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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 298 233
Rank change year-on-year -99 -65 +38
Permanent jobs citing JSON 339 412 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.98% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.89% 4.76% 5.90%
Number of salaries quoted 208 314 785
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,250 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

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 8,720 8,656 20,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.94% 20.69% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,373 6,538 15,641
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
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 £87,500 £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 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 15 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 21 April 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 -100 283 £62,500 +1.42% 116
UK excluding London -85 207 £60,000 +9.09% 82
Work from Home -25 147 £57,500 -8.73% 67
London -40 92 £66,000 -7.37% 42
South East -80 63 £62,500 -3.85% 30
East of England +9 62 £60,000 +26.32% 8
North of England -56 41 £57,500 +9.52% 25
North West -27 27 £57,500 +9.52% 15
Scotland -9 26 £72,500 +52.45% 3
Midlands -55 12 £47,500 -9.95% 14
Yorkshire -58 12 £73,499 +40.00% 10
West Midlands -41 7 £43,000 -19.91% 6
South West -68 6 £31,500 -49.60% 6
East Midlands -64 5 £50,750 -2.87% 8
North East -37 2 £46,250 -40.32%

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 26 (7.67%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.36%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) IIS
5 3 (0.88%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.59%) CMS
6 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) CICS
7 1 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) Trello
3 3 (0.88%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.29%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.36%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.88%) Shopify
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.59%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.29%) Magento
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.29%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 147 (43.36%) Azure
2 67 (19.76%) AWS
3 60 (17.70%) Power Platform
4 46 (13.57%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (12.39%) GitHub
6 33 (9.73%) Azure Logic Apps
7 31 (9.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 31 (9.14%) Serverless
8 30 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (8.55%) Power Automate
10 26 (7.67%) SaaS
11 24 (7.08%) PowerApps
12 19 (5.60%) Boomi
13 17 (5.01%) GCP
14 16 (4.72%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (4.72%) Entra ID
15 15 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (4.42%) OneDrive
16 14 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.01%) Firewall
2 8 (2.36%) VPN
3 7 (2.06%) FTP
4 6 (1.77%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.47%) DNS
6 4 (1.18%) AMQP
6 4 (1.18%) SSL
7 3 (0.88%) BGP
8 2 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.59%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.59%) HTTP
8 2 (0.59%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.59%) LAN
8 2 (0.59%) PuTTY
8 2 (0.59%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.59%) WAN
9 1 (0.29%) Broadband
9 1 (0.29%) CTI
9 1 (0.29%) DHCP
9 1 (0.29%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (16.22%) Power BI
2 33 (9.73%) MySQL
2 33 (9.73%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (8.26%) SQL Server
4 26 (7.67%) Relational Database
5 21 (6.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (5.90%) Metadata
7 18 (5.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (3.83%) RDBMS
9 11 (3.24%) Electronic Patient Records
10 10 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.36%) Oracle Database
12 7 (2.06%) GIS
13 6 (1.77%) OLTP
13 6 (1.77%) Power Query
13 6 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (1.47%) Redis
15 4 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (1.18%) MongoDB
15 4 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (11.21%) JIRA
2 36 (10.62%) Git
3 28 (8.26%) Jenkins
4 20 (5.90%) GitLab
5 11 (3.24%) Postman
6 9 (2.65%) JUnit
7 8 (2.36%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (2.06%) ERwin
8 7 (2.06%) Maven
8 7 (2.06%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.77%) Mockito
9 6 (1.77%) Selenium
9 6 (1.77%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.77%) Storybook
10 5 (1.47%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.47%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.47%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.47%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.18%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.18%) Gradle
General
1 131 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 78 (23.01%) Finance
3 77 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.37%) Marketing
5 21 (6.19%) Law
6 19 (5.60%) Retail
7 18 (5.31%) Telecoms
8 17 (5.01%) Health Technology
9 15 (4.42%) German Language
10 14 (4.13%) Public Sector
11 13 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.06%) Advertising
12 7 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.06%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.47%) Legal
14 4 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.88%) Billing
15 3 (0.88%) Local Government
16 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 102 (30.09%) Developer
2 70 (20.65%) Senior
3 43 (12.68%) Senior Developer
4 34 (10.03%) Analyst
5 31 (9.14%) Consultant
6 24 (7.08%) Architect
7 20 (5.90%) Data Analyst
8 18 (5.31%) Java Developer
9 16 (4.72%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.42%) Applications Engineer
10 15 (4.42%) Integration Engineer
11 14 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (3.54%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (3.24%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.24%) EPR Consultant
13 11 (3.24%) Lead
13 11 (3.24%) Network Engineer
13 11 (3.24%) Telecoms Engineer
14 10 (2.95%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (52.80%) XML
2 111 (32.74%) REST
3 95 (28.02%) HTML
4 58 (17.11%) SOAP
5 47 (13.86%) CSS
5 47 (13.86%) RESTful
6 40 (11.80%) .NET
7 33 (9.73%) Regular Expression
8 26 (7.67%) Web Services
8 26 (7.67%) YAML
9 25 (7.37%) Middleware
9 25 (7.37%) OAuth
10 21 (6.19%) React
11 20 (5.90%) Spring
12 19 (5.60%) .NET Core
13 18 (5.31%) HTML5 Canvas
13 18 (5.31%) OAuth2
14 17 (5.01%) Spring Boot
15 14 (4.13%) Microsoft Graph
15 14 (4.13%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.16%) Onboarding
2 43 (12.68%) Linux Command Line
3 37 (10.91%) Data Structures
4 23 (6.78%) Cloud Native
4 23 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (4.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.54%) Low-Code
8 11 (3.24%) NHS
9 8 (2.36%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.06%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.06%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.06%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.06%) SCADA
10 7 (2.06%) Social Media
11 5 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.47%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.47%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.18%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 40 (11.80%) Linux
1 40 (11.80%) Unix
2 12 (3.54%) Windows
3 7 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (26.55%) CI/CD
2 83 (24.48%) DevOps
3 82 (24.19%) Agile
4 77 (22.71%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (18.29%) Business Intelligence
6 56 (16.52%) Data Modelling
7 55 (16.22%) Test Automation
8 52 (15.34%) AI
9 47 (13.86%) Data Analysis
10 45 (13.27%) Analytics
10 45 (13.27%) API Integration
11 39 (11.50%) ERP
12 36 (10.62%) ETL
12 36 (10.62%) Validation
13 34 (10.03%) Microservices
13 34 (10.03%) User Experience
14 33 (9.73%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (9.44%) Asset Management
16 31 (9.14%) Containerisation
16 31 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 176 (51.92%) SQL
2 125 (36.87%) Python
3 97 (28.61%) JavaScript
4 73 (21.53%) Java
5 39 (11.50%) C#
6 31 (9.14%) PowerShell
7 25 (7.37%) TypeScript
8 21 (6.19%) Shell Script
9 20 (5.90%) PL/SQL
10 13 (3.83%) Bicep
11 11 (3.24%) Perl
12 10 (2.95%) T-SQL
13 9 (2.65%) PHP
13 9 (2.65%) VB
14 6 (1.77%) Groovy
15 4 (1.18%) VBA
16 3 (0.88%) ActionScript
16 3 (0.88%) ActionScript 2.0
16 3 (0.88%) C++
16 3 (0.88%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (16.22%) Degree
2 35 (10.32%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.47%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.85%) QA
2 19 (5.60%) GDPR
3 16 (4.72%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.13%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (3.54%) HL7
7 11 (3.24%) SLA
8 10 (2.95%) TickIT
9 7 (2.06%) WCAG
10 3 (0.88%) NCSC
10 3 (0.88%) NIST
11 2 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.29%) PERC
System Software
1 34 (10.03%) Docker
2 20 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.18%) vSphere
4 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.29%) iptables
Systems Management
1 33 (9.73%) Terraform
2 32 (9.44%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.72%) Ansible
4 8 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.47%) Kibana
6 4 (1.18%) Packer
7 2 (0.59%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.29%) Grafana
8 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 62 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.21%) Oracle
3 19 (5.60%) Adobe
4 16 (4.72%) Cisco
5 11 (3.24%) Google
5 11 (3.24%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.95%) Ab Initio
6 10 (2.95%) SAP
7 9 (2.65%) Databricks
7 9 (2.65%) IBM
7 9 (2.65%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.36%) F5
8 8 (2.36%) Okta
8 8 (2.36%) Splunk
9 7 (2.06%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.06%) Sparx
10 6 (1.77%) Juniper
10 6 (1.77%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.77%) VMware
11 5 (1.47%) Dell