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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 251 242
Rank change year-on-year -14 -9 -44
Contract jobs citing JSON 431 275 348
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 1.01% 0.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.07% 4.52% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 200 237
10th Percentile £360 £362 £393
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £619
90th Percentile £650 £663 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 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 £56.25 £85.00
90th Percentile £87.63 £78.75 -
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 8,501 6,080 7,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.96% 22.28% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,604 4,178 5,453
10th Percentile £363 £355 £353
25th Percentile £430 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.74% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 141 259
10th Percentile £30.30 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £46.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -7.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.09
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% +1.82% -12.00%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +2 230 £525 -8.70% 64
North of England -45 72 £438 -1.52% 24
South East -53 65 £525 +10.53% 29
Yorkshire -25 40 £463 +4.93% 6
North West -47 32 £393 -11.80% 18
Midlands -33 29 £450 -18.18% 14
West Midlands -49 24 £450 -18.18% 6
South West -21 15 £425 +13.33% 21
East of England -19 12 £519 +29.69% 3
East Midlands -14 5 - - 7
North East -32 3 £550 +175.00%
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 (6.96%) Confluence
2 21 (4.87%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.02%) Apache
4 10 (2.32%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.86%) Anypoint
5 8 (1.86%) Mule
6 7 (1.62%) CICS
7 5 (1.16%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.70%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.70%) IIS
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.46%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.46%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.46%) nginx
9 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.23%) JBoss
10 1 (0.23%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.39%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (2.32%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.62%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.39%) Maximo
3 6 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.70%) Findur
5 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.46%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.46%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.23%) Infor LN
7 1 (0.23%) Magento
7 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.23%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.23%) Shopify
7 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (34.57%) Azure
2 93 (21.58%) AWS
3 62 (14.39%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (11.37%) Power Platform
5 39 (9.05%) Serverless
6 35 (8.12%) GitHub
7 34 (7.89%) Power Automate
8 31 (7.19%) GCP
9 26 (6.03%) PowerApps
10 25 (5.80%) Boomi
11 24 (5.57%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (4.64%) Entra ID
13 19 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (4.18%) Azure Functions
15 17 (3.94%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (3.71%) Amazon S3
16 16 (3.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 16 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
16 16 (3.71%) SaaS
17 14 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.71%) HTTP
2 13 (3.02%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.78%) DNS
4 10 (2.32%) BIG-IP
4 10 (2.32%) DHCP
5 4 (0.93%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.93%) Intranet
5 4 (0.93%) Network Security
5 4 (0.93%) SSH
6 3 (0.70%) Firewall
6 3 (0.70%) FTP
7 2 (0.46%) DSL
7 2 (0.46%) Internet
7 2 (0.46%) NAS
7 2 (0.46%) SAN
7 2 (0.46%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.46%) SSL
7 2 (0.46%) WAN
7 2 (0.46%) Wireless
7 2 (0.46%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.12%) SQL Server
2 34 (7.89%) Metadata
3 29 (6.73%) MongoDB
4 26 (6.03%) Power BI
4 26 (6.03%) Relational Database
5 20 (4.64%) NoSQL
5 20 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.94%) Parquet
7 13 (3.02%) DynamoDB
7 13 (3.02%) RDBMS
8 12 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.32%) Oracle Database
10 9 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (2.09%) Db2
10 9 (2.09%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.86%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.39%) MySQL
12 6 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 73 (16.94%) Git
2 52 (12.06%) JIRA
3 32 (7.42%) Postman
4 27 (6.26%) GitLab
4 27 (6.26%) Jenkins
5 13 (3.02%) Maven
6 10 (2.32%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.86%) JUnit
7 8 (1.86%) Selenium
8 7 (1.62%) ERwin
9 6 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (1.39%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.16%) Claude Code
10 5 (1.16%) Gradle
10 5 (1.16%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.93%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.93%) Gatling
11 4 (0.93%) JMeter
General
1 126 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 80 (18.56%) Finance
3 67 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 36 (8.35%) Banking
6 21 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.32%) Publishing
9 8 (1.86%) Marketing
9 8 (1.86%) Retail
10 5 (1.16%) Legal
11 4 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.93%) Law
11 4 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.70%) Back Office
12 3 (0.70%) Front Office
12 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.70%) Military
12 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 145 (33.64%) Developer
2 47 (10.90%) Senior
3 39 (9.05%) Architect
4 33 (7.66%) Data Engineer
5 32 (7.42%) Analyst
6 21 (4.87%) Senior Developer
7 18 (4.18%) Business Analyst
8 17 (3.94%) Integration Engineer
9 16 (3.71%) Python Developer
10 14 (3.25%) Consultant
10 14 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (3.02%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (2.78%) Integration Architect
12 12 (2.78%) Integration Specialist
12 12 (2.78%) Java Developer
13 10 (2.32%) Software Developer
14 9 (2.09%) Integration Developer
14 9 (2.09%) Python Engineer
14 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (38.28%) REST
2 162 (37.59%) XML
3 89 (20.65%) SOAP
4 58 (13.46%) Kafka
5 44 (10.21%) RESTful
6 42 (9.74%) React
7 40 (9.28%) OAuth
8 39 (9.05%) .NET
9 38 (8.82%) Web Services
10 37 (8.58%) Middleware
11 31 (7.19%) YAML
12 26 (6.03%) CSS
12 26 (6.03%) Swagger
13 25 (5.80%) Node.js
14 20 (4.64%) HTML
14 20 (4.64%) OAuth2
15 19 (4.41%) XSLT
16 18 (4.18%) OpenAPI
17 17 (3.94%) JWT
18 16 (3.71%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.66%) Product Ownership
2 32 (7.42%) Data Structures
3 15 (3.48%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.02%) Algorithms
4 13 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.86%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.86%) Taxonomies
8 8 (1.86%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.62%) CMDB
9 7 (1.62%) DataPower
9 7 (1.62%) Mainframe
9 7 (1.62%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.62%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.39%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.87%) Linux
2 17 (3.94%) Windows
3 10 (2.32%) Unix
4 7 (1.62%) Android
4 7 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.62%) zOS
5 5 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.46%) Solaris
7 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.46%) VMS
7 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.23%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (33.64%) CI/CD
2 141 (32.71%) Agile
3 133 (30.86%) DevOps
4 106 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (17.17%) Data Modelling
6 72 (16.71%) Validation
7 59 (13.69%) AI
8 56 (12.99%) Integration Patterns
9 52 (12.06%) Analytics
10 49 (11.37%) Event-Driven
10 49 (11.37%) Scrum
11 48 (11.14%) ETL
12 47 (10.90%) Data Pipeline
13 46 (10.67%) Workflow
14 45 (10.44%) API Integration
15 44 (10.21%) Stakeholder Management
16 42 (9.74%) Microservices
17 41 (9.51%) Software Engineering
18 37 (8.58%) ERP
18 37 (8.58%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 167 (38.75%) Python
2 159 (36.89%) SQL
3 86 (19.95%) JavaScript
4 85 (19.72%) Java
5 61 (14.15%) C#
6 48 (11.14%) PowerShell
7 22 (5.10%) Groovy
7 22 (5.10%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.94%) Shell Script
9 16 (3.71%) PL/SQL
10 12 (2.78%) Bash
10 12 (2.78%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.55%) VBA
12 8 (1.86%) Bicep
13 7 (1.62%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.39%) Go
14 6 (1.39%) JCL
14 6 (1.39%) R
15 5 (1.16%) Scala
16 4 (0.93%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 119 (27.61%) Security Cleared
2 92 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.57%) Degree
4 15 (3.48%) Azure Certification
5 12 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.86%) CISSP
6 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.62%) CISM
8 4 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.46%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.46%) GIAC
9 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.46%) SSCP
10 1 (0.23%) CCNA
10 1 (0.23%) CCNP
10 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.23%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.28%) Data Quality
2 29 (6.73%) QA
3 27 (6.26%) Accessibility
4 19 (4.41%) GDPR
5 7 (1.62%) WCAG
6 6 (1.39%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.39%) NIST
7 5 (1.16%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.16%) HL7
7 5 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.93%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.70%) FATCA
9 3 (0.70%) GRC
9 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.70%) NCSC
9 3 (0.70%) PSD2
9 3 (0.70%) SLA
10 2 (0.46%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 46 (10.67%) Docker
2 15 (3.48%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.46%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 51 (11.83%) Kubernetes
2 46 (10.67%) Terraform
3 34 (7.89%) Ansible
4 9 (2.09%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.39%) Grafana
6 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.46%) Kibana
8 2 (0.46%) QRadar
8 2 (0.46%) SCCM
8 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.46%) WMI
9 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.23%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.23%) Istio
9 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.23%) logstash
9 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 96 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 79 (18.33%) Oracle
3 32 (7.42%) ServiceNow
4 23 (5.34%) Databricks
4 23 (5.34%) MuleSoft
5 22 (5.10%) SAP
6 20 (4.64%) Workday
7 17 (3.94%) Splunk
8 15 (3.48%) IBM
9 14 (3.25%) Salesforce
10 13 (3.02%) Google
11 12 (2.78%) Foundry
12 10 (2.32%) F5
12 10 (2.32%) Infoblox
12 10 (2.32%) Sonatype
12 10 (2.32%) webMethods
13 8 (1.86%) Dell
14 7 (1.62%) Palantir
15 6 (1.39%) Confluent
15 6 (1.39%) OpenAI