JSON Job Trends in England

JSON
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring JSON skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 296 214
Rank change year-on-year -59 -82 +30
Permanent jobs citing JSON 268 462 698
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 0.93% 1.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.30% 4.32% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 198 304 578
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £49,813 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £74,688 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,625 £106,625
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -6.40%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,238 10,701 11,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.97% 21.58% 25.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,806 6,365 9,536
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

JSON job vacancy trend in England

JSON
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing JSON.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing JSON

JSON
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing JSON in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for JSON in England

JSON
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -6 96 £75,000 +7.14% 121
East of England +50 61 £55,000 -13.73% 104
South East -57 59 £56,250 -13.46% 187
North of England -6 30 £53,750 -2.27% 162
Midlands 0 23 £47,500 -9.52% 119
North West +23 22 £55,000 - 86
West Midlands +4 17 £47,500 -14.56% 63
East Midlands -18 6 £60,000 +17.07% 48
Yorkshire -24 4 £56,750 +0.89% 66
North East - 4 £45,000 - 10
South West 0 1 £60,000 +20.00% 81
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 9 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.24%) Confluence
3 5 (1.87%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.87%) CMS
4 3 (1.12%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.37%) Appian
6 1 (0.37%) CICS
6 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) JBoss
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.61%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.12%) Trello
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.24%) Shopify
2 5 (1.87%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.12%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 78 (29.10%) Azure
2 39 (14.55%) AWS
3 31 (11.57%) GitHub
4 27 (10.07%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (9.33%) Power Platform
6 24 (8.96%) Serverless
7 23 (8.58%) Power Automate
8 18 (6.72%) Amazon EC2
9 17 (6.34%) Amazon ECS
9 17 (6.34%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (5.22%) Boomi
10 14 (5.22%) SaaS
11 13 (4.85%) PaaS
11 13 (4.85%) PowerApps
12 12 (4.48%) GCP
13 11 (4.10%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (3.36%) iPaaS
15 7 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.10%) FTP
2 6 (2.24%) VPN
3 4 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (1.49%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.49%) Firewall
3 4 (1.49%) HTTP
3 4 (1.49%) LAN
3 4 (1.49%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.49%) WAN
4 3 (1.12%) DNS
4 3 (1.12%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.75%) AMQP
6 1 (0.37%) DHCP
6 1 (0.37%) SSL
6 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.37%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.66%) Relational Database
2 39 (14.55%) SQL Server
3 25 (9.33%) MySQL
4 18 (6.72%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (6.72%) Power BI
5 16 (5.97%) RDBMS
6 13 (4.85%) OLTP
7 11 (4.10%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.61%) GIS
10 6 (2.24%) Metadata
11 5 (1.87%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.12%) Big Data
12 3 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.12%) Hadoop
12 3 (1.12%) Power Query
12 3 (1.12%) Redis
12 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (9.33%) Jenkins
2 21 (7.84%) Git
3 17 (6.34%) JMeter
3 17 (6.34%) JUnit
4 15 (5.60%) Mockito
5 13 (4.85%) JIRA
6 7 (2.61%) Postman
7 6 (2.24%) Axure RP
7 6 (2.24%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.12%) Selenium
9 2 (0.75%) Crashlytics
9 2 (0.75%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.75%) Xcode
10 1 (0.37%) ESLint
10 1 (0.37%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.37%) Storybook
10 1 (0.37%) Subversion
10 1 (0.37%) Testinfra
10 1 (0.37%) XCUITest
General
1 96 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.42%) Law
3 41 (15.30%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (13.81%) Finance
5 29 (10.82%) Retail
6 23 (8.58%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.60%) German Language
8 11 (4.10%) Marketing
9 6 (2.24%) Legal
10 5 (1.87%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.49%) Automotive
11 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.12%) Banking
12 3 (1.12%) Electronics
12 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Publishing
14 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (42.91%) Developer
2 41 (15.30%) Senior
3 35 (13.06%) Senior Developer
4 24 (8.96%) Analyst
5 19 (7.09%) Java Developer
6 18 (6.72%) Full-Stack Developer
7 17 (6.34%) Consultant
8 15 (5.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 14 (5.22%) Oracle Developer
9 14 (5.22%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 13 (4.85%) Mid-Level Java Developer
11 12 (4.48%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.48%) Lead
11 12 (4.48%) ServiceNow Developer
11 12 (4.48%) Technical Consultant
12 10 (3.73%) Integration Engineer
12 10 (3.73%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 10 (3.73%) Support Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) Support Consultant
14 8 (2.99%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (61.57%) XML
2 114 (42.54%) HTML
3 113 (42.16%) REST
4 45 (16.79%) CSS
5 41 (15.30%) Web Services
6 30 (11.19%) Regular Expression
7 29 (10.82%) SOAP
8 28 (10.45%) React
9 21 (7.84%) Spring
9 21 (7.84%) Spring Boot
10 18 (6.72%) Hibernate
11 17 (6.34%) .NET
11 17 (6.34%) jQuery
12 15 (5.60%) ActiveMQ
12 15 (5.60%) Apache Camel
12 15 (5.60%) WireMock
13 14 (5.22%) RESTful
14 13 (4.85%) AngularJS
15 12 (4.48%) YAML
16 11 (4.10%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 47 (17.54%) Onboarding
2 35 (13.06%) Linux Command Line
3 20 (7.46%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (5.97%) Low-Code
4 16 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.10%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.73%) Operational Technology
7 9 (3.36%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.24%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.87%) NHS
9 5 (1.87%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.49%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.49%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.49%) Semantic Web
11 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.12%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.12%) Social Media
12 2 (0.75%) Blog
12 2 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (13.81%) Unix
2 16 (5.97%) Linux
3 3 (1.12%) Android
3 3 (1.12%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.12%) Windows
4 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (30.60%) Agile
2 73 (27.24%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (21.27%) CI/CD
4 48 (17.91%) DevOps
5 47 (17.54%) AI
6 38 (14.18%) LLM
7 33 (12.31%) Data Analysis
8 31 (11.57%) ETL
8 31 (11.57%) Microservices
9 29 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (10.82%) Test Automation
10 27 (10.07%) Problem Management
11 26 (9.70%) API Integration
11 26 (9.70%) Full-Stack Development
11 26 (9.70%) SDLC
11 26 (9.70%) Workflow
12 25 (9.33%) Analytics
12 25 (9.33%) User Experience
13 22 (8.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 117 (43.66%) SQL
2 113 (42.16%) JavaScript
3 90 (33.58%) Python
4 45 (16.79%) Java
5 35 (13.06%) C#
6 29 (10.82%) PowerShell
7 21 (7.84%) Shell Script
8 15 (5.60%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.73%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.61%) PHP
10 7 (2.61%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.49%) Bicep
12 3 (1.12%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.75%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.75%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.75%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.75%) Bash
13 2 (0.75%) C++
13 2 (0.75%) Ruby
13 2 (0.75%) Swift
Qualifications
1 44 (16.42%) Degree
2 23 (8.58%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.73%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.60%) QA
3 10 (3.73%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.73%) GDPR
3 10 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.36%) NCSC
4 9 (3.36%) NIST
5 8 (2.99%) HL7
System Software
1 37 (13.81%) Docker
2 4 (1.49%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.37%) iptables
Systems Management
1 31 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.60%) Kibana
3 11 (4.10%) Terraform
4 10 (3.73%) Ansible
5 5 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.49%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.75%) Grafana
8 1 (0.37%) Packer
8 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (13.06%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.21%) Oracle
2 22 (8.21%) ServiceNow
3 16 (5.97%) Splunk
4 15 (5.60%) Dynatrace
5 12 (4.48%) SAP
6 11 (4.10%) Cisco
7 10 (3.73%) Google
8 9 (3.36%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.99%) Dell
9 8 (2.99%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.61%) Informatica
10 7 (2.61%) SnapLogic
10 7 (2.61%) Talend
11 6 (2.24%) IBM
11 6 (2.24%) Intapp
11 6 (2.24%) Workday
12 5 (1.87%) Epicor
12 5 (1.87%) IFS
12 5 (1.87%) OpenAI