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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 236 251
Rank change year-on-year -32 +15 -16
Permanent jobs citing JSON 143 182 409
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 1.31% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.51% 4.50% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 93 156 359
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,639 £87,600
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £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 3,172 4,041 8,514
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.45% 29.06% 26.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,273 3,165 7,481
10th Percentile £41,925 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,474
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%

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 4 May 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 (16.78%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.40%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.70%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.70%) Confluence
4 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.70%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 76 (53.15%) Azure
2 35 (24.48%) AWS
3 34 (23.78%) Power Platform
4 32 (22.38%) Azure Logic Apps
5 31 (21.68%) Azure Data Factory
6 29 (20.28%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (17.48%) Power Automate
7 25 (17.48%) PowerApps
8 24 (16.78%) SaaS
9 22 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (13.99%) GitHub
11 19 (13.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (13.29%) OneDrive
12 16 (11.19%) Entra ID
13 14 (9.79%) Serverless
14 12 (8.39%) OpenShift
15 11 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (6.99%) Azure Service Bus
17 8 (5.59%) Azure Event Grid
17 8 (5.59%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.39%) Firewall
2 6 (4.20%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (2.80%) AMQP
3 4 (2.80%) SSL
4 2 (1.40%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.70%) Broadband
5 1 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.70%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.70%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.70%) LAN
5 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (22.38%) Power BI
2 19 (13.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (11.89%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (11.19%) SQL Server
5 14 (9.79%) MySQL
6 8 (5.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (3.50%) Metadata
8 4 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.10%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (2.10%) Redis
9 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.40%) MariaDB
10 2 (1.40%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.40%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (1.40%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (1.40%) Power Query
10 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.40%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (11.89%) Git
2 13 (9.09%) GitLab
3 12 (8.39%) Jenkins
4 9 (6.29%) JIRA
5 8 (5.59%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (3.50%) Browser DevTools
6 5 (3.50%) Selenium
6 5 (3.50%) SpecFlow
6 5 (3.50%) WebDriver
7 4 (2.80%) Maven
7 4 (2.80%) Storybook
8 2 (1.40%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.40%) JUnit
8 2 (1.40%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (1.40%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.70%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.70%) Gradle
9 1 (0.70%) Postman
9 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 70 (48.95%) Social Skills
2 46 (32.17%) Finance
3 32 (22.38%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.49%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.29%) Health Technology
5 9 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.59%) Marketing
7 7 (4.90%) Law
8 6 (4.20%) Advertising
9 5 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.80%) Retail
11 3 (2.10%) Billing
11 3 (2.10%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.40%) Electronics
12 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.70%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (34.27%) Developer
2 35 (24.48%) Senior
3 21 (14.69%) Senior Developer
4 12 (8.39%) Automation Engineer
5 11 (7.69%) Analyst
5 11 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 11 (7.69%) Telecoms Engineer
6 10 (6.99%) Applications Engineer
7 9 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (6.29%) Consultant
8 8 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 8 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
8 8 (5.59%) Data Analyst
8 8 (5.59%) Integration Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) SQL Analyst
8 8 (5.59%) SQL Data Analyst
8 8 (5.59%) SSRS Analyst
9 7 (4.90%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 7 (4.90%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (43.36%) XML
2 43 (30.07%) HTML
3 40 (27.97%) CSS
4 36 (25.17%) REST
5 30 (20.98%) .NET
6 23 (16.08%) RESTful
7 22 (15.38%) HTML5 Canvas
8 21 (14.69%) .NET Core
9 19 (13.29%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (13.29%) SPFx
10 17 (11.89%) SOAP
11 14 (9.79%) YAML
12 13 (9.09%) OAuth
13 11 (7.69%) Jinja
13 11 (7.69%) React
14 9 (6.29%) OAuth2
15 8 (5.59%) Node.js
15 8 (5.59%) Spring
16 7 (4.90%) Web Services
17 6 (4.20%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.19%) Cloud Native
2 14 (9.79%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.99%) Data Structures
4 9 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.20%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.10%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.10%) NHS
7 3 (2.10%) PMI
8 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.40%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.40%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.70%) Linked Data
9 1 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.39%) Linux
2 7 (4.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.77%) CI/CD
2 39 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 36 (25.17%) DevOps
4 33 (23.08%) Test Automation
5 28 (19.58%) Technical Leadership
6 27 (18.88%) Agile
6 27 (18.88%) User Experience
7 24 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (16.08%) Coaching
8 23 (16.08%) Validation
9 22 (15.38%) Project Management
10 21 (14.69%) API Integration
10 21 (14.69%) API Management
10 21 (14.69%) Task Automation
11 20 (13.99%) Asset Management
11 20 (13.99%) Containerisation
11 20 (13.99%) Machine Learning
12 19 (13.29%) Document Management
12 19 (13.29%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (13.29%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 76 (53.15%) SQL
2 59 (41.26%) JavaScript
3 41 (28.67%) Python
4 31 (21.68%) PowerShell
5 30 (20.98%) C#
6 29 (20.28%) Java
7 24 (16.78%) TypeScript
8 11 (7.69%) PL/SQL
9 10 (6.99%) T-SQL
10 8 (5.59%) Bicep
10 8 (5.59%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.10%) PHP
11 3 (2.10%) Ruby
12 2 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.70%) Bash
13 1 (0.70%) Korn
13 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.70%) Lua
13 1 (0.70%) SHACL
13 1 (0.70%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.69%) Degree
2 8 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.10%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (2.10%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.40%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) GDPR
1 11 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (7.69%) SLA
2 10 (6.99%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.99%) QA
3 5 (3.50%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.80%) HL7
4 4 (2.80%) WCAG
5 2 (1.40%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.70%) NCSC
6 1 (0.70%) NIST
6 1 (0.70%) PERC
System Software
1 16 (11.19%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.09%) Docker
3 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (13.29%) Terraform
2 9 (6.29%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.59%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.80%) Ansible
5 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.70%) Kibana
Vendors
1 28 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.99%) Adobe
3 14 (9.79%) Oracle
4 12 (8.39%) Cisco
5 11 (7.69%) Red Hat
6 8 (5.59%) Ab Initio
6 8 (5.59%) Okta
7 7 (4.90%) F5
7 7 (4.90%) ServiceNow
8 6 (4.20%) Juniper
8 6 (4.20%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.80%) Databricks
10 3 (2.10%) Google
10 3 (2.10%) Splunk
11 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.40%) SAP
12 1 (0.70%) Apple
12 1 (0.70%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.70%) IBM
12 1 (0.70%) TIBCO