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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 261 277
Rank change year-on-year -28 +16 -45
Permanent jobs citing JSON 132 173 385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 1.13% 1.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.68% 4.06% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 99 145 315
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% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,043 £83,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £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 3,585 4,256 9,137
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.96% 27.72% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,637 2,860 7,771
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 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,254 £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 17 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 2 (1.52%) Confluence
3 2 (1.52%) 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 66 (50.00%) Azure
2 34 (25.76%) AWS
3 32 (24.24%) Power Platform
4 28 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (19.70%) Azure Logic Apps
6 25 (18.94%) SaaS
7 24 (18.18%) PowerApps
8 23 (17.42%) Azure Data Factory
8 23 (17.42%) Power Automate
9 19 (14.39%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (14.39%) OneDrive
10 11 (8.33%) OpenShift
11 9 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (6.82%) Entra ID
12 7 (5.30%) Apigee
12 7 (5.30%) GitHub
12 7 (5.30%) Kong
12 7 (5.30%) Serverless
13 6 (4.55%) GCP
14 5 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
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%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.76%) Broadband
5 1 (0.76%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.76%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.76%) Intranet
5 1 (0.76%) LAN
5 1 (0.76%) Network Security
5 1 (0.76%) RTP
5 1 (0.76%) RTSP
5 1 (0.76%) SCTP
5 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.76%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.76%) SS7
5 1 (0.76%) VoIP
5 1 (0.76%) VoLTE
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%) SQL Server
5 14 (10.61%) MySQL
6 10 (7.58%) Redis
7 8 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (3.03%) Electronic Patient Records
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%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.52%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.76%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 17 (12.88%) Git
2 13 (9.85%) GitLab
3 11 (8.33%) JIRA
4 6 (4.55%) Selenium
5 5 (3.79%) Browser DevTools
5 5 (3.79%) SpecFlow
5 5 (3.79%) WebDriver
6 3 (2.27%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.27%) Maven
7 2 (1.52%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.52%) JUnit
7 2 (1.52%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.76%) Bower
8 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.76%) ERwin
8 1 (0.76%) JMeter
8 1 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 76 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 38 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (17.42%) Finance
4 14 (10.61%) Telecoms
5 10 (7.58%) 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%) Retail
11 2 (1.52%) 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 47 (35.61%) Developer
2 30 (22.73%) Senior
3 20 (15.15%) Senior Developer
4 14 (10.61%) Automation Engineer
5 11 (8.33%) Consultant
5 11 (8.33%) Network Engineer
5 11 (8.33%) Telecoms Engineer
6 10 (7.58%) Analyst
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 48 (36.36%) XML
2 41 (31.06%) HTML
3 36 (27.27%) CSS
4 32 (24.24%) REST
5 31 (23.48%) .NET
6 21 (15.91%) .NET Core
6 21 (15.91%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (15.15%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (14.39%) RESTful
8 19 (14.39%) SPFx
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 7 (5.30%) OAuth
14 6 (4.55%) YANG
15 5 (3.79%) Node.js
15 5 (3.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.12%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.82%) Data Structures
4 8 (6.06%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.30%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.03%) NHS
7 3 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.27%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.27%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.27%) PMI
8 2 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.52%) Replication
8 2 (1.52%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.76%) CUDA
9 1 (0.76%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.76%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.36%) Linux
2 7 (5.30%) Unix
3 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.52%) 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 25 (18.94%) CI/CD
7 23 (17.42%) DevOps
7 23 (17.42%) Machine Learning
8 22 (16.67%) Project Management
8 22 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
8 22 (16.67%) Validation
9 21 (15.91%) Task Automation
10 20 (15.15%) Web Design
11 19 (14.39%) Data Modelling
11 19 (14.39%) Document Management
12 16 (12.12%) AI
12 16 (12.12%) Analytics
12 16 (12.12%) Scrum
13 15 (11.36%) API Integration
13 15 (11.36%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 72 (54.55%) SQL
2 56 (42.42%) JavaScript
3 36 (27.27%) Python
4 32 (24.24%) C#
4 32 (24.24%) PowerShell
5 21 (15.91%) Java
5 21 (15.91%) TypeScript
6 13 (9.85%) T-SQL
7 10 (7.58%) Ruby
8 4 (3.03%) PHP
8 4 (3.03%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.27%) Bash
10 2 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.52%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.76%) Bicep
11 1 (0.76%) Groovy
11 1 (0.76%) Korn
11 1 (0.76%) Lua
11 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (12.12%) Degree
2 9 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.27%) CISSP
5 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.27%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.52%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.52%) CASP
6 2 (1.52%) CCSP
6 2 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.52%) 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 12 (9.09%) QA
2 11 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 11 (8.33%) SLA
3 10 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.55%) GDPR
5 4 (3.03%) HL7
6 2 (1.52%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.76%) PERC
System Software
1 16 (12.12%) Docker
2 9 (6.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (6.06%) Terraform
2 6 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.52%) Ansible
3 2 (1.52%) 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 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.15%) Adobe
3 12 (9.09%) Cisco
4 11 (8.33%) Red Hat
5 7 (5.30%) F5
5 7 (5.30%) Oracle
6 6 (4.55%) Juniper
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%) Exabeam
10 1 (0.76%) IBM
10 1 (0.76%) Okta
10 1 (0.76%) Sonatype
10 1 (0.76%) Workday