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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 233 257
Rank change year-on-year -18 +24 -51
Contract jobs citing JSON 466 307 308
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 1.11% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.75% 4.49% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 221 201
10th Percentile £360 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £409 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.19% -1.30%
75th Percentile £572 £588 £625
90th Percentile £652 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £499 £525
% change year-on-year +0.25% -5.00% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £47.08 - £50.50
25th Percentile £56.19 £31.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate £73.75 £37.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.67% -53.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £85.94 £43.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £87.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £73.75 £37.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +96.67% -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 9,818 6,843 8,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.50% 24.83% 24.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,465 4,702 5,616
10th Percentile £375 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 165 209
10th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 £23.96
25th Percentile £51.25 £42.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £61.43
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -10.47% -1.71%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £80.61 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +20.37% -4.00% -10.00%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 +9 263 £525 -3.31% 53
North of England -70 62 £450 +7.49% 22
South East -51 58 £475 - 35
Midlands -25 38 £425 -20.00% 16
Yorkshire -25 35 £500 +29.03% 8
West Midlands -28 33 £425 -22.73% 11
North West -51 27 £415 -7.16% 13
South West -35 18 £485 +29.33% 12
East of England -19 10 £475 +11.76% 10
East Midlands -17 5 - - 5
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 23 (4.94%) Confluence
2 21 (4.51%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.43%) Apache
4 12 (2.58%) Apache Spark
5 10 (2.15%) Anypoint
6 9 (1.93%) Mule
7 6 (1.29%) CICS
8 5 (1.07%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.64%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.64%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.43%) IIS
10 2 (0.43%) JBoss
10 2 (0.43%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.43%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.43%) nginx
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.07%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (3.86%) NetSuite
2 11 (2.36%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.29%) Maximo
5 4 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.64%) Findur
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.43%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.43%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.43%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.21%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.21%) Shopify
8 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 184 (39.48%) Azure
2 116 (24.89%) AWS
3 77 (16.52%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (12.23%) GCP
5 47 (10.09%) Power Platform
6 46 (9.87%) GitHub
7 39 (8.37%) Boomi
8 37 (7.94%) Power Automate
9 35 (7.51%) Serverless
10 31 (6.65%) PowerApps
11 30 (6.44%) Entra ID
12 25 (5.36%) Azure Logic Apps
13 23 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (4.51%) Azure Service Bus
16 18 (3.86%) AtomSphere
17 17 (3.65%) Amazon S3
17 17 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (3.65%) SaaS
18 15 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.86%) HTTP
2 13 (2.79%) DNS
3 11 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.93%) DHCP
5 8 (1.72%) BGP
5 8 (1.72%) Ethernet VPN
5 8 (1.72%) VXLAN
6 7 (1.50%) BIG-IP
6 7 (1.50%) NX-OS
7 6 (1.29%) Firewall
8 5 (1.07%) Network Security
8 5 (1.07%) SSL
9 4 (0.86%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.86%) Intranet
9 4 (0.86%) SSH
9 4 (0.86%) TACACS
10 3 (0.64%) FTP
10 3 (0.64%) SAN
10 3 (0.64%) WAN
10 3 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.58%) Metadata
2 35 (7.51%) MongoDB
2 35 (7.51%) SQL Server
3 28 (6.01%) Relational Database
4 23 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (4.72%) Power BI
6 21 (4.51%) Parquet
7 20 (4.29%) NoSQL
8 18 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (3.43%) RDBMS
10 13 (2.79%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.93%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.93%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.72%) Db2
12 8 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.50%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 88 (18.88%) Git
2 45 (9.66%) JIRA
3 42 (9.01%) GitLab
4 37 (7.94%) Jenkins
5 23 (4.94%) Postman
6 19 (4.08%) Selenium
7 16 (3.43%) Maven
8 14 (3.00%) SonarQube
9 10 (2.15%) JUnit
10 9 (1.93%) ERwin
11 8 (1.72%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.50%) Claude Code
12 7 (1.50%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.50%) Gradle
12 7 (1.50%) WebDriver
13 6 (1.29%) Gatling
13 6 (1.29%) JMeter
13 6 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.86%) MSI
General
1 134 (28.76%) Social Skills
2 83 (17.81%) Finance
3 72 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 36 (7.73%) Banking
6 18 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.00%) Publishing
8 11 (2.36%) Marketing
9 10 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.93%) Legal
11 8 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.50%) Retail
13 5 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.86%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.86%) Law
15 3 (0.64%) Back Office
16 2 (0.43%) Front Office
16 2 (0.43%) Games
16 2 (0.43%) German Language
16 2 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (33.26%) Developer
2 70 (15.02%) Senior
3 55 (11.80%) Architect
4 34 (7.30%) Analyst
5 30 (6.44%) Senior Developer
6 24 (5.15%) Data Engineer
7 21 (4.51%) Consultant
8 19 (4.08%) Integration Engineer
9 17 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (3.43%) Python Developer
11 15 (3.22%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 15 (3.22%) Python Engineer
12 14 (3.00%) Business Analyst
12 14 (3.00%) Integration Architect
13 12 (2.58%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (2.58%) Java Developer
14 11 (2.36%) Integration Developer
14 11 (2.36%) ServiceNow Developer
15 10 (2.15%) Integration Specialist
15 10 (2.15%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (42.49%) REST
2 177 (37.98%) XML
3 94 (20.17%) SOAP
4 68 (14.59%) Kafka
5 52 (11.16%) .NET
5 52 (11.16%) Middleware
6 49 (10.52%) OAuth
6 49 (10.52%) Terraform
7 46 (9.87%) RESTful
8 42 (9.01%) React
9 40 (8.58%) YAML
10 29 (6.22%) Web Services
11 27 (5.79%) OAuth2
12 25 (5.36%) CSS
12 25 (5.36%) HTML
13 24 (5.15%) Swagger
14 22 (4.72%) Node.js
15 21 (4.51%) JWT
15 21 (4.51%) SAML
16 20 (4.29%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.23%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.08%) Data Structures
3 25 (5.36%) Cloud Native
4 24 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (4.08%) AI Agents
5 19 (4.08%) Algorithms
6 16 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (3.22%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (3.22%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 10 (2.15%) CMDB
9 10 (2.15%) Taxonomies
10 9 (1.93%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.93%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.72%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (1.29%) Mainframe
13 6 (1.29%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.22%) Linux
2 28 (6.01%) Windows
3 11 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.72%) Android
4 8 (1.72%) Unix
5 6 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.29%) zOS
6 4 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.43%) Solaris
8 2 (0.43%) VMS
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.21%) CentOS
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (39.70%) CI/CD
2 160 (34.33%) DevOps
3 155 (33.26%) Agile
4 113 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (17.17%) Data Modelling
5 80 (17.17%) Validation
6 72 (15.45%) AI
7 66 (14.16%) Event-Driven
8 65 (13.95%) Scrum
9 60 (12.88%) Integration Patterns
10 55 (11.80%) Test Automation
11 54 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (11.16%) API Integration
13 51 (10.94%) Microservices
14 49 (10.52%) Stakeholder Management
14 49 (10.52%) Workflow
15 47 (10.09%) ETL
16 45 (9.66%) Analytics
16 45 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 44 (9.44%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 174 (37.34%) Python
2 170 (36.48%) SQL
3 110 (23.61%) JavaScript
4 95 (20.39%) Java
5 65 (13.95%) C#
6 49 (10.52%) PowerShell
7 29 (6.22%) Groovy
8 24 (5.15%) TypeScript
9 18 (3.86%) PL/SQL
10 15 (3.22%) Bash
11 14 (3.00%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.93%) VBA
13 8 (1.72%) Bicep
13 8 (1.72%) Scala
13 8 (1.72%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.50%) R
15 6 (1.29%) C++
15 6 (1.29%) JCL
15 6 (1.29%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.07%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 127 (27.25%) Security Cleared
2 100 (21.46%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.15%) Degree
4 15 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.36%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.72%) CISSP
8 7 (1.50%) CISM
9 6 (1.29%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.86%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.86%) PhD
11 3 (0.64%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.43%) CCNP
12 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.43%) GIAC
12 2 (0.43%) SSCP
13 1 (0.21%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.44%) Data Quality
2 40 (8.58%) Accessibility
3 34 (7.30%) QA
4 20 (4.29%) GDPR
5 11 (2.36%) WCAG
6 9 (1.93%) ISO 20022
6 9 (1.93%) NIST
7 5 (1.07%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.07%) HL7
7 5 (1.07%) ISO 15022
7 5 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.86%) GRC
8 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.64%) NCSC
10 2 (0.43%) Basel III
10 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.43%) SLA
11 1 (0.21%) COREP
11 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 56 (12.02%) Docker
2 22 (4.72%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.86%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.43%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (12.66%) Kubernetes
2 45 (9.66%) Ansible
3 9 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.29%) SCCM
5 4 (0.86%) Grafana
6 3 (0.64%) Kustomize
6 3 (0.64%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.64%) Puppet
6 3 (0.64%) WMI
7 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.43%) QRadar
8 1 (0.21%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.21%) Istio
8 1 (0.21%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) logstash
8 1 (0.21%) Podman
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 109 (23.39%) Microsoft
2 91 (19.53%) Oracle
3 46 (9.87%) ServiceNow
4 31 (6.65%) MuleSoft
5 30 (6.44%) Google
6 28 (6.01%) Databricks
7 27 (5.79%) Salesforce
8 26 (5.58%) SAP
9 23 (4.94%) IBM
10 21 (4.51%) Workday
11 11 (2.36%) Cisco
11 11 (2.36%) Informatica
11 11 (2.36%) Sonatype
11 11 (2.36%) Splunk
11 11 (2.36%) VMware
11 11 (2.36%) webMethods
12 10 (2.15%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.93%) Infoblox
14 8 (1.72%) F5
14 8 (1.72%) TIBCO