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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 307 224
Rank change year-on-year -95 -83 +49
Permanent jobs citing JSON 321 409 1,205
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 1.00% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.83% 4.66% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 200 318 813
10th Percentile £41,200 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,659
% change year-on-year - -2.93% -3.15%

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 8,383 8,770 19,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.47% 21.44% 22.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 6,578 15,517
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -117 263 £62,500 - 169
UK excluding London -79 193 £55,000 - 125
Work from Home -37 136 £57,500 -8.00% 90
London -45 88 £70,000 -3.45% 65
South East -72 64 £62,500 +4.60% 44
East of England +16 55 £55,000 +15.79% 25
North of England -67 29 £55,000 +4.76% 33
Scotland -14 26 £72,500 +52.45% 3
North West -26 20 £55,000 +2.33% 15
Midlands -57 14 £47,500 -10.38% 15
West Midlands -33 8 £47,500 -11.53% 6
Yorkshire -60 8 £76,997 +62.10% 15
East Midlands -50 6 £47,500 -9.09% 9
South West -53 6 £31,500 -47.50% 3
Northern Ireland -39 2 - - 2
North East -22 1 £47,500 -38.71% 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 21 (6.54%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.43%) Confluence
2 11 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.56%) Anypoint
4 3 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.62%) IIS
5 2 (0.62%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.31%) CICS
6 1 (0.31%) CMS
6 1 (0.31%) JBoss
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.31%) SAS
6 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.87%) Trello
3 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.31%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.31%) Sketch
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.49%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.56%) Shopify
3 3 (0.93%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.31%) Magento
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.31%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 132 (41.12%) Azure
2 64 (19.94%) AWS
3 54 (16.82%) Power Platform
4 43 (13.40%) GitHub
5 40 (12.46%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (8.72%) Power Automate
7 27 (8.41%) Azure Logic Apps
7 27 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (8.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (8.10%) Serverless
9 23 (7.17%) SaaS
10 19 (5.92%) GCP
11 18 (5.61%) PowerApps
12 17 (5.30%) Boomi
13 16 (4.98%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (4.98%) Entra ID
14 14 (4.36%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (3.74%) OpenShift
16 12 (3.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.98%) Firewall
2 10 (3.12%) VPN
3 7 (2.18%) FTP
4 6 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.25%) AMQP
5 4 (1.25%) DNS
5 4 (1.25%) SSL
6 3 (0.93%) BGP
6 3 (0.93%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.62%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.62%) HTTP
7 2 (0.62%) LAN
7 2 (0.62%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.62%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.62%) WAN
8 1 (0.31%) CTI
8 1 (0.31%) DHCP
8 1 (0.31%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (15.26%) Power BI
2 33 (10.28%) MySQL
2 33 (10.28%) SQL Server
3 30 (9.35%) Relational Database
4 28 (8.72%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (5.61%) Metadata
6 14 (4.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (4.36%) RDBMS
6 14 (4.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (3.74%) Electronic Patient Records
8 8 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.87%) OLTP
9 6 (1.87%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.87%) Power Query
10 5 (1.56%) GIS
10 5 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.25%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.25%) Redis
12 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (10.28%) Git
2 32 (9.97%) JIRA
3 26 (8.10%) Jenkins
4 19 (5.92%) GitLab
5 10 (3.12%) Postman
6 9 (2.80%) JUnit
7 8 (2.49%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (2.49%) Visual Studio
8 7 (2.18%) ERwin
9 6 (1.87%) Mockito
9 6 (1.87%) Selenium
9 6 (1.87%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.87%) Storybook
10 5 (1.56%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.56%) Maven
10 5 (1.56%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.56%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.25%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.25%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.25%) JMeter
General
1 117 (36.45%) Social Skills
2 72 (22.43%) Finance
3 62 (19.31%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.79%) Law
5 20 (6.23%) Marketing
6 18 (5.61%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.30%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.67%) German Language
8 15 (4.67%) Retail
9 14 (4.36%) Health Technology
10 9 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.18%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.18%) Legal
12 4 (1.25%) Advertising
12 4 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.93%) Local Government
13 3 (0.93%) Publishing
14 2 (0.62%) Billing
14 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 102 (31.78%) Developer
2 59 (18.38%) Senior
3 35 (10.90%) Analyst
4 34 (10.59%) Senior Developer
5 28 (8.72%) Consultant
6 20 (6.23%) Integration Engineer
7 19 (5.92%) Data Analyst
7 19 (5.92%) Java Developer
8 16 (4.98%) Architect
9 14 (4.36%) Applications Engineer
9 14 (4.36%) Support Engineer
10 13 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (3.74%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (3.74%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.74%) EPR Consultant
12 11 (3.43%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.43%) Network Engineer
12 11 (3.43%) Telecoms Engineer
13 10 (3.12%) Applications Support
13 10 (3.12%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (55.14%) XML
2 110 (34.27%) REST
3 84 (26.17%) HTML
4 48 (14.95%) SOAP
5 43 (13.40%) RESTful
6 36 (11.21%) CSS
7 33 (10.28%) .NET
8 32 (9.97%) Regular Expression
9 28 (8.72%) Web Services
10 25 (7.79%) React
11 23 (7.17%) OAuth
11 23 (7.17%) YAML
12 20 (6.23%) Spring
13 17 (5.30%) Spring Boot
14 16 (4.98%) OAuth2
15 14 (4.36%) FHIR
15 14 (4.36%) Middleware
15 14 (4.36%) Node.js
16 13 (4.05%) .NET Core
17 11 (3.43%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 50 (15.58%) Onboarding
2 44 (13.71%) Linux Command Line
3 37 (11.53%) Data Structures
4 23 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (6.54%) Cloud Native
6 17 (5.30%) Low-Code
7 16 (4.98%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (3.74%) NHS
9 10 (3.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.18%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.18%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.18%) Social Media
11 6 (1.87%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.56%) SCADA
13 4 (1.25%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.93%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.40%) Unix
2 41 (12.77%) Linux
3 10 (3.12%) Windows
4 4 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (26.48%) CI/CD
2 83 (25.86%) Agile
3 72 (22.43%) DevOps
4 66 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (19.94%) Business Intelligence
6 56 (17.45%) Test Automation
7 55 (17.13%) AI
8 50 (15.58%) Data Modelling
9 48 (14.95%) Analytics
10 41 (12.77%) Data Analysis
11 40 (12.46%) API Integration
11 40 (12.46%) ETL
12 35 (10.90%) Validation
13 33 (10.28%) Infrastructure as Code
14 31 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (9.66%) Microservices
15 30 (9.35%) Asset Management
15 30 (9.35%) Decision-Making
15 30 (9.35%) LLM
15 30 (9.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 168 (52.34%) SQL
2 121 (37.69%) Python
3 91 (28.35%) JavaScript
4 69 (21.50%) Java
5 34 (10.59%) C#
6 29 (9.03%) PowerShell
7 22 (6.85%) Shell Script
7 22 (6.85%) TypeScript
8 20 (6.23%) PL/SQL
9 14 (4.36%) Bicep
9 14 (4.36%) T-SQL
10 9 (2.80%) Perl
11 7 (2.18%) PHP
11 7 (2.18%) VB
12 6 (1.87%) Groovy
13 3 (0.93%) ActionScript
13 3 (0.93%) ActionScript 2.0
13 3 (0.93%) C++
13 3 (0.93%) R
13 3 (0.93%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 55 (17.13%) Degree
2 33 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.30%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.25%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.79%) QA
2 21 (6.54%) GDPR
3 18 (5.61%) Data Quality
4 15 (4.67%) Accessibility
5 14 (4.36%) HL7
6 13 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.18%) SLA
7 7 (2.18%) WCAG
8 3 (0.93%) NCSC
8 3 (0.93%) NIST
8 3 (0.93%) TickIT
9 2 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 30 (9.35%) Docker
2 19 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.93%) vSphere
4 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 32 (9.97%) Terraform
2 29 (9.03%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.36%) Ansible
4 9 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.56%) Kibana
6 4 (1.25%) Packer
7 2 (0.62%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.31%) Grafana
8 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.84%) Oracle
3 16 (4.98%) Cisco
4 13 (4.05%) Google
4 13 (4.05%) SAP
5 11 (3.43%) Adobe
5 11 (3.43%) IBM
5 11 (3.43%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.12%) Ab Initio
7 9 (2.80%) Databricks
7 9 (2.80%) Palo Alto
7 9 (2.80%) Splunk
8 8 (2.49%) F5
8 8 (2.49%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.49%) Okta
9 7 (2.18%) Dell
9 7 (2.18%) Intapp
9 7 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.18%) Sparx
9 7 (2.18%) Talend