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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 303 238
Rank change year-on-year -96 -65 +28
Permanent jobs citing JSON 239 439 823
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.96% 1.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.66% 4.38% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 171 293 672
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £64,097
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% -1.71% -8.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £81,261 £86,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -7.59%

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 6,532 10,021 15,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.39% 21.93% 23.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,003 5,954 12,968
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -9.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £101,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £61,551
% change year-on-year -1.52% +7.23% -8.81%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -19 86 £75,000 +3.45% 59
South East -68 53 £55,000 -12.00% 44
East of England +45 46 £55,000 -11.18% 7
North of England -35 26 £55,000 -4.35% 33
Midlands -15 24 £47,500 -9.52% 21
West Midlands +8 18 £47,500 -11.53% 14
North West +17 17 £55,000 -4.35% 23
East Midlands -18 6 £60,000 +15.38% 7
Yorkshire -45 5 £43,500 -17.14% 9
North East -1 4 £45,000 -41.94% 1
South West -21 1 £60,000 -5.88% 7
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 9 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.51%) Confluence
2 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.09%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.67%) CMS
5 3 (1.26%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.84%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.42%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.42%) Appian
7 1 (0.42%) CICS
7 1 (0.42%) IIS
7 1 (0.42%) JBoss
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (2.93%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.26%) Trello
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.51%) NetSuite
1 6 (2.51%) Shopify
2 3 (1.26%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Magento
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (33.47%) Azure
2 36 (15.06%) AWS
3 32 (13.39%) Power Platform
4 27 (11.30%) GitHub
5 23 (9.62%) Power Automate
6 19 (7.95%) Serverless
7 18 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (6.69%) Boomi
10 13 (5.44%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (5.44%) GCP
10 13 (5.44%) PowerApps
11 12 (5.02%) iPaaS
11 12 (5.02%) SaaS
12 11 (4.60%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (4.60%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (4.18%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (4.18%) PaaS
14 7 (2.93%) Entra ID
15 6 (2.51%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.93%) FTP
1 7 (2.93%) VPN
2 4 (1.67%) Firewall
3 3 (1.26%) AMQP
3 3 (1.26%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (1.26%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.26%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.26%) LAN
3 3 (1.26%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.26%) WAN
4 2 (0.84%) BGP
4 2 (0.84%) DNS
5 1 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.42%) CTI
5 1 (0.42%) DHCP
5 1 (0.42%) HTTP
5 1 (0.42%) SSL
5 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.42%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.48%) Relational Database
2 34 (14.23%) SQL Server
3 25 (10.46%) Power BI
4 24 (10.04%) MySQL
5 19 (7.95%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (5.44%) RDBMS
7 9 (3.77%) NoSQL
7 9 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (3.35%) Metadata
9 6 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.51%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.51%) OLTP
10 5 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.26%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (1.26%) Power Query
12 2 (0.84%) Big Data
12 2 (0.84%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.84%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (7.95%) Jenkins
2 17 (7.11%) Git
3 13 (5.44%) JUnit
3 13 (5.44%) Postman
4 10 (4.18%) JIRA
4 10 (4.18%) JMeter
5 9 (3.77%) Mockito
6 6 (2.51%) Axure RP
7 5 (2.09%) Selenium
7 5 (2.09%) Visual Studio
8 4 (1.67%) Maven
9 3 (1.26%) GitLab
9 3 (1.26%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.84%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.84%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.42%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.42%) Gradle
11 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.42%) Testinfra
General
1 84 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 45 (18.83%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (16.74%) Finance
4 30 (12.55%) Law
5 28 (11.72%) Retail
6 19 (7.95%) Public Sector
7 15 (6.28%) German Language
8 10 (4.18%) Marketing
9 7 (2.93%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.51%) Health Technology
10 6 (2.51%) Legal
11 3 (1.26%) Electronics
11 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Publishing
13 1 (0.42%) Advertising
13 1 (0.42%) Automotive
13 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (42.26%) Developer
2 31 (12.97%) Senior
3 28 (11.72%) Analyst
4 27 (11.30%) Senior Developer
5 17 (7.11%) Java Developer
6 13 (5.44%) Full-Stack Developer
7 12 (5.02%) Architect
7 12 (5.02%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.60%) Data Analyst
8 11 (4.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 10 (4.18%) Consultant
9 10 (4.18%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (4.18%) ServiceNow Developer
10 9 (3.77%) Mid-Level Java Developer
10 9 (3.77%) Oracle Developer
10 9 (3.77%) Senior Oracle Developer
11 8 (3.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 8 (3.35%) Lead
12 7 (2.93%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.93%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (59.83%) XML
2 110 (46.03%) REST
3 79 (33.05%) HTML
4 32 (13.39%) SOAP
5 30 (12.55%) Web Services
6 29 (12.13%) Regular Expression
7 26 (10.88%) CSS
7 26 (10.88%) React
8 20 (8.37%) Spring
9 18 (7.53%) Spring Boot
10 15 (6.28%) .NET
10 15 (6.28%) Middleware
11 14 (5.86%) RESTful
12 13 (5.44%) Hibernate
13 11 (4.60%) AngularJS
13 11 (4.60%) jQuery
13 11 (4.60%) Node.js
14 10 (4.18%) OAuth
14 10 (4.18%) Razor View Engine
14 10 (4.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.34%) Onboarding
2 35 (14.64%) Linux Command Line
3 21 (8.79%) Data Structures
4 18 (7.53%) Low-Code
5 16 (6.69%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.18%) Operational Technology
7 8 (3.35%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.51%) NHS
9 5 (2.09%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.67%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.67%) Semantic Web
11 3 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.26%) PMI
11 3 (1.26%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.26%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.26%) Social Media
12 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.48%) Unix
2 17 (7.11%) Linux
3 3 (1.26%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.26%) Windows
4 1 (0.42%) Android
4 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.45%) Agile
2 67 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (21.76%) CI/CD
4 50 (20.92%) AI
5 41 (17.15%) DevOps
6 35 (14.64%) Business Intelligence
6 35 (14.64%) Data Analysis
7 34 (14.23%) LLM
8 33 (13.81%) Data Modelling
9 29 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (12.13%) Validation
10 28 (11.72%) API Integration
11 27 (11.30%) ETL
12 25 (10.46%) Test Automation
12 25 (10.46%) User Experience
13 23 (9.62%) Analytics
13 23 (9.62%) Microservices
14 22 (9.21%) Workflow
15 20 (8.37%) SDLC
16 18 (7.53%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 116 (48.54%) SQL
2 90 (37.66%) Python
3 86 (35.98%) JavaScript
4 48 (20.08%) Java
5 35 (14.64%) C#
6 33 (13.81%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.86%) Shell Script
8 13 (5.44%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.60%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.51%) Bicep
11 5 (2.09%) PHP
11 5 (2.09%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.26%) ActionScript
12 3 (1.26%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.84%) Bash
13 2 (0.84%) C++
13 2 (0.84%) Ruby
14 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.42%) R
14 1 (0.42%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 47 (19.67%) Degree
2 26 (10.88%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.28%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.26%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (1.26%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.11%) Data Quality
1 17 (7.11%) QA
2 13 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.60%) GDPR
4 10 (4.18%) Accessibility
5 9 (3.77%) HL7
6 5 (2.09%) NCSC
6 5 (2.09%) NIST
7 2 (0.84%) SLA
8 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (12.55%) Docker
2 6 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.26%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.42%) iptables
Systems Management
1 26 (10.88%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.18%) Ansible
2 10 (4.18%) Terraform
3 9 (3.77%) Kibana
4 3 (1.26%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.42%) Grafana
6 1 (0.42%) Packer
6 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (14.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.79%) Oracle
3 14 (5.86%) SAP
4 11 (4.60%) Splunk
5 10 (4.18%) MuleSoft
5 10 (4.18%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.77%) Dell
6 9 (3.77%) Dynatrace
6 9 (3.77%) Google
6 9 (3.77%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.93%) Informatica
7 7 (2.93%) SnapLogic
7 7 (2.93%) Talend
8 6 (2.51%) Cisco
8 6 (2.51%) IBM
8 6 (2.51%) IFS
8 6 (2.51%) Intapp
8 6 (2.51%) Workday
9 5 (2.09%) Epicor
9 5 (2.09%) TIBCO