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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 350 304
Rank change year-on-year -83 -46 -63
Permanent jobs citing JSON 330 327 639
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.75% 0.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.06% 4.06% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 235 243 467
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,875 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £83,750
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 10,796 8,055 14,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.16% 18.37% 20.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,043 5,396 10,822
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £63,056
% change year-on-year - +7.05% -6.58%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -41 120 £75,000 +15.38% 43
South East -35 81 £55,000 -15.38% 12
North of England -24 55 £55,000 - 18
North West -9 32 £62,500 +13.64% 13
East of England -56 26 £90,000 +71.43% 13
Midlands -24 25 £54,000 +7.46% 15
South West -66 19 £52,500 -12.50% 17
Yorkshire -23 18 £40,750 -27.23% 5
West Midlands -30 16 £53,750 +13.16% 12
East Midlands -18 9 £54,000 -10.00% 3
North East - 5 £45,000 - 1
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 (8.48%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.45%) Confluence
3 11 (3.33%) Apache
3 11 (3.33%) IIS
4 9 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (2.42%) CMS
6 6 (1.82%) WordPress
7 5 (1.52%) Drupal
8 4 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.91%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.91%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.30%) JBoss
11 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.91%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.61%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.61%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 145 (43.94%) Azure
2 85 (25.76%) AWS
3 57 (17.27%) Power Platform
4 55 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (14.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 35 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (9.39%) Serverless
8 29 (8.79%) Power Automate
9 28 (8.48%) PowerApps
10 24 (7.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 23 (6.97%) GitHub
12 21 (6.36%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (6.36%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (5.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (5.76%) OneDrive
13 19 (5.76%) SaaS
14 17 (5.15%) GCP
15 15 (4.55%) Boomi
16 13 (3.94%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.85%) Firewall
2 10 (3.03%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.73%) DNS
4 6 (1.82%) HTTP
4 6 (1.82%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.91%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.91%) SSL
5 3 (0.91%) Wireless
6 2 (0.61%) MQTT
6 2 (0.61%) VPN
7 1 (0.30%) BGP
7 1 (0.30%) Broadband
7 1 (0.30%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.30%) FTP
7 1 (0.30%) SCTP
7 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.30%) VoIP
7 1 (0.30%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.33%) Power BI
2 42 (12.73%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (7.58%) SQL Server
4 21 (6.36%) Redis
5 20 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (6.06%) Relational Database
6 18 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (5.45%) MySQL
7 15 (4.55%) Metadata
8 14 (4.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (2.73%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.82%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.52%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.21%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.21%) Power Query
13 3 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.91%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (19.09%) Git
2 44 (13.33%) JIRA
3 28 (8.48%) Jenkins
4 22 (6.67%) GitLab
5 17 (5.15%) Selenium
6 13 (3.94%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.94%) Postman
7 12 (3.64%) JMeter
8 8 (2.42%) JUnit
9 7 (2.12%) Maven
9 7 (2.12%) Mockito
10 6 (1.82%) SoapUI
11 5 (1.52%) Gatling
11 5 (1.52%) Gradle
11 5 (1.52%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.52%) Mocha
11 5 (1.52%) NUnit
11 5 (1.52%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.52%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.52%) Zephyr
General
1 152 (46.06%) Social Skills
2 88 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (17.58%) Finance
4 33 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.76%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.55%) Retail
7 14 (4.24%) Marketing
8 12 (3.64%) Advertising
9 9 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.73%) Legal
10 8 (2.42%) Banking
10 8 (2.42%) Health Technology
10 8 (2.42%) Law
10 8 (2.42%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.52%) Back Office
12 5 (1.52%) Local Government
13 4 (1.21%) Aviation
13 4 (1.21%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 118 (35.76%) Developer
2 77 (23.33%) Senior
3 42 (12.73%) Senior Developer
4 24 (7.27%) Analyst
5 22 (6.67%) Architect
5 22 (6.67%) Software Engineer
6 20 (6.06%) .NET Developer
6 20 (6.06%) Lead
7 18 (5.45%) Integration Engineer
7 18 (5.45%) Support Engineer
8 17 (5.15%) Ruby Developer
9 16 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (4.85%) Software Developer
10 15 (4.55%) Data Engineer
11 14 (4.24%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (3.94%) Senior Integration Engineer
12 13 (3.94%) Technical Support
12 13 (3.94%) Web Developer
13 12 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
14 11 (3.33%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (36.06%) XML
2 106 (32.12%) REST
3 85 (25.76%) HTML
4 80 (24.24%) .NET
5 73 (22.12%) CSS
6 45 (13.64%) .NET Core
6 45 (13.64%) RESTful
7 41 (12.42%) SOAP
8 38 (11.52%) ASP.NET
9 32 (9.70%) Middleware
10 30 (9.09%) JWT
11 27 (8.18%) Terraform
11 27 (8.18%) YAML
12 24 (7.27%) React
13 21 (6.36%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (6.06%) .NET Framework
14 20 (6.06%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (5.76%) AngularJS
15 19 (5.76%) Razor View Engine
15 19 (5.76%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (6.36%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (5.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (5.76%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.76%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 11 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.03%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.73%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (2.73%) Robotics
8 7 (2.12%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.82%) Taxonomies
10 5 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.21%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.21%) PKI
11 4 (1.21%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 49 (14.85%) Linux
2 45 (13.64%) Windows
3 17 (5.15%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.91%) Unix
7 2 (0.61%) Android
7 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (37.58%) Agile
2 108 (32.73%) DevOps
3 106 (32.12%) CI/CD
4 103 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (17.27%) Test Automation
6 56 (16.97%) User Experience
7 53 (16.06%) Microservices
8 44 (13.33%) Scrum
9 43 (13.03%) Containerisation
9 43 (13.03%) Mentoring
9 43 (13.03%) Software Engineering
10 40 (12.12%) Data Modelling
11 37 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
12 36 (10.91%) AI
13 35 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (10.61%) Roadmaps
14 34 (10.30%) Clean Code
15 33 (10.00%) API Integration
15 33 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
16 31 (9.39%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 132 (40.00%) SQL
2 110 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 88 (26.67%) Python
4 86 (26.06%) C#
5 43 (13.03%) Java
6 32 (9.70%) PowerShell
7 23 (6.97%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.45%) C++
8 18 (5.45%) Ruby
9 14 (4.24%) Shell Script
10 12 (3.64%) PHP
11 11 (3.33%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.52%) Groovy
14 3 (0.91%) Bash
14 3 (0.91%) Perl
14 3 (0.91%) VBA
15 2 (0.61%) Lua
15 2 (0.61%) VBScript
15 2 (0.61%) XPath
Qualifications
1 44 (13.33%) Degree
2 33 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 24 (7.27%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.64%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.12%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.82%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.52%) ISEB
9 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.91%) CCNP
10 3 (0.91%) CISSP
10 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.61%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.61%) CCSP
11 2 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.64%) QA
2 36 (10.91%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.85%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.64%) TickIT
4 12 (3.64%) WCAG
5 11 (3.33%) SLA
6 6 (1.82%) GDPR
7 4 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.91%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.91%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) Dublin Core
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 52 (15.76%) Docker
2 7 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.12%) vSphere
3 4 (1.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 26 (7.88%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.94%) Ansible
3 5 (1.52%) Grafana
3 5 (1.52%) Kibana
4 4 (1.21%) Packer
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 104 (31.52%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.27%) Adobe
3 16 (4.85%) Google
4 14 (4.24%) Splunk
5 10 (3.03%) Cisco
5 10 (3.03%) SAP
6 9 (2.73%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.42%) Databricks
8 7 (2.12%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.12%) IBM
8 7 (2.12%) Oracle
8 7 (2.12%) VMware
9 6 (1.82%) F5
10 5 (1.52%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.52%) Pega
10 5 (1.52%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.21%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.21%) Sparx
12 3 (0.91%) OpenAI