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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 301 244
Rank change year-on-year -108 -57 +30
Permanent jobs citing JSON 244 429 799
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.40% 1.01% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.63% 4.51% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 174 300 660
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,066
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,013 £90,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -7.41%

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 6,715 9,507 15,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.99% 22.33% 22.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,152 5,925 12,921
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -8.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -34 93 £75,000 +3.45% 53
South East -78 57 £55,000 -1.79% 36
East of England +34 45 £55,000 -11.18% 8
North of England -38 25 £55,000 - 34
Midlands -33 20 £47,500 -10.54% 13
North West +1 17 £55,000 -4.35% 26
West Midlands -12 15 £47,500 -13.64% 11
East Midlands -31 5 £60,000 +15.38% 2
North East -5 4 £45,000 -41.94% 2
Yorkshire -52 4 £55,750 +6.19% 6
South West -37 2 £66,250 -1.85% 11
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 11 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.05%) Anypoint
3 5 (2.05%) Confluence
4 4 (1.64%) CMS
5 2 (0.82%) IIS
5 2 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.82%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.41%) CICS
6 1 (0.41%) JBoss
6 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.87%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.23%) Trello
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.46%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.05%) Shopify
3 3 (1.23%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.41%) Magento
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (33.20%) Azure
2 40 (16.39%) AWS
3 37 (15.16%) Power Platform
4 25 (10.25%) GitHub
5 21 (8.61%) Power Automate
6 19 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (7.79%) Serverless
7 18 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (5.74%) Amazon EC2
8 14 (5.74%) Boomi
9 13 (5.33%) SaaS
10 12 (4.92%) GCP
10 12 (4.92%) PowerApps
11 11 (4.51%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (4.51%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (4.10%) iPaaS
13 9 (3.69%) Entra ID
13 9 (3.69%) PaaS
14 8 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (2.87%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.28%) Firewall
2 7 (2.87%) FTP
2 7 (2.87%) VPN
3 3 (1.23%) AMQP
3 3 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (1.23%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (1.23%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.23%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.23%) LAN
3 3 (1.23%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.23%) WAN
4 2 (0.82%) BGP
4 2 (0.82%) DNS
5 1 (0.41%) CTI
5 1 (0.41%) DHCP
5 1 (0.41%) HTTP
5 1 (0.41%) SSL
5 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.93%) Relational Database
2 33 (13.52%) SQL Server
3 30 (12.30%) Power BI
4 24 (9.84%) MySQL
5 20 (8.20%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (6.15%) RDBMS
7 11 (4.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (3.69%) Metadata
9 6 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.46%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.46%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.46%) OLTP
10 4 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.23%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (1.23%) Power Query
11 3 (1.23%) Tableau
12 2 (0.82%) Big Data
12 2 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (8.61%) Git
2 19 (7.79%) Jenkins
3 15 (6.15%) Postman
4 13 (5.33%) JUnit
5 10 (4.10%) JIRA
5 10 (4.10%) JMeter
6 9 (3.69%) Mockito
7 8 (3.28%) GitLab
8 7 (2.87%) Selenium
9 6 (2.46%) Axure RP
10 5 (2.05%) Visual Studio
10 5 (2.05%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.64%) Maven
11 4 (1.64%) SpecFlow
12 3 (1.23%) ERwin
13 2 (0.82%) Crashlytics
14 1 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
14 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
14 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
14 1 (0.41%) Testinfra
General
1 87 (35.66%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.49%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (16.39%) Finance
4 31 (12.70%) Law
5 25 (10.25%) Retail
6 17 (6.97%) Public Sector
7 15 (6.15%) German Language
8 10 (4.10%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.69%) Marketing
10 7 (2.87%) Legal
11 6 (2.46%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.23%) Publishing
14 2 (0.82%) Advertising
14 2 (0.82%) Electronics
14 2 (0.82%) Front Office
14 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.41%) Banking
15 1 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (40.16%) Developer
2 32 (13.11%) Senior
3 30 (12.30%) Analyst
4 27 (11.07%) Senior Developer
5 19 (7.79%) Java Developer
6 15 (6.15%) Data Analyst
7 13 (5.33%) Full-Stack Developer
8 12 (4.92%) Architect
8 12 (4.92%) Consultant
9 11 (4.51%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 11 (4.51%) Support Engineer
10 9 (3.69%) Integration Engineer
10 9 (3.69%) Mid-Level Java Developer
10 9 (3.69%) Oracle Developer
10 9 (3.69%) Senior Oracle Developer
11 8 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 8 (3.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 8 (3.28%) Lead
11 8 (3.28%) ServiceNow Developer
11 8 (3.28%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (61.07%) XML
2 108 (44.26%) REST
3 78 (31.97%) HTML
4 31 (12.70%) SOAP
4 31 (12.70%) Web Services
5 29 (11.89%) Regular Expression
6 26 (10.66%) CSS
6 26 (10.66%) React
7 22 (9.02%) Spring
8 20 (8.20%) Spring Boot
9 19 (7.79%) .NET
10 17 (6.97%) RESTful
11 14 (5.74%) Middleware
11 14 (5.74%) YAML
12 13 (5.33%) Hibernate
13 11 (4.51%) jQuery
13 11 (4.51%) Node.js
14 10 (4.10%) AngularJS
15 9 (3.69%) Apache Camel
15 9 (3.69%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.90%) Onboarding
2 36 (14.75%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (11.07%) Data Structures
4 18 (7.38%) Low-Code
4 18 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.28%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.46%) NHS
8 5 (2.05%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.05%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.64%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.23%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.23%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.23%) PMI
10 3 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.23%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.23%) Semantic Web
10 3 (1.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 39 (15.98%) Unix
2 21 (8.61%) Linux
3 5 (2.05%) Windows
4 3 (1.23%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (27.87%) Agile
2 62 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (22.13%) CI/CD
4 53 (21.72%) AI
5 42 (17.21%) DevOps
6 39 (15.98%) Business Intelligence
7 37 (15.16%) Data Modelling
8 36 (14.75%) Data Analysis
9 32 (13.11%) LLM
10 29 (11.89%) API Integration
11 28 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (11.48%) Validation
12 27 (11.07%) Microservices
13 25 (10.25%) Test Automation
14 24 (9.84%) User Experience
15 23 (9.43%) Analytics
15 23 (9.43%) ETL
16 22 (9.02%) Workflow
17 20 (8.20%) Decision-Making
17 20 (8.20%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 121 (49.59%) SQL
2 99 (40.57%) Python
3 85 (34.84%) JavaScript
4 53 (21.72%) Java
5 35 (14.34%) C#
6 32 (13.11%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.74%) Shell Script
7 14 (5.74%) T-SQL
8 11 (4.51%) PL/SQL
9 7 (2.87%) TypeScript
10 5 (2.05%) PHP
11 4 (1.64%) Bicep
12 3 (1.23%) ActionScript
12 3 (1.23%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (1.23%) Bash
13 2 (0.82%) C++
13 2 (0.82%) Ruby
14 1 (0.41%) COBOL
14 1 (0.41%) VB
14 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (19.67%) Degree
2 25 (10.25%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.23%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (1.23%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.97%) Data Quality
1 17 (6.97%) QA
2 14 (5.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.10%) Accessibility
3 10 (4.10%) GDPR
4 9 (3.69%) HL7
5 5 (2.05%) NCSC
5 5 (2.05%) NIST
6 2 (0.82%) SLA
7 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (12.30%) Docker
2 8 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.23%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.41%) iptables
Systems Management
1 26 (10.66%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.10%) Ansible
2 10 (4.10%) Kibana
2 10 (4.10%) Terraform
3 3 (1.23%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.41%) Grafana
4 1 (0.41%) Packer
4 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.02%) Oracle
3 13 (5.33%) SAP
4 11 (4.51%) Splunk
5 10 (4.10%) Cisco
6 9 (3.69%) Dynatrace
6 9 (3.69%) Google
7 8 (3.28%) Dell
7 8 (3.28%) MuleSoft
7 8 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.28%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.87%) Intapp
8 7 (2.87%) Talend
9 6 (2.46%) F5
9 6 (2.46%) IBM
9 6 (2.46%) IFS
9 6 (2.46%) Informatica
9 6 (2.46%) SnapLogic
9 6 (2.46%) Workday
10 5 (2.05%) Software AG