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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 354 307
Rank change year-on-year -81 -47 -68
Permanent jobs citing JSON 329 336 634
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.77% 0.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.41% 4.47% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 235 252 476
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,575 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,688 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,900 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.50% - -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 9,641 7,516 13,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.14% 17.17% 18.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7,193 4,991 10,099
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

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 19 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 19 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 -37 120 £75,000 +15.38% 141
South East -35 83 £55,000 -15.38% 49
North of England -21 54 £55,000 - 34
North West -10 32 £62,500 +13.64% 17
East of England -49 27 £90,000 +84.62% 18
Midlands -35 21 £53,250 -5.75% 21
South West -57 19 £52,500 - 16
Yorkshire -14 17 £40,750 -6.32% 14
West Midlands -27 12 £46,250 -13.95% 12
East Midlands -16 9 £54,000 -4.42% 9
North East - 5 £45,000 - 3
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 28 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.86%) Confluence
3 11 (3.34%) Apache
3 11 (3.34%) IIS
4 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (2.43%) CMS
6 6 (1.82%) WordPress
7 5 (1.52%) Drupal
8 4 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.91%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.91%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.30%) JBoss
11 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.91%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.61%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 142 (43.16%) Azure
2 84 (25.53%) AWS
3 55 (16.72%) Power Platform
4 52 (15.81%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (14.89%) Azure Logic Apps
6 35 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (8.81%) Serverless
8 28 (8.51%) PowerApps
9 27 (8.21%) Power Automate
10 23 (6.99%) GitHub
11 22 (6.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 21 (6.38%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (5.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (5.78%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (5.78%) OneDrive
13 19 (5.78%) SaaS
14 18 (5.47%) GCP
15 15 (4.56%) Boomi
16 13 (3.95%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (3.65%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.78%) Firewall
2 10 (3.04%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.74%) DNS
4 6 (1.82%) HTTP
4 6 (1.82%) Wireshark
5 4 (1.22%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.91%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.91%) SSL
6 3 (0.91%) Wireless
7 2 (0.61%) MQTT
7 2 (0.61%) VPN
8 1 (0.30%) Broadband
8 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.30%) FTP
8 1 (0.30%) LAN
8 1 (0.30%) RTP
8 1 (0.30%) SS7
8 1 (0.30%) VoIP
8 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.07%) Power BI
2 42 (12.77%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (6.99%) SQL Server
4 21 (6.38%) Redis
4 21 (6.38%) Relational Database
5 20 (6.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (5.47%) MySQL
7 16 (4.86%) Metadata
8 14 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (4.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (3.04%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.82%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.52%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.22%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.22%) Power Query
13 3 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.91%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.91%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 60 (18.24%) Git
2 42 (12.77%) JIRA
3 26 (7.90%) Jenkins
4 22 (6.69%) GitLab
5 16 (4.86%) Selenium
6 11 (3.34%) Cucumber
6 11 (3.34%) Postman
7 10 (3.04%) JMeter
8 8 (2.43%) JUnit
9 7 (2.13%) Maven
9 7 (2.13%) Mockito
10 6 (1.82%) ERwin
11 5 (1.52%) Cypress.io
11 5 (1.52%) Gatling
11 5 (1.52%) Gradle
11 5 (1.52%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.52%) Mocha
11 5 (1.52%) NUnit
11 5 (1.52%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 149 (45.29%) Social Skills
2 89 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (17.02%) Finance
4 32 (9.73%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.56%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.56%) Retail
6 14 (4.26%) Marketing
7 12 (3.65%) Advertising
8 10 (3.04%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.43%) Health Technology
9 8 (2.43%) Legal
10 7 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.13%) Law
11 6 (1.82%) Banking
11 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.52%) Back Office
12 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.52%) Local Government
13 4 (1.22%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 115 (34.95%) Developer
2 75 (22.80%) Senior
3 41 (12.46%) Senior Developer
4 23 (6.99%) Analyst
4 23 (6.99%) Architect
5 22 (6.69%) Software Engineer
6 20 (6.08%) .NET Developer
7 19 (5.78%) Lead
8 18 (5.47%) Integration Engineer
8 18 (5.47%) Support Engineer
9 17 (5.17%) Ruby Developer
9 17 (5.17%) Software Developer
10 16 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (4.56%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.26%) Automation Engineer
12 14 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.95%) Senior Integration Engineer
13 13 (3.95%) Technical Support
13 13 (3.95%) Web Developer
14 11 (3.34%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (35.26%) XML
2 106 (32.22%) REST
3 86 (26.14%) HTML
4 82 (24.92%) .NET
5 74 (22.49%) CSS
6 46 (13.98%) RESTful
7 45 (13.68%) .NET Core
8 39 (11.85%) ASP.NET
8 39 (11.85%) SOAP
9 32 (9.73%) Middleware
10 30 (9.12%) JWT
11 29 (8.81%) YAML
12 25 (7.60%) React
13 21 (6.38%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (6.08%) .NET Framework
14 20 (6.08%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (5.78%) AngularJS
15 19 (5.78%) Razor View Engine
15 19 (5.78%) SPFx
16 18 (5.47%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.69%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 21 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (6.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (5.78%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.78%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.65%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.04%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.04%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.74%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (2.74%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.74%) Robotics
8 8 (2.43%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.52%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.52%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.22%) PKI
10 4 (1.22%) Social Media
10 4 (1.22%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.20%) Linux
2 45 (13.68%) Windows
3 17 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.22%) Unix
5 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.61%) Android
6 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (36.78%) Agile
2 103 (31.31%) CI/CD
2 103 (31.31%) DevOps
3 102 (31.00%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (17.02%) Test Automation
4 56 (17.02%) User Experience
5 54 (16.41%) Microservices
6 45 (13.68%) Containerisation
7 43 (13.07%) Software Engineering
8 42 (12.77%) Scrum
9 39 (11.85%) Data Modelling
9 39 (11.85%) Mentoring
10 36 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (10.33%) AI
11 34 (10.33%) Clean Code
11 34 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (10.33%) Infrastructure as Code
12 33 (10.03%) API Integration
12 33 (10.03%) Roadmaps
13 32 (9.73%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 131 (39.82%) SQL
2 110 (33.43%) JavaScript
3 92 (27.96%) Python
4 86 (26.14%) C#
5 42 (12.77%) Java
6 32 (9.73%) PowerShell
7 24 (7.29%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.47%) C++
8 18 (5.47%) Ruby
9 14 (4.26%) Shell Script
10 12 (3.65%) PHP
11 11 (3.34%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.52%) Groovy
13 3 (0.91%) Bash
13 3 (0.91%) Perl
13 3 (0.91%) VBA
14 2 (0.61%) Lua
14 2 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (13.07%) Degree
2 34 (10.33%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.60%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.65%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.82%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.91%) CCNP
9 3 (0.91%) CISSP
9 3 (0.91%) ISEB
9 3 (0.91%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.61%) CASP
10 2 (0.61%) CCSP
10 2 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.07%) QA
2 33 (10.03%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.86%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.65%) TickIT
5 11 (3.34%) SLA
6 10 (3.04%) WCAG
7 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.22%) GDPR
8 3 (0.91%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.91%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) Dublin Core
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 52 (15.81%) Docker
2 7 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.13%) vSphere
3 4 (1.22%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.51%) Terraform
2 26 (7.90%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.26%) Ansible
4 5 (1.52%) Grafana
4 5 (1.52%) Kibana
5 4 (1.22%) Packer
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 97 (29.48%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.29%) Adobe
3 17 (5.17%) Google
4 14 (4.26%) Splunk
5 13 (3.95%) Cisco
6 11 (3.34%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.43%) Databricks
7 8 (2.43%) F5
7 8 (2.43%) SAP
7 8 (2.43%) VMware
8 7 (2.13%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.13%) IBM
8 7 (2.13%) Oracle
9 5 (1.52%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.52%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.52%) Sparx
10 4 (1.22%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.22%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.22%) Juniper