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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 236 255
Rank change year-on-year -16 +19 -51
Contract jobs citing JSON 495 305 302
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 1.11% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.04% 4.45% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 214 194
10th Percentile £353 £350 £400
25th Percentile £413 £410 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £656 £679 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 4
10th Percentile £51.25 - £50.50
25th Percentile £71.38 £31.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate £85.48 £37.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +127.93% -53.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £92.11 £43.75 £85.00
90th Percentile - £76.88 -
UK median hourly rate £85.48 £37.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +127.93% -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 9,824 6,855 8,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.25% 25.05% 24.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,456 4,670 5,469
10th Percentile £375 £353 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% -5.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 161 177
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £27.45
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% -13.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.46
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -2.99%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -3 269 £525 -2.78% 302
North of England -65 63 £463 +8.82% 53
South East -40 56 £460 -3.16% 80
Midlands -8 50 £447 -18.73% 34
West Midlands -15 46 £447 -22.26% 21
Yorkshire -20 35 £500 +23.15% 18
North West -51 28 £425 -2.52% 32
South West -32 21 £548 +28.82% 34
East of England -27 17 £525 +23.53% 37
East Midlands -11 4 - - 13
North East -36 3 £550 +175.00% 4
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 30 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.85%) Confluence
3 16 (3.23%) Apache
4 10 (2.02%) Anypoint
5 9 (1.82%) Mule
6 8 (1.62%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.62%) IIS
7 5 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (1.01%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.81%) CICS
8 4 (0.81%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.81%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.61%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.40%) JBoss
10 2 (0.40%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.40%) nginx
10 2 (0.40%) ThingWorx
10 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.61%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.40%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (4.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (3.64%) NetSuite
3 11 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.21%) Maximo
5 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.40%) Findur
7 2 (0.40%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.40%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.40%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.20%) Actimize
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.20%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 196 (39.60%) Azure
2 128 (25.86%) AWS
3 84 (16.97%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (12.12%) GCP
5 57 (11.52%) Power Platform
6 51 (10.30%) GitHub
7 46 (9.29%) Power Automate
8 43 (8.69%) Boomi
9 39 (7.88%) Serverless
10 33 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
11 32 (6.46%) Entra ID
11 32 (6.46%) PowerApps
12 30 (6.06%) Azure Logic Apps
13 25 (5.05%) Azure Functions
14 23 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
14 23 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (3.84%) Amazon S3
15 19 (3.84%) AtomSphere
16 17 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (3.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.86%) HTTP
2 13 (2.63%) DNS
3 11 (2.22%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.02%) BGP
5 9 (1.82%) DHCP
5 9 (1.82%) Wireless
6 8 (1.62%) Ethernet VPN
6 8 (1.62%) Firewall
6 8 (1.62%) VXLAN
7 7 (1.41%) BIG-IP
7 7 (1.41%) Network Security
7 7 (1.41%) NX-OS
7 7 (1.41%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.41%) WAN
8 6 (1.21%) SSL
8 6 (1.21%) TACACS
9 5 (1.01%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.81%) Intranet
10 4 (0.81%) SSH
10 4 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.49%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.08%) Metadata
3 32 (6.46%) MongoDB
4 26 (5.25%) Relational Database
5 22 (4.44%) Parquet
5 22 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (4.04%) Power BI
7 16 (3.23%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.42%) RDBMS
9 10 (2.02%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.82%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (1.62%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.62%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.21%) Db2
12 6 (1.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 103 (20.81%) Git
2 45 (9.09%) JIRA
3 44 (8.89%) GitLab
4 38 (7.68%) Jenkins
5 23 (4.65%) Postman
6 22 (4.44%) Selenium
7 15 (3.03%) Maven
8 13 (2.63%) SonarQube
9 12 (2.42%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.42%) JUnit
10 9 (1.82%) ERwin
11 8 (1.62%) WebDriver
12 7 (1.41%) Claude Code
12 7 (1.41%) Gatling
12 7 (1.41%) Gradle
13 6 (1.21%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (1.01%) JMeter
15 4 (0.81%) MSI
General
1 140 (28.28%) Social Skills
2 83 (16.77%) Finance
3 72 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (11.31%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.87%) Banking
6 26 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.63%) Publishing
8 11 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.22%) Marketing
9 9 (1.82%) Legal
9 9 (1.82%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.62%) Back Office
11 7 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.41%) Retail
12 5 (1.01%) Law
13 4 (0.81%) Front Office
14 3 (0.61%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.61%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.61%) Prime Brokerage
15 2 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 159 (32.12%) Developer
2 78 (15.76%) Senior
3 61 (12.32%) Architect
4 37 (7.47%) Analyst
5 35 (7.07%) Senior Developer
6 25 (5.05%) Data Engineer
7 24 (4.85%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 19 (3.84%) Integration Engineer
9 18 (3.64%) Consultant
10 17 (3.43%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.03%) Lead
11 15 (3.03%) Python Engineer
11 15 (3.03%) Security Engineer
12 14 (2.83%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.83%) Python Developer
13 13 (2.63%) Integration Architect
13 13 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.42%) Integration Developer
15 11 (2.22%) Full-Stack Developer
15 11 (2.22%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (42.02%) REST
2 187 (37.78%) XML
3 93 (18.79%) SOAP
4 70 (14.14%) Kafka
5 61 (12.32%) .NET
6 57 (11.52%) OAuth
7 55 (11.11%) Middleware
8 53 (10.71%) Terraform
9 48 (9.70%) React
9 48 (9.70%) RESTful
10 42 (8.48%) YAML
11 33 (6.67%) OAuth2
12 31 (6.26%) HTML
12 31 (6.26%) Swagger
13 28 (5.66%) CSS
14 27 (5.45%) OpenAPI
14 27 (5.45%) Web Services
15 26 (5.25%) JWT
16 25 (5.05%) XSLT
17 23 (4.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.48%) Product Ownership
2 35 (7.07%) Data Structures
3 28 (5.66%) Cloud Native
4 26 (5.25%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (4.44%) AI Agents
6 21 (4.24%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.84%) Algorithms
7 19 (3.84%) Management Information System
8 17 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (3.43%) Taxonomies
9 13 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.42%) Virtual Team
11 11 (2.22%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.82%) CMDB
12 9 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 7 (1.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.07%) Linux
2 34 (6.87%) Windows
3 10 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.82%) Unix
5 8 (1.62%) Android
6 7 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.81%) zOS
8 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.40%) Solaris
8 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.20%) CentOS
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) VMS
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (38.99%) CI/CD
2 168 (33.94%) Agile
3 163 (32.93%) DevOps
4 112 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (18.18%) Data Modelling
6 87 (17.58%) AI
7 82 (16.57%) Validation
8 73 (14.75%) Event-Driven
9 69 (13.94%) Scrum
10 61 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (12.32%) Integration Patterns
11 59 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 56 (11.31%) Test Automation
13 52 (10.51%) Microservices
14 51 (10.30%) Workflow
15 50 (10.10%) API Integration
16 48 (9.70%) ETL
16 48 (9.70%) Infrastructure as Code
16 48 (9.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 46 (9.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 182 (36.77%) Python
2 169 (34.14%) SQL
3 124 (25.05%) JavaScript
4 105 (21.21%) Java
5 80 (16.16%) C#
6 58 (11.72%) PowerShell
7 31 (6.26%) TypeScript
8 28 (5.66%) Groovy
9 19 (3.84%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.83%) Bash
11 13 (2.63%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.82%) VBA
13 8 (1.62%) Bicep
13 8 (1.62%) Scala
14 7 (1.41%) C++
14 7 (1.41%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.41%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.21%) Go
16 5 (1.01%) SPARQL
17 4 (0.81%) C
Qualifications
1 135 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 105 (21.21%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.06%) Degree
4 24 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.62%) CISSP
10 7 (1.41%) CISM
11 5 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.81%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.81%) PhD
13 2 (0.40%) CCNP
13 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.40%) GIAC
13 2 (0.40%) SSCP
14 1 (0.20%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.70%) Accessibility
2 45 (9.09%) Data Quality
3 34 (6.87%) QA
4 28 (5.66%) GDPR
5 22 (4.44%) WCAG
6 12 (2.42%) ISO 20022
7 9 (1.82%) NIST
8 8 (1.62%) ISO 15022
9 5 (1.01%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.01%) HL7
9 5 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.81%) GRC
10 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.81%) NCSC
11 3 (0.61%) Basel III
12 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.40%) SLA
13 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
13 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 57 (11.52%) Docker
2 30 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.41%) NFS
6 4 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.40%) OpenSSH
8 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 64 (12.93%) Kubernetes
2 47 (9.49%) Ansible
3 11 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.41%) Grafana
5 6 (1.21%) SCCM
6 4 (0.81%) Kustomize
7 3 (0.61%) Kibana
7 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.61%) WMI
8 2 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.40%) Puppet
8 2 (0.40%) QRadar
9 1 (0.20%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.20%) logstash
9 1 (0.20%) Podman
9 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 120 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 94 (18.99%) Oracle
3 45 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 34 (6.87%) MuleSoft
5 32 (6.46%) Google
6 29 (5.86%) IBM
7 26 (5.25%) Databricks
7 26 (5.25%) Salesforce
8 25 (5.05%) SAP
9 21 (4.24%) Workday
10 18 (3.64%) VMware
11 15 (3.03%) Cisco
12 13 (2.63%) Informatica
13 12 (2.42%) Splunk
14 11 (2.22%) webMethods
15 10 (2.02%) OpenAI
15 10 (2.02%) Red Hat
15 10 (2.02%) Sonatype
15 10 (2.02%) TIBCO
16 9 (1.82%) Infoblox