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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 314 231
Rank change year-on-year -46 -83 +15
Permanent jobs citing JSON 307 483 829
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.91% 1.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.32% 4.21% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 191 320 679
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -5.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £81,261 £83,875 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -0.86%

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 7,102 11,463 14,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.65% 21.58% 24.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,246 6,722 11,778
10th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £108,375 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -79 238 £57,500 -8.00% 240
UK excluding London -30 196 £55,000 +4.76% 234
Work from Home +3 123 £55,000 -15.38% 147
London -9 87 £75,000 +7.14% 39
South East -56 52 £57,500 -11.54% 73
East of England +52 51 £55,000 -13.73% 36
Scotland +28 42 £46,500 +4.49% 12
North of England -11 25 £55,000 +4.76% 47
Midlands -2 23 £47,500 -9.52% 26
West Midlands +11 17 £47,500 -11.53% 8
North West +8 17 £55,000 - 24
East Midlands -14 6 £60,000 +15.38% 18
North East +10 4 £45,000 -41.94% 6
Yorkshire -39 4 £56,750 +8.10% 17
Northern Ireland -8 2 - - 5
South West -12 1 £60,000 +15.38% 29

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 (2.93%) Confluence
1 9 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.63%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.30%) CMS
4 3 (0.98%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.65%) 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 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.28%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.95%) Trello
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.33%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (6.51%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.95%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.95%) Shopify
3 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.98%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.33%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.33%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 117 (38.11%) Azure
2 63 (20.52%) GitHub
3 59 (19.22%) AWS
4 53 (17.26%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (10.42%) Power Platform
6 28 (9.12%) Serverless
7 26 (8.47%) Azure Logic Apps
8 24 (7.82%) Power Automate
9 23 (7.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 22 (7.17%) Entra ID
11 21 (6.84%) OCI
12 20 (6.51%) Azure Service Bus
13 18 (5.86%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (5.54%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (5.54%) GCP
15 16 (5.21%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (5.21%) Boomi
16 15 (4.89%) Amazon ECS
16 15 (4.89%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (4.89%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.58%) VPN
2 10 (3.26%) FTP
3 3 (0.98%) AMQP
3 3 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (0.98%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.98%) Firewall
3 3 (0.98%) HTTP
3 3 (0.98%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.98%) LAN
3 3 (0.98%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.98%) WAN
4 2 (0.65%) DNS
4 2 (0.65%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.33%) DHCP
5 1 (0.33%) Modbus
5 1 (0.33%) SSL
5 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.33%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (14.66%) Relational Database
2 33 (10.75%) SQL Server
3 25 (8.14%) Power BI
4 24 (7.82%) MySQL
5 20 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (5.54%) Electronic Patient Records
7 14 (4.56%) RDBMS
8 10 (3.26%) OLTP
9 9 (2.93%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.95%) Metadata
11 6 (1.95%) Power Query
12 5 (1.63%) GIS
13 3 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.98%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.98%) Redis
13 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.65%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 42 (13.68%) Jenkins
2 20 (6.51%) Oracle Forms
3 18 (5.86%) Git
4 16 (5.21%) JIRA
4 16 (5.21%) JUnit
5 14 (4.56%) JMeter
6 13 (4.23%) Mockito
7 10 (3.26%) Postman
8 8 (2.61%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.95%) Axure RP
9 6 (1.95%) Storybook
10 3 (0.98%) Selenium
11 2 (0.65%) Crashlytics
11 2 (0.65%) GitLab
11 2 (0.65%) Maven
12 1 (0.33%) Android Studio
12 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.33%) Subversion
12 1 (0.33%) Testinfra
12 1 (0.33%) Xcode
General
1 91 (29.64%) Social Skills
2 81 (26.38%) Finance
3 38 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.40%) Law
5 28 (9.12%) Retail
6 27 (8.79%) Public Sector
7 20 (6.51%) Marketing
8 17 (5.54%) Health Technology
9 15 (4.89%) German Language
10 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.95%) Legal
12 4 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.98%) Automotive
13 3 (0.98%) Electronics
13 3 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.65%) Banking
14 2 (0.65%) Billing
14 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.65%) Publishing
15 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 111 (36.16%) Developer
2 60 (19.54%) Senior
3 31 (10.10%) Senior Developer
4 27 (8.79%) Analyst
5 22 (7.17%) Cloud Engineer
6 21 (6.84%) Applications Engineer
7 20 (6.51%) Integration Engineer
7 20 (6.51%) Java Developer
7 20 (6.51%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 19 (6.19%) Consultant
9 15 (4.89%) Full-Stack Developer
10 13 (4.23%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 13 (4.23%) Technical Consultant
11 12 (3.91%) Oracle Developer
11 12 (3.91%) Senior Oracle Developer
11 12 (3.91%) ServiceNow Developer
12 11 (3.58%) Lead
12 11 (3.58%) Mid-Level Java Developer
12 11 (3.58%) Support Engineer
13 10 (3.26%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (59.93%) XML
2 112 (36.48%) REST
3 95 (30.94%) HTML
4 53 (17.26%) SOAP
5 47 (15.31%) RESTful
6 41 (13.36%) Web Services
7 32 (10.42%) React
8 31 (10.10%) CSS
9 29 (9.45%) Regular Expression
10 25 (8.14%) OAuth
11 23 (7.49%) Spring
12 21 (6.84%) Spring Boot
13 20 (6.51%) FHIR
14 17 (5.54%) Hibernate
15 16 (5.21%) OAuth2
16 15 (4.89%) jQuery
17 13 (4.23%) .NET
17 13 (4.23%) ActiveMQ
17 13 (4.23%) Apache Camel
17 13 (4.23%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.66%) Onboarding
2 41 (13.36%) Linux Command Line
3 34 (11.07%) Cloud Native
4 23 (7.49%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (5.21%) Low-Code
6 16 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (4.23%) Data Structures
8 12 (3.91%) Operational Technology
9 10 (3.26%) NHS
10 7 (2.28%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.95%) Social Media
12 5 (1.63%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.30%) Semantic Web
14 3 (0.98%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.98%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.98%) Reference Data
15 2 (0.65%) Blog
15 2 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 2 (0.65%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 37 (12.05%) Unix
2 23 (7.49%) Linux
3 4 (1.30%) Windows
4 3 (0.98%) 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
1 100 (32.57%) Agile
2 94 (30.62%) CI/CD
3 74 (24.10%) DevOps
4 68 (22.15%) Test Automation
5 67 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (15.96%) ETL
7 48 (15.64%) Root Cause Analysis
8 46 (14.98%) AI
8 46 (14.98%) Coaching
9 45 (14.66%) Analytics
9 45 (14.66%) API Integration
10 42 (13.68%) Asset Management
11 40 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
11 40 (13.03%) Mentoring
12 38 (12.38%) Observability
13 36 (11.73%) LLM
14 35 (11.40%) ERP
15 34 (11.07%) Translating Business Requirements
16 33 (10.75%) Data Analysis
17 30 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 151 (49.19%) SQL
2 108 (35.18%) Python
3 100 (32.57%) JavaScript
4 72 (23.45%) Java
5 39 (12.70%) Shell Script
6 33 (10.75%) PL/SQL
7 31 (10.10%) C#
8 30 (9.77%) PowerShell
9 18 (5.86%) Bicep
10 12 (3.91%) TypeScript
11 10 (3.26%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.30%) PHP
13 3 (0.98%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.98%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (0.98%) C++
13 3 (0.98%) Perl
13 3 (0.98%) VB
14 2 (0.65%) Bash
14 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.65%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 44 (14.33%) Degree
2 26 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.91%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.33%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.49%) GDPR
2 20 (6.51%) HL7
3 17 (5.54%) Accessibility
3 17 (5.54%) QA
4 14 (4.56%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.28%) NCSC
6 7 (2.28%) NIST
7 6 (1.95%) WCAG
8 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 35 (11.40%) Docker
2 21 (6.84%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.98%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 43 (14.01%) Terraform
2 31 (10.10%) Kubernetes
3 24 (7.82%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (4.23%) Kibana
5 10 (3.26%) Ansible
6 3 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Packer
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (14.66%) Oracle
2 34 (11.07%) Microsoft
3 20 (6.51%) Okta
4 17 (5.54%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.89%) SAP
6 14 (4.56%) Ab Initio
6 14 (4.56%) Google
6 14 (4.56%) Splunk
7 13 (4.23%) Dynatrace
8 11 (3.58%) MuleSoft
9 9 (2.93%) Dell
10 8 (2.61%) Salesforce
11 7 (2.28%) Informatica
11 7 (2.28%) SnapLogic
11 7 (2.28%) Talend
12 6 (1.95%) Cisco
12 6 (1.95%) IBM
12 6 (1.95%) Intapp
12 6 (1.95%) TIBCO
12 6 (1.95%) Workday