JSON
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JSON skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JSON over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 286 187
Rank change year-on-year +47 -99 +26
Permanent jobs citing JSON 1,201 1,310 3,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.23% 1.25% 2.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.73% 4.13% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 775 919 1,757
10th Percentile £34,750 £45,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £51,419 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

JSON is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JSON as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JSON in the UK

JSON
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JSON.

Salary trend for JSON in the UK

JSON
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JSON over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +24 881 £60,000 -7.69% 161
UK excluding London +67 832 £57,500 - 99
Work from Home -5 412 £60,000 -7.69% 96
London -6 311 £70,000 -3.45% 65
Scotland +69 247 £58,750 -13.13% 5
North of England +57 176 £55,000 - 32
South East -2 139 £55,000 -5.98% 25
North West +45 118 £56,250 +2.27% 20
Midlands +66 108 £60,000 +9.09% 12
West Midlands +73 83 £60,000 +4.65% 9
East of England +19 68 £35,500 -32.38% 13
South West -20 67 £58,000 -14.07% 8
Yorkshire +67 50 £60,000 -8.37% 9
East Midlands -3 24 £55,000 +49.24% 3
Wales +3 17 £51,250 +2.50% 4
Northern Ireland +29 11 £82,500 +70.10% 3
North East -1 8 £45,000 -9.20% 3

JSON
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 66 (5.50%) IIS
2 52 (4.33%) FileNet
3 30 (2.50%) CMS
4 29 (2.41%) JBoss
4 29 (2.41%) Red Hat Fuse
5 28 (2.33%) OpenStack
6 22 (1.83%) Confluence
7 21 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 19 (1.58%) SharePoint
9 15 (1.25%) Apache
10 11 (0.92%) Apache Spark
11 10 (0.83%) EPiServer
12 7 (0.58%) ArcGIS
13 6 (0.50%) NServiceBus
13 6 (0.50%) WordPress
14 5 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
14 5 (0.42%) Drupal
14 5 (0.42%) IBM Notes
15 4 (0.33%) MQSeries
15 4 (0.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.08%) Trello
4 4 (0.33%) Acrobat
4 4 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.083%) Notion
6 1 (0.083%) Sketch
6 1 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.083%) UXPin
6 1 (0.083%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 25 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 25 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 10 (0.83%) Shopify
3 9 (0.75%) Elite 3E
4 7 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.33%) Infor M3
6 3 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.083%) Magento
8 1 (0.083%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.083%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.083%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.083%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 338 (28.14%) Azure
2 293 (24.40%) AWS
3 189 (15.74%) Azure DevOps
4 108 (8.99%) Power Platform
5 101 (8.41%) Amazon S3
6 99 (8.24%) SaaS
7 89 (7.41%) Serverless
8 64 (5.33%) PaaS
9 53 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
10 47 (3.91%) PowerApps
11 45 (3.75%) Amazon ECS
12 43 (3.58%) Power Automate
13 40 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
14 39 (3.25%) IaaS
15 35 (2.91%) GitHub
16 34 (2.83%) Amazon EKS
17 33 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
17 33 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
18 25 (2.08%) Amazon Kinesis
19 21 (1.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 69 (5.75%) Kerberos
2 39 (3.25%) VPN
3 37 (3.08%) HTTP
4 14 (1.17%) Internet
4 14 (1.17%) NGFW
5 11 (0.92%) BGP
5 11 (0.92%) DNS
5 11 (0.92%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (0.92%) Firewall
5 11 (0.92%) MPLS
6 9 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.42%) FTP
7 5 (0.42%) MQTT
7 5 (0.42%) RS-485
8 4 (0.33%) RS-232
8 4 (0.33%) SSH
8 4 (0.33%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.25%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.25%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.25%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (17.90%) SQL Server
2 152 (12.66%) NoSQL
3 142 (11.82%) Relational Database
4 87 (7.24%) MySQL
4 87 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
5 75 (6.24%) Power BI
6 69 (5.75%) Metadata
7 65 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
8 62 (5.16%) Elasticsearch
9 54 (4.50%) RDBMS
10 52 (4.33%) Apache Cassandra
11 39 (3.25%) MongoDB
12 38 (3.16%) Oracle Database
13 34 (2.83%) DynamoDB
14 29 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
15 25 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
16 21 (1.75%) MS Access
17 20 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 18 (1.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 294 (24.48%) Git
2 155 (12.91%) Jenkins
3 136 (11.32%) JUnit
4 107 (8.91%) Visual Studio
5 92 (7.66%) Jasmine
6 91 (7.58%) Selenium
7 88 (7.33%) Karma Test Runner
8 82 (6.83%) JIRA
9 81 (6.74%) WebDriver
10 77 (6.41%) Bitbucket
11 75 (6.24%) Cypress.io
12 67 (5.58%) Artifactory
13 60 (5.00%) Protractor
14 45 (3.75%) Postman
15 35 (2.91%) IntelliJ
16 33 (2.75%) GitLab
17 31 (2.58%) Oracle APEX
18 21 (1.75%) Maven
19 18 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
20 16 (1.33%) Eclipse
General
1 393 (32.72%) Finance
2 251 (20.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 247 (20.57%) Law
4 236 (19.65%) Social Skills
5 105 (8.74%) Banking
6 99 (8.24%) Marketing
7 93 (7.74%) Legal
8 91 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
9 75 (6.24%) Public Sector
10 62 (5.16%) Investment Banking
11 45 (3.75%) Retail
12 19 (1.58%) Games
13 18 (1.50%) Financial Institution
14 17 (1.42%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.67%) Manufacturing
19 7 (0.58%) Health Technology
19 7 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 521 (43.38%) Developer
2 291 (24.23%) Software Engineer
3 290 (24.15%) Senior
4 232 (19.32%) Lead
5 133 (11.07%) Lead Software Engineer
6 129 (10.74%) Java Engineer
7 127 (10.57%) Senior Developer
8 119 (9.91%) Java Software Engineer
9 100 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
10 74 (6.16%) Analyst
11 64 (5.33%) Full Stack Engineer
12 63 (5.25%) Full Stack Software Engineer
12 63 (5.25%) Java Developer
13 62 (5.16%) Architect
14 59 (4.91%) Software Developer
15 52 (4.33%) C# Developer
16 45 (3.75%) .NET Developer
17 37 (3.08%) Technical Leader
18 33 (2.75%) Full Stack Developer
19 32 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 579 (48.21%) XML
2 427 (35.55%) HTML
3 374 (31.14%) REST
4 360 (29.98%) CSS
5 345 (28.73%) Web Services
6 316 (26.31%) .NET
7 309 (25.73%) AngularJS
8 258 (21.48%) Spring
9 239 (19.90%) Node.js
10 226 (18.82%) React
11 202 (16.82%) RESTful
12 198 (16.49%) jQuery
13 188 (15.65%) SOAP
13 188 (15.65%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 179 (14.90%) Hibernate
15 141 (11.74%) ASP.NET
16 140 (11.66%) J2EE
17 131 (10.91%) JMS
18 89 (7.41%) Spring Boot
19 88 (7.33%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 142 (11.82%) Management Information System
2 141 (11.74%) Data Structures
3 79 (6.58%) Cloud Native
4 73 (6.08%) Enterprise Cloud
5 71 (5.91%) Algorithms
6 65 (5.41%) Reference Data
7 45 (3.75%) Product Ownership
8 36 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (2.41%) IoT
11 24 (2.00%) Mobile App
12 23 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (1.92%) Private Cloud
13 18 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.50%) Onboarding
14 17 (1.42%) Public Cloud
15 16 (1.33%) CMDB
15 16 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (1.00%) Digital Media
17 11 (0.92%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 80 (6.66%) Linux
2 70 (5.83%) Windows
3 24 (2.00%) Android
4 22 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 22 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.33%) Unix
6 11 (0.92%) CentOS
7 5 (0.42%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.25%) VMS
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.083%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.083%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (50.79%) Agile
2 382 (31.81%) CI/CD
3 370 (30.81%) Software Engineering
4 353 (29.39%) DevOps
5 309 (25.73%) SDLC
6 224 (18.65%) Problem-Solving
7 203 (16.90%) Test Automation
8 201 (16.74%) Operational Stability
9 166 (13.82%) Community of Practice
9 166 (13.82%) Microservices
10 165 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 160 (13.32%) Machine Learning
12 158 (13.16%) Web Development
13 154 (12.82%) Artificial Intelligence
14 142 (11.82%) Data Modelling
15 138 (11.49%) Roadmaps
16 137 (11.41%) TDD
17 136 (11.32%) Scrum
18 127 (10.57%) Full Stack Development
19 120 (9.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 521 (43.38%) JavaScript
2 518 (43.13%) SQL
3 352 (29.31%) Java
4 277 (23.06%) C#
5 208 (17.32%) Python
6 207 (17.24%) TypeScript
7 136 (11.32%) T-SQL
8 107 (8.91%) PowerShell
9 90 (7.49%) PHP
10 86 (7.16%) Go
11 84 (6.99%) VB.NET
12 65 (5.41%) Prolog
12 65 (5.41%) SPARQL
13 59 (4.91%) VB
14 39 (3.25%) PL/SQL
15 29 (2.41%) VB6
16 28 (2.33%) Scala
17 27 (2.25%) C++
17 27 (2.25%) Shell Script
18 25 (2.08%) C
Qualifications
1 146 (12.16%) Degree
2 118 (9.83%) Security Cleared
3 83 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 81 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.67%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.25%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.50%) HNC
9 6 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.25%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.083%) CISSP
13 1 (0.083%) ISEB
13 1 (0.083%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.083%) OCP
13 1 (0.083%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.083%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (11.16%) QA
2 14 (1.17%) Accessibility
2 14 (1.17%) Data Quality
3 6 (0.50%) NCSC
4 2 (0.17%) GDPR
4 2 (0.17%) HL7
4 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.17%) SEPA
5 1 (0.083%) COREP
5 1 (0.083%) IFRS
5 1 (0.083%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.083%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.083%) SLA
System Software
1 141 (11.74%) Docker
2 101 (8.41%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 19 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (1.33%) vSphere
8 2 (0.17%) NFS
8 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.083%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 156 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 104 (8.66%) Terraform
3 70 (5.83%) Ansible
4 18 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.42%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.42%) Puppet
6 4 (0.33%) Istio
6 4 (0.33%) vRealize
7 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.17%) Kibana
8 2 (0.17%) Packer
8 2 (0.17%) Rancher
9 1 (0.083%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.083%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.083%) Podman
9 1 (0.083%) SCCM
9 1 (0.083%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 257 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 127 (10.57%) Oracle
3 47 (3.91%) Google
4 42 (3.50%) VMware
5 40 (3.33%) Citrix
6 39 (3.25%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.50%) HP
8 29 (2.41%) Salesforce
9 28 (2.33%) WSO2
10 25 (2.08%) BMC
10 25 (2.08%) Remedy
11 21 (1.75%) SolarWinds
12 17 (1.42%) Cisco
13 13 (1.08%) Databricks
14 12 (1.00%) Atlassian
15 11 (0.92%) Adobe
15 11 (0.92%) Automation Anywhere
15 11 (0.92%) Blue Prism
15 11 (0.92%) UiPath
16 8 (0.67%) IBM