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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 255 222
Rank change year-on-year +12 -33 -28
Contract jobs citing JSON 420 234 392
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 0.97% 1.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.30% 4.29% 5.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 185 298
10th Percentile £358 £394 £400
25th Percentile £414 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -6.37% +0.75%
75th Percentile £618 £600 £600
90th Percentile £808 £675 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile - - £25.49
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £40.44
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +51.02% -14.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year -48.65% +51.02% -14.04%

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 7,928 5,449 7,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.77% 22.48% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,311 3,760 5,406
10th Percentile £358 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £545
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -2.11% -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 88 168
10th Percentile £35.03 £26.85 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.20 £37.02
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +35.79% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £78.63 £83.27 £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 1 April 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 April 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 April 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 +6 214 £552 +5.55% 65
North of England -14 85 £402 -10.17% 33
North West -9 49 £393 -11.80% 15
South East -47 48 £506 +1.25% 44
Yorkshire -31 35 £463 -20.60% 15
Midlands -53 28 £500 -11.11% 15
West Midlands -42 23 £500 -13.04% 6
South West -15 15 £400 - 3
East of England -17 15 £525 +16.67% 25
East Midlands -30 5 - - 9
North East - 4 £550 - 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 21 (5.00%) Confluence
2 16 (3.81%) Apache
3 10 (2.38%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.19%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.95%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.95%) CICS
7 4 (0.95%) JBoss
7 4 (0.95%) Mule
7 4 (0.95%) Oracle Service Bus
7 4 (0.95%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.71%) IIS
9 2 (0.48%) Mendix
9 2 (0.48%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.24%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (3.81%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.19%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.95%) Maximo
4 4 (0.95%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.71%) Findur
6 2 (0.48%) Actimize
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.24%) Magento
7 1 (0.24%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.24%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
7 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 125 (29.76%) Azure
2 101 (24.05%) AWS
3 44 (10.48%) GitHub
4 42 (10.00%) Serverless
5 39 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (8.81%) IaaS
6 37 (8.81%) Power Platform
7 32 (7.62%) Azure Logic Apps
8 31 (7.38%) GCP
9 30 (7.14%) OCI
10 29 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (4.76%) PaaS
12 18 (4.29%) SaaS
13 17 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (3.81%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (3.81%) Power Automate
15 15 (3.57%) Apigee
15 15 (3.57%) Azure Functions
16 13 (3.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 33 (7.86%) HTTP
2 11 (2.62%) Firewall
2 11 (2.62%) HTTPS
3 9 (2.14%) DNS
4 8 (1.90%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.67%) VPN
6 6 (1.43%) BIG-IP
6 6 (1.43%) DHCP
7 3 (0.71%) Kerberos
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%) SMS
8 2 (0.48%) SSL
9 1 (0.24%) DSL
9 1 (0.24%) NFC
9 1 (0.24%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.86%) Relational Database
2 28 (6.67%) NoSQL
3 26 (6.19%) MongoDB
4 22 (5.24%) Metadata
4 22 (5.24%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (5.24%) RDBMS
5 21 (5.00%) Power BI
6 20 (4.76%) SQL Server
7 15 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (3.10%) Data Lake
9 12 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (2.62%) Parquet
10 11 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.67%) Delta Lake
14 6 (1.43%) DynamoDB
15 5 (1.19%) DB2
15 5 (1.19%) Oracle Database
15 5 (1.19%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 64 (15.24%) Git
2 52 (12.38%) Postman
3 48 (11.43%) JIRA
4 38 (9.05%) Jenkins
5 22 (5.24%) GitLab
5 22 (5.24%) Maven
6 21 (5.00%) JUnit
6 21 (5.00%) Selenium
7 15 (3.57%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.38%) SoapUI
9 9 (2.14%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.67%) Mockito
11 6 (1.43%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.43%) ERwin
11 6 (1.43%) Gradle
11 6 (1.43%) IntelliJ
11 6 (1.43%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.43%) TestRail
11 6 (1.43%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.19%) Eclipse
General
1 118 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 78 (18.57%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (16.67%) Finance
4 50 (11.90%) Public Sector
5 38 (9.05%) Banking
6 19 (4.52%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.10%) Marketing
8 6 (1.43%) Military
8 6 (1.43%) Publishing
9 5 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.95%) Billing
10 4 (0.95%) Retail
11 3 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.48%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.48%) Law
12 2 (0.48%) Legal
13 1 (0.24%) Back Office
13 1 (0.24%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 133 (31.67%) Developer
2 56 (13.33%) Architect
3 30 (7.14%) Data Engineer
4 27 (6.43%) Analyst
5 24 (5.71%) Java Developer
5 24 (5.71%) Senior
6 18 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (4.05%) Business Analyst
7 17 (4.05%) Software Engineer
8 16 (3.81%) Consultant
9 14 (3.33%) Integration Engineer
9 14 (3.33%) Integration Specialist
10 13 (3.10%) Cloud Specialist
10 13 (3.10%) DBA
10 13 (3.10%) Lead
10 13 (3.10%) Oracle Specialist
11 11 (2.62%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (2.38%) Administrator
12 10 (2.38%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 10 (2.38%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (44.29%) REST
2 174 (41.43%) XML
3 90 (21.43%) SOAP
4 59 (14.05%) OAuth
5 47 (11.19%) HTML
6 41 (9.76%) Kafka
7 39 (9.29%) RESTful
8 37 (8.81%) React
8 37 (8.81%) Web Services
9 31 (7.38%) CSS
10 29 (6.90%) Node.js
10 29 (6.90%) Spring
10 29 (6.90%) Swagger
11 28 (6.67%) JWT
11 28 (6.67%) OAuth2
11 28 (6.67%) YAML
12 27 (6.43%) .NET
13 26 (6.19%) Spring Boot
14 24 (5.71%) XSLT
15 22 (5.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.67%) PKI
2 27 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (5.71%) Data Structures
4 15 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.10%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.38%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.90%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.43%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.19%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.19%) Digital Wallet
11 5 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.95%) DataPower
12 4 (0.95%) Mainframe
12 4 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.67%) Linux
2 14 (3.33%) Unix
3 7 (1.67%) Android
3 7 (1.67%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.43%) Windows
5 4 (0.95%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.95%) zOS
6 2 (0.48%) VMS
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (35.95%) Agile
2 143 (34.05%) DevOps
3 118 (28.10%) CI/CD
4 92 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (19.05%) Validation
6 62 (14.76%) Data Modelling
6 62 (14.76%) Microservices
7 53 (12.62%) Analytics
8 51 (12.14%) Integration Patterns
9 47 (11.19%) Software Engineering
10 42 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
10 42 (10.00%) ERP
11 39 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (8.81%) Containerisation
13 36 (8.57%) API Integration
13 36 (8.57%) ETL
14 34 (8.10%) CRM
14 34 (8.10%) Test Automation
15 31 (7.38%) Configuration Management
15 31 (7.38%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 130 (30.95%) Python
2 123 (29.29%) SQL
3 89 (21.19%) Java
4 79 (18.81%) JavaScript
5 57 (13.57%) PowerShell
6 53 (12.62%) C#
7 23 (5.48%) TypeScript
8 17 (4.05%) T-SQL
9 16 (3.81%) Groovy
10 11 (2.62%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.90%) R
12 7 (1.67%) Bicep
12 7 (1.67%) XPath
13 5 (1.19%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.19%) Scala
13 5 (1.19%) VBA
14 4 (0.95%) C++
15 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.71%) JCL
15 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 110 (26.19%) SC Cleared
3 33 (7.86%) Degree
4 24 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.86%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.67%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.19%) CCNP
7 5 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (0.71%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.48%) CCNA
9 2 (0.48%) CISM
9 2 (0.48%) CISSP
9 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.48%) OCP
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.43%) QA
2 22 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.62%) GDPR
5 8 (1.90%) PSD2
5 8 (1.90%) WCAG
6 6 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (1.19%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.19%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.95%) HL7
9 3 (0.71%) FATCA
9 3 (0.71%) NIST
10 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.48%) SEPA
11 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.24%) NCSC
11 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (12.62%) Docker
2 6 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) HDFS
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (12.38%) Kubernetes
2 34 (8.10%) Terraform
3 17 (4.05%) Grafana
4 14 (3.33%) Ansible
4 14 (3.33%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.14%) Kibana
6 8 (1.90%) Puppet
7 4 (0.95%) Pingdom
7 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.71%) logstash
8 3 (0.71%) Podman
9 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.48%) Argo
9 2 (0.48%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.48%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.48%) QRadar
10 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.24%) Istio
Vendors
1 67 (15.95%) Oracle
2 63 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.24%) Splunk
4 20 (4.76%) Databricks
4 20 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.81%) MuleSoft
6 14 (3.33%) Adobe
7 12 (2.86%) SAP
8 11 (2.62%) IBM
9 10 (2.38%) F5
10 9 (2.14%) webMethods
11 8 (1.90%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.90%) Workday
12 7 (1.67%) Foundry
12 7 (1.67%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.67%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.67%) Sonatype
13 6 (1.43%) Google
13 6 (1.43%) Infoblox
13 6 (1.43%) Talend