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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 284 273
Rank change year-on-year -43 -11 -89
Permanent jobs citing JSON 132 136 232
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.84% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.92% 3.57% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 96 111 147
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £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 £79,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,375 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.52% -7.12% -

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 4,517 3,813 6,691
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.45% 23.62% 29.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,336 2,518 4,708
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -2.99%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,513 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +5.40% -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 22 September 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 17 (12.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.79%) IIS
3 4 (3.03%) Apache
3 4 (3.03%) Confluence
4 2 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.76%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (43.94%) Azure
2 33 (25.00%) AWS
3 24 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
4 21 (15.91%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (15.15%) Power Platform
6 17 (12.88%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (12.88%) PowerApps
7 16 (12.12%) Power Automate
8 14 (10.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 14 (10.61%) OneDrive
9 12 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (9.09%) SaaS
10 10 (7.58%) Serverless
11 8 (6.06%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (6.06%) Azure Functions
11 8 (6.06%) GitHub
12 7 (5.30%) Amazon S3
12 7 (5.30%) AWS Step Functions
13 6 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.03%) HTTP
2 2 (1.52%) Intranet
3 1 (0.76%) Broadband
3 1 (0.76%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (0.76%) FTP
3 1 (0.76%) MQTT
3 1 (0.76%) Network Security
3 1 (0.76%) RTP
3 1 (0.76%) RTSP
3 1 (0.76%) SCTP
3 1 (0.76%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.76%) SS7
3 1 (0.76%) SSL
3 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.76%) VoIP
3 1 (0.76%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (18.94%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (15.15%) SQL Server
3 19 (14.39%) Power BI
4 16 (12.12%) Redis
5 15 (11.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (8.33%) Data Lake
7 8 (6.06%) Amazon Athena
7 8 (6.06%) MySQL
7 8 (6.06%) Parquet
8 7 (5.30%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (4.55%) Relational Database
10 5 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (3.79%) Metadata
11 3 (2.27%) DynamoDB
12 2 (1.52%) Hadoop
12 2 (1.52%) Power Query
13 1 (0.76%) Apache Iceberg
13 1 (0.76%) Delta Lake
13 1 (0.76%) Trino
Development Applications
1 23 (17.42%) Git
2 9 (6.82%) JIRA
3 4 (3.03%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.27%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (1.52%) Bower
5 2 (1.52%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.52%) Postman
6 1 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.76%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.76%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.76%) ERwin
6 1 (0.76%) GitLab
6 1 (0.76%) JMeter
6 1 (0.76%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.76%) Selenium
6 1 (0.76%) Snyk
6 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.76%) TeamCity
General
1 61 (46.21%) Social Skills
2 31 (23.48%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (11.36%) Finance
3 15 (11.36%) Health Technology
4 9 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.79%) Advertising
6 5 (3.79%) Legal
7 3 (2.27%) Law
7 3 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.27%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.27%) Publishing
8 2 (1.52%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.52%) Billing
8 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.52%) Local Government
9 1 (0.76%) Back Office
9 1 (0.76%) Marketing
9 1 (0.76%) Military
9 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (45.45%) Developer
2 27 (20.45%) Senior
3 18 (13.64%) Web Developer
4 17 (12.88%) .NET Developer
5 16 (12.12%) Ruby Developer
6 14 (10.61%) .NET Web Developer
7 13 (9.85%) Consultant
7 13 (9.85%) Senior Developer
8 11 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
8 11 (8.33%) Full-Stack Web Developer
9 10 (7.58%) Data Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
10 8 (6.06%) Architect
10 8 (6.06%) Customer Support Specialist
10 8 (6.06%) Support Specialist
11 7 (5.30%) EPR Consultant
11 7 (5.30%) Lead
11 7 (5.30%) Software Developer
12 6 (4.55%) Analyst
13 5 (3.79%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (33.33%) XML
2 41 (31.06%) .NET
3 40 (30.30%) HTML
4 38 (28.79%) CSS
5 30 (22.73%) RESTful
6 20 (15.15%) JWT
7 18 (13.64%) .NET Core
8 16 (12.12%) HTML5 Canvas
8 16 (12.12%) Ruby on Rails
8 16 (12.12%) Sidekiq
9 15 (11.36%) .NET Framework
9 15 (11.36%) Microsoft Graph
10 14 (10.61%) ASP.NET
10 14 (10.61%) Entity Framework
10 14 (10.61%) REST
10 14 (10.61%) SPFx
11 11 (8.33%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (7.58%) Classic ASP
12 10 (7.58%) Google Maps API
13 9 (6.82%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.82%) NHS
3 7 (5.30%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.03%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.27%) Clustering
7 3 (2.27%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.27%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.27%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.52%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.52%) Blog
8 2 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.52%) PMI
8 2 (1.52%) Replication
9 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.09%) Linux
2 8 (6.06%) Windows
3 5 (3.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (43.18%) Agile
2 30 (22.73%) User Experience
3 28 (21.21%) DevOps
3 28 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (20.45%) Performance Tuning
5 26 (19.70%) Business Intelligence
6 25 (18.94%) Clean Code
7 24 (18.18%) Analytics
7 24 (18.18%) Scrum
8 23 (17.42%) CI/CD
9 21 (15.91%) AI
9 21 (15.91%) Machine Learning
9 21 (15.91%) Web Development
10 20 (15.15%) API Design
11 19 (14.39%) MVC
12 18 (13.64%) Containerisation
12 18 (13.64%) OOP
13 17 (12.88%) Project Management
13 17 (12.88%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (12.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 63 (47.73%) SQL
2 62 (46.97%) JavaScript
3 42 (31.82%) C#
4 21 (15.91%) Python
5 19 (14.39%) PowerShell
6 17 (12.88%) TypeScript
7 16 (12.12%) Ruby
8 11 (8.33%) Java
9 9 (6.82%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.27%) C++
10 3 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.52%) Bash
11 2 (1.52%) PHP
11 2 (1.52%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.76%) Bicep
12 1 (0.76%) Lua
12 1 (0.76%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.76%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 17 (12.88%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.85%) Degree
4 6 (4.55%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.03%) CISSP
5 4 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (2.27%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.27%) CCSP
6 3 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.52%) CASP
7 2 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.52%) GIAC
7 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.52%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.88%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.82%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.82%) QA
2 9 (6.82%) SLA
3 7 (5.30%) HL7
4 4 (3.03%) GDPR
5 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.76%) Dublin Core
5 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.76%) PERC
5 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (17.42%) Docker
2 2 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.76%) NFS
3 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.76%) Grafana
3 1 (0.76%) Kibana
3 1 (0.76%) logstash
3 1 (0.76%) QRadar
Vendors
1 46 (34.85%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.36%) Adobe
3 12 (9.09%) Google
4 4 (3.03%) Databricks
4 4 (3.03%) Splunk
5 3 (2.27%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.27%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.27%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.27%) Oracle
6 2 (1.52%) IBM
6 2 (1.52%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.52%) VMware
7 1 (0.76%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.76%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.76%) Informatica
7 1 (0.76%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.76%) Sage
7 1 (0.76%) SAP
7 1 (0.76%) webMethods
7 1 (0.76%) Workday