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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 223 240
Rank change year-on-year -29 +17 +3
Permanent jobs citing JSON 147 182 425
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 1.38% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.63% 4.52% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 92 157 373
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,400 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £49,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,267 £91,547
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.88% +1.25% -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 3,173 4,023 8,615
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.91% 30.44% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,278 3,239 7,518
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,720 £38,925
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% +10.17% -8.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 18 April 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 17 (11.56%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.72%) Anypoint
4 3 (2.04%) Confluence
5 2 (1.36%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.36%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.68%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.36%) Trello
2 1 (0.68%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 8 (5.44%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (2.72%) Shopify
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 80 (54.42%) Azure
2 39 (26.53%) AWS
3 29 (19.73%) Power Platform
4 27 (18.37%) Azure Logic Apps
4 27 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (17.69%) Azure Data Factory
6 25 (17.01%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (16.33%) GitHub
7 24 (16.33%) SaaS
8 22 (14.97%) Power Automate
9 18 (12.24%) PowerApps
10 16 (10.88%) Entra ID
10 16 (10.88%) Serverless
11 13 (8.84%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (8.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 12 (8.16%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (8.16%) OneDrive
12 12 (8.16%) OpenShift
13 10 (6.80%) Azure Event Grid
13 10 (6.80%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.16%) Firewall
2 6 (4.08%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (2.72%) AMQP
3 4 (2.72%) SSL
4 2 (1.36%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.68%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.68%) LAN
5 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (18.37%) Power BI
2 17 (11.56%) SQL Server
3 16 (10.88%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (10.20%) MySQL
5 14 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (5.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (4.76%) Relational Database
8 5 (3.40%) Metadata
9 4 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.72%) Power Query
10 3 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.36%) MariaDB
11 2 (1.36%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.36%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (1.36%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.36%) RDBMS
11 2 (1.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (11.56%) Git
2 13 (8.84%) GitLab
3 12 (8.16%) Jenkins
4 11 (7.48%) JIRA
5 8 (5.44%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (4.08%) Storybook
7 5 (3.40%) Browser DevTools
7 5 (3.40%) Selenium
7 5 (3.40%) SpecFlow
7 5 (3.40%) WebDriver
8 4 (2.72%) Maven
8 4 (2.72%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.36%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.36%) JUnit
9 2 (1.36%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.68%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.68%) Gradle
10 1 (0.68%) Postman
10 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 69 (46.94%) Social Skills
2 51 (34.69%) Finance
3 31 (21.09%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.20%) Telecoms
5 12 (8.16%) Law
5 12 (8.16%) Marketing
6 9 (6.12%) Health Technology
6 9 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.72%) Advertising
8 4 (2.72%) Legal
8 4 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.72%) Retail
9 3 (2.04%) Billing
10 2 (1.36%) Electronics
10 2 (1.36%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (31.29%) Developer
2 30 (20.41%) Senior
3 18 (12.24%) Senior Developer
4 15 (10.20%) Integration Engineer
5 14 (9.52%) Analyst
6 12 (8.16%) Automation Engineer
7 11 (7.48%) Network Engineer
7 11 (7.48%) Telecoms Engineer
8 10 (6.80%) Applications Engineer
8 10 (6.80%) Support Engineer
9 9 (6.12%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (5.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 8 (5.44%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
10 8 (5.44%) Data Analyst
10 8 (5.44%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 8 (5.44%) SQL Analyst
10 8 (5.44%) SQL Data Analyst
10 8 (5.44%) SSRS Analyst
11 7 (4.76%) Network Specialist
11 7 (4.76%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (45.58%) XML
2 42 (28.57%) REST
3 36 (24.49%) HTML
4 33 (22.45%) CSS
5 28 (19.05%) RESTful
6 23 (15.65%) .NET
7 21 (14.29%) SOAP
8 15 (10.20%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (10.20%) OAuth
8 15 (10.20%) YAML
9 14 (9.52%) .NET Core
10 13 (8.84%) React
11 12 (8.16%) Microsoft Graph
11 12 (8.16%) SPFx
12 11 (7.48%) Jinja
12 11 (7.48%) OAuth2
12 11 (7.48%) Web Services
13 8 (5.44%) Node.js
13 8 (5.44%) Spring
14 7 (4.76%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.24%) Cloud Native
2 14 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.80%) Data Structures
4 9 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.44%) Low-Code
6 6 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.04%) NHS
8 3 (2.04%) PMI
8 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.36%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.36%) Semantic Web
9 2 (1.36%) Social Media
9 2 (1.36%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.68%) Linked Data
10 1 (0.68%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.88%) Linux
2 11 (7.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 39 (26.53%) DevOps
3 38 (25.85%) Test Automation
4 34 (23.13%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (22.45%) Agile
6 27 (18.37%) Coaching
6 27 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (16.33%) Asset Management
8 23 (15.65%) API Management
8 23 (15.65%) Containerisation
9 22 (14.97%) Analytics
9 22 (14.97%) Validation
10 21 (14.29%) API Integration
10 21 (14.29%) Observability
10 21 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
10 21 (14.29%) Task Automation
10 21 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
10 21 (14.29%) User Experience
11 19 (12.93%) ETL
12 18 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 77 (52.38%) SQL
2 57 (38.78%) JavaScript
3 44 (29.93%) Python
4 33 (22.45%) Java
5 27 (18.37%) C#
6 26 (17.69%) PowerShell
7 19 (12.93%) TypeScript
8 12 (8.16%) Shell Script
9 11 (7.48%) PL/SQL
9 11 (7.48%) T-SQL
10 10 (6.80%) Bicep
11 3 (2.04%) PHP
12 2 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (1.36%) Ruby
13 1 (0.68%) Groovy
13 1 (0.68%) Korn
13 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.68%) Lua
13 1 (0.68%) SHACL
13 1 (0.68%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.48%) Degree
2 8 (5.44%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.40%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.04%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (2.04%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.36%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.88%) GDPR
2 12 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.48%) Data Quality
3 11 (7.48%) SLA
4 10 (6.80%) QA
5 7 (4.76%) Accessibility
6 6 (4.08%) WCAG
7 5 (3.40%) HL7
8 2 (1.36%) NCSC
8 2 (1.36%) NIST
8 2 (1.36%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (10.88%) Active Directory
1 16 (10.88%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (14.29%) Terraform
2 13 (8.84%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.44%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.72%) Ansible
5 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.68%) Kibana
Vendors
1 22 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.24%) Oracle
3 13 (8.84%) Adobe
4 12 (8.16%) Cisco
5 11 (7.48%) Red Hat
6 10 (6.80%) Ab Initio
7 8 (5.44%) Okta
8 7 (4.76%) F5
8 7 (4.76%) ServiceNow
9 6 (4.08%) Juniper
9 6 (4.08%) Palo Alto
9 6 (4.08%) SAP
10 5 (3.40%) Google
10 5 (3.40%) IBM
10 5 (3.40%) MuleSoft
10 5 (3.40%) TIBCO
11 4 (2.72%) Infor
11 4 (2.72%) Jitterbit
11 4 (2.72%) SnapLogic
11 4 (2.72%) Talend