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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 317 267
Rank change year-on-year -97 -50 +13
Permanent jobs citing JSON 279 363 851
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.94% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.56% 4.81% 5.03%
Number of salaries quoted 200 284 674
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,625 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% +2.71% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £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 7,833 7,540 16,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.68% 19.62% 20.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,918 5,744 14,092
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -39 94 £66,000 -4.00% 47
South East -62 66 £62,500 -3.85% 31
East of England +18 56 £90,000 +89.47% 5
North of England -60 40 £60,000 +14.29% 28
North West -21 27 £65,000 +23.81% 14
Midlands -56 11 £47,500 -11.53% 12
Yorkshire -60 11 £70,000 +33.33% 12
West Midlands -38 7 £43,000 -20.87% 3
South West -62 6 £31,500 -47.50% 5
East Midlands -49 4 £47,500 -9.52% 9
North East -30 2 £46,250 -40.32% 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 28 (10.04%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.79%) CMS
3 5 (1.79%) IIS
4 4 (1.43%) WordPress
5 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.08%) Confluence
6 2 (0.72%) Apache
6 2 (0.72%) Drupal
6 2 (0.72%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.72%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.72%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.36%) CICS
7 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.36%) JBoss
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.08%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.36%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.36%) Magento
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 113 (40.50%) Azure
2 60 (21.51%) Power Platform
3 57 (20.43%) AWS
4 34 (12.19%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (10.39%) Azure Logic Apps
6 28 (10.04%) Serverless
7 25 (8.96%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (8.96%) Power Automate
7 25 (8.96%) PowerApps
8 23 (8.24%) SaaS
9 19 (6.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (6.81%) OneDrive
10 18 (6.45%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (6.09%) GitHub
12 16 (5.73%) Boomi
12 16 (5.73%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (5.02%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (4.30%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (4.30%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.09%) Firewall
2 6 (2.15%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (2.15%) VPN
3 5 (1.79%) DNS
4 4 (1.43%) SSL
5 3 (1.08%) AMQP
5 3 (1.08%) BGP
5 3 (1.08%) FTP
6 2 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.72%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.72%) LAN
6 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.72%) WAN
7 1 (0.36%) Broadband
7 1 (0.36%) CTI
7 1 (0.36%) DHCP
7 1 (0.36%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (19.35%) Power BI
2 27 (9.68%) MySQL
2 27 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (8.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (7.17%) SQL Server
5 19 (6.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (6.81%) Metadata
5 19 (6.81%) Relational Database
6 12 (4.30%) RDBMS
7 7 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.15%) Electronic Patient Records
8 6 (2.15%) OLTP
8 6 (2.15%) Redis
9 5 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.43%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.08%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.72%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 36 (12.90%) Git
2 33 (11.83%) JIRA
3 20 (7.17%) Jenkins
4 19 (6.81%) GitLab
5 12 (4.30%) Postman
6 9 (3.23%) JUnit
7 8 (2.87%) Maven
8 7 (2.51%) ERwin
9 6 (2.15%) Mockito
9 6 (2.15%) Selenium
9 6 (2.15%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.79%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.79%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.79%) Gradle
10 5 (1.79%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.79%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.43%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.43%) JMeter
12 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 80 (28.67%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (15.41%) Finance
4 21 (7.53%) Retail
5 16 (5.73%) Marketing
5 16 (5.73%) Telecoms
6 15 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (5.02%) Law
8 12 (4.30%) German Language
8 12 (4.30%) Health Technology
9 9 (3.23%) Advertising
10 7 (2.51%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.51%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.08%) Local Government
13 2 (0.72%) Back Office
13 2 (0.72%) Electronics
13 2 (0.72%) Front Office
13 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.72%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 95 (34.05%) Developer
2 59 (21.15%) Senior
3 48 (17.20%) Senior Developer
4 27 (9.68%) Analyst
5 25 (8.96%) Architect
6 21 (7.53%) Consultant
7 20 (7.17%) Data Analyst
8 15 (5.38%) Java Developer
8 15 (5.38%) Support Engineer
9 14 (5.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.94%) Applications Architect
10 11 (3.94%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (3.94%) Integration Architect
10 11 (3.94%) Network Engineer
10 11 (3.94%) Telecoms Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) Lead
11 9 (3.23%) Oracle Developer
11 9 (3.23%) Senior Oracle Developer
11 9 (3.23%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (49.46%) XML
2 103 (36.92%) REST
3 90 (32.26%) HTML
4 53 (19.00%) CSS
5 47 (16.85%) SOAP
6 42 (15.05%) .NET
7 29 (10.39%) Middleware
8 27 (9.68%) RESTful
9 26 (9.32%) .NET Core
9 26 (9.32%) Regular Expression
9 26 (9.32%) YAML
10 22 (7.89%) HTML5 Canvas
11 19 (6.81%) Microsoft Graph
11 19 (6.81%) SPFx
11 19 (6.81%) Spring
12 18 (6.45%) JWT
12 18 (6.45%) OAuth
13 17 (6.09%) Spring Boot
14 16 (5.73%) EDI
14 16 (5.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.34%) Onboarding
2 29 (10.39%) Linux Command Line
3 25 (8.96%) Data Structures
4 24 (8.60%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (7.17%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (4.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.58%) Cloud Native
8 9 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.51%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.51%) Public Cloud
10 6 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.15%) NHS
10 6 (2.15%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.43%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.43%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.43%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.43%) Taxonomies
13 3 (1.08%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.08%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.75%) Linux
2 28 (10.04%) Unix
3 11 (3.94%) Windows
4 8 (2.87%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (25.09%) DevOps
2 69 (24.73%) Agile
2 69 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (24.01%) CI/CD
4 54 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
5 48 (17.20%) Data Modelling
6 46 (16.49%) AI
7 40 (14.34%) Microservices
8 39 (13.98%) Data Analysis
9 37 (13.26%) User Experience
10 34 (12.19%) API Integration
11 32 (11.47%) Containerisation
11 32 (11.47%) ERP
12 29 (10.39%) Technical Leadership
12 29 (10.39%) Validation
13 27 (9.68%) Analytics
13 27 (9.68%) CRM
13 27 (9.68%) Test Automation
14 26 (9.32%) Collaborative Working
15 25 (8.96%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 143 (51.25%) SQL
2 101 (36.20%) Python
3 94 (33.69%) JavaScript
4 60 (21.51%) Java
5 41 (14.70%) C#
6 34 (12.19%) PowerShell
7 23 (8.24%) TypeScript
8 12 (4.30%) PHP
8 12 (4.30%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.58%) T-SQL
10 9 (3.23%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.15%) Groovy
12 4 (1.43%) Ruby
12 4 (1.43%) VBA
13 3 (1.08%) ActionScript
13 3 (1.08%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (1.08%) Bicep
13 3 (1.08%) Perl
14 2 (0.72%) Bash
14 2 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (17.56%) Degree
2 27 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.79%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.08%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.68%) QA
2 15 (5.38%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.30%) TickIT
4 11 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.94%) SLA
5 10 (3.58%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.51%) HL7
7 6 (2.15%) GDPR
8 3 (1.08%) WCAG
9 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.36%) NCSC
9 1 (0.36%) NIST
9 1 (0.36%) PERC
System Software
1 32 (11.47%) Docker
2 12 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.43%) vSphere
4 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.36%) iptables
Systems Management
1 29 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.73%) Ansible
2 16 (5.73%) Terraform
3 5 (1.79%) Kibana
4 4 (1.43%) Packer
5 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 66 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.60%) Adobe
3 18 (6.45%) Oracle
4 16 (5.73%) Cisco
5 11 (3.94%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.23%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.87%) F5
7 8 (2.87%) Splunk
8 7 (2.51%) Sparx
9 6 (2.15%) Google
9 6 (2.15%) IBM
9 6 (2.15%) Juniper
9 6 (2.15%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.15%) VMware
10 5 (1.79%) Databricks
10 5 (1.79%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.79%) SAP
11 4 (1.43%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.43%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.08%) MuleSoft