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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 261 268
Rank change year-on-year -28 +7 -44
Permanent jobs citing JSON 131 171 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 1.12% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.69% 4.03% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 98 143 323
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £49,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -5.51%
75th Percentile £79,189 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £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 3,548 4,247 9,095
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.97% 27.87% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,600 2,848 7,758
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -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 13 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 (17.56%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.53%) Confluence
3 2 (1.53%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.76%) Apache
4 1 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) EngageOne
1 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.76%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 65 (49.62%) Azure
2 34 (25.95%) AWS
3 32 (24.43%) Power Platform
4 29 (22.14%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (19.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 25 (19.08%) SaaS
7 24 (18.32%) PowerApps
8 23 (17.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 23 (17.56%) Power Automate
9 19 (14.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (14.50%) OneDrive
10 11 (8.40%) OpenShift
11 9 (6.87%) Entra ID
12 8 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (5.34%) Apigee
13 7 (5.34%) GitHub
13 7 (5.34%) Kong
13 7 (5.34%) Serverless
14 6 (4.58%) GCP
15 5 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.16%) Firewall
2 6 (4.58%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.29%) SSL
4 2 (1.53%) AMQP
4 2 (1.53%) HTTP
4 2 (1.53%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.76%) Broadband
5 1 (0.76%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.76%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.76%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.76%) FTP
5 1 (0.76%) Intranet
5 1 (0.76%) LAN
5 1 (0.76%) RTP
5 1 (0.76%) SCTP
5 1 (0.76%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.76%) SS7
5 1 (0.76%) VoIP
5 1 (0.76%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (22.14%) Power BI
2 24 (18.32%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (14.50%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (11.45%) MySQL
4 15 (11.45%) SQL Server
5 9 (6.87%) Redis
6 8 (6.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (3.05%) Electronic Patient Records
7 4 (3.05%) Metadata
8 3 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.53%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.53%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.53%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (1.53%) Oracle ODI
9 2 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (1.53%) Power Query
9 2 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.53%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (1.53%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (12.21%) Git
2 13 (9.92%) GitLab
3 11 (8.40%) JIRA
4 6 (4.58%) Selenium
5 5 (3.82%) Browser DevTools
5 5 (3.82%) SpecFlow
5 5 (3.82%) WebDriver
6 3 (2.29%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.29%) Maven
7 2 (1.53%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.53%) JUnit
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.76%) Bower
8 1 (0.76%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.76%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.76%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 75 (57.25%) Social Skills
2 37 (28.24%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (18.32%) Finance
4 14 (10.69%) Telecoms
5 10 (7.63%) Health Technology
6 9 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.58%) Advertising
8 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.05%) Billing
9 4 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.29%) Law
10 3 (2.29%) Retail
11 2 (1.53%) Publishing
12 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.76%) Legal
12 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.76%) Marketing
12 1 (0.76%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 45 (34.35%) Developer
2 30 (22.90%) Senior
3 20 (15.27%) Senior Developer
4 14 (10.69%) Automation Engineer
5 11 (8.40%) Analyst
5 11 (8.40%) Consultant
5 11 (8.40%) Network Engineer
5 11 (8.40%) Telecoms Engineer
6 9 (6.87%) Ruby Developer
7 8 (6.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (6.11%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 8 (6.11%) Data Analyst
7 8 (6.11%) SQL Analyst
7 8 (6.11%) SQL Data Analyst
7 8 (6.11%) SSRS Analyst
8 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Developer
8 7 (5.34%) Network Specialist
8 7 (5.34%) QA Engineer
8 7 (5.34%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 7 (5.34%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (36.64%) XML
2 41 (31.30%) HTML
3 36 (27.48%) CSS
4 33 (25.19%) REST
5 30 (22.90%) .NET
6 21 (16.03%) .NET Core
6 21 (16.03%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (15.27%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (14.50%) SPFx
9 18 (13.74%) RESTful
10 14 (10.69%) YAML
11 11 (8.40%) Jinja
12 10 (7.63%) JWT
13 9 (6.87%) Ruby on Rails
13 9 (6.87%) Sidekiq
13 9 (6.87%) SOAP
14 7 (5.34%) OAuth
15 6 (4.58%) YANG
16 5 (3.82%) FHIR
16 5 (3.82%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.21%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.63%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.87%) Data Structures
4 8 (6.11%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.34%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.05%) NHS
7 3 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.29%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.29%) PMI
8 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.53%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.53%) Replication
8 2 (1.53%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.76%) CUDA
9 1 (0.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.45%) Linux
2 7 (5.34%) Unix
3 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.72%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (22.14%) User Experience
3 27 (20.61%) Agile
3 27 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (19.08%) CI/CD
4 25 (19.08%) Containerisation
5 23 (17.56%) Machine Learning
6 22 (16.79%) DevOps
6 22 (16.79%) Project Management
6 22 (16.79%) Technical Leadership
6 22 (16.79%) Validation
7 21 (16.03%) Task Automation
8 20 (15.27%) Web Design
9 19 (14.50%) Data Modelling
9 19 (14.50%) Document Management
10 16 (12.21%) AI
10 16 (12.21%) Analytics
11 15 (11.45%) API Integration
11 15 (11.45%) Scrum
11 15 (11.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 72 (54.96%) SQL
2 57 (43.51%) JavaScript
3 36 (27.48%) Python
4 33 (25.19%) PowerShell
5 31 (23.66%) C#
6 21 (16.03%) Java
6 21 (16.03%) TypeScript
7 12 (9.16%) T-SQL
8 9 (6.87%) Ruby
9 4 (3.05%) PHP
9 4 (3.05%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.29%) Bash
11 2 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.53%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.76%) Bicep
12 1 (0.76%) C++
12 1 (0.76%) Korn
12 1 (0.76%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (12.21%) Degree
2 9 (6.87%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.58%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.29%) CISSP
5 3 (2.29%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.29%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.29%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.53%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.53%) CASP
6 2 (1.53%) CCSP
6 2 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.53%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.76%) GIAC
7 1 (0.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.40%) Data Quality
1 11 (8.40%) QA
1 11 (8.40%) SLA
2 10 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.58%) GDPR
4 5 (3.82%) HL7
5 2 (1.53%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.76%) PERC
System Software
1 15 (11.45%) Docker
2 9 (6.87%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (6.11%) Terraform
2 6 (4.58%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.53%) Ansible
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.76%) Kibana
4 1 (0.76%) QRadar
4 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (25.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.27%) Adobe
3 12 (9.16%) Cisco
4 11 (8.40%) Red Hat
5 7 (5.34%) F5
5 7 (5.34%) Oracle
6 6 (4.58%) Juniper
6 6 (4.58%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.58%) Splunk
7 4 (3.05%) Databricks
8 3 (2.29%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.53%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.53%) Google
9 2 (1.53%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.53%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.76%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.76%) Exabeam
10 1 (0.76%) Okta
10 1 (0.76%) Sonatype
10 1 (0.76%) Workday