JSON
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring JSON skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 294 233
Rank change year-on-year -124 -61 +39
Permanent jobs citing JSON 333 413 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.00% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.86% 4.78% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 205 319 801
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,092 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,100 £88,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,633 8,640 20,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.07% 20.83% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,292 6,529 15,739
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,454 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend

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

JSON job vacancy trend in the UK

JSON
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSON.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JSON

JSON
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JSON over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 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
England -130 278 £62,500 +3.52% 133
UK excluding London -93 199 £55,000 - 94
Work from Home -35 147 £57,500 -8.73% 70
London -32 94 £66,000 -8.97% 51
South East -80 62 £62,500 -3.85% 37
East of England +9 59 £55,000 +15.79% 7
North of England -58 36 £55,000 +4.76% 29
Scotland -11 26 £72,500 +52.45% 2
North West -26 24 £55,000 +4.76% 16
Midlands -63 13 £47,500 -9.95% 14
Yorkshire -55 10 £73,499 +40.00% 12
West Midlands -27 8 £47,500 -11.53% 5
South West -72 6 £31,500 -49.60% 7
East Midlands -59 5 £50,750 -2.87% 9
North East -32 2 £46,250 -40.32% 1

JSON
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 24 (7.21%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.70%) Confluence
4 5 (1.50%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.90%) IIS
6 2 (0.60%) CMS
6 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.30%) CICS
7 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.30%) JBoss
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.30%) SAS
7 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.20%) Trello
3 2 (0.60%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.30%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.50%) Shopify
3 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.30%) Magento
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 142 (42.64%) Azure
2 67 (20.12%) AWS
3 58 (17.42%) Power Platform
4 43 (12.91%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (12.61%) GitHub
6 31 (9.31%) Azure Logic Apps
6 31 (9.31%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (8.71%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (8.71%) Power Automate
7 29 (8.71%) Serverless
8 25 (7.51%) SaaS
9 21 (6.31%) PowerApps
10 20 (6.01%) Boomi
11 17 (5.11%) GCP
12 16 (4.80%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (4.80%) Entra ID
13 14 (4.20%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (3.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.80%) Firewall
2 8 (2.40%) VPN
3 7 (2.10%) FTP
4 6 (1.80%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.20%) AMQP
5 4 (1.20%) DNS
5 4 (1.20%) SSL
6 3 (0.90%) BGP
6 3 (0.90%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.60%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.60%) HTTP
7 2 (0.60%) LAN
7 2 (0.60%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.60%) WAN
8 1 (0.30%) CTI
8 1 (0.30%) DHCP
8 1 (0.30%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (15.92%) Power BI
2 33 (9.91%) MySQL
3 30 (9.01%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (9.01%) SQL Server
4 28 (8.41%) Relational Database
5 19 (5.71%) Metadata
5 19 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (3.90%) RDBMS
8 11 (3.30%) Electronic Patient Records
9 10 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.10%) Oracle Database
11 6 (1.80%) GIS
11 6 (1.80%) OLTP
11 6 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.50%) Power Query
12 5 (1.50%) Redis
13 4 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
14 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (10.81%) Git
1 36 (10.81%) JIRA
2 27 (8.11%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.01%) GitLab
4 11 (3.30%) Postman
5 8 (2.40%) JUnit
5 8 (2.40%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (2.10%) ERwin
6 7 (2.10%) Maven
7 6 (1.80%) Selenium
7 6 (1.80%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.80%) Storybook
7 6 (1.80%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.50%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.50%) Mockito
8 5 (1.50%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.50%) WebDriver
9 4 (1.20%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.20%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.20%) Gradle
General
1 130 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 75 (22.52%) Finance
3 73 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.91%) Law
4 23 (6.91%) Marketing
5 18 (5.41%) Retail
5 18 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 16 (4.80%) Health Technology
7 15 (4.50%) German Language
8 14 (4.20%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.10%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.10%) Legal
11 5 (1.50%) Advertising
12 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.90%) Billing
13 3 (0.90%) Local Government
13 3 (0.90%) Publishing
14 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 106 (31.83%) Developer
2 68 (20.42%) Senior
3 43 (12.91%) Senior Developer
4 35 (10.51%) Analyst
5 28 (8.41%) Consultant
6 20 (6.01%) Architect
6 20 (6.01%) Data Analyst
7 18 (5.41%) Integration Engineer
7 18 (5.41%) Java Developer
8 16 (4.80%) Support Engineer
9 14 (4.20%) Applications Engineer
9 14 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (3.60%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.30%) Data Engineer
11 11 (3.30%) EPR Consultant
11 11 (3.30%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.30%) Telecoms Engineer
12 10 (3.00%) Applications Support
12 10 (3.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (53.75%) XML
2 112 (33.63%) REST
3 91 (27.33%) HTML
4 55 (16.52%) SOAP
5 48 (14.41%) RESTful
6 44 (13.21%) CSS
7 37 (11.11%) .NET
8 32 (9.61%) Regular Expression
9 27 (8.11%) Web Services
10 25 (7.51%) YAML
11 24 (7.21%) OAuth
12 22 (6.61%) React
13 21 (6.31%) Middleware
14 19 (5.71%) Spring
15 17 (5.11%) .NET Core
15 17 (5.11%) OAuth2
16 16 (4.80%) Spring Boot
17 15 (4.50%) HTML5 Canvas
18 14 (4.20%) Node.js
19 13 (3.90%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.41%) Onboarding
2 43 (12.91%) Linux Command Line
3 37 (11.11%) Data Structures
4 23 (6.91%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (6.61%) Cloud Native
6 16 (4.80%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (4.50%) Low-Code
8 12 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.30%) NHS
10 7 (2.10%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.10%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.80%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.80%) SCADA
11 6 (1.80%) Social Media
12 5 (1.50%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.50%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.20%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.91%) Unix
2 42 (12.61%) Linux
3 10 (3.00%) Windows
4 5 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.30%) Android
7 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (26.43%) CI/CD
2 83 (24.92%) Agile
3 79 (23.72%) DevOps
4 75 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (18.62%) Business Intelligence
6 56 (16.82%) Test Automation
7 54 (16.22%) Data Modelling
8 53 (15.92%) AI
9 46 (13.81%) Analytics
10 44 (13.21%) API Integration
10 44 (13.21%) Data Analysis
11 37 (11.11%) ERP
11 37 (11.11%) ETL
12 35 (10.51%) User Experience
12 35 (10.51%) Validation
13 34 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (9.91%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (9.61%) Containerisation
15 32 (9.61%) Microservices
16 31 (9.31%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 173 (51.95%) SQL
2 124 (37.24%) Python
3 97 (29.13%) JavaScript
4 71 (21.32%) Java
5 38 (11.41%) C#
6 30 (9.01%) PowerShell
7 24 (7.21%) TypeScript
8 21 (6.31%) Shell Script
9 20 (6.01%) PL/SQL
10 13 (3.90%) Bicep
11 12 (3.60%) T-SQL
12 10 (3.00%) Perl
13 8 (2.40%) PHP
13 8 (2.40%) VB
14 6 (1.80%) Groovy
15 4 (1.20%) Ruby
16 3 (0.90%) ActionScript
16 3 (0.90%) ActionScript 2.0
16 3 (0.90%) C++
16 3 (0.90%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (16.52%) Degree
2 33 (9.91%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.41%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.20%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.41%) QA
2 21 (6.31%) GDPR
3 16 (4.80%) Data Quality
4 15 (4.50%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.90%) HL7
5 13 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (3.00%) SLA
7 8 (2.40%) TickIT
8 7 (2.10%) WCAG
9 3 (0.90%) NCSC
9 3 (0.90%) NIST
10 2 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (10.21%) Docker
2 19 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.90%) vSphere
4 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 33 (9.91%) Terraform
2 32 (9.61%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.80%) Ansible
4 9 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.20%) Kibana
5 4 (1.20%) Packer
6 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (16.52%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.71%) Oracle
3 16 (4.80%) Adobe
3 16 (4.80%) Cisco
4 12 (3.60%) SAP
5 11 (3.30%) Google
5 11 (3.30%) IBM
5 11 (3.30%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.00%) Ab Initio
7 9 (2.70%) Databricks
7 9 (2.70%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.40%) F5
8 8 (2.40%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.40%) Okta
9 7 (2.10%) Dell
9 7 (2.10%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.10%) Sparx
9 7 (2.10%) Splunk
9 7 (2.10%) Talend
10 6 (1.80%) TIBCO