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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 304 222
Rank change year-on-year -102 -82 +54
Permanent jobs citing JSON 307 427 1,142
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 1.01% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.80% 4.62% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 187 322 802
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,900 £90,000 £91,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.39% -5.17%

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 8,083 9,252 19,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.72% 21.87% 22.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,912 6,609 15,181
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -106 247 £60,000 -4.00% 162
UK excluding London -76 185 £55,000 +2.44% 126
Work from Home -31 130 £57,500 -8.73% 86
London -50 89 £72,500 - 61
South East -62 62 £55,000 - 45
East of England +23 49 £55,000 +1.06% 24
Scotland -3 32 £72,500 +62.92% 8
North of England -55 21 £55,000 +4.76% 27
Midlands -52 15 £47,500 -10.96% 14
North West -25 14 £55,000 -4.35% 12
West Midlands -10 10 £47,500 -12.59% 7
East Midlands -61 5 £54,000 +3.35% 7
South West -50 4 £37,500 -37.50% 6
Yorkshire -52 4 £55,750 +31.18% 13
North East -23 3 £45,000 -41.94% 2
Northern Ireland -34 2 - - 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 17 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.93%) Confluence
3 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.63%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) CICS
7 1 (0.33%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) IIS
7 1 (0.33%) JBoss
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.95%) Trello
3 5 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.33%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) Sketch
5 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.91%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.63%) Shopify
3 3 (0.98%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.33%) Magento
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.33%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 131 (42.67%) Azure
2 63 (20.52%) AWS
3 51 (16.61%) GitHub
4 46 (14.98%) Power Platform
5 44 (14.33%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (7.82%) Azure Logic Apps
6 24 (7.82%) Power Automate
7 23 (7.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 23 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (7.17%) Serverless
9 20 (6.51%) Entra ID
10 19 (6.19%) GCP
11 18 (5.86%) SaaS
12 17 (5.54%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (5.21%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (4.56%) PowerApps
15 13 (4.23%) Azure Event Grid
15 13 (4.23%) Boomi
15 13 (4.23%) OCI
15 13 (4.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.54%) Firewall
2 10 (3.26%) VPN
3 7 (2.28%) FTP
4 6 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.30%) AMQP
5 4 (1.30%) DNS
6 3 (0.98%) BGP
6 3 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (0.98%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.98%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.98%) LAN
6 3 (0.98%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.98%) SSL
6 3 (0.98%) WAN
7 2 (0.65%) HTTP
7 2 (0.65%) PuTTY
8 1 (0.33%) CTI
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (13.36%) Power BI
2 34 (11.07%) SQL Server
3 31 (10.10%) Relational Database
4 30 (9.77%) MySQL
5 29 (9.45%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (5.21%) Metadata
7 14 (4.56%) RDBMS
8 11 (3.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (3.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (3.26%) Electronic Patient Records
10 7 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.95%) OLTP
11 6 (1.95%) Power Query
12 5 (1.63%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.30%) GIS
13 4 (1.30%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.30%) Redis
13 4 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (10.10%) Git
2 27 (8.79%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.19%) JIRA
4 14 (4.56%) GitLab
5 12 (3.91%) Oracle Forms
6 11 (3.58%) JUnit
7 10 (3.26%) Postman
8 8 (2.61%) Mockito
8 8 (2.61%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.95%) ERwin
9 6 (1.95%) JMeter
9 6 (1.95%) Selenium
9 6 (1.95%) Storybook
10 5 (1.63%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.63%) Maven
10 5 (1.63%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.63%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.98%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.65%) Gradle
12 2 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
General
1 102 (33.22%) Social Skills
2 77 (25.08%) Finance
3 53 (17.26%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.79%) Law
5 19 (6.19%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.86%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.54%) Retail
8 16 (5.21%) Marketing
9 15 (4.89%) German Language
10 10 (3.26%) Health Technology
11 7 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.28%) Legal
12 6 (1.95%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.98%) Publishing
15 2 (0.65%) Advertising
15 2 (0.65%) Electronics
15 2 (0.65%) Front Office
15 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 99 (32.25%) Developer
2 53 (17.26%) Senior
3 31 (10.10%) Analyst
4 27 (8.79%) Senior Developer
5 23 (7.49%) Consultant
6 20 (6.51%) Integration Engineer
7 19 (6.19%) Java Developer
8 17 (5.54%) Applications Engineer
8 17 (5.54%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (5.54%) Data Analyst
9 14 (4.56%) Architect
10 13 (4.23%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.91%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (3.91%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.58%) Network Engineer
12 11 (3.58%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.58%) Telecoms Engineer
13 10 (3.26%) EPR Consultant
13 10 (3.26%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.26%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (56.03%) XML
2 107 (34.85%) REST
3 80 (26.06%) HTML
4 48 (15.64%) RESTful
5 45 (14.66%) SOAP
6 32 (10.42%) Regular Expression
7 30 (9.77%) CSS
7 30 (9.77%) Web Services
8 27 (8.79%) .NET
8 27 (8.79%) React
9 23 (7.49%) OAuth
10 22 (7.17%) Spring
11 21 (6.84%) YAML
12 19 (6.19%) Spring Boot
13 17 (5.54%) OAuth2
14 14 (4.56%) Node.js
15 13 (4.23%) Hibernate
16 12 (3.91%) FHIR
17 11 (3.58%) Jinja
17 11 (3.58%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.61%) Onboarding
2 42 (13.68%) Linux Command Line
3 34 (11.07%) Data Structures
4 24 (7.82%) Cloud Native
5 23 (7.49%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (5.54%) Low-Code
7 16 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (3.26%) NHS
10 7 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.28%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.28%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.95%) e-Learning
11 6 (1.95%) Social Media
12 5 (1.63%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.30%) SCADA
14 3 (0.98%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.98%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.98%) Reference Data
14 3 (0.98%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 43 (14.01%) Unix
2 34 (11.07%) Linux
3 9 (2.93%) Windows
4 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) Android
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (29.32%) CI/CD
2 84 (27.36%) Agile
3 72 (23.45%) DevOps
4 59 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (18.89%) Test Automation
6 56 (18.24%) Business Intelligence
7 53 (17.26%) AI
8 46 (14.98%) Data Modelling
9 43 (14.01%) Analytics
10 42 (13.68%) API Integration
10 42 (13.68%) ETL
11 37 (12.05%) Data Analysis
12 35 (11.40%) Asset Management
12 35 (11.40%) Validation
13 32 (10.42%) Coaching
14 31 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (10.10%) Root Cause Analysis
15 30 (9.77%) API Management
15 30 (9.77%) Infrastructure as Code
15 30 (9.77%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 156 (50.81%) SQL
2 120 (39.09%) Python
3 86 (28.01%) JavaScript
4 69 (22.48%) Java
5 32 (10.42%) C#
6 29 (9.45%) PowerShell
7 27 (8.79%) Shell Script
8 24 (7.82%) PL/SQL
9 18 (5.86%) TypeScript
10 16 (5.21%) Bicep
11 15 (4.89%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.95%) PHP
13 5 (1.63%) Perl
13 5 (1.63%) VB
14 3 (0.98%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.98%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.98%) C++
14 3 (0.98%) Ruby
15 2 (0.65%) Bash
15 2 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (16.29%) Degree
2 31 (10.10%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.89%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.49%) GDPR
2 20 (6.51%) QA
3 19 (6.19%) Data Quality
4 18 (5.86%) Accessibility
5 15 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (3.91%) HL7
7 7 (2.28%) WCAG
8 5 (1.63%) NCSC
8 5 (1.63%) NIST
9 4 (1.30%) SLA
10 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (10.42%) Docker
2 23 (7.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.98%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.98%) vSphere
4 1 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 34 (11.07%) Terraform
2 26 (8.47%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.26%) Ansible
5 7 (2.28%) Kibana
6 3 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (13.36%) Microsoft
1 41 (13.36%) Oracle
2 17 (5.54%) Cisco
3 13 (4.23%) Google
3 13 (4.23%) SAP
4 12 (3.91%) Ab Initio
4 12 (3.91%) Okta
5 11 (3.58%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.26%) Splunk
7 9 (2.93%) F5
7 9 (2.93%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.61%) Databricks
9 7 (2.28%) Dell
9 7 (2.28%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.28%) Intapp
9 7 (2.28%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.28%) Talend
10 6 (1.95%) IBM
10 6 (1.95%) Juniper