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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 301 246
Rank change year-on-year -91 -55 +19
Permanent jobs citing JSON 309 457 989
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 1.00% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.91% 4.53% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 188 325 741
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,188 £45,651 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.64% -9.63%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £81,408 £90,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,344 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.21% -1.19% -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 7,897 10,080 17,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.00% 22.05% 22.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,801 6,520 14,491
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,225 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -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 5 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 5 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 -115 242 £60,000 -4.00% 282
UK excluding London -73 185 £55,000 +1.21% 251
Work from Home -27 129 £57,500 -11.54% 193
London -24 93 £75,000 +3.45% 66
South East -83 55 £55,000 - 68
East of England +36 43 £55,000 -11.18% 42
Scotland +15 39 £57,750 +25.47% 17
North of England -43 25 £55,000 +4.76% 60
Midlands -27 20 £47,500 -10.54% 31
North West -13 17 £55,000 -4.35% 33
West Midlands -15 14 £47,500 -13.64% 15
East Midlands -31 6 £57,000 +9.62% 14
North East -12 4 £45,000 -41.94% 10
Yorkshire -54 4 £55,750 +31.18% 17
Northern Ireland -33 2 - - 4
South West -39 1 £72,500 +13.73% 24

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 12 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.27%) Confluence
4 5 (1.62%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.97%) CMS
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) IIS
6 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.65%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.32%) CICS
7 1 (0.32%) JBoss
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.94%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.94%) Trello
3 1 (0.32%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.50%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.62%) Shopify
3 3 (0.97%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 128 (41.42%) Azure
2 60 (19.42%) AWS
2 60 (19.42%) GitHub
3 49 (15.86%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (14.89%) Power Platform
5 26 (8.41%) Entra ID
6 23 (7.44%) Azure Logic Apps
6 23 (7.44%) Serverless
7 22 (7.12%) Power Automate
8 20 (6.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (6.15%) Azure Service Bus
9 19 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (5.83%) OCI
11 17 (5.50%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (5.50%) GCP
12 15 (4.85%) Azure Event Grid
12 15 (4.85%) Boomi
13 14 (4.53%) SaaS
14 13 (4.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.56%) Firewall
1 11 (3.56%) VPN
2 7 (2.27%) FTP
3 4 (1.29%) AMQP
3 4 (1.29%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (1.29%) DNS
3 4 (1.29%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.29%) HTTP
3 4 (1.29%) LAN
3 4 (1.29%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.29%) WAN
4 3 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (0.97%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.65%) BGP
5 2 (0.65%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.32%) CTI
6 1 (0.32%) DHCP
6 1 (0.32%) Modbus
6 1 (0.32%) SSL
6 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.30%) Power BI
2 34 (11.00%) Relational Database
2 34 (11.00%) SQL Server
3 28 (9.06%) MySQL
4 24 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.53%) RDBMS
6 12 (3.88%) Electronic Patient Records
7 11 (3.56%) Metadata
7 11 (3.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.94%) OLTP
9 6 (1.94%) Power Query
10 5 (1.62%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.29%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.97%) GIS
12 3 (0.97%) Redis
12 3 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (11.33%) Jenkins
2 24 (7.77%) Git
3 17 (5.50%) Oracle Forms
4 15 (4.85%) Postman
5 14 (4.53%) JIRA
6 11 (3.56%) JUnit
7 8 (2.59%) JMeter
7 8 (2.59%) Selenium
7 8 (2.59%) Visual Studio
8 7 (2.27%) GitLab
8 7 (2.27%) Mockito
9 6 (1.94%) Axure RP
9 6 (1.94%) Storybook
9 6 (1.94%) WebDriver
10 5 (1.62%) Maven
10 5 (1.62%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.29%) ERwin
12 2 (0.65%) Crashlytics
12 2 (0.65%) Gradle
12 2 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
General
1 94 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 85 (27.51%) Finance
3 50 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.39%) Law
5 23 (7.44%) Retail
6 21 (6.80%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.83%) Marketing
8 15 (4.85%) German Language
9 12 (3.88%) Health Technology
9 12 (3.88%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.27%) Legal
11 4 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.29%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.97%) Publishing
13 2 (0.65%) Advertising
13 2 (0.65%) Billing
13 2 (0.65%) Electronics
13 2 (0.65%) Front Office
13 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 101 (32.69%) Developer
2 55 (17.80%) Senior
3 34 (11.00%) Analyst
4 26 (8.41%) Senior Developer
5 21 (6.80%) Applications Engineer
6 20 (6.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (6.47%) Consultant
7 19 (6.15%) Integration Engineer
8 18 (5.83%) Java Developer
9 17 (5.50%) Data Analyst
9 17 (5.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 14 (4.53%) Architect
11 12 (3.88%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.56%) Data Engineer
12 11 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.24%) EPR Consultant
13 10 (3.24%) Lead
13 10 (3.24%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (2.91%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 9 (2.91%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (58.25%) XML
2 113 (36.57%) REST
3 75 (24.27%) HTML
4 50 (16.18%) SOAP
5 49 (15.86%) RESTful
6 32 (10.36%) React
6 32 (10.36%) Web Services
7 31 (10.03%) Regular Expression
8 25 (8.09%) CSS
9 22 (7.12%) .NET
9 22 (7.12%) OAuth
10 21 (6.80%) Spring
11 18 (5.83%) Spring Boot
12 17 (5.50%) OAuth2
13 15 (4.85%) FHIR
14 14 (4.53%) YAML
15 13 (4.21%) Middleware
15 13 (4.21%) Node.js
16 12 (3.88%) Hibernate
17 9 (2.91%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.50%) Onboarding
2 42 (13.59%) Linux Command Line
3 31 (10.03%) Data Structures
4 28 (9.06%) Cloud Native
5 21 (6.80%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (6.15%) Low-Code
6 19 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (3.24%) NHS
8 10 (3.24%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.27%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.94%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.94%) Social Media
11 5 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.29%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.97%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.97%) Reference Data
13 3 (0.97%) SCADA
13 3 (0.97%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 40 (12.94%) Unix
2 30 (9.71%) Linux
3 9 (2.91%) Windows
4 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (29.13%) Agile
1 90 (29.13%) CI/CD
2 73 (23.62%) DevOps
3 64 (20.71%) Test Automation
4 61 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (17.48%) AI
6 52 (16.83%) Business Intelligence
7 46 (14.89%) Analytics
7 46 (14.89%) Data Modelling
8 45 (14.56%) API Integration
8 45 (14.56%) ETL
9 42 (13.59%) Root Cause Analysis
10 40 (12.94%) Asset Management
10 40 (12.94%) Coaching
11 37 (11.97%) Data Analysis
12 36 (11.65%) Observability
13 34 (11.00%) ERP
14 33 (10.68%) Mentoring
15 32 (10.36%) LLM
16 30 (9.71%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 162 (52.43%) SQL
2 123 (39.81%) Python
3 85 (27.51%) JavaScript
4 75 (24.27%) Java
5 36 (11.65%) C#
6 33 (10.68%) PowerShell
7 32 (10.36%) Shell Script
8 28 (9.06%) PL/SQL
9 17 (5.50%) Bicep
10 15 (4.85%) T-SQL
11 13 (4.21%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.62%) PHP
13 4 (1.29%) Perl
13 4 (1.29%) VB
14 3 (0.97%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.97%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.97%) Bash
14 3 (0.97%) C++
15 2 (0.65%) R
15 2 (0.65%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (15.53%) Degree
2 31 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.18%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.97%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.97%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.32%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.77%) GDPR
2 21 (6.80%) QA
3 18 (5.83%) Accessibility
3 18 (5.83%) Data Quality
4 15 (4.85%) HL7
5 14 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.27%) WCAG
7 5 (1.62%) NCSC
7 5 (1.62%) NIST
8 2 (0.65%) SLA
8 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 31 (10.03%) Docker
2 27 (8.74%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.29%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.65%) vSphere
5 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 44 (14.24%) Terraform
2 27 (8.74%) Kubernetes
3 18 (5.83%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.56%) Ansible
5 8 (2.59%) Kibana
6 4 (1.29%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Grafana
7 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (14.24%) Oracle
2 39 (12.62%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.50%) Okta
4 14 (4.53%) Ab Initio
4 14 (4.53%) Google
4 14 (4.53%) SAP
5 11 (3.56%) Cisco
6 9 (2.91%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.91%) Splunk
7 8 (2.59%) Dell
7 8 (2.59%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.27%) F5
8 7 (2.27%) Intapp
8 7 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.27%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.27%) Talend
9 6 (1.94%) Databricks
9 6 (1.94%) IFS
9 6 (1.94%) TIBCO
9 6 (1.94%) Workday