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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 340 301
Rank change year-on-year -94 -39 -36
Permanent jobs citing JSON 322 352 779
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.81% 0.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.51% 4.42% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 245 268 577
10th Percentile £33,450 £36,775 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,336 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £86,625 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £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 9,183 7,964 16,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.47% 18.39% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,032 5,393 13,105
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £104,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -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 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in England

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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 17 July 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 -31 113 £75,000 +11.11% 32
South East -20 93 £55,000 -15.38% 21
North of England -14 49 £55,000 - 11
North West -5 30 £62,500 +13.64% 9
East of England -24 30 £90,000 +89.47% 3
South West -58 15 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Yorkshire -27 14 £42,750 +5.56% 2
Midlands -37 14 £47,500 -19.49% 13
West Midlands -26 8 £44,000 -25.42% 7
East Midlands -13 6 £52,500 -7.08% 6
North East - 5 £45,000 -
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 (8.39%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.73%) Confluence
4 10 (3.11%) IIS
5 8 (2.48%) CMS
6 7 (2.17%) Apache
6 7 (2.17%) WordPress
7 5 (1.55%) Drupal
8 4 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.62%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.93%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.62%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.31%) Magento
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 146 (45.34%) Azure
2 83 (25.78%) AWS
3 62 (19.25%) Power Platform
4 47 (14.60%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (14.60%) Azure Logic Apps
5 43 (13.35%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (9.94%) Serverless
7 26 (8.07%) PowerApps
7 26 (8.07%) SaaS
8 25 (7.76%) Power Automate
9 23 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (6.21%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (6.21%) GitHub
11 19 (5.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (5.90%) OneDrive
12 16 (4.97%) Boomi
13 14 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (3.73%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.52%) Firewall
2 7 (2.17%) DNS
2 7 (2.17%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.86%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (1.86%) HTTP
4 5 (1.55%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.93%) BGP
5 3 (0.93%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.93%) SSL
6 2 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.62%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.62%) LAN
6 2 (0.62%) MQTT
6 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.62%) WAN
7 1 (0.31%) Broadband
7 1 (0.31%) FTP
7 1 (0.31%) RTP
7 1 (0.31%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (15.22%) Power BI
2 43 (13.35%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (9.63%) SQL Server
4 26 (8.07%) MySQL
5 22 (6.83%) Relational Database
5 22 (6.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (6.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (5.59%) Metadata
7 18 (5.59%) Redis
8 12 (3.73%) RDBMS
9 11 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.86%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.55%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.24%) Power Query
13 3 (0.93%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.93%) Parquet
13 3 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 54 (16.77%) Git
2 39 (12.11%) JIRA
3 25 (7.76%) Jenkins
4 24 (7.45%) GitLab
5 11 (3.42%) Postman
6 9 (2.80%) Selenium
7 8 (2.48%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.48%) ERwin
7 8 (2.48%) JMeter
7 8 (2.48%) JUnit
8 7 (2.17%) Maven
8 7 (2.17%) Mockito
9 6 (1.86%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.55%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.55%) Gradle
10 5 (1.55%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.55%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.55%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.24%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.24%) Bitbucket
General
1 146 (45.34%) Social Skills
2 90 (27.95%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (16.77%) Finance
4 25 (7.76%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.66%) Retail
6 14 (4.35%) Advertising
6 14 (4.35%) Marketing
7 13 (4.04%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.11%) Law
9 9 (2.80%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.17%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.86%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.55%) Back Office
13 4 (1.24%) Aviation
13 4 (1.24%) Banking
13 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.93%) Local Government
14 3 (0.93%) Publishing
15 2 (0.62%) Legal
Job Titles
1 112 (34.78%) Developer
2 70 (21.74%) Senior
3 44 (13.66%) Senior Developer
4 30 (9.32%) Analyst
5 24 (7.45%) Architect
6 20 (6.21%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.21%) Support Engineer
7 19 (5.90%) .NET Developer
7 19 (5.90%) Data Analyst
8 17 (5.28%) Software Engineer
9 15 (4.66%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (4.66%) Integration Engineer
9 15 (4.66%) Lead
9 15 (4.66%) Software Developer
10 14 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
10 14 (4.35%) Ruby Developer
11 13 (4.04%) Applications Engineer
11 13 (4.04%) Consultant
11 13 (4.04%) Technical Support
11 13 (4.04%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (40.37%) XML
2 112 (34.78%) REST
3 86 (26.71%) HTML
4 77 (23.91%) .NET
5 74 (22.98%) CSS
6 44 (13.66%) .NET Core
7 43 (13.35%) RESTful
8 42 (13.04%) SOAP
9 36 (11.18%) ASP.NET
10 35 (10.87%) Middleware
11 32 (9.94%) YAML
12 27 (8.39%) JWT
13 23 (7.14%) React
14 21 (6.52%) HTML5 Canvas
15 20 (6.21%) .NET Framework
15 20 (6.21%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (5.90%) SPFx
17 18 (5.59%) HTML5
17 18 (5.59%) OAuth
18 17 (5.28%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.32%) Onboarding
2 24 (7.45%) Data Structures
3 22 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (6.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (5.59%) Cloud Native
7 13 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.80%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.80%) Robotics
9 8 (2.48%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.17%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.17%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.17%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.17%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.24%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.93%) PKI
13 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 51 (15.84%) Linux
2 39 (12.11%) Windows
3 15 (4.66%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.86%) Unix
6 4 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (30.43%) Agile
2 96 (29.81%) DevOps
3 94 (29.19%) CI/CD
4 92 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (17.39%) Microservices
6 53 (16.46%) Data Modelling
7 47 (14.60%) Containerisation
7 47 (14.60%) User Experience
8 43 (13.35%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (13.04%) Test Automation
10 39 (12.11%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (11.80%) API Integration
12 34 (10.56%) AI
13 33 (10.25%) API Design
13 33 (10.25%) Software Engineering
14 32 (9.94%) Scrum
15 31 (9.63%) Analytics
15 31 (9.63%) Roadmaps
16 30 (9.32%) Validation
17 29 (9.01%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 147 (45.65%) SQL
2 113 (35.09%) JavaScript
3 107 (33.23%) Python
4 82 (25.47%) C#
5 47 (14.60%) Java
6 42 (13.04%) PowerShell
7 25 (7.76%) TypeScript
8 17 (5.28%) T-SQL
9 15 (4.66%) C++
9 15 (4.66%) Ruby
10 14 (4.35%) PHP
11 13 (4.04%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.86%) Groovy
13 5 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (1.24%) Bash
14 4 (1.24%) VBA
15 3 (0.93%) Bicep
15 3 (0.93%) Perl
15 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.62%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 41 (12.73%) Degree
2 33 (10.25%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.93%) CISSP
9 2 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.62%) CASP
9 2 (0.62%) CCSP
9 2 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.62%) ISEB
9 2 (0.62%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.56%) QA
2 24 (7.45%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.90%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.73%) TickIT
5 11 (3.42%) SLA
6 10 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.17%) WCAG
8 6 (1.86%) GDPR
9 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.93%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.93%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.31%) PERC
11 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (13.98%) Docker
2 15 (4.66%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.17%) vSphere
4 4 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (9.32%) Terraform
2 26 (8.07%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.04%) Ansible
4 6 (1.86%) Kibana
5 4 (1.24%) Packer
6 2 (0.62%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.31%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 102 (31.68%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.45%) Adobe
3 17 (5.28%) Cisco
4 15 (4.66%) Splunk
5 14 (4.35%) Red Hat
6 13 (4.04%) Google
7 9 (2.80%) F5
7 9 (2.80%) Palo Alto
7 9 (2.80%) VMware
8 8 (2.48%) Oracle
8 8 (2.48%) SAP
9 7 (2.17%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.17%) Sparx
10 6 (1.86%) IBM
10 6 (1.86%) Juniper
10 6 (1.86%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.55%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.24%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.24%) Databricks
13 3 (0.93%) OpenAI