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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 241 256
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 -56
Contract jobs citing JSON 459 293 313
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.06% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.38% 4.78% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 215 207
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £415 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £624
90th Percentile £650 £654 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.60%
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 8,530 6,128 7,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.74% 22.20% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,584 4,228 5,077
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £649 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £824
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 145 231
10th Percentile £29.00 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £47.60 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £73.94 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.36 £79.48 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% +2.33% -10.42%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +7 252 £525 -4.55% 79
North of England -51 66 £447 +6.94% 25
South East -42 65 £506 +6.58% 37
Yorkshire -17 39 £463 +14.20% 12
Midlands -30 35 £447 -18.73% 14
West Midlands -40 30 £447 -18.73% 10
North West -53 27 £393 -11.80% 12
South West -28 16 £485 +29.33% 9
East of England -20 9 £475 +11.76% 8
East Midlands -15 5 - - 4
North East -37 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 29 (6.32%) Confluence
2 22 (4.79%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.05%) Apache
4 12 (2.61%) Apache Spark
5 10 (2.18%) Anypoint
5 10 (2.18%) Mule
6 7 (1.53%) CICS
7 5 (1.09%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.65%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.44%) IIS
9 2 (0.44%) JBoss
9 2 (0.44%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.44%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.44%) nginx
9 2 (0.44%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.44%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.31%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.70%) NetSuite
2 11 (2.40%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.31%) Maximo
4 3 (0.65%) Findur
4 3 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.44%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.44%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.44%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.22%) Magento
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.22%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 167 (36.38%) Azure
2 108 (23.53%) AWS
3 68 (14.81%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (10.46%) GCP
5 47 (10.24%) Power Platform
6 37 (8.06%) GitHub
6 37 (8.06%) Power Automate
7 36 (7.84%) Serverless
8 34 (7.41%) Boomi
9 29 (6.32%) PowerApps
10 26 (5.66%) Entra ID
11 21 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (3.92%) Amazon S3
12 18 (3.92%) AtomSphere
12 18 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (3.92%) SaaS
13 17 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (3.49%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.92%) HTTP
2 14 (3.05%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.83%) DNS
4 11 (2.40%) DHCP
5 10 (2.18%) BIG-IP
6 5 (1.09%) Network Security
6 5 (1.09%) SSL
7 4 (0.87%) Firewall
7 4 (0.87%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.87%) Intranet
7 4 (0.87%) SSH
8 3 (0.65%) FTP
8 3 (0.65%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.65%) WAN
9 2 (0.44%) DSL
9 2 (0.44%) Internet
9 2 (0.44%) NAS
9 2 (0.44%) SAN
9 2 (0.44%) Wireless
9 2 (0.44%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.06%) Metadata
1 37 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 33 (7.19%) MongoDB
3 29 (6.32%) Relational Database
4 26 (5.66%) Power BI
5 21 (4.58%) NoSQL
6 20 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (4.36%) Parquet
6 20 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (3.49%) RDBMS
8 13 (2.83%) DynamoDB
9 12 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.96%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.96%) Db2
10 9 (1.96%) Delta Lake
10 9 (1.96%) Oracle Database
11 8 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (1.31%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 80 (17.43%) Git
2 51 (11.11%) JIRA
3 33 (7.19%) GitLab
4 30 (6.54%) Jenkins
5 26 (5.66%) Postman
6 14 (3.05%) Maven
7 13 (2.83%) Selenium
8 11 (2.40%) JUnit
8 11 (2.40%) SonarQube
9 8 (1.74%) ERwin
10 7 (1.53%) Claude Code
10 7 (1.53%) Gradle
11 6 (1.31%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.31%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.31%) Gatling
11 6 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (1.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (1.09%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.09%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.87%) JMeter
General
1 135 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 87 (18.95%) Finance
3 71 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.63%) Banking
6 16 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.61%) Publishing
9 10 (2.18%) Marketing
10 7 (1.53%) Retail
11 6 (1.31%) Legal
11 6 (1.31%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.09%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.87%) Law
14 3 (0.65%) Back Office
14 3 (0.65%) Front Office
14 3 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 156 (33.99%) Developer
2 57 (12.42%) Senior
3 47 (10.24%) Architect
4 35 (7.63%) Analyst
5 30 (6.54%) Data Engineer
6 25 (5.45%) Senior Developer
7 20 (4.36%) Consultant
8 18 (3.92%) Python Developer
9 16 (3.49%) Business Analyst
9 16 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.49%) Integration Engineer
10 15 (3.27%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (3.05%) Python Engineer
12 13 (2.83%) Integration Architect
13 12 (2.61%) Java Developer
14 11 (2.40%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 10 (2.18%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 10 (2.18%) Integration Specialist
15 10 (2.18%) Software Developer
15 10 (2.18%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (39.43%) REST
2 175 (38.13%) XML
3 92 (20.04%) SOAP
4 65 (14.16%) Kafka
5 48 (10.46%) OAuth
6 47 (10.24%) .NET
7 45 (9.80%) RESTful
8 44 (9.59%) Middleware
8 44 (9.59%) React
9 35 (7.63%) YAML
10 34 (7.41%) Web Services
11 28 (6.10%) OAuth2
12 25 (5.45%) Swagger
13 23 (5.01%) CSS
14 21 (4.58%) Node.js
15 20 (4.36%) JWT
15 20 (4.36%) OpenAPI
16 18 (3.92%) HTML
16 18 (3.92%) SAML
17 17 (3.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.06%) Product Ownership
2 35 (7.63%) Data Structures
3 21 (4.58%) Cloud Native
4 19 (4.14%) Algorithms
4 19 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (3.49%) AI Agents
5 16 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.83%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (2.18%) Taxonomies
10 10 (2.18%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.96%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.74%) CMDB
13 7 (1.53%) DataPower
13 7 (1.53%) Mainframe
13 7 (1.53%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.31%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.88%) Linux
2 22 (4.79%) Windows
3 11 (2.40%) Unix
4 9 (1.96%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.74%) Android
6 7 (1.53%) zOS
7 5 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.44%) Solaris
9 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.44%) VMS
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (36.38%) CI/CD
2 155 (33.77%) Agile
3 148 (32.24%) DevOps
4 116 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (17.65%) Data Modelling
6 73 (15.90%) Validation
7 69 (15.03%) AI
8 60 (13.07%) Scrum
9 59 (12.85%) Event-Driven
9 59 (12.85%) Integration Patterns
10 54 (11.76%) ETL
11 52 (11.33%) Analytics
12 49 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (10.46%) Data Pipeline
13 48 (10.46%) Microservices
14 47 (10.24%) Workflow
15 46 (10.02%) API Integration
15 46 (10.02%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (9.80%) Test Automation
17 44 (9.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 177 (38.56%) Python
2 170 (37.04%) SQL
3 100 (21.79%) JavaScript
4 91 (19.83%) Java
5 62 (13.51%) C#
6 53 (11.55%) PowerShell
7 29 (6.32%) Groovy
8 22 (4.79%) TypeScript
9 17 (3.70%) PL/SQL
10 16 (3.49%) Shell Script
11 15 (3.27%) Bash
12 11 (2.40%) Bicep
12 11 (2.40%) T-SQL
12 11 (2.40%) VBA
13 8 (1.74%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.53%) R
14 7 (1.53%) Scala
15 6 (1.31%) JCL
16 5 (1.09%) C++
16 5 (1.09%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 131 (28.54%) Security Cleared
2 102 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 25 (5.45%) Degree
4 13 (2.83%) Azure Certification
5 11 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.74%) CISSP
8 7 (1.53%) CISM
9 6 (1.31%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.87%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (0.87%) PhD
10 4 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.44%) CCNP
12 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.44%) GIAC
12 2 (0.44%) SSCP
13 1 (0.22%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.59%) Data Quality
2 36 (7.84%) Accessibility
3 33 (7.19%) QA
4 19 (4.14%) GDPR
5 10 (2.18%) WCAG
6 8 (1.74%) ISO 20022
7 7 (1.53%) NIST
8 5 (1.09%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.09%) ISO 15022
8 5 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.87%) HL7
10 3 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.65%) GRC
10 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.65%) NCSC
11 2 (0.44%) Basel III
11 2 (0.44%) FATCA
11 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.44%) SLA
12 1 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 55 (11.98%) Docker
2 19 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.44%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (13.51%) Kubernetes
2 48 (10.46%) Terraform
3 40 (8.71%) Ansible
4 8 (1.74%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.31%) Grafana
7 4 (0.87%) SCCM
8 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.65%) Puppet
8 3 (0.65%) WMI
9 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.44%) Kibana
9 2 (0.44%) QRadar
10 1 (0.22%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.22%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.22%) Istio
10 1 (0.22%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.22%) logstash
10 1 (0.22%) Podman
10 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 89 (19.39%) Oracle
3 37 (8.06%) ServiceNow
4 26 (5.66%) MuleSoft
5 25 (5.45%) Google
6 24 (5.23%) Databricks
6 24 (5.23%) Salesforce
7 23 (5.01%) SAP
8 20 (4.36%) Workday
9 19 (4.14%) IBM
10 18 (3.92%) Splunk
11 11 (2.40%) F5
12 10 (2.18%) Infoblox
12 10 (2.18%) Sonatype
12 10 (2.18%) webMethods
13 7 (1.53%) Dell
13 7 (1.53%) Foundry
13 7 (1.53%) Informatica
13 7 (1.53%) Palantir
14 6 (1.31%) Adobe