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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 265 239
Rank change year-on-year 0 -26 -37
Contract jobs citing JSON 385 223 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.94% 0.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.80% 4.18% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 174 261
10th Percentile £366 £364 £400
25th Percentile £430 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -6.37% -2.91%
75th Percentile £578 £599 £600
90th Percentile £650 £679 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
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% +10.34%
75th Percentile £54.06 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £74.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +15.63% +10.34%

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 8,025 5,331 7,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.37% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,295 3,694 5,379
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.35%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £789 £789
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 95 235
10th Percentile £31.03 £29.54 £22.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.80 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £81.01 £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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 0 201 £525 -4.07% 50
North of England -26 71 £447 - 20
South East -39 60 £525 +5.00% 30
Yorkshire -25 37 £463 -7.50% 4
North West -24 33 £394 -11.91% 12
Midlands -51 20 £500 -9.09% 9
West Midlands -49 16 £500 -9.09% 6
South West -12 14 £425 +13.33% 7
East of England -20 14 £506 +68.75% 3
North East -25 4 £550 +175.00% 4
East Midlands -27 4 - - 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 20 (5.19%) Confluence
2 15 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.86%) Apache
4 9 (2.34%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.82%) CICS
5 7 (1.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (1.04%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (1.04%) Mule
6 4 (1.04%) Oracle Service Bus
6 4 (1.04%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.78%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.78%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (0.78%) IIS
7 3 (0.78%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.52%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.26%) JBoss
9 1 (0.26%) nginx
9 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.64%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.04%) Maximo
4 4 (1.04%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.78%) Findur
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.26%) Actimize
7 1 (0.26%) Magento
7 1 (0.26%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.26%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.26%) Shopify
7 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 129 (33.51%) Azure
2 87 (22.60%) AWS
3 47 (12.21%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (10.13%) Power Platform
5 38 (9.87%) Serverless
6 35 (9.09%) GitHub
7 31 (8.05%) Azure Logic Apps
8 24 (6.23%) GCP
8 24 (6.23%) OCI
9 22 (5.71%) Power Automate
10 20 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (4.42%) PaaS
12 16 (4.16%) Azure Functions
13 15 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (3.90%) PowerApps
14 14 (3.64%) Amazon S3
15 13 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (3.38%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.16%) HTTP
2 12 (3.12%) DNS
3 11 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.60%) BIG-IP
4 10 (2.60%) DHCP
5 6 (1.56%) Firewall
6 3 (0.78%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.78%) Intranet
6 3 (0.78%) Network Security
7 2 (0.52%) DSL
7 2 (0.52%) FTP
7 2 (0.52%) Internet
7 2 (0.52%) NAS
7 2 (0.52%) SAN
7 2 (0.52%) SMS
7 2 (0.52%) SSH
7 2 (0.52%) VPN
7 2 (0.52%) X.509
8 1 (0.26%) MPLS
8 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.27%) Relational Database
2 25 (6.49%) Metadata
3 23 (5.97%) SQL Server
4 22 (5.71%) NoSQL
5 21 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (4.94%) Power BI
7 18 (4.68%) RDBMS
8 15 (3.90%) MongoDB
9 14 (3.64%) Parquet
10 11 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (2.86%) DynamoDB
10 11 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (2.60%) Oracle Database
12 9 (2.34%) Delta Lake
13 8 (2.08%) Data Lake
13 8 (2.08%) DB2
14 7 (1.82%) MySQL
14 7 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 52 (13.51%) Git
2 45 (11.69%) JIRA
3 41 (10.65%) Postman
4 23 (5.97%) GitLab
5 21 (5.45%) Jenkins
6 12 (3.12%) Maven
7 9 (2.34%) SoapUI
7 9 (2.34%) SonarQube
8 8 (2.08%) ERwin
9 6 (1.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (1.56%) JUnit
10 5 (1.30%) Gradle
10 5 (1.30%) Selenium
10 5 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.04%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.04%) ER Studio
11 4 (1.04%) Gatling
12 3 (0.78%) MSTest
12 3 (0.78%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.78%) Terragrunt
General
1 113 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.18%) Finance
3 51 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.35%) Banking
5 34 (8.83%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.08%) Marketing
8 6 (1.56%) Publishing
9 4 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.04%) Military
10 3 (0.78%) Back Office
10 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.78%) Front Office
10 3 (0.78%) Law
10 3 (0.78%) Retail
11 2 (0.52%) Automotive
11 2 (0.52%) Billing
11 2 (0.52%) Games
11 2 (0.52%) Legal
11 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 117 (30.39%) Developer
2 34 (8.83%) Architect
3 32 (8.31%) Senior
4 29 (7.53%) Data Engineer
5 21 (5.45%) Analyst
6 18 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (4.42%) Business Analyst
8 16 (4.16%) Consultant
8 16 (4.16%) Integration Engineer
8 16 (4.16%) Integration Specialist
9 15 (3.90%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.38%) Java Developer
11 12 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
12 11 (2.86%) Cloud Specialist
12 11 (2.86%) Lead
12 11 (2.86%) Oracle Specialist
12 11 (2.86%) Python Developer
12 11 (2.86%) Software Developer
13 10 (2.60%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (39.74%) REST
2 147 (38.18%) XML
3 83 (21.56%) SOAP
4 46 (11.95%) Kafka
5 44 (11.43%) OAuth
6 40 (10.39%) Web Services
7 38 (9.87%) RESTful
8 37 (9.61%) React
9 36 (9.35%) .NET
10 33 (8.57%) YAML
11 31 (8.05%) CSS
12 30 (7.79%) HTML
13 25 (6.49%) Swagger
14 24 (6.23%) Middleware
14 24 (6.23%) Node.js
15 21 (5.45%) XSLT
16 20 (5.19%) JWT
17 18 (4.68%) Apache Avro
17 18 (4.68%) OAuth2
17 18 (4.68%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.23%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.42%) Data Structures
3 14 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (3.38%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.86%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.82%) DataPower
8 7 (1.82%) Mainframe
8 7 (1.82%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.56%) Online Banking
10 5 (1.30%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.30%) Digital Wallet
10 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.30%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.04%) CMDB
11 4 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.45%) Linux
2 11 (2.86%) Windows
3 9 (2.34%) Unix
4 7 (1.82%) zOS
5 5 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.78%) Android
6 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.52%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Solaris
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (30.91%) DevOps
2 108 (28.05%) Agile
3 106 (27.53%) CI/CD
4 86 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (18.70%) Validation
6 65 (16.88%) Data Modelling
7 51 (13.25%) Analytics
7 51 (13.25%) Integration Patterns
8 43 (11.17%) API Integration
8 43 (11.17%) ERP
9 42 (10.91%) Microservices
10 40 (10.39%) AI
10 40 (10.39%) Software Engineering
11 38 (9.87%) Data Pipeline
11 38 (9.87%) Event-Driven
12 36 (9.35%) Performance Tuning
13 33 (8.57%) ETL
13 33 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (8.31%) Containerisation
14 32 (8.31%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 155 (40.26%) Python
2 139 (36.10%) SQL
3 79 (20.52%) JavaScript
4 78 (20.26%) Java
5 50 (12.99%) C#
6 40 (10.39%) PowerShell
7 15 (3.90%) Shell Script
7 15 (3.90%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.38%) Groovy
9 12 (3.12%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.60%) Bash
10 10 (2.60%) VBA
11 9 (2.34%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.82%) Bicep
13 6 (1.56%) JCL
14 5 (1.30%) Go
14 5 (1.30%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.30%) R
15 3 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.78%) XPath
Qualifications
1 108 (28.05%) Security Cleared
2 80 (20.78%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.71%) Degree
4 15 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.56%) CISM
7 6 (1.56%) CISSP
8 4 (1.04%) CCNP
8 4 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.78%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.52%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CEH
11 1 (0.26%) GCIA
11 1 (0.26%) GIAC
11 1 (0.26%) OCP
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.53%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.27%) QA
3 18 (4.68%) GDPR
4 10 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.82%) PSD2
6 6 (1.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.30%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.30%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.30%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.30%) NIST
7 5 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.04%) HL7
9 3 (0.78%) FATCA
9 3 (0.78%) WCAG
10 2 (0.52%) Basel III
10 2 (0.52%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.52%) NCSC
10 2 (0.52%) SEPA
System Software
1 48 (12.47%) Docker
2 10 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.52%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) HDFS
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 49 (12.73%) Kubernetes
2 45 (11.69%) Terraform
3 21 (5.45%) Ansible
4 13 (3.38%) Prometheus
5 12 (3.12%) Grafana
6 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.04%) Pingdom
7 3 (0.78%) Kibana
7 3 (0.78%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.78%) Puppet
8 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.52%) Argo
8 2 (0.52%) logstash
8 2 (0.52%) Podman
8 2 (0.52%) SCCM
8 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.26%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.26%) Istio
Vendors
1 73 (18.96%) Microsoft
2 70 (18.18%) Oracle
3 25 (6.49%) ServiceNow
4 23 (5.97%) Databricks
5 19 (4.94%) SAP
6 17 (4.42%) MuleSoft
6 17 (4.42%) Splunk
6 17 (4.42%) Workday
7 12 (3.12%) Adobe
7 12 (3.12%) F5
8 11 (2.86%) Foundry
9 10 (2.60%) Infoblox
10 9 (2.34%) webMethods
11 8 (2.08%) Confluent
11 8 (2.08%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.08%) Sonatype
12 7 (1.82%) IBM
13 6 (1.56%) Dell
13 6 (1.56%) OpenAI
14 5 (1.30%) PagerDuty