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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 321 254
Rank change year-on-year -121 -67 +23
Permanent jobs citing JSON 326 379 1,113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.88% 1.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.51% 4.56% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 226 289 713
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £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 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,375 £86,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -4.35%

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 9,299 8,316 20,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.98% 19.40% 20.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,903 5,598 15,887
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,240 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +10.40% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,150 £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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -92 292 £63,335 +0.53% 69
UK excluding London -82 182 £60,000 +7.14% 49
Work from Home -10 134 £62,500 -0.79% 31
London -23 109 £72,500 +7.41% 30
South East -40 75 £60,000 -7.69% 22
North of England -32 49 £55,000 -0.90% 9
East of England -12 35 £90,000 +89.47% 3
North West +3 33 £61,250 +11.36% 3
Yorkshire -47 14 £44,000 +8.64% 3
Midlands -43 10 £47,500 -13.64% 5
Scotland -8 8 £72,500 +62.92% 1
South West -70 8 £37,500 -37.50% 7
West Midlands -45 6 £41,500 -24.55% 3
East Midlands -36 4 £47,500 -24.30% 2
North East -35 2 £46,250 -40.32% 3

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 (8.28%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.76%) IIS
4 8 (2.45%) Apache
4 8 (2.45%) CMS
5 7 (2.15%) WordPress
6 6 (1.84%) Confluence
7 5 (1.53%) Drupal
8 3 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.61%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.61%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.61%) 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 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.92%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.61%) 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 3 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.31%) Magento
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 143 (43.87%) Azure
2 87 (26.69%) AWS
3 59 (18.10%) Power Platform
4 41 (12.58%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (12.27%) Azure Logic Apps
5 40 (12.27%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (10.74%) Serverless
7 28 (8.59%) SaaS
8 26 (7.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (7.98%) GitHub
9 25 (7.67%) PowerApps
10 24 (7.36%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (7.36%) Power Automate
11 20 (6.13%) OneDrive
12 19 (5.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 17 (5.21%) Boomi
13 17 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (4.91%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (4.60%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (4.29%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.21%) Firewall
2 6 (1.84%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (1.53%) HTTP
3 5 (1.53%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.53%) VPN
4 4 (1.23%) DNS
4 4 (1.23%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.92%) AMQP
5 3 (0.92%) BGP
5 3 (0.92%) FTP
5 3 (0.92%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.92%) SSL
6 2 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.61%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.61%) LAN
6 2 (0.61%) PuTTY
6 2 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.61%) WAN
7 1 (0.31%) RTP
7 1 (0.31%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (15.64%) Power BI
2 45 (13.80%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (10.43%) MySQL
4 24 (7.36%) Relational Database
4 24 (7.36%) SQL Server
5 22 (6.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (5.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (4.91%) Metadata
8 14 (4.29%) RDBMS
8 14 (4.29%) Redis
9 10 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (2.45%) Electronic Patient Records
10 8 (2.45%) Oracle Database
11 7 (2.15%) GIS
12 5 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.23%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
14 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (15.03%) Git
2 36 (11.04%) JIRA
3 30 (9.20%) Jenkins
4 23 (7.06%) GitLab
5 12 (3.68%) Postman
6 10 (3.07%) JUnit
7 8 (2.45%) Maven
8 7 (2.15%) ERwin
8 7 (2.15%) Mockito
8 7 (2.15%) Selenium
9 6 (1.84%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.84%) JMeter
9 6 (1.84%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.53%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.53%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.53%) Gradle
10 5 (1.53%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.53%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.23%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 137 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 85 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (19.94%) Finance
4 21 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.83%) Retail
6 18 (5.52%) Telecoms
7 16 (4.91%) Marketing
8 14 (4.29%) Health Technology
9 12 (3.68%) Advertising
9 12 (3.68%) Law
10 8 (2.45%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.15%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.53%) Back Office
12 5 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.23%) Billing
13 4 (1.23%) German Language
13 4 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.92%) Banking
14 3 (0.92%) Local Government
14 3 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 104 (31.90%) Developer
2 75 (23.01%) Senior
3 47 (14.42%) Senior Developer
4 31 (9.51%) Consultant
5 26 (7.98%) Analyst
5 26 (7.98%) Architect
6 21 (6.44%) DevOps Engineer
7 20 (6.13%) Support Engineer
8 19 (5.83%) Data Analyst
9 16 (4.91%) Software Engineer
10 15 (4.60%) Java Developer
10 15 (4.60%) Software Developer
11 14 (4.29%) Lead
12 13 (3.99%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.68%) Applications Engineer
13 12 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (3.37%) Applications Architect
14 11 (3.37%) Integration Architect
14 11 (3.37%) Network Engineer
14 11 (3.37%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (44.17%) XML
2 119 (36.50%) REST
3 85 (26.07%) HTML
4 66 (20.25%) CSS
5 57 (17.48%) .NET
6 49 (15.03%) SOAP
7 39 (11.96%) RESTful
8 38 (11.66%) .NET Core
9 36 (11.04%) Middleware
10 34 (10.43%) YAML
11 26 (7.98%) React
12 24 (7.36%) JWT
12 24 (7.36%) OAuth
13 22 (6.75%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (6.13%) Microsoft Graph
14 20 (6.13%) Spring
15 19 (5.83%) ASP.NET
15 19 (5.83%) SPFx
15 19 (5.83%) Web Services
16 18 (5.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.12%) Data Structures
2 30 (9.20%) Onboarding
3 23 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (6.75%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (5.21%) Cloud Native
6 15 (4.60%) Linux Command Line
7 14 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.76%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (2.45%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.45%) NHS
11 7 (2.15%) e-Learning
11 7 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (2.15%) Operational Technology
11 7 (2.15%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.15%) Public Cloud
11 7 (2.15%) SCADA
12 6 (1.84%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.23%) Low-Code
13 4 (1.23%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 51 (15.64%) Linux
2 26 (7.98%) Windows
3 11 (3.37%) Unix
3 11 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.75%) CI/CD
2 91 (27.91%) DevOps
3 85 (26.07%) Agile
4 84 (25.77%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (18.10%) Data Modelling
6 53 (16.26%) Business Intelligence
6 53 (16.26%) Microservices
7 43 (13.19%) API Integration
7 43 (13.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 43 (13.19%) Test Automation
7 43 (13.19%) User Experience
8 41 (12.58%) Containerisation
9 38 (11.66%) ERP
10 36 (11.04%) AI
11 33 (10.12%) Analytics
11 33 (10.12%) Mentoring
12 32 (9.82%) Roadmaps
13 31 (9.51%) Validation
14 29 (8.90%) CRM
15 28 (8.59%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 163 (50.00%) SQL
2 113 (34.66%) Python
3 112 (34.36%) JavaScript
4 68 (20.86%) Java
5 56 (17.18%) C#
6 38 (11.66%) PowerShell
7 27 (8.28%) TypeScript
8 15 (4.60%) PHP
9 13 (3.99%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.37%) PL/SQL
10 11 (3.37%) T-SQL
11 10 (3.07%) Perl
12 9 (2.76%) VB
13 8 (2.45%) C++
14 7 (2.15%) Ruby
15 6 (1.84%) Bicep
15 6 (1.84%) Groovy
16 4 (1.23%) VBA
17 3 (0.92%) ActionScript
17 3 (0.92%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 42 (12.88%) Security Cleared
2 40 (12.27%) Degree
3 27 (8.28%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.53%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.92%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.61%) CISSP
7 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.31%) CASP
8 1 (0.31%) CCSP
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.31%) GIAC
8 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.43%) QA
2 20 (6.13%) Accessibility
3 14 (4.29%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.68%) TickIT
5 11 (3.37%) SLA
6 10 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (2.76%) GDPR
7 9 (2.76%) HL7
8 6 (1.84%) WCAG
9 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.31%) PERC
System Software
1 47 (14.42%) Docker
2 15 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.23%) vSphere
4 3 (0.92%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.61%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 38 (11.66%) Terraform
2 36 (11.04%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.60%) Ansible
4 6 (1.84%) Kibana
5 4 (1.23%) Packer
6 3 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 79 (24.23%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.67%) Oracle
3 24 (7.36%) Adobe
4 16 (4.91%) Cisco
5 14 (4.29%) Splunk
6 11 (3.37%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.76%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.45%) Databricks
8 8 (2.45%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.45%) F5
9 7 (2.15%) Sparx
10 6 (1.84%) Google
10 6 (1.84%) Juniper
10 6 (1.84%) VMware
11 5 (1.53%) IBM
11 5 (1.53%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.53%) SAP
12 4 (1.23%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.23%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.92%) ServiceNow