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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 295 236
Rank change year-on-year -107 -59 +41
Permanent jobs citing JSON 339 415 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.00% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.91% 4.82% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 210 319 789
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +1.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £88,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.82% -4.35% -1.71%

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 8,678 8,613 20,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.01% 20.70% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,324 6,523 15,742
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,250
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 £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 18 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 18 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 -101 284 £62,500 - 121
UK excluding London -83 205 £58,750 +6.82% 83
Work from Home -29 147 £57,500 -10.16% 57
London -28 94 £66,000 -8.97% 44
South East -74 65 £62,500 -3.85% 32
East of England +6 59 £55,000 +15.79% 6
North of England -54 41 £55,000 +4.76% 25
North West -19 27 £55,000 +4.76% 13
Scotland -12 26 £72,500 +52.45% 2
Yorkshire -66 12 £73,499 +40.00% 11
Midlands -59 11 £47,500 -9.95% 15
West Midlands -39 6 £43,000 -19.91% 5
South West -62 6 £31,500 -49.60% 7
East Midlands -56 5 £50,750 -2.87% 10
North East -30 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 25 (7.37%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.65%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.88%) IIS
6 2 (0.59%) CMS
6 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) CICS
7 1 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) Trello
3 2 (0.59%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.29%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.36%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.18%) Shopify
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.59%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Magento
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.29%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 145 (42.77%) Azure
2 69 (20.35%) AWS
3 58 (17.11%) Power Platform
4 45 (13.27%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (12.09%) GitHub
6 31 (9.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 31 (9.14%) Serverless
7 30 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (8.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (8.55%) Power Automate
9 26 (7.67%) SaaS
10 22 (6.49%) PowerApps
11 20 (5.90%) Boomi
12 17 (5.01%) GCP
13 16 (4.72%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (4.72%) Entra ID
14 15 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.01%) Firewall
2 8 (2.36%) VPN
3 7 (2.06%) FTP
4 6 (1.77%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.47%) DNS
6 4 (1.18%) AMQP
6 4 (1.18%) SSL
7 3 (0.88%) BGP
7 3 (0.88%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.59%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.59%) HTTP
8 2 (0.59%) LAN
8 2 (0.59%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.59%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.59%) WAN
9 1 (0.29%) CTI
9 1 (0.29%) DHCP
9 1 (0.29%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (15.63%) Power BI
2 33 (9.73%) MySQL
3 32 (9.44%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (8.55%) SQL Server
5 28 (8.26%) Relational Database
6 21 (6.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (5.90%) Metadata
8 16 (4.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (4.13%) RDBMS
10 11 (3.24%) Electronic Patient Records
11 10 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (2.06%) Oracle Database
13 6 (1.77%) GIS
13 6 (1.77%) OLTP
13 6 (1.77%) Power Query
13 6 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (1.47%) Redis
15 4 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (1.18%) MongoDB
15 4 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (11.21%) JIRA
2 36 (10.62%) Git
3 28 (8.26%) Jenkins
4 20 (5.90%) GitLab
5 11 (3.24%) Postman
6 9 (2.65%) JUnit
7 8 (2.36%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (2.06%) ERwin
8 7 (2.06%) Maven
8 7 (2.06%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.77%) Mockito
9 6 (1.77%) Selenium
9 6 (1.77%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.77%) Storybook
10 5 (1.47%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.47%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.47%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.47%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.18%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.18%) Gradle
General
1 128 (37.76%) Social Skills
2 78 (23.01%) Finance
3 75 (22.12%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.08%) Marketing
5 23 (6.78%) Law
6 18 (5.31%) Retail
6 18 (5.31%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.01%) Health Technology
8 15 (4.42%) German Language
8 15 (4.42%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.06%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.77%) Advertising
11 6 (1.77%) Legal
12 4 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.88%) Billing
13 3 (0.88%) Local Government
13 3 (0.88%) Publishing
14 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 104 (30.68%) Developer
2 68 (20.06%) Senior
3 43 (12.68%) Senior Developer
4 35 (10.32%) Analyst
5 28 (8.26%) Consultant
6 23 (6.78%) Architect
7 20 (5.90%) Data Analyst
8 18 (5.31%) Java Developer
9 17 (5.01%) Integration Engineer
10 16 (4.72%) Support Engineer
11 15 (4.42%) Applications Engineer
12 14 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (3.54%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.54%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) EPR Consultant
14 11 (3.24%) Lead
14 11 (3.24%) Network Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) Telecoms Engineer
15 10 (2.95%) Applications Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (53.39%) XML
2 114 (33.63%) REST
3 93 (27.43%) HTML
4 58 (17.11%) SOAP
5 48 (14.16%) RESTful
6 45 (13.27%) CSS
7 38 (11.21%) .NET
8 33 (9.73%) Regular Expression
9 27 (7.96%) Web Services
10 26 (7.67%) YAML
11 25 (7.37%) OAuth
12 24 (7.08%) Middleware
13 21 (6.19%) React
14 20 (5.90%) Spring
15 18 (5.31%) OAuth2
16 17 (5.01%) .NET Core
16 17 (5.01%) Spring Boot
17 16 (4.72%) HTML5 Canvas
18 14 (4.13%) Node.js
19 13 (3.83%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.45%) Onboarding
2 43 (12.68%) Linux Command Line
3 37 (10.91%) Data Structures
4 23 (6.78%) Cloud Native
4 23 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (4.13%) Low-Code
7 13 (3.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.24%) NHS
10 8 (2.36%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.06%) e-Learning
12 6 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.77%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.77%) SCADA
12 6 (1.77%) Social Media
13 5 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.47%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.47%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.18%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.39%) Linux
1 42 (12.39%) Unix
2 11 (3.24%) Windows
3 6 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (26.55%) CI/CD
2 85 (25.07%) Agile
3 82 (24.19%) DevOps
4 77 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (17.99%) Business Intelligence
6 56 (16.52%) Test Automation
7 55 (16.22%) Data Modelling
8 53 (15.63%) AI
9 46 (13.57%) Analytics
9 46 (13.57%) Data Analysis
10 45 (13.27%) API Integration
11 39 (11.50%) ERP
12 36 (10.62%) ETL
12 36 (10.62%) Validation
13 34 (10.03%) Microservices
13 34 (10.03%) User Experience
14 33 (9.73%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (9.44%) Containerisation
15 32 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 31 (9.14%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 177 (52.21%) SQL
2 125 (36.87%) Python
3 98 (28.91%) JavaScript
4 74 (21.83%) Java
5 38 (11.21%) C#
6 30 (8.85%) PowerShell
7 23 (6.78%) TypeScript
8 22 (6.49%) Shell Script
9 20 (5.90%) PL/SQL
10 13 (3.83%) Bicep
11 11 (3.24%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.95%) Perl
13 8 (2.36%) PHP
13 8 (2.36%) VB
14 6 (1.77%) Groovy
15 4 (1.18%) Ruby
16 3 (0.88%) ActionScript
16 3 (0.88%) ActionScript 2.0
16 3 (0.88%) C++
16 3 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (16.22%) Degree
2 34 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.47%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.85%) QA
2 20 (5.90%) GDPR
3 17 (5.01%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.13%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.83%) HL7
5 13 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (3.24%) SLA
7 9 (2.65%) TickIT
8 7 (2.06%) WCAG
9 3 (0.88%) NCSC
9 3 (0.88%) NIST
10 2 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 35 (10.32%) Docker
2 20 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.18%) vSphere
4 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.29%) iptables
Systems Management
1 33 (9.73%) Kubernetes
1 33 (9.73%) Terraform
2 16 (4.72%) Ansible
3 9 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.47%) Kibana
5 4 (1.18%) Packer
6 2 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.29%) Grafana
7 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (17.40%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.21%) Oracle
3 16 (4.72%) Adobe
3 16 (4.72%) Cisco
4 11 (3.24%) Google
4 11 (3.24%) Red Hat
4 11 (3.24%) SAP
5 10 (2.95%) Ab Initio
5 10 (2.95%) IBM
6 9 (2.65%) Databricks
6 9 (2.65%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.36%) F5
7 8 (2.36%) Okta
7 8 (2.36%) Splunk
8 7 (2.06%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.06%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.06%) Sparx
9 6 (1.77%) Juniper
9 6 (1.77%) Talend
9 6 (1.77%) VMware