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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 270 276
Rank change year-on-year -23 +6 -52
Permanent jobs citing JSON 132 170 387
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 1.10% 1.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.63% 3.99% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 101 141 315
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £49,824
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -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 3,639 4,256 9,202
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.06% 27.50% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,696 2,861 7,831
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -8.19%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,295 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -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 20 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 (17.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.27%) Confluence
4 2 (1.52%) Apache
4 2 (1.52%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.52%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.76%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 64 (48.48%) Azure
2 33 (25.00%) AWS
3 32 (24.24%) Power Platform
4 28 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (18.94%) SaaS
6 24 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
6 24 (18.18%) PowerApps
7 23 (17.42%) Power Automate
8 22 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (14.39%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (14.39%) OneDrive
10 11 (8.33%) OpenShift
11 8 (6.06%) Entra ID
12 7 (5.30%) Apigee
12 7 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (5.30%) Kong
13 6 (4.55%) GCP
13 6 (4.55%) Serverless
14 5 (3.79%) GitHub
15 4 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.09%) Firewall
2 6 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.27%) SSL
4 2 (1.52%) AMQP
4 2 (1.52%) HTTP
4 2 (1.52%) Intranet
4 2 (1.52%) 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%) 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 (21.97%) Power BI
2 25 (18.94%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (14.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (11.36%) MySQL
4 15 (11.36%) SQL Server
5 10 (7.58%) Redis
6 8 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (3.79%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (3.03%) Metadata
9 3 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.52%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.52%) MariaDB
10 2 (1.52%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (1.52%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.52%) Power Query
10 2 (1.52%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (13.64%) Git
2 13 (9.85%) GitLab
2 13 (9.85%) JIRA
3 6 (4.55%) Selenium
4 5 (3.79%) Browser DevTools
4 5 (3.79%) SpecFlow
4 5 (3.79%) WebDriver
5 3 (2.27%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.27%) Maven
6 2 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.52%) Bower
6 2 (1.52%) JUnit
6 2 (1.52%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.76%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.76%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 76 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 39 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (15.91%) Finance
4 14 (10.61%) Telecoms
5 11 (8.33%) Health Technology
6 9 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.55%) Advertising
8 5 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.03%) Billing
9 4 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.27%) Law
10 3 (2.27%) Publishing
10 3 (2.27%) Retail
11 2 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.76%) Legal
12 1 (0.76%) Marketing
12 1 (0.76%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 48 (36.36%) Developer
2 29 (21.97%) Senior
3 20 (15.15%) Senior Developer
4 14 (10.61%) Automation Engineer
5 11 (8.33%) Analyst
5 11 (8.33%) Consultant
5 11 (8.33%) Network Engineer
5 11 (8.33%) Telecoms Engineer
6 10 (7.58%) Ruby Developer
7 8 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) Data Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) SQL Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) SQL Data Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) SSRS Analyst
8 7 (5.30%) Automation Specialist
8 7 (5.30%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 7 (5.30%) Network Specialist
8 7 (5.30%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 7 (5.30%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (37.12%) XML
2 42 (31.82%) HTML
3 37 (28.03%) CSS
4 31 (23.48%) .NET
4 31 (23.48%) REST
5 21 (15.91%) .NET Core
5 21 (15.91%) HTML5 Canvas
6 20 (15.15%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (14.39%) SPFx
8 18 (13.64%) RESTful
9 14 (10.61%) YAML
10 11 (8.33%) Jinja
10 11 (8.33%) JWT
11 10 (7.58%) Ruby on Rails
11 10 (7.58%) Sidekiq
12 9 (6.82%) SOAP
13 6 (4.55%) OAuth
13 6 (4.55%) Web Services
13 6 (4.55%) YANG
14 5 (3.79%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.12%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.82%) Data Structures
4 8 (6.06%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.06%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (3.79%) NHS
6 3 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.27%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.27%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.27%) PMI
7 2 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Replication
7 2 (1.52%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.88%) Linux
2 7 (5.30%) Unix
3 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (21.97%) User Experience
3 28 (21.21%) Agile
4 27 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (19.70%) Containerisation
6 23 (17.42%) CI/CD
6 23 (17.42%) Machine Learning
7 22 (16.67%) Project Management
7 22 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
7 22 (16.67%) Validation
8 21 (15.91%) DevOps
8 21 (15.91%) Task Automation
8 21 (15.91%) Web Design
9 19 (14.39%) Document Management
10 18 (13.64%) Data Modelling
11 16 (12.12%) AI
11 16 (12.12%) Scrum
12 15 (11.36%) Analytics
12 15 (11.36%) Performance Tuning
13 14 (10.61%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 74 (56.06%) SQL
2 58 (43.94%) JavaScript
3 35 (26.52%) Python
4 32 (24.24%) C#
4 32 (24.24%) PowerShell
5 21 (15.91%) TypeScript
6 20 (15.15%) Java
7 13 (9.85%) T-SQL
8 10 (7.58%) Ruby
9 5 (3.79%) PHP
10 3 (2.27%) Bash
10 3 (2.27%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.52%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.76%) C++
12 1 (0.76%) Groovy
12 1 (0.76%) Lua
12 1 (0.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 17 (12.88%) Degree
2 9 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.03%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.27%) CISSP
6 3 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (2.27%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.52%) CASP
7 2 (1.52%) CCSP
7 2 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.76%) GIAC
8 1 (0.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.09%) QA
2 11 (8.33%) SLA
3 10 (7.58%) Data Quality
3 10 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.79%) GDPR
4 5 (3.79%) HL7
5 2 (1.52%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.76%) PERC
System Software
1 17 (12.88%) Docker
2 8 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 6 (4.55%) Terraform
2 2 (1.52%) Ansible
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.76%) Kibana
3 1 (0.76%) QRadar
Vendors
1 34 (25.76%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.15%) Adobe
3 12 (9.09%) Cisco
4 11 (8.33%) Red Hat
5 7 (5.30%) F5
6 6 (4.55%) Juniper
6 6 (4.55%) Oracle
6 6 (4.55%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.55%) Splunk
7 4 (3.03%) Databricks
8 3 (2.27%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.52%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.52%) Google
9 2 (1.52%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.52%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.76%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.76%) Exabeam
10 1 (0.76%) Sonatype
10 1 (0.76%) Workday
10 1 (0.76%) Zoho