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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 285 292
Rank change year-on-year -54 +7 -119
Permanent jobs citing JSON 127 138 228
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.82% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.81% 3.64% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 90 111 137
10th Percentile £35,875 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £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 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,375 £61,500
% change year-on-year +3.52% -1.83% -5.38%

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 4,523 3,788 6,672
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.14% 22.59% 29.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,329 2,473 4,549
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £49,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.65%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -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 30 September 2026.

JSON salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

JSON
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 16 (12.60%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.72%) IIS
3 4 (3.15%) Apache
3 4 (3.15%) Confluence
4 2 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.79%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.79%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (42.52%) Azure
2 33 (25.98%) AWS
3 22 (17.32%) Azure Logic Apps
4 19 (14.96%) Azure Data Factory
4 19 (14.96%) Power Platform
5 16 (12.60%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (12.60%) PowerApps
6 15 (11.81%) Power Automate
7 13 (10.24%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (9.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 12 (9.45%) OneDrive
9 11 (8.66%) Serverless
10 9 (7.09%) SaaS
11 8 (6.30%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (6.30%) Azure Functions
11 8 (6.30%) GitHub
12 7 (5.51%) Amazon S3
12 7 (5.51%) AWS Step Functions
13 6 (4.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (3.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.94%) HTTP
2 2 (1.57%) Intranet
3 1 (0.79%) Broadband
3 1 (0.79%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (0.79%) FTP
3 1 (0.79%) MQTT
3 1 (0.79%) Network Security
3 1 (0.79%) RTP
3 1 (0.79%) RTSP
3 1 (0.79%) SCTP
3 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.79%) SS7
3 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.79%) VoIP
3 1 (0.79%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (20.47%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (15.75%) SQL Server
3 17 (13.39%) Power BI
4 16 (12.60%) Redis
5 13 (10.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (8.66%) Data Lake
7 8 (6.30%) Amazon Athena
7 8 (6.30%) Parquet
8 7 (5.51%) MySQL
8 7 (5.51%) Relational Database
9 6 (4.72%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (4.72%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (3.15%) Metadata
12 3 (2.36%) DynamoDB
13 2 (1.57%) Hadoop
13 2 (1.57%) Power Query
14 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
14 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 1 (0.79%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (18.90%) Git
2 8 (6.30%) JIRA
3 4 (3.15%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.57%) Bower
5 2 (1.57%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (1.57%) Postman
6 1 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.79%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.79%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.79%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.79%) ERwin
6 1 (0.79%) GitLab
6 1 (0.79%) JMeter
6 1 (0.79%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.79%) Selenium
6 1 (0.79%) Snyk
6 1 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.79%) TeamCity
General
1 58 (45.67%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.41%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (10.24%) Finance
3 13 (10.24%) Health Technology
4 7 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.94%) Legal
7 4 (3.15%) Advertising
8 3 (2.36%) Law
8 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.36%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.36%) Publishing
9 2 (1.57%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.57%) Back Office
9 2 (1.57%) Billing
9 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Local Government
10 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Military
10 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (46.46%) Developer
2 25 (19.69%) Senior
3 17 (13.39%) .NET Developer
3 17 (13.39%) Web Developer
4 16 (12.60%) Ruby Developer
5 14 (11.02%) .NET Web Developer
6 12 (9.45%) Consultant
7 11 (8.66%) Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (8.66%) Senior Developer
8 10 (7.87%) Data Engineer
8 10 (7.87%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 10 (7.87%) Full-Stack Web Developer
9 7 (5.51%) Analyst
9 7 (5.51%) Architect
9 7 (5.51%) Customer Support Specialist
9 7 (5.51%) Software Developer
9 7 (5.51%) Support Specialist
10 6 (4.72%) EPR Consultant
10 6 (4.72%) Lead
11 5 (3.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (33.07%) XML
2 38 (29.92%) .NET
3 37 (29.13%) HTML
4 35 (27.56%) CSS
5 31 (24.41%) RESTful
6 20 (15.75%) JWT
7 16 (12.60%) .NET Core
7 16 (12.60%) Ruby on Rails
7 16 (12.60%) Sidekiq
8 14 (11.02%) .NET Framework
8 14 (11.02%) Entity Framework
8 14 (11.02%) HTML5 Canvas
9 13 (10.24%) ASP.NET
9 13 (10.24%) Microsoft Graph
9 13 (10.24%) SPFx
10 12 (9.45%) REST
11 11 (8.66%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (7.87%) Classic ASP
12 10 (7.87%) Google Maps API
13 9 (7.09%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.45%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.30%) NHS
3 6 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.72%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.15%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.36%) Clustering
6 3 (2.36%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.36%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.57%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.57%) Blog
7 2 (1.57%) CSOC
7 2 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.57%) PMI
7 2 (1.57%) Replication
7 2 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.57%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.66%) Linux
2 9 (7.09%) Windows
3 5 (3.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (45.67%) Agile
2 30 (23.62%) DevOps
3 28 (22.05%) Performance Tuning
3 28 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (21.26%) User Experience
5 25 (19.69%) Clean Code
5 25 (19.69%) Scrum
6 24 (18.90%) CI/CD
7 23 (18.11%) Analytics
7 23 (18.11%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (17.32%) AI
9 20 (15.75%) API Design
9 20 (15.75%) Machine Learning
9 20 (15.75%) Web Development
10 18 (14.17%) Containerisation
10 18 (14.17%) MVC
10 18 (14.17%) OOP
11 17 (13.39%) Mentoring
12 16 (12.60%) Roadmaps
12 16 (12.60%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 58 (45.67%) JavaScript
1 58 (45.67%) SQL
2 39 (30.71%) C#
3 23 (18.11%) Python
4 19 (14.96%) PowerShell
5 16 (12.60%) Ruby
6 15 (11.81%) TypeScript
7 12 (9.45%) Java
8 9 (7.09%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.36%) C++
9 3 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.57%) Bash
10 2 (1.57%) PHP
10 2 (1.57%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.79%) Bicep
11 1 (0.79%) Lua
11 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.79%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 18 (14.17%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.39%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.66%) Degree
4 6 (4.72%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.15%) CISSP
6 3 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (2.36%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.36%) CCSP
6 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.57%) CASP
7 2 (1.57%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.57%) GIAC
7 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.57%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.39%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.09%) Accessibility
2 9 (7.09%) QA
3 7 (5.51%) SLA
4 6 (4.72%) HL7
5 4 (3.15%) GDPR
6 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.79%) Dublin Core
6 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.79%) PERC
6 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (18.90%) Docker
2 3 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.57%) NFS
3 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.57%) Grafana
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.79%) Ansible
3 1 (0.79%) Kibana
3 1 (0.79%) logstash
3 1 (0.79%) QRadar
Vendors
1 44 (34.65%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.24%) Adobe
3 12 (9.45%) Google
4 4 (3.15%) Databricks
4 4 (3.15%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.36%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.36%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.36%) Oracle
5 3 (2.36%) Splunk
5 3 (2.36%) VMware
6 2 (1.57%) IBM
6 2 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.79%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.79%) Informatica
7 1 (0.79%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.79%) SAP
7 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.79%) webMethods
7 1 (0.79%) Zoho