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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 275 206
Rank change year-on-year +63 -69 -4
Contract jobs citing JSON 414 235 423
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 0.88% 1.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.79% 3.95% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 164 329
10th Percentile £356 £400 £391
25th Percentile £413 £461 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -1.69% -1.79%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £600
90th Percentile £813 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.05% -1.69% +0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 8
10th Percentile £43.25 - £38.78
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £55.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £72.81
90th Percentile £78.00 - £81.25
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -

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 7,155 5,950 7,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.10% 22.18% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,797 3,808 5,592
10th Percentile £356 £363 £363
25th Percentile £415 £430 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £630 £658 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £757
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -4.65% -1.38% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 78 176
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £27.31
25th Percentile £46.13 £44.17 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +14.09% -15.72%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.56 £77.75
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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +43 220 £550 - 40
North of England -16 78 £402 -19.60% 33
North West +13 56 £400 -8.05% 18
South East -31 33 £488 -7.14% 59
Midlands -36 29 £531 -6.39% 19
West Midlands -32 26 £537 -5.38% 6
Yorkshire -49 21 £563 -0.79% 12
South West -5 13 £413 +0.61% 17
East of England -9 12 £488 +8.33% 24
East Midlands -21 3 £450 - 13
North East - 1 £475 - 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 24 (5.80%) Confluence
2 14 (3.38%) Apache
3 10 (2.42%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.17%) JBoss
4 9 (2.17%) WebLogic
5 7 (1.69%) Appian
6 6 (1.45%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.45%) Mule
6 6 (1.45%) nginx
7 5 (1.21%) OpenStack
7 5 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.97%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.97%) Mule ESB
8 4 (0.97%) Oracle Service Bus
8 4 (0.97%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.72%) IIS
10 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.24%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (4.11%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.45%) Maximo
4 4 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.48%) Actimize
6 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.24%) Endur
7 1 (0.24%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 119 (28.74%) Azure
2 93 (22.46%) AWS
3 45 (10.87%) GitHub
4 35 (8.45%) IaaS
5 34 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (8.21%) Azure Logic Apps
6 33 (7.97%) Serverless
7 32 (7.73%) Power Platform
8 29 (7.00%) OCI
9 28 (6.76%) GCP
10 27 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (5.31%) PaaS
12 19 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (4.11%) Power Automate
13 17 (4.11%) SaaS
14 16 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (3.62%) Azure Monitor
16 14 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
16 14 (3.38%) PowerApps
17 13 (3.14%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.49%) HTTP
2 29 (7.00%) HTTPS
3 16 (3.86%) Firewall
4 11 (2.66%) SSL
5 9 (2.17%) VPN
6 4 (0.97%) BGP
6 4 (0.97%) DNS
6 4 (0.97%) NFC
6 4 (0.97%) PPP
7 3 (0.72%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.72%) MPLS
7 3 (0.72%) SMS
7 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.48%) 5G
8 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (0.24%) IPsec
9 1 (0.24%) VLAN
9 1 (0.24%) VRRP
9 1 (0.24%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.49%) Relational Database
2 21 (5.07%) MongoDB
3 18 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (4.35%) Power BI
3 18 (4.35%) RDBMS
4 16 (3.86%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.14%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.90%) Metadata
7 10 (2.42%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.45%) Big Data
10 6 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (1.45%) Parquet
11 5 (1.21%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.21%) MySQL
11 5 (1.21%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 65 (15.70%) Git
2 60 (14.49%) Postman
3 44 (10.63%) JIRA
4 43 (10.39%) Jenkins
5 40 (9.66%) Selenium
6 35 (8.45%) JUnit
7 28 (6.76%) GitLab
8 27 (6.52%) Cucumber
9 19 (4.59%) Maven
10 18 (4.35%) SonarQube
11 14 (3.38%) Bitbucket
12 12 (2.90%) Eclipse
13 11 (2.66%) Cypress.io
13 11 (2.66%) Gradle
14 10 (2.42%) IntelliJ
15 8 (1.93%) Robot Framework
16 7 (1.69%) Mockito
17 6 (1.45%) SoapUI
17 6 (1.45%) SpecFlow
17 6 (1.45%) Zephyr
General
1 113 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 73 (17.63%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (15.46%) Finance
4 61 (14.73%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.49%) Banking
6 14 (3.38%) Marketing
7 12 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.21%) Digital Healthcare
10 5 (1.21%) Military
11 4 (0.97%) Billing
11 4 (0.97%) Retail
12 3 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.72%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.72%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.72%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.48%) Law
13 2 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 162 (39.13%) Developer
2 49 (11.84%) Architect
3 38 (9.18%) Senior
4 28 (6.76%) Java Developer
5 23 (5.56%) Analyst
6 22 (5.31%) Software Engineer
7 20 (4.83%) Senior Developer
8 17 (4.11%) Lead
9 16 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.86%) Integration Specialist
10 15 (3.62%) Business Analyst
10 15 (3.62%) Data Engineer
11 13 (3.14%) Cloud Specialist
11 13 (3.14%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 13 (3.14%) Oracle Specialist
11 13 (3.14%) webMethods Developer
12 12 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.66%) Integration Developer
14 10 (2.42%) Consultant
14 10 (2.42%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (49.52%) REST
2 194 (46.86%) XML
3 99 (23.91%) SOAP
4 77 (18.60%) HTML
5 68 (16.43%) OAuth
6 50 (12.08%) RESTful
7 41 (9.90%) CSS
8 40 (9.66%) Spring
9 34 (8.21%) React
10 32 (7.73%) OAuth2
10 32 (7.73%) Spring Boot
10 32 (7.73%) Web Services
11 27 (6.52%) XSLT
12 25 (6.04%) .NET
12 25 (6.04%) Oracle Fusion
13 24 (5.80%) AngularJS
13 24 (5.80%) Swagger
13 24 (5.80%) YAML
14 22 (5.31%) Kafka
15 21 (5.07%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.52%) PKI
2 26 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 17 (4.11%) Data Structures
5 14 (3.38%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.66%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.66%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.42%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.69%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.45%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.45%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.21%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.97%) Digital Wallet
11 4 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.97%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 45 (10.87%) Linux
2 15 (3.62%) Unix
3 9 (2.17%) Android
3 9 (2.17%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.45%) Ubuntu
4 6 (1.45%) Windows
5 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (40.58%) DevOps
2 163 (39.37%) Agile
3 137 (33.09%) CI/CD
4 82 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (17.39%) Microservices
6 57 (13.77%) Validation
7 52 (12.56%) Test Automation
8 47 (11.35%) Containerisation
9 46 (11.11%) Scrum
10 45 (10.87%) Software Engineering
11 44 (10.63%) Deployment Automation
12 41 (9.90%) ERP
13 39 (9.42%) Analytics
14 38 (9.18%) Computer Science
15 35 (8.45%) Configuration Management
15 35 (8.45%) Data Modelling
16 33 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
17 32 (7.73%) API Management
17 32 (7.73%) Infrastructure as Code
17 32 (7.73%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 102 (24.64%) Java
2 101 (24.40%) SQL
3 93 (22.46%) JavaScript
4 81 (19.57%) Python
5 58 (14.01%) PowerShell
6 49 (11.84%) C#
7 23 (5.56%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.42%) Scala
9 9 (2.17%) C++
9 9 (2.17%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.93%) Groovy
11 7 (1.69%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.45%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.45%) XPath
13 5 (1.21%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.21%) Swift
14 4 (0.97%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.72%) Jython
15 3 (0.72%) PHP
15 3 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 137 (33.09%) Security Cleared
2 106 (25.60%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.39%) Degree
4 33 (7.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.42%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.21%) CCNP
9 5 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.21%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.72%) CEH
11 3 (0.72%) GIAC
11 3 (0.72%) GWAPT
12 2 (0.48%) CCNA
12 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.48%) OCP
12 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 22 (5.31%) QA
3 9 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.17%) WCAG
4 7 (1.69%) PSD2
5 6 (1.45%) GDPR
6 5 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.21%) ISO 8583
7 4 (0.97%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.48%) NIST
8 2 (0.48%) SEPA
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 70 (16.91%) Docker
2 8 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) HDFS
4 1 (0.24%) KVM
4 1 (0.24%) Squid
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.04%) Terraform
3 19 (4.59%) Ansible
4 15 (3.62%) Grafana
5 14 (3.38%) Kibana
5 14 (3.38%) Puppet
6 9 (2.17%) logstash
7 8 (1.93%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.45%) Podman
8 6 (1.45%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.21%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (0.97%) Pingdom
11 3 (0.72%) CloudHub
12 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.48%) Argo
12 2 (0.48%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.48%) QRadar
13 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 60 (14.49%) Oracle
2 55 (13.29%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.31%) webMethods
4 18 (4.35%) SAP
5 17 (4.11%) IBM
5 17 (4.11%) MuleSoft
5 17 (4.11%) ServiceNow
6 16 (3.86%) Splunk
7 11 (2.66%) Adobe
7 11 (2.66%) Cisco
7 11 (2.66%) Software AG
8 10 (2.42%) Red Hat
8 10 (2.42%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.17%) Databricks
10 8 (1.93%) Axway
11 7 (1.69%) Veracode
12 6 (1.45%) F5
12 6 (1.45%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.45%) TIBCO
13 5 (1.21%) Google