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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 362 267
Rank change year-on-year -116 -95 -34
Permanent jobs citing JSON 354 369 849
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.74% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.97% 4.10% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 246 270 522
10th Percentile £33,125 £37,500 £33,425
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,700 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,336 £77,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -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 11,930 9,000 17,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.97% 18.03% 20.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,690 5,866 12,126
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,000 £108,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

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 25 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 25 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 -93 327 £62,500 +4.17% 240
UK excluding London -102 206 £55,000 - 131
Work from Home -60 133 £60,000 -3.23% 95
London -37 120 £75,000 +15.38% 132
South East -45 81 £55,000 -15.38% 23
North of England -32 54 £55,000 - 32
North West -14 32 £62,500 +13.64% 21
East of England -48 26 £90,000 +80.00% 15
Midlands -28 22 £53,250 +0.47% 22
South West -61 19 £52,500 -6.67% 21
Yorkshire -32 17 £40,750 -18.09% 9
West Midlands -35 13 £46,250 -2.63% 15
East Midlands -22 9 £54,000 -10.00% 7
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 2
North East - 5 £45,000 - 3
Scotland -8 1 - - 14

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 26 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.08%) Confluence
3 15 (4.24%) Apache
4 11 (3.11%) IIS
5 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (2.26%) CMS
7 6 (1.69%) WordPress
8 5 (1.41%) Apache Spark
8 5 (1.41%) Drupal
9 4 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.85%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.56%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.28%) JBoss
12 1 (0.28%) SAS
12 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.85%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.56%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 156 (44.07%) Azure
2 91 (25.71%) AWS
3 57 (16.10%) Power Platform
4 52 (14.69%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (13.84%) Azure Logic Apps
6 35 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (8.19%) PowerApps
7 29 (8.19%) Serverless
8 28 (7.91%) Power Automate
9 26 (7.34%) GitHub
10 25 (7.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 22 (6.21%) SaaS
12 21 (5.93%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (5.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (5.37%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (5.37%) GCP
13 19 (5.37%) OneDrive
14 15 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (4.24%) Boomi
15 12 (3.39%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.80%) Firewall
2 10 (2.82%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.54%) DNS
4 6 (1.69%) HTTP
4 6 (1.69%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.41%) Intranet
6 3 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.85%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.85%) SSL
6 3 (0.85%) Wireless
7 2 (0.56%) MQTT
7 2 (0.56%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) BGP
8 1 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.28%) RTP
8 1 (0.28%) RTSP
8 1 (0.28%) SCTP
8 1 (0.28%) SS7
8 1 (0.28%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.56%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (12.71%) Power BI
3 26 (7.34%) Relational Database
3 26 (7.34%) SQL Server
4 25 (7.06%) MySQL
5 23 (6.50%) Redis
6 20 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (5.37%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (4.24%) Metadata
9 14 (3.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 10 (2.82%) RDBMS
11 7 (1.98%) Electronic Patient Records
12 6 (1.69%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.69%) GIS
12 6 (1.69%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.41%) Delta Lake
13 5 (1.41%) NoSQL
14 4 (1.13%) Apache Iceberg
14 4 (1.13%) Oracle Database
14 4 (1.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 66 (18.64%) Git
2 46 (12.99%) JIRA
3 29 (8.19%) Jenkins
4 22 (6.21%) GitLab
5 16 (4.52%) Selenium
6 12 (3.39%) Cucumber
6 12 (3.39%) Postman
7 11 (3.11%) JMeter
8 8 (2.26%) JUnit
9 7 (1.98%) Maven
9 7 (1.98%) Mockito
10 5 (1.41%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.41%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.41%) ERwin
10 5 (1.41%) Gatling
10 5 (1.41%) Gradle
10 5 (1.41%) Jasmine
10 5 (1.41%) Mocha
10 5 (1.41%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.41%) SonarQube
General
1 153 (43.22%) Social Skills
2 87 (24.58%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (17.80%) Finance
4 32 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (4.52%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.24%) Health Technology
6 15 (4.24%) Retail
7 14 (3.95%) Marketing
8 12 (3.39%) Advertising
9 9 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.54%) Legal
10 8 (2.26%) Banking
10 8 (2.26%) Law
10 8 (2.26%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.41%) Back Office
12 5 (1.41%) Local Government
13 4 (1.13%) Aviation
13 4 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 126 (35.59%) Developer
2 81 (22.88%) Senior
3 41 (11.58%) Senior Developer
4 25 (7.06%) Architect
5 23 (6.50%) Analyst
6 22 (6.21%) Software Engineer
7 21 (5.93%) .NET Developer
7 21 (5.93%) Consultant
8 19 (5.37%) Lead
8 19 (5.37%) Web Developer
9 18 (5.08%) Integration Engineer
9 18 (5.08%) Software Developer
9 18 (5.08%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.80%) Ruby Developer
11 16 (4.52%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.24%) Data Engineer
12 15 (4.24%) Full-Stack Developer
13 13 (3.67%) Senior Integration Engineer
13 13 (3.67%) Technical Support
14 12 (3.39%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (37.85%) XML
2 108 (30.51%) REST
3 90 (25.42%) HTML
4 81 (22.88%) .NET
5 78 (22.03%) CSS
6 48 (13.56%) RESTful
7 45 (12.71%) .NET Core
8 42 (11.86%) SOAP
9 39 (11.02%) ASP.NET
10 32 (9.04%) Middleware
11 30 (8.47%) JWT
11 30 (8.47%) Terraform
11 30 (8.47%) YAML
12 28 (7.91%) React
13 21 (5.93%) .NET Framework
13 21 (5.93%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (5.65%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (5.37%) AngularJS
15 19 (5.37%) Razor View Engine
15 19 (5.37%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.78%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.21%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.93%) Cloud Native
4 20 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (5.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (5.37%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (4.80%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.11%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.82%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.54%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (2.54%) NHS
9 9 (2.54%) Robotics
10 8 (2.26%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.41%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.13%) Social Media
13 4 (1.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 58 (16.38%) Linux
2 45 (12.71%) Windows
3 17 (4.80%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.85%) Unix
7 2 (0.56%) Android
7 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (37.01%) Agile
2 106 (29.94%) DevOps
3 104 (29.38%) CI/CD
3 104 (29.38%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (16.10%) Test Automation
5 56 (15.82%) User Experience
6 54 (15.25%) Microservices
7 45 (12.71%) Containerisation
7 45 (12.71%) Software Engineering
8 44 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (12.43%) Scrum
9 43 (12.15%) Data Modelling
10 42 (11.86%) Mentoring
11 38 (10.73%) AI
11 38 (10.73%) Roadmaps
12 37 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (10.17%) Clean Code
14 35 (9.89%) API Integration
14 35 (9.89%) Infrastructure as Code
15 34 (9.60%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 145 (40.96%) SQL
2 123 (34.75%) JavaScript
3 96 (27.12%) Python
4 85 (24.01%) C#
5 42 (11.86%) Java
6 32 (9.04%) PowerShell
7 25 (7.06%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.08%) C++
8 18 (5.08%) Ruby
9 17 (4.80%) PHP
10 14 (3.95%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.11%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.98%) Perl
13 5 (1.41%) Groovy
13 5 (1.41%) VB
14 3 (0.85%) Bash
14 3 (0.85%) VBA
15 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (12.71%) Degree
2 38 (10.73%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.06%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.41%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.13%) ISEB
10 3 (0.85%) CCNP
10 3 (0.85%) CISSP
11 2 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.56%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.56%) CCSP
11 2 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.71%) QA
2 34 (9.60%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.52%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.39%) TickIT
5 11 (3.11%) SLA
6 10 (2.82%) WCAG
7 7 (1.98%) HL7
8 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.13%) GDPR
9 3 (0.85%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.85%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.28%) Dublin Core
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.28%) PERC
System Software
1 56 (15.82%) Docker
2 7 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.98%) vSphere
3 4 (1.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.95%) Ansible
3 5 (1.41%) Grafana
3 5 (1.41%) Kibana
4 4 (1.13%) Packer
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 103 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.78%) Adobe
3 19 (5.37%) Google
4 14 (3.95%) Splunk
5 11 (3.11%) Cisco
5 11 (3.11%) Oracle
6 9 (2.54%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.54%) SAP
7 8 (2.26%) Databricks
7 8 (2.26%) VMware
8 7 (1.98%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.98%) F5
8 7 (1.98%) IBM
9 5 (1.41%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.13%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.13%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.13%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.13%) Pega
10 4 (1.13%) Sparx