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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 334 308
Rank change year-on-year -93 -26 -35
Permanent jobs citing JSON 293 336 819
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.86% 0.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.45% 4.31% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 217 265 620
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,336 £81,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £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 8,496 7,804 17,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.40% 19.87% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,453 5,237 14,525
10th Percentile £40,625 £38,795 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,367 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +10.61% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 June 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 June 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 -13 111 £75,000 +11.11% 49
South East -30 76 £60,000 -7.69% 33
North of England -18 49 £55,000 - 19
North West +10 32 £62,500 +13.64% 9
East of England -9 30 £90,000 +89.47% 6
Yorkshire -37 14 £42,750 +5.56% 8
Midlands -31 10 £47,500 -19.49% 15
South West -64 9 £42,500 -29.17% 7
West Midlands -31 6 £41,500 -27.19% 7
East Midlands -26 4 £47,500 -20.83% 8
North East -38 3 £45,000 -41.94% 2
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 26 (8.87%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.07%) IIS
4 8 (2.73%) CMS
5 7 (2.39%) WordPress
6 6 (2.05%) Apache
7 5 (1.71%) Confluence
7 5 (1.71%) Drupal
8 3 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.68%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.68%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.34%) JBoss
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.34%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.34%) Magento
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 134 (45.73%) Azure
2 75 (25.60%) AWS
3 58 (19.80%) Power Platform
4 41 (13.99%) Azure Logic Apps
5 40 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (12.29%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (10.92%) Serverless
8 24 (8.19%) PowerApps
8 24 (8.19%) SaaS
9 23 (7.85%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (7.85%) Power Automate
10 22 (7.51%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (6.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (6.48%) OneDrive
12 18 (6.14%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (5.80%) Boomi
13 17 (5.80%) GitHub
14 15 (5.12%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (4.78%) GCP
16 13 (4.44%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.14%) Firewall
2 6 (2.05%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (1.71%) DNS
3 5 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.37%) VPN
4 4 (1.37%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.02%) BGP
5 3 (1.02%) HTTP
5 3 (1.02%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.02%) SSL
6 2 (0.68%) AMQP
6 2 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.68%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.68%) FTP
6 2 (0.68%) LAN
6 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.68%) WAN
7 1 (0.34%) MQTT
7 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.34%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (16.72%) Power BI
2 35 (11.95%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (10.24%) MySQL
4 22 (7.51%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (6.83%) SQL Server
6 19 (6.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (5.46%) Metadata
8 13 (4.44%) RDBMS
8 13 (4.44%) Redis
9 8 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.71%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.37%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (1.02%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.02%) Power Query
12 3 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.68%) OLTP
13 2 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (15.02%) Git
2 33 (11.26%) JIRA
3 24 (8.19%) Jenkins
4 22 (7.51%) GitLab
5 12 (4.10%) Postman
6 10 (3.41%) JUnit
7 8 (2.73%) ERwin
7 8 (2.73%) Maven
8 7 (2.39%) Mockito
8 7 (2.39%) Selenium
9 6 (2.05%) Cucumber
9 6 (2.05%) JMeter
9 6 (2.05%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.71%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.71%) Gradle
10 5 (1.71%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.71%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.37%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.37%) Bitbucket
12 3 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 136 (46.42%) Social Skills
2 85 (29.01%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (16.72%) Finance
4 20 (6.83%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (6.14%) Retail
6 15 (5.12%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.78%) Marketing
8 13 (4.44%) Advertising
9 10 (3.41%) Health Technology
9 10 (3.41%) Law
10 7 (2.39%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.71%) Back Office
11 5 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.71%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.02%) Banking
12 3 (1.02%) Local Government
13 2 (0.68%) Billing
13 2 (0.68%) German Language
13 2 (0.68%) Legal
13 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 93 (31.74%) Developer
2 65 (22.18%) Senior
3 46 (15.70%) Senior Developer
4 28 (9.56%) Architect
5 25 (8.53%) Analyst
6 20 (6.83%) Consultant
6 20 (6.83%) DevOps Engineer
6 20 (6.83%) Support Engineer
7 19 (6.48%) Data Analyst
8 15 (5.12%) Software Engineer
9 13 (4.44%) Automation Engineer
9 13 (4.44%) Integration Architect
9 13 (4.44%) Java Developer
9 13 (4.44%) Lead
10 12 (4.10%) Software Developer
11 11 (3.75%) Applications Architect
11 11 (3.75%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.75%) Telecoms Engineer
12 10 (3.41%) IT Support
12 10 (3.41%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (40.27%) XML
2 115 (39.25%) REST
3 83 (28.33%) HTML
4 65 (22.18%) CSS
5 55 (18.77%) .NET
6 45 (15.36%) SOAP
7 39 (13.31%) .NET Core
8 36 (12.29%) Middleware
9 34 (11.60%) RESTful
10 31 (10.58%) YAML
11 26 (8.87%) JWT
12 22 (7.51%) OAuth
12 22 (7.51%) React
13 21 (7.17%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (6.83%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (6.48%) ASP.NET
15 19 (6.48%) SPFx
16 18 (6.14%) EDI
17 17 (5.80%) HTML5
17 17 (5.80%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.22%) Onboarding
2 24 (8.19%) Data Structures
3 23 (7.85%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (5.12%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.07%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.39%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.39%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (2.39%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.05%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.37%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.37%) NHS
10 4 (1.37%) Robotics
10 4 (1.37%) Taxonomies
11 3 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.70%) Linux
2 27 (9.22%) Windows
3 13 (4.44%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.73%) Unix
5 5 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (29.69%) CI/CD
2 84 (28.67%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (28.33%) DevOps
4 78 (26.62%) Agile
5 53 (18.09%) Data Modelling
6 52 (17.75%) Microservices
7 46 (15.70%) Business Intelligence
8 43 (14.68%) User Experience
9 40 (13.65%) Containerisation
10 38 (12.97%) API Integration
11 37 (12.63%) Infrastructure as Code
12 35 (11.95%) ERP
13 33 (11.26%) AI
13 33 (11.26%) Test Automation
14 29 (9.90%) Analytics
14 29 (9.90%) API Design
14 29 (9.90%) CRM
15 28 (9.56%) Collaborative Working
15 28 (9.56%) Integration Patterns
15 28 (9.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 144 (49.15%) SQL
2 104 (35.49%) JavaScript
3 97 (33.11%) Python
4 58 (19.80%) C#
4 58 (19.80%) Java
5 41 (13.99%) PowerShell
6 25 (8.53%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.46%) PHP
8 12 (4.10%) T-SQL
9 11 (3.75%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.07%) Ruby
11 8 (2.73%) C++
11 8 (2.73%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.05%) Groovy
13 4 (1.37%) VBA
14 3 (1.02%) ActionScript
14 3 (1.02%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (1.02%) Bash
14 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.02%) Perl
Qualifications
1 39 (13.31%) Degree
2 33 (11.26%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.53%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.02%) CISSP
7 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.02%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.68%) CASP
8 2 (0.68%) CCSP
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.68%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.24%) QA
2 19 (6.48%) Accessibility
3 16 (5.46%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.10%) TickIT
5 11 (3.75%) SLA
6 10 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.05%) GDPR
7 6 (2.05%) WCAG
8 5 (1.71%) HL7
9 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.34%) PERC
System Software
1 41 (13.99%) Docker
2 13 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.71%) vSphere
4 4 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (9.56%) Kubernetes
1 28 (9.56%) Terraform
2 12 (4.10%) Ansible
3 6 (2.05%) Kibana
4 4 (1.37%) Packer
5 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 80 (27.30%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.19%) Adobe
3 16 (5.46%) Cisco
4 15 (5.12%) Oracle
4 15 (5.12%) Splunk
5 12 (4.10%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.07%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.73%) F5
8 7 (2.39%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.39%) Sparx
8 7 (2.39%) VMware
9 6 (2.05%) Google
9 6 (2.05%) Juniper
9 6 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.05%) SAP
10 5 (1.71%) IBM
10 5 (1.71%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.37%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.37%) Databricks
12 3 (1.02%) Fortinet