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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 273 186
Rank change year-on-year -12 -87 +34
Permanent jobs citing JSON 137 238 451
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.85% 1.03% 1.83%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.85% 3.82% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 112 152 378
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,275 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £50,938 £51,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £79,719 £75,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £96,337
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 3,558 6,230 7,881
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.96% 26.87% 32.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,320 4,425 6,861
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%

JSON
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing JSON as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JSON trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

JSON
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing JSON.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing JSON

JSON
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing JSON over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

JSON salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

JSON
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (8.03%) IIS
2 9 (6.57%) Tomcat
3 4 (2.92%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.73%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.73%) Apache
5 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.73%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.73%) Confluence
5 1 (0.73%) Mule
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.73%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.73%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (5.84%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (3.65%) NetSuite
3 4 (2.92%) JDE OneWorld
4 2 (1.46%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.46%) Shopify
5 1 (0.73%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 72 (52.55%) Azure
2 41 (29.93%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (16.06%) Azure Service Bus
4 19 (13.87%) Entra ID
4 19 (13.87%) GitHub
5 18 (13.14%) Power Automate
6 13 (9.49%) AWS
6 13 (9.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 13 (9.49%) Power Platform
6 13 (9.49%) SonarCloud
7 12 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (7.30%) Serverless
9 9 (6.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (6.57%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (6.57%) PaaS
10 8 (5.84%) OCI
10 8 (5.84%) PowerApps
11 7 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (4.38%) Boomi
13 5 (3.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.57%) DMARC
1 9 (6.57%) SSL
2 3 (2.19%) Ethernet
2 3 (2.19%) Firewall
2 3 (2.19%) LAN
2 3 (2.19%) WAN
3 2 (1.46%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (1.46%) HTTP
3 2 (1.46%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.73%) Converged Networks
4 1 (0.73%) DHCP
4 1 (0.73%) DNS
4 1 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (0.73%) Network Security
4 1 (0.73%) NX-OS
4 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.73%) VPN
4 1 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (21.17%) SQL Server
2 14 (10.22%) Relational Database
3 13 (9.49%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (4.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (3.65%) MongoDB
6 5 (3.65%) Power BI
6 5 (3.65%) Redis
7 4 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.92%) MySQL
8 3 (2.19%) Big Data
9 2 (1.46%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.46%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.46%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.73%) Impala
10 1 (0.73%) Metadata
10 1 (0.73%) Parquet
10 1 (0.73%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 38 (27.74%) Git
2 14 (10.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 14 (10.22%) Visual Studio
3 13 (9.49%) MSBuild
3 13 (9.49%) Octopus Deploy
4 12 (8.76%) Jenkins
5 11 (8.03%) JIRA
6 8 (5.84%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (5.11%) Selenium
8 2 (1.46%) JMeter
8 2 (1.46%) JUnit
8 2 (1.46%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (1.46%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.73%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.73%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.73%) ESLint
9 1 (0.73%) Postman
9 1 (0.73%) Storybook
9 1 (0.73%) Testinfra
9 1 (0.73%) XCUITest
General
1 46 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.25%) Finance
3 24 (17.52%) Law
4 21 (15.33%) Retail
5 18 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (7.30%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (7.30%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (6.57%) Czech Language
8 8 (5.84%) Games
8 8 (5.84%) iGaming
9 7 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (5.11%) Marketing
10 6 (4.38%) Front Office
10 6 (4.38%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.92%) Automotive
12 3 (2.19%) Banking
12 3 (2.19%) Legal
13 1 (0.73%) Billing
13 1 (0.73%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 48 (35.04%) Developer
2 18 (13.14%) Senior
3 16 (11.68%) Architect
4 13 (9.49%) Technical Architect
5 10 (7.30%) Administrator
6 9 (6.57%) IT Administrator
6 9 (6.57%) IT Support
6 9 (6.57%) Senior Developer
7 8 (5.84%) .NET Developer
7 8 (5.84%) Applications Engineer
7 8 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (5.84%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 8 (5.84%) ServiceNow Developer
8 7 (5.11%) C# .NET Developer
8 7 (5.11%) C# Developer
8 7 (5.11%) Consultant
8 7 (5.11%) Full-Stack Developer
8 7 (5.11%) JavaScript Developer
9 6 (4.38%) Energy Trading Developer
9 6 (4.38%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (61.31%) XML
2 60 (43.80%) REST
3 57 (41.61%) HTML
4 51 (37.23%) CSS
5 33 (24.09%) SOAP
6 25 (18.25%) .NET
7 21 (15.33%) Web Services
8 18 (13.14%) RESTful
9 16 (11.68%) ASP.NET
10 15 (10.95%) Node.js
11 14 (10.22%) Bootstrap
12 13 (9.49%) gRPC
13 9 (6.57%) HTML5
13 9 (6.57%) OAuth
14 8 (5.84%) AngularJS
14 8 (5.84%) Pixi.js
14 8 (5.84%) React
15 7 (5.11%) YAML
16 6 (4.38%) GraphQL
17 5 (3.65%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.14%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (12.41%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (7.30%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
5 7 (5.11%) Mobile Games
6 6 (4.38%) BYOD
7 3 (2.19%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.19%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.19%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.19%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.46%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.46%) NHS
9 1 (0.73%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.73%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.73%) Semantic Web
9 1 (0.73%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.49%) Linux
2 12 (8.76%) Windows
3 10 (7.30%) Unix
4 3 (2.19%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.46%) Android
6 1 (0.73%) CentOS
6 1 (0.73%) Debian
6 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (45.26%) Agile
2 51 (37.23%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (35.04%) DevOps
4 39 (28.47%) Test Automation
5 30 (21.90%) CI/CD
6 27 (19.71%) Mentoring
7 26 (18.98%) Microservices
8 25 (18.25%) Technical Leadership
9 23 (16.79%) API Integration
10 22 (16.06%) Code Quality
11 21 (15.33%) CRM
11 21 (15.33%) Event-Driven
12 20 (14.60%) ETL
13 19 (13.87%) Design Patterns
14 18 (13.14%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 18 (13.14%) Roadmaps
15 17 (12.41%) Analytics
16 16 (11.68%) Data Modelling
16 16 (11.68%) ERP
16 16 (11.68%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 73 (53.28%) SQL
2 68 (49.64%) JavaScript
3 33 (24.09%) C#
4 28 (20.44%) Java
4 28 (20.44%) PowerShell
5 26 (18.98%) Python
6 9 (6.57%) Shell Script
6 9 (6.57%) VBA
7 8 (5.84%) PL/SQL
8 6 (4.38%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.19%) Go
9 3 (2.19%) PHP
10 2 (1.46%) Bicep
10 2 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.73%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.73%) Bash
11 1 (0.73%) Dart
11 1 (0.73%) Groovy
11 1 (0.73%) SOQL
11 1 (0.73%) Swift
Qualifications
1 7 (5.11%) Degree
2 5 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.92%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.92%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.19%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.19%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.46%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.73%) CCNA
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.87%) GDPR
1 19 (13.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (12.41%) QA
3 7 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.11%) NCSC
3 7 (5.11%) NIST
4 6 (4.38%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.73%) HL7
5 1 (0.73%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.73%) ISO 15022
5 1 (0.73%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (15.33%) Docker
2 17 (12.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.46%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.73%) HDFS
4 1 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (15.33%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (9.49%) Terraform
3 9 (6.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.38%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.92%) Ansible
6 3 (2.19%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.73%) Grafana
7 1 (0.73%) Packer
Vendors
1 24 (17.52%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.60%) Oracle
3 15 (10.95%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.84%) Okta
5 7 (5.11%) Salesforce
6 6 (4.38%) Trayport
7 4 (2.92%) Dell
7 4 (2.92%) Google
8 3 (2.19%) CheckPoint
8 3 (2.19%) Cisco
8 3 (2.19%) F5
8 3 (2.19%) MuleSoft
8 3 (2.19%) SAP
8 3 (2.19%) VMware
9 2 (1.46%) Ab Initio
9 2 (1.46%) Blue Coat
9 2 (1.46%) IBM
9 2 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.46%) Snow
10 1 (0.73%) Juniper