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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 325 276
Rank change year-on-year -98 -49 +4
Permanent jobs citing JSON 283 361 844
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.92% 1.00%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.52% 4.65% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 205 285 667
10th Percentile £40,200 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,526 £46,250 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,169 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,375 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.52% +0.63% -7.69%

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 8,047 7,756 17,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.00% 19.84% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,107 5,650 14,146
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,884 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

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 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -32 100 £65,000 -5.45% 45
South East -37 66 £62,500 -3.85% 36
East of England +8 50 £90,000 +89.47% 5
North of England -28 45 £57,500 +9.52% 27
North West -3 31 £61,250 +13.95% 16
Yorkshire -50 12 £57,000 +8.57% 8
Midlands -50 11 £47,500 -12.59% 10
West Midlands -39 7 £43,000 -20.87% 3
South West -61 6 £31,500 -47.50% 6
East Midlands -36 4 £47,500 -15.93% 7
North East -35 2 £46,250 -40.32% 3
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 28 (9.89%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.83%) CMS
4 7 (2.47%) IIS
4 7 (2.47%) WordPress
5 5 (1.77%) Drupal
6 3 (1.06%) Apache
6 3 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.06%) Confluence
7 2 (0.71%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.71%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.71%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.35%) CICS
8 1 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.35%) JBoss
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.06%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.35%) Magento
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (41.34%) Azure
2 66 (23.32%) AWS
3 59 (20.85%) Power Platform
4 36 (12.72%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (10.95%) Serverless
6 30 (10.60%) Azure Logic Apps
7 26 (9.19%) PowerApps
8 25 (8.83%) Power Automate
9 24 (8.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (8.48%) SaaS
10 21 (7.42%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (6.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (6.71%) OneDrive
12 17 (6.01%) Boomi
12 17 (6.01%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (5.30%) GitHub
14 14 (4.95%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (4.59%) GCP
16 12 (4.24%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.01%) Firewall
2 6 (2.12%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (2.12%) VPN
3 5 (1.77%) DNS
4 3 (1.06%) AMQP
4 3 (1.06%) BGP
4 3 (1.06%) SSL
5 2 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.71%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.71%) FTP
5 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.71%) LAN
5 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.71%) WAN
6 1 (0.35%) Broadband
6 1 (0.35%) CTI
6 1 (0.35%) DHCP
6 1 (0.35%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (18.37%) Power BI
2 31 (10.95%) MySQL
3 28 (9.89%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (8.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (7.42%) Relational Database
6 20 (7.07%) SQL Server
7 19 (6.71%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (6.36%) Metadata
9 12 (4.24%) RDBMS
10 7 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.47%) Redis
11 6 (2.12%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.41%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.41%) OLTP
12 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.06%) Delta Lake
13 3 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
14 2 (0.71%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.71%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 42 (14.84%) Git
2 31 (10.95%) JIRA
3 23 (8.13%) Jenkins
4 21 (7.42%) GitLab
5 12 (4.24%) Postman
6 9 (3.18%) JUnit
7 8 (2.83%) Maven
8 7 (2.47%) ERwin
8 7 (2.47%) Selenium
9 6 (2.12%) Cucumber
9 6 (2.12%) Mockito
9 6 (2.12%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.77%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.77%) Gradle
10 5 (1.77%) JMeter
10 5 (1.77%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.77%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.41%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.41%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 125 (44.17%) Social Skills
2 80 (28.27%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (15.90%) Finance
4 19 (6.71%) Retail
5 17 (6.01%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (5.65%) Marketing
6 16 (5.65%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.24%) Health Technology
7 12 (4.24%) Law
8 10 (3.53%) Advertising
8 10 (3.53%) German Language
9 7 (2.47%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.12%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Back Office
12 3 (1.06%) Banking
12 3 (1.06%) Local Government
13 2 (0.71%) Electronics
13 2 (0.71%) Front Office
13 2 (0.71%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 92 (32.51%) Developer
2 61 (21.55%) Senior
3 49 (17.31%) Senior Developer
4 26 (9.19%) Analyst
5 25 (8.83%) Architect
6 21 (7.42%) Consultant
7 20 (7.07%) Data Analyst
8 17 (6.01%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (5.65%) Support Engineer
10 15 (5.30%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.89%) Applications Architect
11 11 (3.89%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (3.89%) Integration Architect
11 11 (3.89%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.89%) Telecoms Engineer
12 10 (3.53%) Lead
12 10 (3.53%) Software Engineer
13 8 (2.83%) Data Engineer
13 8 (2.83%) Software Developer
13 8 (2.83%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (46.64%) XML
2 106 (37.46%) REST
3 90 (31.80%) HTML
4 59 (20.85%) CSS
5 46 (16.25%) .NET
6 45 (15.90%) SOAP
7 32 (11.31%) Middleware
8 30 (10.60%) .NET Core
8 30 (10.60%) YAML
9 25 (8.83%) RESTful
10 22 (7.77%) HTML5 Canvas
10 22 (7.77%) Regular Expression
11 20 (7.07%) JWT
12 19 (6.71%) Microsoft Graph
12 19 (6.71%) OAuth
12 19 (6.71%) SPFx
12 19 (6.71%) Spring
13 17 (6.01%) Spring Boot
14 16 (5.65%) EDI
15 15 (5.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.43%) Onboarding
2 25 (8.83%) Linux Command Line
3 24 (8.48%) Data Structures
4 23 (8.13%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (4.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.18%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.18%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.47%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.47%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.12%) NHS
9 6 (2.12%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.41%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.41%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.41%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.41%) Taxonomies
12 3 (1.06%) PMI
12 3 (1.06%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.72%) Linux
2 24 (8.48%) Unix
3 15 (5.30%) Windows
4 9 (3.18%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (26.86%) DevOps
2 73 (25.80%) CI/CD
3 70 (24.73%) Agile
3 70 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (18.37%) Business Intelligence
5 48 (16.96%) Data Modelling
6 46 (16.25%) Microservices
7 43 (15.19%) AI
8 38 (13.43%) User Experience
9 37 (13.07%) Data Analysis
10 35 (12.37%) API Integration
11 33 (11.66%) Containerisation
11 33 (11.66%) ERP
12 28 (9.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 28 (9.89%) Test Automation
12 28 (9.89%) Validation
13 27 (9.54%) CRM
13 27 (9.54%) Technical Leadership
14 26 (9.19%) Collaborative Working
15 25 (8.83%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 143 (50.53%) SQL
2 101 (35.69%) Python
3 99 (34.98%) JavaScript
4 61 (21.55%) Java
5 45 (15.90%) C#
6 36 (12.72%) PowerShell
7 23 (8.13%) TypeScript
8 15 (5.30%) PHP
9 10 (3.53%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.53%) T-SQL
10 9 (3.18%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.12%) Groovy
12 4 (1.41%) Ruby
12 4 (1.41%) VBA
13 3 (1.06%) ActionScript
13 3 (1.06%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (1.06%) Bicep
13 3 (1.06%) Perl
14 2 (0.71%) Bash
14 2 (0.71%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (16.61%) Degree
2 31 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.48%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.12%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.35%) CISSP
8 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.35%) GIAC
8 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.25%) QA
2 14 (4.95%) Accessibility
2 14 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.24%) TickIT
4 11 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.89%) SLA
5 7 (2.47%) HL7
6 6 (2.12%) WCAG
7 4 (1.41%) GDPR
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.35%) NCSC
8 1 (0.35%) NIST
8 1 (0.35%) PERC
System Software
1 35 (12.37%) Docker
2 12 (4.24%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.41%) vSphere
4 2 (0.71%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 29 (10.25%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.71%) Terraform
3 16 (5.65%) Ansible
4 5 (1.77%) Kibana
5 4 (1.41%) Packer
6 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.35%) Grafana
7 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 68 (24.03%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.48%) Adobe
3 16 (5.65%) Cisco
3 16 (5.65%) Oracle
4 11 (3.89%) Red Hat
4 11 (3.89%) Splunk
5 9 (3.18%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.83%) F5
7 7 (2.47%) Sparx
8 6 (2.12%) Google
8 6 (2.12%) IBM
8 6 (2.12%) Juniper
8 6 (2.12%) SAP
8 6 (2.12%) VMware
9 5 (1.77%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.41%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.41%) Databricks
10 4 (1.41%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.41%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.41%) ServiceNow