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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 275 208
Rank change year-on-year +53 -67 -2
Contract jobs citing JSON 405 230 421
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.23% 0.86% 1.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.57% 3.87% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 162 325
10th Percentile £358 £400 £382
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £533
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -0.71% -3.09%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £600
90th Percentile £830 £674 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% +0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile - - £35.46
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £53.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £54.06 £93.75 £75.63
90th Percentile £82.00 - £81.25
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -3.45%

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 7,266 5,944 7,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.11% 22.34% 20.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,862 3,776 5,577
10th Percentile £356 £363 £358
25th Percentile £415 £430 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £662
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 77 181
10th Percentile £34.80 £26.25 £26.78
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.20 £75.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +45 218 £570 +3.64% 53
North of England -20 75 £425 -19.81% 24
North West +16 55 £400 -9.09% 13
South East -30 31 £500 -4.76% 46
Midlands -42 29 £531 -6.39% 13
West Midlands -22 26 £537 -5.38% 5
Yorkshire -52 19 £563 -0.79% 11
South West -8 12 £400 -2.44% 7
East of England -4 11 £488 -18.75% 6
East Midlands -26 3 £450 - 8
North East - 1 £475 -
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 (4.94%) Confluence
2 13 (3.21%) Apache
3 11 (2.72%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.22%) JBoss
4 9 (2.22%) WebLogic
5 7 (1.73%) Appian
6 6 (1.48%) nginx
7 5 (1.23%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.23%) Mule
7 5 (1.23%) OpenStack
7 5 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.99%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.99%) Oracle Service Bus
9 3 (0.74%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.49%) IIS
10 2 (0.49%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.25%) CMS
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (4.69%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.48%) Maximo
4 4 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.49%) Actimize
5 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.25%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.25%) Endur
6 1 (0.25%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (28.89%) Azure
2 93 (22.96%) AWS
3 45 (11.11%) GitHub
4 36 (8.89%) IaaS
5 34 (8.40%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (8.40%) Azure Logic Apps
6 33 (8.15%) Serverless
7 32 (7.90%) Power Platform
8 31 (7.65%) OCI
9 27 (6.67%) GCP
9 27 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (5.93%) PaaS
11 19 (4.69%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (4.44%) SaaS
13 17 (4.20%) Power Automate
14 16 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (3.70%) PowerApps
16 14 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
17 13 (3.21%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.65%) HTTP
2 29 (7.16%) HTTPS
3 15 (3.70%) Firewall
4 8 (1.98%) SSL
4 8 (1.98%) VPN
5 4 (0.99%) BGP
6 3 (0.74%) DNS
6 3 (0.74%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.74%) MPLS
6 3 (0.74%) NFC
6 3 (0.74%) PPP
6 3 (0.74%) SMS
7 2 (0.49%) 5G
7 2 (0.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.25%) IPsec
8 1 (0.25%) Network Security
8 1 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.25%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.65%) Relational Database
2 21 (5.19%) MongoDB
3 18 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.44%) Power BI
3 18 (4.44%) RDBMS
4 16 (3.95%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.21%) Metadata
5 13 (3.21%) NoSQL
6 10 (2.47%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.48%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (1.48%) Big Data
8 6 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.48%) Parquet
9 5 (1.23%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.23%) MySQL
10 4 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 62 (15.31%) Git
2 61 (15.06%) Postman
3 45 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 40 (9.88%) JIRA
4 40 (9.88%) Selenium
5 35 (8.64%) JUnit
6 28 (6.91%) GitLab
7 27 (6.67%) Cucumber
8 20 (4.94%) Maven
9 19 (4.69%) SonarQube
10 14 (3.46%) Bitbucket
11 11 (2.72%) Cypress.io
11 11 (2.72%) Eclipse
12 10 (2.47%) IntelliJ
13 9 (2.22%) Gradle
14 8 (1.98%) Robot Framework
15 7 (1.73%) Mockito
15 7 (1.73%) SoapUI
16 6 (1.48%) SpecFlow
16 6 (1.48%) TestRail
General
1 109 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 74 (18.27%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (15.80%) Finance
4 61 (15.06%) Public Sector
5 30 (7.41%) Banking
6 14 (3.46%) Marketing
7 13 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.48%) Military
11 5 (1.23%) Digital Healthcare
12 4 (0.99%) Billing
12 4 (0.99%) Retail
13 3 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.74%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.49%) Law
14 2 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 154 (38.02%) Developer
2 48 (11.85%) Architect
3 35 (8.64%) Senior
4 28 (6.91%) Java Developer
5 24 (5.93%) Analyst
6 20 (4.94%) Software Engineer
7 18 (4.44%) Integration Specialist
7 18 (4.44%) Senior Developer
8 17 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.95%) Lead
10 15 (3.70%) Business Analyst
10 15 (3.70%) Cloud Specialist
10 15 (3.70%) Data Engineer
10 15 (3.70%) Oracle Specialist
11 13 (3.21%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 13 (3.21%) webMethods Developer
12 12 (2.96%) Integration Developer
12 12 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.47%) Consultant
13 10 (2.47%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (49.88%) REST
2 195 (48.15%) XML
3 101 (24.94%) SOAP
4 71 (17.53%) HTML
5 68 (16.79%) OAuth
6 45 (11.11%) RESTful
7 39 (9.63%) CSS
7 39 (9.63%) Spring
8 34 (8.40%) React
9 31 (7.65%) OAuth2
9 31 (7.65%) Spring Boot
10 30 (7.41%) Web Services
11 29 (7.16%) XSLT
12 27 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
13 25 (6.17%) .NET
13 25 (6.17%) YAML
14 23 (5.68%) Swagger
15 22 (5.43%) JWT
15 22 (5.43%) Kafka
16 20 (4.94%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.67%) PKI
2 26 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.20%) Data Structures
4 13 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.96%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.72%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.73%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.73%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.48%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.48%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.23%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.99%) Digital Wallet
10 4 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (0.99%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (10.62%) Linux
2 15 (3.70%) Unix
3 7 (1.73%) Android
3 7 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.23%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.23%) Windows
5 1 (0.25%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (39.75%) DevOps
2 153 (37.78%) Agile
3 136 (33.58%) CI/CD
4 80 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (16.79%) Microservices
6 56 (13.83%) Validation
7 51 (12.59%) Test Automation
8 46 (11.36%) Containerisation
9 44 (10.86%) Deployment Automation
9 44 (10.86%) ERP
9 44 (10.86%) Software Engineering
10 41 (10.12%) Scrum
11 39 (9.63%) Analytics
12 36 (8.89%) Computer Science
13 35 (8.64%) Configuration Management
13 35 (8.64%) Data Modelling
14 33 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (8.15%) Unit Testing
15 32 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (7.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 101 (24.94%) SQL
2 97 (23.95%) Java
3 87 (21.48%) JavaScript
4 81 (20.00%) Python
5 57 (14.07%) PowerShell
6 48 (11.85%) C#
7 23 (5.68%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.47%) Scala
9 9 (2.22%) Groovy
9 9 (2.22%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.73%) C++
11 6 (1.48%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.48%) XPath
12 5 (1.23%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.99%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.74%) Jython
14 3 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.74%) PHP
14 3 (0.74%) R
14 3 (0.74%) Swift
Qualifications
1 137 (33.83%) Security Cleared
2 106 (26.17%) SC Cleared
3 40 (9.88%) Degree
4 31 (7.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.98%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.23%) CCNP
9 5 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.23%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.99%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.74%) CEH
11 3 (0.74%) GIAC
11 3 (0.74%) GWAPT
12 2 (0.49%) CCNA
12 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.49%) OCP
12 2 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.68%) Accessibility
2 20 (4.94%) QA
3 9 (2.22%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.22%) WCAG
4 7 (1.73%) PSD2
5 6 (1.48%) GDPR
6 5 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.23%) ISO 8583
7 4 (0.99%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.99%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.49%) HL7
8 2 (0.49%) NIST
8 2 (0.49%) SEPA
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.25%) MiFID
System Software
1 70 (17.28%) Docker
2 8 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) HDFS
4 1 (0.25%) KVM
4 1 (0.25%) Squid
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (10.12%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.42%) Terraform
3 19 (4.69%) Ansible
4 15 (3.70%) Grafana
5 14 (3.46%) Kibana
5 14 (3.46%) Puppet
6 9 (2.22%) logstash
7 8 (1.98%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.48%) Podman
8 6 (1.48%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.23%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.99%) Pingdom
11 3 (0.74%) CloudHub
11 3 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.49%) Argo
12 2 (0.49%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.49%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.49%) QRadar
13 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 61 (15.06%) Oracle
2 54 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.43%) webMethods
4 17 (4.20%) IBM
4 17 (4.20%) MuleSoft
4 17 (4.20%) SAP
5 15 (3.70%) Splunk
6 14 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.72%) Adobe
7 11 (2.72%) Cisco
7 11 (2.72%) Software AG
8 10 (2.47%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.22%) Databricks
9 9 (2.22%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.98%) Axway
11 7 (1.73%) Veracode
12 6 (1.48%) F5
12 6 (1.48%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.48%) TIBCO
13 5 (1.23%) Pega