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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 360 254
Rank change year-on-year -95 -106 -18
Permanent jobs citing JSON 361 380 883
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.76% 1.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.37% 4.49% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 252 280 538
10th Percentile £33,925 £36,250 £34,475
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,700 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,896 £77,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,375 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -1.71%

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 10,706 8,455 16,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.02% 16.90% 19.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,812 5,486 11,393
10th Percentile £40,500 £38,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 16 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 16 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 -87 331 £62,500 +4.17% 200
UK excluding London -112 210 £55,000 - 118
Work from Home -38 140 £60,900 -2.17% 78
London -42 121 £75,000 +15.38% 104
South East -48 83 £55,000 -15.38% 45
North of England -39 53 £55,000 - 25
North West -6 32 £62,500 +13.64% 13
East of England -51 28 £90,000 +89.47% 11
Midlands -23 21 £53,250 -5.75% 15
South West -71 20 £52,500 - 10
Yorkshire -22 16 £40,750 -6.32% 11
West Midlands -28 12 £46,250 -13.95% 9
East Midlands -21 9 £54,000 -4.42% 6
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 3
North East - 5 £45,000 - 1
Scotland -8 2 £72,500 +62.92% 6

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 29 (8.03%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.71%) Confluence
3 15 (4.16%) Apache
4 11 (3.05%) IIS
5 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (2.22%) CMS
7 7 (1.94%) WordPress
8 5 (1.39%) Apache Spark
8 5 (1.39%) Drupal
9 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.55%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.55%) 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 17 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.83%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.55%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 155 (42.94%) Azure
2 94 (26.04%) AWS
3 58 (16.07%) Power Platform
4 51 (14.13%) Azure DevOps
5 48 (13.30%) Azure Logic Apps
6 35 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (8.31%) Serverless
8 29 (8.03%) PowerApps
9 28 (7.76%) Power Automate
10 27 (7.48%) GitHub
11 23 (6.37%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (6.09%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (6.09%) SaaS
13 20 (5.54%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (5.26%) OneDrive
15 17 (4.71%) GCP
16 15 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (4.16%) Boomi
17 13 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.26%) Firewall
2 10 (2.77%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.49%) DNS
4 6 (1.66%) HTTP
4 6 (1.66%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.39%) Intranet
6 4 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.83%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.83%) SSL
7 3 (0.83%) Wireless
8 2 (0.55%) MQTT
8 2 (0.55%) VPN
9 1 (0.28%) BGP
9 1 (0.28%) Broadband
9 1 (0.28%) LAN
9 1 (0.28%) RTP
9 1 (0.28%) SS7
9 1 (0.28%) VoIP
9 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.30%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (12.47%) Power BI
3 27 (7.48%) Relational Database
4 26 (7.20%) SQL Server
5 25 (6.93%) MySQL
6 23 (6.37%) Redis
7 20 (5.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (4.43%) Metadata
10 14 (3.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (3.05%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
13 6 (1.66%) Data Lake
13 6 (1.66%) GIS
13 6 (1.66%) MongoDB
14 5 (1.39%) Delta Lake
14 5 (1.39%) NoSQL
15 4 (1.11%) Apache Iceberg
15 4 (1.11%) Oracle Database
15 4 (1.11%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 68 (18.84%) Git
2 46 (12.74%) JIRA
3 28 (7.76%) Jenkins
4 24 (6.65%) GitLab
5 15 (4.16%) Selenium
6 11 (3.05%) Cucumber
6 11 (3.05%) Postman
7 10 (2.77%) JMeter
8 8 (2.22%) JUnit
9 7 (1.94%) Maven
9 7 (1.94%) Mockito
10 6 (1.66%) ERwin
11 5 (1.39%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.39%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (1.39%) Gradle
11 5 (1.39%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.39%) Mocha
11 5 (1.39%) NUnit
11 5 (1.39%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 152 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 88 (24.38%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (17.73%) Finance
4 31 (8.59%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.16%) Health Technology
5 15 (4.16%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.88%) Marketing
6 14 (3.88%) Retail
7 13 (3.60%) Advertising
8 10 (2.77%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.22%) Law
10 8 (2.22%) Legal
11 6 (1.66%) Banking
11 6 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.39%) Back Office
12 5 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.39%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.39%) Local Government
12 5 (1.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 129 (35.73%) Developer
2 80 (22.16%) Senior
3 42 (11.63%) Senior Developer
4 25 (6.93%) Architect
5 23 (6.37%) Analyst
6 22 (6.09%) Consultant
6 22 (6.09%) Software Engineer
7 21 (5.82%) .NET Developer
8 19 (5.26%) Lead
8 19 (5.26%) Software Developer
8 19 (5.26%) Web Developer
9 18 (4.99%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.71%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.71%) Integration Engineer
10 17 (4.71%) Ruby Developer
11 16 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (4.16%) Full-Stack Developer
13 14 (3.88%) Automation Engineer
14 13 (3.60%) Technical Support
15 12 (3.32%) Senior Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (39.06%) XML
2 108 (29.92%) REST
3 92 (25.48%) HTML
4 83 (22.99%) .NET
5 80 (22.16%) CSS
6 50 (13.85%) RESTful
7 44 (12.19%) .NET Core
8 42 (11.63%) SOAP
9 39 (10.80%) ASP.NET
10 32 (8.86%) Middleware
10 32 (8.86%) YAML
11 30 (8.31%) JWT
12 29 (8.03%) React
13 21 (5.82%) .NET Framework
13 21 (5.82%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (5.54%) AngularJS
14 20 (5.54%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (5.26%) SPFx
16 18 (4.99%) HTML5
16 18 (4.99%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.65%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.09%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.82%) Cloud Native
3 21 (5.82%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (5.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (5.26%) Data Structures
6 18 (4.99%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (3.32%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.05%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.77%) Driving Licence
10 9 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (2.49%) NHS
10 9 (2.49%) Robotics
11 8 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (2.22%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.39%) e-Learning
13 4 (1.11%) PKI
13 4 (1.11%) SCADA
13 4 (1.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.90%) Linux
2 46 (12.74%) Windows
3 17 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.11%) Unix
5 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (36.29%) Agile
2 105 (29.09%) DevOps
3 103 (28.53%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (28.25%) CI/CD
5 57 (15.79%) Microservices
6 54 (14.96%) Test Automation
6 54 (14.96%) User Experience
7 49 (13.57%) Containerisation
8 47 (13.02%) Data Modelling
9 46 (12.74%) Business Intelligence
10 43 (11.91%) Scrum
10 43 (11.91%) Software Engineering
11 40 (11.08%) Mentoring
12 38 (10.53%) AI
12 38 (10.53%) Roadmaps
13 37 (10.25%) Analytics
14 36 (9.97%) API Integration
14 36 (9.97%) Clean Code
14 36 (9.97%) Infrastructure as Code
15 35 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 150 (41.55%) SQL
2 126 (34.90%) JavaScript
3 102 (28.25%) Python
4 87 (24.10%) C#
5 45 (12.47%) Java
6 32 (8.86%) PowerShell
7 27 (7.48%) TypeScript
8 18 (4.99%) C++
8 18 (4.99%) PHP
8 18 (4.99%) Ruby
9 14 (3.88%) Shell Script
10 11 (3.05%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.94%) Perl
12 5 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.39%) Groovy
12 5 (1.39%) VB
13 4 (1.11%) Bash
13 4 (1.11%) VBA
14 2 (0.55%) R
14 2 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (13.02%) Degree
2 38 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.32%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.66%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.83%) CCNP
9 3 (0.83%) CISSP
9 3 (0.83%) ISEB
9 3 (0.83%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.55%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.55%) CCSP
10 2 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.63%) QA
2 30 (8.31%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.43%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.32%) TickIT
5 11 (3.05%) SLA
6 9 (2.49%) WCAG
7 7 (1.94%) HL7
8 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.11%) GDPR
9 3 (0.83%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.83%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.55%) 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 (15.51%) Docker
2 7 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.94%) vSphere
3 4 (1.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (8.31%) Terraform
2 28 (7.76%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.88%) Ansible
4 6 (1.66%) Kibana
5 4 (1.11%) Packer
6 3 (0.83%) Grafana
7 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 101 (27.98%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.65%) Adobe
3 17 (4.71%) Google
4 14 (3.88%) Splunk
5 13 (3.60%) Cisco
5 13 (3.60%) Oracle
6 11 (3.05%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.77%) Databricks
8 8 (2.22%) F5
8 8 (2.22%) SAP
8 8 (2.22%) VMware
9 7 (1.94%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.94%) IBM
10 5 (1.39%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.39%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.39%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.39%) Sparx
11 4 (1.11%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.11%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.11%) Juniper