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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 341 298
Rank change year-on-year -88 -43 -49
Permanent jobs citing JSON 332 348 676
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.80% 0.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.54% 4.46% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 246 262 513
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,325 £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 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,875 £86,250 £83,500
UK median annual salary £60,900 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.77% +3.33% -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 9,382 7,805 14,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.40% 17.97% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7,133 5,251 11,015
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 29 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 29 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 -31 116 £75,000 +11.11% 47
South East -32 93 £55,000 -15.38% 31
North of England -21 51 £55,000 - 17
North West -14 31 £62,500 +13.64% 9
East of England -40 29 £90,000 +89.47% 7
South West -59 19 £52,500 - 8
Midlands -37 18 £47,500 -20.83% 13
Yorkshire -20 15 £42,750 +5.56% 8
West Midlands -31 11 £45,000 -25.00% 9
East Midlands -26 7 £53,250 -5.75% 4
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 (8.13%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.82%) Confluence
3 14 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (3.01%) Apache
4 10 (3.01%) IIS
5 8 (2.41%) CMS
6 7 (2.11%) WordPress
7 5 (1.51%) Drupal
8 4 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.60%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.30%) JBoss
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.90%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.60%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 150 (45.18%) Azure
2 88 (26.51%) AWS
3 61 (18.37%) Power Platform
4 51 (15.36%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (14.16%) Azure Logic Apps
6 40 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (9.04%) Serverless
8 26 (7.83%) PowerApps
9 25 (7.53%) Power Automate
10 23 (6.93%) SaaS
11 22 (6.63%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (6.63%) Azure Data Factory
11 22 (6.63%) GitHub
12 20 (6.02%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (5.72%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (5.72%) OneDrive
14 16 (4.82%) Boomi
15 13 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (3.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.33%) Firewall
2 8 (2.41%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.11%) DNS
4 6 (1.81%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (1.81%) HTTP
4 6 (1.81%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.90%) BGP
5 3 (0.90%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.90%) SSL
6 2 (0.60%) MQTT
6 2 (0.60%) Wireless
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.30%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.30%) Network Security
7 1 (0.30%) RTSP
7 1 (0.30%) SCTP
7 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.30%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.76%) Power BI
2 44 (13.25%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (8.13%) SQL Server
4 24 (7.23%) Relational Database
5 23 (6.93%) MySQL
6 20 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (5.72%) Redis
7 19 (5.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (5.12%) Metadata
9 14 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (3.61%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.81%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.51%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.51%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.20%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.20%) Power Query
14 3 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
14 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.90%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 59 (17.77%) Git
2 43 (12.95%) JIRA
3 26 (7.83%) GitLab
3 26 (7.83%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.22%) Selenium
5 11 (3.31%) Postman
6 10 (3.01%) Cucumber
6 10 (3.01%) JMeter
7 8 (2.41%) ERwin
7 8 (2.41%) JUnit
8 7 (2.11%) Mockito
9 6 (1.81%) Maven
9 6 (1.81%) WebDriver
10 5 (1.51%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.51%) Gradle
10 5 (1.51%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.51%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.51%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.20%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.20%) Jasmine
General
1 145 (43.67%) Social Skills
2 91 (27.41%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (18.07%) Finance
4 28 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.22%) Advertising
5 14 (4.22%) Marketing
6 13 (3.92%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.92%) Retail
6 13 (3.92%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.41%) Law
8 7 (2.11%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.81%) Banking
9 6 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.81%) Health Technology
9 6 (1.81%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.51%) Back Office
10 5 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.51%) Legal
11 4 (1.20%) Aviation
11 4 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 115 (34.64%) Developer
2 73 (21.99%) Senior
3 43 (12.95%) Senior Developer
4 26 (7.83%) Analyst
5 24 (7.23%) Architect
6 21 (6.33%) Software Engineer
7 20 (6.02%) .NET Developer
8 19 (5.72%) Support Engineer
9 18 (5.42%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (5.42%) Lead
10 17 (5.12%) Software Developer
11 16 (4.82%) Automation Engineer
11 16 (4.82%) Integration Engineer
12 15 (4.52%) Data Engineer
12 15 (4.52%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (4.52%) Ruby Developer
13 14 (4.22%) Data Analyst
14 13 (3.92%) Consultant
14 13 (3.92%) Technical Support
14 13 (3.92%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (39.46%) XML
2 110 (33.13%) REST
3 85 (25.60%) HTML
4 83 (25.00%) .NET
5 74 (22.29%) CSS
6 47 (14.16%) RESTful
7 44 (13.25%) .NET Core
8 40 (12.05%) SOAP
9 38 (11.45%) ASP.NET
10 33 (9.94%) Middleware
11 31 (9.34%) YAML
12 28 (8.43%) JWT
13 24 (7.23%) React
14 21 (6.33%) HTML5 Canvas
15 20 (6.02%) .NET Framework
15 20 (6.02%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (5.72%) AngularJS
16 19 (5.72%) SPFx
17 18 (5.42%) OAuth
17 18 (5.42%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.13%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (6.33%) Data Structures
2 21 (6.33%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.42%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.42%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.01%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.71%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.71%) Robotics
6 8 (2.41%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.11%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.11%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.20%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.20%) PKI
8 4 (1.20%) Social Media
8 4 (1.20%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.96%) Linux
2 42 (12.65%) Windows
3 15 (4.52%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.81%) Unix
6 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (34.34%) Agile
2 105 (31.63%) DevOps
3 100 (30.12%) CI/CD
4 95 (28.61%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (17.47%) Microservices
6 52 (15.66%) Data Modelling
7 49 (14.76%) Test Automation
7 49 (14.76%) User Experience
8 48 (14.46%) Containerisation
9 43 (12.95%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (11.75%) Scrum
11 38 (11.45%) Infrastructure as Code
12 37 (11.14%) Software Engineering
13 36 (10.84%) API Integration
14 35 (10.54%) AI
14 35 (10.54%) Mentoring
15 33 (9.94%) Analytics
16 31 (9.34%) API Design
16 31 (9.34%) Clean Code
16 31 (9.34%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 147 (44.28%) SQL
2 113 (34.04%) JavaScript
3 109 (32.83%) Python
4 89 (26.81%) C#
5 48 (14.46%) Java
6 39 (11.75%) PowerShell
7 26 (7.83%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.42%) C++
9 16 (4.82%) Ruby
10 15 (4.52%) T-SQL
11 14 (4.22%) Shell Script
12 13 (3.92%) PHP
13 5 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.51%) Groovy
14 4 (1.20%) Bash
14 4 (1.20%) VBA
15 3 (0.90%) Bicep
15 3 (0.90%) Perl
16 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 41 (12.35%) Degree
2 35 (10.54%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.53%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.31%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.90%) CISSP
8 3 (0.90%) ISEB
8 3 (0.90%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.60%) CASP
9 2 (0.60%) CCNP
9 2 (0.60%) CCSP
9 2 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (11.45%) QA
2 26 (7.83%) Accessibility
3 20 (6.02%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.61%) TickIT
5 10 (3.01%) SLA
6 7 (2.11%) WCAG
7 6 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.51%) GDPR
9 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.90%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.90%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 49 (14.76%) Docker
2 12 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.11%) vSphere
4 4 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.43%) Terraform
2 26 (7.83%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.92%) Ansible
4 6 (1.81%) Kibana
5 4 (1.20%) Packer
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 101 (30.42%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.23%) Adobe
3 17 (5.12%) Cisco
4 15 (4.52%) Splunk
5 14 (4.22%) Red Hat
6 12 (3.61%) Google
7 10 (3.01%) Oracle
8 9 (2.71%) F5
8 9 (2.71%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.41%) SAP
9 8 (2.41%) VMware
10 7 (2.11%) Databricks
10 7 (2.11%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.11%) IBM
10 7 (2.11%) Sparx
11 6 (1.81%) Juniper
12 5 (1.51%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.51%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.20%) AppDynamics
13 4 (1.20%) Pega