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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 359 283
Rank change year-on-year -105 -76 -46
Permanent jobs citing JSON 361 367 798
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.74% 0.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.04% 4.12% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 248 272 490
10th Percentile £33,375 £37,675 £34,825
25th Percentile £46,125 £49,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £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 11,866 8,899 17,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.78% 17.89% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,609 5,788 11,564
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £109,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

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 3 September 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 3 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 -74 335 £62,500 +4.17% 342
UK excluding London -108 209 £55,000 - 198
Work from Home -46 132 £58,750 -6.00% 158
London -39 126 £75,000 +15.38% 184
South East -45 77 £55,000 -15.38% 55
North of England -21 56 £55,000 - 39
North West -13 31 £62,500 +13.64% 28
East of England -60 27 £90,000 +71.43% 30
Midlands -36 26 £54,000 +7.46% 23
Yorkshire -36 20 £44,000 -31.25% 9
South West -67 19 £52,500 -6.67% 27
West Midlands -25 18 £60,450 +27.26% 16
East Midlands -20 8 £54,000 -10.00% 7
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 6
North East - 5 £45,000 - 4
Scotland -1 1 - - 18

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 31 (8.59%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.54%) Confluence
3 15 (4.16%) Apache
4 13 (3.60%) IIS
5 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (2.22%) CMS
7 6 (1.66%) WordPress
8 5 (1.39%) Apache Spark
8 5 (1.39%) Drupal
9 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.28%) JBoss
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
11 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 22 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.83%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.55%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
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
1 162 (44.88%) Azure
2 92 (25.48%) AWS
3 63 (17.45%) Power Platform
4 57 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (13.30%) Azure Logic Apps
6 34 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (9.42%) Power Automate
7 33 (9.14%) Serverless
8 31 (8.59%) PowerApps
9 26 (7.20%) Azure Data Factory
9 26 (7.20%) GitHub
10 23 (6.37%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (5.82%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (5.82%) SaaS
12 19 (5.26%) GCP
13 18 (4.99%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 18 (4.99%) OneDrive
14 16 (4.43%) Boomi
15 15 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.32%) Firewall
2 10 (2.77%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.94%) DNS
4 6 (1.66%) HTTP
4 6 (1.66%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.39%) Intranet
6 3 (0.83%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.83%) SSL
6 3 (0.83%) Wireless
7 2 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.55%) MQTT
7 2 (0.55%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) BGP
8 1 (0.28%) Broadband
8 1 (0.28%) Network Security
8 1 (0.28%) RTP
8 1 (0.28%) RTSP
8 1 (0.28%) SS7
8 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.30%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (12.74%) Power BI
3 35 (9.70%) SQL Server
4 27 (7.48%) Relational Database
5 25 (6.93%) MySQL
6 23 (6.37%) Redis
7 21 (5.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (5.82%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (4.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (3.60%) Metadata
10 9 (2.49%) RDBMS
11 7 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
12 6 (1.66%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.66%) GIS
12 6 (1.66%) NoSQL
13 5 (1.39%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.11%) Apache Iceberg
14 4 (1.11%) Delta Lake
14 4 (1.11%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.11%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 70 (19.39%) Git
2 48 (13.30%) JIRA
3 30 (8.31%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.82%) GitLab
5 16 (4.43%) Selenium
6 13 (3.60%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.60%) Postman
7 12 (3.32%) JMeter
8 8 (2.22%) JUnit
9 7 (1.94%) Maven
9 7 (1.94%) Mockito
10 6 (1.66%) SoapUI
11 5 (1.39%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.39%) Gatling
11 5 (1.39%) Gradle
11 5 (1.39%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.39%) Mocha
11 5 (1.39%) NUnit
11 5 (1.39%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.39%) Zephyr
General
1 159 (44.04%) Social Skills
2 87 (24.10%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (18.84%) Finance
4 34 (9.42%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (5.82%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.16%) Health Technology
6 15 (4.16%) Retail
7 14 (3.88%) Marketing
8 13 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.32%) Advertising
10 11 (3.05%) Legal
11 10 (2.77%) Banking
11 10 (2.77%) Law
12 7 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.39%) Back Office
14 5 (1.39%) Local Government
15 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 136 (37.67%) Developer
2 84 (23.27%) Senior
3 43 (11.91%) Senior Developer
4 25 (6.93%) Architect
5 24 (6.65%) .NET Developer
5 24 (6.65%) Analyst
6 22 (6.09%) Lead
6 22 (6.09%) Software Engineer
7 21 (5.82%) Web Developer
8 20 (5.54%) Consultant
9 18 (4.99%) Integration Engineer
9 18 (4.99%) Software Developer
9 18 (4.99%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.71%) Ruby Developer
11 16 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.16%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (3.88%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.88%) Technical Support
14 13 (3.60%) Senior Integration Engineer
15 12 (3.32%) .NET Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (40.17%) XML
2 112 (31.02%) REST
3 93 (25.76%) HTML
4 84 (23.27%) .NET
5 81 (22.44%) CSS
6 53 (14.68%) RESTful
7 49 (13.57%) .NET Core
8 47 (13.02%) SOAP
9 41 (11.36%) ASP.NET
10 32 (8.86%) Middleware
11 30 (8.31%) JWT
12 29 (8.03%) Terraform
13 28 (7.76%) React
13 28 (7.76%) YAML
14 25 (6.93%) .NET Framework
15 22 (6.09%) HTML5 Canvas
16 20 (5.54%) Blazor
17 19 (5.26%) AngularJS
17 19 (5.26%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (5.26%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.37%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.09%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.09%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 19 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (4.16%) Data Structures
5 15 (4.16%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.60%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.77%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (2.49%) NHS
9 9 (2.49%) Robotics
10 8 (2.22%) Taxonomies
11 7 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.94%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.39%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 55 (15.24%) Linux
2 45 (12.47%) Windows
3 17 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.55%) Android
6 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.55%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (37.95%) Agile
2 113 (31.30%) DevOps
3 108 (29.92%) CI/CD
4 104 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (15.79%) Test Automation
6 55 (15.24%) User Experience
7 54 (14.96%) Microservices
8 48 (13.30%) Scrum
9 46 (12.74%) Data Modelling
10 45 (12.47%) Business Intelligence
10 45 (12.47%) Roadmaps
10 45 (12.47%) Software Engineering
11 44 (12.19%) AI
11 44 (12.19%) Mentoring
12 43 (11.91%) Containerisation
13 38 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (9.97%) Clean Code
15 35 (9.70%) API Integration
16 34 (9.42%) Infrastructure as Code
17 33 (9.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 149 (41.27%) SQL
2 129 (35.73%) JavaScript
3 92 (25.48%) C#
4 90 (24.93%) Python
5 42 (11.63%) Java
6 31 (8.59%) PowerShell
7 24 (6.65%) TypeScript
8 18 (4.99%) C++
8 18 (4.99%) Ruby
9 17 (4.71%) PHP
10 12 (3.32%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.05%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.94%) Perl
14 5 (1.39%) Groovy
14 5 (1.39%) VB
14 5 (1.39%) VBA
15 3 (0.83%) Bash
15 3 (0.83%) XPath
16 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 47 (13.02%) Degree
2 35 (9.70%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.65%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.77%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.22%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.66%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.39%) ISEB
8 5 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.83%) CCNP
9 3 (0.83%) CISSP
10 2 (0.55%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.55%) CCSP
10 2 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.47%) QA
2 38 (10.53%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.71%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.88%) WCAG
5 12 (3.32%) TickIT
6 11 (3.05%) SLA
7 9 (2.49%) GDPR
8 7 (1.94%) HL7
9 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.83%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.83%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.28%) Basel III
12 1 (0.28%) Dublin Core
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.28%) PERC
System Software
1 56 (15.51%) Docker
2 5 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.39%) vSphere
3 4 (1.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 28 (7.76%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.60%) Ansible
3 5 (1.39%) Grafana
3 5 (1.39%) Kibana
4 4 (1.11%) Packer
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 112 (31.02%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.65%) Adobe
3 19 (5.26%) Google
4 14 (3.88%) Splunk
5 12 (3.32%) Oracle
6 10 (2.77%) SAP
7 8 (2.22%) Cisco
7 8 (2.22%) IBM
8 7 (1.94%) Databricks
8 7 (1.94%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.94%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.66%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.39%) F5
10 5 (1.39%) Pega
10 5 (1.39%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.39%) VMware
11 4 (1.11%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.83%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.83%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.83%) Sparx