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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 240 256
Rank change year-on-year -7 +16 -46
Contract jobs citing JSON 493 319 302
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 1.15% 0.92%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.03% 4.52% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 224 194
10th Percentile £351 £350 £400
25th Percentile £415 £409 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £484 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -12.09% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £624
90th Percentile £656 £680 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +0.92%
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 9,806 7,059 8,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.24% 25.38% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,437 4,805 5,494
10th Percentile £380 £354 £363
25th Percentile £443 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -5.73% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £666
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 275 169 179
10th Percentile £29.44 £31.54 £27.60
25th Percentile £51.88 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -12.00% -1.57%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £65.83 £54.70 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.35% -11.20% -1.44%

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 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 18 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 18 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 -9 265 £525 -1.41% 233
North of England -61 62 £461 +8.53% 39
South East -36 58 £460 -3.16% 66
Midlands -13 52 £447 -0.67% 30
West Midlands -11 48 £447 -18.73% 22
Yorkshire -28 33 £500 +23.15% 10
North West -54 29 £427 -4.47% 26
South West -19 20 £548 +28.82% 27
East of England -28 16 £500 +17.65% 26
East Midlands -15 4 - - 8
North East -46 1 £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 (6.09%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.87%) Confluence
3 14 (2.84%) Apache
4 10 (2.03%) Anypoint
5 9 (1.83%) 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 (0.41%) JBoss
10 2 (0.41%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.41%) nginx
10 2 (0.41%) ThingWorx
10 2 (0.41%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.01%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.61%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.61%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (3.85%) NetSuite
3 12 (2.43%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.22%) Maximo
4 6 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.81%) SAP MDG
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 (0.41%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.41%) Infor LN
8 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 191 (38.74%) Azure
2 125 (25.35%) AWS
3 79 (16.02%) Azure DevOps
4 61 (12.37%) GCP
5 57 (11.56%) Power Platform
6 51 (10.34%) GitHub
7 47 (9.53%) Boomi
8 45 (9.13%) Power Automate
9 38 (7.71%) Serverless
10 33 (6.69%) Dynamics 365
10 33 (6.69%) Entra ID
11 32 (6.49%) PowerApps
12 29 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
13 25 (5.07%) Azure Functions
14 23 (4.67%) Azure Service Bus
15 21 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (4.06%) AtomSphere
17 19 (3.85%) Amazon S3
18 18 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
19 17 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.29%) HTTP
2 13 (2.64%) DNS
3 12 (2.43%) BGP
4 11 (2.23%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.03%) Ethernet VPN
5 10 (2.03%) VXLAN
5 10 (2.03%) Wireless
6 9 (1.83%) DHCP
6 9 (1.83%) NX-OS
7 8 (1.62%) Firewall
7 8 (1.62%) SD-WAN
7 8 (1.62%) TACACS
7 8 (1.62%) WAN
8 7 (1.42%) BIG-IP
8 7 (1.42%) Network Security
9 6 (1.22%) SSL
10 5 (1.01%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.81%) Intranet
11 4 (0.81%) SSH
11 4 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.33%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.11%) Metadata
3 30 (6.09%) MongoDB
4 25 (5.07%) Relational Database
5 22 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (4.06%) Parquet
6 20 (4.06%) Power BI
7 14 (2.84%) NoSQL
8 12 (2.43%) RDBMS
9 10 (2.03%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.83%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.83%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.62%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.22%) Db2
13 6 (1.22%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 106 (21.50%) Git
2 46 (9.33%) GitLab
3 44 (8.92%) JIRA
4 38 (7.71%) Jenkins
5 25 (5.07%) Postman
6 22 (4.46%) Selenium
7 15 (3.04%) Maven
8 13 (2.64%) SonarQube
9 12 (2.43%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.43%) JUnit
10 8 (1.62%) WebDriver
11 7 (1.42%) Claude Code
11 7 (1.42%) ERwin
11 7 (1.42%) Gatling
11 7 (1.42%) Gradle
12 6 (1.22%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (1.01%) JMeter
14 4 (0.81%) MSI
General
1 145 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 82 (16.63%) Finance
3 72 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (11.16%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.90%) Banking
6 26 (5.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.64%) Publishing
8 11 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.03%) Marketing
10 9 (1.83%) Legal
11 8 (1.62%) Back Office
12 7 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.42%) Retail
13 5 (1.01%) Law
14 4 (0.81%) Front Office
15 3 (0.61%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.61%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.61%) Prime Brokerage
15 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 162 (32.86%) Developer
2 76 (15.42%) Senior
3 63 (12.78%) Architect
4 37 (7.51%) Analyst
5 35 (7.10%) Senior Developer
6 24 (4.87%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 23 (4.67%) Data Engineer
8 19 (3.85%) Integration Engineer
9 18 (3.65%) Consultant
10 17 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (3.25%) Lead
11 16 (3.25%) Security Engineer
12 14 (2.84%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.84%) Integration Architect
12 14 (2.84%) Python Developer
12 14 (2.84%) Python Engineer
12 14 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (2.64%) Integration Developer
14 12 (2.43%) ServiceNow Developer
15 11 (2.23%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (43.61%) REST
2 188 (38.13%) XML
3 97 (19.68%) SOAP
4 69 (14.00%) Kafka
5 61 (12.37%) .NET
6 60 (12.17%) OAuth
7 57 (11.56%) Middleware
8 53 (10.75%) Terraform
9 48 (9.74%) RESTful
10 47 (9.53%) React
11 44 (8.92%) YAML
12 35 (7.10%) OAuth2
13 34 (6.90%) Swagger
14 33 (6.69%) HTML
15 30 (6.09%) OpenAPI
15 30 (6.09%) Web Services
16 29 (5.88%) CSS
17 27 (5.48%) JWT
18 25 (5.07%) XSLT
19 24 (4.87%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.32%) Product Ownership
2 36 (7.30%) Data Structures
3 29 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 28 (5.68%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (4.46%) AI Agents
5 22 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 19 (3.85%) Algorithms
6 19 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (3.45%) Taxonomies
9 13 (2.64%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.43%) Virtual Team
11 11 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (2.03%) CMDB
13 8 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 7 (1.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.30%) Windows
2 35 (7.10%) Linux
3 10 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.83%) Unix
5 8 (1.62%) Android
6 7 (1.42%) 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 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.41%) Solaris
8 2 (0.41%) 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
1 194 (39.35%) CI/CD
2 166 (33.67%) Agile
3 158 (32.05%) DevOps
4 116 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (17.44%) AI
5 86 (17.44%) Data Modelling
6 79 (16.02%) Validation
7 72 (14.60%) Event-Driven
8 69 (14.00%) Scrum
9 64 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (12.37%) Stakeholder Management
11 60 (12.17%) Integration Patterns
12 58 (11.76%) Test Automation
13 52 (10.55%) API Integration
14 51 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
14 51 (10.34%) Workflow
15 48 (9.74%) Microservices
15 48 (9.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 47 (9.53%) ETL
16 47 (9.53%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 177 (35.90%) Python
2 159 (32.25%) SQL
3 125 (25.35%) JavaScript
4 104 (21.10%) Java
5 80 (16.23%) C#
6 57 (11.56%) PowerShell
7 32 (6.49%) TypeScript
8 29 (5.88%) Groovy
9 19 (3.85%) PL/SQL
10 14 (2.84%) Bash
11 13 (2.64%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.83%) VBA
13 8 (1.62%) Bicep
13 8 (1.62%) Scala
14 7 (1.42%) C++
14 7 (1.42%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.22%) Go
16 5 (1.01%) SPARQL
16 5 (1.01%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.81%) C
Qualifications
1 130 (26.37%) Security Cleared
2 101 (20.49%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.29%) Degree
4 24 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (3.25%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.84%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.62%) CISSP
9 7 (1.42%) CISM
10 5 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.81%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.81%) PhD
12 2 (0.41%) CCNP
12 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.41%) GIAC
12 2 (0.41%) SSCP
13 1 (0.20%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.74%) Accessibility
2 42 (8.52%) Data Quality
3 34 (6.90%) QA
4 27 (5.48%) GDPR
5 22 (4.46%) WCAG
6 12 (2.43%) ISO 20022
7 10 (2.03%) NIST
8 8 (1.62%) ISO 15022
9 5 (1.01%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.01%) HL7
9 5 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.81%) GRC
10 4 (0.81%) NCSC
11 3 (0.61%) Basel III
12 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.41%) SLA
13 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
13 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 57 (11.56%) Docker
2 30 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 20 (4.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.42%) NFS
6 6 (1.22%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.41%) OpenSSH
8 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 62 (12.58%) Kubernetes
2 49 (9.94%) Ansible
3 12 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.22%) Grafana
4 6 (1.22%) SCCM
5 4 (0.81%) Kustomize
6 3 (0.61%) Kibana
6 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.61%) WMI
7 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.41%) Puppet
7 2 (0.41%) QRadar
8 1 (0.20%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.20%) logstash
8 1 (0.20%) Podman
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 121 (24.54%) Microsoft
2 96 (19.47%) Oracle
3 50 (10.14%) ServiceNow
4 37 (7.51%) MuleSoft
5 32 (6.49%) Google
6 31 (6.29%) IBM
7 28 (5.68%) SAP
8 27 (5.48%) Salesforce
9 21 (4.26%) Databricks
10 20 (4.06%) VMware
10 20 (4.06%) Workday
11 17 (3.45%) Cisco
12 14 (2.84%) Informatica
12 14 (2.84%) Splunk
13 12 (2.43%) Red Hat
14 11 (2.23%) Infoblox
14 11 (2.23%) TIBCO
14 11 (2.23%) webMethods
15 10 (2.03%) OpenAI
15 10 (2.03%) Sonatype