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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 273 275
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 -47
Permanent jobs citing JSON 145 173 359
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 1.05% 1.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.65% 4.00% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 113 142 283
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% +5.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,775 £78,750
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 3,977 4,329 8,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.74% 26.29% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,012 2,946 7,076
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +10.38% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.13%

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 10 July 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 24 (16.55%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.07%) Confluence
4 2 (1.38%) Apache
4 2 (1.38%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.69%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.69%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.69%) EngageOne
2 1 (0.69%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 71 (48.97%) Azure
2 36 (24.83%) AWS
3 33 (22.76%) Power Platform
4 29 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (17.24%) SaaS
6 24 (16.55%) Azure Logic Apps
6 24 (16.55%) PowerApps
7 23 (15.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 23 (15.86%) Power Automate
8 19 (13.10%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 19 (13.10%) OneDrive
9 11 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (7.59%) OpenShift
10 9 (6.21%) Entra ID
11 7 (4.83%) Apigee
11 7 (4.83%) GCP
11 7 (4.83%) GitHub
11 7 (4.83%) Kong
12 6 (4.14%) Serverless
13 4 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.28%) Firewall
2 6 (4.14%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (2.07%) HTTP
3 3 (2.07%) SSL
4 2 (1.38%) Intranet
5 1 (0.69%) AMQP
5 1 (0.69%) Broadband
5 1 (0.69%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.69%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.69%) LAN
5 1 (0.69%) MQTT
5 1 (0.69%) Network Security
5 1 (0.69%) RTP
5 1 (0.69%) RTSP
5 1 (0.69%) SCTP
5 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.69%) SS7
5 1 (0.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.69%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (20.69%) Power BI
2 28 (19.31%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (15.86%) SQL Server
4 20 (13.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (11.72%) MySQL
6 13 (8.97%) Redis
7 8 (5.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (4.83%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (3.45%) Metadata
10 4 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.38%) DynamoDB
11 2 (1.38%) MariaDB
11 2 (1.38%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (1.38%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.38%) Power Query
11 2 (1.38%) Relational Database
11 2 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (1.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (14.48%) Git
2 13 (8.97%) GitLab
3 11 (7.59%) JIRA
4 6 (4.14%) Selenium
5 5 (3.45%) Browser DevTools
5 5 (3.45%) SpecFlow
5 5 (3.45%) WebDriver
6 4 (2.76%) Visual Studio
7 3 (2.07%) Jenkins
7 3 (2.07%) Maven
8 2 (1.38%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.38%) Bower
8 2 (1.38%) JUnit
8 2 (1.38%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 78 (53.79%) Social Skills
2 38 (26.21%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.79%) Finance
4 13 (8.97%) Health Technology
5 12 (8.28%) Telecoms
6 9 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.14%) Advertising
7 6 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.07%) Law
9 3 (2.07%) Publishing
10 2 (1.38%) Billing
10 2 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.69%) Legal
11 1 (0.69%) Marketing
11 1 (0.69%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 59 (40.69%) Developer
2 26 (17.93%) Senior
3 18 (12.41%) Senior Developer
4 14 (9.66%) Automation Engineer
5 13 (8.97%) Consultant
5 13 (8.97%) Ruby Developer
6 12 (8.28%) Web Developer
7 11 (7.59%) Analyst
7 11 (7.59%) Network Engineer
7 11 (7.59%) Telecoms Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) .NET Developer
8 9 (6.21%) Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (6.21%) Full-Stack Web Developer
9 8 (5.52%) .NET Web Developer
9 8 (5.52%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 8 (5.52%) Data Analyst
9 8 (5.52%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
9 8 (5.52%) SQL Analyst
9 8 (5.52%) SQL Data Analyst
9 8 (5.52%) SSRS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (39.31%) XML
2 42 (28.97%) .NET
2 42 (28.97%) HTML
3 39 (26.90%) CSS
4 28 (19.31%) REST
5 23 (15.86%) RESTful
6 21 (14.48%) .NET Core
6 21 (14.48%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (13.79%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (13.10%) SPFx
9 15 (10.34%) JWT
10 14 (9.66%) YAML
11 13 (8.97%) Ruby on Rails
11 13 (8.97%) Sidekiq
12 11 (7.59%) ASP.NET
12 11 (7.59%) Jinja
13 9 (6.21%) .NET Framework
13 9 (6.21%) ASP.NET MVC
14 8 (5.52%) Classic ASP
14 8 (5.52%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.03%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.21%) Data Structures
4 8 (5.52%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.52%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (4.83%) NHS
6 4 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.07%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.07%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.38%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.38%) Replication
8 2 (1.38%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.69%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.69%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.72%) Linux
2 7 (4.83%) Unix
3 1 (0.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (28.28%) Agile
2 39 (26.90%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (20.69%) User Experience
4 29 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 26 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (17.24%) DevOps
7 24 (16.55%) CI/CD
8 23 (15.86%) Machine Learning
8 23 (15.86%) Validation
9 22 (15.17%) Project Management
10 21 (14.48%) Task Automation
10 21 (14.48%) Web Design
11 20 (13.79%) Scrum
11 20 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (13.10%) Data Modelling
12 19 (13.10%) Document Management
13 18 (12.41%) AI
13 18 (12.41%) API Design
13 18 (12.41%) Clean Code
13 18 (12.41%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 77 (53.10%) SQL
2 68 (46.90%) JavaScript
3 43 (29.66%) C#
4 35 (24.14%) Python
5 32 (22.07%) PowerShell
6 21 (14.48%) TypeScript
7 15 (10.34%) Java
7 15 (10.34%) T-SQL
8 13 (8.97%) Ruby
9 5 (3.45%) PHP
10 3 (2.07%) Bash
10 3 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.38%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.69%) C++
12 1 (0.69%) Groovy
12 1 (0.69%) Lua
12 1 (0.69%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (11.03%) Degree
2 9 (6.21%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.14%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.07%) CISSP
7 2 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.38%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.38%) CASP
7 2 (1.38%) CCSP
7 2 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.38%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.69%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.69%) GIAC
8 1 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.59%) Data Quality
1 11 (7.59%) QA
1 11 (7.59%) SLA
2 10 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.83%) HL7
4 5 (3.45%) GDPR
5 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.69%) PERC
5 1 (0.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (13.79%) Docker
2 8 (5.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (4.83%) Terraform
2 4 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.38%) Ansible
3 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.69%) Kibana
4 1 (0.69%) QRadar
Vendors
1 44 (30.34%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.79%) Adobe
3 12 (8.28%) Cisco
4 11 (7.59%) Google
4 11 (7.59%) Red Hat
5 7 (4.83%) F5
6 6 (4.14%) Juniper
6 6 (4.14%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.14%) Splunk
7 4 (2.76%) Databricks
7 4 (2.76%) Oracle
7 4 (2.76%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.07%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.38%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.38%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.69%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.69%) Foundry
10 1 (0.69%) IBM
10 1 (0.69%) Sonatype
10 1 (0.69%) Workday