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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 379 324
Rank change year-on-year -88 -55 -112
Permanent jobs citing JSON 310 271 526
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.63% 0.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.93% 3.65% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 207 209 324
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,526 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £83,125 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £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 10,597 7,427 14,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.23% 17.15% 21.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,699 4,898 8,909
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -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 8 October 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 October 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 -28 131 £75,000 +7.14% 248
South East -58 68 £55,000 -15.38% 52
North of England -55 42 £49,500 -7.91% 46
Midlands -34 29 £55,000 +15.79% 32
North West -24 23 £62,500 +8.70% 28
West Midlands -35 22 £61,700 +29.89% 21
East of England -55 20 £90,000 +63.64% 20
Yorkshire -20 16 £37,500 -1.32% 14
South West -60 16 £52,500 -12.50% 22
East Midlands -29 7 £54,000 -11.84% 11
North East -61 3 £31,000 -31.11% 5
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 (9.03%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.81%) Confluence
3 16 (5.16%) IIS
4 13 (4.19%) Apache
5 8 (2.58%) CMS
5 8 (2.58%) WordPress
6 7 (2.26%) Drupal
6 7 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.97%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.97%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.32%) JBoss
Applications
1 20 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.65%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.65%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 137 (44.19%) Azure
2 77 (24.84%) AWS
3 56 (18.06%) Power Platform
4 55 (17.74%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (14.52%) Azure Logic Apps
6 38 (12.26%) Serverless
7 31 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (9.68%) Power Automate
9 23 (7.42%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (7.42%) PowerApps
10 22 (7.10%) GitHub
11 19 (6.13%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (6.13%) Azure Data Factory
12 17 (5.48%) Azure Functions
13 14 (4.52%) GCP
14 13 (4.19%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (4.19%) SaaS
15 12 (3.87%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (3.23%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.55%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.90%) HTTP
3 7 (2.26%) Firewall
3 7 (2.26%) Wireshark
4 6 (1.94%) DNS
5 3 (0.97%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.97%) Wireless
6 2 (0.65%) MQTT
6 2 (0.65%) VPN
7 1 (0.32%) Broadband
7 1 (0.32%) FTP
7 1 (0.32%) Network Security
7 1 (0.32%) RTP
7 1 (0.32%) RTSP
7 1 (0.32%) SCTP
7 1 (0.32%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.32%) SS7
7 1 (0.32%) VoIP
7 1 (0.32%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.55%) SQL Server
2 39 (12.58%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (11.29%) Power BI
4 19 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (6.13%) MySQL
4 19 (6.13%) Redis
4 19 (6.13%) Relational Database
5 13 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (3.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (3.23%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.58%) Metadata
9 7 (2.26%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (2.26%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.26%) Parquet
10 6 (1.94%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.29%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.29%) Power Query
13 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 63 (20.32%) Git
2 28 (9.03%) JIRA
3 23 (7.42%) Jenkins
4 17 (5.48%) Selenium
5 14 (4.52%) Postman
6 12 (3.87%) JMeter
7 11 (3.55%) GitLab
8 8 (2.58%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.26%) JUnit
10 6 (1.94%) Maven
10 6 (1.94%) SoapUI
10 6 (1.94%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.61%) Gatling
11 5 (1.61%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.61%) Mocha
11 5 (1.61%) Mockito
11 5 (1.61%) NUnit
11 5 (1.61%) Zephyr
12 4 (1.29%) Gradle
12 4 (1.29%) REST Assured
General
1 131 (42.26%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.55%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (20.32%) Finance
4 27 (8.71%) Organisational Skills
4 27 (8.71%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.19%) Banking
6 13 (4.19%) Legal
7 12 (3.87%) Law
7 12 (3.87%) Retail
8 9 (2.90%) Advertising
9 8 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.26%) Marketing
11 6 (1.94%) Aviation
11 6 (1.94%) Back Office
11 6 (1.94%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.61%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.61%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.29%) Publishing
14 3 (0.97%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 121 (39.03%) Developer
2 74 (23.87%) Senior
3 36 (11.61%) Senior Developer
4 27 (8.71%) .NET Developer
5 25 (8.06%) Analyst
6 21 (6.77%) Architect
6 21 (6.77%) Lead
6 21 (6.77%) Software Engineer
7 17 (5.48%) Integration Engineer
8 16 (5.16%) Data Engineer
8 16 (5.16%) Web Developer
9 15 (4.84%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (4.84%) Ruby Developer
9 15 (4.84%) Software Developer
10 13 (4.19%) .NET Web Developer
10 13 (4.19%) Senior Integration Engineer
11 12 (3.87%) Integration Architect
12 11 (3.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 11 (3.55%) Support Engineer
13 10 (3.23%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (39.03%) XML
2 104 (33.55%) REST
3 77 (24.84%) HTML
4 75 (24.19%) .NET
5 66 (21.29%) CSS
6 46 (14.84%) RESTful
7 42 (13.55%) .NET Core
8 38 (12.26%) ASP.NET
8 38 (12.26%) SOAP
9 26 (8.39%) JWT
10 25 (8.06%) .NET Framework
10 25 (8.06%) React
11 23 (7.42%) Middleware
11 23 (7.42%) Terraform
12 21 (6.77%) Blazor
13 20 (6.45%) AngularJS
13 20 (6.45%) HTML5
14 17 (5.48%) Razor View Engine
14 17 (5.48%) Web Services
14 17 (5.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.10%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
2 20 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.16%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (4.52%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.87%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.87%) Taxonomies
6 11 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.55%) Robotics
7 8 (2.58%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.26%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.94%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.94%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.94%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.94%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.61%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 52 (16.77%) Windows
2 41 (13.23%) Linux
3 18 (5.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.65%) Android
6 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.32%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (40.65%) Agile
2 107 (34.52%) DevOps
3 104 (33.55%) CI/CD
4 92 (29.68%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (19.03%) AI
6 56 (18.06%) Test Automation
7 48 (15.48%) Mentoring
8 47 (15.16%) Software Engineering
9 46 (14.84%) Microservices
10 45 (14.52%) Scrum
11 42 (13.55%) User Experience
12 41 (13.23%) Data Modelling
13 39 (12.58%) Roadmaps
14 36 (11.61%) Validation
15 34 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (10.32%) Analytics
16 32 (10.32%) Clean Code
16 32 (10.32%) Data Integration
16 32 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
16 32 (10.32%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 127 (40.97%) SQL
2 106 (34.19%) JavaScript
3 87 (28.06%) C#
4 84 (27.10%) Python
5 37 (11.94%) Java
6 26 (8.39%) PowerShell
7 21 (6.77%) C++
8 16 (5.16%) Ruby
9 14 (4.52%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.87%) PHP
11 11 (3.55%) T-SQL
12 10 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (3.23%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.61%) VBA
14 4 (1.29%) XPath
15 3 (0.97%) Bash
15 3 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.65%) Bicep
16 2 (0.65%) RPG IV
16 2 (0.65%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 40 (12.90%) Degree
2 34 (10.97%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.71%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.87%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.23%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.94%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.61%) ISEB
9 4 (1.29%) CISSP
10 3 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.97%) CCNP
10 3 (0.97%) CCSP
11 2 (0.65%) CASP
11 2 (0.65%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (15.16%) Accessibility
2 36 (11.61%) QA
3 23 (7.42%) Data Quality
4 20 (6.45%) WCAG
5 13 (4.19%) GDPR
6 7 (2.26%) TickIT
7 5 (1.61%) SLA
8 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.97%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.97%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.65%) Basel III
10 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.32%) Dublin Core
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.32%) PERC
System Software
1 45 (14.52%) Docker
2 7 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.94%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.29%) vSphere
5 3 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.65%) NFS
6 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.58%) Ansible
2 8 (2.58%) Grafana
3 6 (1.94%) Kibana
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.32%) logstash
5 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 108 (34.84%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.16%) Google
3 12 (3.87%) Adobe
4 11 (3.55%) Splunk
5 10 (3.23%) Dynatrace
5 10 (3.23%) SAP
6 7 (2.26%) Oracle
6 7 (2.26%) VMware
7 5 (1.61%) IBM
7 5 (1.61%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.61%) Pega
7 5 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.29%) Databricks
8 4 (1.29%) Foundry
8 4 (1.29%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.29%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.97%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.97%) Cisco
9 3 (0.97%) McAfee
9 3 (0.97%) Red Hat