Hybrid/Remote JSON Job Trends

JSON
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring JSON skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 267 271
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 -39
Permanent jobs citing JSON 134 173 385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.17% 1.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.90% 4.06% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 97 146 329
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £49,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,336 £83,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,875 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 3,433 4,261 8,797
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.84% 28.70% 26.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,489 2,844 7,627
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,363
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -11.11%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JSON and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

JSON job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JSON.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JSON

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JSON over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

JSON salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 23 (17.16%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.49%) Confluence
3 2 (1.49%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.49%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.75%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) EngageOne
1 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.75%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 66 (49.25%) Azure
2 37 (27.61%) AWS
3 32 (23.88%) Power Platform
4 29 (21.64%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (20.90%) Azure Logic Apps
6 26 (19.40%) SaaS
7 25 (18.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (17.91%) PowerApps
9 23 (17.16%) Power Automate
10 19 (14.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (14.18%) OneDrive
11 11 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (8.21%) Entra ID
11 11 (8.21%) GitHub
11 11 (8.21%) OpenShift
12 10 (7.46%) Serverless
13 7 (5.22%) Apigee
13 7 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (5.22%) Kong
14 5 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.96%) Firewall
2 6 (4.48%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.24%) AMQP
3 3 (2.24%) SSL
4 2 (1.49%) HTTP
4 2 (1.49%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.75%) Broadband
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.75%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.75%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.75%) FTP
5 1 (0.75%) LAN
5 1 (0.75%) Network Security
5 1 (0.75%) RTP
5 1 (0.75%) SCTP
5 1 (0.75%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.75%) SS7
5 1 (0.75%) VoIP
5 1 (0.75%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (21.64%) Power BI
2 25 (18.66%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (14.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (11.94%) SQL Server
5 14 (10.45%) MySQL
6 8 (5.97%) Redis
6 8 (5.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.99%) Metadata
8 3 (2.24%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (1.49%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.49%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.49%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.49%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (1.49%) Oracle ODI
9 2 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (1.49%) Power Query
9 2 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (1.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (12.69%) Git
2 13 (9.70%) GitLab
3 10 (7.46%) JIRA
4 6 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.48%) Selenium
5 5 (3.73%) Browser DevTools
5 5 (3.73%) SpecFlow
5 5 (3.73%) WebDriver
6 3 (2.24%) Maven
6 3 (2.24%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (1.49%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.49%) JUnit
7 2 (1.49%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (1.49%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.75%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.75%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.75%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.75%) webpack
General
1 73 (54.48%) Social Skills
2 36 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (22.39%) Finance
4 15 (11.19%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.72%) Health Technology
5 9 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.48%) Advertising
7 5 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.99%) Billing
8 4 (2.99%) Law
8 4 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.99%) Retail
9 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.49%) Marketing
9 2 (1.49%) Publishing
10 1 (0.75%) Electronics
10 1 (0.75%) Legal
10 1 (0.75%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (33.58%) Developer
2 33 (24.63%) Senior
3 21 (15.67%) Senior Developer
4 14 (10.45%) Automation Engineer
5 11 (8.21%) Analyst
5 11 (8.21%) Network Engineer
5 11 (8.21%) Telecoms Engineer
6 10 (7.46%) Consultant
7 8 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) Data Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) Ruby Developer
7 8 (5.97%) SQL Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) SQL Data Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) SSRS Analyst
8 7 (5.22%) Automation Specialist
8 7 (5.22%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Developer
8 7 (5.22%) Network Specialist
8 7 (5.22%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (38.81%) XML
2 40 (29.85%) HTML
3 36 (26.87%) CSS
4 35 (26.12%) REST
5 29 (21.64%) .NET
6 21 (15.67%) .NET Core
6 21 (15.67%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (14.93%) Microsoft Graph
7 20 (14.93%) RESTful
8 19 (14.18%) SPFx
9 14 (10.45%) YAML
10 11 (8.21%) Jinja
10 11 (8.21%) SOAP
11 9 (6.72%) JWT
12 8 (5.97%) Node.js
12 8 (5.97%) OAuth
12 8 (5.97%) Ruby on Rails
12 8 (5.97%) Sidekiq
13 7 (5.22%) Spring
13 7 (5.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.94%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.72%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.72%) Data Structures
2 9 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.48%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.24%) NHS
6 3 (2.24%) PMI
7 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.49%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.49%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.49%) Replication
7 2 (1.49%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.75%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.70%) Linux
2 7 (5.22%) Unix
3 1 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.12%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (23.88%) CI/CD
3 28 (20.90%) Agile
3 28 (20.90%) DevOps
3 28 (20.90%) User Experience
4 27 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (18.66%) Containerisation
6 23 (17.16%) Machine Learning
6 23 (17.16%) Technical Leadership
6 23 (17.16%) Validation
7 22 (16.42%) Project Management
8 21 (15.67%) Task Automation
9 20 (14.93%) Test Automation
10 19 (14.18%) Document Management
10 19 (14.18%) Web Design
11 18 (13.43%) Data Modelling
12 17 (12.69%) API Management
13 16 (11.94%) Analytics
13 16 (11.94%) API Integration
14 15 (11.19%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 72 (53.73%) SQL
2 57 (42.54%) JavaScript
3 39 (29.10%) Python
4 33 (24.63%) PowerShell
5 30 (22.39%) C#
6 26 (19.40%) Java
7 21 (15.67%) TypeScript
8 11 (8.21%) T-SQL
9 8 (5.97%) Ruby
10 6 (4.48%) PL/SQL
11 3 (2.24%) Bash
11 3 (2.24%) Bicep
11 3 (2.24%) PHP
11 3 (2.24%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (1.49%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.75%) C++
13 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.75%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 15 (11.19%) Degree
2 10 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (5.22%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.24%) CISSP
4 3 (2.24%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (2.24%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.49%) CASP
5 2 (1.49%) CCSP
5 2 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.49%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.49%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.75%) GIAC
6 1 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.21%) SLA
2 10 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (7.46%) QA
3 8 (5.97%) GDPR
4 4 (2.99%) HL7
5 2 (1.49%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.75%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (12.69%) Docker
2 11 (8.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (8.96%) Terraform
2 9 (6.72%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.99%) Ansible
4 3 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.75%) Kibana
6 1 (0.75%) QRadar
Vendors
1 33 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.93%) Adobe
3 12 (8.96%) Cisco
4 11 (8.21%) Red Hat
5 8 (5.97%) Oracle
6 7 (5.22%) F5
7 6 (4.48%) Juniper
7 6 (4.48%) Palo Alto
7 6 (4.48%) Splunk
8 4 (2.99%) Databricks
9 3 (2.24%) Ab Initio
9 3 (2.24%) Okta
10 2 (1.49%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.49%) Google
10 2 (1.49%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.49%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.49%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.75%) LogRhythm
11 1 (0.75%) New Relic