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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 366 309
Rank change year-on-year -74 -57 -62
Permanent jobs citing JSON 326 329 633
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.75% 0.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.03% 4.06% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 234 245 470
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,550 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,813 £77,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £61,700 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.83% - -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 10,766 8,095 14,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.30% 18.53% 20.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,012 5,429 10,891
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,400 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +6.74% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -50 119 £75,000 +15.38% 53
South East -41 81 £55,000 -15.38% 35
North of England -26 54 £55,000 - 22
North West -19 32 £62,500 +13.64% 13
East of England -42 26 £90,000 +84.62% 10
Midlands -35 22 £53,250 -5.75% 16
South West -63 19 £52,500 - 12
Yorkshire -28 17 £40,750 -18.09% 8
West Midlands -32 13 £46,250 -2.63% 11
East Midlands -18 9 £54,000 -10.00% 5
North East - 5 £45,000 - 1
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 (8.28%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.21%) Confluence
3 11 (3.37%) Apache
3 11 (3.37%) IIS
4 9 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (2.45%) CMS
6 6 (1.84%) WordPress
7 5 (1.53%) Drupal
8 4 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.92%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.92%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.31%) JBoss
11 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.92%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.61%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 143 (43.87%) Azure
2 84 (25.77%) AWS
3 55 (16.87%) Power Platform
4 53 (16.26%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (15.03%) Azure Logic Apps
6 35 (10.74%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (8.90%) Serverless
8 28 (8.59%) PowerApps
9 27 (8.28%) Power Automate
10 23 (7.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (7.06%) GitHub
11 21 (6.44%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (5.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (5.83%) OneDrive
12 19 (5.83%) SaaS
13 18 (5.52%) GCP
14 15 (4.60%) Boomi
15 13 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (3.68%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.21%) Firewall
2 10 (3.07%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.76%) DNS
4 6 (1.84%) HTTP
4 6 (1.84%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.92%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.92%) SSL
5 3 (0.92%) Wireless
6 2 (0.61%) MQTT
6 2 (0.61%) VPN
7 1 (0.31%) Broadband
7 1 (0.31%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.31%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.31%) FTP
7 1 (0.31%) LAN
7 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.31%) VoIP
7 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.19%) Power BI
2 42 (12.88%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (7.06%) SQL Server
4 21 (6.44%) Redis
5 20 (6.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (6.13%) Relational Database
6 18 (5.52%) MySQL
7 16 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (4.60%) Metadata
9 14 (4.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (2.76%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.84%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.84%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.53%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.23%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.23%) Power Query
14 3 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.92%) Parquet
14 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 60 (18.40%) Git
2 43 (13.19%) JIRA
3 27 (8.28%) Jenkins
4 21 (6.44%) GitLab
5 16 (4.91%) Selenium
6 12 (3.68%) Cucumber
6 12 (3.68%) Postman
7 11 (3.37%) JMeter
8 8 (2.45%) JUnit
9 7 (2.15%) Maven
9 7 (2.15%) Mockito
10 5 (1.53%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.53%) ERwin
10 5 (1.53%) Gatling
10 5 (1.53%) Gradle
10 5 (1.53%) Jasmine
10 5 (1.53%) Mocha
10 5 (1.53%) NUnit
10 5 (1.53%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.53%) SonarQube
General
1 149 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 87 (26.69%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (16.87%) Finance
4 32 (9.82%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (4.91%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.60%) Retail
7 14 (4.29%) Marketing
8 12 (3.68%) Advertising
9 9 (2.76%) Legal
10 8 (2.45%) Health Technology
10 8 (2.45%) Law
10 8 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.15%) Banking
11 7 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.84%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.53%) Back Office
13 5 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.53%) Local Government
14 4 (1.23%) Aviation
14 4 (1.23%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 116 (35.58%) Developer
2 75 (23.01%) Senior
3 41 (12.58%) Senior Developer
4 23 (7.06%) Analyst
4 23 (7.06%) Architect
5 22 (6.75%) Software Engineer
6 20 (6.13%) .NET Developer
7 19 (5.83%) Lead
8 18 (5.52%) Integration Engineer
8 18 (5.52%) Support Engineer
9 17 (5.21%) Ruby Developer
9 17 (5.21%) Software Developer
10 16 (4.91%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (4.60%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.99%) Senior Integration Engineer
13 13 (3.99%) Technical Support
13 13 (3.99%) Web Developer
14 12 (3.68%) Automation Engineer
15 11 (3.37%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (34.97%) XML
2 104 (31.90%) REST
3 86 (26.38%) HTML
4 81 (24.85%) .NET
5 74 (22.70%) CSS
6 46 (14.11%) RESTful
7 45 (13.80%) .NET Core
8 39 (11.96%) ASP.NET
8 39 (11.96%) SOAP
9 32 (9.82%) Middleware
10 30 (9.20%) JWT
11 28 (8.59%) Terraform
12 27 (8.28%) YAML
13 25 (7.67%) React
14 21 (6.44%) HTML5 Canvas
15 20 (6.13%) .NET Framework
15 20 (6.13%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (5.83%) AngularJS
16 19 (5.83%) Razor View Engine
16 19 (5.83%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.75%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (6.44%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (5.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (5.83%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.83%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.37%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.07%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.07%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.76%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (2.76%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.76%) Robotics
8 8 (2.45%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.53%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.23%) e-Learning
10 4 (1.23%) PKI
10 4 (1.23%) Social Media
10 4 (1.23%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.03%) Linux
2 45 (13.80%) Windows
3 17 (5.21%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.92%) Unix
7 2 (0.61%) Android
7 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.31%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (36.81%) Agile
2 104 (31.90%) DevOps
3 103 (31.60%) CI/CD
4 102 (31.29%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (17.18%) Test Automation
5 56 (17.18%) User Experience
6 53 (16.26%) Microservices
7 43 (13.19%) Containerisation
7 43 (13.19%) Scrum
7 43 (13.19%) Software Engineering
8 40 (12.27%) Mentoring
9 38 (11.66%) Data Modelling
10 36 (11.04%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (10.43%) Clean Code
11 34 (10.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (10.12%) AI
12 33 (10.12%) Infrastructure as Code
12 33 (10.12%) Roadmaps
13 32 (9.82%) API Integration
14 31 (9.51%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 130 (39.88%) SQL
2 109 (33.44%) JavaScript
3 89 (27.30%) Python
4 85 (26.07%) C#
5 42 (12.88%) Java
6 32 (9.82%) PowerShell
7 24 (7.36%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.52%) C++
8 18 (5.52%) Ruby
9 14 (4.29%) Shell Script
10 12 (3.68%) PHP
11 11 (3.37%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.53%) Groovy
14 3 (0.92%) Bash
14 3 (0.92%) Perl
14 3 (0.92%) VBA
15 2 (0.61%) Lua
15 2 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (13.19%) Degree
2 34 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.67%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.68%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.84%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.23%) ISEB
9 4 (1.23%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.92%) CCNP
10 3 (0.92%) CISSP
10 3 (0.92%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.61%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.61%) CASP
11 2 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.19%) QA
2 33 (10.12%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.91%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.68%) TickIT
5 11 (3.37%) SLA
6 10 (3.07%) WCAG
7 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.23%) GDPR
8 3 (0.92%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.92%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.31%) Dublin Core
10 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.31%) PERC
System Software
1 52 (15.95%) Docker
2 7 (2.15%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.15%) vSphere
3 4 (1.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (7.98%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.29%) Ansible
3 5 (1.53%) Grafana
3 5 (1.53%) Kibana
4 4 (1.23%) Packer
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.31%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 99 (30.37%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.36%) Adobe
3 17 (5.21%) Google
4 14 (4.29%) Splunk
5 11 (3.37%) Cisco
6 9 (2.76%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.76%) SAP
7 8 (2.45%) Databricks
7 8 (2.45%) VMware
8 7 (2.15%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.15%) F5
8 7 (2.15%) IBM
8 7 (2.15%) Oracle
9 5 (1.53%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.53%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.23%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.23%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.23%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.23%) Pega
10 4 (1.23%) Sparx