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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 330 281
Rank change year-on-year -85 -49 +1
Permanent jobs citing JSON 291 356 838
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.92% 1.00%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.60% 4.54% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 208 281 661
10th Percentile £40,350 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,950 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +1.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £84,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 8,082 7,850 16,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.01% 20.20% 20.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6,115 5,562 14,108
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,500 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £66,230 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% +10.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,064
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 14 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 14 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 -28 105 £70,000 +3.70% 53
South East -40 69 £62,500 -3.85% 41
East of England +7 49 £90,000 +89.47% 6
North of England -17 45 £57,500 +9.52% 31
North West +4 31 £61,250 +13.95% 17
Yorkshire -58 12 £57,000 +8.57% 11
Midlands -52 11 £47,500 -12.59% 13
West Midlands -37 7 £43,000 -20.87% 5
South West -60 6 £31,500 -47.50% 9
East Midlands -30 4 £47,500 -15.93% 8
North East -34 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 27 (9.28%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.75%) CMS
4 7 (2.41%) IIS
4 7 (2.41%) WordPress
5 5 (1.72%) Drupal
6 3 (1.03%) Apache
6 3 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.03%) Confluence
7 2 (0.69%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.69%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.69%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.34%) CICS
8 1 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.34%) JBoss
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.03%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.34%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.34%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 120 (41.24%) Azure
2 69 (23.71%) AWS
3 58 (19.93%) Power Platform
4 35 (12.03%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (11.34%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (11.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 32 (11.00%) Serverless
7 25 (8.59%) PowerApps
8 24 (8.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (8.25%) Power Automate
8 24 (8.25%) SaaS
9 21 (7.22%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (6.53%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (6.53%) OneDrive
11 17 (5.84%) Boomi
11 17 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (5.50%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (5.50%) GitHub
13 14 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (4.47%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.84%) Firewall
2 6 (2.06%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (2.06%) VPN
3 5 (1.72%) DNS
4 3 (1.03%) AMQP
4 3 (1.03%) BGP
4 3 (1.03%) SSL
5 2 (0.69%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.69%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.69%) FTP
5 2 (0.69%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.69%) LAN
5 2 (0.69%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.69%) WAN
6 1 (0.34%) Broadband
6 1 (0.34%) CTI
6 1 (0.34%) DHCP
6 1 (0.34%) HTTP
6 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.53%) Power BI
2 32 (11.00%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (10.65%) MySQL
4 23 (7.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (7.56%) Relational Database
6 19 (6.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (6.53%) SQL Server
7 18 (6.19%) Metadata
8 13 (4.47%) RDBMS
9 8 (2.75%) Redis
10 7 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.06%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.37%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.37%) OLTP
13 4 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (1.03%) Delta Lake
14 3 (1.03%) Snowflake Schema
15 2 (0.69%) DynamoDB
15 2 (0.69%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 43 (14.78%) Git
2 31 (10.65%) JIRA
3 23 (7.90%) Jenkins
4 21 (7.22%) GitLab
5 12 (4.12%) Postman
6 10 (3.44%) JUnit
7 8 (2.75%) Maven
8 7 (2.41%) ERwin
8 7 (2.41%) Mockito
8 7 (2.41%) Selenium
9 6 (2.06%) Cucumber
9 6 (2.06%) JMeter
9 6 (2.06%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.72%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.72%) Gradle
10 5 (1.72%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.72%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.37%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.37%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 125 (42.96%) Social Skills
2 82 (28.18%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (16.15%) Finance
4 19 (6.53%) Retail
5 17 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (5.50%) Marketing
6 16 (5.50%) Telecoms
7 13 (4.47%) Law
8 12 (4.12%) Health Technology
9 10 (3.44%) Advertising
9 10 (3.44%) German Language
10 7 (2.41%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.41%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.37%) Back Office
13 3 (1.03%) Banking
13 3 (1.03%) Local Government
14 2 (0.69%) Electronics
14 2 (0.69%) Legal
14 2 (0.69%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 96 (32.99%) Developer
2 62 (21.31%) Senior
3 50 (17.18%) Senior Developer
4 26 (8.93%) Analyst
5 25 (8.59%) Architect
6 21 (7.22%) Consultant
7 20 (6.87%) Data Analyst
8 17 (5.84%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (5.84%) Support Engineer
9 15 (5.15%) Java Developer
10 11 (3.78%) Applications Architect
10 11 (3.78%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (3.78%) Integration Architect
10 11 (3.78%) Network Engineer
10 11 (3.78%) Software Engineer
10 11 (3.78%) Telecoms Engineer
11 10 (3.44%) Lead
12 9 (3.09%) Java Engineer
12 9 (3.09%) Software Developer
13 8 (2.75%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (46.05%) XML
2 110 (37.80%) REST
3 93 (31.96%) HTML
4 61 (20.96%) CSS
5 49 (16.84%) .NET
6 45 (15.46%) SOAP
7 34 (11.68%) .NET Core
8 32 (11.00%) Middleware
9 30 (10.31%) YAML
10 27 (9.28%) RESTful
11 22 (7.56%) HTML5 Canvas
11 22 (7.56%) Regular Expression
12 21 (7.22%) JWT
13 20 (6.87%) Spring
14 19 (6.53%) Microsoft Graph
14 19 (6.53%) OAuth
14 19 (6.53%) SPFx
15 18 (6.19%) React
15 18 (6.19%) Spring Boot
16 16 (5.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.06%) Onboarding
2 25 (8.59%) Linux Command Line
3 24 (8.25%) Data Structures
3 24 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (6.87%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (4.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.44%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.09%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.41%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.41%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.41%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.06%) NHS
10 4 (1.37%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.37%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.37%) Taxonomies
11 3 (1.03%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.03%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.71%) Linux
2 24 (8.25%) Unix
3 16 (5.50%) Windows
4 9 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (27.49%) CI/CD
2 77 (26.46%) DevOps
3 73 (25.09%) Agile
4 71 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (17.53%) Business Intelligence
6 50 (17.18%) Microservices
7 49 (16.84%) Data Modelling
8 43 (14.78%) AI
9 40 (13.75%) User Experience
10 38 (13.06%) Data Analysis
11 36 (12.37%) API Integration
12 34 (11.68%) Containerisation
13 33 (11.34%) ERP
14 31 (10.65%) Test Automation
15 30 (10.31%) Infrastructure as Code
16 28 (9.62%) Validation
17 27 (9.28%) CRM
17 27 (9.28%) Technical Leadership
18 26 (8.93%) Collaborative Working
19 25 (8.59%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 145 (49.83%) SQL
2 103 (35.40%) JavaScript
2 103 (35.40%) Python
3 63 (21.65%) Java
4 49 (16.84%) C#
5 36 (12.37%) PowerShell
6 25 (8.59%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.15%) PHP
8 11 (3.78%) T-SQL
9 10 (3.44%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.44%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.06%) Groovy
11 5 (1.72%) Ruby
12 4 (1.37%) VBA
13 3 (1.03%) ActionScript
13 3 (1.03%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (1.03%) Bicep
13 3 (1.03%) Perl
14 2 (0.69%) Bash
14 2 (0.69%) Lua
Qualifications
1 47 (16.15%) Degree
2 32 (11.00%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.59%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.06%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.03%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.03%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.34%) CISSP
8 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.34%) GIAC
8 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.34%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.31%) QA
2 16 (5.50%) Accessibility
3 14 (4.81%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.12%) TickIT
5 11 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.78%) SLA
6 7 (2.41%) HL7
7 6 (2.06%) WCAG
8 5 (1.72%) GDPR
9 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.34%) NCSC
9 1 (0.34%) NIST
9 1 (0.34%) PERC
System Software
1 37 (12.71%) Docker
2 12 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.37%) vSphere
4 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) iptables
Systems Management
1 31 (10.65%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.22%) Terraform
3 15 (5.15%) Ansible
4 6 (2.06%) Kibana
5 4 (1.37%) Packer
6 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.34%) Grafana
7 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 68 (23.37%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.25%) Adobe
3 16 (5.50%) Cisco
3 16 (5.50%) Oracle
4 12 (4.12%) Splunk
5 11 (3.78%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.09%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.75%) F5
8 7 (2.41%) Sparx
9 6 (2.06%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.06%) Google
9 6 (2.06%) IBM
9 6 (2.06%) Juniper
9 6 (2.06%) SAP
9 6 (2.06%) VMware
10 5 (1.72%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.37%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.37%) Databricks
11 4 (1.37%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.37%) ServiceNow