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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 305 223
Rank change year-on-year -101 -82 +44
Permanent jobs citing JSON 308 415 1,177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 1.00% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.78% 4.62% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 188 320 813
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% - -9.06%
75th Percentile £74,063 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,388 £90,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.98%

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 8,143 8,975 19,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.61% 21.69% 22.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,955 6,589 15,344
10th Percentile £36,100 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,750 £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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -121 247 £62,500 - 162
UK excluding London -96 184 £55,000 - 122
Work from Home -38 131 £57,500 -8.73% 89
London -32 89 £72,500 - 63
South East -72 60 £55,000 - 43
East of England +20 50 £55,000 +10.00% 26
Scotland -3 32 £72,500 +52.45% 5
North of England -52 22 £55,000 +4.76% 29
North West -23 15 £55,000 -4.35% 13
Midlands -53 14 £47,500 -10.38% 12
West Midlands -19 9 £47,500 -11.53% 5
East Midlands -49 5 £54,000 +3.35% 7
South West -46 4 £37,500 -38.78% 6
Yorkshire -53 4 £55,750 +17.37% 15
North East -20 3 £45,000 -41.94% 1
Northern Ireland -36 2 - - 1

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 18 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.25%) Confluence
3 8 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.62%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.32%) CICS
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) IIS
7 1 (0.32%) JBoss
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.32%) SAS
7 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.95%) Trello
3 4 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.32%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.32%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.90%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.62%) Shopify
3 3 (0.97%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
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
1 132 (42.86%) Azure
2 63 (20.45%) AWS
3 50 (16.23%) GitHub
4 48 (15.58%) Power Platform
5 44 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (8.12%) Azure Logic Apps
6 25 (8.12%) Power Automate
7 24 (7.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (6.82%) Serverless
9 20 (6.49%) Entra ID
10 19 (6.17%) GCP
10 19 (6.17%) SaaS
11 17 (5.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (4.87%) PowerApps
14 13 (4.22%) Azure Event Grid
14 13 (4.22%) Boomi
14 13 (4.22%) OCI
14 13 (4.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.52%) Firewall
2 10 (3.25%) VPN
3 7 (2.27%) FTP
4 6 (1.95%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.30%) AMQP
5 4 (1.30%) DNS
6 3 (0.97%) BGP
6 3 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (0.97%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.97%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.97%) LAN
6 3 (0.97%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.97%) SSL
6 3 (0.97%) WAN
7 2 (0.65%) HTTP
7 2 (0.65%) PuTTY
8 1 (0.32%) CTI
8 1 (0.32%) DHCP
8 1 (0.32%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.96%) Power BI
2 34 (11.04%) SQL Server
3 31 (10.06%) Relational Database
4 30 (9.74%) MySQL
5 28 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (5.52%) Metadata
7 15 (4.87%) RDBMS
8 11 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (3.25%) Electronic Patient Records
10 7 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.95%) OLTP
11 6 (1.95%) Power Query
12 5 (1.62%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.30%) GIS
13 4 (1.30%) MongoDB
13 4 (1.30%) Redis
13 4 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (0.97%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (9.74%) Git
2 26 (8.44%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.49%) JIRA
4 14 (4.55%) GitLab
5 12 (3.90%) Oracle Forms
6 10 (3.25%) JUnit
6 10 (3.25%) Postman
7 8 (2.60%) Visual Studio
8 7 (2.27%) ERwin
8 7 (2.27%) Mockito
9 6 (1.95%) Selenium
9 6 (1.95%) Storybook
10 5 (1.62%) JMeter
10 5 (1.62%) Maven
10 5 (1.62%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.62%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.30%) Axure RP
12 3 (0.97%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.65%) Gradle
13 2 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
General
1 102 (33.12%) Social Skills
2 77 (25.00%) Finance
3 54 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.77%) Law
5 18 (5.84%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.84%) Telecoms
6 16 (5.19%) Marketing
6 16 (5.19%) Retail
7 15 (4.87%) German Language
8 10 (3.25%) Health Technology
9 7 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.27%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.27%) Legal
10 4 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.97%) Advertising
11 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.97%) Publishing
12 2 (0.65%) Billing
12 2 (0.65%) Front Office
12 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 97 (31.49%) Developer
2 54 (17.53%) Senior
3 31 (10.06%) Analyst
4 28 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 24 (7.79%) Consultant
6 20 (6.49%) Integration Engineer
7 18 (5.84%) Java Developer
8 17 (5.52%) Applications Engineer
8 17 (5.52%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (5.52%) Data Analyst
9 15 (4.87%) Architect
10 13 (4.22%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.90%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (3.90%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 12 (3.90%) Support Engineer
12 11 (3.57%) Network Engineer
12 11 (3.57%) Telecoms Engineer
13 10 (3.25%) EPR Consultant
13 10 (3.25%) Technical Consultant
14 9 (2.92%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (55.84%) XML
2 104 (33.77%) REST
3 79 (25.65%) HTML
4 49 (15.91%) RESTful
5 46 (14.94%) SOAP
6 32 (10.39%) Regular Expression
7 30 (9.74%) CSS
8 29 (9.42%) Web Services
9 28 (9.09%) .NET
10 26 (8.44%) React
11 23 (7.47%) OAuth
12 21 (6.82%) Spring
12 21 (6.82%) YAML
13 18 (5.84%) Spring Boot
14 17 (5.52%) OAuth2
15 14 (4.55%) Node.js
16 12 (3.90%) FHIR
16 12 (3.90%) Hibernate
17 11 (3.57%) Jinja
17 11 (3.57%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.23%) Onboarding
2 42 (13.64%) Linux Command Line
3 36 (11.69%) Data Structures
4 25 (8.12%) Cloud Native
5 23 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (5.52%) Low-Code
7 16 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (3.25%) NHS
10 8 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (2.27%) e-Learning
11 7 (2.27%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.95%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.95%) Social Media
13 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
14 4 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.30%) SCADA
15 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
15 3 (0.97%) Reference Data
15 3 (0.97%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.96%) Unix
2 34 (11.04%) Linux
3 9 (2.92%) Windows
4 3 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (28.90%) CI/CD
2 84 (27.27%) Agile
3 72 (23.38%) DevOps
4 58 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (18.83%) Test Automation
5 57 (18.51%) Business Intelligence
6 54 (17.53%) AI
7 48 (15.58%) Data Modelling
8 46 (14.94%) Analytics
9 42 (13.64%) ETL
10 41 (13.31%) API Integration
11 39 (12.66%) Data Analysis
12 35 (11.36%) Asset Management
12 35 (11.36%) Validation
13 32 (10.39%) Coaching
14 30 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (9.74%) Infrastructure as Code
14 30 (9.74%) Mentoring
14 30 (9.74%) Observability
14 30 (9.74%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 158 (51.30%) SQL
2 120 (38.96%) Python
3 85 (27.60%) JavaScript
4 68 (22.08%) Java
5 32 (10.39%) C#
6 29 (9.42%) PowerShell
7 26 (8.44%) Shell Script
8 24 (7.79%) PL/SQL
9 19 (6.17%) TypeScript
10 16 (5.19%) Bicep
11 15 (4.87%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.95%) PHP
13 5 (1.62%) Perl
13 5 (1.62%) VB
14 3 (0.97%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.97%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.97%) C++
14 3 (0.97%) R
14 3 (0.97%) Ruby
15 2 (0.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 50 (16.23%) Degree
2 30 (9.74%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.87%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.97%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.47%) GDPR
2 20 (6.49%) QA
3 19 (6.17%) Data Quality
4 17 (5.52%) Accessibility
5 15 (4.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (3.90%) HL7
7 7 (2.27%) WCAG
8 5 (1.62%) NCSC
8 5 (1.62%) NIST
9 4 (1.30%) SLA
10 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 31 (10.06%) Docker
2 23 (7.47%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.97%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.97%) vSphere
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 34 (11.04%) Terraform
2 25 (8.12%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.22%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.25%) Ansible
5 6 (1.95%) Kibana
6 3 (0.97%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Grafana
7 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 41 (13.31%) Oracle
3 17 (5.52%) Cisco
4 13 (4.22%) Google
4 13 (4.22%) SAP
5 12 (3.90%) Ab Initio
5 12 (3.90%) Okta
6 11 (3.57%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.92%) F5
7 9 (2.92%) Palo Alto
7 9 (2.92%) Splunk
8 8 (2.60%) Databricks
9 7 (2.27%) Dell
9 7 (2.27%) Intapp
9 7 (2.27%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.27%) Sparx
9 7 (2.27%) Talend
10 6 (1.95%) IBM
10 6 (1.95%) Juniper