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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 307 210
Rank change year-on-year -34 -97 +28
Permanent jobs citing JSON 344 578 850
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 0.85% 1.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.78% 4.14% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 231 367 714
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% -5.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +2.56%

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 7,190 13,975 13,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.53% 20.65% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,209 8,471 11,338
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,900
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -1.36% +1.38%
75th Percentile £86,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £108,750 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -40 287 £55,265 -7.89% 122
UK excluding London -9 226 £55,000 - 108
Work from Home +24 137 £55,000 -15.38% 89
London -18 100 £75,000 +7.14% 50
South East -31 75 £62,500 -3.85% 50
East of England +62 60 £55,000 -13.73% 13
Scotland +35 33 £50,000 +12.36% 12
North of England -10 29 £55,000 - 13
Midlands +29 26 £47,500 -9.52% 16
North West +34 22 £55,000 - 8
West Midlands +31 18 £47,500 -17.39% 8
East Midlands +20 8 £60,000 +17.07% 7
North East +20 4 £45,000 - 2
South West +15 3 £61,250 +22.50% 3
Yorkshire -22 3 £43,500 -33.08% 3
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 2

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 10 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.62%) Confluence
3 6 (1.74%) Anypoint
4 5 (1.45%) CMS
5 3 (0.87%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.58%) IIS
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) Appian
7 1 (0.29%) CICS
7 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.03%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.74%) Trello
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (4.36%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.03%) Shopify
3 5 (1.45%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.87%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.29%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 129 (37.50%) Azure
2 66 (19.19%) GitHub
3 61 (17.73%) AWS
4 58 (16.86%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (10.17%) Serverless
6 34 (9.88%) Power Platform
7 26 (7.56%) Power Automate
8 23 (6.69%) Amazon EC2
9 22 (6.40%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (6.10%) Amazon ECS
10 21 (6.10%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (5.52%) Azure Data Factory
12 19 (5.52%) Azure Service Bus
13 18 (5.23%) Entra ID
14 17 (4.94%) GCP
14 17 (4.94%) PaaS
15 15 (4.36%) Boomi
15 15 (4.36%) OCI
16 14 (4.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.91%) FTP
2 7 (2.03%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (2.03%) Ethernet
2 7 (2.03%) Firewall
2 7 (2.03%) LAN
2 7 (2.03%) SD-WAN
2 7 (2.03%) WAN
3 6 (1.74%) HTTP
4 5 (1.45%) VPN
5 3 (0.87%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.58%) DNS
7 1 (0.29%) AMQP
7 1 (0.29%) Internet
7 1 (0.29%) Modbus
7 1 (0.29%) SSL
7 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.29%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (16.86%) Relational Database
2 47 (13.66%) SQL Server
3 25 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (7.27%) Power BI
4 24 (6.98%) MySQL
5 22 (6.40%) RDBMS
6 15 (4.36%) OLTP
7 11 (3.20%) Electronic Patient Records
8 10 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.91%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.03%) GIS
10 7 (2.03%) Power Query
11 6 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.45%) Metadata
12 5 (1.45%) Redis
13 3 (0.87%) Big Data
13 3 (0.87%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (13.66%) Jenkins
2 38 (11.05%) Git
3 24 (6.98%) JUnit
4 23 (6.69%) JMeter
5 21 (6.10%) Mockito
6 16 (4.65%) JIRA
7 15 (4.36%) Oracle Forms
8 13 (3.78%) Visual Studio
9 7 (2.03%) Postman
10 6 (1.74%) Axure RP
10 6 (1.74%) Selenium
10 6 (1.74%) Storybook
11 5 (1.45%) MSBuild
11 5 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
11 5 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (1.16%) webpack
13 3 (0.87%) Maven
13 3 (0.87%) WebDriver
14 2 (0.58%) Babel
14 2 (0.58%) Xcode
General
1 109 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.35%) Finance
3 49 (14.24%) Law
4 46 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 32 (9.30%) Retail
7 26 (7.56%) Marketing
8 11 (3.20%) German Language
8 11 (3.20%) Health Technology
9 8 (2.33%) Legal
10 7 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.16%) Automotive
11 4 (1.16%) Banking
11 4 (1.16%) Front Office
12 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Publishing
13 2 (0.58%) Electronics
13 2 (0.58%) Games
13 2 (0.58%) iGaming
13 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 138 (40.12%) Developer
2 62 (18.02%) Senior
3 41 (11.92%) Senior Developer
4 28 (8.14%) Analyst
5 24 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (6.69%) Java Developer
7 18 (5.23%) Consultant
7 18 (5.23%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 17 (4.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (4.94%) Integration Engineer
9 16 (4.65%) Applications Engineer
10 15 (4.36%) Mid-Level Java Developer
10 15 (4.36%) Oracle Developer
10 15 (4.36%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 15 (4.36%) Senior Oracle Developer
11 14 (4.07%) Architect
11 14 (4.07%) Lead
12 13 (3.78%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.78%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 12 (3.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (60.47%) XML
2 139 (40.41%) HTML
3 129 (37.50%) REST
4 64 (18.60%) CSS
5 49 (14.24%) Web Services
6 48 (13.95%) RESTful
7 46 (13.37%) SOAP
8 36 (10.47%) React
9 28 (8.14%) .NET
9 28 (8.14%) Regular Expression
10 24 (6.98%) Spring
11 23 (6.69%) Hibernate
11 23 (6.69%) jQuery
12 22 (6.40%) Spring Boot
13 21 (6.10%) ActiveMQ
13 21 (6.10%) Apache Camel
13 21 (6.10%) WireMock
14 20 (5.81%) OAuth
15 15 (4.36%) AngularJS
16 14 (4.07%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.37%) Onboarding
2 33 (9.59%) Cloud Native
3 32 (9.30%) Linux Command Line
4 25 (7.27%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (4.65%) Low-Code
7 12 (3.49%) Product Ownership
8 11 (3.20%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.91%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.33%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (2.03%) Mobile App
11 7 (2.03%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.74%) Social Media
13 4 (1.16%) BYOD
13 4 (1.16%) NHS
14 3 (0.87%) Reference Data
14 3 (0.87%) Semantic Web
15 2 (0.58%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 35 (10.17%) Unix
2 17 (4.94%) Linux
3 5 (1.45%) Android
3 5 (1.45%) Windows
4 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (34.01%) Agile
2 97 (28.20%) CI/CD
3 81 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (23.26%) DevOps
5 64 (18.60%) Test Automation
6 51 (14.83%) AI
7 50 (14.53%) Microservices
8 47 (13.66%) ETL
9 44 (12.79%) API Integration
10 41 (11.92%) Analytics
10 41 (11.92%) Mentoring
11 39 (11.34%) LLM
11 39 (11.34%) Root Cause Analysis
12 36 (10.47%) Full-Stack Development
13 34 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
13 34 (9.88%) Coaching
13 34 (9.88%) SDLC
14 33 (9.59%) Data Analysis
14 33 (9.59%) Workflow
15 32 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 160 (46.51%) SQL
2 140 (40.70%) JavaScript
3 117 (34.01%) Python
4 68 (19.77%) Java
5 47 (13.66%) C#
6 43 (12.50%) Shell Script
7 34 (9.88%) PowerShell
8 31 (9.01%) PL/SQL
9 17 (4.94%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.78%) Bicep
11 11 (3.20%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.03%) PHP
13 5 (1.45%) Go
14 4 (1.16%) C++
14 4 (1.16%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.58%) C
15 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.58%) Ruby
15 2 (0.58%) Swift
16 1 (0.29%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 45 (13.08%) Degree
2 26 (7.56%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.20%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.16%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.29%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.29%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.27%) GDPR
2 23 (6.69%) QA
3 19 (5.52%) Accessibility
4 16 (4.65%) Data Quality
5 14 (4.07%) HL7
6 12 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.91%) NCSC
7 10 (2.91%) NIST
8 5 (1.45%) WCAG
9 1 (0.29%) DICOM
System Software
1 47 (13.66%) Docker
2 17 (4.94%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 38 (11.05%) Terraform
2 37 (10.76%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.10%) Kibana
4 20 (5.81%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (2.91%) Ansible
6 7 (2.03%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.29%) Grafana
7 1 (0.29%) Packer
Vendors
1 43 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.21%) Oracle
3 25 (7.27%) ServiceNow
4 22 (6.40%) Splunk
5 21 (6.10%) Dynatrace
6 16 (4.65%) Google
7 15 (4.36%) Okta
8 14 (4.07%) Cisco
9 12 (3.49%) SAP
10 11 (3.20%) MuleSoft
11 9 (2.62%) Ab Initio
12 8 (2.33%) IBM
12 8 (2.33%) Informatica
13 7 (2.03%) Blue Coat
13 7 (2.03%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.03%) Dell
13 7 (2.03%) F5
13 7 (2.03%) Salesforce
13 7 (2.03%) SnapLogic
13 7 (2.03%) VMware