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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 308 235
Rank change year-on-year -105 -73 +43
Permanent jobs citing JSON 336 415 1,191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.99% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.85% 4.87% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 209 316 787
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,092 £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 £88,750 £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 8,716 8,530 20,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 20.34% 21.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,368 6,510 15,732
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 23 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 23 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 -92 284 £64,585 +6.97% 91
UK excluding London -81 206 £60,000 +9.09% 71
Work from Home -11 146 £57,500 -8.37% 43
London -41 93 £66,000 -7.37% 33
East of England +6 64 £70,000 +47.37% 7
South East -73 62 £62,500 -3.85% 28
North of England -56 42 £60,000 +14.29% 20
North West -21 28 £60,000 +14.29% 12
Scotland -12 24 £72,500 +52.45% 3
Yorkshire -52 12 £73,499 +40.00% 7
Midlands -58 11 £47,500 -10.38% 12
West Midlands -39 7 £43,000 -19.91% 5
South West -61 6 £31,500 -48.57% 4
East Midlands -56 4 £47,500 -8.65% 7
North East -43 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 28 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.79%) Confluence
4 4 (1.19%) IIS
5 3 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.60%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.60%) CMS
6 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
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%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.89%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.60%) Trello
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.30%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.38%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.60%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.60%) Shopify
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.30%) Magento
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 145 (43.15%) Azure
2 65 (19.35%) AWS
3 62 (18.45%) Power Platform
4 45 (13.39%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (11.61%) GitHub
6 34 (10.12%) Azure Logic Apps
7 32 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (8.63%) Power Automate
8 29 (8.63%) Serverless
9 26 (7.74%) PowerApps
9 26 (7.74%) SaaS
10 19 (5.65%) Boomi
11 17 (5.06%) OneDrive
12 16 (4.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 16 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (4.76%) Entra ID
13 15 (4.46%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (4.46%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (4.46%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.06%) Firewall
2 7 (2.08%) FTP
2 7 (2.08%) VPN
3 6 (1.79%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.49%) DNS
5 4 (1.19%) AMQP
5 4 (1.19%) SSL
6 3 (0.89%) BGP
7 2 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.60%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.60%) HTTP
7 2 (0.60%) LAN
7 2 (0.60%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.60%) WAN
8 1 (0.30%) Broadband
8 1 (0.30%) CTI
8 1 (0.30%) DHCP
8 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.30%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (16.67%) Power BI
2 32 (9.52%) MySQL
2 32 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (8.04%) SQL Server
4 24 (7.14%) Relational Database
5 22 (6.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (5.95%) Metadata
7 18 (5.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (3.57%) RDBMS
9 10 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.98%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (2.38%) Oracle Database
11 7 (2.08%) GIS
12 6 (1.79%) OLTP
12 6 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.49%) Redis
14 4 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.19%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.19%) Power Query
14 4 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 37 (11.01%) JIRA
2 36 (10.71%) Git
3 27 (8.04%) Jenkins
4 20 (5.95%) GitLab
5 11 (3.27%) Postman
6 8 (2.38%) JUnit
6 8 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (2.08%) ERwin
7 7 (2.08%) Maven
8 6 (1.79%) Selenium
8 6 (1.79%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.49%) Browser DevTools
9 5 (1.49%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.49%) Mockito
9 5 (1.49%) SpecFlow
9 5 (1.49%) Storybook
9 5 (1.49%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.49%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.19%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.19%) Gradle
General
1 130 (38.69%) Social Skills
2 79 (23.51%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (22.92%) Finance
4 23 (6.85%) Marketing
5 20 (5.95%) Law
5 20 (5.95%) Retail
6 18 (5.36%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.76%) Health Technology
8 15 (4.46%) German Language
9 13 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.98%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.38%) Advertising
12 7 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.08%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.19%) Legal
13 4 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.89%) Billing
14 3 (0.89%) Local Government
15 2 (0.60%) Front Office
15 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 102 (30.36%) Developer
2 72 (21.43%) Senior
3 45 (13.39%) Senior Developer
4 32 (9.52%) Analyst
5 30 (8.93%) Consultant
6 25 (7.44%) Architect
7 20 (5.95%) Data Analyst
8 17 (5.06%) Java Developer
9 16 (4.76%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.46%) Applications Engineer
11 14 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (3.87%) Integration Engineer
13 12 (3.57%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.27%) Applications Architect
14 11 (3.27%) Data Engineer
14 11 (3.27%) Lead
14 11 (3.27%) Network Engineer
14 11 (3.27%) Telecoms Engineer
15 10 (2.98%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (53.27%) XML
2 112 (33.33%) REST
3 95 (28.27%) HTML
4 59 (17.56%) SOAP
5 48 (14.29%) CSS
6 44 (13.10%) RESTful
7 41 (12.20%) .NET
8 33 (9.82%) Regular Expression
9 26 (7.74%) Middleware
9 26 (7.74%) YAML
10 25 (7.44%) OAuth
11 24 (7.14%) Web Services
12 21 (6.25%) .NET Core
13 20 (5.95%) HTML5 Canvas
14 19 (5.65%) React
14 19 (5.65%) Spring
15 18 (5.36%) OAuth2
16 16 (4.76%) Microsoft Graph
16 16 (4.76%) SPFx
16 16 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 42 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 37 (11.01%) Data Structures
4 23 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (6.55%) Cloud Native
6 18 (5.36%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.27%) Low-Code
10 10 (2.98%) NHS
11 8 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (2.08%) e-Learning
12 7 (2.08%) Operational Technology
12 7 (2.08%) SCADA
13 6 (1.79%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.49%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.49%) Public Cloud
14 5 (1.49%) Social Media
15 4 (1.19%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 38 (11.31%) Unix
2 37 (11.01%) Linux
3 12 (3.57%) Windows
4 7 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (25.89%) CI/CD
2 83 (24.70%) DevOps
3 78 (23.21%) Agile
4 77 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (18.15%) Business Intelligence
6 57 (16.96%) Data Modelling
7 52 (15.48%) AI
7 52 (15.48%) Test Automation
8 47 (13.99%) Data Analysis
9 46 (13.69%) API Integration
10 41 (12.20%) Analytics
11 40 (11.90%) ERP
12 36 (10.71%) Validation
13 35 (10.42%) User Experience
14 34 (10.12%) Microservices
15 33 (9.82%) ETL
16 32 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
17 30 (8.93%) Containerisation
17 30 (8.93%) Mentoring
17 30 (8.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 176 (52.38%) SQL
2 124 (36.90%) Python
3 95 (28.27%) JavaScript
4 72 (21.43%) Java
5 39 (11.61%) C#
6 33 (9.82%) PowerShell
7 26 (7.74%) TypeScript
8 20 (5.95%) PL/SQL
9 19 (5.65%) Shell Script
10 12 (3.57%) Bicep
11 11 (3.27%) Perl
12 10 (2.98%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.68%) PHP
13 9 (2.68%) VB
14 6 (1.79%) Groovy
15 4 (1.19%) VBA
16 3 (0.89%) ActionScript
16 3 (0.89%) ActionScript 2.0
16 3 (0.89%) C++
16 3 (0.89%) R
Qualifications
1 55 (16.37%) Degree
2 34 (10.12%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.36%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.19%) 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 (8.93%) QA
2 17 (5.06%) GDPR
3 16 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.87%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.27%) HL7
5 11 (3.27%) SLA
5 11 (3.27%) TickIT
6 6 (1.79%) WCAG
7 3 (0.89%) NCSC
7 3 (0.89%) NIST
8 2 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 33 (9.82%) Docker
2 20 (5.95%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.19%) vSphere
4 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 32 (9.52%) Terraform
2 31 (9.23%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.76%) Ansible
4 8 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.19%) Kibana
5 4 (1.19%) Packer
6 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 66 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.01%) Oracle
3 21 (6.25%) Adobe
4 16 (4.76%) Cisco
5 11 (3.27%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.68%) Ab Initio
6 9 (2.68%) Databricks
6 9 (2.68%) Google
6 9 (2.68%) Palo Alto
6 9 (2.68%) SAP
7 8 (2.38%) F5
7 8 (2.38%) IBM
7 8 (2.38%) Okta
8 7 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.08%) Sparx
8 7 (2.08%) Splunk
9 6 (1.79%) Juniper
9 6 (1.79%) VMware
10 5 (1.49%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.49%) Salesforce