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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 374 300
Rank change year-on-year -98 -74 -60
Permanent jobs citing JSON 359 336 691
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.68% 0.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.01% 3.91% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 240 247 423
10th Percentile £35,325 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,125 £50,000 £43,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -6.54% -
75th Percentile £78,896 £76,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,875 £83,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +0.87%

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 11,928 8,596 16,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.35% 17.39% 21.46%
Number of salaries quoted 8,530 5,521 10,739
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +6.74% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 17 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 18 September 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 -76 334 £62,500 +4.17% 427
UK excluding London -124 210 £55,000 - 217
Work from Home -30 132 £55,000 -12.00% 190
London -31 128 £75,000 +11.11% 233
South East -49 73 £55,000 -15.38% 66
North of England -47 56 £60,000 +9.09% 39
North West -12 32 £62,500 +13.64% 26
Midlands -33 30 £55,000 +15.79% 30
East of England -49 27 £90,000 +63.64% 26
West Midlands -38 21 £62,500 +31.58% 22
Yorkshire -31 20 £44,000 -21.43% 10
South West -77 18 £52,500 -6.67% 27
East Midlands -37 9 £54,000 -10.00% 8
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 5
North East -66 4 £38,000 -15.56% 4
Scotland -11 2 - - 26
Northern Ireland -78 1 - - 6

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 32 (8.91%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.29%) Confluence
3 15 (4.18%) Apache
3 15 (4.18%) IIS
4 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.95%) CMS
6 6 (1.67%) WordPress
7 5 (1.39%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.39%) Drupal
8 3 (0.84%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.28%) JBoss
10 1 (0.28%) SAS
10 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (6.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.84%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.56%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.28%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 158 (44.01%) Azure
2 92 (25.63%) AWS
3 65 (18.11%) Power Platform
4 57 (15.88%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (13.65%) Azure Logic Apps
6 44 (12.26%) Serverless
7 35 (9.75%) Power Automate
8 34 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (7.80%) PowerApps
10 27 (7.52%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (7.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 25 (6.96%) GitHub
12 18 (5.01%) SaaS
13 17 (4.74%) Azure Functions
13 17 (4.74%) GCP
14 16 (4.46%) Amazon S3
14 16 (4.46%) Boomi
15 15 (4.18%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (4.18%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.06%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.95%) DNS
2 7 (1.95%) Firewall
2 7 (1.95%) HTTP
2 7 (1.95%) Wireshark
3 5 (1.39%) Intranet
4 3 (0.84%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (0.84%) VPN
4 3 (0.84%) Wireless
5 2 (0.56%) MQTT
5 2 (0.56%) SSL
6 1 (0.28%) Broadband
6 1 (0.28%) FTP
6 1 (0.28%) Network Security
6 1 (0.28%) RTP
6 1 (0.28%) RTSP
6 1 (0.28%) SCTP
6 1 (0.28%) SS7
6 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.26%) PostgreSQL
1 44 (12.26%) Power BI
2 43 (11.98%) SQL Server
3 26 (7.24%) Relational Database
4 24 (6.69%) MySQL
5 22 (6.13%) Redis
6 21 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (5.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (4.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (3.34%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.51%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (2.51%) Parquet
11 8 (2.23%) Metadata
11 8 (2.23%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.95%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (1.67%) NoSQL
14 5 (1.39%) GIS
15 4 (1.11%) DynamoDB
15 4 (1.11%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 76 (21.17%) Git
2 45 (12.53%) JIRA
3 31 (8.64%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.74%) Selenium
5 16 (4.46%) GitLab
5 16 (4.46%) Postman
6 13 (3.62%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.62%) JMeter
7 8 (2.23%) JUnit
8 7 (1.95%) Maven
9 6 (1.67%) Mockito
9 6 (1.67%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.39%) Gatling
10 5 (1.39%) Gradle
10 5 (1.39%) Jasmine
10 5 (1.39%) Mocha
10 5 (1.39%) NUnit
10 5 (1.39%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.39%) Zephyr
General
1 154 (42.90%) Social Skills
2 91 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (18.38%) Finance
4 34 (9.47%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.18%) Health Technology
7 15 (4.18%) Retail
8 13 (3.62%) Marketing
9 12 (3.34%) Advertising
9 12 (3.34%) Legal
10 11 (3.06%) Banking
10 11 (3.06%) Law
11 7 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.67%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.39%) Back Office
14 4 (1.11%) Aviation
14 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.11%) Local Government
14 4 (1.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 142 (39.55%) Developer
2 88 (24.51%) Senior
3 44 (12.26%) Senior Developer
4 29 (8.08%) .NET Developer
5 26 (7.24%) Analyst
6 24 (6.69%) Architect
7 23 (6.41%) Web Developer
8 22 (6.13%) Lead
9 21 (5.85%) Software Engineer
10 18 (5.01%) Data Engineer
10 18 (5.01%) Software Developer
11 17 (4.74%) Consultant
11 17 (4.74%) Integration Engineer
11 17 (4.74%) Support Engineer
12 16 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.46%) Full-Stack Developer
12 16 (4.46%) Ruby Developer
13 14 (3.90%) .NET Web Developer
13 14 (3.90%) Technical Support
14 13 (3.62%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (41.23%) XML
2 113 (31.48%) REST
3 91 (25.35%) HTML
4 84 (23.40%) .NET
5 79 (22.01%) CSS
6 53 (14.76%) RESTful
7 48 (13.37%) .NET Core
7 48 (13.37%) SOAP
8 42 (11.70%) ASP.NET
9 31 (8.64%) Middleware
10 29 (8.08%) Terraform
11 28 (7.80%) JWT
11 28 (7.80%) React
12 27 (7.52%) .NET Framework
13 24 (6.69%) YAML
14 21 (5.85%) Blazor
15 20 (5.57%) AngularJS
16 19 (5.29%) HTML5
16 19 (5.29%) HTML5 Canvas
16 19 (5.29%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.24%) Cloud Native
2 21 (5.85%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.57%) Onboarding
4 19 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (5.01%) Management Information System
6 17 (4.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (3.90%) Product Ownership
9 12 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.34%) Taxonomies
10 9 (2.51%) Data Structures
10 9 (2.51%) Driving Licence
10 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (2.51%) NHS
10 9 (2.51%) Robotics
11 7 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.95%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.67%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.39%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 55 (15.32%) Linux
2 49 (13.65%) Windows
3 20 (5.57%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.56%) Android
6 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (40.11%) Agile
2 116 (32.31%) DevOps
3 108 (30.08%) CI/CD
3 108 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (16.99%) Test Automation
5 55 (15.32%) Microservices
6 53 (14.76%) Mentoring
7 52 (14.48%) AI
7 52 (14.48%) User Experience
8 48 (13.37%) Software Engineering
9 46 (12.81%) Data Modelling
9 46 (12.81%) Roadmaps
9 46 (12.81%) Scrum
10 42 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
11 35 (9.75%) Analytics
11 35 (9.75%) Clean Code
12 34 (9.47%) Containerisation
12 34 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (9.47%) Performance Tuning
12 34 (9.47%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 155 (43.18%) SQL
2 131 (36.49%) JavaScript
3 95 (26.46%) C#
4 90 (25.07%) Python
5 47 (13.09%) Java
6 29 (8.08%) PowerShell
7 21 (5.85%) TypeScript
8 19 (5.29%) C++
9 17 (4.74%) Ruby
10 16 (4.46%) PHP
11 12 (3.34%) Shell Script
12 11 (3.06%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.67%) Perl
14 6 (1.67%) VBA
15 5 (1.39%) Groovy
15 5 (1.39%) VB
16 4 (1.11%) Bash
16 4 (1.11%) XPath
17 3 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 46 (12.81%) Degree
2 40 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.36%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.79%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.67%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.39%) ISEB
8 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.11%) CISSP
8 4 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.84%) CCNP
9 3 (0.84%) CCSP
10 2 (0.56%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.56%) GIAC
10 2 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (12.81%) Accessibility
2 45 (12.53%) QA
3 25 (6.96%) Data Quality
4 18 (5.01%) WCAG
5 14 (3.90%) GDPR
6 12 (3.34%) TickIT
7 10 (2.79%) SLA
8 7 (1.95%) HL7
9 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.84%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.56%) Basel III
11 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.28%) Dublin Core
12 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.28%) PERC
12 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 52 (14.48%) Docker
2 5 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.39%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.11%) vSphere
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 26 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.62%) Ansible
3 8 (2.23%) Kibana
4 5 (1.39%) Grafana
5 4 (1.11%) Packer
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.28%) logstash
7 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 117 (32.59%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.57%) Adobe
3 19 (5.29%) Google
4 15 (4.18%) Splunk
5 11 (3.06%) Oracle
6 10 (2.79%) SAP
7 9 (2.51%) IBM
8 8 (2.23%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.67%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.67%) VMware
10 5 (1.39%) Databricks
10 5 (1.39%) Pega
11 4 (1.11%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.11%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.84%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.84%) Cisco
12 3 (0.84%) F5
12 3 (0.84%) McAfee
12 3 (0.84%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.84%) ServiceNow