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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 301 246
Rank change year-on-year -88 -55 +15
Permanent jobs citing JSON 305 461 979
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.99% 1.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.95% 4.48% 5.42%
Number of salaries quoted 183 322 742
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,525
25th Percentile £46,875 £45,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -1.21% -8.15%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £81,652 £90,000 £96,539
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 7,731 10,294 18,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.03% 22.02% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,671 6,544 14,598
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,829
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +10.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £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 1 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 1 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 -93 238 £60,000 -4.38% 298
UK excluding London -67 182 £55,000 +1.21% 263
Work from Home -35 129 £57,500 -11.54% 179
London -30 93 £75,000 +3.45% 68
South East -75 54 £55,000 - 71
East of England +33 43 £55,000 -11.18% 39
Scotland +13 39 £57,750 +25.47% 14
North of England -34 24 £55,000 - 62
Midlands -36 19 £47,500 -10.54% 33
North West -1 16 £55,000 -4.35% 37
West Midlands -5 14 £47,500 -13.64% 18
East Midlands -38 5 £60,000 +15.38% 14
North East -6 4 £45,000 -41.94% 8
Yorkshire -52 4 £55,750 +17.37% 17
Northern Ireland -29 2 - - 3
South West -36 1 £72,500 +20.83% 33

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 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.30%) Confluence
4 5 (1.64%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.98%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) IIS
6 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.66%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) CICS
7 1 (0.33%) JBoss
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.97%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.97%) Trello
3 1 (0.33%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.57%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.64%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.64%) Shopify
3 3 (0.98%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.33%) Magento
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.33%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 126 (41.31%) Azure
2 61 (20.00%) AWS
3 60 (19.67%) GitHub
4 49 (16.07%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (14.43%) Power Platform
6 26 (8.52%) Entra ID
7 24 (7.87%) Serverless
8 23 (7.54%) Azure Logic Apps
9 22 (7.21%) Power Automate
10 20 (6.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (6.23%) Azure Service Bus
11 19 (6.23%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (5.90%) OCI
13 17 (5.57%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (5.57%) GCP
14 15 (4.92%) Azure Event Grid
14 15 (4.92%) Boomi
15 14 (4.59%) SaaS
16 13 (4.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.61%) VPN
2 9 (2.95%) Firewall
3 7 (2.30%) FTP
4 4 (1.31%) AMQP
4 4 (1.31%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (1.31%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.31%) HTTP
4 4 (1.31%) LAN
4 4 (1.31%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.31%) WAN
5 3 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.98%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.66%) BGP
6 2 (0.66%) DNS
6 2 (0.66%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.33%) CTI
7 1 (0.33%) DHCP
7 1 (0.33%) Modbus
7 1 (0.33%) SSL
7 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.80%) Power BI
2 35 (11.48%) Relational Database
3 34 (11.15%) SQL Server
4 28 (9.18%) MySQL
5 25 (8.20%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (4.92%) RDBMS
7 12 (3.93%) Electronic Patient Records
8 11 (3.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (3.28%) Metadata
10 7 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.97%) OLTP
11 6 (1.97%) Power Query
12 5 (1.64%) NoSQL
13 4 (1.31%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.98%) GIS
14 3 (0.98%) Redis
14 3 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (11.80%) Jenkins
2 24 (7.87%) Git
3 17 (5.57%) Oracle Forms
4 15 (4.92%) Postman
5 14 (4.59%) JIRA
6 12 (3.93%) JUnit
7 9 (2.95%) JMeter
8 8 (2.62%) Mockito
8 8 (2.62%) Selenium
8 8 (2.62%) Visual Studio
9 7 (2.30%) GitLab
10 6 (1.97%) Axure RP
10 6 (1.97%) Storybook
10 6 (1.97%) WebDriver
11 5 (1.64%) Maven
11 5 (1.64%) SpecFlow
12 4 (1.31%) ERwin
13 2 (0.66%) Crashlytics
13 2 (0.66%) Gradle
13 2 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
General
1 91 (29.84%) Social Skills
2 84 (27.54%) Finance
3 49 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.51%) Law
5 23 (7.54%) Retail
6 22 (7.21%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.90%) Marketing
8 15 (4.92%) German Language
9 12 (3.93%) Health Technology
9 12 (3.93%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.30%) Legal
11 4 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.31%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.98%) Publishing
13 2 (0.66%) Advertising
13 2 (0.66%) Billing
13 2 (0.66%) Electronics
13 2 (0.66%) Front Office
13 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 102 (33.44%) Developer
2 54 (17.70%) Senior
3 32 (10.49%) Analyst
4 26 (8.52%) Senior Developer
5 20 (6.56%) Applications Engineer
5 20 (6.56%) Consultant
6 19 (6.23%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (6.23%) Integration Engineer
6 19 (6.23%) Java Developer
7 17 (5.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 15 (4.92%) Data Analyst
9 13 (4.26%) Architect
10 12 (3.93%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (3.93%) Support Engineer
11 10 (3.28%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.28%) EPR Consultant
11 10 (3.28%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 10 (3.28%) Technical Consultant
12 9 (2.95%) Oracle Developer
12 9 (2.95%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (58.69%) XML
2 113 (37.05%) REST
3 76 (24.92%) HTML
4 50 (16.39%) SOAP
5 49 (16.07%) RESTful
6 33 (10.82%) Web Services
7 32 (10.49%) React
8 29 (9.51%) Regular Expression
9 25 (8.20%) CSS
10 22 (7.21%) .NET
10 22 (7.21%) OAuth
10 22 (7.21%) Spring
11 19 (6.23%) Spring Boot
12 17 (5.57%) OAuth2
13 15 (4.92%) FHIR
14 14 (4.59%) YAML
15 13 (4.26%) Hibernate
15 13 (4.26%) Middleware
15 13 (4.26%) Node.js
16 10 (3.28%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.72%) Onboarding
2 42 (13.77%) Linux Command Line
3 30 (9.84%) Data Structures
4 28 (9.18%) Cloud Native
5 21 (6.89%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (6.23%) Low-Code
7 18 (5.90%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (3.28%) NHS
9 10 (3.28%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.30%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.97%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.97%) Social Media
12 5 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.31%) e-Learning
13 4 (1.31%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.98%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.98%) PMI
14 3 (0.98%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.11%) Unix
2 28 (9.18%) Linux
3 7 (2.30%) Windows
4 3 (0.98%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.33%) Android
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (29.84%) Agile
1 91 (29.84%) CI/CD
2 73 (23.93%) DevOps
3 64 (20.98%) Test Automation
4 59 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (17.70%) AI
6 50 (16.39%) Business Intelligence
7 45 (14.75%) Analytics
7 45 (14.75%) API Integration
7 45 (14.75%) Data Modelling
8 44 (14.43%) ETL
9 42 (13.77%) Root Cause Analysis
10 40 (13.11%) Asset Management
10 40 (13.11%) Coaching
11 36 (11.80%) Data Analysis
11 36 (11.80%) Observability
12 34 (11.15%) ERP
13 32 (10.49%) LLM
13 32 (10.49%) Mentoring
14 30 (9.84%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 160 (52.46%) SQL
2 122 (40.00%) Python
3 86 (28.20%) JavaScript
4 76 (24.92%) Java
5 36 (11.80%) C#
6 33 (10.82%) PowerShell
7 31 (10.16%) Shell Script
8 28 (9.18%) PL/SQL
9 17 (5.57%) Bicep
10 15 (4.92%) T-SQL
11 13 (4.26%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.64%) PHP
13 4 (1.31%) Perl
13 4 (1.31%) VB
14 3 (0.98%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.98%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.98%) Bash
14 3 (0.98%) C++
15 2 (0.66%) Groovy
15 2 (0.66%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (15.74%) Degree
2 30 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.25%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.33%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.87%) GDPR
2 21 (6.89%) QA
3 18 (5.90%) Accessibility
4 17 (5.57%) Data Quality
5 15 (4.92%) HL7
6 14 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.30%) WCAG
8 5 (1.64%) NCSC
8 5 (1.64%) NIST
9 2 (0.66%) SLA
9 2 (0.66%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (10.49%) Docker
2 25 (8.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.31%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 44 (14.43%) Terraform
2 28 (9.18%) Kubernetes
3 18 (5.90%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.61%) Ansible
5 9 (2.95%) Kibana
6 4 (1.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (14.43%) Oracle
2 37 (12.13%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.57%) Okta
4 14 (4.59%) Ab Initio
4 14 (4.59%) Google
4 14 (4.59%) SAP
5 11 (3.61%) Cisco
6 10 (3.28%) Splunk
7 9 (2.95%) Dynatrace
7 9 (2.95%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.62%) Dell
9 7 (2.30%) F5
9 7 (2.30%) Intapp
9 7 (2.30%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.30%) Talend
10 6 (1.97%) IFS
10 6 (1.97%) SnapLogic
10 6 (1.97%) TIBCO
10 6 (1.97%) Workday