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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 254 253
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 -63
Contract jobs citing JSON 428 269 353
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 1.00% 0.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.04% 4.46% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 198 240
10th Percentile £360 £362 £400
25th Percentile £418 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £592 £620
90th Percentile £650 £665 £701
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £47.08 - £50.50
25th Percentile £56.19 £31.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate £73.75 £37.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.67% -53.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £85.94 £68.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £87.63 £83.75 -
UK median hourly rate £73.75 £37.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +96.67% -53.13% +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 8,500 6,027 7,978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.01% 22.34% 21.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,603 4,138 5,570
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 134 265
10th Percentile £30.35 £30.90 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%
75th Percentile £74.82 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.61 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +17.12% -0.22% -14.42%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +1 229 £525 -8.70% 49
North of England -47 73 £438 -1.52% 19
South East -36 63 £525 +10.53% 31
Yorkshire -22 41 £463 +4.93% 3
North West -36 32 £393 -11.80% 15
Midlands -45 28 £453 -17.73% 12
West Midlands -49 23 £453 -17.73% 5
South West -23 15 £425 +13.33% 14
East of England -19 12 £519 +38.33% 3
East Midlands -13 5 - - 6
North East -30 3 £550 +175.00% 1
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 30 (7.01%) Confluence
2 20 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.04%) Apache
4 10 (2.34%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.87%) Anypoint
5 8 (1.87%) Mule
6 7 (1.64%) CICS
7 5 (1.17%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.70%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.47%) IIS
9 2 (0.47%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.47%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.47%) nginx
9 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.47%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.23%) JBoss
10 1 (0.23%) Mendix
10 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.34%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.40%) Maximo
3 6 (1.40%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.70%) Findur
5 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.47%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.47%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.23%) Infor LN
7 1 (0.23%) Magento
7 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.23%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.23%) Shopify
7 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 149 (34.81%) Azure
2 91 (21.26%) AWS
3 61 (14.25%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (11.45%) Power Platform
5 40 (9.35%) Serverless
6 35 (8.18%) GitHub
7 34 (7.94%) Power Automate
8 30 (7.01%) GCP
9 26 (6.07%) PowerApps
10 25 (5.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 24 (5.61%) Boomi
12 20 (4.67%) Entra ID
13 19 (4.44%) Azure Functions
13 19 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 16 (3.74%) Amazon S3
15 16 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (3.74%) SaaS
16 15 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.27%) HTTP
2 12 (2.80%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.57%) DNS
4 10 (2.34%) BIG-IP
4 10 (2.34%) DHCP
5 4 (0.93%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.93%) Intranet
5 4 (0.93%) Network Security
6 3 (0.70%) Firewall
6 3 (0.70%) FTP
6 3 (0.70%) SSH
7 2 (0.47%) DSL
7 2 (0.47%) Internet
7 2 (0.47%) NAS
7 2 (0.47%) SAN
7 2 (0.47%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.47%) SSL
7 2 (0.47%) WAN
7 2 (0.47%) Wireless
7 2 (0.47%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.94%) Metadata
1 34 (7.94%) SQL Server
2 28 (6.54%) MongoDB
3 26 (6.07%) Power BI
3 26 (6.07%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.67%) NoSQL
4 20 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (3.97%) Parquet
6 13 (3.04%) DynamoDB
6 13 (3.04%) RDBMS
7 11 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.34%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (2.10%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.10%) Db2
9 9 (2.10%) Delta Lake
10 6 (1.40%) MySQL
10 6 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 70 (16.36%) Git
2 52 (12.15%) JIRA
3 32 (7.48%) Postman
4 26 (6.07%) GitLab
4 26 (6.07%) Jenkins
5 13 (3.04%) Maven
6 10 (2.34%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.64%) ERwin
7 7 (1.64%) JUnit
7 7 (1.64%) Selenium
8 5 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (1.17%) Claude Code
8 5 (1.17%) Gradle
8 5 (1.17%) SoapUI
8 5 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (1.17%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.93%) JMeter
10 3 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.70%) WebDriver
General
1 126 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 80 (18.69%) Finance
3 66 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (9.81%) Public Sector
5 36 (8.41%) Banking
6 21 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.34%) Publishing
9 8 (1.87%) Marketing
9 8 (1.87%) Retail
10 5 (1.17%) Legal
11 4 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.93%) Law
11 4 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.70%) Back Office
12 3 (0.70%) Front Office
12 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.70%) Military
12 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (33.64%) Developer
2 47 (10.98%) Senior
3 38 (8.88%) Architect
4 34 (7.94%) Data Engineer
5 31 (7.24%) Analyst
6 21 (4.91%) Senior Developer
7 17 (3.97%) Business Analyst
7 17 (3.97%) Integration Engineer
8 16 (3.74%) Python Developer
9 15 (3.50%) Consultant
10 14 (3.27%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (3.04%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (2.80%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (2.80%) Integration Specialist
12 12 (2.80%) Java Developer
13 11 (2.57%) Integration Architect
14 9 (2.10%) Integration Developer
14 9 (2.10%) Python Engineer
14 9 (2.10%) ServiceNow Developer
14 9 (2.10%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (38.55%) REST
2 160 (37.38%) XML
3 88 (20.56%) SOAP
4 57 (13.32%) Kafka
5 43 (10.05%) RESTful
6 41 (9.58%) React
7 39 (9.11%) OAuth
8 38 (8.88%) Web Services
9 37 (8.64%) .NET
10 36 (8.41%) Middleware
11 31 (7.24%) YAML
12 26 (6.07%) CSS
13 25 (5.84%) Node.js
13 25 (5.84%) Swagger
14 20 (4.67%) OAuth2
15 19 (4.44%) HTML
16 18 (4.21%) XSLT
17 17 (3.97%) OpenAPI
18 16 (3.74%) Apache Avro
18 16 (3.74%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.71%) Product Ownership
2 32 (7.48%) Data Structures
3 15 (3.50%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.04%) Algorithms
6 12 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.87%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.87%) Taxonomies
9 8 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.64%) CMDB
10 7 (1.64%) DataPower
10 7 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.64%) Mainframe
10 7 (1.64%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.64%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.40%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.91%) Linux
2 16 (3.74%) Windows
3 10 (2.34%) Unix
4 7 (1.64%) Android
4 7 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.64%) zOS
5 5 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.47%) Solaris
7 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.47%) VMS
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.23%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (33.64%) CI/CD
2 140 (32.71%) Agile
3 131 (30.61%) DevOps
4 106 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (17.52%) Data Modelling
6 72 (16.82%) Validation
7 59 (13.79%) AI
8 56 (13.08%) Integration Patterns
9 53 (12.38%) Analytics
10 48 (11.21%) Data Pipeline
10 48 (11.21%) Event-Driven
10 48 (11.21%) Scrum
11 47 (10.98%) ETL
12 45 (10.51%) Workflow
13 44 (10.28%) API Integration
14 43 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 42 (9.81%) Microservices
16 41 (9.58%) Software Engineering
17 38 (8.88%) ERP
18 37 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 167 (39.02%) Python
2 158 (36.92%) SQL
3 85 (19.86%) JavaScript
4 84 (19.63%) Java
5 60 (14.02%) C#
6 48 (11.21%) PowerShell
7 22 (5.14%) Groovy
7 22 (5.14%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.97%) Shell Script
9 15 (3.50%) PL/SQL
10 12 (2.80%) Bash
11 11 (2.57%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.34%) VBA
13 8 (1.87%) Bicep
14 7 (1.64%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.40%) Go
15 6 (1.40%) JCL
16 5 (1.17%) R
16 5 (1.17%) Scala
17 4 (0.93%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 118 (27.57%) Security Cleared
2 92 (21.50%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.61%) Degree
4 15 (3.50%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.87%) CISSP
6 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.64%) CISM
8 4 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.47%) GIAC
9 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.47%) SSCP
10 1 (0.23%) CEH
10 1 (0.23%) CRISC
10 1 (0.23%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.23%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.58%) Data Quality
2 30 (7.01%) QA
3 26 (6.07%) Accessibility
4 19 (4.44%) GDPR
5 6 (1.40%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.40%) NIST
5 6 (1.40%) WCAG
6 5 (1.17%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.17%) HL7
6 5 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.93%) ISO 15022
8 3 (0.70%) FATCA
8 3 (0.70%) GRC
8 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.70%) NCSC
8 3 (0.70%) PSD2
8 3 (0.70%) SLA
9 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 44 (10.28%) Docker
2 15 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.47%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 49 (11.45%) Kubernetes
2 45 (10.51%) Terraform
3 33 (7.71%) Ansible
4 9 (2.10%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.40%) Grafana
6 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.47%) Kibana
8 2 (0.47%) QRadar
8 2 (0.47%) SCCM
8 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.47%) WMI
9 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.23%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.23%) Istio
9 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.23%) logstash
9 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 97 (22.66%) Microsoft
2 76 (17.76%) Oracle
3 32 (7.48%) ServiceNow
4 24 (5.61%) Databricks
5 22 (5.14%) MuleSoft
5 22 (5.14%) SAP
6 20 (4.67%) Workday
7 17 (3.97%) Splunk
8 14 (3.27%) IBM
8 14 (3.27%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.80%) Foundry
9 12 (2.80%) Google
10 10 (2.34%) F5
10 10 (2.34%) Infoblox
10 10 (2.34%) Sonatype
10 10 (2.34%) webMethods
11 8 (1.87%) Dell
12 7 (1.64%) Palantir
13 6 (1.40%) Confluent
13 6 (1.40%) OpenAI