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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 303 242
Rank change year-on-year -112 -61 +41
Permanent jobs citing JSON 249 391 895
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 1.01% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.51% 4.56% 5.55%
Number of salaries quoted 180 299 719
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,230 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £74,063 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £81,788 £92,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -10.11%

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 7,090 8,583 16,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.74% 22.19% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,405 6,082 13,609
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -47 90 £70,000 -3.45% 53
South East -53 63 £55,000 - 43
East of England +29 47 £55,000 -11.18% 18
North of England -57 24 £55,000 +4.76% 25
North West -23 15 £55,000 -4.35% 15
Midlands -46 15 £47,500 -10.96% 17
West Midlands -21 10 £47,500 -13.64% 10
East Midlands -48 5 £54,000 +3.85% 7
Yorkshire -54 5 £41,500 -2.35% 8
North East -21 4 £45,000 -41.94% 2
South West -55 3 £55,000 -8.33% 6
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 15 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.41%) Confluence
4 5 (2.01%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.80%) CMS
6 2 (0.80%) IIS
6 2 (0.80%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.80%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.40%) Apache
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.40%) CICS
7 1 (0.40%) JBoss
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.41%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.20%) Trello
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (2.01%) Shopify
2 3 (1.20%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.20%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.40%) Magento
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 93 (37.35%) Azure
2 42 (16.87%) AWS
3 40 (16.06%) Power Platform
4 23 (9.24%) GitHub
4 23 (9.24%) Power Automate
5 21 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (6.43%) Serverless
7 15 (6.02%) SaaS
8 14 (5.62%) GCP
9 13 (5.22%) Boomi
9 13 (5.22%) PowerApps
10 11 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (4.42%) OpenShift
11 10 (4.02%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (4.02%) Apigee
11 10 (4.02%) PaaS
12 9 (3.61%) iPaaS
13 8 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.83%) Firewall
2 7 (2.81%) FTP
2 7 (2.81%) VPN
3 6 (2.41%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (2.01%) DNS
5 3 (1.20%) AMQP
5 3 (1.20%) BGP
5 3 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (1.20%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.20%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.20%) LAN
5 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.20%) WAN
6 2 (0.80%) SSL
7 1 (0.40%) CTI
7 1 (0.40%) DHCP
7 1 (0.40%) HTTP
7 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (14.06%) Power BI
2 33 (13.25%) SQL Server
3 28 (11.24%) Relational Database
4 26 (10.44%) MySQL
5 22 (8.84%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (6.02%) Metadata
7 13 (5.22%) RDBMS
8 11 (4.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.41%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.41%) OLTP
10 4 (1.61%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.20%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (1.20%) Data Mining
11 3 (1.20%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.20%) Power Query
11 3 (1.20%) Redis
11 3 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (11.24%) Git
2 14 (5.62%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.22%) GitLab
4 12 (4.82%) JIRA
5 11 (4.42%) JUnit
5 11 (4.42%) Postman
6 8 (3.21%) Mockito
7 7 (2.81%) Selenium
8 6 (2.41%) Axure RP
8 6 (2.41%) JMeter
9 5 (2.01%) ERwin
9 5 (2.01%) SpecFlow
9 5 (2.01%) Visual Studio
9 5 (2.01%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.61%) Maven
11 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.80%) Crashlytics
12 1 (0.40%) Android Studio
12 1 (0.40%) Gradle
12 1 (0.40%) REST Assured
General
1 92 (36.95%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.29%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (14.46%) Finance
4 27 (10.84%) Law
5 18 (7.23%) Retail
6 16 (6.43%) Telecoms
7 15 (6.02%) German Language
8 14 (5.62%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.81%) Legal
9 7 (2.81%) Marketing
10 6 (2.41%) Health Technology
11 5 (2.01%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Publishing
13 2 (0.80%) Advertising
13 2 (0.80%) Electronics
13 2 (0.80%) Front Office
13 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.40%) Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (36.95%) Developer
2 34 (13.65%) Senior
3 28 (11.24%) Analyst
4 27 (10.84%) Senior Developer
5 18 (7.23%) Java Developer
6 17 (6.83%) Data Analyst
7 14 (5.62%) Architect
7 14 (5.62%) Consultant
8 12 (4.82%) Automation Engineer
9 11 (4.42%) Data Engineer
9 11 (4.42%) Network Engineer
9 11 (4.42%) Telecoms Engineer
10 10 (4.02%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (4.02%) Integration Engineer
10 10 (4.02%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 9 (3.61%) Oracle Developer
11 9 (3.61%) Senior Oracle Developer
12 8 (3.21%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (3.21%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (59.44%) XML
2 100 (40.16%) REST
3 80 (32.13%) HTML
4 32 (12.85%) Regular Expression
5 31 (12.45%) SOAP
6 30 (12.05%) CSS
7 27 (10.84%) Web Services
8 24 (9.64%) .NET
9 23 (9.24%) RESTful
10 21 (8.43%) Spring
11 20 (8.03%) React
11 20 (8.03%) YAML
12 19 (7.63%) Spring Boot
13 12 (4.82%) Hibernate
13 12 (4.82%) Node.js
14 11 (4.42%) Jinja
14 11 (4.42%) Swagger
15 10 (4.02%) Middleware
15 10 (4.02%) OAuth
16 8 (3.21%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 47 (18.88%) Onboarding
2 36 (14.46%) Linux Command Line
3 29 (11.65%) Data Structures
4 23 (9.24%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (6.83%) Low-Code
6 13 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.41%) NHS
8 5 (2.01%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.01%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.61%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.20%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.20%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.20%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.20%) Semantic Web
10 3 (1.20%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.87%) Unix
2 26 (10.44%) Linux
3 8 (3.21%) Windows
4 4 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (27.31%) Agile
2 58 (23.29%) CI/CD
2 58 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (20.88%) AI
4 48 (19.28%) DevOps
5 44 (17.67%) Business Intelligence
6 39 (15.66%) Data Modelling
7 36 (14.46%) Data Analysis
8 29 (11.65%) LLM
8 29 (11.65%) Microservices
8 29 (11.65%) Validation
9 28 (11.24%) Containerisation
10 27 (10.84%) API Integration
11 26 (10.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (10.44%) User Experience
12 25 (10.04%) Analytics
12 25 (10.04%) Test Automation
13 22 (8.84%) ETL
13 22 (8.84%) Task Automation
14 20 (8.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 120 (48.19%) SQL
2 101 (40.56%) Python
3 83 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 53 (21.29%) Java
5 32 (12.85%) C#
6 28 (11.24%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.62%) Shell Script
7 14 (5.62%) T-SQL
8 12 (4.82%) PL/SQL
9 11 (4.42%) TypeScript
10 6 (2.41%) PHP
11 4 (1.61%) Bicep
12 3 (1.20%) ActionScript
12 3 (1.20%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (1.20%) Ruby
13 2 (0.80%) Bash
13 2 (0.80%) C++
13 2 (0.80%) R
14 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.40%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 49 (19.68%) Degree
2 25 (10.04%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.62%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.61%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.20%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.40%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.63%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.83%) QA
3 15 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.82%) Accessibility
5 11 (4.42%) GDPR
6 8 (3.21%) HL7
7 5 (2.01%) NCSC
7 5 (2.01%) NIST
8 3 (1.20%) SLA
9 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (12.05%) Docker
2 11 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.20%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.20%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) iptables
Systems Management
1 24 (9.64%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.61%) Ansible
3 8 (3.21%) Terraform
4 7 (2.81%) Kibana
5 3 (1.20%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.40%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.24%) Oracle
3 17 (6.83%) Cisco
4 13 (5.22%) SAP
5 11 (4.42%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.61%) F5
6 9 (3.61%) Google
6 9 (3.61%) Palo Alto
6 9 (3.61%) Splunk
7 7 (2.81%) Dell
7 7 (2.81%) Intapp
7 7 (2.81%) MuleSoft
7 7 (2.81%) Talend
8 6 (2.41%) IBM
8 6 (2.41%) IFS
8 6 (2.41%) Juniper
8 6 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.41%) VMware
8 6 (2.41%) Workday