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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 307 225
Rank change year-on-year -112 -82 +49
Permanent jobs citing JSON 308 407 1,199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.99% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.73% 4.59% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 189 318 812
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,318
% change year-on-year - -2.34% -2.06%

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 8,247 8,867 19,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.52% 21.52% 22.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,042 6,643 15,460
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £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 30 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 30 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 -126 249 £62,500 - 169
UK excluding London -84 183 £55,000 - 125
Work from Home -36 133 £57,500 -8.73% 90
London -31 90 £72,500 - 65
South East -73 58 £57,500 +0.88% 44
East of England +16 54 £55,000 +15.79% 25
Scotland -15 29 £72,500 +52.45% 3
North of England -57 23 £55,000 +4.76% 33
North West -24 16 £55,000 +2.33% 15
Midlands -50 12 £47,500 -10.38% 15
West Midlands -24 8 £47,500 -11.53% 6
Yorkshire -58 5 £70,000 +47.37% 15
South West -59 5 £34,500 -42.50% 3
East Midlands -48 4 £50,750 -2.87% 9
North East -17 2 £46,250 -40.32% 3
Northern Ireland -37 2 - - 2

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 20 (6.49%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.25%) Confluence
3 8 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.62%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.32%) CICS
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) IIS
7 1 (0.32%) JBoss
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.32%) SAS
7 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.95%) Trello
3 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.97%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.32%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Sketch
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.25%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.62%) Shopify
3 3 (0.97%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.32%) Magento
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.32%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 131 (42.53%) Azure
2 62 (20.13%) AWS
3 50 (16.23%) Power Platform
4 45 (14.61%) GitHub
5 41 (13.31%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (8.77%) Power Automate
7 26 (8.44%) Azure Logic Apps
7 26 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (8.12%) Azure Data Factory
9 22 (7.14%) SaaS
10 21 (6.82%) Serverless
11 19 (6.17%) GCP
12 18 (5.84%) Entra ID
13 17 (5.52%) PowerApps
14 16 (5.19%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (4.87%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (4.22%) Boomi
16 13 (4.22%) PaaS
17 12 (3.90%) Azure Event Grid
17 12 (3.90%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.19%) Firewall
2 10 (3.25%) VPN
3 7 (2.27%) FTP
4 6 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.30%) AMQP
5 4 (1.30%) DNS
5 4 (1.30%) SSL
6 3 (0.97%) BGP
6 3 (0.97%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.65%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.65%) HTTP
7 2 (0.65%) LAN
7 2 (0.65%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.65%) WAN
8 1 (0.32%) CTI
8 1 (0.32%) DHCP
8 1 (0.32%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (14.61%) Power BI
2 33 (10.71%) SQL Server
3 31 (10.06%) MySQL
4 30 (9.74%) Relational Database
5 28 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (5.84%) Metadata
7 15 (4.87%) RDBMS
8 13 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.57%) Electronic Patient Records
9 11 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.95%) OLTP
11 6 (1.95%) Power Query
12 5 (1.62%) 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 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.97%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (9.42%) Git
2 24 (7.79%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.14%) JIRA
4 14 (4.55%) GitLab
5 10 (3.25%) JUnit
5 10 (3.25%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (3.25%) Postman
6 8 (2.60%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.27%) ERwin
7 7 (2.27%) Mockito
8 6 (1.95%) Selenium
8 6 (1.95%) Storybook
9 5 (1.62%) JMeter
9 5 (1.62%) Maven
9 5 (1.62%) SpecFlow
9 5 (1.62%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.97%) Axure RP
10 3 (0.97%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.97%) Browser DevTools
11 2 (0.65%) Gradle
General
1 105 (34.09%) Social Skills
2 74 (24.03%) Finance
3 54 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.77%) Law
5 18 (5.84%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.84%) Telecoms
6 16 (5.19%) Marketing
7 15 (4.87%) German Language
8 14 (4.55%) Retail
9 12 (3.90%) Health Technology
10 7 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.27%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.27%) Legal
11 6 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.30%) Advertising
13 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.97%) Publishing
14 2 (0.65%) Billing
14 2 (0.65%) Electronics
14 2 (0.65%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 97 (31.49%) Developer
2 54 (17.53%) Senior
3 31 (10.06%) Analyst
4 30 (9.74%) Senior Developer
5 25 (8.12%) Consultant
6 19 (6.17%) Integration Engineer
7 18 (5.84%) Java Developer
8 17 (5.52%) Data Analyst
9 16 (5.19%) Applications Engineer
10 15 (4.87%) Architect
10 15 (4.87%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (4.22%) Support Engineer
12 12 (3.90%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (3.90%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.57%) EPR Consultant
13 11 (3.57%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.57%) Telecoms Engineer
14 10 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
14 10 (3.25%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 10 (3.25%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (55.52%) XML
2 103 (33.44%) REST
3 82 (26.62%) HTML
4 46 (14.94%) RESTful
5 45 (14.61%) SOAP
6 33 (10.71%) CSS
7 32 (10.39%) Regular Expression
8 31 (10.06%) .NET
9 29 (9.42%) Web Services
10 25 (8.12%) React
11 23 (7.47%) OAuth
12 21 (6.82%) Spring
12 21 (6.82%) YAML
13 18 (5.84%) Spring Boot
14 16 (5.19%) OAuth2
15 14 (4.55%) Node.js
16 13 (4.22%) FHIR
17 12 (3.90%) .NET Core
17 12 (3.90%) Hibernate
18 11 (3.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.23%) Onboarding
2 43 (13.96%) Linux Command Line
3 36 (11.69%) Data Structures
4 23 (7.47%) Cloud Native
4 23 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (5.52%) Low-Code
6 14 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (3.57%) NHS
9 8 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.27%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.27%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.95%) Social Media
12 5 (1.62%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.30%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.30%) SCADA
14 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.97%) Reference Data
14 3 (0.97%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.96%) Unix
2 35 (11.36%) Linux
3 9 (2.92%) Windows
4 3 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (27.60%) CI/CD
2 81 (26.30%) Agile
3 68 (22.08%) DevOps
4 61 (19.81%) Business Intelligence
5 58 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (17.86%) Test Automation
7 54 (17.53%) AI
8 48 (15.58%) Data Modelling
9 46 (14.94%) Analytics
10 41 (13.31%) ETL
11 40 (12.99%) Data Analysis
12 39 (12.66%) API Integration
13 36 (11.69%) Validation
14 32 (10.39%) Asset Management
15 30 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (9.74%) LLM
16 29 (9.42%) API Management
16 29 (9.42%) Coaching
16 29 (9.42%) Infrastructure as Code
17 28 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 160 (51.95%) SQL
2 117 (37.99%) Python
3 88 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 66 (21.43%) Java
5 33 (10.71%) C#
6 30 (9.74%) PowerShell
7 24 (7.79%) Shell Script
8 22 (7.14%) PL/SQL
9 21 (6.82%) TypeScript
10 15 (4.87%) Bicep
11 14 (4.55%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.95%) PHP
13 5 (1.62%) Perl
13 5 (1.62%) VB
14 3 (0.97%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.97%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.97%) C++
14 3 (0.97%) R
14 3 (0.97%) Ruby
15 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 53 (17.21%) Degree
2 29 (9.42%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.97%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.14%) GDPR
2 19 (6.17%) QA
3 18 (5.84%) Data Quality
4 16 (5.19%) Accessibility
5 15 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (4.22%) HL7
7 7 (2.27%) WCAG
8 6 (1.95%) SLA
9 5 (1.62%) NCSC
9 5 (1.62%) NIST
10 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 31 (10.06%) Docker
2 21 (6.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.97%) vSphere
4 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 30 (9.74%) Terraform
2 25 (8.12%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.92%) Ansible
5 6 (1.95%) Kibana
6 2 (0.65%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Grafana
7 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (13.96%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.66%) Oracle
3 16 (5.19%) Cisco
4 13 (4.22%) SAP
5 12 (3.90%) Google
6 11 (3.57%) Ab Initio
6 11 (3.57%) Red Hat
7 10 (3.25%) Okta
7 10 (3.25%) Splunk
8 9 (2.92%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.60%) Adobe
9 8 (2.60%) Databricks
9 8 (2.60%) F5
10 7 (2.27%) Dell
10 7 (2.27%) Intapp
10 7 (2.27%) MuleSoft
10 7 (2.27%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.27%) Sparx
10 7 (2.27%) Talend
11 6 (1.95%) Dynatrace