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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 270 278
Rank change year-on-year -54 +8 -93
Permanent jobs citing JSON 133 155 260
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.94% 1.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.95% 3.76% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 104 129 184
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,325
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,450 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £82,500
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 4,504 4,123 6,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.32% 24.98% 28.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,347 2,805 5,261
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -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 29 August 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 23 (17.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.01%) Apache
2 4 (3.01%) Confluence
3 2 (1.50%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.75%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.75%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (48.12%) Azure
2 34 (25.56%) AWS
3 26 (19.55%) Power Platform
4 23 (17.29%) Azure Logic Apps
4 23 (17.29%) PowerApps
5 22 (16.54%) Azure Data Factory
5 22 (16.54%) Power Automate
6 21 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 19 (14.29%) OneDrive
8 15 (11.28%) SaaS
9 12 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (6.77%) GitHub
11 8 (6.02%) GCP
12 6 (4.51%) OpenShift
13 5 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (3.01%) Apigee
14 4 (3.01%) Kong
14 4 (3.01%) Serverless
15 3 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.51%) Firewall
2 3 (2.26%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (2.26%) HTTP
2 3 (2.26%) SSL
3 2 (1.50%) Intranet
4 1 (0.75%) Broadband
4 1 (0.75%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.75%) FTP
4 1 (0.75%) MQTT
4 1 (0.75%) Network Security
4 1 (0.75%) RTP
4 1 (0.75%) RTSP
4 1 (0.75%) SCTP
4 1 (0.75%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.75%) SS7
4 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.75%) VoIP
4 1 (0.75%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (20.30%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (18.05%) Power BI
3 20 (15.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (12.78%) Redis
4 17 (12.78%) SQL Server
5 8 (6.02%) MySQL
6 7 (5.26%) Electronic Patient Records
7 5 (3.76%) Data Lake
7 5 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.76%) Metadata
8 3 (2.26%) DynamoDB
8 3 (2.26%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.50%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.50%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.50%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.50%) Parquet
9 2 (1.50%) Power Query
10 1 (0.75%) Apache Iceberg
10 1 (0.75%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.75%) Trino
Development Applications
1 21 (15.79%) Git
2 11 (8.27%) JIRA
3 8 (6.02%) GitLab
4 4 (3.01%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (3.01%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.50%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.50%) Bower
5 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.75%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.75%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.75%) ERwin
6 1 (0.75%) JMeter
6 1 (0.75%) Postman
6 1 (0.75%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.75%) Selenium
6 1 (0.75%) Snyk
6 1 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.75%) TeamCity
General
1 69 (51.88%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.78%) Finance
4 15 (11.28%) Health Technology
5 11 (8.27%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.51%) Advertising
7 6 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.76%) Legal
9 4 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.26%) Law
10 3 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.50%) Billing
11 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.50%) Local Government
11 2 (1.50%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.50%) Publishing
12 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 61 (45.86%) Developer
2 26 (19.55%) Senior
3 17 (12.78%) Ruby Developer
3 17 (12.78%) Senior Developer
4 15 (11.28%) Web Developer
5 14 (10.53%) .NET Developer
6 13 (9.77%) Consultant
7 11 (8.27%) .NET Web Developer
7 11 (8.27%) Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (8.27%) Full-Stack Web Developer
8 10 (7.52%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
9 8 (6.02%) Automation Engineer
9 8 (6.02%) Customer Support Specialist
9 8 (6.02%) Support Specialist
10 7 (5.26%) Architect
10 7 (5.26%) EPR Consultant
10 7 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Developer
10 7 (5.26%) Senior Microsoft Developer
11 6 (4.51%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (32.33%) .NET
2 42 (31.58%) HTML
2 42 (31.58%) XML
3 40 (30.08%) CSS
4 27 (20.30%) RESTful
5 21 (15.79%) .NET Core
5 21 (15.79%) HTML5 Canvas
6 20 (15.04%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (14.29%) JWT
7 19 (14.29%) SPFx
8 17 (12.78%) REST
8 17 (12.78%) Ruby on Rails
8 17 (12.78%) Sidekiq
9 14 (10.53%) ASP.NET
10 12 (9.02%) .NET Framework
11 11 (8.27%) ASP.NET MVC
11 11 (8.27%) Entity Framework
12 10 (7.52%) Classic ASP
12 10 (7.52%) Google Maps API
13 8 (6.02%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.77%) NHS
2 8 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
3 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.01%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.26%) Clustering
6 3 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.26%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.26%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.26%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.50%) Blog
7 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.50%) PMI
7 2 (1.50%) Replication
8 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.75%) Derivative
8 1 (0.75%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.75%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.77%) Linux
2 3 (2.26%) Unix
3 2 (1.50%) Windows
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (36.09%) Agile
2 34 (25.56%) User Experience
3 31 (23.31%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (19.55%) Containerisation
5 25 (18.80%) Clean Code
5 25 (18.80%) Machine Learning
5 25 (18.80%) Scrum
6 24 (18.05%) DevOps
7 23 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (16.54%) CI/CD
8 22 (16.54%) Performance Tuning
8 22 (16.54%) Project Management
9 21 (15.79%) API Design
9 21 (15.79%) Web Design
10 20 (15.04%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (14.29%) Document Management
11 19 (14.29%) MVC
11 19 (14.29%) OOP
12 18 (13.53%) AI
12 18 (13.53%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 67 (50.38%) JavaScript
2 61 (45.86%) SQL
3 44 (33.08%) C#
4 23 (17.29%) PowerShell
5 21 (15.79%) TypeScript
6 20 (15.04%) Python
7 17 (12.78%) Ruby
8 9 (6.77%) T-SQL
9 5 (3.76%) Java
10 3 (2.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (2.26%) PHP
11 2 (1.50%) Bash
11 2 (1.50%) C++
11 2 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.50%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.75%) Lua
12 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.75%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 15 (11.28%) Degree
2 9 (6.77%) SC Cleared
2 9 (6.77%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.76%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.01%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.26%) CISSP
7 2 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.50%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.50%) CASP
7 2 (1.50%) CCSP
7 2 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.50%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.75%) GIAC
8 1 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.27%) SLA
2 10 (7.52%) QA
3 8 (6.02%) Data Quality
4 7 (5.26%) HL7
5 4 (3.01%) GDPR
6 3 (2.26%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.75%) Dublin Core
7 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.75%) PERC
7 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (18.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.75%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (35.34%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.04%) Adobe
3 12 (9.02%) Google
4 6 (4.51%) Cisco
4 6 (4.51%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.51%) Splunk
5 4 (3.01%) Databricks
6 3 (2.26%) F5
6 3 (2.26%) Juniper
6 3 (2.26%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.26%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.26%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.50%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.50%) IBM
7 2 (1.50%) Oracle
8 1 (0.75%) Foundry
8 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.75%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.75%) Workday