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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 349 302
Rank change year-on-year -66 -47 -47
Permanent jobs citing JSON 319 348 737
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.80% 0.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.47% 4.39% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 243 264 548
10th Percentile £33,350 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,336 £80,188 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.40% +3.75% -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 9,203 7,923 15,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.38% 18.28% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,062 5,363 12,217
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -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 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in England

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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 July 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 -19 111 £75,000 +11.11% 56
South East -32 93 £55,000 -15.38% 31
North of England -13 48 £55,000 - 15
East of England -24 30 £90,000 +89.47% 4
North West -5 29 £62,500 +13.64% 9
South West -64 15 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Yorkshire -29 14 £42,750 +5.56% 6
Midlands -38 14 £47,500 -20.83% 11
West Midlands -25 8 £45,000 -25.00% 7
East Midlands -22 6 £52,500 -7.08% 4
North East - 5 £45,000 -
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 (8.46%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.76%) Confluence
4 10 (3.13%) IIS
5 8 (2.51%) CMS
6 7 (2.19%) Apache
6 7 (2.19%) WordPress
7 5 (1.57%) Drupal
8 4 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.63%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.94%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.94%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.63%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 146 (45.77%) Azure
2 83 (26.02%) AWS
3 63 (19.75%) Power Platform
4 47 (14.73%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (14.73%) Azure Logic Apps
5 43 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (9.72%) Serverless
7 27 (8.46%) SaaS
8 26 (8.15%) PowerApps
9 25 (7.84%) Power Automate
10 23 (7.21%) Azure Data Factory
11 22 (6.90%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (6.27%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (6.27%) GitHub
13 19 (5.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (5.96%) OneDrive
14 16 (5.02%) Boomi
15 14 (4.39%) Amazon EC2
16 13 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (3.76%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.58%) Firewall
2 7 (2.19%) DNS
2 7 (2.19%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.88%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (1.88%) HTTP
4 5 (1.57%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.94%) BGP
5 3 (0.94%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.94%) SSL
6 2 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.63%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.63%) LAN
6 2 (0.63%) MQTT
6 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.63%) WAN
7 1 (0.31%) Broadband
7 1 (0.31%) FTP
7 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.31%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (15.67%) Power BI
2 43 (13.48%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (9.72%) SQL Server
4 26 (8.15%) MySQL
5 23 (7.21%) Relational Database
6 22 (6.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (6.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (5.64%) Redis
9 17 (5.33%) Metadata
10 12 (3.76%) RDBMS
11 11 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.88%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.57%) Delta Lake
14 4 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.25%) Power Query
15 3 (0.94%) Data Lake
15 3 (0.94%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.94%) Parquet
15 3 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 52 (16.30%) Git
2 39 (12.23%) JIRA
3 25 (7.84%) GitLab
4 23 (7.21%) Jenkins
5 10 (3.13%) Postman
5 10 (3.13%) Selenium
6 8 (2.51%) Cucumber
6 8 (2.51%) ERwin
6 8 (2.51%) JMeter
7 7 (2.19%) JUnit
7 7 (2.19%) Mockito
8 5 (1.57%) Browser DevTools
8 5 (1.57%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.57%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.57%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.57%) WebDriver
9 4 (1.25%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.25%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.25%) Gradle
9 4 (1.25%) Maven
General
1 144 (45.14%) Social Skills
2 90 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (17.24%) Finance
4 25 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (4.39%) Advertising
5 14 (4.39%) Marketing
5 14 (4.39%) Retail
6 13 (4.08%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.82%) Law
7 9 (2.82%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.19%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.88%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.57%) Back Office
10 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.25%) Aviation
11 4 (1.25%) Banking
12 3 (0.94%) Legal
12 3 (0.94%) Local Government
12 3 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 111 (34.80%) Developer
2 71 (22.26%) Senior
3 44 (13.79%) Senior Developer
4 29 (9.09%) Analyst
5 24 (7.52%) Architect
6 20 (6.27%) Support Engineer
7 19 (5.96%) .NET Developer
8 18 (5.64%) Data Analyst
8 18 (5.64%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (5.64%) Software Engineer
9 15 (4.70%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (4.70%) Integration Engineer
9 15 (4.70%) Lead
9 15 (4.70%) Software Developer
10 14 (4.39%) Automation Engineer
10 14 (4.39%) Data Engineer
10 14 (4.39%) Ruby Developer
11 13 (4.08%) Applications Engineer
11 13 (4.08%) Consultant
11 13 (4.08%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (40.44%) XML
2 109 (34.17%) REST
3 86 (26.96%) HTML
4 78 (24.45%) .NET
5 74 (23.20%) CSS
6 44 (13.79%) .NET Core
6 44 (13.79%) RESTful
7 40 (12.54%) SOAP
8 36 (11.29%) ASP.NET
9 33 (10.34%) Middleware
10 30 (9.40%) YAML
11 27 (8.46%) JWT
12 23 (7.21%) React
13 21 (6.58%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (6.27%) .NET Framework
14 20 (6.27%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (5.96%) SPFx
16 18 (5.64%) HTML5
16 18 (5.64%) OAuth
17 17 (5.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.40%) Onboarding
2 23 (7.21%) Data Structures
3 22 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (6.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (5.96%) Cloud Native
6 17 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.82%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.82%) Robotics
9 8 (2.51%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.19%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.19%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.88%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.25%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (0.94%) PKI
13 3 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.67%) Linux
2 39 (12.23%) Windows
3 15 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.88%) Unix
6 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (31.03%) Agile
2 95 (29.78%) DevOps
3 93 (29.15%) CI/CD
4 91 (28.53%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (17.55%) Microservices
6 53 (16.61%) Data Modelling
7 47 (14.73%) Containerisation
7 47 (14.73%) User Experience
8 44 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
9 43 (13.48%) Test Automation
10 38 (11.91%) Infrastructure as Code
11 37 (11.60%) API Integration
12 34 (10.66%) Software Engineering
13 33 (10.34%) AI
14 32 (10.03%) Analytics
14 32 (10.03%) API Design
14 32 (10.03%) Scrum
15 31 (9.72%) Roadmaps
16 30 (9.40%) Mentoring
17 29 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 146 (45.77%) SQL
2 113 (35.42%) JavaScript
3 107 (33.54%) Python
4 83 (26.02%) C#
5 46 (14.42%) Java
6 43 (13.48%) PowerShell
7 25 (7.84%) TypeScript
8 17 (5.33%) T-SQL
9 15 (4.70%) C++
9 15 (4.70%) Ruby
10 14 (4.39%) PHP
11 13 (4.08%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.57%) Groovy
13 4 (1.25%) Bash
13 4 (1.25%) VBA
14 3 (0.94%) Bicep
14 3 (0.94%) Perl
14 3 (0.94%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 40 (12.54%) Degree
2 31 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.88%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.25%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.94%) CISSP
9 2 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.63%) CASP
9 2 (0.63%) CCSP
9 2 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.63%) ISEB
9 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.34%) QA
2 24 (7.52%) Accessibility
3 21 (6.58%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.76%) TickIT
5 11 (3.45%) SLA
6 10 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.19%) WCAG
8 6 (1.88%) GDPR
9 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.94%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.94%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.31%) PERC
System Software
1 45 (14.11%) Docker
2 15 (4.70%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.19%) vSphere
4 4 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.78%) Terraform
2 26 (8.15%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.76%) Ansible
4 6 (1.88%) Kibana
5 4 (1.25%) Packer
6 2 (0.63%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.31%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 101 (31.66%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.52%) Adobe
3 17 (5.33%) Cisco
4 15 (4.70%) Splunk
5 14 (4.39%) Red Hat
6 13 (4.08%) Google
7 9 (2.82%) F5
7 9 (2.82%) Palo Alto
7 9 (2.82%) VMware
8 8 (2.51%) Oracle
9 7 (2.19%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.19%) SAP
9 7 (2.19%) Sparx
10 6 (1.88%) IBM
10 6 (1.88%) Juniper
10 6 (1.88%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.57%) Databricks
11 5 (1.57%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.25%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.94%) OpenAI