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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 345 251
Rank change year-on-year -101 -94 +8
Permanent jobs citing JSON 343 399 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.83% 1.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.39% 4.47% 5.37%
Number of salaries quoted 248 295 680
10th Percentile £33,600 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,747 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £59,175
Median % change year-on-year - +5.62% -8.96%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,875 £86,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.08%

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 10,107 8,930 20,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.37% 18.55% 20.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,556 5,907 15,664
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.43%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -95 310 £63,335 +0.53% 127
UK excluding London -83 199 £55,000 - 84
Work from Home -25 142 £58,750 -8.91% 77
London -40 108 £75,000 +11.11% 52
South East -27 89 £55,000 -15.38% 28
North of England -28 49 £55,000 - 21
North West -7 30 £62,500 +13.64% 15
East of England -31 30 £90,000 +89.47% 3
South West -64 15 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Yorkshire -20 14 £42,750 +5.56% 5
Midlands -35 11 £47,500 -20.17% 15
West Midlands -24 6 £39,000 -33.90% 7
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 1
East Midlands -27 5 £50,000 -16.67% 7
North East -41 5 £45,000 -41.94% 1
Scotland -2 2 £72,500 +62.92% 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 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.21%) Confluence
4 10 (2.92%) Apache
4 10 (2.92%) IIS
5 8 (2.33%) CMS
6 7 (2.04%) WordPress
7 5 (1.46%) Drupal
8 4 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.58%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.58%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.29%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.29%) SAS
11 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.87%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.58%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.29%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.29%) Magento
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 156 (45.48%) Azure
2 88 (25.66%) AWS
3 63 (18.37%) Power Platform
4 45 (13.12%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (13.12%) Azure Logic Apps
5 44 (12.83%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (9.33%) Serverless
7 29 (8.45%) SaaS
8 25 (7.29%) PowerApps
9 24 (7.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (7.00%) GitHub
9 24 (7.00%) Power Automate
10 23 (6.71%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (5.83%) OneDrive
12 19 (5.54%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 16 (4.66%) AWS CloudFormation
13 16 (4.66%) Boomi
14 14 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (3.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.83%) Firewall
2 7 (2.04%) DNS
3 6 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (1.75%) HTTP
3 6 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.46%) Intranet
5 4 (1.17%) Wireshark
6 3 (0.87%) BGP
6 3 (0.87%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.87%) SSL
7 2 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.58%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.58%) LAN
7 2 (0.58%) MQTT
7 2 (0.58%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.58%) WAN
8 1 (0.29%) Broadband
8 1 (0.29%) FTP
8 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (14.58%) PostgreSQL
1 50 (14.58%) Power BI
2 33 (9.62%) MySQL
3 30 (8.75%) SQL Server
4 29 (8.45%) Relational Database
5 22 (6.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (5.83%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (5.83%) Redis
7 18 (5.25%) Metadata
8 13 (3.79%) RDBMS
9 12 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
10 7 (2.04%) GIS
10 7 (2.04%) Oracle Database
11 6 (1.75%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.46%) Delta Lake
13 4 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.17%) Apache Iceberg
13 4 (1.17%) Power Query
13 4 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (17.49%) Git
2 40 (11.66%) JIRA
3 27 (7.87%) Jenkins
4 24 (7.00%) GitLab
5 10 (2.92%) JUnit
5 10 (2.92%) Postman
6 8 (2.33%) ERwin
6 8 (2.33%) Maven
7 7 (2.04%) Mockito
7 7 (2.04%) Selenium
8 6 (1.75%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.75%) JMeter
8 6 (1.75%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.46%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.46%) Browser DevTools
9 5 (1.46%) Gradle
9 5 (1.46%) SpecFlow
9 5 (1.46%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.46%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.17%) Artifactory
General
1 150 (43.73%) Social Skills
2 87 (25.36%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (18.08%) Finance
4 23 (6.71%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.37%) Retail
6 14 (4.08%) Advertising
6 14 (4.08%) Marketing
6 14 (4.08%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.79%) Health Technology
8 10 (2.92%) Law
9 7 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.04%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.46%) Back Office
12 4 (1.17%) Aviation
12 4 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.87%) Banking
13 3 (0.87%) Local Government
13 3 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 119 (34.69%) Developer
2 71 (20.70%) Senior
3 44 (12.83%) Senior Developer
4 28 (8.16%) Analyst
5 27 (7.87%) Architect
6 26 (7.58%) Consultant
7 21 (6.12%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (6.12%) Support Engineer
8 19 (5.54%) Data Analyst
9 18 (5.25%) Software Developer
10 16 (4.66%) Software Engineer
11 15 (4.37%) .NET Developer
12 14 (4.08%) Automation Engineer
12 14 (4.08%) Data Engineer
12 14 (4.08%) Lead
12 14 (4.08%) Web Developer
13 13 (3.79%) Applications Engineer
13 13 (3.79%) Integration Architect
13 13 (3.79%) Ruby Developer
13 13 (3.79%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (43.73%) XML
2 116 (33.82%) REST
3 90 (26.24%) HTML
4 78 (22.74%) CSS
5 70 (20.41%) .NET
6 46 (13.41%) SOAP
7 44 (12.83%) RESTful
8 42 (12.24%) .NET Core
9 36 (10.50%) Middleware
10 34 (9.91%) YAML
11 30 (8.75%) ASP.NET
12 27 (7.87%) JWT
12 27 (7.87%) React
13 21 (6.12%) HTML5 Canvas
14 20 (5.83%) Microsoft Graph
15 19 (5.54%) Node.js
15 19 (5.54%) OAuth
15 19 (5.54%) SPFx
16 18 (5.25%) HTML5
17 16 (4.66%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.62%) Onboarding
2 32 (9.33%) Data Structures
3 21 (6.12%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (5.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (5.54%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.62%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.62%) Robotics
8 8 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.04%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.04%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.04%) NHS
9 7 (2.04%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.75%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.75%) SCADA
11 4 (1.17%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 59 (17.20%) Linux
2 38 (11.08%) Windows
3 15 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.04%) Unix
5 4 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (29.15%) Agile
2 92 (26.82%) DevOps
3 91 (26.53%) CI/CD
3 91 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (17.49%) Data Modelling
5 54 (15.74%) Microservices
6 51 (14.87%) Business Intelligence
7 46 (13.41%) Containerisation
7 46 (13.41%) User Experience
8 42 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 40 (11.66%) API Integration
10 38 (11.08%) Test Automation
11 37 (10.79%) AI
11 37 (10.79%) Roadmaps
12 35 (10.20%) Analytics
12 35 (10.20%) Validation
13 32 (9.33%) API Design
13 32 (9.33%) Software Engineering
14 30 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (8.75%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 163 (47.52%) SQL
2 123 (35.86%) JavaScript
3 112 (32.65%) Python
4 74 (21.57%) C#
5 50 (14.58%) Java
6 42 (12.24%) PowerShell
7 27 (7.87%) TypeScript
8 20 (5.83%) PHP
9 17 (4.96%) T-SQL
10 14 (4.08%) Ruby
11 13 (3.79%) C++
11 13 (3.79%) Shell Script
12 9 (2.62%) Perl
13 7 (2.04%) VB
14 6 (1.75%) Groovy
15 5 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (1.17%) Bash
16 4 (1.17%) PL/SQL
16 4 (1.17%) VBA
17 3 (0.87%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 42 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 41 (11.95%) Degree
3 25 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.75%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.87%) CISSP
8 2 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.58%) CASP
8 2 (0.58%) CCSP
8 2 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.58%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.20%) QA
2 22 (6.41%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.54%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.50%) TickIT
5 11 (3.21%) SLA
6 10 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (2.04%) HL7
7 7 (2.04%) WCAG
8 6 (1.75%) GDPR
9 4 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.87%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.87%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.29%) PERC
11 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (14.58%) Docker
2 15 (4.37%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.04%) vSphere
4 4 (1.17%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 34 (9.91%) Terraform
2 30 (8.75%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.79%) Ansible
4 6 (1.75%) Kibana
5 4 (1.17%) Packer
6 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.29%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 98 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.00%) Adobe
3 16 (4.66%) Cisco
4 15 (4.37%) Oracle
4 15 (4.37%) Splunk
5 14 (4.08%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.92%) Google
7 9 (2.62%) Palo Alto
7 9 (2.62%) VMware
8 8 (2.33%) Databricks
8 8 (2.33%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.33%) F5
9 7 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.04%) Sparx
10 6 (1.75%) Juniper
10 6 (1.75%) SAP
11 5 (1.46%) IBM
11 5 (1.46%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.17%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.87%) OpenAI