JSON Contract Job Trends

JSON
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring JSON skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 245 270
Rank change year-on-year -7 +25 -78
Contract jobs citing JSON 532 352 376
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.08% 0.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.16% 4.79% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 244 249
10th Percentile £356 £363 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.18%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £619
90th Percentile £650 £638 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% +5.00%
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 £73.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £37.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +126.67% -53.13% +14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,309 7,350 8,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.49% 22.58% 21.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,745 4,965 6,172
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £539
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -5.84% -2.00%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £471 £500
% change year-on-year +6.16% -5.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 154 269
10th Percentile £29.72 £30.08 £22.50
25th Percentile £49.20 £38.16 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.35%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.15
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.48% -1.49%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend

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

JSON job vacancy trend in the UK

JSON
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSON.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSON

JSON
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSON over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSON.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSON

JSON
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JSON over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England -5 440 £500 - 82
London +6 233 £525 -8.30% 30
UK excluding London -52 223 £465 +3.33% 57
Work from Home -1 178 £513 +8.61% 32
North of England -46 74 £430 -3.48% 10
South East -33 66 £525 +10.53% 22
Yorkshire -13 41 £461 +12.78% 2
North West -46 33 £391 -12.08% 8
Midlands -35 32 £450 -18.18% 12
West Midlands -40 27 £450 -18.18% 6
Scotland -7 23 £425 -19.05% 2
South West -26 16 £485 +29.33% 7
East of England -20 11 £525 +23.53% 3
East Midlands -12 5 - - 6
Wales -20 5 £500 +33.33% 2
North East -31 3 £550 +175.00%
Northern Ireland -6 1 £650 +46.89% 1

JSON
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 45 (8.46%) Confluence
2 33 (6.20%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.20%) Apache
4 15 (2.82%) Anypoint
5 13 (2.44%) IIS
6 12 (2.26%) Apache Spark
7 10 (1.88%) Mule
8 7 (1.32%) CICS
9 5 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.94%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.94%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.56%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.38%) JBoss
11 2 (0.38%) Mendix
11 2 (0.38%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.38%) Mule ESB
11 2 (0.38%) nginx
12 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 23 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.63%) MS Visio
3 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (2.26%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.13%) Maximo
4 6 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.13%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.56%) Findur
6 3 (0.56%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.38%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.19%) Magento
8 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.19%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.19%) Shopify
8 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 196 (36.84%) Azure
2 120 (22.56%) AWS
3 78 (14.66%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (9.77%) Power Platform
5 45 (8.46%) Serverless
6 43 (8.08%) GitHub
7 40 (7.52%) Boomi
7 40 (7.52%) Power Automate
8 39 (7.33%) GCP
9 29 (5.45%) PowerApps
10 26 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 24 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (4.32%) Amazon S3
12 23 (4.32%) Entra ID
13 21 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (3.76%) Azure Functions
15 18 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
15 18 (3.38%) SaaS
16 17 (3.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 16 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.08%) HTTP
2 17 (3.20%) DNS
3 14 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.88%) BIG-IP
4 10 (1.88%) DHCP
5 5 (0.94%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.94%) Network Security
6 4 (0.75%) Intranet
6 4 (0.75%) SSH
6 4 (0.75%) SSL
7 3 (0.56%) DSL
7 3 (0.56%) Firewall
7 3 (0.56%) FTP
8 2 (0.38%) Internet
8 2 (0.38%) NAS
8 2 (0.38%) SAN
8 2 (0.38%) SMS
8 2 (0.38%) SNMP
8 2 (0.38%) Wireless
8 2 (0.38%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.40%) SQL Server
2 46 (8.65%) MongoDB
3 38 (7.14%) Metadata
4 35 (6.58%) Relational Database
5 29 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (4.89%) Power BI
7 24 (4.51%) DynamoDB
8 22 (4.14%) NoSQL
9 19 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (3.38%) Parquet
11 14 (2.63%) RDBMS
12 12 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (2.26%) Data Lake
12 12 (2.26%) Oracle Database
13 10 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (1.88%) MySQL
14 9 (1.69%) Db2
14 9 (1.69%) Delta Lake
15 8 (1.50%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 95 (17.86%) Git
2 74 (13.91%) JIRA
3 40 (7.52%) Jenkins
4 38 (7.14%) Postman
5 36 (6.77%) GitLab
6 13 (2.44%) Maven
7 12 (2.26%) Team Foundation Server
8 11 (2.07%) JUnit
8 11 (2.07%) Selenium
8 11 (2.07%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.07%) Visual Studio
9 7 (1.32%) ERwin
10 6 (1.13%) Claude Code
10 6 (1.13%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.13%) JMeter
11 5 (0.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.94%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.94%) Gatling
11 5 (0.94%) Gradle
11 5 (0.94%) SoapUI
General
1 156 (29.32%) Social Skills
2 97 (18.23%) Finance
3 84 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (11.28%) Public Sector
5 37 (6.95%) Banking
6 24 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.63%) Publishing
8 13 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.88%) Marketing
9 10 (1.88%) Retail
10 7 (1.32%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.13%) Back Office
11 6 (1.13%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.13%) Legal
11 6 (1.13%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.75%) Billing
12 4 (0.75%) Law
12 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 182 (34.21%) Developer
2 64 (12.03%) Senior
3 52 (9.77%) Architect
4 46 (8.65%) Analyst
5 35 (6.58%) Data Engineer
6 24 (4.51%) Senior Developer
7 22 (4.14%) Python Developer
8 20 (3.76%) Business Analyst
9 19 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
10 18 (3.38%) Software Developer
11 17 (3.20%) Consultant
11 17 (3.20%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (3.01%) Integration Architect
13 15 (2.82%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (2.82%) Full-Stack Developer
14 14 (2.63%) Java Developer
15 13 (2.44%) Systems Analyst
16 12 (2.26%) Business Systems Analyst
16 12 (2.26%) DBA
16 12 (2.26%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (38.91%) REST
2 200 (37.59%) XML
3 103 (19.36%) SOAP
4 66 (12.41%) Kafka
5 55 (10.34%) Middleware
6 54 (10.15%) OAuth
6 54 (10.15%) RESTful
7 48 (9.02%) .NET
8 47 (8.83%) React
8 47 (8.83%) Web Services
9 40 (7.52%) Swagger
10 34 (6.39%) YAML
11 30 (5.64%) HTML
11 30 (5.64%) OpenAPI
12 29 (5.45%) CSS
12 29 (5.45%) OAuth2
13 28 (5.26%) Node.js
14 24 (4.51%) XSLT
15 19 (3.57%) JWT
16 18 (3.38%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.65%) Product Ownership
2 39 (7.33%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.76%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (3.20%) Cloud Native
5 17 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.63%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (2.26%) Management Information System
10 11 (2.07%) Low-Code
10 11 (2.07%) Replication
10 11 (2.07%) Taxonomies
11 10 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.88%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.69%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.50%) CMDB
13 8 (1.50%) Mobile App
14 7 (1.32%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.08%) Windows
2 26 (4.89%) Linux
3 10 (1.88%) Unix
4 9 (1.69%) Android
5 8 (1.50%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.32%) zOS
7 5 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.38%) Solaris
9 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.38%) VMS
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (33.65%) CI/CD
2 172 (32.33%) Agile
3 160 (30.08%) DevOps
4 124 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (16.17%) Data Modelling
6 81 (15.23%) Validation
7 67 (12.59%) AI
7 67 (12.59%) Integration Patterns
8 65 (12.22%) Scrum
9 64 (12.03%) Event-Driven
10 59 (11.09%) ETL
11 56 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 53 (9.96%) Analytics
12 53 (9.96%) Data Pipeline
12 53 (9.96%) Workflow
13 51 (9.59%) API Integration
14 49 (9.21%) Microservices
14 49 (9.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 49 (9.21%) Test Automation
15 47 (8.83%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 200 (37.59%) SQL
2 198 (37.22%) Python
3 100 (18.80%) Java
3 100 (18.80%) JavaScript
4 73 (13.72%) C#
5 56 (10.53%) PowerShell
6 34 (6.39%) PL/SQL
7 29 (5.45%) Groovy
8 25 (4.70%) TypeScript
9 19 (3.57%) T-SQL
10 18 (3.38%) Bash
10 18 (3.38%) Shell Script
10 18 (3.38%) VBA
11 9 (1.69%) Bicep
12 8 (1.50%) Scala
12 8 (1.50%) VB.NET
12 8 (1.50%) XPath
13 7 (1.32%) DataWeave
13 7 (1.32%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.13%) R
Qualifications
1 143 (26.88%) Security Cleared
2 110 (20.68%) SC Cleared
3 28 (5.26%) Degree
4 22 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (3.20%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.69%) CISSP
7 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.32%) CISM
9 5 (0.94%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.56%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.56%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.38%) GIAC
12 2 (0.38%) SSCP
13 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 40 (7.52%) QA
3 33 (6.20%) Accessibility
4 22 (4.14%) GDPR
5 9 (1.69%) WCAG
6 8 (1.50%) HL7
7 6 (1.13%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.13%) NIST
8 5 (0.94%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.75%) GRC
9 4 (0.75%) ISO 15022
9 4 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.75%) SLA
10 3 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.56%) FATCA
10 3 (0.56%) NCSC
10 3 (0.56%) PSD2
11 2 (0.38%) Basel III
System Software
1 58 (10.90%) Docker
2 17 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.38%) OpenSSH
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) iptables
Systems Management
1 61 (11.47%) Kubernetes
2 54 (10.15%) Terraform
3 44 (8.27%) Ansible
4 10 (1.88%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.50%) Grafana
6 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.75%) QRadar
8 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.56%) WMI
9 2 (0.38%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.38%) Kibana
9 2 (0.38%) logstash
9 2 (0.38%) SCCM
9 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.19%) Argo
10 1 (0.19%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.19%) Istio
10 1 (0.19%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 120 (22.56%) Microsoft
2 102 (19.17%) Oracle
3 46 (8.65%) MuleSoft
4 40 (7.52%) ServiceNow
5 28 (5.26%) SAP
6 27 (5.08%) Databricks
7 24 (4.51%) Splunk
8 23 (4.32%) IBM
8 23 (4.32%) Salesforce
9 20 (3.76%) Google
9 20 (3.76%) Workday
10 13 (2.44%) Dell
10 13 (2.44%) Foundry
10 13 (2.44%) webMethods
11 11 (2.07%) Sonatype
12 10 (1.88%) F5
12 10 (1.88%) Infoblox
13 9 (1.69%) Okta
14 8 (1.50%) Informatica
14 8 (1.50%) Talend