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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 289 227
Rank change year-on-year -132 -62 +43
Permanent jobs citing JSON 306 406 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.99% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.70% 4.62% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 188 317 813
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,318
% change year-on-year - -2.34% -2.90%

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 8,272 8,797 19,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.47% 21.49% 22.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6,059 6,587 15,468
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -111 247 £62,500 - 169
UK excluding London -88 182 £55,000 - 125
Work from Home -33 132 £57,500 -8.73% 90
London -59 88 £70,000 -3.45% 65
South East -72 57 £57,500 +0.88% 44
East of England +14 54 £55,000 +15.79% 25
Scotland -15 29 £72,500 +52.45% 3
North of England -62 23 £55,000 +4.76% 33
North West -20 16 £55,000 +2.33% 15
Midlands -52 12 £47,500 -10.38% 15
West Midlands -25 8 £47,500 -11.53% 6
Yorkshire -50 5 £70,000 +47.37% 15
South West -55 5 £34,500 -42.50% 3
East Midlands -55 4 £50,750 -2.87% 9
North East -18 2 £46,250 -40.32% 3
Northern Ireland -38 2 - - 2

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 20 (6.54%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.27%) Confluence
3 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.63%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) CICS
7 1 (0.33%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) IIS
7 1 (0.33%) JBoss
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
7 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.96%) Trello
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.33%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Sketch
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.27%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.63%) Shopify
3 3 (0.98%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.33%) Magento
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.33%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 130 (42.48%) Azure
2 61 (19.93%) AWS
3 50 (16.34%) Power Platform
4 45 (14.71%) GitHub
5 40 (13.07%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (8.82%) Power Automate
7 26 (8.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 26 (8.50%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (8.17%) Azure Data Factory
9 22 (7.19%) SaaS
10 20 (6.54%) Serverless
11 19 (6.21%) GCP
12 18 (5.88%) Entra ID
13 17 (5.56%) PowerApps
14 16 (5.23%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (4.90%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (4.25%) Boomi
17 12 (3.92%) Azure Event Grid
17 12 (3.92%) OpenShift
17 12 (3.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.23%) Firewall
2 10 (3.27%) VPN
3 7 (2.29%) FTP
4 6 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.31%) AMQP
5 4 (1.31%) DNS
5 4 (1.31%) SSL
6 3 (0.98%) BGP
6 3 (0.98%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.65%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.65%) HTTP
7 2 (0.65%) LAN
7 2 (0.65%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.65%) WAN
8 1 (0.33%) CTI
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (14.71%) Power BI
2 33 (10.78%) SQL Server
3 31 (10.13%) MySQL
4 29 (9.48%) Relational Database
5 27 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (5.88%) Metadata
7 14 (4.58%) RDBMS
8 13 (4.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.59%) Electronic Patient Records
9 11 (3.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.96%) OLTP
11 6 (1.96%) Power Query
12 5 (1.63%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.31%) GIS
13 4 (1.31%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.31%) Redis
13 4 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.98%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (9.48%) Git
2 23 (7.52%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.19%) JIRA
4 14 (4.58%) GitLab
5 10 (3.27%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (3.27%) Postman
6 9 (2.94%) JUnit
7 8 (2.61%) Visual Studio
8 7 (2.29%) ERwin
9 6 (1.96%) Mockito
9 6 (1.96%) Selenium
9 6 (1.96%) Storybook
10 5 (1.63%) Maven
10 5 (1.63%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.63%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.31%) JMeter
12 3 (0.98%) Axure RP
12 3 (0.98%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.98%) Browser DevTools
13 2 (0.65%) Gradle
General
1 105 (34.31%) Social Skills
2 74 (24.18%) Finance
3 54 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.50%) Law
5 18 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 17 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.23%) Marketing
8 15 (4.90%) German Language
9 14 (4.58%) Retail
10 12 (3.92%) Health Technology
11 7 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.29%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.29%) Legal
12 6 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.31%) Advertising
14 3 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.98%) Publishing
15 2 (0.65%) Electronics
15 2 (0.65%) Front Office
15 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 96 (31.37%) Developer
2 54 (17.65%) Senior
3 31 (10.13%) Analyst
4 30 (9.80%) Senior Developer
5 25 (8.17%) Consultant
6 19 (6.21%) Integration Engineer
7 17 (5.56%) Data Analyst
7 17 (5.56%) Java Developer
8 16 (5.23%) Applications Engineer
9 15 (4.90%) Architect
9 15 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (4.25%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.92%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (3.92%) Data Engineer
12 11 (3.59%) EPR Consultant
12 11 (3.59%) Network Engineer
12 11 (3.59%) Telecoms Engineer
13 10 (3.27%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 10 (3.27%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (2.94%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (55.56%) XML
2 102 (33.33%) REST
3 81 (26.47%) HTML
4 46 (15.03%) RESTful
5 45 (14.71%) SOAP
6 33 (10.78%) CSS
7 32 (10.46%) Regular Expression
8 31 (10.13%) .NET
9 28 (9.15%) Web Services
10 25 (8.17%) React
11 23 (7.52%) OAuth
12 20 (6.54%) Spring
12 20 (6.54%) YAML
13 17 (5.56%) Spring Boot
14 16 (5.23%) OAuth2
15 14 (4.58%) Node.js
16 13 (4.25%) FHIR
17 12 (3.92%) .NET Core
18 11 (3.59%) Jinja
18 11 (3.59%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.34%) Onboarding
2 43 (14.05%) Linux Command Line
3 36 (11.76%) Data Structures
4 23 (7.52%) Cloud Native
4 23 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (5.56%) Low-Code
6 14 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (3.59%) NHS
8 8 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.29%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.29%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.96%) Social Media
11 5 (1.63%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.31%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.31%) SCADA
13 3 (0.98%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.98%) Reference Data
13 3 (0.98%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 43 (14.05%) Unix
2 35 (11.44%) Linux
3 9 (2.94%) Windows
4 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) Android
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (27.12%) CI/CD
2 79 (25.82%) Agile
3 67 (21.90%) DevOps
4 61 (19.93%) Business Intelligence
5 58 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (17.65%) AI
6 54 (17.65%) Test Automation
7 48 (15.69%) Data Modelling
8 46 (15.03%) Analytics
9 41 (13.40%) ETL
10 40 (13.07%) Data Analysis
11 39 (12.75%) API Integration
12 36 (11.76%) Validation
13 32 (10.46%) Asset Management
14 30 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (9.80%) LLM
15 29 (9.48%) API Management
15 29 (9.48%) Coaching
15 29 (9.48%) Infrastructure as Code
16 28 (9.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 160 (52.29%) SQL
2 116 (37.91%) Python
3 87 (28.43%) JavaScript
4 65 (21.24%) Java
5 33 (10.78%) C#
6 29 (9.48%) PowerShell
7 23 (7.52%) Shell Script
8 22 (7.19%) PL/SQL
9 21 (6.86%) TypeScript
10 15 (4.90%) Bicep
11 14 (4.58%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.96%) PHP
13 5 (1.63%) Perl
13 5 (1.63%) VB
14 3 (0.98%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.98%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.98%) C++
14 3 (0.98%) R
14 3 (0.98%) Ruby
15 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 53 (17.32%) Degree
2 28 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (4.58%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.31%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.19%) GDPR
2 19 (6.21%) QA
3 18 (5.88%) Data Quality
4 16 (5.23%) Accessibility
5 14 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (4.25%) HL7
7 7 (2.29%) WCAG
8 6 (1.96%) SLA
9 4 (1.31%) NCSC
9 4 (1.31%) NIST
10 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 30 (9.80%) Docker
2 21 (6.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.98%) vSphere
4 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 30 (9.80%) Terraform
2 24 (7.84%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.94%) Ansible
5 5 (1.63%) Kibana
6 2 (0.65%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.75%) Oracle
3 16 (5.23%) Cisco
4 13 (4.25%) SAP
5 12 (3.92%) Google
6 11 (3.59%) Ab Initio
6 11 (3.59%) Red Hat
7 10 (3.27%) Okta
8 9 (2.94%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.94%) Splunk
9 8 (2.61%) Adobe
9 8 (2.61%) Databricks
9 8 (2.61%) F5
10 7 (2.29%) Dell
10 7 (2.29%) Intapp
10 7 (2.29%) MuleSoft
10 7 (2.29%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.29%) Sparx
10 7 (2.29%) Talend
11 6 (1.96%) IFS