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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 325 285
Rank change year-on-year -97 -40 -13
Permanent jobs citing JSON 286 355 827
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.90% 0.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.50% 4.50% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 208 283 651
10th Percentile £37,825 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,526 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,585 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.34% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,125 £86,250 £84,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.88% +1.25% -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 8,173 7,887 17,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.94% 20.02% 20.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,190 5,548 14,129
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,531 £51,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.37% +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 £65,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +8.75% -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 20 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 20 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 -23 106 £68,000 +0.74% 54
South East -42 69 £60,000 -7.69% 36
North of England -26 47 £57,500 +6.98% 17
East of England -3 42 £90,000 +89.47% 3
North West +7 32 £62,500 +13.64% 9
Yorkshire -41 13 £44,000 -16.19% 5
Midlands -48 10 £47,500 -12.59% 9
West Midlands -43 7 £43,000 -20.87% 2
South West -77 6 £31,500 -47.50% 9
East Midlands -36 3 £47,500 -15.93% 7
North East -38 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 (9.44%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.80%) CMS
3 8 (2.80%) IIS
4 7 (2.45%) WordPress
5 5 (1.75%) Drupal
6 3 (1.05%) Apache
6 3 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.05%) Confluence
7 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.70%) Umbraco
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
Applications
1 10 (3.50%) 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
1 121 (42.31%) Azure
2 73 (25.52%) AWS
3 58 (20.28%) Power Platform
4 37 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (11.89%) Serverless
6 33 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (11.19%) Azure Logic Apps
8 25 (8.74%) PowerApps
9 24 (8.39%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (8.39%) Power Automate
9 24 (8.39%) SaaS
10 23 (8.04%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (6.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (6.64%) OneDrive
12 17 (5.94%) Boomi
12 17 (5.94%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (5.59%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (5.59%) GitHub
14 14 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.94%) Firewall
2 6 (2.10%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (2.10%) VPN
3 5 (1.75%) DNS
4 3 (1.05%) AMQP
4 3 (1.05%) BGP
4 3 (1.05%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.05%) SSL
5 2 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.70%) FTP
5 2 (0.70%) LAN
5 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.70%) WAN
6 1 (0.35%) Broadband
6 1 (0.35%) CTI
6 1 (0.35%) DHCP
6 1 (0.35%) HTTP
6 1 (0.35%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.83%) Power BI
2 33 (11.54%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (11.19%) MySQL
4 23 (8.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (7.69%) Relational Database
6 20 (6.99%) SQL Server
7 19 (6.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (5.59%) Metadata
9 13 (4.55%) RDBMS
10 9 (3.15%) Redis
11 7 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (2.10%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.40%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 3 (1.05%) Delta Lake
15 3 (1.05%) OLTP
15 3 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
16 2 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
16 2 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 46 (16.08%) Git
2 31 (10.84%) JIRA
3 25 (8.74%) Jenkins
4 22 (7.69%) GitLab
5 12 (4.20%) Postman
6 10 (3.50%) JUnit
7 8 (2.80%) Maven
8 7 (2.45%) ERwin
8 7 (2.45%) Mockito
8 7 (2.45%) Selenium
9 6 (2.10%) Cucumber
9 6 (2.10%) JMeter
9 6 (2.10%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.75%) Browser DevTools
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
12 2 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 127 (44.41%) Social Skills
2 81 (28.32%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (15.73%) Finance
4 19 (6.64%) Retail
5 18 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (5.24%) Marketing
6 15 (5.24%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.20%) Health Technology
8 11 (3.85%) Advertising
8 11 (3.85%) Law
9 8 (2.80%) German Language
10 7 (2.45%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.10%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.40%) Back Office
14 3 (1.05%) Banking
14 3 (1.05%) Local Government
15 2 (0.70%) Front Office
15 2 (0.70%) Legal
15 2 (0.70%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 93 (32.52%) Developer
2 59 (20.63%) Senior
3 47 (16.43%) Senior Developer
4 26 (9.09%) Analyst
5 25 (8.74%) Architect
6 21 (7.34%) Consultant
7 20 (6.99%) Data Analyst
8 19 (6.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (6.29%) Support Engineer
10 15 (5.24%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.85%) Applications Architect
11 11 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (3.85%) Integration Architect
11 11 (3.85%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.85%) Software Engineer
11 11 (3.85%) Telecoms Engineer
12 10 (3.50%) Lead
12 10 (3.50%) Software Developer
13 9 (3.15%) Java Engineer
13 9 (3.15%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (43.71%) XML
2 111 (38.81%) REST
3 88 (30.77%) HTML
4 61 (21.33%) CSS
5 50 (17.48%) .NET
6 45 (15.73%) SOAP
7 35 (12.24%) .NET Core
8 33 (11.54%) Middleware
9 31 (10.84%) YAML
10 28 (9.79%) RESTful
11 23 (8.04%) JWT
12 22 (7.69%) HTML5 Canvas
13 20 (6.99%) OAuth
13 20 (6.99%) Spring
14 19 (6.64%) Microsoft Graph
14 19 (6.64%) SPFx
15 18 (6.29%) React
15 18 (6.29%) Spring Boot
16 17 (5.94%) Regular Expression
17 16 (5.59%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.89%) Onboarding
2 24 (8.39%) Data Structures
3 23 (8.04%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (6.99%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (6.99%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (3.50%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.15%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.45%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.45%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.45%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.10%) NHS
10 5 (1.75%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.40%) Taxonomies
12 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.05%) PMI
12 3 (1.05%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.99%) Linux
2 19 (6.64%) Unix
3 18 (6.29%) Windows
4 10 (3.50%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.67%) CI/CD
2 79 (27.62%) DevOps
3 73 (25.52%) Agile
3 73 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (17.48%) Business Intelligence
4 50 (17.48%) Microservices
5 49 (17.13%) Data Modelling
6 40 (13.99%) User Experience
7 38 (13.29%) AI
8 37 (12.94%) API Integration
9 35 (12.24%) Containerisation
10 33 (11.54%) ERP
11 32 (11.19%) Data Analysis
11 32 (11.19%) Infrastructure as Code
12 30 (10.49%) Test Automation
13 27 (9.44%) CRM
14 26 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
14 26 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
14 26 (9.09%) Validation
15 25 (8.74%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 143 (50.00%) SQL
2 103 (36.01%) JavaScript
3 98 (34.27%) Python
4 62 (21.68%) Java
5 50 (17.48%) C#
6 36 (12.59%) PowerShell
7 25 (8.74%) TypeScript
8 15 (5.24%) PHP
9 11 (3.85%) T-SQL
10 10 (3.50%) Shell Script
11 9 (3.15%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.10%) Groovy
12 6 (2.10%) 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%) Bash
15 2 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 42 (14.69%) Degree
2 32 (11.19%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.74%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.05%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.05%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.70%) 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 (10.14%) QA
2 16 (5.59%) Accessibility
3 13 (4.55%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.20%) TickIT
5 11 (3.85%) SLA
6 10 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.45%) HL7
8 6 (2.10%) WCAG
9 5 (1.75%) GDPR
10 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.35%) PERC
System Software
1 39 (13.64%) Docker
2 12 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.40%) vSphere
4 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 31 (10.84%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.04%) Terraform
3 15 (5.24%) Ansible
4 6 (2.10%) 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 70 (24.48%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.39%) Adobe
3 16 (5.59%) Cisco
4 15 (5.24%) Oracle
5 13 (4.55%) Splunk
6 11 (3.85%) Red Hat
7 9 (3.15%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.80%) F5
9 7 (2.45%) Sparx
10 6 (2.10%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.10%) Google
10 6 (2.10%) Juniper
10 6 (2.10%) VMware
11 5 (1.75%) IBM
11 5 (1.75%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.75%) SAP
12 4 (1.40%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.40%) Databricks
12 4 (1.40%) MuleSoft
13 3 (1.05%) ServiceNow