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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 277 209
Rank change year-on-year +54 -68 -9
Contract jobs citing JSON 414 222 426
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.24% 0.85% 1.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.70% 3.78% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 159 326
10th Percentile £358 £400 £388
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £647 £600 £600
90th Percentile £818 £668 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.00% -1.50% +0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile - - £35.46
25th Percentile £46.25 £91.25 £53.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £54.06 £93.75 £75.63
90th Percentile £82.00 - £81.25
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -6.67%

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 7,269 5,867 7,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.83% 22.40% 20.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,873 3,763 5,638
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £659 £661
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £535
% change year-on-year -4.65% +0.47% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 75 182
10th Percentile £34.40 £26.35 £25.85
25th Percentile £50.00 £47.38 £45.96
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69.13 £66.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.60 £76.26 £77.40
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +42 218 £575 +4.55% 58
North of England -12 80 £425 -24.21% 33
North West +13 56 £400 -10.11% 23
South East -19 37 £525 +2.44% 43
Midlands -34 30 £525 -7.41% 20
West Midlands -29 27 £531 -6.39% 13
Yorkshire -47 23 £563 -0.79% 9
South West -8 12 £400 -2.44% 7
East of England -14 12 £500 -16.67% 7
East Midlands -26 3 £450 - 7
North East - 1 £475 - 1
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 25 (6.04%) Confluence
2 12 (2.90%) Apache
3 11 (2.66%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.93%) JBoss
4 8 (1.93%) WebLogic
5 7 (1.69%) Appian
6 5 (1.21%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.97%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.97%) Mule
7 4 (0.97%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.97%) Oracle Service Bus
8 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.48%) IIS
9 1 (0.24%) CICS
9 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.24%) Mendix
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.24%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (4.59%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.45%) Maximo
4 5 (1.21%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.48%) Actimize
5 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.24%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.24%) Endur
6 1 (0.24%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.24%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 120 (28.99%) Azure
2 87 (21.01%) AWS
3 40 (9.66%) GitHub
4 39 (9.42%) Azure Logic Apps
5 37 (8.94%) Power Platform
6 36 (8.70%) IaaS
7 35 (8.45%) Serverless
8 33 (7.97%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (7.49%) OCI
10 27 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
11 26 (6.28%) GCP
12 24 (5.80%) PaaS
13 18 (4.35%) Azure Functions
13 18 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (4.35%) SaaS
14 16 (3.86%) Power Automate
15 15 (3.62%) Azure Monitor
16 14 (3.38%) Cloud Computing
16 14 (3.38%) PowerApps
17 13 (3.14%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 33 (7.97%) HTTP
2 29 (7.00%) HTTPS
3 15 (3.62%) Firewall
4 8 (1.93%) SSL
4 8 (1.93%) VPN
5 7 (1.69%) DNS
6 5 (1.21%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.97%) BGP
8 3 (0.72%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.72%) DHCP
8 3 (0.72%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.72%) MPLS
8 3 (0.72%) NFC
8 3 (0.72%) PPP
9 2 (0.48%) 5G
9 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (0.48%) Network Security
9 2 (0.48%) SMS
10 1 (0.24%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.28%) Relational Database
2 21 (5.07%) MongoDB
3 20 (4.83%) Power BI
4 18 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (4.35%) RDBMS
5 17 (4.11%) SQL Server
6 14 (3.38%) NoSQL
7 13 (3.14%) Metadata
8 12 (2.90%) Data Lake
9 11 (2.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (1.93%) MySQL
12 7 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.45%) Apache Cassandra
13 6 (1.45%) Oracle Database
13 6 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (1.45%) Parquet
14 5 (1.21%) Big Data
14 5 (1.21%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 66 (15.94%) Git
2 60 (14.49%) Postman
3 44 (10.63%) Jenkins
4 41 (9.90%) JIRA
5 39 (9.42%) Selenium
6 31 (7.49%) JUnit
7 29 (7.00%) GitLab
8 26 (6.28%) Cucumber
9 20 (4.83%) Maven
10 18 (4.35%) SonarQube
11 13 (3.14%) Bitbucket
12 11 (2.66%) Eclipse
13 10 (2.42%) Cypress.io
13 10 (2.42%) IntelliJ
14 8 (1.93%) Gradle
14 8 (1.93%) Robot Framework
15 7 (1.69%) Mockito
15 7 (1.69%) SoapUI
16 6 (1.45%) MSTest
16 6 (1.45%) SpecFlow
General
1 119 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 80 (19.32%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (16.18%) Finance
4 57 (13.77%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.00%) Banking
6 18 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.90%) Marketing
8 8 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (1.93%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.69%) Military
10 4 (0.97%) Billing
10 4 (0.97%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.97%) Retail
11 3 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.48%) Law
12 2 (0.48%) Legal
12 2 (0.48%) Publishing
13 1 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.24%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 149 (35.99%) Developer
2 50 (12.08%) Architect
3 32 (7.73%) Senior
4 25 (6.04%) Analyst
4 25 (6.04%) Java Developer
5 21 (5.07%) Software Engineer
6 20 (4.83%) Data Engineer
7 17 (4.11%) Integration Specialist
8 16 (3.86%) Business Analyst
8 16 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (3.86%) Lead
9 15 (3.62%) Cloud Specialist
9 15 (3.62%) Oracle Specialist
10 14 (3.38%) Senior Developer
11 13 (3.14%) webMethods Developer
12 12 (2.90%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 12 (2.90%) Integration Developer
12 12 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.42%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (2.42%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (49.03%) REST
2 195 (47.10%) XML
3 97 (23.43%) SOAP
4 63 (15.22%) HTML
5 62 (14.98%) OAuth
6 41 (9.90%) RESTful
7 38 (9.18%) CSS
8 37 (8.94%) Spring
9 31 (7.49%) React
9 31 (7.49%) Web Services
10 30 (7.25%) XSLT
11 29 (7.00%) Spring Boot
12 28 (6.76%) .NET
13 27 (6.52%) Oracle Fusion
14 26 (6.28%) Swagger
14 26 (6.28%) YAML
15 25 (6.04%) Kafka
16 24 (5.80%) OAuth2
17 23 (5.56%) JWT
18 21 (5.07%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.52%) PKI
2 26 (6.28%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (4.59%) Data Structures
4 17 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.90%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.66%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.66%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.93%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.69%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.21%) Digital Wallet
10 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.21%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.21%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.97%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.97%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (10.14%) Linux
2 18 (4.35%) Unix
3 7 (1.69%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.69%) Windows
4 6 (1.45%) Android
5 5 (1.21%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (37.68%) DevOps
2 150 (36.23%) Agile
3 133 (32.13%) CI/CD
4 91 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (15.22%) Validation
6 59 (14.25%) Microservices
7 53 (12.80%) Software Engineering
8 49 (11.84%) Test Automation
9 47 (11.35%) ERP
10 43 (10.39%) Analytics
11 42 (10.14%) Scrum
12 41 (9.90%) Deployment Automation
13 38 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (8.94%) Containerisation
14 37 (8.94%) Data Modelling
15 35 (8.45%) Configuration Management
16 33 (7.97%) CRM
16 33 (7.97%) Integration Patterns
17 32 (7.73%) API Integration
17 32 (7.73%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 103 (24.88%) SQL
2 90 (21.74%) Java
3 87 (21.01%) JavaScript
3 87 (21.01%) Python
4 60 (14.49%) PowerShell
5 57 (13.77%) C#
6 24 (5.80%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.66%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.42%) Groovy
8 10 (2.42%) Scala
8 10 (2.42%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.93%) C++
10 7 (1.69%) XPath
11 4 (0.97%) Bicep
11 4 (0.97%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.72%) Go
12 3 (0.72%) PHP
12 3 (0.72%) R
12 3 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 145 (35.02%) Security Cleared
2 111 (26.81%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.45%) Degree
4 27 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.66%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.17%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.21%) CCNP
9 5 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.21%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.72%) CEH
11 3 (0.72%) GIAC
11 3 (0.72%) GWAPT
12 2 (0.48%) CCNA
12 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.48%) OCP
12 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.80%) QA
2 19 (4.59%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.17%) WCAG
4 8 (1.93%) PSD2
5 6 (1.45%) GDPR
6 5 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.21%) ISO 8583
6 5 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.97%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.72%) FATCA
8 3 (0.72%) HL7
8 3 (0.72%) NIST
9 2 (0.48%) SEPA
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.24%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (15.46%) Docker
2 8 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) HDFS
4 1 (0.24%) KVM
4 1 (0.24%) Squid
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 26 (6.28%) Terraform
3 21 (5.07%) Ansible
4 15 (3.62%) Grafana
5 14 (3.38%) Kibana
6 13 (3.14%) Puppet
7 11 (2.66%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.17%) logstash
9 5 (1.21%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (1.21%) Podman
9 5 (1.21%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.97%) Pingdom
11 3 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.48%) Argo
12 2 (0.48%) CloudHub
12 2 (0.48%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.48%) QRadar
13 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 63 (15.22%) Oracle
2 61 (14.73%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.31%) webMethods
4 18 (4.35%) IBM
5 16 (3.86%) MuleSoft
5 16 (3.86%) Splunk
6 15 (3.62%) SAP
7 14 (3.38%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.66%) Adobe
8 11 (2.66%) Cisco
8 11 (2.66%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.66%) Software AG
9 9 (2.17%) Databricks
9 9 (2.17%) F5
9 9 (2.17%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.93%) Axway
10 8 (1.93%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.69%) Veracode
12 5 (1.21%) PagerDuty
12 5 (1.21%) Solace