JSON Job Trends

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 310 244
Rank change year-on-year -76 -66 +6
Permanent jobs citing JSON 299 486 947
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.94% 1.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.08% 4.30% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 182 321 753
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £39,900
25th Percentile £47,813 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -7.59%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £81,260 £86,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,318
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.67% -2.06%

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 7,320 11,291 17,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.46% 21.86% 23.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,381 6,587 14,316
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £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 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 16 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 2 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
England -81 232 £57,500 -8.73% 145
UK excluding London -53 190 £55,000 +2.44% 102
Work from Home -18 124 £55,000 -15.38% 91
London -12 83 £75,000 +7.14% 67
South East -54 51 £55,000 -12.00% 39
East of England +38 46 £55,000 -11.18% 6
Scotland +16 41 £43,000 -6.58% 7
North of England -37 25 £55,000 - 27
Midlands -9 24 £47,500 -9.52% 14
West Midlands +8 18 £47,500 -11.53% 5
North West +12 17 £55,000 -4.35% 16
East Midlands -12 6 £60,000 +15.38% 9
North East +1 4 £45,000 -41.94%
Yorkshire -42 4 £56,750 +8.10% 11
Northern Ireland -11 2 - -
South West -24 1 £60,000 -5.88% 8

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 9 (3.01%) Confluence
1 9 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.67%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.34%) CMS
3 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.00%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.67%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) Appian
6 1 (0.33%) CICS
6 1 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) JBoss
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.34%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.01%) Trello
4 1 (0.33%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (6.69%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.01%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.01%) Shopify
3 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.00%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.33%) Magento
4 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 119 (39.80%) Azure
2 64 (21.40%) GitHub
3 58 (19.40%) AWS
4 50 (16.72%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (12.04%) Power Platform
6 26 (8.70%) Serverless
7 25 (8.36%) Azure Logic Apps
7 25 (8.36%) Entra ID
8 24 (8.03%) Power Automate
9 23 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
10 21 (7.02%) OCI
11 19 (6.35%) Azure Service Bus
11 19 (6.35%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (5.69%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (5.69%) Boomi
12 17 (5.69%) GCP
13 15 (5.02%) Azure Event Grid
13 15 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (4.68%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (4.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.68%) VPN
2 7 (2.34%) FTP
3 4 (1.34%) AMQP
4 3 (1.00%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (1.00%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.00%) Firewall
4 3 (1.00%) HTTP
4 3 (1.00%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.00%) LAN
4 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.00%) WAN
5 2 (0.67%) DNS
5 2 (0.67%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.33%) DHCP
6 1 (0.33%) Modbus
6 1 (0.33%) SSL
6 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.33%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.38%) Relational Database
2 35 (11.71%) SQL Server
3 29 (9.70%) Power BI
4 26 (8.70%) MySQL
5 22 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (5.35%) Electronic Patient Records
7 12 (4.01%) RDBMS
8 9 (3.01%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.34%) Metadata
10 7 (2.34%) OLTP
10 7 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.01%) Power Query
12 3 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.00%) GIS
12 3 (1.00%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.67%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 41 (13.71%) Jenkins
2 20 (6.69%) Git
2 20 (6.69%) Oracle Forms
3 14 (4.68%) JIRA
3 14 (4.68%) JUnit
4 13 (4.35%) Postman
5 11 (3.68%) JMeter
6 10 (3.34%) Mockito
7 8 (2.68%) Visual Studio
8 6 (2.01%) Axure RP
8 6 (2.01%) Storybook
9 5 (1.67%) Maven
10 4 (1.34%) Selenium
11 2 (0.67%) Crashlytics
11 2 (0.67%) GitLab
11 2 (0.67%) Gradle
11 2 (0.67%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.33%) Testinfra
General
1 88 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 82 (27.42%) Finance
3 42 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.03%) Law
4 30 (10.03%) Retail
5 25 (8.36%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.69%) Marketing
7 16 (5.35%) Health Technology
8 15 (5.02%) German Language
9 8 (2.68%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.01%) Legal
11 3 (1.00%) Electronics
11 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.67%) Billing
12 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.67%) Publishing
13 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.33%) Local Government
13 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (35.12%) Developer
2 57 (19.06%) Senior
3 30 (10.03%) Analyst
4 28 (9.36%) Senior Developer
5 22 (7.36%) Applications Engineer
5 22 (7.36%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (6.69%) Integration Engineer
6 20 (6.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 19 (6.35%) Java Developer
8 16 (5.35%) Consultant
9 12 (4.01%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (4.01%) Support Engineer
10 11 (3.68%) Architect
10 11 (3.68%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 11 (3.68%) Technical Consultant
11 10 (3.34%) EPR Consultant
11 10 (3.34%) Lead
11 10 (3.34%) Oracle Developer
11 10 (3.34%) Senior Oracle Developer
11 10 (3.34%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (58.86%) XML
2 111 (37.12%) REST
3 83 (27.76%) HTML
4 52 (17.39%) SOAP
5 49 (16.39%) RESTful
6 36 (12.04%) Web Services
7 32 (10.70%) React
8 29 (9.70%) Regular Expression
9 27 (9.03%) CSS
10 23 (7.69%) OAuth
11 22 (7.36%) Spring
12 19 (6.35%) FHIR
12 19 (6.35%) Spring Boot
13 16 (5.35%) OAuth2
14 15 (5.02%) .NET
14 15 (5.02%) Hibernate
14 15 (5.02%) Middleware
15 12 (4.01%) jQuery
16 11 (3.68%) AngularJS
17 10 (3.34%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.05%) Onboarding
2 41 (13.71%) Linux Command Line
3 35 (11.71%) Cloud Native
4 23 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (6.35%) Data Structures
6 17 (5.69%) Low-Code
7 16 (5.35%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (4.01%) Operational Technology
9 10 (3.34%) NHS
10 6 (2.01%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.01%) Social Media
11 5 (1.67%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.34%) Semantic Web
13 3 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.00%) Mobile App
13 3 (1.00%) PMI
13 3 (1.00%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.00%) Reference Data
14 2 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.37%) Unix
2 24 (8.03%) Linux
3 4 (1.34%) Windows
4 3 (1.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.33%) Android
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.10%) Agile
1 93 (31.10%) CI/CD
2 73 (24.41%) DevOps
3 66 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (22.07%) Test Automation
4 50 (16.72%) Root Cause Analysis
5 48 (16.05%) AI
6 47 (15.72%) API Integration
6 47 (15.72%) ETL
7 46 (15.38%) Coaching
8 43 (14.38%) Analytics
8 43 (14.38%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (14.05%) Asset Management
10 39 (13.04%) Mentoring
10 39 (13.04%) Observability
11 37 (12.37%) ERP
12 35 (11.71%) Data Analysis
12 35 (11.71%) LLM
12 35 (11.71%) Translating Business Requirements
13 34 (11.37%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 151 (50.50%) SQL
2 111 (37.12%) Python
3 91 (30.43%) JavaScript
4 72 (24.08%) Java
5 36 (12.04%) Shell Script
6 34 (11.37%) C#
7 32 (10.70%) PowerShell
8 31 (10.37%) PL/SQL
9 18 (6.02%) Bicep
10 12 (4.01%) T-SQL
11 10 (3.34%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.67%) PHP
13 3 (1.00%) ActionScript
13 3 (1.00%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (1.00%) C++
13 3 (1.00%) Perl
13 3 (1.00%) VB
14 2 (0.67%) Bash
14 2 (0.67%) Groovy
14 2 (0.67%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 47 (15.72%) Degree
2 28 (9.36%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.02%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (1.00%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.33%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.03%) GDPR
2 19 (6.35%) HL7
3 18 (6.02%) QA
4 17 (5.69%) Accessibility
5 15 (5.02%) Data Quality
6 11 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.01%) WCAG
8 5 (1.67%) NCSC
8 5 (1.67%) NIST
9 2 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (11.04%) Docker
2 24 (8.03%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 45 (15.05%) Terraform
2 29 (9.70%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.36%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.68%) Ansible
5 10 (3.34%) Kibana
6 3 (1.00%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Packer
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (14.72%) Oracle
2 33 (11.04%) Microsoft
3 20 (6.69%) Okta
4 16 (5.35%) SAP
5 14 (4.68%) Ab Initio
6 13 (4.35%) Google
7 12 (4.01%) ServiceNow
8 11 (3.68%) MuleSoft
8 11 (3.68%) Splunk
9 10 (3.34%) Dynatrace
10 9 (3.01%) Dell
10 9 (3.01%) Salesforce
11 7 (2.34%) Informatica
11 7 (2.34%) SnapLogic
11 7 (2.34%) Talend
12 6 (2.01%) IBM
12 6 (2.01%) IFS
12 6 (2.01%) Intapp
12 6 (2.01%) TIBCO
12 6 (2.01%) Workday