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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 242 252
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 -42
Contract jobs citing JSON 461 308 307
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.12% 0.92%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.72% 4.50% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 222 201
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £409 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.19% -1.30%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £654 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £45.10 - £50.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £31.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £37.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -53.13% +12.28%
75th Percentile £85.00 £43.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £87.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £37.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -53.13% +12.28%

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 9,767 6,839 8,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.38% 24.82% 24.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,436 4,711 5,585
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 263 164 190
10th Percentile £29.26 £31.25 £26.84
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.27 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.79 £61.80
Median % change year-on-year +23.15% -11.35% -4.92%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £77.59 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.37% -12.34% -1.83%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +3 263 £525 -3.64% 51
North of England -63 63 £450 +7.66% 18
South East -55 56 £469 -1.37% 12
Midlands -29 37 £425 -20.00% 15
Yorkshire -22 35 £500 +29.03% 5
West Midlands -35 33 £425 -22.73% 12
North West -55 28 £415 -6.74% 13
South West -31 18 £485 +29.33% 17
East of England -30 9 £500 +17.65% 8
East Midlands -15 4 - - 3
North East -39 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 (4.99%) Confluence
2 20 (4.34%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.47%) Apache
4 12 (2.60%) Apache Spark
5 10 (2.17%) Anypoint
6 9 (1.95%) Mule
7 5 (1.08%) CICS
7 5 (1.08%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.87%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.65%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
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%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (3.90%) NetSuite
2 11 (2.39%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.30%) Maximo
5 4 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.65%) Findur
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.65%) 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 (0.22%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.22%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.22%) Shopify
8 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 183 (39.70%) Azure
2 116 (25.16%) AWS
3 78 (16.92%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (12.36%) GCP
5 46 (9.98%) GitHub
5 46 (9.98%) Power Platform
6 39 (8.46%) Boomi
7 36 (7.81%) Power Automate
8 34 (7.38%) Serverless
9 30 (6.51%) Entra ID
9 30 (6.51%) PowerApps
10 24 (5.21%) Azure Logic Apps
11 23 (4.99%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (4.77%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (4.56%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (3.90%) Amazon S3
14 18 (3.90%) AtomSphere
15 16 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (3.47%) SaaS
16 14 (3.04%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.12%) HTTP
2 13 (2.82%) DNS
3 11 (2.39%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.95%) DHCP
5 8 (1.74%) BGP
5 8 (1.74%) Ethernet VPN
5 8 (1.74%) VXLAN
6 7 (1.52%) BIG-IP
6 7 (1.52%) NX-OS
7 6 (1.30%) Firewall
8 5 (1.08%) HTTPS
8 5 (1.08%) Network Security
8 5 (1.08%) SSL
9 4 (0.87%) Intranet
9 4 (0.87%) SSH
9 4 (0.87%) TACACS
10 3 (0.65%) FTP
10 3 (0.65%) SAN
10 3 (0.65%) WAN
10 3 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.68%) Metadata
2 36 (7.81%) SQL Server
3 35 (7.59%) MongoDB
4 29 (6.29%) Relational Database
5 23 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (4.56%) Parquet
6 21 (4.56%) Power BI
7 20 (4.34%) NoSQL
8 18 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (3.47%) RDBMS
10 12 (2.60%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.95%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.95%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.52%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.52%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.52%) Db2
Development Applications
1 87 (18.87%) Git
2 45 (9.76%) JIRA
3 41 (8.89%) GitLab
4 38 (8.24%) Jenkins
5 22 (4.77%) Postman
6 19 (4.12%) Selenium
7 15 (3.25%) Maven
8 14 (3.04%) SonarQube
9 10 (2.17%) JUnit
10 9 (1.95%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.95%) ERwin
11 8 (1.74%) WebDriver
12 7 (1.52%) Claude Code
12 7 (1.52%) Cypress.io
13 6 (1.30%) Gradle
13 6 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (1.08%) Gatling
14 5 (1.08%) JMeter
15 4 (0.87%) MSI
General
1 131 (28.42%) Social Skills
2 81 (17.57%) Finance
3 72 (15.62%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.59%) Banking
6 18 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.04%) Publishing
8 11 (2.39%) Marketing
9 10 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.95%) Legal
11 8 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.52%) Retail
13 6 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.87%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.65%) Front Office
15 3 (0.65%) Law
15 3 (0.65%) Prime Brokerage
16 2 (0.43%) Back Office
16 2 (0.43%) Games
16 2 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 152 (32.97%) Developer
2 72 (15.62%) Senior
3 56 (12.15%) Architect
4 34 (7.38%) Analyst
5 31 (6.72%) Senior Developer
6 24 (5.21%) Data Engineer
7 19 (4.12%) Integration Engineer
8 18 (3.90%) Consultant
9 17 (3.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (3.47%) Python Developer
11 15 (3.25%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 15 (3.25%) Python Engineer
12 14 (3.04%) Integration Architect
13 13 (2.82%) Business Analyst
14 12 (2.60%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (2.60%) Java Developer
15 11 (2.39%) Integration Developer
15 11 (2.39%) ServiceNow Developer
16 10 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
16 10 (2.17%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (42.08%) REST
2 173 (37.53%) XML
3 89 (19.31%) SOAP
4 70 (15.18%) Kafka
5 53 (11.50%) .NET
5 53 (11.50%) Middleware
6 49 (10.63%) OAuth
6 49 (10.63%) Terraform
7 46 (9.98%) RESTful
8 42 (9.11%) React
9 40 (8.68%) YAML
10 27 (5.86%) OAuth2
11 26 (5.64%) HTML
12 25 (5.42%) CSS
12 25 (5.42%) Web Services
13 23 (4.99%) Swagger
14 22 (4.77%) Node.js
15 21 (4.56%) JWT
15 21 (4.56%) SAML
16 19 (4.12%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.33%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.16%) Data Structures
3 26 (5.64%) Cloud Native
4 24 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (4.12%) AI Agents
5 19 (4.12%) Algorithms
6 16 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (2.39%) Data Centre
10 10 (2.17%) CMDB
10 10 (2.17%) Taxonomies
11 9 (1.95%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.95%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.74%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.30%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.72%) Linux
2 28 (6.07%) Windows
3 11 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.74%) Android
4 8 (1.74%) Unix
5 7 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.08%) zOS
7 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.43%) Solaris
9 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.22%) VMS
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (40.13%) CI/CD
2 160 (34.71%) DevOps
3 156 (33.84%) Agile
4 112 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
5 80 (17.35%) Validation
6 77 (16.70%) Data Modelling
7 69 (14.97%) AI
8 67 (14.53%) Event-Driven
9 66 (14.32%) Scrum
10 57 (12.36%) Integration Patterns
11 55 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (11.71%) Test Automation
13 53 (11.50%) API Integration
14 52 (11.28%) Microservices
15 50 (10.85%) Stakeholder Management
16 48 (10.41%) Workflow
17 47 (10.20%) ETL
18 45 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 44 (9.54%) Analytics
19 44 (9.54%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 173 (37.53%) Python
2 169 (36.66%) SQL
3 107 (23.21%) JavaScript
4 97 (21.04%) Java
5 66 (14.32%) C#
6 49 (10.63%) PowerShell
7 29 (6.29%) Groovy
8 24 (5.21%) TypeScript
9 19 (4.12%) PL/SQL
10 15 (3.25%) Bash
11 14 (3.04%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.95%) VBA
13 8 (1.74%) Bicep
13 8 (1.74%) Scala
13 8 (1.74%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.52%) C++
14 7 (1.52%) R
15 6 (1.30%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.08%) JCL
16 5 (1.08%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 127 (27.55%) Security Cleared
2 100 (21.69%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.21%) Degree
4 15 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.39%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.74%) CISSP
8 7 (1.52%) CISM
9 6 (1.30%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.87%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.87%) PhD
11 3 (0.65%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.65%) 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 (0.22%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (9.33%) Data Quality
2 41 (8.89%) Accessibility
3 34 (7.38%) QA
4 20 (4.34%) GDPR
5 12 (2.60%) WCAG
6 11 (2.39%) ISO 20022
7 9 (1.95%) NIST
8 7 (1.52%) ISO 15022
9 5 (1.08%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.08%) HL7
9 5 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.87%) GRC
10 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.65%) Basel III
12 2 (0.43%) NCSC
12 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.43%) SLA
13 1 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
13 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (11.93%) Docker
2 22 (4.77%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.87%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.43%) OpenSSH
6 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (12.58%) Kubernetes
2 45 (9.76%) Ansible
3 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.30%) SCCM
5 4 (0.87%) Grafana
6 3 (0.65%) Kustomize
6 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.65%) Puppet
6 3 (0.65%) WMI
7 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.43%) QRadar
8 1 (0.22%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.22%) Istio
8 1 (0.22%) Kibana
8 1 (0.22%) logstash
8 1 (0.22%) Podman
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 107 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 92 (19.96%) Oracle
3 44 (9.54%) ServiceNow
4 31 (6.72%) MuleSoft
5 30 (6.51%) Google
6 28 (6.07%) Databricks
7 27 (5.86%) Salesforce
8 26 (5.64%) IBM
8 26 (5.64%) SAP
9 21 (4.56%) Workday
10 12 (2.60%) Splunk
11 11 (2.39%) Cisco
11 11 (2.39%) Informatica
11 11 (2.39%) Sonatype
11 11 (2.39%) VMware
11 11 (2.39%) webMethods
12 10 (2.17%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.95%) Infoblox
14 8 (1.74%) F5
14 8 (1.74%) TIBCO