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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 362 318
Rank change year-on-year -83 -44 -82
Permanent jobs citing JSON 333 303 569
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.33% 0.70% 0.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.13% 3.94% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 233 229 393
10th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,000 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,750 £63,750
% change year-on-year +2.88% -4.71% -1.92%

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 10,648 7,683 14,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.64% 17.71% 21.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,852 5,073 9,802
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
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 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £114,979
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -24 125 £75,000 +13.21% 139
South East -45 74 £55,000 -15.38% 53
North of England -31 56 £60,000 +9.09% 27
North West -16 31 £62,500 +13.64% 15
Midlands -28 28 £55,000 +15.79% 22
East of England -49 27 £90,000 +71.43% 22
Yorkshire -33 20 £44,000 -31.25% 10
West Midlands -34 20 £60,900 +28.21% 14
South West -69 20 £52,500 -6.67% 23
East Midlands -31 8 £54,000 -10.00% 8
North East -58 5 £45,000 - 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 33 (9.91%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.41%) Confluence
3 14 (4.20%) IIS
4 11 (3.30%) Apache
5 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (2.40%) CMS
7 6 (1.80%) WordPress
8 5 (1.50%) Drupal
9 3 (0.90%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.90%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.60%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.30%) JBoss
11 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 23 (6.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.60%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.30%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.30%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 148 (44.44%) Azure
2 87 (26.13%) AWS
3 63 (18.92%) Power Platform
4 58 (17.42%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (14.71%) Azure Logic Apps
6 40 (12.01%) Serverless
7 35 (10.51%) Power Automate
8 34 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (9.01%) PowerApps
10 27 (8.11%) Azure Data Factory
11 25 (7.51%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (7.21%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (6.91%) GitHub
14 19 (5.71%) SaaS
15 17 (5.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 17 (5.11%) OneDrive
16 16 (4.80%) Boomi
16 16 (4.80%) GCP
17 13 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (3.90%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.00%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.70%) Firewall
3 6 (1.80%) DNS
3 6 (1.80%) HTTP
3 6 (1.80%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.90%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (0.90%) SSL
4 3 (0.90%) Wireless
5 2 (0.60%) MQTT
5 2 (0.60%) VPN
6 1 (0.30%) BGP
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.30%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.30%) Network Security
6 1 (0.30%) RTP
6 1 (0.30%) RTSP
6 1 (0.30%) SCTP
6 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.30%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (13.51%) Power BI
2 40 (12.01%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (10.81%) SQL Server
4 21 (6.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 21 (6.31%) Redis
5 20 (6.01%) Relational Database
6 19 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (5.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.80%) MySQL
9 9 (2.70%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.70%) Metadata
10 8 (2.40%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (1.80%) Parquet
12 4 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.20%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.20%) Power Query
13 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 67 (20.12%) Git
2 44 (13.21%) JIRA
3 29 (8.71%) Jenkins
4 18 (5.41%) GitLab
5 16 (4.80%) Selenium
6 13 (3.90%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.90%) JMeter
6 13 (3.90%) Postman
7 7 (2.10%) JUnit
7 7 (2.10%) Maven
8 6 (1.80%) Mockito
8 6 (1.80%) SoapUI
9 5 (1.50%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.50%) Gatling
9 5 (1.50%) Gradle
9 5 (1.50%) Jasmine
9 5 (1.50%) Mocha
9 5 (1.50%) NUnit
9 5 (1.50%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 156 (46.85%) Social Skills
2 89 (26.73%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (18.92%) Finance
4 34 (10.21%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.50%) Retail
7 13 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.90%) Marketing
8 12 (3.60%) Advertising
8 12 (3.60%) Legal
9 11 (3.30%) Law
10 10 (3.00%) Banking
11 8 (2.40%) Health Technology
12 7 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.50%) Back Office
14 5 (1.50%) Local Government
15 4 (1.20%) Aviation
15 4 (1.20%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (38.44%) Developer
2 81 (24.32%) Senior
3 43 (12.91%) Senior Developer
4 26 (7.81%) Analyst
5 25 (7.51%) .NET Developer
6 22 (6.61%) Architect
7 21 (6.31%) Lead
7 21 (6.31%) Software Engineer
8 18 (5.41%) Support Engineer
9 17 (5.11%) Integration Engineer
9 17 (5.11%) Ruby Developer
10 16 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (4.80%) Software Developer
10 16 (4.80%) Web Developer
11 15 (4.50%) Data Engineer
11 15 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
12 14 (4.20%) Technical Support
13 13 (3.90%) Senior Integration Engineer
14 12 (3.60%) .NET Web Developer
14 12 (3.60%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (38.14%) XML
2 111 (33.33%) REST
3 89 (26.73%) HTML
4 83 (24.92%) .NET
5 77 (23.12%) CSS
6 50 (15.02%) .NET Core
6 50 (15.02%) RESTful
7 45 (13.51%) SOAP
8 41 (12.31%) ASP.NET
9 32 (9.61%) Middleware
10 28 (8.41%) JWT
11 27 (8.11%) Terraform
12 26 (7.81%) .NET Framework
13 24 (7.21%) React
14 23 (6.91%) YAML
15 21 (6.31%) Blazor
15 21 (6.31%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (6.01%) HTML5
17 19 (5.71%) AngularJS
17 19 (5.71%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.61%) Cloud Native
1 22 (6.61%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (6.31%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (4.20%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.60%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (3.00%) Driving Licence
9 10 (3.00%) Taxonomies
10 9 (2.70%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (2.70%) Robotics
11 7 (2.10%) Data Structures
11 7 (2.10%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.50%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.50%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.20%) PKI
14 4 (1.20%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (13.51%) Windows
2 44 (13.21%) Linux
3 17 (5.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.60%) Android
6 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.30%) CentOS
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (39.34%) Agile
2 113 (33.93%) DevOps
3 109 (32.73%) CI/CD
4 106 (31.83%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (17.72%) Test Automation
6 54 (16.22%) User Experience
7 53 (15.92%) Microservices
8 48 (14.41%) Mentoring
9 47 (14.11%) Scrum
10 45 (13.51%) Software Engineering
11 43 (12.91%) AI
12 42 (12.61%) Data Modelling
12 42 (12.61%) Roadmaps
13 38 (11.41%) Business Intelligence
14 37 (11.11%) Containerisation
15 35 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (10.21%) Clean Code
17 33 (9.91%) Customer Service
18 32 (9.61%) Performance Tuning
18 32 (9.61%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 138 (41.44%) SQL
2 117 (35.14%) JavaScript
3 93 (27.93%) C#
4 82 (24.62%) Python
5 44 (13.21%) Java
6 30 (9.01%) PowerShell
7 21 (6.31%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.41%) C++
8 18 (5.41%) Ruby
9 12 (3.60%) PHP
9 12 (3.60%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.30%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (1.80%) VBA
13 5 (1.50%) Groovy
14 4 (1.20%) XPath
15 3 (0.90%) Bash
15 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.90%) Perl
16 2 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 46 (13.81%) Degree
2 33 (9.91%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.70%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.80%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.50%) ISEB
9 4 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.20%) CISSP
10 3 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.90%) CCNP
10 3 (0.90%) CCSP
10 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.60%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.60%) GIAC
11 2 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (12.91%) Accessibility
1 43 (12.91%) QA
2 20 (6.01%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.80%) WCAG
4 12 (3.60%) GDPR
4 12 (3.60%) TickIT
5 11 (3.30%) SLA
6 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.90%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.90%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) Basel III
9 1 (0.30%) Dublin Core
9 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 50 (15.02%) Docker
2 4 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.90%) Ansible
3 6 (1.80%) Kibana
4 5 (1.50%) Grafana
5 4 (1.20%) Packer
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 114 (34.23%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.91%) Adobe
3 17 (5.11%) Google
4 15 (4.50%) Splunk
5 10 (3.00%) SAP
6 8 (2.40%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.40%) IBM
7 7 (2.10%) Oracle
8 6 (1.80%) Cisco
8 6 (1.80%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.50%) Databricks
9 5 (1.50%) Pega
9 5 (1.50%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.50%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.20%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.20%) F5
10 4 (1.20%) VMware
11 3 (0.90%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.90%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow