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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 347 252
Rank change year-on-year -97 -95 +6
Permanent jobs citing JSON 360 393 957
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.80% 1.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.46% 4.45% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 261 289 590
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,281
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,900 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 10,399 8,823 17,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.28% 17.90% 19.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,707 5,822 12,836
10th Percentile £40,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £103,750
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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -84 329 £62,500 - 108
UK excluding London -85 212 £55,000 - 69
Work from Home -38 147 £57,500 -8.73% 40
London -33 115 £75,000 +11.11% 46
South East -30 92 £55,000 -15.38% 31
North of England -21 50 £55,000 - 9
North West +1 30 £62,500 +13.64% 6
East of England -31 29 £90,000 +89.47% 7
South West -66 19 £52,500 -6.67% 8
Midlands -37 17 £47,500 -20.83% 13
Yorkshire -28 15 £42,750 +5.56% 3
West Midlands -23 10 £45,000 -25.00% 10
East Midlands -31 7 £53,250 -5.75% 3
Wales - 6 £55,000 -
North East - 5 £45,000 -
Scotland +9 2 £72,500 +62.92% 1

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 29 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.17%) Confluence
2 15 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.61%) Apache
4 10 (2.78%) IIS
5 8 (2.22%) CMS
6 7 (1.94%) WordPress
7 5 (1.39%) Drupal
8 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (1.11%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.56%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.28%) JBoss
10 1 (0.28%) SAS
10 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.83%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.56%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 162 (45.00%) Azure
2 95 (26.39%) AWS
3 64 (17.78%) Power Platform
4 49 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (13.06%) Azure Logic Apps
6 42 (11.67%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (8.61%) Serverless
8 27 (7.50%) GitHub
8 27 (7.50%) PowerApps
8 27 (7.50%) SaaS
9 26 (7.22%) Power Automate
10 24 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
11 22 (6.11%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (5.56%) OneDrive
13 19 (5.28%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 16 (4.44%) Boomi
15 15 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
17 12 (3.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.83%) Firewall
2 7 (1.94%) DNS
2 7 (1.94%) HTTP
2 7 (1.94%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.67%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.39%) Intranet
4 5 (1.39%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.83%) BGP
5 3 (0.83%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (0.83%) SSL
6 2 (0.56%) MQTT
6 2 (0.56%) Wireless
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.28%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) RTSP
7 1 (0.28%) SCTP
7 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.28%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.72%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (13.89%) Power BI
3 33 (9.17%) SQL Server
4 32 (8.89%) MySQL
5 31 (8.61%) Relational Database
6 22 (6.11%) Redis
7 20 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 17 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (4.72%) Metadata
9 13 (3.61%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
10 7 (1.94%) GIS
11 6 (1.67%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.39%) Delta Lake
12 5 (1.39%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.11%) Apache Iceberg
13 4 (1.11%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.11%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.11%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (18.06%) Git
2 44 (12.22%) JIRA
3 29 (8.06%) Jenkins
4 27 (7.50%) GitLab
5 13 (3.61%) Selenium
6 12 (3.33%) Postman
7 10 (2.78%) Cucumber
7 10 (2.78%) JMeter
8 8 (2.22%) ERwin
8 8 (2.22%) JUnit
9 7 (1.94%) Mockito
10 6 (1.67%) Maven
10 6 (1.67%) WebDriver
11 5 (1.39%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.39%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (1.39%) Gradle
11 5 (1.39%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.39%) SpecFlow
11 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
12 4 (1.11%) SoapUI
General
1 152 (42.22%) Social Skills
2 93 (25.83%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (18.89%) Finance
4 27 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (3.89%) Advertising
5 14 (3.89%) Marketing
5 14 (3.89%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.89%) Retail
6 13 (3.61%) Health Technology
6 13 (3.61%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.50%) Law
8 7 (1.94%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.67%) Banking
9 6 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.67%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.39%) Back Office
11 4 (1.11%) Legal
11 4 (1.11%) Local Government
11 4 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 129 (35.83%) Developer
2 77 (21.39%) Senior
3 44 (12.22%) Senior Developer
4 28 (7.78%) Analyst
5 25 (6.94%) Consultant
6 24 (6.67%) Architect
7 21 (5.83%) .NET Developer
8 20 (5.56%) Software Developer
9 19 (5.28%) Software Engineer
9 19 (5.28%) Support Engineer
9 19 (5.28%) Web Developer
10 18 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (4.72%) Lead
12 16 (4.44%) Automation Engineer
12 16 (4.44%) Data Analyst
12 16 (4.44%) Data Engineer
12 16 (4.44%) Full-Stack Developer
13 15 (4.17%) Integration Engineer
13 15 (4.17%) Ruby Developer
14 13 (3.61%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (43.06%) XML
2 112 (31.11%) REST
3 91 (25.28%) HTML
4 84 (23.33%) .NET
5 79 (21.94%) CSS
6 51 (14.17%) RESTful
7 44 (12.22%) .NET Core
8 43 (11.94%) SOAP
9 38 (10.56%) ASP.NET
10 34 (9.44%) Middleware
10 34 (9.44%) YAML
11 28 (7.78%) JWT
12 27 (7.50%) React
13 21 (5.83%) .NET Framework
13 21 (5.83%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
14 20 (5.56%) Node.js
15 19 (5.28%) SPFx
16 18 (5.00%) AngularJS
16 18 (5.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.61%) Onboarding
2 29 (8.06%) Data Structures
3 22 (6.11%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (5.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (5.56%) Cloud Native
6 19 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.78%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (2.50%) Robotics
10 8 (2.22%) Driving Licence
10 8 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (2.22%) NHS
10 8 (2.22%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.94%) e-Learning
11 7 (1.94%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.39%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.39%) SCADA
13 4 (1.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.94%) Linux
2 42 (11.67%) Windows
3 15 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.67%) Unix
6 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (33.06%) Agile
2 102 (28.33%) DevOps
3 100 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 98 (27.22%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (16.39%) Data Modelling
6 58 (16.11%) Microservices
7 51 (14.17%) Business Intelligence
8 50 (13.89%) Containerisation
9 49 (13.61%) Test Automation
10 48 (13.33%) User Experience
11 42 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
12 40 (11.11%) API Integration
13 38 (10.56%) AI
13 38 (10.56%) Software Engineering
14 37 (10.28%) Analytics
14 37 (10.28%) Mentoring
14 37 (10.28%) Roadmaps
14 37 (10.28%) Scrum
15 33 (9.17%) API Design
15 33 (9.17%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 165 (45.83%) SQL
2 129 (35.83%) JavaScript
3 116 (32.22%) Python
4 89 (24.72%) C#
5 50 (13.89%) Java
6 41 (11.39%) PowerShell
7 28 (7.78%) TypeScript
8 19 (5.28%) PHP
9 17 (4.72%) C++
10 16 (4.44%) Ruby
10 16 (4.44%) T-SQL
11 14 (3.89%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.22%) Perl
13 6 (1.67%) VB
14 5 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.39%) Groovy
15 4 (1.11%) Bash
15 4 (1.11%) VBA
16 3 (0.83%) Bicep
16 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (12.22%) Degree
2 39 (10.83%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.67%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.67%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.83%) CISSP
9 3 (0.83%) ISEB
9 3 (0.83%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.56%) CASP
10 2 (0.56%) CCNP
10 2 (0.56%) CCSP
10 2 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.56%) QA
2 25 (6.94%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.56%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.33%) TickIT
5 10 (2.78%) SLA
6 8 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.94%) HL7
7 7 (1.94%) WCAG
8 6 (1.67%) GDPR
9 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.83%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.83%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.28%) PERC
System Software
1 53 (14.72%) Docker
2 13 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.94%) vSphere
4 4 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (8.61%) Terraform
2 29 (8.06%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.61%) Ansible
4 6 (1.67%) Kibana
5 4 (1.11%) Packer
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 106 (29.44%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.67%) Adobe
3 17 (4.72%) Cisco
3 17 (4.72%) Oracle
4 15 (4.17%) Splunk
5 14 (3.89%) Red Hat
6 13 (3.61%) Google
7 10 (2.78%) Databricks
8 9 (2.50%) F5
8 9 (2.50%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.22%) Dynatrace
9 8 (2.22%) SAP
9 8 (2.22%) VMware
10 7 (1.94%) IBM
10 7 (1.94%) Sparx
11 6 (1.67%) Juniper
11 6 (1.67%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.39%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.11%) AppDynamics
13 4 (1.11%) Pega