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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 268 259
Rank change year-on-year -18 -9 -27
Permanent jobs citing JSON 134 174 389
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 1.18% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.90% 4.07% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 97 148 334
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £49,923
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,336 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,625 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £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 3,437 4,278 8,738
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.91% 28.90% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,506 2,848 7,612
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,733 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -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 30 May 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 (17.16%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.49%) Confluence
3 2 (1.49%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.49%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.75%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) EngageOne
1 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.75%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 66 (49.25%) Azure
2 36 (26.87%) AWS
3 33 (24.63%) Power Platform
4 29 (21.64%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (20.90%) Azure Logic Apps
6 26 (19.40%) SaaS
7 25 (18.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (18.66%) PowerApps
8 24 (17.91%) Power Automate
9 19 (14.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (14.18%) OneDrive
10 11 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (8.21%) Entra ID
10 11 (8.21%) GitHub
10 11 (8.21%) OpenShift
11 10 (7.46%) Serverless
12 7 (5.22%) Apigee
12 7 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (5.22%) Kong
13 6 (4.48%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.96%) Firewall
2 6 (4.48%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.24%) AMQP
3 3 (2.24%) SSL
4 2 (1.49%) HTTP
4 2 (1.49%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.75%) Broadband
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.75%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.75%) LAN
5 1 (0.75%) Network Security
5 1 (0.75%) RTP
5 1 (0.75%) RTSP
5 1 (0.75%) SCTP
5 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.75%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.75%) SS7
5 1 (0.75%) VoIP
5 1 (0.75%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (22.39%) Power BI
2 24 (17.91%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (14.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (11.94%) SQL Server
5 14 (10.45%) MySQL
6 8 (5.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (5.22%) Redis
8 4 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.99%) Metadata
9 3 (2.24%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (1.49%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.49%) MariaDB
10 2 (1.49%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.49%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (1.49%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (1.49%) Power Query
10 2 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (12.69%) Git
2 13 (9.70%) GitLab
3 10 (7.46%) JIRA
4 6 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.48%) Selenium
5 5 (3.73%) Browser DevTools
5 5 (3.73%) SpecFlow
5 5 (3.73%) WebDriver
6 3 (2.24%) Maven
6 3 (2.24%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (1.49%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.49%) JUnit
7 2 (1.49%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (1.49%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.75%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.75%) Snyk
8 1 (0.75%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.75%) webpack
General
1 72 (53.73%) Social Skills
2 36 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (22.39%) Finance
4 15 (11.19%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.72%) Health Technology
5 9 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.48%) Advertising
7 5 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.73%) Law
8 4 (2.99%) Billing
8 4 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.99%) Retail
9 3 (2.24%) Marketing
10 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.49%) Publishing
11 1 (0.75%) Electronics
11 1 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.75%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 46 (34.33%) Developer
2 32 (23.88%) Senior
3 21 (15.67%) Senior Developer
4 13 (9.70%) Automation Engineer
5 11 (8.21%) Analyst
5 11 (8.21%) Network Engineer
5 11 (8.21%) Telecoms Engineer
6 10 (7.46%) Consultant
7 8 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) Data Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) SQL Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) SQL Data Analyst
7 8 (5.97%) SSRS Analyst
8 7 (5.22%) Automation Specialist
8 7 (5.22%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 7 (5.22%) Network Specialist
8 7 (5.22%) Ruby Developer
8 7 (5.22%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 7 (5.22%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (39.55%) XML
2 41 (30.60%) HTML
3 37 (27.61%) CSS
4 35 (26.12%) REST
5 30 (22.39%) .NET
6 22 (16.42%) HTML5 Canvas
7 21 (15.67%) .NET Core
8 20 (14.93%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (14.18%) SPFx
10 18 (13.43%) RESTful
11 14 (10.45%) YAML
12 11 (8.21%) Jinja
12 11 (8.21%) SOAP
13 8 (5.97%) JWT
13 8 (5.97%) Node.js
13 8 (5.97%) OAuth
14 7 (5.22%) Ruby on Rails
14 7 (5.22%) Sidekiq
14 7 (5.22%) Spring
14 7 (5.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.94%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.72%) Data Structures
2 9 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.97%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.48%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.24%) NHS
7 3 (2.24%) PMI
8 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.49%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.49%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.49%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.49%) Replication
8 2 (1.49%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.70%) Linux
2 7 (5.22%) Unix
3 1 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.87%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (24.63%) CI/CD
3 28 (20.90%) User Experience
4 27 (20.15%) Agile
4 27 (20.15%) DevOps
5 26 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (17.91%) Containerisation
6 24 (17.91%) Technical Leadership
7 23 (17.16%) Machine Learning
7 23 (17.16%) Validation
8 22 (16.42%) Project Management
9 21 (15.67%) Task Automation
10 20 (14.93%) Test Automation
11 19 (14.18%) Data Modelling
11 19 (14.18%) Document Management
11 19 (14.18%) Web Design
12 17 (12.69%) API Management
13 16 (11.94%) Analytics
13 16 (11.94%) API Integration
14 15 (11.19%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 73 (54.48%) SQL
2 58 (43.28%) JavaScript
3 38 (28.36%) Python
4 32 (23.88%) PowerShell
5 31 (23.13%) C#
6 26 (19.40%) Java
7 21 (15.67%) TypeScript
8 11 (8.21%) T-SQL
9 7 (5.22%) Ruby
10 6 (4.48%) PL/SQL
11 3 (2.24%) Bicep
11 3 (2.24%) PHP
11 3 (2.24%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.49%) Bash
12 2 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.75%) SHACL
13 1 (0.75%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 14 (10.45%) Degree
2 10 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.22%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.24%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.24%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.49%) CISSP
6 2 (1.49%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.75%) CASP
7 1 (0.75%) CCSP
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.75%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.75%) GIAC
7 1 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.21%) SLA
2 10 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (7.46%) QA
3 8 (5.97%) GDPR
4 4 (2.99%) HL7
5 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.49%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.75%) PERC
System Software
1 16 (11.94%) Docker
2 11 (8.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (8.96%) Terraform
2 9 (6.72%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.99%) Ansible
4 3 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.75%) Kibana
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.75%) QRadar
Vendors
1 33 (24.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.93%) Adobe
3 12 (8.96%) Cisco
4 11 (8.21%) Red Hat
5 8 (5.97%) Oracle
6 7 (5.22%) F5
7 6 (4.48%) Juniper
7 6 (4.48%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.73%) Splunk
9 4 (2.99%) Databricks
10 3 (2.24%) Ab Initio
10 3 (2.24%) Okta
10 3 (2.24%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.49%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.49%) Google
11 2 (1.49%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.75%) ArcSight
12 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.75%) LogRhythm
12 1 (0.75%) New Relic