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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 299 215
Rank change year-on-year -59 -84 +30
Permanent jobs citing JSON 275 477 701
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 0.93% 1.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.45% 4.27% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 203 313 587
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -8.19% -6.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £106,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,351
% change year-on-year - -12.01% -5.90%

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 6,184 11,167 11,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.01% 21.70% 26.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,781 6,800 9,365
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year - -3.35% -0.37%
75th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,066
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.10% +0.10%

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025. 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 -14 94 £75,000 +7.14% 43
East of England +61 66 £55,000 -13.73% 29
South East -42 64 £55,500 -26.00% 50
North of England -9 30 £53,750 -2.27% 40
North West +29 22 £55,000 +2.33% 25
Midlands -4 22 £47,500 -9.52% 22
West Midlands +4 16 £47,500 -17.39% 13
East Midlands -5 6 £60,000 +18.81% 9
Yorkshire -39 4 £56,750 -5.42% 10
North East - 4 £45,000 - 5
South West -7 1 £60,000 +20.00% 17
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 10 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.18%) Anypoint
2 6 (2.18%) Confluence
3 5 (1.82%) CMS
4 3 (1.09%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.73%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) Appian
6 1 (0.36%) CICS
6 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.55%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.09%) Trello
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.18%) Shopify
2 4 (1.45%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.09%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 78 (28.36%) Azure
2 41 (14.91%) AWS
3 32 (11.64%) GitHub
4 29 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (9.45%) Power Platform
6 25 (9.09%) Power Automate
6 25 (9.09%) Serverless
7 20 (7.27%) Amazon EC2
7 20 (7.27%) Amazon ECS
7 20 (7.27%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (5.09%) PaaS
8 14 (5.09%) PowerApps
9 13 (4.73%) Boomi
9 13 (4.73%) SaaS
10 12 (4.36%) GCP
11 11 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.91%) iPaaS
14 7 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.64%) FTP
2 5 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
2 5 (1.82%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.82%) Firewall
2 5 (1.82%) LAN
2 5 (1.82%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.82%) WAN
3 4 (1.45%) HTTP
3 4 (1.45%) VPN
4 3 (1.09%) DNS
4 3 (1.09%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.36%) AMQP
5 1 (0.36%) DHCP
5 1 (0.36%) SSL
5 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (19.27%) Relational Database
2 39 (14.18%) SQL Server
3 23 (8.36%) MySQL
4 21 (7.64%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (6.91%) Power BI
5 19 (6.91%) RDBMS
6 15 (5.45%) OLTP
7 11 (4.00%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.55%) GIS
10 6 (2.18%) Metadata
11 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.09%) Big Data
11 3 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (1.09%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.09%) Power Query
11 3 (1.09%) Redis
11 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (10.18%) Jenkins
2 25 (9.09%) Git
3 20 (7.27%) JMeter
3 20 (7.27%) JUnit
4 18 (6.55%) Mockito
5 12 (4.36%) JIRA
6 7 (2.55%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.18%) Axure RP
7 6 (2.18%) Postman
8 3 (1.09%) Selenium
9 2 (0.73%) Crashlytics
9 2 (0.73%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.73%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.73%) Xcode
10 1 (0.36%) ESLint
10 1 (0.36%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.36%) Testinfra
10 1 (0.36%) XCUITest
General
1 98 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.45%) Law
3 41 (14.91%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (13.45%) Finance
5 28 (10.18%) Retail
6 27 (9.82%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.45%) German Language
8 13 (4.73%) Marketing
9 6 (2.18%) Legal
10 4 (1.45%) Automotive
10 4 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.09%) Banking
11 3 (1.09%) Electronics
11 3 (1.09%) Health Technology
11 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Publishing
13 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (43.64%) Developer
2 41 (14.91%) Senior
3 36 (13.09%) Senior Developer
4 24 (8.73%) Analyst
5 20 (7.27%) Full-Stack Developer
5 20 (7.27%) Java Developer
6 17 (6.18%) Consultant
6 17 (6.18%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 15 (5.45%) Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.45%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 14 (5.09%) Mid-Level Java Developer
9 13 (4.73%) Lead
9 13 (4.73%) ServiceNow Consultant
10 12 (4.36%) Data Engineer
10 12 (4.36%) ServiceNow Developer
10 12 (4.36%) Support Consultant
11 10 (3.64%) Integration Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Support Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Technical Consultant
12 8 (2.91%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (62.18%) XML
2 125 (45.45%) HTML
3 112 (40.73%) REST
4 50 (18.18%) CSS
5 43 (15.64%) Web Services
6 32 (11.64%) Regular Expression
7 27 (9.82%) React
7 27 (9.82%) SOAP
8 21 (7.64%) Spring
8 21 (7.64%) Spring Boot
9 19 (6.91%) .NET
9 19 (6.91%) Hibernate
9 19 (6.91%) jQuery
10 18 (6.55%) ActiveMQ
10 18 (6.55%) Apache Camel
10 18 (6.55%) WireMock
11 17 (6.18%) RESTful
12 13 (4.73%) YAML
13 12 (4.36%) AngularJS
14 11 (4.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 49 (17.82%) Onboarding
2 35 (12.73%) Linux Command Line
3 23 (8.36%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.82%) Low-Code
6 11 (4.00%) Data Structures
7 10 (3.64%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.64%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.55%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.18%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.82%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.45%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.45%) Semantic Web
12 3 (1.09%) NHS
12 3 (1.09%) Reference Data
12 3 (1.09%) Social Media
13 2 (0.73%) Blog
13 2 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 2 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.18%) Unix
2 14 (5.09%) Linux
3 3 (1.09%) Android
3 3 (1.09%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.09%) Windows
4 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (31.27%) Agile
2 73 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (21.45%) CI/CD
4 50 (18.18%) AI
5 49 (17.82%) DevOps
6 40 (14.55%) LLM
7 37 (13.45%) Microservices
8 35 (12.73%) Data Analysis
9 31 (11.27%) ETL
10 30 (10.91%) Problem Management
10 30 (10.91%) Test Automation
11 29 (10.55%) Full-Stack Development
11 29 (10.55%) SDLC
11 29 (10.55%) Workflow
12 28 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (9.45%) User Experience
15 25 (9.09%) Analytics
15 25 (9.09%) API Integration
15 25 (9.09%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 118 (42.91%) JavaScript
2 115 (41.82%) SQL
3 96 (34.91%) Python
4 45 (16.36%) Java
5 37 (13.45%) C#
6 30 (10.91%) PowerShell
7 24 (8.73%) Shell Script
8 16 (5.82%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.64%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.55%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.18%) PHP
12 4 (1.45%) Bicep
13 3 (1.09%) Go
13 3 (1.09%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.73%) Bash
14 2 (0.73%) C++
14 2 (0.73%) Ruby
14 2 (0.73%) Swift
15 1 (0.36%) COBOL
15 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (16.00%) Degree
2 25 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.36%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.82%) Data Quality
1 16 (5.82%) QA
2 12 (4.36%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.00%) GDPR
3 11 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.64%) NCSC
4 10 (3.64%) NIST
5 6 (2.18%) HL7
System Software
1 40 (14.55%) Docker
2 5 (1.82%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.36%) iptables
Systems Management
1 33 (12.00%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.55%) Kibana
3 12 (4.36%) Terraform
4 11 (4.00%) Ansible
5 5 (1.82%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.73%) Grafana
7 1 (0.36%) Packer
7 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (13.09%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 22 (8.00%) Oracle
4 19 (6.91%) Splunk
5 18 (6.55%) Dynatrace
6 12 (4.36%) Cisco
7 11 (4.00%) SAP
8 10 (3.64%) Google
9 9 (3.27%) MuleSoft
10 7 (2.55%) Dell
10 7 (2.55%) Informatica
10 7 (2.55%) Salesforce
10 7 (2.55%) SnapLogic
10 7 (2.55%) Talend
11 6 (2.18%) IBM
11 6 (2.18%) Intapp
11 6 (2.18%) Workday
12 5 (1.82%) Epicor
12 5 (1.82%) IFS
12 5 (1.82%) OpenAI