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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 236 221
Rank change year-on-year -17 -15 +15
Permanent jobs citing JSON 135 214 414
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 1.38% 1.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.60% 4.32% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 74 164 367
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,800 £41,650
25th Percentile £45,688 £51,125 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,875 - £96,539
UK median annual salary £61,250 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -7.41%

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 2,935 4,958 8,143
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.89% 31.97% 29.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,161 3,277 7,093
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,295 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.49% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%

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 20 February 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 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.70%) Anypoint
3 3 (2.22%) Confluence
3 3 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.48%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.48%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.74%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.22%) Trello
2 1 (0.74%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (14.07%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (3.70%) Shopify
3 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.74%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 77 (57.04%) Azure
2 42 (31.11%) GitHub
3 41 (30.37%) AWS
4 40 (29.63%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (20.74%) Entra ID
6 24 (17.78%) Power Platform
7 22 (16.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 19 (14.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (14.07%) OCI
9 17 (12.59%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (12.59%) Azure Service Bus
9 17 (12.59%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (12.59%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (11.85%) Serverless
11 15 (11.11%) Azure Event Grid
12 12 (8.89%) Power Automate
13 11 (8.15%) SaaS
14 8 (5.93%) PaaS
14 8 (5.93%) PowerApps
15 7 (5.19%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.93%) Firewall
2 4 (2.96%) AMQP
3 3 (2.22%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.22%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (2.22%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.22%) LAN
3 3 (2.22%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.22%) WAN
4 2 (1.48%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.74%) HTTP
5 1 (0.74%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.74%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.56%) SQL Server
2 18 (13.33%) Power BI
3 13 (9.63%) MySQL
3 13 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (8.89%) Relational Database
5 8 (5.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.96%) Metadata
7 3 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.22%) Power Query
7 3 (2.22%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.48%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.48%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (1.48%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.48%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.48%) Star Schema
8 2 (1.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (18.52%) Jenkins
2 19 (14.07%) Oracle Forms
3 11 (8.15%) Git
4 6 (4.44%) GitLab
4 6 (4.44%) JIRA
4 6 (4.44%) Storybook
5 4 (2.96%) Maven
5 4 (2.96%) Selenium
5 4 (2.96%) WebDriver
6 3 (2.22%) JUnit
6 3 (2.22%) SpecFlow
6 3 (2.22%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.48%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.74%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.74%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.74%) Gradle
8 1 (0.74%) JMeter
8 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.74%) TeamCity
General
1 61 (45.19%) Finance
2 44 (32.59%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.85%) Law
5 13 (9.63%) Marketing
6 10 (7.41%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.67%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.44%) Retail
9 5 (3.70%) Legal
10 3 (2.22%) Electronics
10 3 (2.22%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.48%) Billing
11 2 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.74%) Local Government
12 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (29.63%) Developer
2 30 (22.22%) Senior
3 21 (15.56%) Applications Engineer
3 21 (15.56%) Cloud Engineer
4 19 (14.07%) Integration Engineer
4 19 (14.07%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 15 (11.11%) Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) Data Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) Integration Developer
6 8 (5.93%) Senior Developer
6 8 (5.93%) ServiceNow Developer
6 8 (5.93%) SQL Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) SQL Data Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) SSRS Analyst
6 8 (5.93%) Support Engineer
7 7 (5.19%) Java Developer
8 6 (4.44%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (4.44%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (58.52%) XML
2 40 (29.63%) REST
2 40 (29.63%) RESTful
3 32 (23.70%) SOAP
4 17 (12.59%) HTML
5 16 (11.85%) OAuth
6 14 (10.37%) CSS
6 14 (10.37%) OAuth2
6 14 (10.37%) Web Services
7 13 (9.63%) React
8 10 (7.41%) YAML
9 8 (5.93%) Node.js
9 8 (5.93%) Spring
10 7 (5.19%) JSON-LD
11 6 (4.44%) .NET
11 6 (4.44%) GraphQL
11 6 (4.44%) Next.js
11 6 (4.44%) XSLT
12 5 (3.70%) Jinja
12 5 (3.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.74%) Cloud Native
2 20 (14.81%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (7.41%) Low-Code
4 9 (6.67%) Data Structures
5 8 (5.93%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.96%) Data Centre
9 3 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (2.22%) PMI
9 3 (2.22%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.22%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.22%) Semantic Web
9 3 (2.22%) Social Media
10 2 (1.48%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.74%) Linked Data
11 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.89%) Linux
2 9 (6.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (44.44%) CI/CD
2 52 (38.52%) Test Automation
3 51 (37.78%) DevOps
4 42 (31.11%) Agile
4 42 (31.11%) Coaching
5 39 (28.89%) Asset Management
6 37 (27.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 36 (26.67%) Observability
8 30 (22.22%) Mentoring
9 29 (21.48%) Analytics
10 28 (20.74%) ETL
11 26 (19.26%) ERP
12 25 (18.52%) Translating Business Requirements
13 23 (17.04%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (17.04%) Data Integration
14 22 (16.30%) API Integration
14 22 (16.30%) Business Strategy
14 22 (16.30%) Data Governance
14 22 (16.30%) Migration
15 21 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 69 (51.11%) SQL
2 54 (40.00%) Python
3 43 (31.85%) Java
4 33 (24.44%) JavaScript
5 24 (17.78%) Shell Script
6 23 (17.04%) PowerShell
7 22 (16.30%) PL/SQL
8 15 (11.11%) Bicep
8 15 (11.11%) C#
9 14 (10.37%) T-SQL
10 7 (5.19%) TypeScript
11 3 (2.22%) PHP
12 2 (1.48%) Bash
12 2 (1.48%) Groovy
13 1 (0.74%) Korn
13 1 (0.74%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.74%) SHACL
13 1 (0.74%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 12 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.93%) Degree
4 4 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.22%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.22%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.56%) GDPR
2 15 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 13 (9.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (6.67%) QA
5 8 (5.93%) Accessibility
6 6 (4.44%) WCAG
7 3 (2.22%) HL7
7 3 (2.22%) NCSC
7 3 (2.22%) NIST
8 2 (1.48%) SLA
8 2 (1.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.63%) Docker
3 3 (2.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (28.89%) Terraform
2 19 (14.07%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (8.89%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.19%) Ansible
5 3 (2.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.74%) Kibana
6 1 (0.74%) Packer
Vendors
1 30 (22.22%) Oracle
2 19 (14.07%) Okta
3 14 (10.37%) Ab Initio
4 13 (9.63%) Microsoft
5 10 (7.41%) SAP
6 9 (6.67%) ServiceNow
7 8 (5.93%) Cisco
8 7 (5.19%) Google
9 6 (4.44%) F5
9 6 (4.44%) MuleSoft
9 6 (4.44%) TIBCO
10 5 (3.70%) Dell
10 5 (3.70%) Epicor
10 5 (3.70%) IBM
10 5 (3.70%) Infor
10 5 (3.70%) Informatica
10 5 (3.70%) Jitterbit
10 5 (3.70%) SnapLogic
10 5 (3.70%) Software AG
10 5 (3.70%) Talend