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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 348 305
Rank change year-on-year -80 -43 -57
Permanent jobs citing JSON 334 347 673
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.80% 0.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.52% 4.45% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 247 261 513
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,250 £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 £91,500 £86,250 £83,500
UK median annual salary £61,700 £61,375 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.53% +2.29% -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 9,485 7,796 14,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.39% 17.92% 18.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,197 5,247 10,969
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 31 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 31 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 -39 118 £75,000 +11.11% 62
South East -36 91 £55,000 -15.38% 31
North of England -13 52 £55,000 - 19
North West +4 32 £62,500 +13.64% 9
East of England -35 29 £90,000 +89.47% 6
Midlands -41 19 £50,000 -16.67% 14
South West -62 19 £52,500 - 9
Yorkshire -24 15 £42,750 +5.56% 10
West Midlands -22 12 £46,250 -22.92% 10
East Midlands -22 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 (8.08%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.79%) Confluence
3 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.99%) Apache
4 10 (2.99%) IIS
5 8 (2.40%) CMS
6 7 (2.10%) WordPress
7 5 (1.50%) 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 (4.49%) 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
1 148 (44.31%) Azure
2 89 (26.65%) AWS
3 60 (17.96%) Power Platform
4 51 (15.27%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (14.07%) Azure Logic Apps
6 39 (11.68%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (8.98%) Serverless
8 26 (7.78%) PowerApps
9 25 (7.49%) Power Automate
10 22 (6.59%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (6.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 22 (6.59%) GitHub
11 21 (6.29%) SaaS
12 20 (5.99%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (5.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (5.69%) OneDrive
14 15 (4.49%) Boomi
15 13 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (3.89%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (3.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.29%) Firewall
2 8 (2.40%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.10%) DNS
4 6 (1.80%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (1.80%) HTTP
4 6 (1.80%) 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%) Broadband
7 1 (0.30%) CTI
7 1 (0.30%) LAN
7 1 (0.30%) RTP
7 1 (0.30%) RTSP
7 1 (0.30%) SS7
7 1 (0.30%) VoIP
7 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (14.37%) Power BI
2 44 (13.17%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (7.78%) SQL Server
4 24 (7.19%) Relational Database
5 22 (6.59%) MySQL
6 20 (5.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (5.99%) Redis
7 18 (5.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (5.09%) Metadata
9 14 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (3.59%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.80%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.50%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.50%) 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 60 (17.96%) Git
2 44 (13.17%) JIRA
3 26 (7.78%) GitLab
3 26 (7.78%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.49%) Selenium
5 12 (3.59%) Postman
6 11 (3.29%) Cucumber
7 10 (2.99%) JMeter
8 8 (2.40%) ERwin
8 8 (2.40%) JUnit
9 7 (2.10%) Maven
9 7 (2.10%) Mockito
10 6 (1.80%) WebDriver
11 5 (1.50%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (1.50%) Gradle
11 5 (1.50%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.50%) Visual Studio
12 4 (1.20%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.20%) Mocha
12 4 (1.20%) NUnit
General
1 146 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 90 (26.95%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (17.66%) Finance
4 28 (8.38%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.19%) Advertising
5 14 (4.19%) Marketing
5 14 (4.19%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.89%) Retail
6 13 (3.89%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.99%) Law
8 7 (2.10%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.10%) Legal
9 6 (1.80%) Banking
9 6 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.80%) Health Technology
9 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.50%) Back Office
10 5 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.20%) Aviation
11 4 (1.20%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 117 (35.03%) Developer
2 73 (21.86%) Senior
3 43 (12.87%) Senior Developer
4 25 (7.49%) Analyst
5 24 (7.19%) Architect
6 21 (6.29%) Software Engineer
7 20 (5.99%) .NET Developer
8 19 (5.69%) Support Engineer
9 18 (5.39%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (5.39%) Lead
10 17 (5.09%) Software Developer
11 16 (4.79%) Automation Engineer
11 16 (4.79%) Integration Engineer
11 16 (4.79%) Ruby Developer
12 15 (4.49%) Data Engineer
12 15 (4.49%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.89%) Data Analyst
13 13 (3.89%) Network Engineer
13 13 (3.89%) Technical Support
13 13 (3.89%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (38.62%) XML
2 112 (33.53%) REST
3 86 (25.75%) HTML
4 82 (24.55%) .NET
5 75 (22.46%) CSS
6 48 (14.37%) RESTful
7 44 (13.17%) .NET Core
8 41 (12.28%) SOAP
9 38 (11.38%) ASP.NET
10 33 (9.88%) Middleware
11 31 (9.28%) YAML
12 29 (8.68%) JWT
13 25 (7.49%) React
14 21 (6.29%) HTML5 Canvas
15 20 (5.99%) .NET Framework
15 20 (5.99%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (5.69%) AngularJS
16 19 (5.69%) SPFx
17 18 (5.39%) HTML5
17 18 (5.39%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.78%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.59%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (5.99%) Data Structures
5 19 (5.69%) Cloud Native
6 18 (5.39%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.29%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.69%) Robotics
9 8 (2.40%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.40%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.10%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.10%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.20%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.20%) PKI
11 4 (1.20%) Social Media
11 4 (1.20%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.90%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.87%) Linux
2 42 (12.57%) Windows
3 15 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.80%) Unix
6 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (35.33%) Agile
2 106 (31.74%) DevOps
3 102 (30.54%) CI/CD
4 94 (28.14%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (17.37%) Microservices
6 51 (15.27%) Data Modelling
7 50 (14.97%) Test Automation
7 50 (14.97%) User Experience
8 49 (14.67%) Containerisation
9 42 (12.57%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (12.57%) Scrum
10 38 (11.38%) Infrastructure as Code
10 38 (11.38%) Software Engineering
11 36 (10.78%) API Integration
12 35 (10.48%) AI
12 35 (10.48%) Mentoring
13 33 (9.88%) Analytics
14 32 (9.58%) API Design
14 32 (9.58%) Clean Code
15 31 (9.28%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 144 (43.11%) SQL
2 114 (34.13%) JavaScript
3 107 (32.04%) Python
4 87 (26.05%) C#
5 47 (14.07%) Java
6 38 (11.38%) PowerShell
7 26 (7.78%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.39%) C++
9 17 (5.09%) Ruby
10 14 (4.19%) Shell Script
10 14 (4.19%) T-SQL
11 13 (3.89%) PHP
12 5 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.50%) Groovy
13 4 (1.20%) Bash
13 4 (1.20%) VBA
14 3 (0.90%) Bicep
14 3 (0.90%) Perl
15 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 41 (12.28%) Degree
2 34 (10.18%) Security Cleared
3 24 (7.19%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.29%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.80%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.80%) 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 39 (11.68%) QA
2 28 (8.38%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.69%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.59%) TickIT
5 10 (2.99%) SLA
6 9 (2.69%) WCAG
7 5 (1.50%) GDPR
7 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.90%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.90%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 50 (14.97%) Docker
2 11 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.10%) vSphere
4 4 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.38%) Terraform
2 26 (7.78%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.89%) Ansible
4 6 (1.80%) 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%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 101 (30.24%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.19%) Adobe
3 17 (5.09%) Cisco
4 15 (4.49%) Splunk
5 14 (4.19%) Red Hat
6 13 (3.89%) Google
7 9 (2.69%) F5
7 9 (2.69%) Oracle
7 9 (2.69%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.40%) SAP
8 8 (2.40%) VMware
9 7 (2.10%) Databricks
9 7 (2.10%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.10%) IBM
9 7 (2.10%) Sparx
10 6 (1.80%) Juniper
11 5 (1.50%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.50%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.20%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.20%) Pega