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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 268 229
Rank change year-on-year +1 -39 -35
Contract jobs citing JSON 393 230 366
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.94% 0.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.80% 4.16% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 178 257
10th Percentile £364 £363 £404
25th Percentile £430 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -7.06% -2.18%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £650 £675 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £44.68 - -
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% +14.29%
75th Percentile £69.06 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £86.13 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +15.63% +14.29%

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 8,184 5,528 7,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.19% 22.55% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,400 3,838 5,503
10th Percentile £363 £360 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £745 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £536
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.94% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 105 248
10th Percentile £31.18 £31.07 £22.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%
75th Percentile £73.34 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.22 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year +10.40% +18.94% -23.85%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -8.50% 50
North of England -27 68 £447 +0.22% 16
South East -53 63 £538 +13.16% 29
Yorkshire -18 38 £463 -7.50% 8
North West -21 29 £393 -12.00% 6
Midlands -53 20 £488 -11.36% 15
West Midlands -48 15 £488 -11.36% 8
East of England -12 14 £506 +68.75% 3
South West -13 14 £425 +13.33% 8
East Midlands -22 5 - - 7
North East -31 4 £550 +175.00% 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 23 (5.85%) Confluence
2 16 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.80%) Apache
4 9 (2.29%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.78%) CICS
5 7 (1.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.27%) Mule
6 5 (1.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (1.02%) Anypoint
7 4 (1.02%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.51%) IIS
9 2 (0.51%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.51%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.51%) nginx
9 2 (0.51%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.25%) JBoss
10 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.54%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.53%) Maximo
2 6 (1.53%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (1.27%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.76%) Findur
4 3 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.51%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.25%) Actimize
6 1 (0.25%) Magento
6 1 (0.25%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.25%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.25%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.25%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.25%) Shopify
6 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 131 (33.33%) Azure
2 92 (23.41%) AWS
3 48 (12.21%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (10.69%) Power Platform
5 39 (9.92%) Serverless
6 31 (7.89%) GitHub
7 28 (7.12%) Azure Logic Apps
8 27 (6.87%) Power Automate
9 26 (6.62%) GCP
10 20 (5.09%) OCI
10 20 (5.09%) PowerApps
11 18 (4.58%) Azure Functions
12 17 (4.33%) Boomi
13 16 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (3.82%) SaaS
15 14 (3.56%) Amazon S3
16 13 (3.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (3.31%) Entra ID
16 13 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.07%) HTTP
2 11 (2.80%) DNS
3 10 (2.54%) BIG-IP
3 10 (2.54%) DHCP
3 10 (2.54%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.02%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.02%) Intranet
5 3 (0.76%) Firewall
5 3 (0.76%) FTP
5 3 (0.76%) SSH
6 2 (0.51%) DSL
6 2 (0.51%) Internet
6 2 (0.51%) NAS
6 2 (0.51%) Network Security
6 2 (0.51%) SAN
6 2 (0.51%) SMS
6 2 (0.51%) X.509
7 1 (0.25%) SSL
7 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.63%) Metadata
2 25 (6.36%) Relational Database
3 22 (5.60%) SQL Server
4 21 (5.34%) NoSQL
4 21 (5.34%) Power BI
5 19 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (4.33%) MongoDB
7 16 (4.07%) RDBMS
8 15 (3.82%) Parquet
9 12 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (3.05%) DynamoDB
10 11 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (2.54%) Oracle Database
12 9 (2.29%) Delta Lake
13 8 (2.04%) Db2
14 7 (1.78%) Data Lake
15 6 (1.53%) MySQL
15 6 (1.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 53 (13.49%) Git
2 47 (11.96%) JIRA
3 33 (8.40%) Postman
4 19 (4.83%) GitLab
5 18 (4.58%) Jenkins
6 13 (3.31%) Maven
7 10 (2.54%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.78%) ERwin
9 6 (1.53%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.27%) JUnit
10 5 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (1.27%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.02%) Gatling
11 4 (1.02%) Gradle
12 3 (0.76%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.76%) JMeter
12 3 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.76%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.76%) Terragrunt
General
1 120 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 76 (19.34%) Finance
3 56 (14.25%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.91%) Banking
5 33 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.83%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.80%) Marketing
8 8 (2.04%) Publishing
9 5 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.27%) Legal
9 5 (1.27%) Retail
10 4 (1.02%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.02%) Law
11 3 (0.76%) Back Office
11 3 (0.76%) Front Office
11 3 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.76%) Military
11 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.51%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 128 (32.57%) Developer
2 36 (9.16%) Architect
3 35 (8.91%) Senior
4 33 (8.40%) Data Engineer
5 23 (5.85%) Analyst
6 17 (4.33%) Business Analyst
6 17 (4.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (3.82%) Consultant
7 15 (3.82%) Integration Engineer
8 14 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (3.56%) Java Developer
9 13 (3.31%) Integration Specialist
9 13 (3.31%) Senior Developer
10 12 (3.05%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (3.05%) Software Developer
10 12 (3.05%) Software Engineer
11 11 (2.80%) Integration Architect
11 11 (2.80%) Python Developer
12 9 (2.29%) Python Engineer
12 9 (2.29%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (40.20%) REST
2 146 (37.15%) XML
3 88 (22.39%) SOAP
4 46 (11.70%) Kafka
5 44 (11.20%) OAuth
6 38 (9.67%) React
6 38 (9.67%) Web Services
7 37 (9.41%) .NET
7 37 (9.41%) RESTful
8 34 (8.65%) CSS
9 31 (7.89%) YAML
10 30 (7.63%) HTML
11 28 (7.12%) Middleware
12 25 (6.36%) Node.js
13 24 (6.11%) Swagger
14 22 (5.60%) OAuth2
15 21 (5.34%) XSLT
16 18 (4.58%) Apache Avro
16 18 (4.58%) JWT
17 17 (4.33%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.87%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.09%) Data Structures
3 14 (3.56%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.04%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.78%) CMDB
8 7 (1.78%) DataPower
8 7 (1.78%) Mainframe
8 7 (1.78%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.53%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.27%) Digital Wallet
10 5 (1.27%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.60%) Linux
2 13 (3.31%) Windows
3 10 (2.54%) Unix
4 7 (1.78%) zOS
5 5 (1.27%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.51%) Solaris
8 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.51%) VMS
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.25%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (30.28%) CI/CD
1 119 (30.28%) DevOps
2 114 (29.01%) Agile
3 96 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (17.30%) Data Modelling
4 68 (17.30%) Validation
5 59 (15.01%) Integration Patterns
6 52 (13.23%) Analytics
7 47 (11.96%) Microservices
8 46 (11.70%) AI
9 44 (11.20%) Event-Driven
10 42 (10.69%) ERP
11 41 (10.43%) Software Engineering
12 40 (10.18%) Data Pipeline
12 40 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (9.92%) Performance Tuning
14 38 (9.67%) API Integration
15 36 (9.16%) ETL
16 33 (8.40%) Scrum
16 33 (8.40%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 157 (39.95%) Python
2 143 (36.39%) SQL
3 86 (21.88%) JavaScript
4 78 (19.85%) Java
5 52 (13.23%) C#
6 39 (9.92%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.07%) Groovy
7 16 (4.07%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.56%) Shell Script
9 13 (3.31%) PL/SQL
10 11 (2.80%) T-SQL
11 10 (2.54%) Bash
11 10 (2.54%) VBA
12 6 (1.53%) Bicep
12 6 (1.53%) JCL
13 5 (1.27%) Go
13 5 (1.27%) R
14 3 (0.76%) C
14 3 (0.76%) C++
14 3 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 107 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 81 (20.61%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.62%) Degree
4 15 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (3.56%) Azure Certification
5 14 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.78%) CISM
6 7 (1.78%) CISSP
7 4 (1.02%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.51%) CCNP
8 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.25%) CBAP
9 1 (0.25%) CEH
9 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.25%) GCIA
9 1 (0.25%) GIAC
9 1 (0.25%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.36%) QA
3 19 (4.83%) GDPR
4 10 (2.54%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.78%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.78%) PSD2
6 6 (1.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.53%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.53%) NIST
7 5 (1.27%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.27%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.02%) HL7
9 3 (0.76%) FATCA
9 3 (0.76%) GRC
9 3 (0.76%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.76%) NCSC
9 3 (0.76%) WCAG
10 2 (0.51%) SEPA
System Software
1 44 (11.20%) Docker
2 13 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.51%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 44 (11.20%) Kubernetes
1 44 (11.20%) Terraform
2 23 (5.85%) Ansible
3 11 (2.80%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.04%) Grafana
5 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.51%) Argo
7 2 (0.51%) Kibana
7 2 (0.51%) SCCM
7 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.25%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.25%) Istio
8 1 (0.25%) logstash
8 1 (0.25%) Pingdom
8 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.25%) Puppet
8 1 (0.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 81 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 71 (18.07%) Oracle
3 29 (7.38%) ServiceNow
4 24 (6.11%) Databricks
5 21 (5.34%) SAP
6 20 (5.09%) MuleSoft
7 18 (4.58%) Workday
8 16 (4.07%) Splunk
9 12 (3.05%) Adobe
9 12 (3.05%) Foundry
10 11 (2.80%) F5
10 11 (2.80%) IBM
11 10 (2.54%) Infoblox
11 10 (2.54%) Sonatype
11 10 (2.54%) webMethods
12 8 (2.04%) Confluent
12 8 (2.04%) Dell
12 8 (2.04%) Google
13 7 (1.78%) Palantir
13 7 (1.78%) Red Hat