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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 264 223
Rank change year-on-year +9 -41 -19
Contract jobs citing JSON 387 222 391
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 0.91% 1.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.88% 4.06% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 176 287
10th Percentile £362 £371 £404
25th Percentile £415 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% -2.73%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £676 £675 £668
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £70.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +15.63% +10.34%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
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 7,934 5,468 7,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.55% 22.43% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,278 3,784 5,309
10th Percentile £363 £370 £350
25th Percentile £424 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 102 223
10th Percentile £32.50 £30.55 £22.50
25th Percentile £52.25 £51.25 £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 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.03 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
% change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%

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 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 5 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 5 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 +15 207 £525 -1.87% 47
North of England -9 75 £414 -7.33% 28
South East -47 51 £506 +1.25% 31
North West -12 42 £393 -12.19% 14
Yorkshire -20 32 £458 -20.43% 12
Midlands -61 20 £505 -10.18% 12
East of England -33 15 £513 +70.83% 5
West Midlands -50 15 £505 -12.13% 3
South West -25 14 £548 +46.00% 5
East Midlands -32 5 - - 9
North East -15 4 £550 +175.00% 2
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 (4.91%) Confluence
2 14 (3.62%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.36%) Apache
4 10 (2.58%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (1.29%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.29%) CICS
6 5 (1.29%) Mule
7 4 (1.03%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (1.03%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.78%) IIS
8 3 (0.78%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.52%) Mendix
9 2 (0.52%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.26%) JBoss
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.26%) nginx
10 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.88%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.55%) Maximo
3 6 (1.55%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.03%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.78%) Findur
6 2 (0.52%) Actimize
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.26%) Magento
7 1 (0.26%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.26%) Shopify
7 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 121 (31.27%) Azure
2 82 (21.19%) AWS
3 41 (10.59%) Power Platform
4 39 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (9.82%) Serverless
6 32 (8.27%) GitHub
7 30 (7.75%) Azure Logic Apps
7 30 (7.75%) GCP
8 28 (7.24%) OCI
9 20 (5.17%) IaaS
9 20 (5.17%) Power Automate
10 19 (4.91%) PaaS
11 18 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (3.88%) PowerApps
13 14 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (3.62%) Azure Functions
13 14 (3.62%) SaaS
14 13 (3.36%) Apigee
14 13 (3.36%) Entra ID
14 13 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.20%) HTTP
2 10 (2.58%) DNS
2 10 (2.58%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.33%) Firewall
4 8 (2.07%) BIG-IP
4 8 (2.07%) DHCP
5 5 (1.29%) HTTPS
6 4 (1.03%) VPN
7 3 (0.78%) Network Security
8 2 (0.52%) DSL
8 2 (0.52%) FTP
8 2 (0.52%) Intranet
8 2 (0.52%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.52%) SMS
8 2 (0.52%) SSH
8 2 (0.52%) X.509
9 1 (0.26%) BGP
9 1 (0.26%) MPLS
9 1 (0.26%) SSL
9 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.01%) Relational Database
2 26 (6.72%) Metadata
2 26 (6.72%) NoSQL
3 23 (5.94%) Power BI
4 22 (5.68%) RDBMS
5 21 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (5.17%) MongoDB
7 18 (4.65%) SQL Server
8 12 (3.10%) Oracle Reports
8 12 (3.10%) Parquet
9 11 (2.84%) Data Lake
10 10 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.81%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.55%) DB2
12 6 (1.55%) Delta Lake
12 6 (1.55%) Hadoop
12 6 (1.55%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 43 (11.11%) Git
2 42 (10.85%) JIRA
2 42 (10.85%) Postman
3 27 (6.98%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.39%) GitLab
5 15 (3.88%) Maven
6 9 (2.33%) SoapUI
6 9 (2.33%) SonarQube
7 8 (2.07%) ERwin
7 8 (2.07%) JUnit
8 7 (1.81%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.81%) Selenium
9 5 (1.29%) Gradle
10 4 (1.03%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.03%) ER Studio
10 4 (1.03%) Gatling
10 4 (1.03%) JMeter
10 4 (1.03%) SpecFlow
10 4 (1.03%) TestRail
10 4 (1.03%) Zephyr
General
1 113 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 72 (18.60%) Finance
3 62 (16.02%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.56%) Banking
5 36 (9.30%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.10%) Marketing
8 5 (1.29%) Military
8 5 (1.29%) Publishing
9 4 (1.03%) Retail
10 3 (0.78%) Back Office
10 3 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.78%) Law
10 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.52%) Billing
11 2 (0.52%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.52%) Games
11 2 (0.52%) Legal
12 1 (0.26%) Automotive
12 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 116 (29.97%) Developer
2 42 (10.85%) Architect
3 28 (7.24%) Data Engineer
4 23 (5.94%) Senior
5 22 (5.68%) Analyst
6 18 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (4.39%) Business Analyst
7 17 (4.39%) Consultant
7 17 (4.39%) Software Engineer
8 16 (4.13%) Integration Engineer
8 16 (4.13%) Java Developer
9 13 (3.36%) DBA
9 13 (3.36%) Integration Specialist
10 12 (3.10%) Cloud Specialist
10 12 (3.10%) Oracle Specialist
11 11 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (2.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 10 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (2.58%) Lead
12 10 (2.58%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (41.60%) REST
2 155 (40.05%) XML
3 82 (21.19%) SOAP
4 53 (13.70%) OAuth
5 45 (11.63%) Kafka
6 39 (10.08%) Web Services
7 34 (8.79%) HTML
7 34 (8.79%) RESTful
8 31 (8.01%) React
8 31 (8.01%) YAML
9 30 (7.75%) CSS
10 28 (7.24%) .NET
11 27 (6.98%) Swagger
12 26 (6.72%) JWT
12 26 (6.72%) Node.js
13 23 (5.94%) OAuth2
13 23 (5.94%) XSLT
14 20 (5.17%) Oracle Fusion
15 18 (4.65%) OpenAPI
16 17 (4.39%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.68%) Data Structures
2 17 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (3.36%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.10%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.10%) PKI
5 12 (3.10%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.29%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.29%) DataPower
9 5 (1.29%) Digital Wallet
9 5 (1.29%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.29%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.29%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.43%) Linux
2 10 (2.58%) Windows
3 9 (2.33%) Unix
4 5 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.29%) zOS
5 4 (1.03%) Android
6 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.52%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Solaris
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (31.52%) DevOps
2 117 (30.23%) Agile
3 94 (24.29%) CI/CD
4 86 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (17.57%) Validation
6 63 (16.28%) Data Modelling
7 56 (14.47%) Analytics
8 49 (12.66%) Integration Patterns
9 43 (11.11%) Microservices
10 42 (10.85%) Data Pipeline
10 42 (10.85%) ERP
11 38 (9.82%) AI
11 38 (9.82%) API Integration
12 37 (9.56%) Software Engineering
13 34 (8.79%) ETL
14 33 (8.53%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
15 30 (7.75%) Containerisation
15 30 (7.75%) Performance Tuning
16 29 (7.49%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 138 (35.66%) Python
2 122 (31.52%) SQL
3 76 (19.64%) Java
4 74 (19.12%) JavaScript
5 47 (12.14%) PowerShell
6 45 (11.63%) C#
7 17 (4.39%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.36%) Shell Script
9 12 (3.10%) Groovy
10 11 (2.84%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.81%) Bash
11 7 (1.81%) Bicep
11 7 (1.81%) R
11 7 (1.81%) VBA
12 6 (1.55%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.29%) Go
13 5 (1.29%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.29%) XPath
14 4 (1.03%) JCL
15 3 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 123 (31.78%) Security Cleared
2 90 (23.26%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.75%) Degree
4 20 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.55%) CISM
7 6 (1.55%) CISSP
8 5 (1.29%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.03%) CCNP
9 4 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CBAP
11 1 (0.26%) CCNA
11 1 (0.26%) GCIA
11 1 (0.26%) GIAC
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.26%) OCP
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.49%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.46%) QA
3 16 (4.13%) GDPR
4 8 (2.07%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.07%) PSD2
5 6 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.55%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.29%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.29%) ISO 8583
6 5 (1.29%) NIST
6 5 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.03%) HL7
8 3 (0.78%) FATCA
9 2 (0.52%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.52%) SEPA
9 2 (0.52%) SLA
9 2 (0.52%) WCAG
10 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 46 (11.89%) Docker
2 10 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.52%) HDFS
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.52%) OpenSSH
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (11.89%) Kubernetes
2 35 (9.04%) Terraform
3 15 (3.88%) Ansible
4 13 (3.36%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.84%) Grafana
6 4 (1.03%) Kibana
6 4 (1.03%) logstash
6 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.03%) Pingdom
7 3 (0.78%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.78%) Puppet
7 3 (0.78%) QRadar
8 2 (0.52%) Argo
8 2 (0.52%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.52%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.52%) Podman
8 2 (0.52%) SCCM
8 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 72 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 71 (18.35%) Oracle
3 24 (6.20%) ServiceNow
4 20 (5.17%) Databricks
4 20 (5.17%) Splunk
5 17 (4.39%) MuleSoft
6 15 (3.88%) SAP
7 14 (3.62%) Adobe
8 11 (2.84%) webMethods
8 11 (2.84%) Workday
9 10 (2.58%) F5
9 10 (2.58%) IBM
10 8 (2.07%) Confluent
10 8 (2.07%) Infoblox
10 8 (2.07%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.07%) Sonatype
11 7 (1.81%) Foundry
11 7 (1.81%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.55%) Google
13 5 (1.29%) Dell