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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 326 272
Rank change year-on-year -91 -54 +10
Permanent jobs citing JSON 286 366 850
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.94% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.62% 4.79% 5.01%
Number of salaries quoted 204 286 675
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £49,688 £46,427 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,625 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% +2.71% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £63,335 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -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 7,898 7,642 16,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.78% 19.63% 20.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,955 5,674 14,137
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% +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 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 8 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 8 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 -36 101 £68,000 +0.74% 50
South East -59 66 £62,500 -3.85% 32
East of England +15 54 £90,000 +89.47% 5
North of England -50 42 £60,000 +11.63% 26
North West -20 29 £61,250 +13.95% 15
Midlands -46 11 £47,500 -11.53% 10
Yorkshire -49 11 £70,000 +33.33% 9
West Midlands -38 7 £43,000 -20.87% 4
South West -65 6 £31,500 -47.50% 3
East Midlands -36 4 £47,500 -9.52% 6
North East -33 2 £46,250 -40.32% 2
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 (9.79%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.10%) CMS
3 6 (2.10%) IIS
4 5 (1.75%) WordPress
5 3 (1.05%) Apache
5 3 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.05%) Confluence
5 3 (1.05%) Drupal
6 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.70%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.35%) CICS
7 1 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.35%) JBoss
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.05%) 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 (0.70%) 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
1 118 (41.26%) Azure
2 63 (22.03%) AWS
3 61 (21.33%) Power Platform
4 34 (11.89%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (11.19%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (10.84%) Azure Logic Apps
7 30 (10.49%) Serverless
8 26 (9.09%) PowerApps
9 25 (8.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (8.74%) Power Automate
10 24 (8.39%) SaaS
11 20 (6.99%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (6.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (6.64%) OneDrive
13 17 (5.94%) Boomi
13 17 (5.94%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (5.94%) GitHub
14 14 (4.90%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (4.90%) GCP
15 12 (4.20%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.94%) Firewall
2 6 (2.10%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (2.10%) VPN
3 5 (1.75%) DNS
4 4 (1.40%) SSL
5 3 (1.05%) AMQP
5 3 (1.05%) BGP
5 3 (1.05%) FTP
6 2 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.70%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.70%) LAN
6 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.70%) WAN
7 1 (0.35%) Broadband
7 1 (0.35%) CTI
7 1 (0.35%) DHCP
7 1 (0.35%) Network Security
7 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (18.88%) Power BI
2 29 (10.14%) MySQL
3 27 (9.44%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (8.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (7.34%) SQL Server
6 20 (6.99%) Relational Database
7 19 (6.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (6.64%) Metadata
8 12 (4.20%) RDBMS
9 7 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.45%) Redis
10 6 (2.10%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (1.75%) OLTP
11 5 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.40%) MongoDB
13 3 (1.05%) Delta Lake
13 3 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
14 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
14 2 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (13.64%) Git
2 33 (11.54%) JIRA
3 22 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 20 (6.99%) GitLab
5 12 (4.20%) Postman
6 9 (3.15%) JUnit
7 8 (2.80%) Maven
8 7 (2.45%) ERwin
9 6 (2.10%) Mockito
9 6 (2.10%) Selenium
9 6 (2.10%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.75%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.75%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.75%) Gradle
10 5 (1.75%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.75%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.40%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.40%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.40%) JMeter
12 2 (0.70%) Crashlytics
General
1 125 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 81 (28.32%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (16.08%) Finance
4 21 (7.34%) Retail
5 16 (5.59%) Marketing
5 16 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (5.59%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.20%) German Language
6 12 (4.20%) Health Technology
6 12 (4.20%) Law
7 9 (3.15%) Advertising
8 7 (2.45%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.45%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.05%) Back Office
10 3 (1.05%) Local Government
11 2 (0.70%) Electronics
11 2 (0.70%) Front Office
11 2 (0.70%) Legal
11 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 94 (32.87%) Developer
2 61 (21.33%) Senior
3 49 (17.13%) Senior Developer
4 27 (9.44%) Analyst
5 25 (8.74%) Architect
6 21 (7.34%) Consultant
7 20 (6.99%) Data Analyst
8 16 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (5.24%) Java Developer
9 15 (5.24%) Support Engineer
10 11 (3.85%) Applications Architect
10 11 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (3.85%) Integration Architect
10 11 (3.85%) Network Engineer
10 11 (3.85%) Telecoms Engineer
11 10 (3.50%) Lead
11 10 (3.50%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.15%) Data Engineer
13 8 (2.80%) SQL Analyst
13 8 (2.80%) SSRS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (48.60%) XML
2 107 (37.41%) REST
3 91 (31.82%) HTML
4 55 (19.23%) CSS
5 47 (16.43%) SOAP
6 45 (15.73%) .NET
7 31 (10.84%) Middleware
8 29 (10.14%) .NET Core
9 28 (9.79%) YAML
10 27 (9.44%) RESTful
11 26 (9.09%) Regular Expression
12 22 (7.69%) HTML5 Canvas
13 19 (6.64%) JWT
13 19 (6.64%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (6.64%) OAuth
13 19 (6.64%) SPFx
13 19 (6.64%) Spring
14 17 (5.94%) Spring Boot
15 16 (5.59%) EDI
15 16 (5.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.34%) Onboarding
2 29 (10.14%) Linux Command Line
3 25 (8.74%) Data Structures
4 24 (8.39%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (6.99%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.50%) Cloud Native
8 9 (3.15%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.45%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.45%) Public Cloud
10 6 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.10%) NHS
10 6 (2.10%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.40%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.40%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.40%) Taxonomies
12 3 (1.05%) Semantic Web
12 3 (1.05%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.89%) Linux
2 28 (9.79%) Unix
3 13 (4.55%) Windows
4 8 (2.80%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (26.57%) DevOps
2 73 (25.52%) CI/CD
3 70 (24.48%) Agile
4 69 (24.13%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (18.88%) Business Intelligence
6 49 (17.13%) Data Modelling
7 47 (16.43%) AI
8 43 (15.03%) Microservices
9 41 (14.34%) Data Analysis
10 39 (13.64%) User Experience
11 35 (12.24%) API Integration
12 33 (11.54%) Containerisation
12 33 (11.54%) ERP
13 29 (10.14%) Test Automation
13 29 (10.14%) Validation
14 27 (9.44%) Analytics
14 27 (9.44%) CRM
14 27 (9.44%) Infrastructure as Code
14 27 (9.44%) Technical Leadership
15 26 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 145 (50.70%) SQL
2 105 (36.71%) Python
3 95 (33.22%) JavaScript
4 60 (20.98%) Java
5 44 (15.38%) C#
6 35 (12.24%) PowerShell
7 23 (8.04%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.55%) PHP
9 11 (3.85%) PL/SQL
10 10 (3.50%) T-SQL
11 9 (3.15%) Shell Script
12 6 (2.10%) Groovy
13 4 (1.40%) Ruby
13 4 (1.40%) VBA
14 3 (1.05%) ActionScript
14 3 (1.05%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (1.05%) Bicep
14 3 (1.05%) Perl
15 2 (0.70%) C++
15 2 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (18.18%) Degree
2 29 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.05%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.35%) CISSP
7 1 (0.35%) GIAC
7 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.79%) QA
2 15 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 12 (4.20%) TickIT
5 11 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.85%) SLA
6 7 (2.45%) HL7
7 6 (2.10%) GDPR
8 4 (1.40%) WCAG
9 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.35%) NCSC
9 1 (0.35%) NIST
9 1 (0.35%) PERC
System Software
1 34 (11.89%) Docker
2 12 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.40%) vSphere
4 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 29 (10.14%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.29%) Terraform
3 16 (5.59%) Ansible
4 5 (1.75%) Kibana
5 4 (1.40%) Packer
6 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.35%) Grafana
7 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 67 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.39%) Adobe
3 18 (6.29%) Oracle
4 16 (5.59%) Cisco
5 11 (3.85%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.50%) Splunk
7 9 (3.15%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.80%) F5
9 7 (2.45%) Sparx
10 6 (2.10%) Google
10 6 (2.10%) IBM
10 6 (2.10%) Juniper
10 6 (2.10%) SAP
10 6 (2.10%) VMware
11 5 (1.75%) Databricks
11 5 (1.75%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.40%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.40%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.40%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.40%) ServiceNow