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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 295 235
Rank change year-on-year -114 -60 +41
Permanent jobs citing JSON 338 414 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.99% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.88% 4.81% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 210 315 785
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,194 £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 £90,000 £89,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 8,719 8,599 20,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 20.50% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,379 6,520 15,649
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 22 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 22 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 -106 285 £62,500 +2.88% 115
UK excluding London -95 206 £60,000 +9.09% 79
Work from Home -19 147 £57,500 -8.73% 52
London -32 93 £66,000 -7.37% 45
East of England +15 63 £65,000 +36.84% 7
South East -80 62 £62,500 -3.85% 30
North of England -46 42 £60,000 +14.29% 25
North West -21 28 £60,000 +14.29% 15
Scotland -7 24 £72,500 +52.45% 3
Yorkshire -60 12 £73,499 +40.00% 9
Midlands -70 12 £47,500 -9.95% 12
West Midlands -40 7 £43,000 -19.91% 5
South West -66 6 £31,500 -49.60% 6
East Midlands -55 5 £50,750 -2.87% 7
North East -41 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 27 (7.99%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.07%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) IIS
5 3 (0.89%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.59%) CMS
6 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.59%) 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 10 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.89%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.89%) Trello
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.30%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.37%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.89%) Shopify
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.59%) 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
1 146 (43.20%) Azure
2 66 (19.53%) AWS
3 62 (18.34%) Power Platform
4 46 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (12.13%) GitHub
6 33 (9.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 32 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (9.17%) Azure Data Factory
9 30 (8.88%) Power Automate
10 29 (8.58%) Serverless
11 26 (7.69%) SaaS
12 25 (7.40%) PowerApps
13 20 (5.92%) Boomi
14 17 (5.03%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (4.73%) Entra ID
15 16 (4.73%) GCP
15 16 (4.73%) OneDrive
16 15 (4.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 15 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (4.44%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.03%) Firewall
2 7 (2.07%) FTP
2 7 (2.07%) VPN
3 6 (1.78%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.48%) DNS
5 4 (1.18%) AMQP
5 4 (1.18%) SSL
6 3 (0.89%) BGP
7 2 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.59%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.59%) HTTP
7 2 (0.59%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.59%) LAN
7 2 (0.59%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.59%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.59%) WAN
8 1 (0.30%) Broadband
8 1 (0.30%) CTI
8 1 (0.30%) DHCP
8 1 (0.30%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (16.57%) Power BI
2 32 (9.47%) MySQL
2 32 (9.47%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (8.28%) SQL Server
4 25 (7.40%) Relational Database
5 22 (6.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (5.92%) Metadata
7 18 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (3.55%) RDBMS
9 10 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.96%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (2.37%) Oracle Database
11 7 (2.07%) GIS
12 6 (1.78%) OLTP
12 6 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.48%) Power Query
13 5 (1.48%) Redis
14 4 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.18%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (11.24%) JIRA
2 36 (10.65%) Git
3 27 (7.99%) Jenkins
4 20 (5.92%) GitLab
5 11 (3.25%) Postman
6 8 (2.37%) JUnit
6 8 (2.37%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (2.07%) ERwin
7 7 (2.07%) Maven
8 6 (1.78%) Selenium
8 6 (1.78%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.78%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.48%) Browser DevTools
9 5 (1.48%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.48%) Mockito
9 5 (1.48%) SpecFlow
9 5 (1.48%) Storybook
9 5 (1.48%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.18%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.18%) Gradle
General
1 132 (39.05%) Social Skills
2 79 (23.37%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (22.78%) Finance
4 24 (7.10%) Marketing
5 21 (6.21%) Law
6 20 (5.92%) Retail
7 18 (5.33%) Telecoms
8 16 (4.73%) Health Technology
9 15 (4.44%) German Language
10 13 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.55%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.37%) Advertising
13 7 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.07%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.48%) Legal
15 4 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.89%) Billing
16 3 (0.89%) Local Government
17 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
17 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 103 (30.47%) Developer
2 72 (21.30%) Senior
3 45 (13.31%) Senior Developer
4 33 (9.76%) Analyst
5 30 (8.88%) Consultant
6 24 (7.10%) Architect
7 20 (5.92%) Data Analyst
8 17 (5.03%) Java Developer
9 16 (4.73%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.44%) Applications Engineer
11 14 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (4.14%) Integration Engineer
12 12 (3.55%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (3.25%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.25%) Lead
13 11 (3.25%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.25%) Telecoms Engineer
14 10 (2.96%) Applications Architect
14 10 (2.96%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (52.96%) XML
2 112 (33.14%) REST
3 95 (28.11%) HTML
4 59 (17.46%) SOAP
5 48 (14.20%) CSS
6 46 (13.61%) RESTful
7 41 (12.13%) .NET
8 33 (9.76%) Regular Expression
9 26 (7.69%) Middleware
9 26 (7.69%) YAML
10 25 (7.40%) Web Services
11 24 (7.10%) OAuth
12 20 (5.92%) .NET Core
12 20 (5.92%) React
13 19 (5.62%) HTML5 Canvas
13 19 (5.62%) Spring
14 17 (5.03%) OAuth2
15 16 (4.73%) Spring Boot
16 15 (4.44%) Microsoft Graph
16 15 (4.44%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.20%) Onboarding
2 42 (12.43%) Linux Command Line
3 37 (10.95%) Data Structures
4 23 (6.80%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (6.51%) Cloud Native
6 17 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (3.55%) Low-Code
9 10 (2.96%) NHS
10 8 (2.37%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (2.07%) e-Learning
11 7 (2.07%) Operational Technology
11 7 (2.07%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.07%) SCADA
12 6 (1.78%) Social Media
13 5 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.48%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.48%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.18%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 40 (11.83%) Unix
2 39 (11.54%) Linux
3 12 (3.55%) Windows
4 7 (2.07%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (25.74%) CI/CD
2 83 (24.56%) DevOps
3 80 (23.67%) Agile
4 78 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (18.05%) Business Intelligence
6 56 (16.57%) Data Modelling
7 54 (15.98%) AI
8 53 (15.68%) Test Automation
9 47 (13.91%) Data Analysis
10 46 (13.61%) API Integration
11 43 (12.72%) Analytics
12 40 (11.83%) ERP
13 36 (10.65%) Validation
14 35 (10.36%) User Experience
15 34 (10.06%) ETL
16 33 (9.76%) Microservices
17 32 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
18 31 (9.17%) Containerisation
18 31 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
19 30 (8.88%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 176 (52.07%) SQL
2 125 (36.98%) Python
3 96 (28.40%) JavaScript
4 72 (21.30%) Java
5 40 (11.83%) C#
6 32 (9.47%) PowerShell
7 25 (7.40%) TypeScript
8 20 (5.92%) PL/SQL
8 20 (5.92%) Shell Script
9 12 (3.55%) Bicep
10 11 (3.25%) Perl
11 10 (2.96%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.66%) PHP
12 9 (2.66%) VB
13 6 (1.78%) Groovy
14 4 (1.18%) VBA
15 3 (0.89%) ActionScript
15 3 (0.89%) ActionScript 2.0
15 3 (0.89%) C++
15 3 (0.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (16.27%) Degree
2 34 (10.06%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.48%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.89%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.89%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.88%) QA
2 18 (5.33%) GDPR
3 16 (4.73%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.25%) HL7
5 11 (3.25%) SLA
5 11 (3.25%) TickIT
6 6 (1.78%) WCAG
7 3 (0.89%) NCSC
7 3 (0.89%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 33 (9.76%) Docker
2 20 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.18%) vSphere
4 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 32 (9.47%) Terraform
2 31 (9.17%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.73%) Ansible
4 8 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.18%) Kibana
5 4 (1.18%) Packer
6 2 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.24%) Oracle
3 20 (5.92%) Adobe
4 16 (4.73%) Cisco
5 11 (3.25%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.96%) Google
6 10 (2.96%) SAP
7 9 (2.66%) Ab Initio
7 9 (2.66%) Databricks
7 9 (2.66%) IBM
7 9 (2.66%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.37%) F5
8 8 (2.37%) Okta
9 7 (2.07%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.07%) Sparx
9 7 (2.07%) Splunk
10 6 (1.78%) Juniper
10 6 (1.78%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.78%) VMware
11 5 (1.48%) Dell