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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 266 257
Rank change year-on-year -11 -9 -24
Permanent jobs citing JSON 137 171 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.72% 1.18% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.01% 4.08% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 96 146 342
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,375 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,502 £83,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £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 3,413 4,196 8,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.91% 28.91% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,483 2,776 7,565
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,500 £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 £85,000 £85,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,253 £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 27 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 (16.79%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.46%) Confluence
3 2 (1.46%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.46%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.73%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.73%) EngageOne
1 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.73%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 70 (51.09%) Azure
2 38 (27.74%) AWS
3 33 (24.09%) Power Platform
4 29 (21.17%) Azure Logic Apps
4 29 (21.17%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (19.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (18.98%) SaaS
7 25 (18.25%) PowerApps
8 24 (17.52%) Power Automate
9 19 (13.87%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (13.87%) OneDrive
10 15 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (10.95%) GitHub
11 13 (9.49%) Entra ID
12 11 (8.03%) OpenShift
12 11 (8.03%) Serverless
13 9 (6.57%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (5.84%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (5.11%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (5.11%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.76%) Firewall
2 6 (4.38%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.19%) AMQP
3 3 (2.19%) SSL
4 2 (1.46%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.73%) Broadband
5 1 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.73%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.73%) HTTP
5 1 (0.73%) LAN
5 1 (0.73%) Network Security
5 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.73%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (21.90%) Power BI
2 24 (17.52%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (13.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (10.95%) SQL Server
5 14 (10.22%) MySQL
6 8 (5.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (5.11%) Redis
8 4 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.92%) Metadata
9 3 (2.19%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (1.46%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.46%) MariaDB
10 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.46%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (1.46%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.46%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (12.41%) Git
2 13 (9.49%) GitLab
3 10 (7.30%) JIRA
4 8 (5.84%) Jenkins
5 6 (4.38%) Selenium
6 5 (3.65%) Browser DevTools
6 5 (3.65%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (3.65%) SpecFlow
6 5 (3.65%) WebDriver
7 3 (2.19%) Maven
8 2 (1.46%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.46%) JUnit
8 2 (1.46%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (1.46%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.73%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.73%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.73%) JMeter
9 1 (0.73%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.73%) webpack
General
1 71 (51.82%) Social Skills
2 36 (26.28%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (25.55%) Finance
4 14 (10.22%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.57%) Health Technology
5 9 (6.57%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.38%) Advertising
7 5 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.92%) Billing
8 4 (2.92%) Law
8 4 (2.92%) Marketing
8 4 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.92%) Retail
9 2 (1.46%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.46%) Publishing
10 1 (0.73%) Electronics
10 1 (0.73%) Legal
10 1 (0.73%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.73%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (32.85%) Developer
2 33 (24.09%) Senior
3 21 (15.33%) Senior Developer
4 12 (8.76%) Automation Engineer
5 11 (8.03%) Analyst
5 11 (8.03%) Network Engineer
5 11 (8.03%) Telecoms Engineer
6 10 (7.30%) Consultant
7 8 (5.84%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (5.84%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 8 (5.84%) Data Analyst
7 8 (5.84%) SQL Analyst
7 8 (5.84%) SQL Data Analyst
7 8 (5.84%) SSRS Analyst
8 7 (5.11%) Applications Engineer
8 7 (5.11%) Automation Specialist
8 7 (5.11%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Developer
8 7 (5.11%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 7 (5.11%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (40.15%) XML
2 40 (29.20%) HTML
3 37 (27.01%) CSS
4 35 (25.55%) REST
5 30 (21.90%) .NET
6 22 (16.06%) HTML5 Canvas
7 21 (15.33%) .NET Core
7 21 (15.33%) RESTful
8 20 (14.60%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (13.87%) SPFx
10 14 (10.22%) YAML
11 13 (9.49%) SOAP
12 11 (8.03%) Jinja
13 10 (7.30%) OAuth
14 8 (5.84%) JWT
14 8 (5.84%) Node.js
15 7 (5.11%) React
15 7 (5.11%) Ruby on Rails
15 7 (5.11%) Sidekiq
15 7 (5.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.68%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.30%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.57%) Data Structures
3 9 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.38%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.19%) NHS
6 3 (2.19%) PMI
7 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.46%) Replication
7 2 (1.46%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.73%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.73%) Linked Data
8 1 (0.73%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.73%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.73%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.49%) Linux
2 7 (5.11%) Unix
3 1 (0.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.74%) CI/CD
2 36 (26.28%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (21.90%) DevOps
4 28 (20.44%) Agile
4 28 (20.44%) User Experience
5 25 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (18.25%) Test Automation
6 24 (17.52%) Containerisation
6 24 (17.52%) Technical Leadership
7 23 (16.79%) Machine Learning
7 23 (16.79%) Validation
8 22 (16.06%) Project Management
9 21 (15.33%) Task Automation
10 19 (13.87%) API Management
10 19 (13.87%) Data Modelling
10 19 (13.87%) Document Management
10 19 (13.87%) Web Design
11 18 (13.14%) API Integration
12 17 (12.41%) Analytics
13 16 (11.68%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 74 (54.01%) SQL
2 58 (42.34%) JavaScript
3 38 (27.74%) Python
4 31 (22.63%) PowerShell
5 30 (21.90%) C#
6 28 (20.44%) Java
7 22 (16.06%) TypeScript
8 11 (8.03%) T-SQL
9 8 (5.84%) PL/SQL
10 7 (5.11%) Ruby
11 5 (3.65%) Bicep
11 5 (3.65%) Shell Script
12 3 (2.19%) PHP
13 2 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.73%) Bash
14 1 (0.73%) Groovy
14 1 (0.73%) Korn
14 1 (0.73%) Lua
14 1 (0.73%) SHACL
14 1 (0.73%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 13 (9.49%) Degree
2 10 (7.30%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.11%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.19%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.19%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.73%) CISSP
7 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.73%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.73%) GIAC
7 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.73%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.03%) SLA
2 10 (7.30%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.30%) GDPR
2 10 (7.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (6.57%) QA
4 4 (2.92%) HL7
5 3 (2.19%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.46%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.73%) PERC
7 1 (0.73%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (11.68%) Docker
2 13 (9.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.73%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (11.68%) Terraform
2 9 (6.57%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.92%) Ansible
5 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.73%) Kibana
5 1 (0.73%) QRadar
Vendors
1 32 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.60%) Adobe
3 12 (8.76%) Cisco
4 11 (8.03%) Red Hat
5 10 (7.30%) Oracle
6 7 (5.11%) F5
7 6 (4.38%) Juniper
7 6 (4.38%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.65%) Ab Initio
8 5 (3.65%) Okta
9 4 (2.92%) Databricks
9 4 (2.92%) Splunk
10 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.46%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.46%) Google
11 2 (1.46%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.73%) Blue Coat
12 1 (0.73%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.73%) TIBCO
12 1 (0.73%) webMethods