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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 307 243
Rank change year-on-year -108 -64 +31
Permanent jobs citing JSON 332 407 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.94% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.69% 4.68% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 219 308 747
10th Percentile £40,700 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,526 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,000 £86,250 £84,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 9,005 8,699 20,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 19.99% 21.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,614 6,119 15,728
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,063 £50,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,813
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 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 15 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 15 May 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 -82 290 £65,000 +5.48% 146
UK excluding London -80 191 £60,000 +9.09% 98
Work from Home +2 138 £62,500 -0.40% 73
London -39 106 £68,000 +0.74% 58
South East -47 69 £62,500 -3.85% 39
East of England +9 47 £90,000 +89.47% 6
North of England -26 45 £57,500 +9.52% 30
North West +1 31 £61,250 +13.95% 16
Scotland -1 16 £72,500 +62.92% 2
Yorkshire -49 12 £57,000 +8.57% 11
Midlands -52 11 £47,500 -12.59% 11
West Midlands -43 7 £43,000 -20.87% 4
South West -67 6 £31,500 -47.50% 11
East Midlands -26 4 £47,500 -15.93% 7
North East -35 2 £46,250 -40.32% 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 28 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.41%) CMS
4 7 (2.11%) IIS
4 7 (2.11%) WordPress
5 5 (1.51%) Apache
5 5 (1.51%) Drupal
6 4 (1.20%) Confluence
7 3 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.60%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.30%) JBoss
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.30%) SAS
9 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.90%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.30%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.81%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.30%) Magento
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 144 (43.37%) Azure
2 85 (25.60%) AWS
3 61 (18.37%) Power Platform
4 45 (13.55%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (11.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 36 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
7 35 (10.54%) Serverless
8 32 (9.64%) GitHub
9 31 (9.34%) Azure Data Factory
10 27 (8.13%) SaaS
11 26 (7.83%) PowerApps
12 25 (7.53%) Power Automate
13 22 (6.63%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (6.02%) OneDrive
15 19 (5.72%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 18 (5.42%) Dynamics 365
17 17 (5.12%) Boomi
18 16 (4.82%) Amazon EC2
19 14 (4.22%) Amazon EKS
19 14 (4.22%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.12%) Firewall
2 6 (1.81%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (1.81%) VPN
3 5 (1.51%) DNS
4 3 (0.90%) AMQP
4 3 (0.90%) BGP
4 3 (0.90%) HTTP
4 3 (0.90%) SSL
5 2 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.60%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.60%) FTP
5 2 (0.60%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.60%) LAN
5 2 (0.60%) PuTTY
5 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.60%) WAN
6 1 (0.30%) Broadband
6 1 (0.30%) CTI
6 1 (0.30%) DHCP
6 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (15.96%) Power BI
2 42 (12.65%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (10.24%) MySQL
4 24 (7.23%) Relational Database
5 23 (6.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (6.63%) SQL Server
7 19 (5.72%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (5.12%) Metadata
9 14 (4.22%) RDBMS
10 11 (3.31%) Redis
11 10 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (2.71%) Electronic Patient Records
13 8 (2.41%) Oracle Database
14 7 (2.11%) GIS
15 5 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
16 4 (1.20%) OLTP
16 4 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
17 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 47 (14.16%) Git
2 34 (10.24%) JIRA
3 31 (9.34%) Jenkins
4 22 (6.63%) GitLab
5 12 (3.61%) Postman
6 10 (3.01%) JUnit
7 8 (2.41%) Maven
8 7 (2.11%) ERwin
8 7 (2.11%) Mockito
8 7 (2.11%) Selenium
9 6 (1.81%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.81%) JMeter
9 6 (1.81%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (1.81%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.51%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.51%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.51%) Gradle
10 5 (1.51%) SpecFlow
10 5 (1.51%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.20%) Artifactory
General
1 131 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 82 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (21.69%) Finance
4 19 (5.72%) Marketing
4 19 (5.72%) Retail
5 18 (5.42%) Telecoms
6 17 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (4.52%) Health Technology
8 12 (3.61%) Law
9 10 (3.01%) Advertising
9 10 (3.01%) German Language
10 9 (2.71%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.11%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.20%) Back Office
13 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.90%) Banking
14 3 (0.90%) Billing
14 3 (0.90%) Local Government
15 2 (0.60%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 103 (31.02%) Developer
2 76 (22.89%) Senior
3 49 (14.76%) Senior Developer
4 31 (9.34%) Consultant
5 26 (7.83%) Analyst
5 26 (7.83%) Architect
6 20 (6.02%) Data Analyst
7 19 (5.72%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (5.42%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.52%) Java Developer
10 14 (4.22%) Applications Engineer
10 14 (4.22%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (3.61%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (3.61%) Integration Engineer
11 12 (3.61%) Software Developer
12 11 (3.31%) Applications Architect
12 11 (3.31%) Integration Architect
12 11 (3.31%) Network Engineer
12 11 (3.31%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.31%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (47.29%) XML
2 116 (34.94%) REST
3 92 (27.71%) HTML
4 60 (18.07%) CSS
5 52 (15.66%) SOAP
6 51 (15.36%) .NET
7 41 (12.35%) RESTful
8 34 (10.24%) .NET Core
8 34 (10.24%) YAML
9 32 (9.64%) Middleware
10 25 (7.53%) OAuth
11 23 (6.93%) HTML5 Canvas
12 22 (6.63%) React
12 22 (6.63%) Regular Expression
13 21 (6.33%) JWT
14 20 (6.02%) Spring
15 19 (5.72%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (5.72%) OAuth2
15 19 (5.72%) SPFx
15 19 (5.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.35%) Onboarding
2 33 (9.94%) Data Structures
3 30 (9.04%) Linux Command Line
4 24 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (6.02%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (5.72%) Cloud Native
7 13 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.71%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (2.71%) NHS
9 7 (2.11%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.11%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.11%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.11%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.11%) SCADA
10 4 (1.20%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.20%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 44 (13.25%) Linux
2 25 (7.53%) Unix
3 17 (5.12%) Windows
4 9 (2.71%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (29.22%) CI/CD
2 91 (27.41%) DevOps
3 84 (25.30%) Agile
4 74 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (17.47%) Data Modelling
6 56 (16.87%) Business Intelligence
7 50 (15.06%) Microservices
8 49 (14.76%) Test Automation
9 46 (13.86%) AI
10 45 (13.55%) API Integration
11 41 (12.35%) Data Analysis
11 41 (12.35%) User Experience
12 40 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
13 39 (11.75%) ERP
14 36 (10.84%) Analytics
14 36 (10.84%) Containerisation
15 34 (10.24%) Mentoring
16 31 (9.34%) Integration Patterns
16 31 (9.34%) Validation
17 30 (9.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 163 (49.10%) SQL
2 121 (36.45%) Python
3 107 (32.23%) JavaScript
4 73 (21.99%) Java
5 50 (15.06%) C#
6 36 (10.84%) PowerShell
7 29 (8.73%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.82%) PL/SQL
8 16 (4.82%) Shell Script
9 15 (4.52%) PHP
10 11 (3.31%) T-SQL
11 10 (3.01%) Perl
12 9 (2.71%) Bicep
12 9 (2.71%) VB
13 6 (1.81%) Groovy
14 5 (1.51%) Ruby
15 4 (1.20%) VBA
16 3 (0.90%) ActionScript
16 3 (0.90%) ActionScript 2.0
17 2 (0.60%) Bash
Qualifications
1 47 (14.16%) Degree
2 41 (12.35%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.81%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.30%) CISSP
8 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.30%) GIAC
8 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.30%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.94%) QA
2 20 (6.02%) Accessibility
3 14 (4.22%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.61%) TickIT
5 11 (3.31%) GDPR
5 11 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.31%) SLA
6 10 (3.01%) HL7
7 8 (2.41%) WCAG
8 2 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.30%) NCSC
9 1 (0.30%) NIST
9 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 41 (12.35%) Docker
2 18 (5.42%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.20%) vSphere
4 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 38 (11.45%) Terraform
2 36 (10.84%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.82%) Ansible
4 6 (1.81%) Kibana
4 6 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.20%) Packer
6 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 71 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.04%) Oracle
3 24 (7.23%) Adobe
4 16 (4.82%) Cisco
5 12 (3.61%) Splunk
6 11 (3.31%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.71%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.41%) Databricks
8 8 (2.41%) F5
9 7 (2.11%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.11%) Sparx
10 6 (1.81%) Ab Initio
10 6 (1.81%) Google
10 6 (1.81%) IBM
10 6 (1.81%) Juniper
10 6 (1.81%) Okta
10 6 (1.81%) SAP
10 6 (1.81%) VMware
11 5 (1.51%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.20%) ServiceNow