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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 250 247
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 -13
Permanent jobs citing JSON 143 187 411
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.29% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.32% 4.37% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 96 160 361
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +4.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,502 £83,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,150 £85,000
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 3,311 4,283 8,571
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.97% 29.62% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,403 3,157 7,525
10th Percentile £41,925 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 10 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 7 (4.90%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.70%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 75 (52.45%) Azure
2 36 (25.17%) AWS
3 35 (24.48%) Power Platform
4 31 (21.68%) Azure Logic Apps
5 30 (20.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 29 (20.28%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (18.18%) PowerApps
8 25 (17.48%) Power Automate
8 25 (17.48%) SaaS
9 21 (14.69%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (13.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (13.29%) OneDrive
11 18 (12.59%) GitHub
12 15 (10.49%) Entra ID
13 13 (9.09%) Serverless
14 12 (8.39%) OpenShift
15 10 (6.99%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (6.29%) Azure Service Bus
17 7 (4.90%) Azure Event Grid
17 7 (4.90%) 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%) Network Security
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
2 19 (13.29%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (11.19%) SQL Server
4 14 (9.79%) MySQL
5 8 (5.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (3.50%) Metadata
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.80%) Redis
8 3 (2.10%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.40%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.40%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.40%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (1.40%) Oracle ODI
9 2 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.40%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (1.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (12.59%) Git
2 13 (9.09%) GitLab
3 11 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 9 (6.29%) JIRA
5 7 (4.90%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (4.20%) Selenium
7 5 (3.50%) Browser DevTools
7 5 (3.50%) SpecFlow
7 5 (3.50%) WebDriver
8 4 (2.80%) Maven
9 3 (2.10%) Storybook
10 2 (1.40%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.40%) JUnit
10 2 (1.40%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (1.40%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.70%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.70%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.70%) Gradle
11 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 70 (48.95%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.07%) Finance
3 33 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.49%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.29%) Health Technology
5 9 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.90%) Marketing
7 6 (4.20%) Advertising
8 5 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.50%) Law
9 4 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.80%) Retail
10 3 (2.10%) Billing
10 3 (2.10%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.40%) Electronics
11 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.70%) Legal
12 1 (0.70%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (33.57%) Developer
2 34 (23.78%) 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 9 (6.29%) Applications Engineer
6 9 (6.29%) Consultant
7 8 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 8 (5.59%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 8 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (5.59%) Data Analyst
7 8 (5.59%) SQL Analyst
7 8 (5.59%) SQL Data Analyst
7 8 (5.59%) SSRS Analyst
8 7 (4.90%) Integration Engineer
8 7 (4.90%) Java Developer
8 7 (4.90%) Network Specialist
8 7 (4.90%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (41.96%) XML
2 43 (30.07%) HTML
3 40 (27.97%) CSS
4 36 (25.17%) REST
5 30 (20.98%) .NET
6 22 (15.38%) HTML5 Canvas
6 22 (15.38%) RESTful
7 21 (14.69%) .NET Core
8 19 (13.29%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (13.29%) SPFx
9 16 (11.19%) SOAP
10 15 (10.49%) YAML
11 12 (8.39%) OAuth
12 11 (7.69%) Jinja
13 10 (6.99%) React
14 8 (5.59%) Node.js
14 8 (5.59%) OAuth2
14 8 (5.59%) Spring
15 7 (4.90%) Web Services
16 6 (4.20%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.49%) Onboarding
2 14 (9.79%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.99%) Data Structures
4 9 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.20%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.10%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.10%) NHS
8 3 (2.10%) PMI
9 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.40%) Reference Data
9 2 (1.40%) Semantic Web
9 2 (1.40%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.70%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.09%) Linux
2 7 (4.90%) Unix
3 1 (0.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (29.37%) CI/CD
2 39 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 35 (24.48%) DevOps
4 31 (21.68%) Test Automation
5 28 (19.58%) Agile
5 28 (19.58%) User Experience
6 26 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
7 24 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (16.08%) Validation
9 22 (15.38%) Machine Learning
9 22 (15.38%) Project Management
10 21 (14.69%) Coaching
10 21 (14.69%) Containerisation
10 21 (14.69%) Task Automation
11 20 (13.99%) API Integration
11 20 (13.99%) API Management
12 19 (13.29%) Document Management
12 19 (13.29%) Web Design
13 17 (11.89%) Asset Management
13 17 (11.89%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 75 (52.45%) SQL
2 59 (41.26%) JavaScript
3 41 (28.67%) Python
4 32 (22.38%) PowerShell
5 31 (21.68%) Java
6 30 (20.98%) C#
7 23 (16.08%) TypeScript
8 10 (6.99%) PL/SQL
8 10 (6.99%) T-SQL
9 7 (4.90%) Bicep
9 7 (4.90%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.80%) Ruby
11 3 (2.10%) PHP
12 2 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.70%) Bash
13 1 (0.70%) Groovy
13 1 (0.70%) Korn
13 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.70%) SHACL
13 1 (0.70%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 14 (9.79%) Degree
2 9 (6.29%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.20%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.10%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.10%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.40%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CISSP
7 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.70%) GIAC
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (7.69%) SLA
2 10 (6.99%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.99%) GDPR
2 10 (6.99%) QA
3 5 (3.50%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.80%) HL7
5 3 (2.10%) WCAG
6 2 (1.40%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.70%) NCSC
7 1 (0.70%) NIST
7 1 (0.70%) PERC
System Software
1 15 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.79%) Docker
3 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (11.89%) Terraform
2 9 (6.29%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.90%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.80%) Ansible
5 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.70%) Kibana
5 1 (0.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 30 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.99%) Adobe
3 13 (9.09%) Oracle
4 12 (8.39%) Cisco
5 11 (7.69%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.90%) Ab Initio
6 7 (4.90%) F5
6 7 (4.90%) Okta
7 6 (4.20%) Juniper
7 6 (4.20%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.50%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.80%) Databricks
9 4 (2.80%) Splunk
10 3 (2.10%) Google
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