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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 308 217
Rank change year-on-year -107 -91 +53
Permanent jobs citing JSON 305 408 1,177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.99% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.75% 4.58% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 188 316 813
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,188 £46,292 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,225 £91,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8,140 8,911 19,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.58% 21.65% 22.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5,959 6,575 15,343
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 25 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 25 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 -114 247 £62,500 - 169
UK excluding London -92 181 £55,000 - 125
Work from Home -34 129 £57,500 -8.73% 90
London -50 89 £72,500 - 65
South East -71 60 £55,000 - 44
East of England +22 51 £55,000 +10.00% 25
Scotland -4 29 £72,500 +52.45% 3
North of England -63 21 £55,000 +4.76% 33
North West -30 15 £55,000 -4.35% 15
Midlands -59 14 £47,500 -10.38% 15
West Midlands -17 9 £47,500 -11.53% 6
East Midlands -51 5 £54,000 +3.35% 9
Yorkshire -48 4 £55,750 +17.37% 15
South West -60 4 £37,500 -38.78% 3
North East -24 2 £46,250 -40.32% 3
Northern Ireland -35 2 - - 2

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 19 (6.23%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.28%) Confluence
3 8 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.64%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.66%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) CICS
7 1 (0.33%) CMS
7 1 (0.33%) IIS
7 1 (0.33%) JBoss
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.33%) SAS
7 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.97%) Trello
3 4 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.33%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) Sketch
5 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.28%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.64%) Shopify
3 3 (0.98%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
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
1 130 (42.62%) Azure
2 61 (20.00%) AWS
3 49 (16.07%) Power Platform
4 47 (15.41%) GitHub
5 41 (13.44%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (8.52%) Power Automate
7 25 (8.20%) Azure Logic Apps
7 25 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (7.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (6.89%) Serverless
10 19 (6.23%) GCP
10 19 (6.23%) SaaS
11 18 (5.90%) Entra ID
12 16 (5.25%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (5.25%) PowerApps
13 15 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (4.26%) Boomi
14 13 (4.26%) PaaS
15 12 (3.93%) Azure Event Grid
15 12 (3.93%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.57%) Firewall
2 10 (3.28%) VPN
3 7 (2.30%) FTP
4 6 (1.97%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.31%) AMQP
5 4 (1.31%) DNS
6 3 (0.98%) BGP
6 3 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (0.98%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.98%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.98%) LAN
6 3 (0.98%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.98%) SSL
6 3 (0.98%) WAN
7 2 (0.66%) HTTP
7 2 (0.66%) PuTTY
8 1 (0.33%) CTI
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (14.43%) Power BI
2 34 (11.15%) SQL Server
3 31 (10.16%) Relational Database
4 30 (9.84%) MySQL
5 28 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (5.57%) Metadata
7 15 (4.92%) RDBMS
8 12 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (3.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (3.28%) Electronic Patient Records
11 7 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.97%) OLTP
12 6 (1.97%) Power Query
13 5 (1.64%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.31%) GIS
14 4 (1.31%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.31%) Redis
14 4 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.98%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (9.84%) Git
2 24 (7.87%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.56%) JIRA
4 14 (4.59%) GitLab
5 10 (3.28%) JUnit
5 10 (3.28%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (3.28%) Postman
6 8 (2.62%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.30%) ERwin
7 7 (2.30%) Mockito
8 6 (1.97%) Selenium
8 6 (1.97%) Storybook
9 5 (1.64%) JMeter
9 5 (1.64%) Maven
9 5 (1.64%) SpecFlow
9 5 (1.64%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.31%) Axure RP
11 3 (0.98%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
12 2 (0.66%) Gradle
General
1 102 (33.44%) Social Skills
2 74 (24.26%) Finance
3 53 (17.38%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.85%) Law
5 18 (5.90%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.90%) Telecoms
6 16 (5.25%) Marketing
6 16 (5.25%) Retail
7 15 (4.92%) German Language
8 10 (3.28%) Health Technology
9 7 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.30%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.30%) Legal
10 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Advertising
11 3 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.98%) Publishing
12 2 (0.66%) Billing
12 2 (0.66%) Front Office
12 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 98 (32.13%) Developer
2 53 (17.38%) Senior
3 31 (10.16%) Analyst
4 29 (9.51%) Senior Developer
5 24 (7.87%) Consultant
6 20 (6.56%) Integration Engineer
7 18 (5.90%) Java Developer
8 17 (5.57%) Data Analyst
9 15 (4.92%) Applications Engineer
9 15 (4.92%) Architect
9 15 (4.92%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (4.26%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.93%) Automation Engineer
12 11 (3.61%) Network Engineer
12 11 (3.61%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.61%) Telecoms Engineer
13 10 (3.28%) EPR Consultant
13 10 (3.28%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 10 (3.28%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (2.95%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (55.41%) XML
2 104 (34.10%) REST
3 80 (26.23%) HTML
4 46 (15.08%) RESTful
5 44 (14.43%) SOAP
6 32 (10.49%) Regular Expression
7 31 (10.16%) CSS
8 29 (9.51%) .NET
8 29 (9.51%) Web Services
9 26 (8.52%) React
10 22 (7.21%) OAuth
11 21 (6.89%) Spring
11 21 (6.89%) YAML
12 18 (5.90%) Spring Boot
13 16 (5.25%) OAuth2
14 14 (4.59%) Node.js
15 12 (3.93%) FHIR
15 12 (3.93%) Hibernate
16 11 (3.61%) .NET Core
16 11 (3.61%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.39%) Onboarding
2 42 (13.77%) Linux Command Line
3 36 (11.80%) Data Structures
4 23 (7.54%) Cloud Native
4 23 (7.54%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (5.57%) Low-Code
6 14 (4.59%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (3.28%) NHS
9 8 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.30%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.30%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.97%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.97%) Social Media
12 5 (1.64%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.31%) SCADA
14 3 (0.98%) Reference Data
14 3 (0.98%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.98%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 43 (14.10%) Unix
2 34 (11.15%) Linux
3 9 (2.95%) Windows
4 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) Android
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (28.20%) CI/CD
2 82 (26.89%) Agile
3 69 (22.62%) DevOps
4 58 (19.02%) Business Intelligence
5 57 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (18.03%) Test Automation
7 54 (17.70%) AI
8 48 (15.74%) Data Modelling
9 45 (14.75%) Analytics
10 41 (13.44%) ETL
11 39 (12.79%) API Integration
11 39 (12.79%) Data Analysis
12 35 (11.48%) Validation
13 32 (10.49%) Asset Management
14 30 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (9.84%) LLM
15 29 (9.51%) API Management
15 29 (9.51%) Coaching
15 29 (9.51%) Infrastructure as Code
16 28 (9.18%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 157 (51.48%) SQL
2 118 (38.69%) Python
3 86 (28.20%) JavaScript
4 66 (21.64%) Java
5 33 (10.82%) C#
6 30 (9.84%) PowerShell
7 24 (7.87%) Shell Script
8 22 (7.21%) PL/SQL
9 20 (6.56%) TypeScript
10 15 (4.92%) Bicep
10 15 (4.92%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.97%) PHP
12 5 (1.64%) Perl
12 5 (1.64%) VB
13 3 (0.98%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.98%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (0.98%) C++
13 3 (0.98%) R
13 3 (0.98%) Ruby
14 2 (0.66%) Bash
Qualifications
1 50 (16.39%) Degree
2 30 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.92%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.31%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.21%) GDPR
2 20 (6.56%) QA
3 19 (6.23%) Data Quality
4 17 (5.57%) Accessibility
5 15 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (3.93%) HL7
7 7 (2.30%) WCAG
8 5 (1.64%) NCSC
8 5 (1.64%) NIST
9 4 (1.31%) SLA
10 2 (0.66%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 31 (10.16%) Docker
2 21 (6.89%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.98%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.98%) vSphere
4 1 (0.33%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 31 (10.16%) Terraform
2 25 (8.20%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.28%) Ansible
5 6 (1.97%) Kibana
6 3 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.79%) Oracle
3 17 (5.57%) Cisco
4 13 (4.26%) Google
4 13 (4.26%) SAP
5 11 (3.61%) Ab Initio
5 11 (3.61%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.28%) Okta
7 9 (2.95%) F5
7 9 (2.95%) Palo Alto
7 9 (2.95%) Splunk
8 8 (2.62%) Databricks
9 7 (2.30%) Adobe
9 7 (2.30%) Dell
9 7 (2.30%) Intapp
9 7 (2.30%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.30%) Sparx
9 7 (2.30%) Talend
10 6 (1.97%) IBM