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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 231 263
Rank change year-on-year -22 +32 -51
Contract jobs citing JSON 501 347 288
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 1.23% 0.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.02% 4.84% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 234 190
10th Percentile £345 £357 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% -
75th Percentile £588 £594 £615
90th Percentile £675 £685 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 2
10th Percentile £51.25 - £43.50
25th Percentile £71.38 £31.25 £48.75
Median hourly rate £85.48 £37.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +127.93% -37.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £92.11 £43.75 £73.75
90th Percentile - £76.88 £80.50
UK median hourly rate £85.48 £37.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +127.93% -37.50% -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 9,971 7,176 7,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.29% 25.51% 24.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,559 4,849 5,151
10th Percentile £381 £356 £360
25th Percentile £447 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -5.91% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 171 157
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £32.10
25th Percentile £54.37 £41.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +10.94%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.00 £73.85
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.72 £65.00
% change year-on-year +28.15% -21.97% +10.11%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -36 261 £525 -1.87% 234
Midlands -6 66 £449 -8.00% 27
West Midlands -2 61 £450 -15.29% 19
North of England -75 60 £447 - 44
South East -37 57 £460 -5.64% 51
North West -56 31 £427 -4.47% 27
Yorkshire -31 29 £460 -5.41% 14
South West -18 24 £540 +35.00% 22
East of England -32 11 £538 +16.22% 17
East Midlands -16 5 £402 +11.67% 8
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 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.19%) Confluence
3 12 (2.40%) Apache
4 9 (1.80%) Anypoint
5 8 (1.60%) IIS
5 8 (1.60%) Mule
6 7 (1.40%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (1.00%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.80%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.80%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.60%) CICS
9 3 (0.60%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.60%) ThingWorx
10 2 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.40%) nginx
10 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Service Bus
Applications
1 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.00%) Windchill
4 4 (0.80%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.59%) NetSuite
3 13 (2.59%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (1.00%) Maximo
6 4 (0.80%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.40%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
8 2 (0.40%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.40%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.20%) Actimize
9 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 199 (39.72%) Azure
2 132 (26.35%) AWS
3 82 (16.37%) Azure DevOps
4 63 (12.57%) GCP
5 61 (12.18%) GitHub
5 61 (12.18%) Power Platform
6 47 (9.38%) Boomi
7 44 (8.78%) Power Automate
8 37 (7.39%) Serverless
9 34 (6.79%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (6.79%) Entra ID
10 32 (6.39%) PowerApps
11 31 (6.19%) Azure Logic Apps
12 28 (5.59%) Azure Functions
13 23 (4.59%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (4.39%) AtomSphere
14 22 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (3.79%) Amazon S3
16 17 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (3.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.39%) HTTP
2 16 (3.19%) BGP
3 11 (2.20%) DNS
3 11 (2.20%) Ethernet VPN
3 11 (2.20%) TCP/IP
3 11 (2.20%) VXLAN
4 10 (2.00%) NX-OS
4 10 (2.00%) Wireless
5 9 (1.80%) Firewall
5 9 (1.80%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.80%) TACACS
5 9 (1.80%) WAN
6 7 (1.40%) DHCP
6 7 (1.40%) Network Security
6 7 (1.40%) VPN
7 6 (1.20%) OSPF
7 6 (1.20%) SSL
8 5 (1.00%) HTTPS
8 5 (1.00%) VLAN
9 4 (0.80%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.18%) SQL Server
2 37 (7.39%) MongoDB
3 33 (6.59%) Metadata
4 26 (5.19%) Relational Database
5 25 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (4.19%) Power BI
7 20 (3.99%) Parquet
8 13 (2.59%) NoSQL
8 13 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (2.20%) Oracle Database
9 11 (2.20%) RDBMS
10 10 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.80%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.40%) Delta Lake
13 7 (1.40%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.40%) MySQL
14 6 (1.20%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.20%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 124 (24.75%) Git
2 57 (11.38%) GitLab
3 47 (9.38%) JIRA
4 37 (7.39%) Jenkins
5 26 (5.19%) Postman
6 25 (4.99%) Selenium
7 20 (3.99%) JUnit
8 15 (2.99%) Cucumber
8 15 (2.99%) Maven
9 12 (2.40%) SonarQube
10 11 (2.20%) Gatling
10 11 (2.20%) Gradle
11 9 (1.80%) Claude Code
11 9 (1.80%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (1.60%) WebDriver
13 6 (1.20%) Cypress.io
14 5 (1.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (1.00%) JMeter
14 5 (1.00%) REST Assured
15 4 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 145 (28.94%) Social Skills
2 92 (18.36%) Finance
3 71 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (12.38%) Public Sector
5 39 (7.78%) Banking
6 25 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.59%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.20%) Publishing
9 10 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.00%) Marketing
10 8 (1.60%) Back Office
10 8 (1.60%) Legal
10 8 (1.60%) Retail
11 7 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.20%) Law
12 6 (1.20%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.80%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.80%) Front Office
14 3 (0.60%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.60%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 171 (34.13%) Developer
2 78 (15.57%) Senior
3 55 (10.98%) Architect
4 37 (7.39%) Analyst
5 33 (6.59%) Senior Developer
6 25 (4.99%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 23 (4.59%) Data Engineer
8 21 (4.19%) Lead
9 18 (3.59%) Security Engineer
10 16 (3.19%) Integration Developer
10 16 (3.19%) Python Developer
11 15 (2.99%) Business Analyst
11 15 (2.99%) Integration Engineer
12 14 (2.79%) Automation Engineer
12 14 (2.79%) DevOps Engineer
12 14 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (2.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 13 (2.59%) Consultant
13 13 (2.59%) Quality Engineer
14 12 (2.40%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (43.71%) REST
2 196 (39.12%) XML
3 94 (18.76%) SOAP
4 66 (13.17%) .NET
4 66 (13.17%) OAuth
5 64 (12.77%) Kafka
6 59 (11.78%) Middleware
7 57 (11.38%) React
7 57 (11.38%) RESTful
8 52 (10.38%) Terraform
9 39 (7.78%) OAuth2
9 39 (7.78%) Swagger
9 39 (7.78%) YAML
10 34 (6.79%) HTML
10 34 (6.79%) Web Services
11 32 (6.39%) OpenAPI
12 30 (5.99%) RabbitMQ
13 28 (5.59%) CSS
14 27 (5.39%) JWT
15 26 (5.19%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.38%) Product Ownership
2 37 (7.39%) Data Structures
3 34 (6.79%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (5.79%) Cloud Native
5 26 (5.19%) AI Agents
6 25 (4.99%) Onboarding
7 20 (3.99%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (3.99%) Management Information System
8 17 (3.39%) Algorithms
8 17 (3.39%) Taxonomies
9 15 (2.99%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.79%) CMDB
11 13 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (2.40%) Virtual Team
13 11 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.80%) Mobile App
15 8 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
15 8 (1.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 42 (8.38%) Linux
2 40 (7.98%) Windows
3 10 (2.00%) Android
3 10 (2.00%) Unix
3 10 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.60%) zOS
7 2 (0.40%) Solaris
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.20%) CentOS
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (41.52%) CI/CD
2 168 (33.53%) Agile
3 161 (32.14%) DevOps
4 116 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
5 92 (18.36%) AI
6 81 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 80 (15.97%) Validation
8 79 (15.77%) Data Modelling
9 75 (14.97%) Scrum
10 74 (14.77%) Test Automation
11 72 (14.37%) Event-Driven
12 67 (13.37%) Stakeholder Management
13 55 (10.98%) Infrastructure as Code
14 53 (10.58%) Integration Patterns
15 52 (10.38%) API Integration
15 52 (10.38%) Workflow
16 51 (10.18%) Migration
17 50 (9.98%) Microservices
18 45 (8.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 43 (8.58%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 175 (34.93%) Python
2 169 (33.73%) SQL
3 138 (27.54%) JavaScript
4 113 (22.55%) Java
5 80 (15.97%) C#
6 62 (12.38%) PowerShell
7 41 (8.18%) TypeScript
8 27 (5.39%) Groovy
9 18 (3.59%) Bash
9 18 (3.59%) PL/SQL
9 18 (3.59%) Shell Script
10 12 (2.40%) Bicep
11 9 (1.80%) Go
11 9 (1.80%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.40%) C++
12 7 (1.40%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.20%) Scala
13 6 (1.20%) VBA
14 5 (1.00%) C
14 5 (1.00%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 125 (24.95%) Security Cleared
2 99 (19.76%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.19%) Degree
4 24 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (3.59%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (3.19%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.00%) CISSP
10 9 (1.80%) CISM
11 6 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.00%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.00%) CRISC
13 4 (0.80%) CISA
13 4 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.80%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.80%) PhD
14 2 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (10.78%) Accessibility
2 42 (8.38%) QA
3 40 (7.98%) Data Quality
4 26 (5.19%) WCAG
5 22 (4.39%) GDPR
6 12 (2.40%) ISO 20022
7 11 (2.20%) NIST
8 8 (1.60%) GRC
8 8 (1.60%) ISO 15022
8 8 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.80%) COBIT
9 4 (0.80%) HL7
9 4 (0.80%) NCSC
10 3 (0.60%) Basel III
10 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.20%) COREP
12 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 61 (12.18%) Docker
2 32 (6.39%) Active Directory
3 21 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.40%) NFS
4 7 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.40%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 66 (13.17%) Kubernetes
2 53 (10.58%) Ansible
3 12 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.40%) Grafana
5 6 (1.20%) SCCM
6 4 (0.80%) Kibana
6 4 (0.80%) Kustomize
7 3 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.60%) WMI
8 2 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.40%) Netcool
8 2 (0.40%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.40%) Puppet
8 2 (0.40%) QRadar
8 2 (0.40%) Tivoli
8 2 (0.40%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 1 (0.20%) Podman
9 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 130 (25.95%) Microsoft
2 101 (20.16%) Oracle
3 50 (9.98%) ServiceNow
4 36 (7.19%) MuleSoft
5 35 (6.99%) Google
6 34 (6.79%) IBM
7 28 (5.59%) Salesforce
8 25 (4.99%) SAP
9 21 (4.19%) Cisco
9 21 (4.19%) Databricks
9 21 (4.19%) VMware
10 17 (3.39%) Workday
11 16 (3.19%) Splunk
12 14 (2.79%) Informatica
12 14 (2.79%) OpenAI
13 13 (2.59%) Red Hat
14 10 (2.00%) TIBCO
15 9 (1.80%) Foundry
15 9 (1.80%) Infoblox
15 9 (1.80%) webMethods