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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 287 286
Rank change year-on-year -51 -1 -112
Permanent jobs citing JSON 125 141 226
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.84% 1.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.78% 3.70% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 88 111 136
10th Percentile £35,125 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,625 £61,500
% change year-on-year +1.42% +0.20% -5.38%

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 4,498 3,807 6,756
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.04% 22.57% 30.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,310 2,478 4,624
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £49,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%

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 2 October 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 15 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.80%) IIS
3 4 (3.20%) Apache
4 3 (2.40%) Confluence
5 2 (1.60%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.80%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.40%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.80%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (43.20%) Azure
2 33 (26.40%) AWS
3 21 (16.80%) Azure Logic Apps
4 19 (15.20%) Power Platform
5 18 (14.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (12.80%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (12.00%) PowerApps
8 14 (11.20%) Power Automate
9 13 (10.40%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (8.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 11 (8.80%) OneDrive
10 11 (8.80%) Serverless
11 8 (6.40%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (6.40%) Azure Functions
11 8 (6.40%) GitHub
11 8 (6.40%) SaaS
12 7 (5.60%) Amazon S3
12 7 (5.60%) AWS Step Functions
13 6 (4.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.00%) HTTP
2 2 (1.60%) Intranet
3 1 (0.80%) Broadband
3 1 (0.80%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (0.80%) FTP
3 1 (0.80%) MQTT
3 1 (0.80%) Network Security
3 1 (0.80%) RTP
3 1 (0.80%) RTSP
3 1 (0.80%) SCTP
3 1 (0.80%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.80%) SS7
3 1 (0.80%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.80%) VoIP
3 1 (0.80%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (20.80%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (16.00%) SQL Server
3 17 (13.60%) Power BI
4 16 (12.80%) Redis
5 12 (9.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (8.80%) Data Lake
7 8 (6.40%) Amazon Athena
7 8 (6.40%) Parquet
8 7 (5.60%) MySQL
8 7 (5.60%) Relational Database
9 6 (4.80%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (4.80%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (3.20%) Metadata
12 3 (2.40%) DynamoDB
13 2 (1.60%) Hadoop
13 2 (1.60%) Power Query
14 1 (0.80%) Apache Iceberg
14 1 (0.80%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.80%) Trino
Development Applications
1 23 (18.40%) Git
2 7 (5.60%) JIRA
3 4 (3.20%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.40%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.60%) Bower
5 2 (1.60%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (1.60%) Postman
6 1 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.80%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.80%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.80%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.80%) ERwin
6 1 (0.80%) GitLab
6 1 (0.80%) JMeter
6 1 (0.80%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.80%) Selenium
6 1 (0.80%) Snyk
6 1 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.80%) TeamCity
General
1 57 (45.60%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.80%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (10.40%) Finance
3 13 (10.40%) Health Technology
4 7 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.00%) Legal
7 4 (3.20%) Advertising
8 3 (2.40%) Law
8 3 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.40%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.40%) Publishing
9 2 (1.60%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.60%) Back Office
9 2 (1.60%) Billing
9 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Local Government
10 1 (0.80%) Military
10 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (46.40%) Developer
2 24 (19.20%) Senior
3 17 (13.60%) .NET Developer
3 17 (13.60%) Web Developer
4 16 (12.80%) Ruby Developer
5 14 (11.20%) .NET Web Developer
6 11 (8.80%) Consultant
6 11 (8.80%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (8.00%) Data Engineer
7 10 (8.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 10 (8.00%) Full-Stack Web Developer
7 10 (8.00%) Senior Developer
8 8 (6.40%) Analyst
9 7 (5.60%) Architect
9 7 (5.60%) Customer Support Specialist
9 7 (5.60%) Software Developer
9 7 (5.60%) Support Specialist
10 6 (4.80%) EPR Consultant
10 6 (4.80%) Lead
11 5 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (32.80%) XML
2 37 (29.60%) .NET
3 35 (28.00%) HTML
4 33 (26.40%) CSS
5 31 (24.80%) RESTful
6 20 (16.00%) JWT
7 16 (12.80%) Ruby on Rails
7 16 (12.80%) Sidekiq
8 15 (12.00%) .NET Core
9 14 (11.20%) .NET Framework
9 14 (11.20%) Entity Framework
10 13 (10.40%) ASP.NET
10 13 (10.40%) HTML5 Canvas
10 13 (10.40%) Microsoft Graph
10 13 (10.40%) REST
11 12 (9.60%) SPFx
12 11 (8.80%) ASP.NET MVC
13 10 (8.00%) Classic ASP
13 10 (8.00%) Google Maps API
14 9 (7.20%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.60%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.40%) NHS
3 6 (4.80%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.40%) Clustering
6 3 (2.40%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.40%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.40%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.60%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.60%) Blog
7 2 (1.60%) CSOC
7 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.60%) PMI
7 2 (1.60%) Replication
7 2 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.60%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.80%) Linux
2 9 (7.20%) Windows
3 5 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (45.60%) Agile
2 30 (24.00%) DevOps
3 29 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (21.60%) Performance Tuning
5 25 (20.00%) Clean Code
5 25 (20.00%) Scrum
5 25 (20.00%) User Experience
6 23 (18.40%) Analytics
6 23 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (18.40%) CI/CD
7 22 (17.60%) AI
8 20 (16.00%) API Design
8 20 (16.00%) Web Development
9 19 (15.20%) Machine Learning
10 18 (14.40%) Containerisation
10 18 (14.40%) MVC
10 18 (14.40%) OOP
11 17 (13.60%) Mentoring
12 16 (12.80%) Roadmaps
12 16 (12.80%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 57 (45.60%) SQL
2 56 (44.80%) JavaScript
3 38 (30.40%) C#
4 24 (19.20%) Python
5 19 (15.20%) PowerShell
6 16 (12.80%) Ruby
7 14 (11.20%) TypeScript
8 12 (9.60%) Java
9 9 (7.20%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.40%) C++
10 3 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.60%) Bash
11 2 (1.60%) PHP
11 2 (1.60%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.80%) Bicep
12 1 (0.80%) Lua
12 1 (0.80%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.80%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 18 (14.40%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.60%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.60%) Degree
4 6 (4.80%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.20%) CISSP
5 4 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (2.40%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.40%) CCSP
6 3 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.60%) CASP
7 2 (1.60%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.60%) GIAC
7 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.60%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.80%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.60%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.20%) Accessibility
2 9 (7.20%) QA
3 7 (5.60%) SLA
4 6 (4.80%) HL7
5 4 (3.20%) GDPR
6 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.80%) Dublin Core
6 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.80%) PERC
6 1 (0.80%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (19.20%) Docker
2 3 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.60%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.60%) NFS
3 2 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.60%) Grafana
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.80%) Ansible
3 1 (0.80%) Kibana
3 1 (0.80%) logstash
3 1 (0.80%) QRadar
Vendors
1 44 (35.20%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.80%) Adobe
2 11 (8.80%) Google
3 4 (3.20%) Databricks
3 4 (3.20%) Dynatrace
4 3 (2.40%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle
4 3 (2.40%) Splunk
4 3 (2.40%) VMware
5 2 (1.60%) Foundry
5 2 (1.60%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.80%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.80%) ConnectWise
6 1 (0.80%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.80%) Informatica
6 1 (0.80%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.80%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.80%) Workday
6 1 (0.80%) Zoho