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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 390 314
Rank change year-on-year -89 -76 -85
Permanent jobs citing JSON 362 318 635
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.64% 0.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.03% 3.78% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 240 232 397
10th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,375 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% -7.12% -
75th Percentile £79,336 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -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 11,933 8,419 16,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 17.07% 21.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8,480 5,373 10,217
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 17 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 28 September 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 -73 339 £62,500 +4.17% 364
UK excluding London -128 207 £55,000 - 191
London -9 135 £75,000 +7.14% 192
Work from Home -38 127 £55,000 -12.00% 170
South East -54 77 £55,000 -15.38% 52
North of England -42 55 £61,250 +11.36% 39
North West -32 31 £62,500 +13.64% 21
Midlands -38 30 £55,000 +15.79% 29
East of England -51 22 £90,000 +63.64% 18
West Midlands -31 21 £62,500 +31.58% 19
Yorkshire -12 20 £44,000 -11.56% 15
South West -74 17 £52,500 -6.67% 26
East Midlands -31 9 £54,000 -10.00% 10
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 7
North East -64 4 £38,000 -15.56% 4
Scotland -11 2 - - 20
Northern Ireland -87 1 - - 10

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 31 (8.56%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.25%) Confluence
3 16 (4.42%) Apache
3 16 (4.42%) IIS
4 10 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (2.21%) CMS
6 7 (1.93%) WordPress
7 6 (1.66%) Drupal
8 5 (1.38%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.28%) JBoss
11 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.83%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.55%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.28%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 157 (43.37%) Azure
2 91 (25.14%) AWS
3 64 (17.68%) Power Platform
4 59 (16.30%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (13.81%) Azure Logic Apps
6 46 (12.71%) Serverless
7 34 (9.39%) Power Automate
8 33 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (7.73%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (7.46%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (7.46%) PowerApps
11 26 (7.18%) GitHub
12 25 (6.91%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (5.25%) Azure Functions
14 16 (4.42%) Amazon S3
14 16 (4.42%) Boomi
14 16 (4.42%) SaaS
15 15 (4.14%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (4.14%) GCP
16 13 (3.59%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.31%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.21%) HTTP
2 8 (2.21%) Wireshark
3 7 (1.93%) DNS
3 7 (1.93%) Firewall
4 5 (1.38%) Intranet
5 3 (0.83%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.83%) VPN
5 3 (0.83%) Wireless
6 2 (0.55%) MQTT
7 1 (0.28%) Broadband
7 1 (0.28%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.28%) FTP
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) RTP
7 1 (0.28%) RTSP
7 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.28%) SS7
7 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.71%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (12.43%) SQL Server
3 42 (11.60%) Power BI
4 26 (7.18%) MySQL
5 25 (6.91%) Relational Database
6 22 (6.08%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (6.08%) Redis
7 17 (4.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (3.31%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.49%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (2.49%) Parquet
11 8 (2.21%) Metadata
12 7 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.93%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.93%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.66%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (1.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 5 (1.38%) GIS
15 4 (1.10%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 76 (20.99%) Git
2 42 (11.60%) JIRA
3 31 (8.56%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.70%) Postman
4 17 (4.70%) Selenium
5 16 (4.42%) GitLab
6 13 (3.59%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.59%) JMeter
7 8 (2.21%) JUnit
8 7 (1.93%) Maven
9 6 (1.66%) Mockito
9 6 (1.66%) SoapUI
9 6 (1.66%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.38%) Gatling
10 5 (1.38%) Gradle
10 5 (1.38%) Jasmine
10 5 (1.38%) Mocha
10 5 (1.38%) NUnit
10 5 (1.38%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.38%) Zephyr
General
1 152 (41.99%) Social Skills
2 89 (24.59%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (18.51%) Finance
4 31 (8.56%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.42%) Retail
8 13 (3.59%) Banking
8 13 (3.59%) Health Technology
8 13 (3.59%) Legal
8 13 (3.59%) Marketing
9 12 (3.31%) Law
10 11 (3.04%) Advertising
11 8 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.66%) Aviation
12 6 (1.66%) Back Office
12 6 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.38%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.38%) Publishing
14 3 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 145 (40.06%) Developer
2 89 (24.59%) Senior
3 44 (12.15%) Senior Developer
4 29 (8.01%) .NET Developer
5 28 (7.73%) Analyst
6 24 (6.63%) Architect
7 23 (6.35%) Lead
8 22 (6.08%) Software Engineer
8 22 (6.08%) Web Developer
9 18 (4.97%) Data Engineer
9 18 (4.97%) Software Developer
10 17 (4.70%) Integration Engineer
11 16 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (4.42%) Ruby Developer
12 15 (4.14%) Consultant
12 15 (4.14%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (4.14%) Support Engineer
13 14 (3.87%) .NET Web Developer
14 13 (3.59%) Integration Architect
14 13 (3.59%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (41.44%) XML
2 117 (32.32%) REST
3 90 (24.86%) HTML
4 81 (22.38%) .NET
5 78 (21.55%) CSS
6 52 (14.36%) RESTful
7 47 (12.98%) SOAP
8 45 (12.43%) .NET Core
9 41 (11.33%) ASP.NET
10 31 (8.56%) Middleware
11 30 (8.29%) Terraform
12 29 (8.01%) JWT
12 29 (8.01%) React
13 27 (7.46%) .NET Framework
14 24 (6.63%) YAML
15 21 (5.80%) AngularJS
15 21 (5.80%) Blazor
16 20 (5.52%) HTML5
17 19 (5.25%) jQuery
17 19 (5.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.46%) Cloud Native
2 21 (5.80%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (5.52%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (5.52%) Onboarding
4 19 (5.25%) Management Information System
5 16 (4.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (4.14%) Product Ownership
6 15 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.59%) Taxonomies
8 11 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.04%) Robotics
9 9 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (2.21%) Data Structures
10 8 (2.21%) Driving Licence
10 8 (2.21%) NHS
11 7 (1.93%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.66%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.66%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.47%) Linux
2 53 (14.64%) Windows
3 20 (5.52%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.55%) Android
6 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (40.33%) Agile
2 121 (33.43%) DevOps
3 114 (31.49%) CI/CD
4 107 (29.56%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (17.40%) Test Automation
6 59 (16.30%) AI
7 56 (15.47%) Microservices
8 53 (14.64%) Mentoring
9 51 (14.09%) Software Engineering
10 48 (13.26%) User Experience
11 47 (12.98%) Roadmaps
11 47 (12.98%) Scrum
12 46 (12.71%) Data Modelling
13 39 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
14 37 (10.22%) Analytics
14 37 (10.22%) Validation
15 35 (9.67%) Clean Code
15 35 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (9.67%) Translating Business Requirements
16 34 (9.39%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 156 (43.09%) SQL
2 130 (35.91%) JavaScript
3 97 (26.80%) Python
4 92 (25.41%) C#
5 47 (12.98%) Java
6 28 (7.73%) PowerShell
7 21 (5.80%) C++
8 19 (5.25%) TypeScript
9 17 (4.70%) PHP
9 17 (4.70%) Ruby
10 12 (3.31%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.04%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.66%) Perl
13 6 (1.66%) VBA
14 5 (1.38%) Groovy
14 5 (1.38%) VB
15 4 (1.10%) Bash
15 4 (1.10%) XPath
16 3 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 45 (12.43%) Degree
2 42 (11.60%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.56%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.04%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.66%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.38%) ISEB
9 4 (1.10%) CISSP
9 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.83%) CCNP
10 3 (0.83%) CCSP
11 2 (0.55%) CASP
11 2 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.55%) GIAC
11 2 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.26%) Accessibility
2 45 (12.43%) QA
3 25 (6.91%) Data Quality
4 19 (5.25%) WCAG
5 14 (3.87%) GDPR
6 12 (3.31%) TickIT
7 7 (1.93%) SLA
8 6 (1.66%) HL7
9 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.83%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.83%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.55%) Basel III
11 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.28%) Dublin Core
12 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.28%) PERC
12 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (14.64%) Docker
2 6 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.66%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.10%) vSphere
4 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.28%) NFS
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (7.18%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.59%) Ansible
3 8 (2.21%) Kibana
4 6 (1.66%) Grafana
5 4 (1.10%) Packer
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.28%) logstash
7 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 117 (32.32%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.25%) Google
3 17 (4.70%) Adobe
4 13 (3.59%) Splunk
5 11 (3.04%) Oracle
6 10 (2.76%) IBM
6 10 (2.76%) SAP
7 9 (2.49%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.93%) VMware
9 6 (1.66%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.38%) Databricks
10 5 (1.38%) Pega
11 4 (1.10%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.10%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.83%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.83%) Cisco
12 3 (0.83%) F5
12 3 (0.83%) McAfee
12 3 (0.83%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.83%) ServiceNow