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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 248 245
Rank change year-on-year -14 -3 -50
Contract jobs citing JSON 389 245 362
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 0.99% 0.96%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.74% 4.39% 4.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 187 250
10th Percentile £363 £362 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -6.54% -2.73%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £618
90th Percentile £650 £666 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.37% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £43.63 - £50.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £92.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.54% +15.63% +14.29%
75th Percentile £79.69 £93.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £86.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £92.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -40.54% +15.63% +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 8,202 5,586 7,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.08% 22.52% 20.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,407 3,877 5,488
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.74% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 111 260
10th Percentile £30.50 £32.31 £22.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +25.63% -23.46%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £74.55
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -23.08%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 0 200 £525 -8.70% 49
North of England -33 70 £447 +0.34% 13
South East -40 61 £550 +15.79% 32
Yorkshire -31 39 £463 +13.08% 4
North West -27 31 £390 -12.36% 8
Midlands -44 22 £471 -14.32% 13
West Midlands -41 17 £471 -14.32% 7
South West -14 14 £400 +6.67% 10
East of England -17 14 £506 +68.75% 5
East Midlands -22 5 - - 6
North East -34 3 £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 26 (6.68%) Confluence
2 17 (4.37%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.08%) Apache
4 9 (2.31%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.80%) CICS
5 7 (1.80%) Mule
6 6 (1.54%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.29%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.77%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.51%) IIS
9 2 (0.51%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.51%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.51%) nginx
9 2 (0.51%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.26%) JBoss
10 1 (0.26%) Mendix
10 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.29%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.80%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.54%) Maximo
2 6 (1.54%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.77%) Findur
4 3 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.51%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.26%) Actimize
6 1 (0.26%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.26%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.26%) Shopify
6 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 134 (34.45%) Azure
2 92 (23.65%) AWS
3 50 (12.85%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (11.05%) Power Platform
5 39 (10.03%) Serverless
6 30 (7.71%) GitHub
6 30 (7.71%) Power Automate
7 27 (6.94%) Azure Logic Apps
8 26 (6.68%) GCP
9 22 (5.66%) PowerApps
10 19 (4.88%) Boomi
11 18 (4.63%) Azure Functions
12 17 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (3.86%) Amazon S3
13 15 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (3.86%) SaaS
14 14 (3.60%) Entra ID
14 14 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (3.60%) OCI
15 13 (3.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.86%) HTTP
2 11 (2.83%) DNS
3 10 (2.57%) BIG-IP
3 10 (2.57%) DHCP
3 10 (2.57%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.03%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.03%) Intranet
5 3 (0.77%) Firewall
5 3 (0.77%) FTP
5 3 (0.77%) SSH
6 2 (0.51%) DSL
6 2 (0.51%) Internet
6 2 (0.51%) NAS
6 2 (0.51%) Network Security
6 2 (0.51%) SAN
6 2 (0.51%) X.509
7 1 (0.26%) SSL
7 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.97%) Metadata
2 26 (6.68%) SQL Server
3 24 (6.17%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.66%) Power BI
5 21 (5.40%) MongoDB
5 21 (5.40%) NoSQL
6 19 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (3.86%) Parquet
8 14 (3.60%) RDBMS
9 13 (3.34%) DynamoDB
10 12 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (2.57%) Oracle Database
13 9 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (2.06%) Db2
14 8 (2.06%) Delta Lake
15 6 (1.54%) Data Lake
15 6 (1.54%) MySQL
15 6 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 56 (14.40%) Git
2 47 (12.08%) JIRA
3 29 (7.46%) Postman
4 22 (5.66%) GitLab
5 21 (5.40%) Jenkins
6 13 (3.34%) Maven
7 10 (2.57%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.80%) ERwin
9 5 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (1.29%) JUnit
9 5 (1.29%) SoapUI
9 5 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.29%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.03%) Gatling
10 4 (1.03%) Gradle
10 4 (1.03%) Selenium
11 3 (0.77%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.77%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.77%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.77%) Terragrunt
General
1 119 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 80 (20.57%) Finance
3 57 (14.65%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.25%) Banking
5 34 (8.74%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.57%) Marketing
8 9 (2.31%) Publishing
9 7 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.29%) Legal
10 5 (1.29%) Retail
11 4 (1.03%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.03%) Law
12 3 (0.77%) Back Office
12 3 (0.77%) Front Office
12 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.77%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.77%) Military
12 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 129 (33.16%) Developer
2 37 (9.51%) Architect
2 37 (9.51%) Senior
3 33 (8.48%) Data Engineer
4 23 (5.91%) Analyst
5 15 (3.86%) Business Analyst
5 15 (3.86%) Consultant
5 15 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (3.86%) Full-Stack Developer
5 15 (3.86%) Integration Engineer
5 15 (3.86%) Senior Developer
6 13 (3.34%) Java Developer
7 12 (3.08%) Integration Specialist
7 12 (3.08%) Software Developer
8 11 (2.83%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (2.83%) Integration Architect
8 11 (2.83%) Python Developer
9 10 (2.57%) Software Engineer
10 9 (2.31%) ServiceNow Developer
10 9 (2.31%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (38.56%) REST
2 144 (37.02%) XML
3 83 (21.34%) SOAP
4 49 (12.60%) Kafka
5 42 (10.80%) OAuth
6 37 (9.51%) React
7 36 (9.25%) .NET
7 36 (9.25%) RESTful
7 36 (9.25%) Web Services
8 33 (8.48%) Middleware
9 30 (7.71%) CSS
10 29 (7.46%) YAML
11 25 (6.43%) HTML
11 25 (6.43%) Node.js
12 22 (5.66%) Swagger
13 21 (5.40%) OAuth2
14 19 (4.88%) JWT
15 18 (4.63%) Apache Avro
16 17 (4.37%) AngularJS
16 17 (4.37%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.20%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.91%) Data Structures
3 14 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.80%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.80%) CMDB
7 7 (1.80%) DataPower
7 7 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.80%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.80%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.54%) Online Banking
8 6 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.29%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.29%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.03%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.14%) Linux
2 14 (3.60%) Windows
3 10 (2.57%) Unix
4 7 (1.80%) zOS
5 6 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.51%) Solaris
8 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.51%) VMS
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.26%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (32.90%) CI/CD
2 121 (31.11%) DevOps
3 118 (30.33%) Agile
4 98 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (17.22%) Validation
6 66 (16.97%) Data Modelling
7 56 (14.40%) Integration Patterns
8 51 (13.11%) AI
9 47 (12.08%) Analytics
10 46 (11.83%) Microservices
11 43 (11.05%) Event-Driven
12 42 (10.80%) Data Pipeline
13 40 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (10.03%) Performance Tuning
14 39 (10.03%) Software Engineering
15 37 (9.51%) API Integration
15 37 (9.51%) ERP
15 37 (9.51%) ETL
15 37 (9.51%) Workflow
16 34 (8.74%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 156 (40.10%) Python
2 146 (37.53%) SQL
3 84 (21.59%) JavaScript
4 79 (20.31%) Java
5 55 (14.14%) C#
6 44 (11.31%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.37%) Groovy
7 17 (4.37%) TypeScript
8 15 (3.86%) Shell Script
9 14 (3.60%) PL/SQL
10 11 (2.83%) Bash
10 11 (2.83%) T-SQL
11 10 (2.57%) VBA
12 6 (1.54%) Bicep
12 6 (1.54%) JCL
13 5 (1.29%) Go
13 5 (1.29%) R
14 3 (0.77%) C
14 3 (0.77%) C++
14 3 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 107 (27.51%) Security Cleared
2 82 (21.08%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.17%) Degree
4 15 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (3.60%) Azure Certification
6 12 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.80%) CISM
7 7 (1.80%) CISSP
8 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.03%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.51%) CCNP
10 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.51%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) CEH
11 1 (0.26%) CRISC
11 1 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) GCIA
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.00%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.17%) QA
3 20 (5.14%) GDPR
4 15 (3.86%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.80%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.54%) NIST
7 5 (1.29%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.29%) PSD2
7 5 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.03%) HL7
8 4 (1.03%) ISO 8583
8 4 (1.03%) WCAG
9 3 (0.77%) FATCA
9 3 (0.77%) GRC
9 3 (0.77%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.77%) NCSC
10 2 (0.51%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (11.57%) Docker
2 14 (3.60%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.51%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 45 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 43 (11.05%) Terraform
3 27 (6.94%) Ansible
4 11 (2.83%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.06%) Grafana
6 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.51%) Argo
8 2 (0.51%) Kibana
8 2 (0.51%) SCCM
8 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.26%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.26%) Istio
9 1 (0.26%) logstash
9 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.26%) Puppet
9 1 (0.26%) QRadar
9 1 (0.26%) WMI
Vendors
1 83 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 67 (17.22%) Oracle
3 29 (7.46%) ServiceNow
4 23 (5.91%) Databricks
5 22 (5.66%) MuleSoft
5 22 (5.66%) SAP
6 19 (4.88%) Workday
7 16 (4.11%) Splunk
8 12 (3.08%) Foundry
9 11 (2.83%) IBM
10 10 (2.57%) F5
10 10 (2.57%) Infoblox
10 10 (2.57%) Sonatype
10 10 (2.57%) webMethods
11 9 (2.31%) Salesforce
12 8 (2.06%) Adobe
12 8 (2.06%) Confluent
12 8 (2.06%) Dell
12 8 (2.06%) Google
13 7 (1.80%) Palantir