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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 303 253
Rank change year-on-year -116 -50 +18
Permanent jobs citing JSON 238 428 792
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.39% 1.00% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.52% 4.52% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 170 300 653
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,613
25th Percentile £46,563 £47,500 £47,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +0.40% -9.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,213 £90,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 6,759 9,472 15,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.98% 22.23% 22.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,178 5,949 12,866
10th Percentile £36,750 £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% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,225 £60,675
% change year-on-year -1.85% +9.15% -10.11%

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 27 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 27 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 -26 91 £75,000 +3.45% 41
South East -69 55 £55,000 - 22
East of England +32 43 £55,000 -11.18% 5
North of England -35 25 £55,000 +4.76% 30
Midlands -31 19 £47,500 -10.54% 10
North West -6 17 £55,000 -4.35% 21
West Midlands -8 14 £47,500 -13.64% 8
East Midlands -33 5 £60,000 +15.38% 2
North East -3 4 £45,000 -41.94% 2
Yorkshire -56 4 £55,750 +17.37% 7
South West -27 1 £72,500 +13.73% 9
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 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.10%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.68%) CMS
4 4 (1.68%) Confluence
5 2 (0.84%) IIS
5 2 (0.84%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.42%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) CICS
6 1 (0.42%) JBoss
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.52%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.26%) Trello
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.52%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.10%) Shopify
3 3 (1.26%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.42%) Magento
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.03%) Azure
2 39 (16.39%) AWS
3 37 (15.55%) Power Platform
4 25 (10.50%) GitHub
5 21 (8.82%) Power Automate
6 19 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (7.56%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (7.56%) Serverless
8 14 (5.88%) Boomi
9 13 (5.46%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (5.46%) GCP
9 13 (5.46%) SaaS
10 12 (5.04%) PowerApps
11 10 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (4.20%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (4.20%) iPaaS
12 9 (3.78%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.78%) PaaS
13 8 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.94%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.78%) Firewall
2 7 (2.94%) FTP
2 7 (2.94%) VPN
3 4 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (1.68%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.68%) LAN
3 4 (1.68%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.68%) WAN
4 3 (1.26%) AMQP
4 3 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (1.26%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.84%) BGP
5 2 (0.84%) DNS
6 1 (0.42%) CTI
6 1 (0.42%) DHCP
6 1 (0.42%) HTTP
6 1 (0.42%) SSL
6 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.45%) SQL Server
2 31 (13.03%) Relational Database
3 30 (12.61%) Power BI
4 24 (10.08%) MySQL
5 19 (7.98%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (5.88%) RDBMS
7 11 (4.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (3.78%) Metadata
9 6 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.52%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.52%) OLTP
10 5 (2.10%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.26%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (1.26%) Power Query
11 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.26%) Tableau
12 2 (0.84%) Big Data
12 2 (0.84%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (8.82%) Git
2 18 (7.56%) Jenkins
3 15 (6.30%) Postman
4 12 (5.04%) JUnit
5 9 (3.78%) JIRA
5 9 (3.78%) JMeter
6 8 (3.36%) GitLab
6 8 (3.36%) Mockito
7 7 (2.94%) Selenium
8 6 (2.52%) Axure RP
9 5 (2.10%) Visual Studio
9 5 (2.10%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.68%) Maven
10 4 (1.68%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.26%) ERwin
12 2 (0.84%) Crashlytics
13 1 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
13 1 (0.42%) CircleCI
13 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
13 1 (0.42%) Testinfra
General
1 83 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (15.97%) Finance
4 29 (12.18%) Law
5 23 (9.66%) Retail
6 16 (6.72%) Public Sector
7 15 (6.30%) German Language
8 10 (4.20%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.78%) Marketing
10 7 (2.94%) Legal
11 6 (2.52%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.26%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.26%) Publishing
14 2 (0.84%) Advertising
14 2 (0.84%) Electronics
14 2 (0.84%) Front Office
14 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.42%) Banking
15 1 (0.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 93 (39.08%) Developer
2 31 (13.03%) Senior
3 28 (11.76%) Analyst
4 26 (10.92%) Senior Developer
5 18 (7.56%) Java Developer
6 15 (6.30%) Data Analyst
7 13 (5.46%) Architect
8 12 (5.04%) Consultant
8 12 (5.04%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (4.62%) Support Engineer
10 10 (4.20%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 9 (3.78%) Integration Engineer
11 9 (3.78%) Oracle Developer
11 9 (3.78%) Senior Oracle Developer
12 8 (3.36%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (3.36%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.36%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 8 (3.36%) Lead
12 8 (3.36%) Mid-Level Java Developer
12 8 (3.36%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (60.08%) XML
2 105 (44.12%) REST
3 75 (31.51%) HTML
4 31 (13.03%) SOAP
5 29 (12.18%) Regular Expression
5 29 (12.18%) Web Services
6 25 (10.50%) React
7 24 (10.08%) CSS
8 21 (8.82%) Spring
9 19 (7.98%) .NET
9 19 (7.98%) Spring Boot
10 17 (7.14%) RESTful
11 14 (5.88%) YAML
12 13 (5.46%) Middleware
13 12 (5.04%) Hibernate
14 11 (4.62%) Node.js
15 10 (4.20%) jQuery
16 9 (3.78%) AngularJS
16 9 (3.78%) FHIR
16 9 (3.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.01%) Onboarding
2 36 (15.13%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (11.34%) Data Structures
4 18 (7.56%) Low-Code
4 18 (7.56%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.94%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.52%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.52%) NHS
8 4 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.26%) PMI
9 3 (1.26%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.26%) Semantic Web
9 3 (1.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 39 (16.39%) Unix
2 21 (8.82%) Linux
3 5 (2.10%) Windows
4 3 (1.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.73%) Agile
2 58 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (21.85%) AI
3 52 (21.85%) CI/CD
4 41 (17.23%) DevOps
5 39 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (15.55%) Data Modelling
7 35 (14.71%) Data Analysis
8 31 (13.03%) LLM
9 28 (11.76%) API Integration
10 27 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (10.92%) Microservices
11 26 (10.92%) Validation
12 24 (10.08%) Test Automation
12 24 (10.08%) User Experience
13 23 (9.66%) Analytics
14 22 (9.24%) ETL
15 21 (8.82%) Workflow
16 19 (7.98%) Decision-Making
16 19 (7.98%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 119 (50.00%) SQL
2 98 (41.18%) Python
3 82 (34.45%) JavaScript
4 52 (21.85%) Java
5 34 (14.29%) C#
6 31 (13.03%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.88%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.46%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.62%) PL/SQL
10 7 (2.94%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.10%) PHP
12 3 (1.26%) ActionScript
12 3 (1.26%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (1.26%) Bash
12 3 (1.26%) Bicep
13 2 (0.84%) C++
13 2 (0.84%) Ruby
14 1 (0.42%) COBOL
14 1 (0.42%) VB
14 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (20.17%) Degree
2 25 (10.50%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (1.26%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 17 (7.14%) QA
2 14 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.20%) Accessibility
3 10 (4.20%) GDPR
4 9 (3.78%) HL7
5 5 (2.10%) NCSC
5 5 (2.10%) NIST
6 2 (0.84%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (12.18%) Docker
2 8 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.68%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.42%) iptables
Systems Management
1 25 (10.50%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.62%) Ansible
2 11 (4.62%) Terraform
3 9 (3.78%) Kibana
4 4 (1.68%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.42%) Grafana
5 1 (0.42%) Packer
5 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.24%) Oracle
3 13 (5.46%) SAP
4 11 (4.62%) Cisco
5 10 (4.20%) Google
5 10 (4.20%) Splunk
6 8 (3.36%) Dell
6 8 (3.36%) Dynatrace
6 8 (3.36%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.36%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.94%) F5
7 7 (2.94%) Intapp
7 7 (2.94%) Talend
8 6 (2.52%) IBM
8 6 (2.52%) IFS
8 6 (2.52%) Informatica
8 6 (2.52%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.52%) SnapLogic
8 6 (2.52%) Workday
9 5 (2.10%) Palo Alto