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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 301 247
Rank change year-on-year -81 -54 +14
Permanent jobs citing JSON 308 485 929
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.98% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.06% 4.41% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 189 325 746
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,938
90th Percentile £81,252 £88,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,318
% change year-on-year - -2.34% -2.06%

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 7,594 11,005 17,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.32% 22.16% 23.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,592 6,624 14,367
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +7.64% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -92 241 £57,500 -11.54% 139
UK excluding London -58 192 £55,000 - 105
Work from Home -31 129 £55,000 -15.38% 90
London -30 88 £75,000 +3.45% 52
South East -64 55 £55,000 -3.93% 39
East of England +39 45 £55,000 -11.18% 9
Scotland +23 40 £43,000 -6.58% 7
North of England -23 26 £55,000 -4.35% 25
Midlands -18 23 £47,500 -9.52% 16
North West +7 17 £55,000 -4.35% 18
West Midlands -1 17 £47,500 -12.59% 12
East Midlands -23 6 £60,000 +15.38% 4
Yorkshire -48 5 £43,500 -17.14% 5
North East -5 4 £45,000 -41.94% 2
Northern Ireland -20 2 - - 1
South West -36 1 £60,000 -11.11% 10

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 10 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.60%) Confluence
2 8 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.62%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.30%) CMS
5 2 (0.65%) IIS
5 2 (0.65%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.65%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.32%) CICS
6 1 (0.32%) JBoss
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.27%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.95%) Trello
4 1 (0.32%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.17%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.95%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.62%) Shopify
4 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.97%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.32%) Magento
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.32%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 129 (41.88%) Azure
2 64 (20.78%) GitHub
3 60 (19.48%) AWS
4 51 (16.56%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (13.96%) Power Platform
6 28 (9.09%) Entra ID
7 25 (8.12%) Serverless
8 24 (7.79%) Azure Logic Apps
8 24 (7.79%) Power Automate
9 22 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (6.49%) OCI
11 19 (6.17%) Azure Service Bus
11 19 (6.17%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (5.52%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (5.19%) GCP
14 15 (4.87%) Azure Event Grid
14 15 (4.87%) Boomi
15 14 (4.55%) PowerApps
16 13 (4.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.57%) VPN
2 7 (2.27%) FTP
3 6 (1.95%) Firewall
4 4 (1.30%) AMQP
4 4 (1.30%) HTTP
5 3 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (0.97%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.97%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.97%) LAN
5 3 (0.97%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.97%) WAN
6 2 (0.65%) BGP
6 2 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.65%) DNS
6 2 (0.65%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.32%) CTI
7 1 (0.32%) DHCP
7 1 (0.32%) Modbus
7 1 (0.32%) SSL
7 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.99%) Relational Database
2 37 (12.01%) SQL Server
3 35 (11.36%) Power BI
4 29 (9.42%) MySQL
5 27 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (4.55%) Electronic Patient Records
6 14 (4.55%) RDBMS
7 11 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (2.92%) Metadata
9 7 (2.27%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.95%) OLTP
10 6 (1.95%) Power Query
11 5 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.30%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.97%) GIS
13 3 (0.97%) Redis
13 3 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (12.99%) Jenkins
2 21 (6.82%) Git
3 19 (6.17%) Oracle Forms
4 15 (4.87%) Postman
5 14 (4.55%) JIRA
6 13 (4.22%) JUnit
7 10 (3.25%) JMeter
8 9 (2.92%) Mockito
9 8 (2.60%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.95%) Axure RP
10 6 (1.95%) Selenium
10 6 (1.95%) Storybook
11 5 (1.62%) GitLab
11 5 (1.62%) Maven
12 4 (1.30%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.97%) SpecFlow
14 2 (0.65%) Crashlytics
14 2 (0.65%) ERwin
14 2 (0.65%) Gradle
15 1 (0.32%) Testinfra
General
1 94 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 86 (27.92%) Finance
3 49 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.74%) Law
5 27 (8.77%) Retail
6 26 (8.44%) Public Sector
7 20 (6.49%) Marketing
8 15 (4.87%) German Language
9 14 (4.55%) Health Technology
10 11 (3.57%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.95%) Legal
12 3 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.97%) Electronics
12 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.65%) Billing
13 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.65%) Publishing
14 1 (0.32%) Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 106 (34.42%) Developer
2 56 (18.18%) Senior
3 34 (11.04%) Analyst
4 27 (8.77%) Senior Developer
5 22 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
6 21 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
7 19 (6.17%) Integration Engineer
7 19 (6.17%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 18 (5.84%) Consultant
8 18 (5.84%) Java Developer
9 14 (4.55%) Data Analyst
10 13 (4.22%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (3.90%) Architect
11 12 (3.90%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.57%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 11 (3.57%) Lead
13 10 (3.25%) EPR Consultant
13 10 (3.25%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (2.92%) Oracle Developer
14 9 (2.92%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (57.79%) XML
2 114 (37.01%) REST
3 79 (25.65%) HTML
4 50 (16.23%) RESTful
4 50 (16.23%) SOAP
5 35 (11.36%) Web Services
6 33 (10.71%) React
7 29 (9.42%) Regular Expression
8 27 (8.77%) CSS
9 22 (7.14%) OAuth
10 21 (6.82%) Spring
11 19 (6.17%) .NET
12 18 (5.84%) Spring Boot
13 17 (5.52%) FHIR
13 17 (5.52%) OAuth2
14 16 (5.19%) Middleware
15 14 (4.55%) Hibernate
16 13 (4.22%) Node.js
17 12 (3.90%) YAML
18 11 (3.57%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.21%) Onboarding
2 41 (13.31%) Linux Command Line
3 33 (10.71%) Cloud Native
4 28 (9.09%) Data Structures
5 24 (7.79%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (6.17%) Low-Code
7 17 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (4.22%) Operational Technology
10 10 (3.25%) NHS
11 6 (1.95%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.95%) Social Media
12 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.30%) Reference Data
13 4 (1.30%) Semantic Web
14 3 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.97%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.97%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.97%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.66%) Unix
2 26 (8.44%) Linux
3 5 (1.62%) Windows
4 3 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.32%) Android
5 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (31.17%) CI/CD
2 91 (29.55%) Agile
3 76 (24.68%) DevOps
4 67 (21.75%) Test Automation
5 63 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (16.88%) AI
7 49 (15.91%) API Integration
8 48 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
8 48 (15.58%) Root Cause Analysis
9 45 (14.61%) Coaching
10 44 (14.29%) Data Modelling
10 44 (14.29%) ETL
11 43 (13.96%) Analytics
12 42 (13.64%) Asset Management
13 39 (12.66%) Observability
14 38 (12.34%) Mentoring
15 37 (12.01%) Data Analysis
16 36 (11.69%) ERP
17 34 (11.04%) LLM
18 33 (10.71%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 158 (51.30%) SQL
2 122 (39.61%) Python
3 91 (29.55%) JavaScript
4 74 (24.03%) Java
5 38 (12.34%) C#
5 38 (12.34%) PowerShell
6 34 (11.04%) Shell Script
7 30 (9.74%) PL/SQL
8 19 (6.17%) Bicep
9 15 (4.87%) T-SQL
10 11 (3.57%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.62%) PHP
12 4 (1.30%) Perl
12 4 (1.30%) VB
13 3 (0.97%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.97%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (0.97%) C++
14 2 (0.65%) Bash
14 2 (0.65%) Groovy
14 2 (0.65%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 47 (15.26%) Degree
2 31 (10.06%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.97%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.32%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.12%) GDPR
2 22 (7.14%) QA
3 18 (5.84%) Accessibility
3 18 (5.84%) Data Quality
4 17 (5.52%) HL7
5 15 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.27%) WCAG
7 5 (1.62%) NCSC
7 5 (1.62%) NIST
8 2 (0.65%) SLA
8 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (10.71%) Docker
2 27 (8.77%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.97%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 45 (14.61%) Terraform
2 29 (9.42%) Kubernetes
3 20 (6.49%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.57%) Ansible
5 9 (2.92%) Kibana
6 3 (0.97%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Grafana
7 1 (0.32%) Packer
7 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (14.29%) Oracle
2 38 (12.34%) Microsoft
3 19 (6.17%) Okta
4 16 (5.19%) SAP
5 14 (4.55%) Ab Initio
6 13 (4.22%) Google
7 11 (3.57%) Splunk
8 10 (3.25%) Dynatrace
8 10 (3.25%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.92%) MuleSoft
9 9 (2.92%) Salesforce
10 8 (2.60%) Cisco
10 8 (2.60%) Dell
11 7 (2.27%) Talend
12 6 (1.95%) IBM
12 6 (1.95%) IFS
12 6 (1.95%) Informatica
12 6 (1.95%) Intapp
12 6 (1.95%) SnapLogic
12 6 (1.95%) TIBCO