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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 480 392 340
Rank change year-on-year -88 -52 -133
Permanent jobs citing JSON 315 266 507
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.62% 0.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.92% 3.61% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 204 206 319
10th Percentile £35,725 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,526 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
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 10,796 7,363 14,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.33% 17.18% 22.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7,750 4,867 8,714
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -30 137 £75,000 +7.14% 27
South East -63 68 £55,000 -15.38% 15
North of England -60 41 £44,000 -18.14% 14
Midlands -37 30 £57,500 +21.05% 10
North West -31 23 £61,250 +6.52% 7
West Midlands -40 23 £62,500 +31.58% 6
East of England -65 19 £90,000 +63.64% 4
South West -63 16 £52,500 -12.50% 11
Yorkshire -22 15 £37,500 -1.32% 6
East Midlands -26 7 £54,000 -10.00% 4
North East -64 3 £31,000 -31.11% 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 (8.25%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.71%) Confluence
3 15 (4.76%) IIS
4 13 (4.13%) Apache
5 9 (2.86%) CMS
5 9 (2.86%) WordPress
6 8 (2.54%) Drupal
7 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.95%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.32%) JBoss
Applications
1 20 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.95%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.32%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle SCM
2 2 (0.63%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 139 (44.13%) Azure
2 82 (26.03%) AWS
3 53 (16.83%) Power Platform
4 52 (16.51%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
6 36 (11.43%) Serverless
7 30 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (8.89%) Power Automate
9 21 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (6.67%) GitHub
9 21 (6.67%) PowerApps
10 19 (6.03%) GCP
11 18 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 17 (5.40%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (5.40%) Azure Functions
13 14 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (4.13%) SaaS
15 12 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (3.49%) Azure Service Bus
17 8 (2.54%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.81%) TCP/IP
2 11 (3.49%) HTTP
3 7 (2.22%) Firewall
3 7 (2.22%) Wireshark
4 6 (1.90%) DNS
5 4 (1.27%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.95%) MQTT
6 3 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.95%) Wireless
7 2 (0.63%) VPN
8 1 (0.32%) Broadband
8 1 (0.32%) FTP
8 1 (0.32%) Network Security
8 1 (0.32%) RTP
8 1 (0.32%) RTSP
8 1 (0.32%) SCTP
8 1 (0.32%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.32%) SS7
8 1 (0.32%) VoIP
8 1 (0.32%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.65%) SQL Server
2 39 (12.38%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (10.16%) Power BI
4 21 (6.67%) MySQL
4 21 (6.67%) Relational Database
5 19 (6.03%) Redis
6 18 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (3.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (3.17%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.86%) Metadata
9 9 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (2.54%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.90%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (1.90%) Parquet
11 6 (1.90%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.27%) Power Query
14 3 (0.95%) DynamoDB
15 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 63 (20.00%) Git
2 27 (8.57%) JIRA
3 23 (7.30%) Jenkins
4 17 (5.40%) Selenium
5 15 (4.76%) Postman
6 12 (3.81%) JMeter
7 10 (3.17%) GitLab
8 8 (2.54%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.22%) JUnit
10 6 (1.90%) Maven
10 6 (1.90%) SoapUI
11 5 (1.59%) Gatling
11 5 (1.59%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.59%) Mocha
11 5 (1.59%) Mockito
11 5 (1.59%) NUnit
11 5 (1.59%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.59%) Zephyr
12 4 (1.27%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.27%) REST Assured
General
1 131 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 69 (21.90%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (20.32%) Finance
4 28 (8.89%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.13%) Banking
7 13 (4.13%) Legal
8 12 (3.81%) Law
9 10 (3.17%) Retail
10 9 (2.86%) Advertising
11 8 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.22%) Marketing
13 6 (1.90%) Aviation
13 6 (1.90%) Back Office
13 6 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.59%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.27%) Publishing
16 3 (0.95%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.95%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 121 (38.41%) Developer
2 76 (24.13%) Senior
3 36 (11.43%) Senior Developer
4 27 (8.57%) .NET Developer
5 25 (7.94%) Analyst
6 23 (7.30%) Architect
7 22 (6.98%) Lead
8 21 (6.67%) Software Engineer
9 17 (5.40%) Integration Engineer
10 16 (5.08%) Web Developer
11 15 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (4.76%) Ruby Developer
11 15 (4.76%) Software Developer
12 14 (4.44%) Data Engineer
13 13 (4.13%) .NET Web Developer
13 13 (4.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 13 (4.13%) Senior Integration Engineer
14 12 (3.81%) Integration Architect
15 10 (3.17%) C# Developer
15 10 (3.17%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (39.37%) XML
2 106 (33.65%) REST
3 74 (23.49%) .NET
3 74 (23.49%) HTML
4 63 (20.00%) CSS
5 48 (15.24%) RESTful
6 41 (13.02%) .NET Core
7 38 (12.06%) ASP.NET
8 37 (11.75%) SOAP
9 27 (8.57%) React
10 26 (8.25%) JWT
11 25 (7.94%) .NET Framework
12 23 (7.30%) Terraform
13 21 (6.67%) AngularJS
13 21 (6.67%) Blazor
13 21 (6.67%) HTML5
14 20 (6.35%) Middleware
15 18 (5.71%) Web Services
16 17 (5.40%) Razor View Engine
16 17 (5.40%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 21 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 20 (6.35%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (5.08%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (3.81%) Product Ownership
7 12 (3.81%) Taxonomies
8 11 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.49%) Robotics
9 10 (3.17%) AI Agents
10 7 (2.22%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.90%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.90%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.90%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.90%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.59%) PKI
13 4 (1.27%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 51 (16.19%) Windows
2 41 (13.02%) Linux
3 17 (5.40%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.95%) Android
7 2 (0.63%) macOS
8 1 (0.32%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (41.27%) Agile
2 106 (33.65%) CI/CD
3 105 (33.33%) DevOps
4 90 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (20.32%) AI
6 57 (18.10%) Test Automation
7 50 (15.87%) Mentoring
8 49 (15.56%) Microservices
9 48 (15.24%) Software Engineering
10 45 (14.29%) Scrum
11 41 (13.02%) Data Modelling
11 41 (13.02%) User Experience
12 38 (12.06%) Validation
13 36 (11.43%) Analytics
13 36 (11.43%) Roadmaps
14 34 (10.79%) Clean Code
14 34 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 33 (10.48%) Data Integration
16 32 (10.16%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 125 (39.68%) SQL
2 105 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 87 (27.62%) Python
4 86 (27.30%) C#
5 39 (12.38%) Java
6 25 (7.94%) PowerShell
7 21 (6.67%) C++
8 16 (5.08%) Ruby
9 14 (4.44%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.81%) PHP
11 11 (3.49%) T-SQL
12 10 (3.17%) Shell Script
13 9 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (1.27%) VBA
14 4 (1.27%) XPath
15 3 (0.95%) Bash
15 3 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.63%) Bicep
16 2 (0.63%) RPG IV
16 2 (0.63%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 41 (13.02%) Degree
2 35 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 28 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.81%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.17%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.90%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.59%) CISSP
8 5 (1.59%) ISEB
9 3 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.95%) CCNP
9 3 (0.95%) CCSP
9 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.63%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.63%) CISM
10 2 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (15.24%) Accessibility
2 35 (11.11%) QA
3 24 (7.62%) Data Quality
4 21 (6.67%) WCAG
5 15 (4.76%) GDPR
6 5 (1.59%) TickIT
7 4 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.95%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.95%) ISO 8583
8 3 (0.95%) SLA
9 2 (0.63%) Basel III
9 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.32%) Dublin Core
10 1 (0.32%) ECSS
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
10 1 (0.32%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.32%) NIST
10 1 (0.32%) PERC
System Software
1 46 (14.60%) Docker
2 7 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.90%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.27%) vSphere
5 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.63%) NFS
6 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.54%) Ansible
2 8 (2.54%) Grafana
3 6 (1.90%) Kibana
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.32%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.32%) logstash
5 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 105 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.40%) Google
3 12 (3.81%) Adobe
4 11 (3.49%) Splunk
5 10 (3.17%) Dynatrace
5 10 (3.17%) SAP
6 9 (2.86%) Oracle
7 7 (2.22%) VMware
8 6 (1.90%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.59%) Foundry
9 5 (1.59%) IBM
9 5 (1.59%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.59%) Pega
10 4 (1.27%) Databricks
10 4 (1.27%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.95%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.95%) Cisco
11 3 (0.95%) McAfee
11 3 (0.95%) Red Hat