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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 271 215
Rank change year-on-year +69 -56 -5
Contract jobs citing JSON 437 256 428
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.38% 0.89% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.22% 4.07% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 177 333
10th Percentile £358 £400 £380
25th Percentile £413 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £600
90th Percentile £798 £670 £675
UK median daily rate £504 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -3.63% -0.43% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 11
10th Percentile - - £48.75
25th Percentile £31.25 £91.25 £62.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -4.42%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £65.75 - £81.25
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% +12.00%

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 7,030 6,295 7,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.25% 21.87% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,686 4,020 5,761
10th Percentile £351 £358 £363
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.39%
75th Percentile £633 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -6.45% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 77 165
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.20
25th Percentile £44.01 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.75 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.18 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £58.73 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -6.04% +16.82% -17.69%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 +64 242 £543 -1.27% 88
North of England -13 72 £425 -20.93% 82
North West +4 48 £402 -7.59% 47
South East -10 32 £475 -11.21% 111
Midlands -39 27 £488 -2.50% 57
West Midlands -21 24 £525 -6.50% 31
Yorkshire -32 23 £518 -8.72% 28
East of England -4 17 £475 +58.33% 46
South West 0 12 £413 +0.61% 36
East Midlands -16 3 £450 - 23
North East - 1 £475 - 7
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 27 (6.18%) Confluence
2 13 (2.97%) Apache
3 10 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.29%) WebLogic
4 9 (2.06%) JBoss
5 7 (1.60%) Appian
6 6 (1.37%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.37%) Mule
6 6 (1.37%) nginx
6 6 (1.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (1.14%) OpenStack
7 5 (1.14%) Oracle Service Bus
8 4 (0.92%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.92%) Mule ESB
8 4 (0.92%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.46%) IIS
9 2 (0.46%) Moodle
10 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.23%) Mendix
Applications
1 15 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.20%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.06%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.37%) Maximo
5 4 (0.92%) Endur
6 2 (0.46%) Actimize
6 2 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.23%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.23%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.23%) SAP MRS
7 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 127 (29.06%) Azure
2 87 (19.91%) AWS
3 43 (9.84%) GitHub
4 38 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (8.47%) Power Platform
6 34 (7.78%) IaaS
7 32 (7.32%) Serverless
8 31 (7.09%) Azure Logic Apps
9 26 (5.95%) GCP
10 25 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (5.72%) OCI
11 22 (5.03%) Power Automate
12 20 (4.58%) PaaS
13 19 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (4.35%) PowerApps
14 17 (3.89%) SaaS
15 16 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
16 14 (3.20%) Azure AKS
16 14 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.09%) HTTP
2 29 (6.64%) HTTPS
3 17 (3.89%) SSL
4 16 (3.66%) Firewall
5 9 (2.06%) VPN
6 5 (1.14%) DNS
7 4 (0.92%) BGP
7 4 (0.92%) NFC
7 4 (0.92%) PPP
8 3 (0.69%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.69%) MPLS
8 3 (0.69%) SMS
8 3 (0.69%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.46%) 5G
9 2 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 1 (0.23%) IPsec
10 1 (0.23%) Network Security
10 1 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.23%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.01%) Relational Database
2 26 (5.95%) MongoDB
3 24 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (5.26%) Power BI
5 22 (5.03%) SQL Server
6 17 (3.89%) RDBMS
7 11 (2.52%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.29%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.29%) Metadata
9 9 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.60%) Big Data
11 7 (1.60%) MySQL
11 7 (1.60%) Oracle Database
12 6 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
12 6 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (1.37%) Parquet
13 5 (1.14%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 76 (17.39%) Git
2 56 (12.81%) Postman
3 49 (11.21%) JIRA
4 42 (9.61%) Selenium
5 40 (9.15%) Jenkins
6 35 (8.01%) JUnit
7 30 (6.86%) GitLab
8 28 (6.41%) Cucumber
9 18 (4.12%) Maven
10 16 (3.66%) SonarQube
11 14 (3.20%) Gradle
12 13 (2.97%) Bitbucket
12 13 (2.97%) Eclipse
13 12 (2.75%) Cypress.io
14 11 (2.52%) IntelliJ
15 8 (1.83%) Robot Framework
16 7 (1.60%) Mockito
16 7 (1.60%) SpecFlow
17 6 (1.37%) SoapUI
17 6 (1.37%) Zephyr
General
1 113 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 75 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (16.48%) Finance
4 63 (14.42%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.64%) Banking
6 12 (2.75%) Marketing
6 12 (2.75%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.14%) Back Office
9 5 (1.14%) Digital Healthcare
9 5 (1.14%) Military
10 4 (0.92%) Automotive
10 4 (0.92%) Billing
10 4 (0.92%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.92%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.69%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 169 (38.67%) Developer
2 58 (13.27%) Architect
3 48 (10.98%) Senior
4 30 (6.86%) Java Developer
5 27 (6.18%) Software Engineer
6 24 (5.49%) Senior Developer
7 23 (5.26%) Analyst
8 16 (3.66%) Lead
9 15 (3.43%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.20%) Integration Specialist
11 13 (2.97%) Consultant
11 13 (2.97%) Data Engineer
11 13 (2.97%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 13 (2.97%) webMethods Developer
12 11 (2.52%) Cloud Specialist
12 11 (2.52%) Integration Developer
12 11 (2.52%) Oracle Specialist
13 10 (2.29%) Business Analyst
13 10 (2.29%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (46.91%) REST
2 201 (46.00%) XML
3 98 (22.43%) SOAP
4 87 (19.91%) HTML
5 63 (14.42%) RESTful
6 62 (14.19%) OAuth
7 45 (10.30%) Spring
8 41 (9.38%) CSS
9 40 (9.15%) React
9 40 (9.15%) Web Services
10 35 (8.01%) AngularJS
11 34 (7.78%) Spring Boot
12 30 (6.86%) OAuth2
13 25 (5.72%) XSLT
14 24 (5.49%) HTML5
15 23 (5.26%) .NET
15 23 (5.26%) Kafka
15 23 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
16 22 (5.03%) Swagger
17 21 (4.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.18%) PKI
2 26 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.89%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.89%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.66%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.66%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.52%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.06%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.37%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.14%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.14%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.92%) Grid Computing
12 4 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 44 (10.07%) Linux
2 16 (3.66%) Unix
3 11 (2.52%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.29%) Android
5 8 (1.83%) Windows
6 6 (1.37%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.23%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.23%) tvOS
8 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (41.88%) DevOps
2 178 (40.73%) Agile
3 138 (31.58%) CI/CD
4 85 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (18.31%) Microservices
6 56 (12.81%) Scrum
7 55 (12.59%) Test Automation
8 53 (12.13%) Software Engineering
8 53 (12.13%) Validation
9 47 (10.76%) Containerisation
10 43 (9.84%) Deployment Automation
11 38 (8.70%) Integration Patterns
11 38 (8.70%) Migration
12 37 (8.47%) Data Modelling
12 37 (8.47%) ERP
13 36 (8.24%) Computer Science
14 35 (8.01%) Configuration Management
15 34 (7.78%) Analytics
16 33 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
17 31 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 112 (25.63%) Java
2 108 (24.71%) SQL
3 101 (23.11%) JavaScript
4 87 (19.91%) Python
5 59 (13.50%) PowerShell
6 51 (11.67%) C#
7 22 (5.03%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.97%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.52%) C++
10 10 (2.29%) Scala
11 9 (2.06%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.83%) Kotlin
13 7 (1.60%) XPath
14 6 (1.37%) Groovy
14 6 (1.37%) Swift
14 6 (1.37%) VBA
15 5 (1.14%) Objective-C
15 5 (1.14%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.92%) Bash
16 4 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 138 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 109 (24.94%) SC Cleared
3 44 (10.07%) Degree
4 31 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.06%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.83%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.14%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.69%) CCNP
10 3 (0.69%) CEH
10 3 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.69%) GIAC
10 3 (0.69%) GWAPT
10 3 (0.69%) OCP
10 3 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.46%) CCNA
11 2 (0.46%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.49%) Accessibility
2 22 (5.03%) QA
3 11 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.06%) WCAG
5 3 (0.69%) GDPR
5 3 (0.69%) NIST
5 3 (0.69%) PSD2
6 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.46%) HL7
6 2 (0.46%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.23%) GxP
7 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 73 (16.70%) Docker
2 10 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.46%) HDFS
4 1 (0.23%) KVM
4 1 (0.23%) Squid
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.49%) Terraform
3 20 (4.58%) Ansible
4 15 (3.43%) Kibana
5 14 (3.20%) Puppet
6 13 (2.97%) Grafana
7 11 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (2.29%) logstash
9 6 (1.37%) Podman
9 6 (1.37%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.37%) Prometheus
10 5 (1.14%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (0.92%) Control-M
11 4 (0.92%) Pingdom
11 4 (0.92%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.69%) CloudHub
13 2 (0.46%) Fluentd
13 2 (0.46%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 69 (15.79%) Oracle
2 61 (13.96%) Microsoft
3 25 (5.72%) ServiceNow
4 24 (5.49%) SAP
5 22 (5.03%) webMethods
6 20 (4.58%) IBM
7 18 (4.12%) Splunk
8 14 (3.20%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.52%) Cisco
9 11 (2.52%) Software AG
10 10 (2.29%) Red Hat
10 10 (2.29%) Salesforce
11 9 (2.06%) BMC
11 9 (2.06%) Databricks
11 9 (2.06%) HP
11 9 (2.06%) Ivanti
11 9 (2.06%) Remedy
11 9 (2.06%) TIBCO
11 9 (2.06%) Workday
12 8 (1.83%) OpenAI