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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 290 229
Rank change year-on-year -110 -61 +41
Permanent jobs citing JSON 305 472 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 1.04% 1.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.87% 4.66% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 185 340 792
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,554 £90,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,344 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.10% -3.01% -5.98%

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 7,877 10,134 18,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.92% 22.33% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,771 6,743 15,074
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,000
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 £105,000 £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 8 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 8 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 -128 241 £60,000 -4.00% 190
UK excluding London -79 185 £55,000 +3.10% 150
Work from Home -38 128 £56,250 -12.11% 123
London -51 91 £70,000 -3.45% 67
South East -66 57 £55,000 - 47
East of England +33 44 £55,000 -11.18% 23
Scotland +14 38 £57,750 +29.78% 12
North of England -45 24 £55,000 +4.76% 38
Midlands -34 19 £47,500 -9.95% 17
North West -8 16 £55,000 -4.35% 21
West Midlands -12 13 £47,500 -12.59% 12
East Midlands -30 6 £57,000 +9.62% 5
North East -11 4 £45,000 -41.94% 4
Yorkshire -46 4 £55,750 +31.18% 13
Northern Ireland -32 2 - - 2
South West -42 1 £72,500 +18.37% 12

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 13 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.30%) Confluence
4 5 (1.64%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.66%) CMS
5 2 (0.66%) IIS
5 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (0.66%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) CICS
6 1 (0.33%) JBoss
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.97%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.97%) Trello
3 1 (0.33%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (5.25%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.64%) Shopify
3 4 (1.31%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.98%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.33%) Magento
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.33%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 127 (41.64%) Azure
2 60 (19.67%) AWS
3 58 (19.02%) GitHub
4 48 (15.74%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (15.08%) Power Platform
6 25 (8.20%) Azure Logic Apps
6 25 (8.20%) Entra ID
7 23 (7.54%) Power Automate
7 23 (7.54%) Serverless
8 21 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (6.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (6.56%) Azure Service Bus
10 18 (5.90%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (5.57%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (5.57%) OCI
12 16 (5.25%) Azure Event Grid
12 16 (5.25%) GCP
13 15 (4.92%) Boomi
14 14 (4.59%) PowerApps
14 14 (4.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.93%) Firewall
2 11 (3.61%) VPN
3 7 (2.30%) FTP
4 4 (1.31%) AMQP
4 4 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.31%) DNS
4 4 (1.31%) HTTP
5 3 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (0.98%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.98%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.98%) LAN
5 3 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.98%) WAN
6 2 (0.66%) BGP
6 2 (0.66%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.33%) CTI
7 1 (0.33%) DHCP
7 1 (0.33%) Modbus
7 1 (0.33%) SSL
7 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.46%) Power BI
2 34 (11.15%) SQL Server
3 33 (10.82%) Relational Database
4 28 (9.18%) MySQL
5 24 (7.87%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.59%) RDBMS
7 11 (3.61%) Electronic Patient Records
7 11 (3.61%) Metadata
7 11 (3.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.97%) OLTP
10 6 (1.97%) Power Query
11 4 (1.31%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.31%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.98%) Redis
12 3 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (10.82%) Jenkins
2 26 (8.52%) Git
3 16 (5.25%) Oracle Forms
4 14 (4.59%) JIRA
4 14 (4.59%) Postman
5 10 (3.28%) JUnit
6 9 (2.95%) GitLab
7 8 (2.62%) Visual Studio
8 7 (2.30%) JMeter
8 7 (2.30%) Mockito
8 7 (2.30%) Selenium
9 6 (1.97%) Axure RP
9 6 (1.97%) Storybook
10 5 (1.64%) Maven
10 5 (1.64%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.64%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.31%) ERwin
12 2 (0.66%) Crashlytics
12 2 (0.66%) Gradle
12 2 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
General
1 95 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 84 (27.54%) Finance
3 51 (16.72%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.18%) Law
5 22 (7.21%) Retail
6 20 (6.56%) Public Sector
7 17 (5.57%) Marketing
8 15 (4.92%) German Language
9 14 (4.59%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.61%) Health Technology
11 7 (2.30%) Legal
12 5 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.98%) Publishing
15 2 (0.66%) Advertising
15 2 (0.66%) Billing
15 2 (0.66%) Electronics
15 2 (0.66%) Front Office
15 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (33.11%) Developer
2 55 (18.03%) Senior
3 34 (11.15%) Analyst
4 27 (8.85%) Senior Developer
5 20 (6.56%) Applications Engineer
5 20 (6.56%) Consultant
5 20 (6.56%) Integration Engineer
6 19 (6.23%) Cloud Engineer
7 18 (5.90%) Java Developer
8 17 (5.57%) Data Analyst
9 16 (5.25%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 13 (4.26%) Architect
11 12 (3.93%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.61%) Data Engineer
12 11 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.28%) EPR Consultant
13 10 (3.28%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (2.95%) Automation Engineer
14 9 (2.95%) Oracle Developer
14 9 (2.95%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (58.36%) XML
2 111 (36.39%) REST
3 76 (24.92%) HTML
4 49 (16.07%) SOAP
5 48 (15.74%) RESTful
6 32 (10.49%) Web Services
7 31 (10.16%) Regular Expression
8 30 (9.84%) React
9 26 (8.52%) CSS
10 23 (7.54%) .NET
11 22 (7.21%) OAuth
12 21 (6.89%) Spring
13 18 (5.90%) Spring Boot
14 17 (5.57%) OAuth2
15 16 (5.25%) YAML
16 14 (4.59%) FHIR
17 13 (4.26%) Node.js
18 12 (3.93%) Hibernate
18 12 (3.93%) Middleware
19 9 (2.95%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.39%) Onboarding
2 42 (13.77%) Linux Command Line
3 30 (9.84%) Data Structures
4 26 (8.52%) Cloud Native
5 20 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (6.23%) Low-Code
7 14 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (3.28%) NHS
9 9 (2.95%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.30%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.97%) Social Media
12 5 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.64%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.31%) e-Learning
14 3 (0.98%) PMI
14 3 (0.98%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.98%) Reference Data
14 3 (0.98%) SCADA
14 3 (0.98%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.44%) Unix
2 31 (10.16%) Linux
3 9 (2.95%) Windows
4 3 (0.98%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Android
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (29.84%) CI/CD
2 88 (28.85%) Agile
3 73 (23.93%) DevOps
4 62 (20.33%) Test Automation
5 61 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (17.38%) AI
7 52 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (14.75%) Analytics
8 45 (14.75%) Data Modelling
9 44 (14.43%) ETL
10 43 (14.10%) API Integration
11 40 (13.11%) Root Cause Analysis
12 39 (12.79%) Asset Management
13 38 (12.46%) Coaching
14 37 (12.13%) Data Analysis
15 35 (11.48%) Observability
16 33 (10.82%) ERP
17 31 (10.16%) LLM
17 31 (10.16%) Mentoring
18 30 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 158 (51.80%) SQL
2 120 (39.34%) Python
3 85 (27.87%) JavaScript
4 73 (23.93%) Java
5 36 (11.80%) C#
6 32 (10.49%) PowerShell
7 31 (10.16%) Shell Script
8 27 (8.85%) PL/SQL
9 17 (5.57%) Bicep
10 15 (4.92%) T-SQL
11 14 (4.59%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.64%) PHP
13 4 (1.31%) Perl
13 4 (1.31%) VB
14 3 (0.98%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.98%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.98%) Bash
14 3 (0.98%) C++
15 2 (0.66%) Groovy
15 2 (0.66%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (15.41%) Degree
2 30 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.92%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.98%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.33%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.87%) GDPR
2 20 (6.56%) QA
3 18 (5.90%) Accessibility
3 18 (5.90%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.59%) HL7
4 14 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.30%) WCAG
6 5 (1.64%) NCSC
6 5 (1.64%) NIST
7 2 (0.66%) SLA
7 2 (0.66%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 31 (10.16%) Docker
2 26 (8.52%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.98%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.66%) vSphere
5 1 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 41 (13.44%) Terraform
2 26 (8.52%) Kubernetes
3 17 (5.57%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.28%) Ansible
5 8 (2.62%) Kibana
6 3 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (14.10%) Oracle
2 39 (12.79%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.25%) Okta
4 14 (4.59%) Ab Initio
5 13 (4.26%) Google
5 13 (4.26%) SAP
6 12 (3.93%) Cisco
7 9 (2.95%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.95%) Splunk
8 8 (2.62%) Dell
8 8 (2.62%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.30%) F5
9 7 (2.30%) Intapp
9 7 (2.30%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.30%) Talend
10 6 (1.97%) Databricks
10 6 (1.97%) IFS
10 6 (1.97%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.97%) Workday