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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 271 239
Rank change year-on-year +9 -32 -47
Contract jobs citing JSON 385 221 352
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.92% 0.96%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.78% 4.07% 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 171 249
10th Percentile £363 £363 £405
25th Percentile £430 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% -6.54% -2.73%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 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 £59.38 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £76.00 - -
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 8,051 5,428 7,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.19% 22.54% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,310 3,752 5,401
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £635 £659 £675
90th Percentile £738 £790 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £536
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.94% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 106 239
10th Percentile £31.18 £31.28 £22.50
25th Percentile £52.13 £43.70 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -5 199 £525 -4.55% 68
North of England -32 70 £447 - 24
South East -45 61 £525 +5.26% 39
Yorkshire -18 37 £463 -7.50% 8
North West -23 32 £393 -12.05% 15
Midlands -39 22 £488 -11.36% 12
West Midlands -43 17 £488 -11.36% 7
East of England -18 14 £506 +68.75% 6
South West -18 14 £425 +13.33% 9
East Midlands -24 5 - - 5
North East -25 4 £550 +175.00% 1
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 19 (4.94%) Confluence
2 16 (4.16%) 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%) 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%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.52%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.52%) nginx
8 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.26%) JBoss
9 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
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 13 (3.38%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.30%) Maximo
5 3 (0.78%) Findur
5 3 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.52%) SAP MDG
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%) SAP MM
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 42 (10.91%) Power Platform
5 38 (9.87%) Serverless
6 32 (8.31%) GitHub
7 30 (7.79%) Azure Logic Apps
8 26 (6.75%) Power Automate
9 23 (5.97%) GCP
9 23 (5.97%) OCI
10 18 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (4.68%) PowerApps
11 17 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (4.16%) Azure Functions
13 15 (3.90%) PaaS
14 14 (3.64%) Amazon S3
14 14 (3.64%) Boomi
15 13 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.16%) HTTP
2 11 (2.86%) DNS
3 10 (2.60%) BIG-IP
3 10 (2.60%) DHCP
3 10 (2.60%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.04%) Intranet
5 3 (0.78%) Firewall
5 3 (0.78%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.52%) DSL
6 2 (0.52%) FTP
6 2 (0.52%) Internet
6 2 (0.52%) NAS
6 2 (0.52%) Network Security
6 2 (0.52%) SAN
6 2 (0.52%) SMS
6 2 (0.52%) SSH
6 2 (0.52%) X.509
7 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.26%) SSL
7 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.01%) Metadata
2 26 (6.75%) Relational Database
3 23 (5.97%) SQL Server
4 21 (5.45%) NoSQL
5 19 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (4.94%) Power BI
6 17 (4.42%) RDBMS
7 14 (3.64%) MongoDB
7 14 (3.64%) Parquet
8 11 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.86%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.60%) Oracle Database
10 9 (2.34%) Delta Lake
11 8 (2.08%) Data Lake
11 8 (2.08%) Db2
12 6 (1.56%) MySQL
12 6 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 49 (12.73%) Git
2 42 (10.91%) JIRA
3 38 (9.87%) Postman
4 22 (5.71%) GitLab
5 19 (4.94%) Jenkins
6 13 (3.38%) Maven
7 10 (2.60%) SonarQube
8 9 (2.34%) SoapUI
9 8 (2.08%) ERwin
10 6 (1.56%) JUnit
11 5 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (1.30%) Gradle
11 5 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (1.04%) ER Studio
12 4 (1.04%) Gatling
13 3 (0.78%) MSTest
13 3 (0.78%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.78%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.78%) Selenium
13 3 (0.78%) Terragrunt
General
1 116 (30.13%) Social Skills
2 72 (18.70%) Finance
3 50 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.35%) Banking
5 33 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.60%) Marketing
8 7 (1.82%) Publishing
9 5 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.04%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.04%) Legal
10 4 (1.04%) Military
10 4 (1.04%) Retail
11 3 (0.78%) Back Office
11 3 (0.78%) Front Office
11 3 (0.78%) Law
11 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Games
12 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.52%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 119 (30.91%) Developer
2 35 (9.09%) Architect
3 34 (8.83%) Senior
4 31 (8.05%) Data Engineer
5 22 (5.71%) Analyst
6 19 (4.94%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (4.42%) Business Analyst
8 16 (4.16%) Consultant
9 15 (3.90%) Integration Engineer
9 15 (3.90%) Integration Specialist
10 14 (3.64%) Software Engineer
11 13 (3.38%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (3.12%) Java Developer
12 12 (3.12%) Senior Developer
12 12 (3.12%) Software Developer
13 11 (2.86%) Python Developer
14 10 (2.60%) Cloud Specialist
14 10 (2.60%) Lead
14 10 (2.60%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (39.48%) REST
2 142 (36.88%) XML
3 83 (21.56%) SOAP
4 46 (11.95%) Kafka
4 46 (11.95%) OAuth
5 39 (10.13%) .NET
5 39 (10.13%) Web Services
6 37 (9.61%) React
7 36 (9.35%) RESTful
8 32 (8.31%) CSS
8 32 (8.31%) YAML
9 30 (7.79%) HTML
10 25 (6.49%) Middleware
10 25 (6.49%) Node.js
11 24 (6.23%) Swagger
12 21 (5.45%) XSLT
13 20 (5.19%) JWT
13 20 (5.19%) OAuth2
14 18 (4.68%) Apache Avro
15 16 (4.16%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.75%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.42%) Data Structures
3 12 (3.12%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.60%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.82%) DataPower
7 7 (1.82%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.56%) Online Banking
9 5 (1.30%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.30%) Digital Wallet
9 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.30%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.71%) Linux
2 12 (3.12%) 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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.52%) Solaris
7 2 (0.52%) VMS
7 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (30.65%) DevOps
2 109 (28.31%) CI/CD
3 107 (27.79%) Agile
4 86 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (18.18%) Validation
6 66 (17.14%) Data Modelling
7 52 (13.51%) Integration Patterns
8 51 (13.25%) Analytics
9 41 (10.65%) AI
9 41 (10.65%) Microservices
10 40 (10.39%) API Integration
10 40 (10.39%) Data Pipeline
10 40 (10.39%) ERP
10 40 (10.39%) Event-Driven
10 40 (10.39%) Software Engineering
11 37 (9.61%) Performance Tuning
12 35 (9.09%) ETL
13 32 (8.31%) Containerisation
13 32 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (8.05%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 153 (39.74%) Python
2 140 (36.36%) SQL
3 81 (21.04%) JavaScript
4 79 (20.52%) Java
5 52 (13.51%) C#
6 39 (10.13%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.16%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.64%) Groovy
8 14 (3.64%) Shell Script
9 12 (3.12%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.86%) PL/SQL
11 10 (2.60%) Bash
11 10 (2.60%) VBA
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%) C
15 3 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 108 (28.05%) Security Cleared
2 82 (21.30%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.97%) Degree
4 16 (4.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.38%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.56%) CISM
7 6 (1.56%) CISSP
8 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.78%) CCNP
9 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) CBAP
11 1 (0.26%) CEH
11 1 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) GIAC
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.79%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.01%) QA
3 19 (4.94%) GDPR
4 12 (3.12%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.82%) PSD2
6 6 (1.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.56%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.30%) HIPAA
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%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.78%) NCSC
9 3 (0.78%) WCAG
10 2 (0.52%) Basel III
10 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.52%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (11.69%) Docker
2 12 (3.12%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.30%) 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
5 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) HDFS
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 45 (11.69%) Kubernetes
2 44 (11.43%) Terraform
3 21 (5.45%) Ansible
4 12 (3.12%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.86%) Grafana
6 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.52%) Argo
8 2 (0.52%) Kibana
8 2 (0.52%) Pingdom
8 2 (0.52%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.52%) Puppet
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%) Istio
9 1 (0.26%) logstash
9 1 (0.26%) Podman
9 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 79 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 69 (17.92%) Oracle
3 24 (6.23%) Databricks
4 23 (5.97%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.94%) SAP
6 18 (4.68%) MuleSoft
7 16 (4.16%) Splunk
7 16 (4.16%) Workday
8 12 (3.12%) Adobe
9 11 (2.86%) F5
9 11 (2.86%) Foundry
10 10 (2.60%) IBM
10 10 (2.60%) Infoblox
11 9 (2.34%) Sonatype
11 9 (2.34%) webMethods
12 8 (2.08%) Confluent
12 8 (2.08%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.82%) Dell
14 6 (1.56%) OpenAI
15 5 (1.30%) Palantir