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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 293 215
Rank change year-on-year -58 -78 +27
Permanent jobs citing JSON 335 520 787
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.93% 1.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.72% 4.32% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 215 348 652
10th Percentile £42,050 £36,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,425 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -8.58% -6.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,313
90th Percentile £82,800 £83,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 7,097 12,048 13,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.84% 21.55% 25.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,295 7,220 10,713
10th Percentile £35,854 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,383 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 -60 268 £55,000 -9.47% 564
UK excluding London -22 218 £55,000 +4.76% 535
Work from Home +4 134 £55,000 -15.38% 281
London -14 96 £75,000 +7.14% 81
East of England +55 62 £55,000 -13.73% 85
South East -59 58 £55,000 -21.43% 147
Scotland +36 42 £46,500 +4.49% 22
North of England +1 30 £53,750 -2.27% 119
Midlands -3 23 £47,500 -9.52% 96
North West +29 22 £55,000 +4.76% 64
West Midlands +13 17 £47,500 -11.53% 52
East Midlands -14 6 £60,000 +18.81% 38
Yorkshire -41 4 £56,750 -5.42% 47
North East - 4 £45,000 - 8
Northern Ireland -8 2 - - 8
South West -3 1 £60,000 +20.00% 55

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 9 (2.69%) Confluence
1 9 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.49%) Anypoint
2 5 (1.49%) CMS
3 3 (0.90%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) Appian
5 1 (0.30%) CICS
5 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) JBoss
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.09%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.79%) Trello
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (5.97%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.79%) Shopify
3 5 (1.49%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.90%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 126 (37.61%) Azure
2 69 (20.60%) GitHub
3 63 (18.81%) Azure DevOps
4 61 (18.21%) AWS
5 32 (9.55%) Power Platform
6 29 (8.66%) Serverless
7 26 (7.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 24 (7.16%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (7.16%) Power Automate
9 23 (6.87%) Entra ID
10 22 (6.57%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (6.27%) Azure Service Bus
12 20 (5.97%) OCI
13 17 (5.07%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (5.07%) Amazon ECS
13 17 (5.07%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (5.07%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (5.07%) PaaS
14 16 (4.78%) GCP
15 15 (4.48%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.58%) FTP
2 10 (2.99%) VPN
3 6 (1.79%) HTTP
4 4 (1.19%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (1.19%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.19%) Firewall
4 4 (1.19%) LAN
4 4 (1.19%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.19%) WAN
5 3 (0.90%) DNS
5 3 (0.90%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.60%) AMQP
7 1 (0.30%) DHCP
7 1 (0.30%) Modbus
7 1 (0.30%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.30%) SSL
7 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.30%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (15.52%) Relational Database
2 40 (11.94%) SQL Server
3 30 (8.96%) MySQL
4 25 (7.46%) Power BI
5 21 (6.27%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (4.78%) Electronic Patient Records
6 16 (4.78%) RDBMS
7 13 (3.88%) OLTP
8 12 (3.58%) NoSQL
8 12 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.39%) GIS
11 6 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.79%) Metadata
11 6 (1.79%) Power Query
12 3 (0.90%) Big Data
12 3 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.90%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.90%) Redis
12 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (13.73%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.87%) Git
3 20 (5.97%) Oracle Forms
4 17 (5.07%) JIRA
4 17 (5.07%) JMeter
4 17 (5.07%) JUnit
5 15 (4.48%) Mockito
6 9 (2.69%) Visual Studio
7 8 (2.39%) Postman
8 7 (2.09%) Storybook
9 6 (1.79%) Axure RP
10 3 (0.90%) Selenium
11 2 (0.60%) Crashlytics
11 2 (0.60%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.60%) Xcode
12 1 (0.30%) Android Studio
12 1 (0.30%) ESLint
12 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 1 (0.30%) Testinfra
General
1 101 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 80 (23.88%) Finance
3 47 (14.03%) Law
4 40 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 29 (8.66%) Retail
6 21 (6.27%) Marketing
7 16 (4.78%) Health Technology
8 15 (4.48%) German Language
9 6 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.79%) Legal
10 5 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.19%) Automotive
12 3 (0.90%) Banking
12 3 (0.90%) Electronics
12 3 (0.90%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Publishing
14 1 (0.30%) Billing
14 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (35.22%) Developer
2 64 (19.10%) Senior
3 35 (10.45%) Senior Developer
4 29 (8.66%) Analyst
5 23 (6.87%) Consultant
6 22 (6.57%) Cloud Engineer
7 21 (6.27%) Applications Engineer
8 20 (5.97%) Integration Engineer
8 20 (5.97%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 19 (5.67%) Java Developer
10 18 (5.37%) Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (4.78%) Technical Consultant
12 15 (4.48%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 14 (4.18%) Lead
13 14 (4.18%) Oracle Developer
13 14 (4.18%) Senior Oracle Developer
14 13 (3.88%) Data Engineer
14 13 (3.88%) Mid-Level Java Developer
15 12 (3.58%) ServiceNow Developer
16 11 (3.28%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (59.70%) XML
2 118 (35.22%) REST
3 117 (34.93%) HTML
4 50 (14.93%) SOAP
5 49 (14.63%) RESTful
6 47 (14.03%) CSS
7 44 (13.13%) Web Services
8 35 (10.45%) React
9 30 (8.96%) Regular Expression
10 25 (7.46%) OAuth
11 21 (6.27%) Spring
12 20 (5.97%) Spring Boot
13 19 (5.67%) .NET
13 19 (5.67%) FHIR
14 18 (5.37%) Hibernate
15 17 (5.07%) jQuery
16 16 (4.78%) OAuth2
17 15 (4.48%) ActiveMQ
17 15 (4.48%) Apache Camel
17 15 (4.48%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.03%) Onboarding
2 40 (11.94%) Linux Command Line
3 37 (11.04%) Cloud Native
4 23 (6.87%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (5.97%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (4.78%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (3.58%) Data Structures
9 11 (3.28%) Operational Technology
10 9 (2.69%) NHS
11 8 (2.39%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.79%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.79%) Social Media
13 4 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.19%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.19%) Semantic Web
14 3 (0.90%) Reference Data
15 2 (0.60%) Blog
15 2 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.04%) Unix
2 22 (6.57%) Linux
3 4 (1.19%) Windows
4 3 (0.90%) Android
4 3 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (32.24%) Agile
2 100 (29.85%) CI/CD
3 83 (24.78%) DevOps
4 73 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (21.49%) Test Automation
6 52 (15.52%) ETL
7 49 (14.63%) AI
7 49 (14.63%) Root Cause Analysis
8 46 (13.73%) Analytics
8 46 (13.73%) API Integration
9 45 (13.43%) Coaching
10 42 (12.54%) Mentoring
11 41 (12.24%) Asset Management
12 40 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (11.94%) LLM
13 38 (11.34%) Observability
14 34 (10.15%) Data Analysis
15 32 (9.55%) Microservices
15 32 (9.55%) Translating Business Requirements
16 31 (9.25%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 159 (47.46%) SQL
2 120 (35.82%) JavaScript
3 116 (34.63%) Python
4 66 (19.70%) Java
5 42 (12.54%) Shell Script
6 37 (11.04%) C#
7 35 (10.45%) PL/SQL
8 33 (9.85%) PowerShell
9 18 (5.37%) Bicep
10 13 (3.88%) TypeScript
11 11 (3.28%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.09%) PHP
13 4 (1.19%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.90%) C++
15 2 (0.60%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.60%) ActionScript 2.0
15 2 (0.60%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.60%) Perl
15 2 (0.60%) Ruby
15 2 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (13.13%) Degree
2 25 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.30%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.30%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.16%) GDPR
2 19 (5.67%) HL7
3 18 (5.37%) Accessibility
4 17 (5.07%) Data Quality
5 15 (4.48%) QA
6 11 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.99%) NCSC
7 10 (2.99%) NIST
8 6 (1.79%) WCAG
9 1 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 38 (11.34%) Docker
2 22 (6.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.19%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 46 (13.73%) Terraform
2 32 (9.55%) Kubernetes
3 25 (7.46%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (4.48%) Kibana
5 10 (2.99%) Ansible
6 4 (1.19%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.60%) Grafana
8 1 (0.30%) Packer
8 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (13.13%) Oracle
2 39 (11.64%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.87%) ServiceNow
4 20 (5.97%) Okta
5 16 (4.78%) Splunk
6 15 (4.48%) Dynatrace
7 14 (4.18%) Ab Initio
7 14 (4.18%) Google
7 14 (4.18%) SAP
8 11 (3.28%) Cisco
9 10 (2.99%) MuleSoft
10 8 (2.39%) Dell
10 8 (2.39%) Salesforce
11 7 (2.09%) Informatica
11 7 (2.09%) OpenAI
11 7 (2.09%) SnapLogic
11 7 (2.09%) Talend
12 6 (1.79%) IBM
12 6 (1.79%) Intapp
12 6 (1.79%) Workday