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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 334 262
Rank change year-on-year -108 -72 +11
Permanent jobs citing JSON 323 387 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.87% 1.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.46% 4.48% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 225 295 703
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,960 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £86,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -3.65%

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 9,328 8,641 21,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.07% 19.53% 20.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,910 5,741 16,120
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
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 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 15 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 7 June 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 -84 293 £65,000 +3.17% 153
UK excluding London -82 179 £60,000 +7.14% 98
Work from Home -32 130 £62,500 -3.10% 91
London -20 111 £75,000 +11.11% 67
South East -32 75 £60,000 -7.69% 39
North of England -17 50 £55,000 - 24
North West -10 33 £61,250 +11.36% 16
East of England -13 33 £90,000 +89.47% 6
Yorkshire -35 15 £44,000 +8.64% 7
Midlands -50 10 £47,500 -16.67% 11
South West -67 8 £37,500 -37.50% 10
Scotland -4 6 £72,500 +18.85% 6
West Midlands -34 6 £41,500 -24.55% 8
East Midlands -29 4 £47,500 -20.83% 3
North East -41 2 £46,250 -40.32% 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 27 (8.36%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.79%) IIS
4 8 (2.48%) Apache
4 8 (2.48%) CMS
5 7 (2.17%) WordPress
6 6 (1.86%) Confluence
7 5 (1.55%) Drupal
8 3 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.62%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.62%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.62%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.62%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.31%) JBoss
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.31%) SAS
10 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.93%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.31%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.31%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.31%) Magento
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.31%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 144 (44.58%) Azure
2 85 (26.32%) AWS
3 59 (18.27%) Power Platform
4 41 (12.69%) Azure Logic Apps
4 41 (12.69%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (12.38%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (10.53%) Serverless
7 27 (8.36%) SaaS
8 25 (7.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (7.43%) GitHub
9 24 (7.43%) PowerApps
10 23 (7.12%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (7.12%) Power Automate
11 20 (6.19%) OneDrive
12 19 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 17 (5.26%) Boomi
13 17 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (4.64%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (4.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (4.33%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.26%) Firewall
2 6 (1.86%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (1.55%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.24%) DNS
4 4 (1.24%) HTTP
4 4 (1.24%) VPN
4 4 (1.24%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.93%) BGP
5 3 (0.93%) FTP
5 3 (0.93%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.93%) SSL
6 2 (0.62%) AMQP
6 2 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.62%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.62%) LAN
6 2 (0.62%) PuTTY
6 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.62%) WAN
7 1 (0.31%) MQTT
7 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (15.48%) Power BI
2 46 (14.24%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (10.22%) MySQL
4 24 (7.43%) Relational Database
5 23 (7.12%) SQL Server
6 22 (6.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (4.95%) Metadata
9 15 (4.64%) Redis
10 14 (4.33%) RDBMS
11 10 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (2.48%) Oracle Database
13 7 (2.17%) Electronic Patient Records
13 7 (2.17%) GIS
14 4 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (1.24%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.24%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.93%) Apache Iceberg
15 3 (0.93%) Delta Lake
15 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (14.86%) Git
2 36 (11.15%) JIRA
3 29 (8.98%) Jenkins
4 23 (7.12%) GitLab
5 12 (3.72%) Postman
6 10 (3.10%) JUnit
7 8 (2.48%) Maven
8 7 (2.17%) ERwin
8 7 (2.17%) Mockito
8 7 (2.17%) Selenium
9 6 (1.86%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.86%) JMeter
9 6 (1.86%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.55%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.55%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.55%) Gradle
10 5 (1.55%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.55%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.24%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio
General
1 138 (42.72%) Social Skills
2 85 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (19.81%) Finance
4 21 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.88%) Retail
6 18 (5.57%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.64%) Marketing
8 13 (4.02%) Advertising
8 13 (4.02%) Health Technology
9 10 (3.10%) Law
10 7 (2.17%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.17%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.55%) Back Office
11 5 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.24%) Billing
12 4 (1.24%) German Language
12 4 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.93%) Banking
13 3 (0.93%) Local Government
13 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (31.27%) Developer
2 76 (23.53%) Senior
3 47 (14.55%) Senior Developer
4 30 (9.29%) Consultant
5 27 (8.36%) Architect
6 26 (8.05%) Analyst
7 21 (6.50%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (6.50%) Support Engineer
8 19 (5.88%) Data Analyst
9 15 (4.64%) Java Developer
9 15 (4.64%) Software Developer
9 15 (4.64%) Software Engineer
10 14 (4.33%) Automation Engineer
10 14 (4.33%) Lead
11 12 (3.72%) Integration Architect
12 11 (3.41%) Applications Architect
12 11 (3.41%) Applications Engineer
12 11 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.41%) Network Engineer
12 11 (3.41%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (43.65%) XML
2 119 (36.84%) REST
3 84 (26.01%) HTML
4 64 (19.81%) CSS
5 57 (17.65%) .NET
6 48 (14.86%) SOAP
7 39 (12.07%) .NET Core
8 38 (11.76%) RESTful
9 36 (11.15%) Middleware
10 34 (10.53%) YAML
11 25 (7.74%) JWT
11 25 (7.74%) React
12 23 (7.12%) OAuth
13 21 (6.50%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (6.19%) ASP.NET
14 20 (6.19%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (5.88%) SPFx
15 19 (5.88%) Spring
16 18 (5.57%) EDI
17 17 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.22%) Data Structures
2 31 (9.60%) Onboarding
3 23 (7.12%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (6.81%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (5.26%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (4.33%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.79%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.79%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.17%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.17%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.17%) NHS
9 7 (2.17%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.17%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.17%) SCADA
10 4 (1.24%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.24%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 51 (15.79%) Linux
2 27 (8.36%) Windows
3 12 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.41%) Unix
5 4 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (29.10%) CI/CD
2 90 (27.86%) DevOps
3 86 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (26.01%) Agile
5 59 (18.27%) Data Modelling
6 54 (16.72%) Microservices
7 51 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
8 43 (13.31%) User Experience
9 42 (13.00%) API Integration
9 42 (13.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 41 (12.69%) Containerisation
10 41 (12.69%) Test Automation
11 37 (11.46%) AI
11 37 (11.46%) ERP
12 33 (10.22%) Roadmaps
13 32 (9.91%) Analytics
13 32 (9.91%) Mentoring
14 31 (9.60%) Validation
15 28 (8.67%) CRM
15 28 (8.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 159 (49.23%) SQL
2 113 (34.98%) Python
3 109 (33.75%) JavaScript
4 66 (20.43%) Java
5 57 (17.65%) C#
6 40 (12.38%) PowerShell
7 27 (8.36%) TypeScript
8 15 (4.64%) PHP
9 12 (3.72%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.41%) T-SQL
11 10 (3.10%) Perl
11 10 (3.10%) PL/SQL
12 9 (2.79%) VB
13 8 (2.48%) C++
13 8 (2.48%) Ruby
14 6 (1.86%) Groovy
15 5 (1.55%) Bicep
16 4 (1.24%) VBA
17 3 (0.93%) ActionScript
17 3 (0.93%) Bash
Qualifications
1 41 (12.69%) Degree
1 41 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.05%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.55%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.93%) CISSP
5 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (0.62%) CASP
6 2 (0.62%) CCSP
6 2 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.31%) GIAC
7 1 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.53%) QA
2 19 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 14 (4.33%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.72%) TickIT
5 11 (3.41%) SLA
6 10 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (2.48%) GDPR
7 8 (2.48%) HL7
8 6 (1.86%) WCAG
9 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.31%) PERC
System Software
1 47 (14.55%) Docker
2 14 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.24%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.24%) vSphere
4 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 36 (11.15%) Terraform
2 35 (10.84%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.64%) Ansible
4 6 (1.86%) Kibana
5 4 (1.24%) Packer
6 2 (0.62%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 81 (25.08%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.43%) Adobe
2 24 (7.43%) Oracle
3 16 (4.95%) Cisco
4 15 (4.64%) Splunk
5 11 (3.41%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.79%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.48%) Databricks
7 8 (2.48%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.48%) F5
8 7 (2.17%) Sparx
9 6 (1.86%) Google
9 6 (1.86%) Juniper
9 6 (1.86%) VMware
10 5 (1.55%) IBM
10 5 (1.55%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.55%) SAP
11 4 (1.24%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.24%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.93%) Fortinet