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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 264 222
Rank change year-on-year +5 -42 -19
Contract jobs citing JSON 378 226 375
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.93% 1.03%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.79% 4.17% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 175 274
10th Percentile £368 £364 £400
25th Percentile £425 £447 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -6.45% -2.82%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £609
90th Percentile £645 £707 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% -2.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 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 £54.06 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £74.50 - -
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 7,895 5,421 7,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.24% 22.28% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,238 3,753 5,342
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 99 230
10th Percentile £31.03 £32.65 £22.42
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -14 195 £525 -3.58% 63
North of England -14 74 £427 -4.26% 26
South East -45 57 £525 +5.00% 42
North West -16 40 £400 -10.51% 14
Yorkshire -22 33 £460 +5.75% 8
Midlands -51 21 £500 -9.09% 11
West Midlands -44 17 £500 -9.09% 4
South West -12 14 £485 +29.33% 8
East of England -19 13 £506 +68.75% 4
North East -18 4 £550 +175.00% 4
East Midlands -31 4 - - 7
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 19 (5.03%) Confluence
2 15 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.17%) Apache
4 9 (2.38%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.32%) CICS
7 4 (1.06%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (1.06%) Mule
7 4 (1.06%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.79%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.79%) IIS
8 3 (0.79%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.53%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.53%) Mendix
9 2 (0.53%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.26%) JBoss
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.59%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.06%) Maximo
4 4 (1.06%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.79%) Findur
6 2 (0.53%) Actimize
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.53%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.26%) Magento
7 1 (0.26%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.26%) Shopify
7 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 124 (32.80%) Azure
2 81 (21.43%) AWS
3 43 (11.38%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (11.11%) Serverless
5 38 (10.05%) Power Platform
6 32 (8.47%) GitHub
7 31 (8.20%) Azure Logic Apps
8 26 (6.88%) OCI
9 25 (6.61%) GCP
10 22 (5.82%) Power Automate
11 17 (4.50%) Azure Functions
11 17 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (4.50%) PaaS
12 15 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (3.97%) PowerApps
13 14 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.03%) HTTP
2 10 (2.65%) DNS
3 9 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.12%) BIG-IP
4 8 (2.12%) DHCP
5 6 (1.59%) Firewall
6 3 (0.79%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.79%) Network Security
7 2 (0.53%) DSL
7 2 (0.53%) FTP
7 2 (0.53%) Intranet
7 2 (0.53%) SMS
7 2 (0.53%) SSH
7 2 (0.53%) VPN
7 2 (0.53%) X.509
8 1 (0.26%) BGP
8 1 (0.26%) Internet
8 1 (0.26%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.26%) MPLS
8 1 (0.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.52%) Relational Database
2 29 (7.67%) NoSQL
3 27 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (6.61%) RDBMS
5 24 (6.35%) Metadata
6 22 (5.82%) MongoDB
7 21 (5.56%) SQL Server
8 20 (5.29%) Power BI
9 12 (3.17%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.65%) Parquet
11 9 (2.38%) Data Lake
12 8 (2.12%) DynamoDB
12 8 (2.12%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.59%) DB2
14 6 (1.59%) MySQL
14 6 (1.59%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 50 (13.23%) Git
2 43 (11.38%) JIRA
3 39 (10.32%) Postman
4 24 (6.35%) Jenkins
5 18 (4.76%) GitLab
6 14 (3.70%) Maven
7 9 (2.38%) SoapUI
7 9 (2.38%) SonarQube
8 8 (2.12%) ERwin
8 8 (2.12%) JUnit
9 5 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.32%) Gradle
9 5 (1.32%) Selenium
10 4 (1.06%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.06%) ER Studio
10 4 (1.06%) Gatling
10 4 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.79%) JMeter
11 3 (0.79%) MSTest
11 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 110 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.52%) Finance
3 47 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.79%) Banking
5 36 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.38%) Marketing
8 6 (1.59%) Publishing
9 4 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.06%) Military
10 3 (0.79%) Back Office
10 3 (0.79%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.79%) Law
10 3 (0.79%) Retail
11 2 (0.53%) Billing
11 2 (0.53%) Front Office
11 2 (0.53%) Games
11 2 (0.53%) Legal
11 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (30.16%) Developer
2 32 (8.47%) Architect
3 31 (8.20%) Senior
4 28 (7.41%) Data Engineer
5 20 (5.29%) Analyst
6 19 (5.03%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (4.23%) Business Analyst
7 16 (4.23%) Consultant
7 16 (4.23%) Integration Engineer
7 16 (4.23%) Java Developer
7 16 (4.23%) Software Engineer
8 15 (3.97%) DBA
8 15 (3.97%) Integration Specialist
9 13 (3.44%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (2.91%) Cloud Specialist
10 11 (2.91%) Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (2.91%) Oracle Specialist
10 11 (2.91%) PostgreSQL DBA
10 11 (2.91%) Python Developer
10 11 (2.91%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (39.68%) XML
2 148 (39.15%) REST
3 81 (21.43%) SOAP
4 48 (12.70%) Kafka
5 47 (12.43%) OAuth
6 37 (9.79%) Web Services
7 36 (9.52%) RESTful
8 35 (9.26%) React
9 32 (8.47%) .NET
9 32 (8.47%) YAML
10 31 (8.20%) HTML
11 28 (7.41%) CSS
12 25 (6.61%) Node.js
12 25 (6.61%) Swagger
13 22 (5.82%) Middleware
13 22 (5.82%) XSLT
14 21 (5.56%) JWT
14 21 (5.56%) OAuth2
15 18 (4.76%) Apache Avro
15 18 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.29%) Data Structures
3 14 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (3.17%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.91%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.91%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.85%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.59%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.32%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.32%) DataPower
10 5 (1.32%) Digital Wallet
10 5 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.32%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.32%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (1.06%) Online Banking
11 4 (1.06%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.56%) Linux
2 10 (2.65%) Windows
3 9 (2.38%) Unix
4 5 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.32%) zOS
5 3 (0.79%) Android
5 3 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.53%) VMS
7 1 (0.26%) Solaris
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (32.80%) DevOps
2 113 (29.89%) Agile
3 100 (26.46%) CI/CD
4 84 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (18.25%) Validation
6 65 (17.20%) Data Modelling
7 53 (14.02%) Analytics
8 48 (12.70%) Integration Patterns
9 44 (11.64%) Microservices
10 41 (10.85%) ERP
11 39 (10.32%) AI
11 39 (10.32%) API Integration
11 39 (10.32%) Data Pipeline
12 38 (10.05%) Software Engineering
13 35 (9.26%) Event-Driven
14 33 (8.73%) ETL
14 33 (8.73%) Performance Tuning
15 32 (8.47%) Containerisation
16 31 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (7.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 144 (38.10%) Python
2 126 (33.33%) SQL
3 80 (21.16%) Java
4 78 (20.63%) JavaScript
5 47 (12.43%) C#
6 39 (10.32%) PowerShell
7 15 (3.97%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.70%) Shell Script
9 13 (3.44%) Groovy
10 11 (2.91%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.38%) Bash
12 7 (1.85%) Bicep
12 7 (1.85%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.85%) VBA
13 6 (1.59%) R
14 5 (1.32%) Go
14 5 (1.32%) Kotlin
15 4 (1.06%) JCL
16 3 (0.79%) Scala
16 3 (0.79%) XPath
Qualifications
1 109 (28.84%) Security Cleared
2 79 (20.90%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.35%) Degree
4 14 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.91%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.59%) CISM
7 6 (1.59%) CISSP
8 4 (1.06%) CCNP
8 4 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.06%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CCNA
11 1 (0.26%) GCIA
11 1 (0.26%) GIAC
11 1 (0.26%) OCP
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.94%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.14%) QA
3 18 (4.76%) GDPR
4 10 (2.65%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.85%) PSD2
6 6 (1.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.59%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.32%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.32%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.32%) ISO 8583
7 5 (1.32%) NIST
7 5 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.06%) HL7
9 3 (0.79%) FATCA
9 3 (0.79%) WCAG
10 2 (0.53%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.53%) NCSC
10 2 (0.53%) SEPA
10 2 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (13.23%) Docker
2 10 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.53%) OpenSSH
4 2 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) HDFS
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (13.23%) Kubernetes
2 41 (10.85%) Terraform
3 17 (4.50%) Ansible
4 13 (3.44%) Prometheus
5 12 (3.17%) Grafana
6 4 (1.06%) Kibana
6 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.06%) Pingdom
7 3 (0.79%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.79%) Puppet
8 2 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.53%) Argo
8 2 (0.53%) logstash
8 2 (0.53%) Podman
8 2 (0.53%) SCCM
8 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.26%) Istio
Vendors
1 73 (19.31%) Microsoft
2 72 (19.05%) Oracle
3 25 (6.61%) ServiceNow
4 18 (4.76%) Databricks
4 18 (4.76%) Splunk
5 17 (4.50%) SAP
6 16 (4.23%) MuleSoft
6 16 (4.23%) Workday
7 12 (3.17%) Adobe
8 10 (2.65%) F5
9 9 (2.38%) webMethods
10 8 (2.12%) Confluent
10 8 (2.12%) Infoblox
10 8 (2.12%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.12%) Sonatype
11 7 (1.85%) Foundry
11 7 (1.85%) IBM
12 6 (1.59%) Dell
12 6 (1.59%) OpenAI
13 5 (1.32%) PagerDuty