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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 285 277
Rank change year-on-year -60 -8 -101
Permanent jobs citing JSON 115 137 222
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.82% 1.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.59% 3.63% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 81 108 133
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 4,432 3,771 6,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.87% 22.45% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,258 2,449 4,525
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -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 8 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 13 (11.30%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.22%) IIS
3 4 (3.48%) Apache
4 3 (2.61%) Confluence
5 2 (1.74%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.61%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.87%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (44.35%) Azure
2 31 (26.96%) AWS
3 20 (17.39%) Azure Logic Apps
4 17 (14.78%) Power Platform
5 16 (13.91%) Azure Data Factory
6 14 (12.17%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (12.17%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (11.30%) PowerApps
8 12 (10.43%) Power Automate
8 12 (10.43%) Serverless
9 9 (7.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 9 (7.83%) Azure Functions
9 9 (7.83%) GitHub
9 9 (7.83%) OneDrive
10 8 (6.96%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (6.96%) SaaS
11 7 (6.09%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (5.22%) Amazon S3
12 6 (5.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.35%) HTTP
2 2 (1.74%) Intranet
3 1 (0.87%) Broadband
3 1 (0.87%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (0.87%) FTP
3 1 (0.87%) MQTT
3 1 (0.87%) Network Security
3 1 (0.87%) RTP
3 1 (0.87%) RTSP
3 1 (0.87%) SCTP
3 1 (0.87%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.87%) SS7
3 1 (0.87%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.87%) VoIP
3 1 (0.87%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (21.74%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (17.39%) SQL Server
3 15 (13.04%) Power BI
3 15 (13.04%) Redis
4 11 (9.57%) Data Lake
5 10 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (6.96%) Amazon Athena
6 8 (6.96%) Parquet
7 7 (6.09%) Relational Database
8 6 (5.22%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (5.22%) MySQL
9 5 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (4.35%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (3.48%) Metadata
11 3 (2.61%) DynamoDB
12 2 (1.74%) Hadoop
12 2 (1.74%) Power Query
13 1 (0.87%) Apache Iceberg
13 1 (0.87%) Delta Lake
13 1 (0.87%) Trino
Development Applications
1 22 (19.13%) Git
2 7 (6.09%) JIRA
3 4 (3.48%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.61%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.74%) Bower
6 1 (0.87%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.87%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.87%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.87%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.87%) ERwin
6 1 (0.87%) GitLab
6 1 (0.87%) JMeter
6 1 (0.87%) Postman
6 1 (0.87%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.87%) Selenium
6 1 (0.87%) Snyk
6 1 (0.87%) TeamCity
General
1 51 (44.35%) Social Skills
2 27 (23.48%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.17%) Finance
4 10 (8.70%) Health Technology
5 6 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.35%) Legal
6 5 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.48%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.48%) Publishing
8 3 (2.61%) Advertising
8 3 (2.61%) Law
8 3 (2.61%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.74%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.74%) Back Office
9 2 (1.74%) Billing
9 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.74%) Local Government
9 2 (1.74%) Police
10 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (46.09%) Developer
2 21 (18.26%) Senior
3 17 (14.78%) .NET Developer
3 17 (14.78%) Web Developer
4 15 (13.04%) Ruby Developer
5 14 (12.17%) .NET Web Developer
6 11 (9.57%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (8.70%) Consultant
7 10 (8.70%) Data Engineer
7 10 (8.70%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 10 (8.70%) Full-Stack Web Developer
8 8 (6.96%) Architect
9 7 (6.09%) Senior Developer
9 7 (6.09%) Software Developer
10 6 (5.22%) Analyst
11 5 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 5 (4.35%) Customer Support Specialist
11 5 (4.35%) DBA
11 5 (4.35%) EPR Consultant
11 5 (4.35%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (33.91%) XML
2 35 (30.43%) .NET
3 31 (26.96%) HTML
4 29 (25.22%) CSS
5 28 (24.35%) RESTful
6 19 (16.52%) JWT
7 15 (13.04%) Ruby on Rails
7 15 (13.04%) Sidekiq
8 14 (12.17%) .NET Framework
8 14 (12.17%) Entity Framework
9 13 (11.30%) .NET Core
9 13 (11.30%) ASP.NET
10 12 (10.43%) REST
11 11 (9.57%) ASP.NET MVC
11 11 (9.57%) HTML5 Canvas
11 11 (9.57%) Microsoft Graph
12 10 (8.70%) Classic ASP
12 10 (8.70%) Google Maps API
12 10 (8.70%) SPFx
13 8 (6.96%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.57%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.09%) NHS
3 5 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.48%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.61%) Clustering
5 3 (2.61%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.61%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.74%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.74%) Blog
6 2 (1.74%) CSOC
6 2 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.74%) PMI
6 2 (1.74%) Replication
6 2 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.74%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.70%) Linux
2 9 (7.83%) Windows
3 5 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (47.83%) Agile
2 30 (26.09%) DevOps
3 26 (22.61%) Performance Tuning
3 26 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (20.00%) Analytics
4 23 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 23 (20.00%) Clean Code
4 23 (20.00%) Scrum
5 22 (19.13%) AI
6 21 (18.26%) User Experience
7 20 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (17.39%) Web Development
8 19 (16.52%) API Design
9 18 (15.65%) MVC
10 17 (14.78%) Machine Learning
10 17 (14.78%) OOP
11 16 (13.91%) Containerisation
11 16 (13.91%) Mentoring
11 16 (13.91%) Validation
12 15 (13.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 52 (45.22%) SQL
2 49 (42.61%) JavaScript
3 36 (31.30%) C#
4 23 (20.00%) Python
5 17 (14.78%) PowerShell
6 15 (13.04%) Ruby
7 12 (10.43%) TypeScript
8 11 (9.57%) Java
9 9 (7.83%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.61%) C++
10 3 (2.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.61%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.74%) Bash
11 2 (1.74%) Bicep
11 2 (1.74%) PHP
11 2 (1.74%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.87%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.87%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 19 (16.52%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.65%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.43%) Degree
4 6 (5.22%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.48%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.48%) CISSP
5 4 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (2.61%) CCSP
6 3 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.61%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.74%) CASP
7 2 (1.74%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.74%) GIAC
7 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.74%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.74%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.87%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.78%) Data Quality
2 9 (7.83%) Accessibility
3 8 (6.96%) QA
4 5 (4.35%) HL7
4 5 (4.35%) SLA
5 4 (3.48%) GDPR
6 1 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.87%) Dublin Core
6 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.87%) PERC
6 1 (0.87%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (18.26%) Docker
2 3 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.74%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.74%) NFS
3 2 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.61%) Grafana
2 2 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.87%) Ansible
3 1 (0.87%) Kibana
3 1 (0.87%) logstash
3 1 (0.87%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (37.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.57%) Google
3 9 (7.83%) Adobe
4 5 (4.35%) Dynatrace
5 4 (3.48%) Databricks
6 3 (2.61%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.61%) Oracle
6 3 (2.61%) Splunk
6 3 (2.61%) VMware
7 2 (1.74%) Foundry
7 2 (1.74%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.74%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.87%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.87%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.87%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.87%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.87%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.87%) Workday
8 1 (0.87%) YouTube
8 1 (0.87%) Zoho