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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 293 274
Rank change year-on-year -53 -19 -98
Permanent jobs citing JSON 113 137 222
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.82% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.56% 3.63% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 79 108 134
10th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,999 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £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 4,418 3,774 6,624
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.83% 22.48% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 2,450 4,499
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,513 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +2.26% +2.52%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

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 October 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 12 (10.62%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.31%) IIS
3 4 (3.54%) Apache
4 3 (2.65%) Confluence
5 2 (1.77%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.65%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.77%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (43.36%) Azure
2 30 (26.55%) AWS
3 20 (17.70%) Azure Logic Apps
4 16 (14.16%) Azure Data Factory
4 16 (14.16%) Power Platform
5 14 (12.39%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (11.50%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (10.62%) PowerApps
8 11 (9.73%) Power Automate
8 11 (9.73%) Serverless
9 9 (7.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 9 (7.96%) Azure Functions
9 9 (7.96%) GitHub
9 9 (7.96%) OneDrive
10 8 (7.08%) SaaS
11 7 (6.19%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (5.31%) Amazon S3
12 6 (5.31%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (5.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (4.42%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.31%) HTTP
2 2 (1.77%) Intranet
2 2 (1.77%) MQTT
2 2 (1.77%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.88%) Broadband
3 1 (0.88%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (0.88%) FTP
3 1 (0.88%) Network Security
3 1 (0.88%) RTP
3 1 (0.88%) RTSP
3 1 (0.88%) SCTP
3 1 (0.88%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.88%) SS7
3 1 (0.88%) VoIP
3 1 (0.88%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (21.24%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (16.81%) SQL Server
3 15 (13.27%) Redis
4 14 (12.39%) Power BI
5 11 (9.73%) Data Lake
6 10 (8.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (6.19%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (6.19%) Parquet
7 7 (6.19%) Relational Database
8 6 (5.31%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (5.31%) MySQL
9 5 (4.42%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (3.54%) Metadata
11 2 (1.77%) DynamoDB
11 2 (1.77%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.88%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.88%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (18.58%) Git
2 6 (5.31%) JIRA
3 3 (2.65%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.65%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.77%) Bower
5 1 (0.88%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.88%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.88%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.88%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.88%) ERwin
5 1 (0.88%) JMeter
5 1 (0.88%) Postman
5 1 (0.88%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.88%) Selenium
5 1 (0.88%) Snyk
5 1 (0.88%) TeamCity
General
1 51 (45.13%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.01%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (11.50%) Finance
4 9 (7.96%) Health Technology
5 6 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.42%) Legal
7 4 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.54%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.54%) Publishing
8 3 (2.65%) Advertising
8 3 (2.65%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.65%) Law
8 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.77%) Back Office
9 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.77%) Local Government
9 2 (1.77%) Police
10 1 (0.88%) Billing
10 1 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (46.02%) Developer
2 22 (19.47%) Senior
3 17 (15.04%) .NET Developer
3 17 (15.04%) Web Developer
4 15 (13.27%) Ruby Developer
5 14 (12.39%) .NET Web Developer
6 11 (9.73%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (8.85%) Consultant
7 10 (8.85%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 10 (8.85%) Full-Stack Web Developer
8 9 (7.96%) Data Engineer
9 8 (7.08%) Architect
10 7 (6.19%) Senior Developer
10 7 (6.19%) Software Developer
11 6 (5.31%) Analyst
12 5 (4.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 5 (4.42%) DBA
12 5 (4.42%) EPR Consultant
12 5 (4.42%) Lead
13 4 (3.54%) Customer Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (34.51%) XML
2 34 (30.09%) .NET
3 29 (25.66%) HTML
4 28 (24.78%) RESTful
5 27 (23.89%) CSS
6 19 (16.81%) JWT
7 15 (13.27%) Ruby on Rails
7 15 (13.27%) Sidekiq
8 14 (12.39%) .NET Framework
8 14 (12.39%) Entity Framework
9 13 (11.50%) .NET Core
9 13 (11.50%) ASP.NET
10 12 (10.62%) REST
11 11 (9.73%) ASP.NET MVC
11 11 (9.73%) Microsoft Graph
12 10 (8.85%) Classic ASP
12 10 (8.85%) Google Maps API
12 10 (8.85%) HTML5 Canvas
12 10 (8.85%) SPFx
13 8 (7.08%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.73%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.19%) NHS
3 5 (4.42%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.42%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (4.42%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.65%) Clustering
5 3 (2.65%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.77%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.77%) Blog
6 2 (1.77%) CSOC
6 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.77%) PMI
6 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.77%) Replication
6 2 (1.77%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.77%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.85%) Linux
2 9 (7.96%) Windows
3 5 (4.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (48.67%) Agile
2 29 (25.66%) DevOps
3 26 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (22.12%) Performance Tuning
5 23 (20.35%) Analytics
5 23 (20.35%) CI/CD
5 23 (20.35%) Clean Code
6 22 (19.47%) AI
6 22 (19.47%) Scrum
7 20 (17.70%) User Experience
7 20 (17.70%) Web Development
8 19 (16.81%) API Design
8 19 (16.81%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (15.93%) MVC
10 17 (15.04%) Machine Learning
10 17 (15.04%) OOP
11 16 (14.16%) Containerisation
11 16 (14.16%) Validation
12 15 (13.27%) Mentoring
13 14 (12.39%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (44.25%) SQL
2 47 (41.59%) JavaScript
3 35 (30.97%) C#
4 23 (20.35%) Python
5 17 (15.04%) PowerShell
6 15 (13.27%) Ruby
7 12 (10.62%) TypeScript
8 11 (9.73%) Java
9 8 (7.08%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.65%) C++
10 3 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.77%) Bash
11 2 (1.77%) Bicep
11 2 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.77%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.77%) PHP
11 2 (1.77%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.88%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 19 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.50%) Degree
4 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.54%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.54%) CISSP
5 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.54%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (2.65%) CCSP
6 3 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.77%) CASP
7 2 (1.77%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.77%) GIAC
7 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.77%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.77%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.04%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.96%) Accessibility
3 8 (7.08%) QA
4 5 (4.42%) HL7
5 4 (3.54%) GDPR
5 4 (3.54%) SLA
6 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.88%) Dublin Core
6 1 (0.88%) ECSS
6 1 (0.88%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.88%) PERC
6 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (18.58%) Docker
2 3 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.77%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.77%) NFS
3 2 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.65%) Grafana
2 2 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.88%) Ansible
3 1 (0.88%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.88%) Kibana
3 1 (0.88%) logstash
3 1 (0.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 42 (37.17%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.73%) Google
3 9 (7.96%) Adobe
4 5 (4.42%) Dynatrace
5 4 (3.54%) Databricks
6 3 (2.65%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.65%) Oracle
6 3 (2.65%) Splunk
6 3 (2.65%) VMware
7 2 (1.77%) Foundry
7 2 (1.77%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.88%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.88%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.88%) Exabeam
8 1 (0.88%) N-able
8 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.88%) Workday
8 1 (0.88%) YouTube
8 1 (0.88%) Zoho