JSON Job Trends in the South East

JSON
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring JSON skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 155 181
Rank change year-on-year -66 +26 +90
Permanent jobs citing JSON 57 148 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.55% 1.62% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.99% 7.24% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 44 103 66
10th Percentile £36,250 - £37,500
25th Percentile £42,188 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +23.81% -17.16%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 951 2,045 1,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.22% 22.43% 21.16%
Number of salaries quoted 757 1,170 1,387
10th Percentile £33,900 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JSON relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

JSON job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing JSON.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing JSON

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing JSON in the South East over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
Thames Valley -44 34 £70,000 -12.50% 37
Berkshire -35 26 £70,000 -15.15% 18
Hampshire +32 11 £37,500 -31.82% 13
Surrey -9 10 £55,000 -29.03% 7
Buckinghamshire +11 8 £48,750 +21.88% 10
Isle of Wight - 2 £43,750 - 3
JSON
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.75%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) Azure
2 14 (24.56%) AWS
3 13 (22.81%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (21.05%) Amazon ECS
4 12 (21.05%) Amazon EKS
4 12 (21.05%) Serverless
5 8 (14.04%) GitHub
6 6 (10.53%) Miro
7 4 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (7.02%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (7.02%) SaaS
8 3 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (5.26%) iPaaS
9 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.75%) Boomi
10 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.75%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.75%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (31.58%) Relational Database
2 14 (24.56%) SQL Server
3 12 (21.05%) OLTP
3 12 (21.05%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (21.05%) RDBMS
4 9 (15.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.51%) Power BI
5 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Jenkins
2 12 (21.05%) JMeter
2 12 (21.05%) JUnit
2 12 (21.05%) Mockito
3 6 (10.53%) Axure RP
3 6 (10.53%) Git
4 2 (3.51%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.75%) GitLab
5 1 (1.75%) JIRA
5 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.75%) Testinfra
General
1 25 (43.86%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
3 13 (22.81%) Public Sector
4 12 (21.05%) Retail
5 4 (7.02%) Automotive
6 3 (5.26%) Finance
7 1 (1.75%) Law
7 1 (1.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (68.42%) Developer
2 14 (24.56%) Oracle Developer
2 14 (24.56%) Senior
2 14 (24.56%) Senior Developer
2 14 (24.56%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 13 (22.81%) Full-Stack Developer
4 12 (21.05%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 12 (21.05%) Java Developer
4 12 (21.05%) Mid-Level Java Developer
5 6 (10.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (8.77%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Data Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Data Integration Developer
7 4 (7.02%) Data Integration Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Integration Developer
7 4 (7.02%) Product Manager
7 4 (7.02%) SQL Developer
8 3 (5.26%) DBA
8 3 (5.26%) Junior
8 3 (5.26%) Junior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (68.42%) XML
2 34 (59.65%) HTML
3 30 (52.63%) REST
4 18 (31.58%) Web Services
5 12 (21.05%) ActiveMQ
5 12 (21.05%) Apache Camel
5 12 (21.05%) Hibernate
5 12 (21.05%) jQuery
5 12 (21.05%) Spring
5 12 (21.05%) Spring Boot
5 12 (21.05%) WireMock
6 8 (14.04%) CSS
6 8 (14.04%) SOAP
7 5 (8.77%) OAuth
8 4 (7.02%) SAML
9 2 (3.51%) .NET
9 2 (3.51%) Middleware
10 1 (1.75%) ASP.NET
10 1 (1.75%) RESTful
10 1 (1.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.07%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (21.05%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.51%) PMI
4 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Linux
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.86%) Agile
2 19 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (28.07%) SDLC
4 14 (24.56%) CI/CD
4 14 (24.56%) Configuration Management
4 14 (24.56%) Issue Tracking
4 14 (24.56%) TDD
5 13 (22.81%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (21.05%) BDD
6 12 (21.05%) Clean Code
6 12 (21.05%) Microservices
6 12 (21.05%) Process Management
6 12 (21.05%) Workflow
7 10 (17.54%) Data Protection
8 8 (14.04%) Computer Science
9 7 (12.28%) ETL
9 7 (12.28%) Front End Development
10 6 (10.53%) Prototyping
10 6 (10.53%) User Experience
10 6 (10.53%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 34 (59.65%) JavaScript
2 32 (56.14%) SQL
3 29 (50.88%) Java
4 14 (24.56%) PL/SQL
5 13 (22.81%) Python
5 13 (22.81%) Shell Script
6 7 (12.28%) T-SQL
7 2 (3.51%) C#
8 1 (1.75%) C++
8 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.28%) Degree
3 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.51%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (3.51%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.28%) Data Quality
2 6 (10.53%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.26%) QA
4 2 (3.51%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (22.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (22.81%) Kubernetes
2 12 (21.05%) Kibana
3 5 (8.77%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.75%) Ansible
4 1 (1.75%) Packer
Vendors
1 16 (28.07%) Oracle
2 12 (21.05%) Dynatrace
2 12 (21.05%) Splunk
3 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.75%) Dell
4 1 (1.75%) Epicor
4 1 (1.75%) IBM
4 1 (1.75%) IFS
4 1 (1.75%) Infor
4 1 (1.75%) Informatica
4 1 (1.75%) Jitterbit
4 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.75%) SAP
4 1 (1.75%) SnapLogic
4 1 (1.75%) Software AG
4 1 (1.75%) Talend
4 1 (1.75%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.75%) Workday