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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 232 241
Rank change year-on-year -28 +9 -3
Permanent jobs citing JSON 146 177 424
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 1.33% 1.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.59% 4.35% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 91 153 372
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,300 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £49,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,756 £91,741
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £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 3,178 4,068 8,620
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.89% 30.63% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,282 3,242 7,528
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,980 £38,925
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% +10.17% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.74% +10.25% -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 19 April 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 (11.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.05%) Anypoint
3 3 (2.05%) Confluence
4 2 (1.37%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.37%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.68%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.37%) Trello
2 1 (0.68%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 8 (5.48%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.05%) Shopify
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 79 (54.11%) Azure
2 38 (26.03%) AWS
3 29 (19.86%) Power Platform
4 27 (18.49%) Azure Logic Apps
5 26 (17.81%) Azure Data Factory
5 26 (17.81%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (17.12%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (16.44%) GitHub
7 24 (16.44%) SaaS
8 21 (14.38%) Power Automate
9 18 (12.33%) PowerApps
10 16 (10.96%) Entra ID
10 16 (10.96%) Serverless
11 13 (8.90%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (8.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 12 (8.22%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (8.22%) OneDrive
12 12 (8.22%) OpenShift
13 10 (6.85%) Azure Event Grid
13 10 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.22%) Firewall
2 6 (4.11%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (2.74%) AMQP
3 4 (2.74%) SSL
4 2 (1.37%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.68%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.68%) LAN
5 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (18.49%) Power BI
2 17 (11.64%) SQL Server
3 16 (10.96%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (10.27%) MySQL
5 14 (9.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (5.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (4.11%) Relational Database
8 5 (3.42%) Metadata
9 4 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.74%) Power Query
10 3 (2.05%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.37%) MariaDB
11 2 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.37%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (1.37%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.37%) RDBMS
11 2 (1.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (11.64%) Git
2 13 (8.90%) GitLab
3 12 (8.22%) Jenkins
4 11 (7.53%) JIRA
5 8 (5.48%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (4.11%) Storybook
7 5 (3.42%) Browser DevTools
7 5 (3.42%) Selenium
7 5 (3.42%) SpecFlow
7 5 (3.42%) WebDriver
8 4 (2.74%) Maven
8 4 (2.74%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.37%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.37%) JUnit
9 2 (1.37%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.68%) Gradle
10 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 68 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 51 (34.93%) Finance
3 31 (21.23%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.27%) Telecoms
5 12 (8.22%) Marketing
6 11 (7.53%) Law
7 9 (6.16%) Health Technology
7 9 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.42%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.74%) Advertising
9 4 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.74%) Retail
10 3 (2.05%) Billing
10 3 (2.05%) Legal
11 2 (1.37%) Electronics
11 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (31.51%) Developer
2 30 (20.55%) Senior
3 18 (12.33%) Senior Developer
4 14 (9.59%) Analyst
4 14 (9.59%) Integration Engineer
5 12 (8.22%) Automation Engineer
6 11 (7.53%) Network Engineer
6 11 (7.53%) Telecoms Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) Applications Engineer
8 9 (6.16%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (6.16%) Support Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 8 (5.48%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 8 (5.48%) Data Analyst
9 8 (5.48%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) SQL Analyst
9 8 (5.48%) SQL Data Analyst
9 8 (5.48%) SSRS Analyst
10 7 (4.79%) Automation Specialist
10 7 (4.79%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (45.21%) XML
2 41 (28.08%) REST
3 36 (24.66%) HTML
4 33 (22.60%) CSS
5 27 (18.49%) RESTful
6 23 (15.75%) .NET
7 20 (13.70%) SOAP
8 15 (10.27%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (10.27%) OAuth
8 15 (10.27%) YAML
9 14 (9.59%) .NET Core
10 13 (8.90%) React
11 12 (8.22%) Microsoft Graph
11 12 (8.22%) SPFx
12 11 (7.53%) Jinja
12 11 (7.53%) OAuth2
13 10 (6.85%) Web Services
14 8 (5.48%) Node.js
14 8 (5.48%) Spring
15 7 (4.79%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.33%) Cloud Native
2 14 (9.59%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.85%) Data Structures
4 9 (6.16%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.79%) Low-Code
6 6 (4.11%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.05%) NHS
8 3 (2.05%) PMI
8 3 (2.05%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.37%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.37%) Semantic Web
9 2 (1.37%) Social Media
9 2 (1.37%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.68%) Linked Data
10 1 (0.68%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.27%) Linux
2 10 (6.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (33.56%) CI/CD
2 39 (26.71%) DevOps
3 38 (26.03%) Test Automation
4 34 (23.29%) Business Intelligence
5 32 (21.92%) Agile
6 27 (18.49%) Coaching
7 26 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (16.44%) Asset Management
9 23 (15.75%) API Management
10 22 (15.07%) Analytics
10 22 (15.07%) Containerisation
10 22 (15.07%) Validation
11 21 (14.38%) API Integration
11 21 (14.38%) Observability
11 21 (14.38%) Root Cause Analysis
11 21 (14.38%) Task Automation
11 21 (14.38%) Technical Leadership
11 21 (14.38%) User Experience
12 19 (13.01%) ETL
13 18 (12.33%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 76 (52.05%) SQL
2 56 (38.36%) JavaScript
3 43 (29.45%) Python
4 32 (21.92%) Java
5 26 (17.81%) C#
5 26 (17.81%) PowerShell
6 19 (13.01%) TypeScript
7 11 (7.53%) PL/SQL
7 11 (7.53%) Shell Script
7 11 (7.53%) T-SQL
8 10 (6.85%) Bicep
9 3 (2.05%) PHP
10 2 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.37%) Ruby
11 1 (0.68%) Bash
11 1 (0.68%) Groovy
11 1 (0.68%) Korn
11 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.68%) Lua
11 1 (0.68%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.53%) Degree
2 8 (5.48%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.42%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.05%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (2.05%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.37%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.27%) GDPR
2 12 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.53%) Data Quality
3 11 (7.53%) SLA
4 10 (6.85%) QA
5 7 (4.79%) Accessibility
6 6 (4.11%) WCAG
7 5 (3.42%) HL7
8 2 (1.37%) NCSC
8 2 (1.37%) NIST
8 2 (1.37%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (10.96%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.27%) Docker
3 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (14.38%) Terraform
2 12 (8.22%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.48%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.74%) Ansible
5 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.68%) Kibana
Vendors
1 22 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.64%) Oracle
3 13 (8.90%) Adobe
4 12 (8.22%) Cisco
5 11 (7.53%) Red Hat
6 10 (6.85%) Ab Initio
7 8 (5.48%) Okta
8 7 (4.79%) F5
8 7 (4.79%) ServiceNow
9 6 (4.11%) Juniper
9 6 (4.11%) Palo Alto
10 5 (3.42%) Google
10 5 (3.42%) SAP
11 4 (2.74%) Databricks
11 4 (2.74%) IBM
11 4 (2.74%) MuleSoft
11 4 (2.74%) TIBCO
12 3 (2.05%) Epicor
12 3 (2.05%) Informatica
12 3 (2.05%) SnapLogic