JSON Job Trends in the Thames Valley
JSON
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring JSON skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 184 | 140 | 128 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -44 | -12 | +14 |
| Permanent jobs citing JSON | 24 | 52 | 73 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley | 0.31% | 1.36% | 1.66% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 3.39% | 13.54% | 8.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 31 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,850 | £47,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £53,125 | £62,500 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.71% | -12.50% | +56.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £83,750 | £83,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median annual salary | £55,000 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | -7.14% | +40.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 707 | 384 | 875 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 9.21% | 10.07% | 19.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 529 | 238 | 521 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £32,750 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £46,250 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £75,000 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| South East median annual salary | £65,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | - | - |
JSON Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JSON relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
JSON Salary Trend in the Thames Valley
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing JSON.
JSON Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley
Salary distribution for jobs citing JSON in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
JSON Job Locations in the Thames Valley
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | -31 | 14 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 6 |
| Oxfordshire | -35 | 6 | £50,000 | -37.50% | 4 |
| Buckinghamshire | -6 | 4 | £60,000 | +50.00% | 2 |
| JSON South East |
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JSON Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XML | 75.0% | 18 |
| 2 | REST | 54.2% | 13 |
| 3 | RESTful | 37.5% | 9 |
| 4 | HTML | 25.0% | 6 |
| 4 | SOAP | 25.0% | 6 |
| 6 | Hibernate | 20.8% | 5 |
| 6 | jQuery | 20.8% | 5 |
| 6 | Kafka | 20.8% | 5 |
| 6 | Spring | 20.8% | 5 |
| 6 | Spring Boot | 20.8% | 5 |
| 6 | Web Services | 20.8% | 5 |
| 12 | ActiveMQ | 16.7% | 4 |
| 12 | Apache Camel | 16.7% | 4 |
| 12 | JWT | 16.7% | 4 |
| 12 | WireMock | 16.7% | 4 |
| 16 | JSON Schema | 12.5% | 3 |
| 16 | LDAP | 12.5% | 3 |
| 16 | Middleware | 12.5% | 3 |
| 16 | OAuth | 12.5% | 3 |
| 16 | OAuth2 | 12.5% | 3 |