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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 298 239
Rank change year-on-year -110 -59 +41
Permanent jobs citing JSON 237 407 879
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 1.03% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.45% 4.61% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 169 306 709
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,200
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £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 £73,750 £83,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,750 £91,250 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

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 6,865 8,838 16,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.67% 22.40% 21.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,236 6,062 13,614
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,075
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,274 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +10.46% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 10 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 10 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 -45 89 £70,000 -3.45% 57
South East -71 56 £55,000 - 62
East of England +32 44 £55,000 -11.18% 30
North of England -50 25 £55,000 +4.76% 46
North West -15 18 £55,000 -4.35% 24
Midlands -46 16 £47,500 -9.95% 29
West Midlands -19 11 £47,500 -12.59% 15
East Midlands -38 5 £54,000 +3.85% 12
Yorkshire -60 4 £55,750 +31.18% 18
North East -20 3 £45,000 -41.94% 4
South West -52 1 £72,500 +18.37% 18
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 12 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.11%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.69%) Confluence
5 2 (0.84%) CMS
5 2 (0.84%) IIS
5 2 (0.84%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.42%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) CICS
6 1 (0.42%) JBoss
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.53%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.27%) Trello
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Shopify
2 4 (1.69%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.27%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.42%) Magento
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (35.02%) Azure
2 38 (16.03%) Power Platform
3 37 (15.61%) AWS
4 22 (9.28%) GitHub
5 21 (8.86%) Power Automate
6 20 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (6.33%) Serverless
9 14 (5.91%) Boomi
10 13 (5.49%) SaaS
11 12 (5.06%) GCP
12 11 (4.64%) PowerApps
13 10 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (4.22%) iPaaS
14 9 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (3.80%) PaaS
15 8 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (3.38%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (3.38%) Apigee
15 8 (3.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.06%) Firewall
2 7 (2.95%) FTP
2 7 (2.95%) VPN
3 4 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.69%) DNS
4 3 (1.27%) AMQP
4 3 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (1.27%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.27%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.27%) LAN
4 3 (1.27%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.27%) WAN
5 2 (0.84%) BGP
6 1 (0.42%) CTI
6 1 (0.42%) DHCP
6 1 (0.42%) HTTP
6 1 (0.42%) SSL
6 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.92%) Power BI
2 32 (13.50%) SQL Server
3 29 (12.24%) Relational Database
4 24 (10.13%) MySQL
5 17 (7.17%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (5.91%) Metadata
6 14 (5.91%) RDBMS
7 11 (4.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.53%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.53%) OLTP
10 4 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (1.27%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.27%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.27%) Power Query
11 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (9.70%) Git
2 14 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.06%) Postman
4 9 (3.80%) GitLab
4 9 (3.80%) JIRA
4 9 (3.80%) JUnit
5 7 (2.95%) Selenium
6 6 (2.53%) Axure RP
6 6 (2.53%) JMeter
6 6 (2.53%) Mockito
7 5 (2.11%) ERwin
7 5 (2.11%) SpecFlow
7 5 (2.11%) Visual Studio
7 5 (2.11%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.69%) Maven
9 2 (0.84%) Crashlytics
10 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 85 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.10%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (16.46%) Finance
4 27 (11.39%) Law
5 20 (8.44%) Retail
6 15 (6.33%) German Language
7 14 (5.91%) Public Sector
8 12 (5.06%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.95%) Legal
9 7 (2.95%) Marketing
10 6 (2.53%) Health Technology
11 5 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.11%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.27%) Publishing
13 2 (0.84%) Advertising
13 2 (0.84%) Electronics
13 2 (0.84%) Front Office
13 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.42%) Banking
14 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (37.55%) Developer
2 32 (13.50%) Senior
3 30 (12.66%) Analyst
4 26 (10.97%) Senior Developer
5 17 (7.17%) Data Analyst
6 16 (6.75%) Java Developer
7 14 (5.91%) Consultant
8 13 (5.49%) Architect
9 11 (4.64%) Data Engineer
10 10 (4.22%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (4.22%) Integration Engineer
10 10 (4.22%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.80%) Oracle Developer
11 9 (3.80%) Senior Oracle Developer
12 8 (3.38%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 8 (3.38%) SQL Data Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) SSRS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (60.76%) XML
2 99 (41.77%) REST
3 74 (31.22%) HTML
4 31 (13.08%) Regular Expression
5 30 (12.66%) SOAP
6 27 (11.39%) Web Services
7 25 (10.55%) CSS
8 21 (8.86%) React
9 20 (8.44%) .NET
10 19 (8.02%) Spring
11 17 (7.17%) RESTful
11 17 (7.17%) Spring Boot
12 16 (6.75%) YAML
13 11 (4.64%) Node.js
14 10 (4.22%) Hibernate
14 10 (4.22%) Middleware
15 9 (3.80%) FHIR
15 9 (3.80%) Swagger
16 8 (3.38%) jQuery
17 7 (2.95%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 48 (20.25%) Onboarding
2 36 (15.19%) Linux Command Line
3 28 (11.81%) Data Structures
4 20 (8.44%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (7.17%) Low-Code
6 12 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.53%) NHS
8 5 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.11%) e-Learning
8 5 (2.11%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.27%) PMI
10 3 (1.27%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.27%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.27%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.27%) Semantic Web
10 3 (1.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 40 (16.88%) Unix
2 23 (9.70%) Linux
3 7 (2.95%) Windows
4 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (27.43%) Agile
2 57 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (21.52%) AI
4 48 (20.25%) CI/CD
5 42 (17.72%) Business Intelligence
6 40 (16.88%) DevOps
7 39 (16.46%) Data Modelling
8 36 (15.19%) Data Analysis
9 29 (12.24%) LLM
10 26 (10.97%) Validation
11 25 (10.55%) Analytics
11 25 (10.55%) API Integration
11 25 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (10.13%) Microservices
12 24 (10.13%) User Experience
13 23 (9.70%) Test Automation
14 22 (9.28%) ETL
15 19 (8.02%) Containerisation
15 19 (8.02%) Decision-Making
16 18 (7.59%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 121 (51.05%) SQL
2 96 (40.51%) Python
3 77 (32.49%) JavaScript
4 50 (21.10%) Java
5 31 (13.08%) C#
6 28 (11.81%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.91%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.49%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.64%) PL/SQL
10 8 (3.38%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.11%) PHP
12 3 (1.27%) ActionScript
12 3 (1.27%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (1.27%) Bicep
13 2 (0.84%) Bash
13 2 (0.84%) C++
13 2 (0.84%) R
13 2 (0.84%) Ruby
14 1 (0.42%) COBOL
14 1 (0.42%) Natural
Qualifications
1 46 (19.41%) Degree
2 24 (10.13%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.91%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.27%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.59%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.75%) QA
3 14 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.22%) Accessibility
4 10 (4.22%) GDPR
5 9 (3.80%) HL7
6 5 (2.11%) NCSC
6 5 (2.11%) NIST
7 2 (0.84%) SLA
8 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (10.97%) Docker
2 10 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.27%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.84%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) iptables
Systems Management
1 21 (8.86%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.80%) Ansible
3 8 (3.38%) Terraform
4 7 (2.95%) Kibana
5 3 (1.27%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.42%) Grafana
6 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.28%) Oracle
3 13 (5.49%) SAP
4 12 (5.06%) Cisco
5 9 (3.80%) Google
6 8 (3.38%) Dell
6 8 (3.38%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.38%) Splunk
7 7 (2.95%) F5
7 7 (2.95%) Intapp
7 7 (2.95%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.95%) Talend
8 6 (2.53%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.53%) IBM
8 6 (2.53%) IFS
8 6 (2.53%) Informatica
8 6 (2.53%) Palo Alto
8 6 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.53%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.53%) Workday