JSON Contract Job Trends in London

JSON
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring JSON skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 216 182
Rank change year-on-year +20 -34 -1
Contract jobs citing JSON 213 136 234
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.30% 1.06% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.17% 4.07% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 106 183
10th Percentile £388 £400 £401
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £738 £625 £613
90th Percentile £838 £738 £699
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £92.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.14% -8.46%
England median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +32.14% -3.45%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,119 3,343 4,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.14% 25.96% 24.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,793 2,310 3,339
10th Percentile £363 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 28
10th Percentile £28.60 £34.30 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.13 £38.50 £26.41
Median hourly rate £47.00 £45.00 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +6.27% -34.85%
75th Percentile £61.36 £65.00 £63.56
90th Percentile £69.75 £80.10 £76.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JSON relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

JSON job vacancy trend in London

JSON
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing JSON.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing JSON

JSON
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSON in London over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JSON in London

JSON
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing JSON.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing JSON

JSON
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the London region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
Central London -7 31 £503 +0.55% 18
West London -21 3 - - 1
South London -16 2 £625 +31.58% 1
JSON
England

JSON
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (4.23%) Apache
2 8 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.29%) Confluence
4 5 (2.35%) Anypoint
4 5 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (1.88%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (1.88%) Mule
6 3 (1.41%) CICS
6 3 (1.41%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.47%) Appian
7 1 (0.47%) IIS
7 1 (0.47%) Mendix
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.47%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 5 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (8.45%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.94%) Actimize
3 2 (0.94%) Findur
3 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.47%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.47%) Endur
4 1 (0.47%) Maximo
4 1 (0.47%) ProductWriter
4 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 68 (31.92%) Azure
2 44 (20.66%) AWS
3 36 (16.90%) IaaS
4 24 (11.27%) OCI
5 23 (10.80%) Azure Logic Apps
5 23 (10.80%) GitHub
6 22 (10.33%) Power Platform
7 19 (8.92%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (8.92%) PaaS
8 18 (8.45%) Serverless
9 14 (6.57%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (5.63%) GCP
12 11 (5.16%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (4.69%) SaaS
14 9 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (4.23%) Azure Functions
14 9 (4.23%) Power Automate
15 8 (3.76%) PowerApps
16 7 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.51%) HTTP
2 5 (2.35%) Firewall
2 5 (2.35%) VPN
3 4 (1.88%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.94%) 5G
4 2 (0.94%) BGP
4 2 (0.94%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 2 (0.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (0.94%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.94%) MPLS
4 2 (0.94%) SMS
4 2 (0.94%) SSL
5 1 (0.47%) DSL
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.57%) Relational Database
2 11 (5.16%) Power BI
3 9 (4.23%) RDBMS
4 8 (3.76%) Data Lake
4 8 (3.76%) Metadata
4 8 (3.76%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.29%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.88%) Big Data
8 4 (1.88%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.88%) Parquet
9 3 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (1.41%) DB2
9 3 (1.41%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.41%) Redis
9 3 (1.41%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 29 (13.62%) Git
1 29 (13.62%) Postman
2 20 (9.39%) Jenkins
3 18 (8.45%) JIRA
4 12 (5.63%) Selenium
5 11 (5.16%) Cucumber
6 8 (3.76%) JUnit
6 8 (3.76%) SoapUI
7 7 (3.29%) GitLab
8 5 (2.35%) Maven
9 4 (1.88%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.88%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.88%) TestRail
9 4 (1.88%) Zephyr
10 3 (1.41%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.41%) ERwin
10 3 (1.41%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.94%) JMeter
11 2 (0.94%) MSTest
11 2 (0.94%) WebDriver
General
1 60 (28.17%) Social Skills
2 54 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (17.84%) Finance
4 25 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 21 (9.86%) Banking
6 9 (4.23%) Marketing
7 4 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.88%) Military
8 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.94%) Law
8 2 (0.94%) Legal
8 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.94%) Retail
9 1 (0.47%) Back Office
9 1 (0.47%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.47%) Front Office
9 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (33.33%) Developer
2 37 (17.37%) Architect
3 13 (6.10%) Cloud Specialist
3 13 (6.10%) Integration Specialist
3 13 (6.10%) Java Developer
3 13 (6.10%) Oracle Specialist
4 12 (5.63%) Senior
5 10 (4.69%) Analyst
5 10 (4.69%) Lead
6 9 (4.23%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 7 (3.29%) Data Engineer
7 7 (3.29%) Tester
8 6 (2.82%) Integration Engineer
9 5 (2.35%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (2.35%) Business Analyst
9 5 (2.35%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (2.35%) Consultant
9 5 (2.35%) MuleSoft Developer
10 4 (1.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 4 (1.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (53.99%) REST
2 79 (37.09%) XML
3 48 (22.54%) SOAP
4 35 (16.43%) OAuth
5 29 (13.62%) HTML
6 27 (12.68%) Web Services
7 23 (10.80%) Oracle Fusion
8 22 (10.33%) RESTful
8 22 (10.33%) XSLT
9 19 (8.92%) CSS
10 16 (7.51%) Kafka
11 15 (7.04%) .NET
11 15 (7.04%) JWT
12 14 (6.57%) React
13 12 (5.63%) Node.js
13 12 (5.63%) OAuth2
14 11 (5.16%) Spring Boot
15 10 (4.69%) Spring
16 9 (4.23%) AngularJS
17 8 (3.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.68%) PKI
1 27 (12.68%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (6.10%) Public Cloud
3 8 (3.76%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.82%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.35%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.88%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.41%) DataPower
7 3 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.41%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.41%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.41%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.94%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.94%) CMDB
8 2 (0.94%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.94%) Online Banking
8 2 (0.94%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.45%) Linux
2 7 (3.29%) Unix
3 3 (1.41%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.41%) zOS
4 2 (0.94%) Android
4 2 (0.94%) Windows
5 1 (0.47%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.47%) VMS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (34.74%) Agile
1 74 (34.74%) DevOps
2 49 (23.00%) CI/CD
3 40 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (18.31%) ERP
5 32 (15.02%) Data Modelling
6 28 (13.15%) Configuration Management
7 27 (12.68%) Key Management
8 24 (11.27%) Microservices
9 23 (10.80%) Analytics
9 23 (10.80%) Validation
10 21 (9.86%) CRM
10 21 (9.86%) Test Automation
11 20 (9.39%) API Integration
11 20 (9.39%) Unit Testing
12 19 (8.92%) Integration Patterns
13 17 (7.98%) Data Integration
14 16 (7.51%) Containerisation
14 16 (7.51%) Data Pipeline
15 15 (7.04%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (27.70%) SQL
2 52 (24.41%) Python
3 41 (19.25%) JavaScript
3 41 (19.25%) PowerShell
4 39 (18.31%) Java
5 30 (14.08%) C#
6 13 (6.10%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.82%) R
7 6 (2.82%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.35%) XPath
9 3 (1.41%) Bicep
9 3 (1.41%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.94%) DataWeave
10 2 (0.94%) Groovy
10 2 (0.94%) JCL
10 2 (0.94%) Korn
11 1 (0.47%) Bash
11 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.47%) Go
11 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 80 (37.56%) Security Cleared
2 65 (30.52%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.57%) Degree
4 8 (3.76%) Azure Certification
4 8 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.35%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.35%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.94%) CCNA
8 2 (0.94%) CCNP
8 2 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.94%) OCP
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.98%) QA
2 10 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.35%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.35%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.41%) GDPR
4 3 (1.41%) PSD2
4 3 (1.41%) WCAG
5 2 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.94%) ISO 15022
5 2 (0.94%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.94%) SEPA
6 1 (0.47%) HL7
6 1 (0.47%) MiFID
6 1 (0.47%) PMO
6 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (12.68%) Docker
2 3 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 17 (7.98%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.57%) Terraform
3 6 (2.82%) Ansible
4 4 (1.88%) logstash
4 4 (1.88%) Pingdom
5 3 (1.41%) Grafana
5 3 (1.41%) Kibana
5 3 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.94%) Argo
6 2 (0.94%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.94%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.94%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.94%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.94%) QRadar
6 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.47%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.47%) Istio
Vendors
1 39 (18.31%) Oracle
2 32 (15.02%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.76%) MuleSoft
4 7 (3.29%) Adobe
4 7 (3.29%) OpenAI
5 6 (2.82%) Databricks
5 6 (2.82%) IBM
5 6 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.35%) SAP
6 5 (2.35%) Splunk
6 5 (2.35%) Workday
7 4 (1.88%) Cisco
7 4 (1.88%) Confluent
7 4 (1.88%) Foundry
7 4 (1.88%) Moogsoft
7 4 (1.88%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.88%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.41%) Cloudera
8 3 (1.41%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.41%) webMethods