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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 252 253
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -56
Contract jobs citing JSON 448 283 326
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 1.04% 0.92%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.29% 4.67% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 205 218
10th Percentile £360 £358 £375
25th Percentile £415 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -6.37% -2.91%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £619
90th Percentile £650 £654 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £529
% change year-on-year - -5.48% -0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £47.08 - £50.50
25th Percentile £56.19 £31.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate £73.75 £37.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.67% -53.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £85.94 £43.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £87.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £73.75 £37.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +96.67% -53.13% +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 8,467 6,064 7,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.87% 22.21% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,557 4,172 5,262
10th Percentile £363 £355 £356
25th Percentile £430 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £746 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £543
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 135 243
10th Percentile £29.54 £31.25 £23.84
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -0.86% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.61 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +2 242 £525 -4.55% 61
North of England -43 73 £447 +3.39% 15
South East -39 65 £525 +10.53% 31
Yorkshire -20 42 £460 +13.30% 6
Midlands -35 32 £449 -18.45% 14
North West -43 31 £404 -9.27% 9
West Midlands -36 27 £449 -18.45% 10
South West -25 15 £485 +29.33% 7
East of England -21 11 £525 +23.53% 6
East Midlands -12 5 - - 4
North East -34 3 £550 +175.00%
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 (6.03%) Confluence
2 22 (4.91%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.13%) Apache
4 12 (2.68%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.79%) Anypoint
5 8 (1.79%) Mule
6 7 (1.56%) CICS
7 5 (1.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.67%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.45%) IIS
9 2 (0.45%) JBoss
9 2 (0.45%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.45%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.45%) nginx
9 2 (0.45%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.34%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.13%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.34%) Maximo
4 4 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.67%) Findur
5 3 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.45%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.45%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.45%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.22%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.22%) Shopify
7 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 159 (35.49%) Azure
2 102 (22.77%) AWS
3 66 (14.73%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (10.94%) Power Platform
5 44 (9.82%) GCP
6 40 (8.93%) Serverless
7 36 (8.04%) GitHub
8 35 (7.81%) Power Automate
9 31 (6.92%) Boomi
10 27 (6.03%) PowerApps
11 25 (5.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 21 (4.69%) Entra ID
12 21 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (4.02%) Amazon S3
13 18 (4.02%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (4.02%) Azure Functions
14 17 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (3.79%) SaaS
15 16 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.79%) HTTP
2 14 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.90%) DNS
4 11 (2.46%) DHCP
5 10 (2.23%) BIG-IP
6 5 (1.12%) Network Security
7 4 (0.89%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.89%) Intranet
7 4 (0.89%) SSH
8 3 (0.67%) Firewall
8 3 (0.67%) FTP
8 3 (0.67%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.67%) SSL
8 3 (0.67%) WAN
9 2 (0.45%) DSL
9 2 (0.45%) Internet
9 2 (0.45%) NAS
9 2 (0.45%) SAN
9 2 (0.45%) Wireless
9 2 (0.45%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.48%) Metadata
2 37 (8.26%) SQL Server
3 30 (6.70%) MongoDB
4 28 (6.25%) Relational Database
5 25 (5.58%) Power BI
6 20 (4.46%) NoSQL
6 20 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (4.24%) Parquet
8 15 (3.35%) RDBMS
9 13 (2.90%) DynamoDB
9 13 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.23%) Oracle Database
11 9 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (2.01%) Data Lake
11 9 (2.01%) Db2
11 9 (2.01%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.56%) MySQL
13 6 (1.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 75 (16.74%) Git
2 48 (10.71%) JIRA
3 30 (6.70%) GitLab
3 30 (6.70%) Jenkins
4 29 (6.47%) Postman
5 14 (3.13%) Maven
6 12 (2.68%) SonarQube
7 10 (2.23%) Selenium
8 9 (2.01%) JUnit
9 8 (1.79%) ERwin
10 6 (1.34%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.34%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.34%) Gradle
10 6 (1.34%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (1.12%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.89%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.89%) JMeter
12 4 (0.89%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.89%) WebDriver
General
1 129 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 83 (18.53%) Finance
3 69 (15.40%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (10.27%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.59%) Banking
6 19 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.68%) Publishing
9 8 (1.79%) Marketing
10 7 (1.56%) Retail
11 5 (1.12%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.12%) Legal
11 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.89%) Law
12 4 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.67%) Back Office
13 3 (0.67%) Front Office
13 3 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 149 (33.26%) Developer
2 52 (11.61%) Senior
3 43 (9.60%) Architect
4 34 (7.59%) Analyst
5 32 (7.14%) Data Engineer
6 23 (5.13%) Senior Developer
7 18 (4.02%) Integration Engineer
7 18 (4.02%) Python Developer
8 17 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.57%) Business Analyst
10 14 (3.13%) Consultant
10 14 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (2.90%) Python Engineer
12 12 (2.68%) Integration Architect
12 12 (2.68%) Java Developer
13 11 (2.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 11 (2.46%) Integration Developer
14 10 (2.23%) Integration Specialist
14 10 (2.23%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (38.39%) REST
2 168 (37.50%) XML
3 91 (20.31%) SOAP
4 64 (14.29%) Kafka
5 44 (9.82%) RESTful
6 43 (9.60%) OAuth
7 41 (9.15%) Middleware
7 41 (9.15%) React
8 40 (8.93%) .NET
9 37 (8.26%) Web Services
10 35 (7.81%) YAML
11 26 (5.80%) Node.js
12 25 (5.58%) Swagger
13 23 (5.13%) CSS
13 23 (5.13%) OAuth2
14 19 (4.24%) OpenAPI
15 18 (4.02%) Apache Avro
15 18 (4.02%) HTML
15 18 (4.02%) XSLT
16 17 (3.79%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.59%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.37%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.24%) Cloud Native
4 18 (4.02%) Algorithms
5 15 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.13%) AI Agents
6 14 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.23%) Management Information System
10 10 (2.23%) Taxonomies
10 10 (2.23%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.56%) CMDB
11 7 (1.56%) DataPower
11 7 (1.56%) Mainframe
11 7 (1.56%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.13%) Linux
2 21 (4.69%) Windows
3 12 (2.68%) Unix
4 9 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.56%) Android
5 7 (1.56%) zOS
6 5 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.45%) Solaris
8 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.45%) VMS
8 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.22%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (35.49%) CI/CD
2 143 (31.92%) Agile
3 141 (31.47%) DevOps
4 110 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (17.63%) Data Modelling
6 73 (16.29%) Validation
7 69 (15.40%) AI
8 56 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
9 55 (12.28%) Event-Driven
10 53 (11.83%) Analytics
10 53 (11.83%) ETL
11 52 (11.61%) Scrum
12 49 (10.94%) Data Pipeline
13 48 (10.71%) Microservices
13 48 (10.71%) Workflow
14 47 (10.49%) API Integration
15 43 (9.60%) Software Engineering
15 43 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 42 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 39 (8.71%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 178 (39.73%) Python
2 165 (36.83%) SQL
3 87 (19.42%) JavaScript
4 85 (18.97%) Java
5 63 (14.06%) C#
6 50 (11.16%) PowerShell
7 27 (6.03%) Groovy
8 20 (4.46%) TypeScript
9 17 (3.79%) Shell Script
10 16 (3.57%) PL/SQL
11 15 (3.35%) Bash
12 11 (2.46%) T-SQL
12 11 (2.46%) VBA
13 8 (1.79%) Bicep
14 7 (1.56%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.34%) Go
15 6 (1.34%) JCL
15 6 (1.34%) R
15 6 (1.34%) Scala
16 5 (1.12%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 121 (27.01%) Security Cleared
2 94 (20.98%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.80%) Degree
4 16 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.79%) CISSP
8 7 (1.56%) CISM
9 4 (0.89%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.89%) PhD
9 4 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.67%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.45%) CCNP
11 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.45%) GIAC
11 2 (0.45%) SSCP
12 1 (0.22%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (9.60%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.70%) Accessibility
2 30 (6.70%) QA
3 19 (4.24%) GDPR
4 8 (1.79%) WCAG
5 7 (1.56%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.34%) NIST
7 5 (1.12%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.12%) HL7
7 5 (1.12%) ISO 15022
7 5 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.67%) FATCA
8 3 (0.67%) GRC
8 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.67%) NCSC
8 3 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.67%) SLA
9 2 (0.45%) Basel III
10 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 54 (12.05%) Docker
2 16 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.45%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 61 (13.62%) Kubernetes
2 49 (10.94%) Terraform
3 39 (8.71%) Ansible
4 10 (2.23%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.56%) Grafana
6 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.67%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.67%) Puppet
7 3 (0.67%) WMI
8 2 (0.45%) Kibana
8 2 (0.45%) QRadar
8 2 (0.45%) SCCM
9 1 (0.22%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.22%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.22%) Istio
9 1 (0.22%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.22%) logstash
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 85 (18.97%) Oracle
3 33 (7.37%) ServiceNow
4 24 (5.36%) Databricks
4 24 (5.36%) MuleSoft
5 23 (5.13%) SAP
6 22 (4.91%) Google
7 21 (4.69%) Workday
8 19 (4.24%) Splunk
9 18 (4.02%) IBM
9 18 (4.02%) Salesforce
10 12 (2.68%) Foundry
11 11 (2.46%) F5
11 11 (2.46%) OpenAI
11 11 (2.46%) Sonatype
12 10 (2.23%) Infoblox
12 10 (2.23%) webMethods
13 8 (1.79%) Dell
14 7 (1.56%) Palantir
15 6 (1.34%) Informatica