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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 373 296
Rank change year-on-year -100 -77 -64
Permanent jobs citing JSON 364 341 728
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.69% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.04% 3.96% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 249 252 429
10th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,748 £50,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,375 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% -7.12% -
75th Percentile £79,336 £77,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £83,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +0.87%

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 11,974 8,616 16,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.65% 17.38% 21.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8,663 5,523 10,845
10th Percentile £42,050 £40,000 £39,732
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -82 339 £62,500 +4.17% 343
UK excluding London -105 213 £55,000 - 188
Work from Home -49 135 £58,750 -6.00% 155
London -37 127 £75,000 +15.38% 189
South East -40 77 £55,000 -15.38% 57
North of England -33 57 £57,500 +4.55% 33
North West -9 31 £62,500 +13.64% 21
East of England -56 28 £90,000 +71.43% 30
Midlands -41 26 £54,000 +13.68% 23
Yorkshire -29 21 £44,000 -31.25% 9
South West -59 21 £52,500 -6.67% 24
West Midlands -29 18 £60,450 +27.26% 16
East Midlands -30 8 £54,000 -10.00% 7
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 5
North East - 5 £45,000 - 4
Scotland -6 1 - - 15

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 32 (8.79%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.49%) Confluence
3 15 (4.12%) Apache
4 14 (3.85%) IIS
5 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (2.20%) CMS
7 6 (1.65%) WordPress
8 5 (1.37%) Apache Spark
8 5 (1.37%) Drupal
9 3 (0.82%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
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
Applications
1 23 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.82%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.55%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.27%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 162 (44.51%) Azure
2 93 (25.55%) AWS
3 64 (17.58%) Power Platform
4 57 (15.66%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (13.46%) Azure Logic Apps
6 36 (9.89%) Serverless
7 35 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
7 35 (9.62%) Power Automate
8 32 (8.79%) PowerApps
9 28 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
10 26 (7.14%) GitHub
11 23 (6.32%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (6.32%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (5.49%) SaaS
13 19 (5.22%) GCP
14 18 (4.95%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 18 (4.95%) OneDrive
15 16 (4.40%) Boomi
16 15 (4.12%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.30%) Firewall
2 10 (2.75%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.92%) DNS
4 6 (1.65%) HTTP
4 6 (1.65%) Wireshark
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%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.55%) MQTT
7 2 (0.55%) VPN
8 1 (0.27%) BGP
8 1 (0.27%) Broadband
8 1 (0.27%) FTP
8 1 (0.27%) RTP
8 1 (0.27%) RTSP
8 1 (0.27%) SS7
8 1 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.19%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (12.91%) Power BI
3 37 (10.16%) SQL Server
4 28 (7.69%) Relational Database
5 25 (6.87%) MySQL
6 23 (6.32%) Redis
7 22 (6.04%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (4.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (3.30%) Metadata
11 9 (2.47%) RDBMS
12 8 (2.20%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.92%) Electronic Patient Records
14 6 (1.65%) GIS
14 6 (1.65%) NoSQL
15 5 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
15 5 (1.37%) Parquet
16 4 (1.10%) Apache Iceberg
16 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 4 (1.10%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 72 (19.78%) Git
2 48 (13.19%) JIRA
3 30 (8.24%) Jenkins
4 21 (5.77%) GitLab
5 16 (4.40%) Selenium
6 13 (3.57%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.57%) Postman
7 12 (3.30%) JMeter
8 8 (2.20%) JUnit
9 7 (1.92%) Maven
9 7 (1.92%) Mockito
10 6 (1.65%) SoapUI
11 5 (1.37%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.37%) Gatling
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
11 5 (1.37%) Zephyr
General
1 161 (44.23%) Social Skills
2 90 (24.73%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (18.68%) Finance
4 35 (9.62%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.12%) Health Technology
6 15 (4.12%) Retail
7 14 (3.85%) Marketing
8 13 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.30%) Advertising
9 12 (3.30%) Legal
10 11 (3.02%) Law
11 10 (2.75%) Banking
12 8 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.65%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.37%) Back Office
14 5 (1.37%) Local Government
15 4 (1.10%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 138 (37.91%) Developer
2 86 (23.63%) Senior
3 43 (11.81%) Senior Developer
4 26 (7.14%) .NET Developer
4 26 (7.14%) Analyst
5 25 (6.87%) Architect
6 22 (6.04%) Software Engineer
6 22 (6.04%) Web Developer
7 21 (5.77%) Lead
8 20 (5.49%) Consultant
9 18 (4.95%) Software Developer
9 18 (4.95%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.67%) Integration Engineer
10 17 (4.67%) Ruby Developer
11 16 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.12%) Data Engineer
12 15 (4.12%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (3.85%) Technical Support
14 13 (3.57%) .NET Web Developer
14 13 (3.57%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (40.38%) XML
2 113 (31.04%) REST
3 95 (26.10%) HTML
4 85 (23.35%) .NET
5 83 (22.80%) CSS
6 55 (15.11%) RESTful
7 51 (14.01%) .NET Core
8 48 (13.19%) SOAP
9 42 (11.54%) ASP.NET
10 32 (8.79%) Middleware
11 30 (8.24%) JWT
12 29 (7.97%) Terraform
13 28 (7.69%) React
13 28 (7.69%) YAML
14 27 (7.42%) .NET Framework
15 22 (6.04%) HTML5 Canvas
16 21 (5.77%) Blazor
17 20 (5.49%) HTML5
18 19 (5.22%) AngularJS
18 19 (5.22%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.59%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.04%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (5.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (4.12%) Data Structures
6 15 (4.12%) Management Information System
7 13 (3.57%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.75%) Driving Licence
10 9 (2.47%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (2.47%) NHS
10 9 (2.47%) Robotics
11 8 (2.20%) Taxonomies
12 7 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.92%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.37%) Mobile App
15 4 (1.10%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 55 (15.11%) Linux
2 46 (12.64%) Windows
3 18 (4.95%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.55%) Android
6 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.55%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (38.19%) Agile
2 115 (31.59%) DevOps
3 110 (30.22%) CI/CD
4 107 (29.40%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (16.21%) Test Automation
6 55 (15.11%) Microservices
6 55 (15.11%) User Experience
7 48 (13.19%) Scrum
8 47 (12.91%) Mentoring
8 47 (12.91%) Software Engineering
9 46 (12.64%) Business Intelligence
9 46 (12.64%) Data Modelling
10 45 (12.36%) AI
10 45 (12.36%) Roadmaps
11 43 (11.81%) Containerisation
12 36 (9.89%) Clean Code
12 36 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (9.62%) API Integration
14 34 (9.34%) Analytics
14 34 (9.34%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 152 (41.76%) SQL
2 131 (35.99%) JavaScript
3 93 (25.55%) C#
4 92 (25.27%) Python
5 44 (12.09%) Java
6 31 (8.52%) PowerShell
7 24 (6.59%) TypeScript
8 18 (4.95%) C++
8 18 (4.95%) Ruby
9 17 (4.67%) PHP
10 12 (3.30%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.02%) T-SQL
12 9 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.92%) Perl
14 6 (1.65%) VBA
15 5 (1.37%) Groovy
15 5 (1.37%) VB
16 4 (1.10%) XPath
17 3 (0.82%) Bash
17 3 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 47 (12.91%) Degree
2 37 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.75%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.20%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.65%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.37%) ISEB
8 5 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.10%) CISSP
10 3 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.82%) CCNP
10 3 (0.82%) CCSP
11 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.55%) CASP
11 2 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.36%) QA
2 40 (10.99%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.49%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.85%) WCAG
5 12 (3.30%) TickIT
6 11 (3.02%) SLA
7 10 (2.75%) GDPR
8 7 (1.92%) HL7
9 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.82%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.82%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.27%) Basel III
12 1 (0.27%) Dublin Core
12 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 55 (15.11%) Docker
2 5 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.37%) vSphere
3 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 28 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.57%) Ansible
3 5 (1.37%) Grafana
3 5 (1.37%) Kibana
4 4 (1.10%) Packer
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.27%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 116 (31.87%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.59%) Adobe
3 19 (5.22%) Google
4 14 (3.85%) Splunk
5 12 (3.30%) Oracle
6 10 (2.75%) SAP
7 8 (2.20%) Cisco
7 8 (2.20%) IBM
8 7 (1.92%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.92%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.65%) Databricks
9 6 (1.65%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.37%) F5
10 5 (1.37%) Pega
10 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.37%) VMware
11 4 (1.10%) AppDynamics
12 3 (0.82%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.82%) Sparx