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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 221 213
Rank change year-on-year -24 -8 +21
Permanent jobs citing JSON 126 216 427
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 1.37% 1.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.43% 4.34% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 70 161 372
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,340 £50,750 £50,639
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +6.56% -9.63%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,125 £83,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -7.59%

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 2,843 4,977 8,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.78% 31.54% 29.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 3,220 7,131
10th Percentile £41,925 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,340 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +7.87% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £109,750 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.52% +5.60% -7.41%

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 9 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 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.97%) Anypoint
3 3 (2.38%) Confluence
3 3 (2.38%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.59%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.38%) Trello
2 1 (0.79%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (15.87%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (3.97%) Shopify
3 2 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.79%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 75 (59.52%) Azure
2 42 (33.33%) GitHub
3 41 (32.54%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (29.37%) AWS
5 28 (22.22%) Entra ID
6 23 (18.25%) Power Platform
7 22 (17.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 20 (15.87%) OCI
9 19 (15.08%) Azure Data Factory
10 17 (13.49%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (13.49%) Azure Service Bus
11 16 (12.70%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (11.90%) Azure Event Grid
12 15 (11.90%) Serverless
13 13 (10.32%) Power Automate
14 11 (8.73%) SaaS
15 8 (6.35%) PaaS
15 8 (6.35%) PowerApps
16 7 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.17%) AMQP
1 4 (3.17%) Firewall
2 3 (2.38%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (2.38%) Ethernet
2 3 (2.38%) LAN
2 3 (2.38%) SD-WAN
2 3 (2.38%) WAN
3 2 (1.59%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.79%) HTTP
4 1 (0.79%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 17 (13.49%) Power BI
3 13 (10.32%) Relational Database
4 12 (9.52%) MySQL
4 12 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (3.17%) Metadata
7 3 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.38%) Power Query
7 3 (2.38%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.59%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.59%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.59%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.59%) Tableau
9 1 (0.79%) Big Data
9 1 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.79%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 26 (20.63%) Jenkins
2 20 (15.87%) Oracle Forms
3 8 (6.35%) Git
4 6 (4.76%) Storybook
5 5 (3.97%) JIRA
6 4 (3.17%) Maven
7 3 (2.38%) JUnit
7 3 (2.38%) Selenium
7 3 (2.38%) Visual Studio
7 3 (2.38%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.59%) GitLab
8 2 (1.59%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.79%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.79%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.79%) Gradle
9 1 (0.79%) JMeter
9 1 (0.79%) Postman
9 1 (0.79%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.79%) Testinfra
General
1 59 (46.83%) Finance
2 39 (30.95%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (13.49%) Law
5 13 (10.32%) Marketing
6 10 (7.94%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.76%) Retail
7 6 (4.76%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.97%) Legal
9 3 (2.38%) Electronics
9 3 (2.38%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.59%) Billing
10 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.79%) Automotive
11 1 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 37 (29.37%) Developer
2 30 (23.81%) Senior
3 22 (17.46%) Applications Engineer
3 22 (17.46%) Cloud Engineer
4 20 (15.87%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 19 (15.08%) Integration Engineer
6 15 (11.90%) Analyst
7 9 (7.14%) ServiceNow Developer
8 8 (6.35%) Integration Developer
8 8 (6.35%) Senior Developer
8 8 (6.35%) Support Engineer
9 7 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 7 (5.56%) Data Analyst
9 7 (5.56%) Java Developer
9 7 (5.56%) SQL Analyst
9 7 (5.56%) SQL Data Analyst
9 7 (5.56%) SSRS Analyst
10 6 (4.76%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 6 (4.76%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (57.14%) XML
2 41 (32.54%) RESTful
3 39 (30.95%) REST
4 34 (26.98%) SOAP
5 17 (13.49%) HTML
5 17 (13.49%) OAuth
6 14 (11.11%) CSS
6 14 (11.11%) OAuth2
6 14 (11.11%) Web Services
7 12 (9.52%) React
8 8 (6.35%) Node.js
8 8 (6.35%) Spring
9 7 (5.56%) JSON-LD
10 6 (4.76%) Next.js
10 6 (4.76%) XSLT
10 6 (4.76%) YAML
11 5 (3.97%) .NET
11 5 (3.97%) Spring Boot
12 4 (3.17%) Hibernate
12 4 (3.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 29 (23.02%) Cloud Native
2 22 (17.46%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (7.94%) Low-Code
4 8 (6.35%) Data Structures
5 7 (5.56%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (3.17%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.38%) PMI
8 3 (2.38%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.38%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.38%) Semantic Web
8 3 (2.38%) Social Media
9 2 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.59%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.79%) Linked Data
10 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.94%) Linux
2 7 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (45.24%) CI/CD
2 52 (41.27%) Test Automation
3 50 (39.68%) DevOps
4 43 (34.13%) Agile
4 43 (34.13%) Coaching
5 40 (31.75%) Asset Management
6 38 (30.16%) Root Cause Analysis
7 37 (29.37%) Observability
8 31 (24.60%) Mentoring
9 28 (22.22%) Analytics
10 27 (21.43%) ERP
10 27 (21.43%) ETL
11 26 (20.63%) Translating Business Requirements
12 23 (18.25%) Business Strategy
12 23 (18.25%) Data Governance
12 23 (18.25%) Data Integration
12 23 (18.25%) Migration
13 22 (17.46%) API Integration
14 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (15.87%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 65 (51.59%) SQL
2 49 (38.89%) Python
3 43 (34.13%) Java
4 31 (24.60%) JavaScript
5 25 (19.84%) Shell Script
6 23 (18.25%) PL/SQL
7 22 (17.46%) PowerShell
8 15 (11.90%) Bicep
9 14 (11.11%) C#
10 13 (10.32%) T-SQL
11 6 (4.76%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.59%) Groovy
12 2 (1.59%) PHP
13 1 (0.79%) Bash
13 1 (0.79%) Korn
13 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.79%) SHACL
13 1 (0.79%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 12 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.35%) Degree
4 4 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.38%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.38%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.59%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.67%) GDPR
2 14 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 12 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (6.35%) Accessibility
4 8 (6.35%) QA
5 6 (4.76%) WCAG
6 3 (2.38%) HL7
6 3 (2.38%) NCSC
6 3 (2.38%) NIST
7 2 (1.59%) SLA
7 2 (1.59%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.32%) Docker
3 3 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (31.75%) Terraform
2 21 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (9.52%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.56%) Ansible
5 3 (2.38%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.79%) Packer
Vendors
1 29 (23.02%) Oracle
2 20 (15.87%) Okta
3 14 (11.11%) Ab Initio
4 13 (10.32%) Microsoft
5 10 (7.94%) SAP
5 10 (7.94%) ServiceNow
6 7 (5.56%) Google
7 6 (4.76%) MuleSoft
7 6 (4.76%) TIBCO
8 5 (3.97%) Dell
8 5 (3.97%) Epicor
8 5 (3.97%) IBM
8 5 (3.97%) IFS
8 5 (3.97%) Infor
8 5 (3.97%) Informatica
8 5 (3.97%) Jitterbit
8 5 (3.97%) SnapLogic
8 5 (3.97%) Software AG
8 5 (3.97%) Talend
8 5 (3.97%) Workday