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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 376 323
Rank change year-on-year -77 -53 -95
Permanent jobs citing JSON 340 286 546
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.33% 0.67% 0.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.15% 3.80% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 230 217 366
10th Percentile £33,625 £41,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £46,526 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,938 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,875 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,375 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.52% -7.12% -

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 10,805 7,530 14,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.55% 17.60% 21.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,890 4,967 9,389
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,513 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +5.40% -3.70%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -33 131 £75,000 +9.09% 211
South East -45 77 £55,000 -15.38% 68
North of England -49 55 £61,250 +11.36% 44
North West -37 31 £62,500 +13.64% 25
Midlands -35 30 £55,000 +15.79% 33
East of England -47 26 £90,000 +63.64% 25
West Midlands -44 21 £62,500 +31.58% 23
Yorkshire -28 20 £44,000 -11.56% 16
South West -68 18 £52,500 -6.67% 31
East Midlands -23 9 £54,000 -10.00% 10
North East -62 4 £38,000 -15.56% 4
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 32 (9.41%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.59%) Confluence
3 16 (4.71%) IIS
4 12 (3.53%) Apache
5 10 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (2.06%) CMS
7 6 (1.76%) WordPress
8 5 (1.47%) Drupal
9 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.88%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.59%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.29%) JBoss
11 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.29%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.88%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.59%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.59%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.29%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 148 (43.53%) Azure
2 85 (25.00%) AWS
3 63 (18.53%) Power Platform
4 58 (17.06%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (14.71%) Azure Logic Apps
6 44 (12.94%) Serverless
7 34 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (10.00%) Power Automate
8 28 (8.24%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (7.94%) PowerApps
10 25 (7.35%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (7.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 24 (7.06%) GitHub
12 17 (5.00%) Azure Functions
12 17 (5.00%) SaaS
13 16 (4.71%) Boomi
14 14 (4.12%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 14 (4.12%) Amazon S3
14 14 (4.12%) GCP
14 14 (4.12%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.24%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.35%) HTTP
3 7 (2.06%) Firewall
3 7 (2.06%) Wireshark
4 6 (1.76%) DNS
5 3 (0.88%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.88%) Wireless
6 2 (0.59%) MQTT
6 2 (0.59%) VPN
7 1 (0.29%) Broadband
7 1 (0.29%) FTP
7 1 (0.29%) Network Security
7 1 (0.29%) RTP
7 1 (0.29%) RTSP
7 1 (0.29%) SCTP
7 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.29%) SS7
7 1 (0.29%) SSL
7 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.65%) Power BI
2 41 (12.06%) SQL Server
3 40 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (5.88%) Redis
4 20 (5.88%) Relational Database
5 19 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (5.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (5.29%) MySQL
7 17 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (2.94%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.35%) Metadata
10 7 (2.06%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (2.06%) Parquet
10 7 (2.06%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.76%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.18%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.18%) Power Query
14 3 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 68 (20.00%) Git
2 42 (12.35%) JIRA
3 29 (8.53%) Jenkins
4 17 (5.00%) Selenium
5 16 (4.71%) GitLab
5 16 (4.71%) Postman
6 13 (3.82%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.82%) JMeter
7 8 (2.35%) JUnit
8 7 (2.06%) Maven
9 6 (1.76%) Mockito
9 6 (1.76%) SoapUI
9 6 (1.76%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.47%) Gatling
10 5 (1.47%) Gradle
10 5 (1.47%) Jasmine
10 5 (1.47%) Mocha
10 5 (1.47%) NUnit
10 5 (1.47%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.47%) Zephyr
General
1 153 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 88 (25.88%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (18.53%) Finance
4 33 (9.71%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.71%) Retail
7 15 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.82%) Marketing
9 12 (3.53%) Legal
10 11 (3.24%) Advertising
10 11 (3.24%) Banking
10 11 (3.24%) Law
11 8 (2.35%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.76%) Aviation
12 6 (1.76%) Back Office
12 6 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.76%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.18%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.18%) Local Government
14 3 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 134 (39.41%) Developer
2 84 (24.71%) Senior
3 45 (13.24%) Senior Developer
4 28 (8.24%) .NET Developer
4 28 (8.24%) Analyst
5 23 (6.76%) Architect
5 23 (6.76%) Lead
6 22 (6.47%) Software Engineer
7 17 (5.00%) Integration Engineer
7 17 (5.00%) Web Developer
8 16 (4.71%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (4.71%) Ruby Developer
8 16 (4.71%) Software Developer
8 16 (4.71%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.41%) Full-Stack Developer
10 13 (3.82%) .NET Web Developer
10 13 (3.82%) Integration Architect
10 13 (3.82%) Senior Integration Engineer
11 12 (3.53%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (39.12%) XML
2 117 (34.41%) REST
3 87 (25.59%) HTML
4 83 (24.41%) .NET
5 75 (22.06%) CSS
6 50 (14.71%) RESTful
7 47 (13.82%) .NET Core
8 46 (13.53%) SOAP
9 41 (12.06%) ASP.NET
10 31 (9.12%) Middleware
11 29 (8.53%) JWT
12 28 (8.24%) Terraform
13 27 (7.94%) .NET Framework
14 25 (7.35%) React
15 22 (6.47%) YAML
16 21 (6.18%) AngularJS
16 21 (6.18%) Blazor
17 19 (5.59%) HTML5
18 18 (5.29%) HTML5 Canvas
18 18 (5.29%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.06%) Cloud Native
2 21 (6.18%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (6.18%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (4.12%) Product Ownership
7 12 (3.53%) Taxonomies
8 11 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.24%) Robotics
9 9 (2.65%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.65%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.06%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.76%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.76%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.76%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.47%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.47%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (15.00%) Windows
2 47 (13.82%) Linux
3 19 (5.59%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.59%) Android
6 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.71%) Agile
2 116 (34.12%) DevOps
3 111 (32.65%) CI/CD
4 107 (31.47%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (17.94%) Test Automation
6 55 (16.18%) AI
7 52 (15.29%) Microservices
8 51 (15.00%) User Experience
9 49 (14.41%) Mentoring
10 48 (14.12%) Software Engineering
11 45 (13.24%) Scrum
12 44 (12.94%) Roadmaps
13 43 (12.65%) Data Modelling
14 35 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
15 34 (10.00%) Validation
16 33 (9.71%) Clean Code
16 33 (9.71%) CRM
17 32 (9.41%) Containerisation
17 32 (9.41%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 144 (42.35%) SQL
2 118 (34.71%) JavaScript
3 94 (27.65%) C#
4 89 (26.18%) Python
5 45 (13.24%) Java
6 28 (8.24%) PowerShell
7 21 (6.18%) C++
8 19 (5.59%) TypeScript
9 17 (5.00%) Ruby
10 12 (3.53%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.24%) PHP
11 11 (3.24%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.76%) VBA
14 5 (1.47%) Groovy
15 4 (1.18%) XPath
16 3 (0.88%) Bash
16 3 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.88%) Perl
17 2 (0.59%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 45 (13.24%) Degree
2 37 (10.88%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.53%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.24%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.94%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.76%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.47%) ISEB
9 4 (1.18%) CISSP
10 3 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.88%) CCNP
10 3 (0.88%) CCSP
11 2 (0.59%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.59%) CASP
11 2 (0.59%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (13.24%) Accessibility
2 44 (12.94%) QA
3 23 (6.76%) Data Quality
4 18 (5.29%) WCAG
5 13 (3.82%) GDPR
6 12 (3.53%) TickIT
7 9 (2.65%) SLA
8 4 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.88%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.88%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.59%) Basel III
10 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) Dublin Core
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.29%) PERC
System Software
1 49 (14.41%) Docker
2 6 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.47%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.18%) vSphere
5 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.29%) NFS
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.82%) Ansible
3 7 (2.06%) Kibana
4 6 (1.76%) Grafana
5 4 (1.18%) Packer
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.29%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.29%) logstash
7 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 116 (34.12%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.59%) Adobe
3 17 (5.00%) Google
4 13 (3.82%) Splunk
5 10 (2.94%) SAP
6 9 (2.65%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.65%) IBM
7 7 (2.06%) Oracle
8 6 (1.76%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.76%) VMware
9 5 (1.47%) Databricks
9 5 (1.47%) Pega
10 4 (1.18%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.18%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.88%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.88%) Cisco
11 3 (0.88%) McAfee
11 3 (0.88%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.88%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.88%) ServiceNow