JSON Contracts in Wales

JSON
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring JSON skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JSON over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing JSON 6 0 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.98% - 3.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.76% - 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £201
25th Percentile £406 - £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £230
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.89%
75th Percentile £419 - £430
90th Percentile - - £494
UK median daily rate £500 £534 £543
% change year-on-year -6.37% -1.57% -1.36%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 51 94 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 16.83% 22.98% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 75 114
10th Percentile £285 £318 £313
25th Percentile £312 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £549
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.48% +4.57%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £600
90th Percentile £595 £590 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.74% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £31.58 £15.38 -
25th Percentile £35.06 £15.66 -
Median hourly rate £42.13 £18.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +132.22% - -
75th Percentile £50.44 £21.29 -
90th Percentile £54.68 £22.77 -
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £51.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.70% -20.38% +23.81%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing JSON as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for JSON in Wales

JSON
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JSON in Wales.

Daily rate trend for JSON in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the Wales region over the 6 months to 17 June 2025. 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
South Wales - 6 £413 - 64
JSON
UK

JSON
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) JBoss
1 1 (16.67%) nginx
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
1 1 (16.67%) WebLogic
1 1 (16.67%) WebLogic Portal
1 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
1 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
1 1 (16.67%) OCI
1 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) RTP
1 1 (16.67%) SSL
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Postman
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (16.67%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Test Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) REST
1 5 (83.33%) SOAP
1 5 (83.33%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) JWT
2 1 (16.67%) Middleware
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth
2 1 (16.67%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (83.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Strategy
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection
1 5 (83.33%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
1 5 (83.33%) Test Strategy
1 5 (83.33%) Translating Business Requirements
1 5 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) API Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) ISEB
1 5 (83.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) SEPA
2 1 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
1 1 (16.67%) LXC
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) IBM
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat