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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 365 274
Rank change year-on-year -105 -91 -41
Permanent jobs citing JSON 356 370 849
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.74% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.98% 4.12% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 247 272 526
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,668 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £83,750 £83,125
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 8,982 17,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.90% 17.97% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,683 5,842 12,107
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,843 £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 £86,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £108,750
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 28 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 28 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 -85 329 £62,500 +4.17% 324
UK excluding London -107 210 £55,000 - 189
Work from Home -47 132 £60,450 -0.90% 149
London -30 119 £75,000 +15.38% 175
South East -50 81 £55,000 -15.38% 44
North of England -27 55 £55,000 - 39
North West -20 32 £62,500 +13.64% 27
East of England -51 26 £90,000 +71.43% 32
Midlands -25 25 £54,000 +7.46% 26
South West -67 19 £52,500 -12.50% 29
Yorkshire -28 18 £40,750 -27.23% 11
West Midlands -26 16 £53,750 +13.16% 18
East Midlands -26 9 £54,000 -10.00% 8
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 5
North East - 5 £45,000 - 4
Scotland -5 1 - - 18

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 28 (7.87%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.62%) Confluence
3 15 (4.21%) Apache
4 11 (3.09%) IIS
5 9 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (2.25%) CMS
7 6 (1.69%) WordPress
8 5 (1.40%) Apache Spark
8 5 (1.40%) Drupal
9 4 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.84%) 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 21 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.84%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.56%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.56%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 158 (44.38%) Azure
2 92 (25.84%) AWS
3 59 (16.57%) Power Platform
4 55 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (13.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 35 (9.83%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (8.71%) Serverless
8 30 (8.43%) Power Automate
9 29 (8.15%) PowerApps
10 26 (7.30%) GitHub
11 25 (7.02%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (6.18%) SaaS
13 21 (5.90%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (5.90%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (5.34%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (5.34%) OneDrive
15 18 (5.06%) GCP
16 15 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (4.21%) Boomi
17 12 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.49%) Firewall
2 10 (2.81%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.53%) DNS
4 6 (1.69%) HTTP
4 6 (1.69%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.40%) Intranet
6 3 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.84%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.84%) SSL
6 3 (0.84%) Wireless
7 2 (0.56%) MQTT
7 2 (0.56%) VPN
8 1 (0.28%) BGP
8 1 (0.28%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.28%) RTP
8 1 (0.28%) SCTP
8 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.28%) SS7
8 1 (0.28%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.48%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (12.64%) Power BI
3 28 (7.87%) SQL Server
4 25 (7.02%) MySQL
4 25 (7.02%) Relational Database
5 23 (6.46%) Redis
6 20 (5.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (5.62%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (3.93%) Metadata
7 14 (3.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (2.53%) RDBMS
9 7 (1.97%) Electronic Patient Records
10 6 (1.69%) Data Lake
10 6 (1.69%) GIS
10 6 (1.69%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.40%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.40%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.12%) Apache Iceberg
12 4 (1.12%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.12%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 69 (19.38%) Git
2 48 (13.48%) JIRA
3 30 (8.43%) Jenkins
4 23 (6.46%) GitLab
5 16 (4.49%) Selenium
6 13 (3.65%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.65%) Postman
7 12 (3.37%) JMeter
8 8 (2.25%) JUnit
9 7 (1.97%) Maven
9 7 (1.97%) Mockito
10 6 (1.69%) SoapUI
11 5 (1.40%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.40%) Cypress.io
11 5 (1.40%) Gradle
11 5 (1.40%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.40%) Mocha
11 5 (1.40%) NUnit
11 5 (1.40%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.40%) Zephyr
General
1 156 (43.82%) Social Skills
2 87 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (17.98%) Finance
4 33 (9.27%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (5.34%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.21%) Health Technology
6 15 (4.21%) Retail
7 14 (3.93%) Marketing
8 12 (3.37%) Advertising
9 11 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.53%) Legal
11 8 (2.25%) Banking
11 8 (2.25%) Law
11 8 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.69%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.40%) Back Office
13 5 (1.40%) Local Government
14 4 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 128 (35.96%) Developer
2 82 (23.03%) Senior
3 42 (11.80%) Senior Developer
4 25 (7.02%) Analyst
5 24 (6.74%) Architect
6 22 (6.18%) Software Engineer
7 21 (5.90%) .NET Developer
8 20 (5.62%) Consultant
8 20 (5.62%) Lead
9 19 (5.34%) Web Developer
10 18 (5.06%) Integration Engineer
10 18 (5.06%) Software Developer
10 18 (5.06%) Support Engineer
11 17 (4.78%) Ruby Developer
12 16 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (4.21%) Data Engineer
13 15 (4.21%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (3.65%) Senior Integration Engineer
14 13 (3.65%) Technical Support
15 12 (3.37%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (38.20%) XML
2 108 (30.34%) REST
3 90 (25.28%) HTML
4 80 (22.47%) .NET
5 78 (21.91%) CSS
6 48 (13.48%) RESTful
7 45 (12.64%) .NET Core
8 44 (12.36%) SOAP
9 39 (10.96%) ASP.NET
10 32 (8.99%) Middleware
11 30 (8.43%) JWT
11 30 (8.43%) YAML
12 29 (8.15%) Terraform
13 28 (7.87%) React
14 21 (5.90%) .NET Framework
14 21 (5.90%) HTML5 Canvas
15 20 (5.62%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (5.34%) AngularJS
16 19 (5.34%) Razor View Engine
16 19 (5.34%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.74%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.18%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.90%) Cloud Native
4 20 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (5.34%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (5.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (4.49%) Data Structures
8 13 (3.65%) Management Information System
9 11 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (3.09%) Product Ownership
10 10 (2.81%) Driving Licence
11 9 (2.53%) Enterprise Cloud
11 9 (2.53%) NHS
11 9 (2.53%) Robotics
12 7 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.97%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.69%) Taxonomies
14 5 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.40%) Mobile App
15 4 (1.12%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 58 (16.29%) Linux
2 45 (12.64%) Windows
3 17 (4.78%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.84%) Unix
7 2 (0.56%) Android
7 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (37.36%) Agile
2 109 (30.62%) DevOps
3 106 (29.78%) CI/CD
3 106 (29.78%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (16.01%) Test Automation
5 56 (15.73%) User Experience
6 54 (15.17%) Microservices
7 46 (12.92%) Scrum
8 45 (12.64%) Containerisation
8 45 (12.64%) Data Modelling
8 45 (12.64%) Software Engineering
9 44 (12.36%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (12.36%) Mentoring
10 40 (11.24%) Roadmaps
11 39 (10.96%) AI
12 38 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (10.11%) API Integration
13 36 (10.11%) Clean Code
14 35 (9.83%) Infrastructure as Code
15 34 (9.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 144 (40.45%) SQL
2 125 (35.11%) JavaScript
3 94 (26.40%) Python
4 86 (24.16%) C#
5 42 (11.80%) Java
6 32 (8.99%) PowerShell
7 25 (7.02%) TypeScript
8 18 (5.06%) C++
8 18 (5.06%) Ruby
9 17 (4.78%) PHP
10 14 (3.93%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.09%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (1.97%) Perl
13 5 (1.40%) Groovy
13 5 (1.40%) VB
14 3 (0.84%) Bash
14 3 (0.84%) VBA
15 2 (0.56%) R
15 2 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 46 (12.92%) Degree
2 37 (10.39%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.37%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.69%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.40%) ISEB
8 5 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.84%) CCNP
10 3 (0.84%) CISSP
11 2 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.56%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.56%) CASP
11 2 (0.56%) CCSP
11 2 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.64%) QA
2 36 (10.11%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.49%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.37%) TickIT
4 12 (3.37%) WCAG
5 11 (3.09%) SLA
6 7 (1.97%) HL7
7 6 (1.69%) GDPR
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.84%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.84%) 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 (15.73%) Docker
2 7 (1.97%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.97%) vSphere
3 4 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 28 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.65%) Ansible
3 5 (1.40%) Grafana
3 5 (1.40%) Kibana
4 4 (1.12%) Packer
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 107 (30.06%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.74%) Adobe
3 18 (5.06%) Google
4 14 (3.93%) Splunk
5 11 (3.09%) Oracle
6 10 (2.81%) Cisco
6 10 (2.81%) SAP
7 9 (2.53%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.25%) Databricks
9 7 (1.97%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.97%) IBM
9 7 (1.97%) VMware
10 6 (1.69%) F5
11 5 (1.40%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.40%) Pega
11 5 (1.40%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.12%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.12%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.84%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.84%) Sparx