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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 346 257
Rank change year-on-year -113 -89 -3
Permanent jobs citing JSON 364 389 902
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.78% 1.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.45% 4.50% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 259 288 551
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £86,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -0.86%

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 10,564 8,654 16,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.20% 17.44% 19.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7,770 5,667 11,657
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £107,500
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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -74 332 £62,500 - 204
UK excluding London -88 213 £55,000 - 114
Work from Home -38 143 £57,500 -8.00% 97
London -43 119 £75,000 +11.11% 103
South East -31 89 £55,000 -15.38% 40
North of England -21 51 £55,000 - 25
North West -3 32 £62,500 +13.64% 13
East of England -44 29 £90,000 +89.47% 8
Midlands -38 20 £52,500 -12.50% 20
South West -56 19 £52,500 - 11
Yorkshire -25 14 £44,000 +8.64% 12
West Midlands -33 12 £46,250 -22.92% 11
East Midlands -17 8 £54,000 -4.42% 8
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 3
North East - 5 £45,000 -
Scotland -3 2 £72,500 +62.92% 7

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 (7.97%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.67%) Confluence
3 14 (3.85%) Apache
4 12 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (2.75%) IIS
6 8 (2.20%) CMS
7 7 (1.92%) WordPress
8 5 (1.37%) Drupal
9 4 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (1.10%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.27%) JBoss
11 1 (0.27%) SAS
11 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.82%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.55%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 159 (43.68%) Azure
2 96 (26.37%) AWS
3 62 (17.03%) Power Platform
4 50 (13.74%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (13.19%) Azure Logic Apps
6 39 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (8.24%) Serverless
8 28 (7.69%) PowerApps
9 27 (7.42%) Power Automate
10 26 (7.14%) GitHub
11 23 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
11 23 (6.32%) SaaS
12 22 (6.04%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (5.49%) OneDrive
14 19 (5.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 15 (4.12%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (4.12%) Boomi
16 14 (3.85%) GCP
17 13 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.77%) Firewall
2 8 (2.20%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.92%) DNS
3 7 (1.92%) HTTP
4 6 (1.65%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.37%) Intranet
6 3 (0.82%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.82%) SSL
6 3 (0.82%) Wireless
7 2 (0.55%) MQTT
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.27%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.27%) Network Security
8 1 (0.27%) RTSP
8 1 (0.27%) SCTP
8 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.27%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (14.01%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (13.19%) Power BI
3 31 (8.52%) Relational Database
4 29 (7.97%) SQL Server
5 28 (7.69%) MySQL
6 23 (6.32%) Redis
7 20 (5.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (4.67%) Metadata
8 17 (4.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (3.57%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.92%) Electronic Patient Records
10 7 (1.92%) GIS
11 6 (1.65%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.37%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.37%) Delta Lake
12 5 (1.37%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.37%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.10%) Apache Iceberg
13 4 (1.10%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 67 (18.41%) Git
2 46 (12.64%) JIRA
3 29 (7.97%) Jenkins
4 26 (7.14%) GitLab
5 16 (4.40%) Selenium
6 11 (3.02%) Cucumber
6 11 (3.02%) Postman
7 10 (2.75%) JMeter
8 8 (2.20%) ERwin
8 8 (2.20%) JUnit
9 7 (1.92%) Maven
9 7 (1.92%) Mockito
10 6 (1.65%) WebDriver
11 5 (1.37%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.37%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (1.37%) Gradle
11 5 (1.37%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.37%) Mocha
11 5 (1.37%) NUnit
11 5 (1.37%) SonarQube
General
1 151 (41.48%) Social Skills
2 91 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (18.96%) Finance
4 29 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.12%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.85%) Advertising
6 14 (3.85%) Marketing
7 13 (3.57%) Health Technology
7 13 (3.57%) Retail
8 12 (3.30%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.47%) Law
10 8 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.92%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.92%) Legal
12 6 (1.65%) Banking
12 6 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.37%) Back Office
14 4 (1.10%) Aviation
14 4 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 130 (35.71%) Developer
2 81 (22.25%) Senior
3 43 (11.81%) Senior Developer
4 26 (7.14%) Architect
5 25 (6.87%) Consultant
6 23 (6.32%) Analyst
7 22 (6.04%) Software Engineer
8 21 (5.77%) .NET Developer
9 20 (5.49%) Software Developer
10 19 (5.22%) Lead
10 19 (5.22%) Support Engineer
10 19 (5.22%) Web Developer
11 17 (4.67%) Integration Engineer
12 16 (4.40%) Automation Engineer
12 16 (4.40%) Data Engineer
12 16 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.40%) Ruby Developer
13 15 (4.12%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (3.57%) Network Engineer
14 13 (3.57%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (42.03%) XML
2 113 (31.04%) REST
3 91 (25.00%) HTML
4 86 (23.63%) .NET
5 79 (21.70%) CSS
6 51 (14.01%) RESTful
7 45 (12.36%) .NET Core
8 44 (12.09%) SOAP
9 40 (10.99%) ASP.NET
10 34 (9.34%) YAML
11 32 (8.79%) Middleware
12 29 (7.97%) JWT
13 28 (7.69%) React
14 21 (5.77%) .NET Framework
14 21 (5.77%) HTML5 Canvas
15 20 (5.49%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (5.22%) AngularJS
16 19 (5.22%) Node.js
16 19 (5.22%) Razor View Engine
16 19 (5.22%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 25 (6.87%) Data Structures
3 22 (6.04%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (5.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 21 (5.77%) Cloud Native
5 19 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.30%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.02%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.47%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.47%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (2.47%) Robotics
10 8 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (2.20%) NHS
11 7 (1.92%) e-Learning
11 7 (1.92%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.37%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.37%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.37%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 62 (17.03%) Linux
2 44 (12.09%) Windows
3 15 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.37%) Unix
6 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.27%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.71%) Agile
2 106 (29.12%) DevOps
3 103 (28.30%) CI/CD
4 98 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (16.21%) Microservices
6 54 (14.84%) Data Modelling
7 53 (14.56%) Test Automation
8 51 (14.01%) User Experience
9 50 (13.74%) Containerisation
10 49 (13.46%) Business Intelligence
11 42 (11.54%) Scrum
12 41 (11.26%) Software Engineering
13 38 (10.44%) AI
13 38 (10.44%) API Integration
13 38 (10.44%) Infrastructure as Code
13 38 (10.44%) Mentoring
14 37 (10.16%) Analytics
14 37 (10.16%) Roadmaps
15 34 (9.34%) Clean Code
16 33 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 160 (43.96%) SQL
2 127 (34.89%) JavaScript
3 114 (31.32%) Python
4 90 (24.73%) C#
5 47 (12.91%) Java
6 35 (9.62%) PowerShell
7 27 (7.42%) TypeScript
8 18 (4.95%) C++
8 18 (4.95%) PHP
9 17 (4.67%) Ruby
10 14 (3.85%) Shell Script
11 13 (3.57%) T-SQL
12 8 (2.20%) Perl
13 6 (1.65%) VB
14 5 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.37%) Groovy
15 4 (1.10%) Bash
15 4 (1.10%) VBA
16 2 (0.55%) R
16 2 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 43 (11.81%) Degree
2 39 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.65%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.37%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.82%) CCNP
8 3 (0.82%) CISSP
8 3 (0.82%) ISEB
8 3 (0.82%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.55%) CASP
9 2 (0.55%) CCSP
9 2 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.26%) QA
2 29 (7.97%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.95%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.30%) TickIT
5 10 (2.75%) SLA
6 9 (2.47%) WCAG
7 7 (1.92%) HL7
8 5 (1.37%) GDPR
9 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.82%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.82%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 55 (15.11%) Docker
2 10 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.92%) vSphere
4 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (8.52%) Terraform
2 29 (7.97%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.85%) Ansible
4 6 (1.65%) Kibana
5 4 (1.10%) Packer
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.27%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 103 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.59%) Adobe
3 15 (4.12%) Cisco
3 15 (4.12%) Google
3 15 (4.12%) Splunk
4 14 (3.85%) Oracle
5 13 (3.57%) Red Hat
6 11 (3.02%) Databricks
7 9 (2.47%) F5
8 8 (2.20%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.20%) SAP
8 8 (2.20%) VMware
9 7 (1.92%) IBM
9 7 (1.92%) Sparx
10 6 (1.65%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.37%) Juniper
11 5 (1.37%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.10%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.10%) Pega