (28.09%) Agile
3 108 (27.84%) CI/CD
4 85 (21.91%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (18.56%) Validation
6 66 (17.01%) Data Modelling
7 51 (13.14%) Analytics
7 51 (13.14%) Integration Patterns
8 44 (11.34%) API Integration
9 43 (11.08%) ERP
10 40 (10.31%) AI
10 40 (10.31%) Microservices
10 40 (10.31%) Software Engineering
11 39 (10.05%) Event-Driven
12 38 (9.79%) Data Pipeline
13 36 (9.28%) Performance Tuning
14 33 (8.51%) ETL
14 33 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
15 32 (8.25%) Containerisation
15 32 (8.25%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 155 (39.95%) Python
2 141 (36.34%) SQL
3 81 (20.88%) JavaScript
4 78 (20.10%) Java
5 52 (13.40%) C#
6 40 (10.31%) PowerShell
7 15 (3.87%) Shell Script
7 15 (3.87%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.35%) Groovy
9 12 (3.09%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.58%) Bash
10 10 (2.58%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.58%) VBA
11 7 (1.80%) Bicep
12 6 (1.55%) JCL
13 5 (1.29%) Go
13 5 (1.29%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.29%) R
14 3 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.77%) XPath
Qualifications
1 109 (28.09%) Security Cleared
2 82 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.67%) Degree
4 15 (3.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.55%) CISM
7 6 (1.55%) CISSP
8 4 (1.03%) CCNP
8 4 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.52%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CBAP
11 1 (0.26%) CEH
11 1 (0.26%) CSPO
11 1 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.47%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.22%) QA
3 18 (4.64%) GDPR
4 12 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.80%) PSD2
6 6 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.55%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.55%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.29%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.29%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.29%) NIST
7 5 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.03%) HL7
9 3 (0.77%) FATCA
9 3 (0.77%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.77%) WCAG
10 2 (0.52%) Basel III
10 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.52%) NCSC
10 2 (0.52%) SEPA
System Software
1 46 (11.86%) Docker
2 10 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.52%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) HDFS
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (12.11%) Kubernetes
2 45 (11.60%) Terraform
3 21 (5.41%) Ansible
4 13 (3.35%) Prometheus
5 12 (3.09%) Grafana
6 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.03%) Pingdom
7 3 (0.77%) Kibana
7 3 (0.77%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.77%) Puppet
8 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.52%) Argo
8 2 (0.52%) logstash
8 2 (0.52%) Podman
8 2 (0.52%) SCCM
8 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.26%) Istio
Vendors
1 76 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 72 (18.56%) Oracle
3 25 (6.44%) ServiceNow
4 24 (6.19%) Databricks
5 19 (4.90%) SAP
6 17 (4.38%) MuleSoft
6 17 (4.38%) Splunk
6 17 (4.38%) Workday
7 12 (3.09%) Adobe
7 12 (3.09%) F5
8 11 (2.84%) Foundry
9 10 (2.58%) Infoblox
10 9 (2.32%) webMethods
11 8 (2.06%) Confluent
11 8 (2.06%) IBM
11 8 (2.06%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.06%) Sonatype
12 6 (1.55%) Dell
12 6 (1.55%) OpenAI
13 5 (1.29%) PagerDuty