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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 369 327
Rank change year-on-year -83 -42 -110
Permanent jobs citing JSON 334 280 539
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.65% 0.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.10% 3.76% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 223 214 337
10th Percentile £34,100 £41,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,526 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £79,043 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £86,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,625 £61,500
% change year-on-year +1.42% +0.20% -5.38%

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 10,769 7,452 14,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.36% 17.23% 21.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,818 4,917 9,120
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,857 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,500 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -6.40%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,600
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -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 2 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 2 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 -20 137 £75,000 +7.14% 268
South East -55 71 £55,000 -15.38% 74
North of England -51 49 £55,000 - 55
Midlands -39 32 £55,000 +15.79% 37
North West -32 29 £62,500 +13.64% 33
West Midlands -36 23 £61,700 +29.89% 25
East of England -63 22 £90,000 +63.64% 28
South West -61 17 £52,500 -6.67% 36
Yorkshire -20 16 £37,500 -24.62% 19
East Midlands -35 9 £54,000 -11.84% 12
North East -61 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 30 (8.98%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.39%) Confluence
3 17 (5.09%) IIS
4 13 (3.89%) Apache
5 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (2.40%) CMS
7 7 (2.10%) WordPress
8 6 (1.80%) Drupal
9 3 (0.90%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.90%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.30%) JBoss
11 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.30%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.60%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.30%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.30%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 147 (44.01%) Azure
2 81 (24.25%) AWS
3 63 (18.86%) Power Platform
4 58 (17.37%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (14.07%) Azure Logic Apps
6 40 (11.98%) Serverless
7 33 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (9.58%) Power Automate
9 27 (8.08%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (7.49%) GitHub
10 25 (7.49%) PowerApps
11 22 (6.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 20 (5.99%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (5.09%) Azure Functions
14 15 (4.49%) Boomi
15 14 (4.19%) GCP
16 13 (3.89%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (3.89%) SaaS
17 12 (3.59%) Azure Monitor
18 11 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.29%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.69%) HTTP
3 7 (2.10%) Firewall
3 7 (2.10%) Wireshark
4 6 (1.80%) DNS
5 3 (0.90%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.90%) Wireless
6 2 (0.60%) MQTT
6 2 (0.60%) VPN
7 1 (0.30%) Broadband
7 1 (0.30%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.30%) FTP
7 1 (0.30%) Network Security
7 1 (0.30%) RTP
7 1 (0.30%) RTSP
7 1 (0.30%) SCTP
7 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.30%) SS7
7 1 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.57%) Power BI
1 42 (12.57%) SQL Server
2 41 (12.28%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (6.29%) Relational Database
4 20 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (5.99%) Redis
5 19 (5.69%) MySQL
6 16 (4.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.99%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.40%) Metadata
10 7 (2.10%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (2.10%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.10%) Parquet
10 7 (2.10%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.20%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.20%) Power Query
13 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 65 (19.46%) Git
2 33 (9.88%) JIRA
3 25 (7.49%) Jenkins
4 17 (5.09%) Selenium
5 16 (4.79%) Postman
6 13 (3.89%) JMeter
7 11 (3.29%) GitLab
8 8 (2.40%) Cucumber
8 8 (2.40%) JUnit
9 7 (2.10%) Maven
10 6 (1.80%) Mockito
10 6 (1.80%) SoapUI
10 6 (1.80%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.50%) Gatling
11 5 (1.50%) Gradle
11 5 (1.50%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.50%) Mocha
11 5 (1.50%) NUnit
11 5 (1.50%) Zephyr
12 4 (1.20%) REST Assured
General
1 147 (44.01%) Social Skills
2 86 (25.75%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (19.16%) Finance
4 31 (9.28%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.79%) Retail
7 15 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.89%) Banking
8 13 (3.89%) Legal
9 12 (3.59%) Law
10 11 (3.29%) Marketing
11 10 (2.99%) Advertising
12 8 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.10%) Back Office
13 7 (2.10%) Health Technology
14 6 (1.80%) Aviation
14 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.50%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.90%) Local Government
16 3 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 132 (39.52%) Developer
2 81 (24.25%) Senior
3 42 (12.57%) Senior Developer
4 31 (9.28%) Analyst
5 28 (8.38%) .NET Developer
6 23 (6.89%) Architect
7 22 (6.59%) Lead
8 21 (6.29%) Software Engineer
9 18 (5.39%) Integration Engineer
10 17 (5.09%) Data Engineer
11 16 (4.79%) Ruby Developer
11 16 (4.79%) Software Developer
11 16 (4.79%) Web Developer
12 15 (4.49%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (4.19%) Support Engineer
14 13 (3.89%) .NET Web Developer
14 13 (3.89%) Integration Architect
14 13 (3.89%) Senior Integration Engineer
15 11 (3.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 11 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (39.52%) XML
2 114 (34.13%) REST
3 83 (24.85%) HTML
4 79 (23.65%) .NET
5 71 (21.26%) CSS
6 51 (15.27%) RESTful
7 45 (13.47%) SOAP
8 44 (13.17%) .NET Core
9 40 (11.98%) ASP.NET
10 30 (8.98%) Middleware
11 29 (8.68%) JWT
12 26 (7.78%) .NET Framework
13 25 (7.49%) React
14 23 (6.89%) Terraform
15 21 (6.29%) AngularJS
15 21 (6.29%) Blazor
16 20 (5.99%) HTML5
17 18 (5.39%) Razor View Engine
17 18 (5.39%) Web Services
17 18 (5.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.19%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
2 20 (5.99%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.09%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (4.19%) Product Ownership
7 12 (3.59%) Taxonomies
8 11 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.29%) Robotics
9 8 (2.40%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.40%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.40%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.10%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.80%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.80%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.80%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.87%) Windows
2 42 (12.57%) Linux
3 19 (5.69%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.60%) Android
6 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (39.22%) Agile
2 113 (33.83%) DevOps
3 108 (32.34%) CI/CD
4 105 (31.44%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (17.66%) AI
6 56 (16.77%) Test Automation
7 51 (15.27%) Mentoring
8 48 (14.37%) Microservices
9 47 (14.07%) Scrum
9 47 (14.07%) Software Engineering
10 46 (13.77%) User Experience
11 44 (13.17%) Roadmaps
12 43 (12.87%) Data Modelling
13 37 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (10.78%) Validation
15 34 (10.18%) Analytics
15 34 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
15 34 (10.18%) Clean Code
16 33 (9.88%) Data Integration
16 33 (9.88%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 142 (42.51%) SQL
2 115 (34.43%) JavaScript
3 90 (26.95%) C#
4 89 (26.65%) Python
5 41 (12.28%) Java
6 28 (8.38%) PowerShell
7 21 (6.29%) C++
8 17 (5.09%) Ruby
9 16 (4.79%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.59%) PHP
11 11 (3.29%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.29%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.80%) VBA
14 4 (1.20%) XPath
15 3 (0.90%) Bash
15 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.60%) Lua
16 2 (0.60%) RPG IV
16 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 43 (12.87%) Degree
2 34 (10.18%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.08%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.29%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.99%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.80%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.50%) ISEB
9 4 (1.20%) CISSP
10 3 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.90%) CCNP
10 3 (0.90%) CCSP
11 2 (0.60%) CASP
11 2 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (14.07%) Accessibility
2 39 (11.68%) QA
3 23 (6.89%) Data Quality
4 19 (5.69%) WCAG
5 13 (3.89%) GDPR
6 11 (3.29%) TickIT
7 7 (2.10%) SLA
8 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.90%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.90%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.60%) Basel III
10 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.30%) Dublin Core
11 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 51 (15.27%) Docker
2 7 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.20%) vSphere
5 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.60%) NFS
6 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (5.99%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.69%) Ansible
3 7 (2.10%) Grafana
3 7 (2.10%) Kibana
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.30%) logstash
5 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 115 (34.43%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.79%) Google
3 15 (4.49%) Adobe
4 12 (3.59%) Splunk
5 10 (2.99%) Dynatrace
5 10 (2.99%) SAP
6 7 (2.10%) Oracle
6 7 (2.10%) VMware
7 5 (1.50%) Databricks
7 5 (1.50%) IBM
7 5 (1.50%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.50%) Pega
7 5 (1.50%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.20%) Foundry
8 4 (1.20%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.90%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.90%) Cisco
9 3 (0.90%) McAfee
9 3 (0.90%) Red Hat