JSON
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JSON skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JSON over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 282 191
Rank change year-on-year +35 -91 +20
Permanent jobs citing JSON 1,170 1,283 3,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.27% 2.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.56% 4.20% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 759 913 1,714
10th Percentile £34,750 £43,750 £37,171
25th Percentile £44,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,901 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

JSON is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,062 30,550 63,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.25% 30.15% 40.74%
Number of salaries quoted 15,764 18,827 29,914
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

JSON
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JSON as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JSON in the UK

JSON
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JSON.

Salary trend for JSON in the UK

JSON
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JSON over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +6 855 £60,000 -7.69% 152
UK excluding London +72 815 £57,500 - 102
Work from Home -15 411 £60,000 -7.69% 102
London -22 298 £67,500 -3.57% 58
Scotland +77 246 £57,500 -14.98% 5
North of England +64 177 £57,500 +4.55% 19
South East -35 136 £55,000 - 30
North West +45 119 £55,000 - 12
Midlands +49 107 £60,000 +9.09% 17
West Midlands +58 83 £60,000 +4.96% 10
East of England +20 68 £35,500 -35.45% 16
South West -43 60 £58,000 -14.07% 9
Yorkshire +65 50 £60,000 -9.03% 6
East Midlands -5 23 £55,000 +49.24% 7
Wales -2 18 £51,250 +2.50% 6
North East -2 8 £45,000 -9.20% 1
Northern Ireland +19 6 £75,000 +54.64% 3

JSON
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 68 (5.81%) IIS
2 53 (4.53%) FileNet
3 33 (2.82%) CMS
4 28 (2.39%) OpenStack
5 24 (2.05%) Confluence
6 16 (1.37%) Apache
6 16 (1.37%) SharePoint
7 13 (1.11%) JBoss
7 13 (1.11%) Red Hat Fuse
8 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (0.85%) Apache Spark
9 10 (0.85%) EPiServer
10 7 (0.60%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.51%) WordPress
12 5 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
12 5 (0.43%) Drupal
12 5 (0.43%) IBM Notes
12 5 (0.43%) NServiceBus
13 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.11%) Trello
4 4 (0.34%) Acrobat
4 4 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.085%) Notion
6 1 (0.085%) Sketch
6 1 (0.085%) UXPin
6 1 (0.085%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 24 (2.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 23 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.85%) Shopify
4 7 (0.60%) Elite 3E
4 7 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Infor M3
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.085%) Magento
7 1 (0.085%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.085%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 327 (27.95%) Azure
2 294 (25.13%) AWS
3 182 (15.56%) Azure DevOps
4 101 (8.63%) Amazon S3
4 101 (8.63%) Power Platform
5 97 (8.29%) SaaS
6 87 (7.44%) Serverless
7 65 (5.56%) PaaS
8 45 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
9 44 (3.76%) PowerApps
10 42 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
10 42 (3.59%) Power Automate
11 39 (3.33%) IaaS
12 38 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
13 35 (2.99%) GitHub
14 33 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
15 32 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
15 32 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
16 25 (2.14%) Amazon Kinesis
17 23 (1.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 69 (5.90%) Kerberos
2 39 (3.33%) HTTP
3 33 (2.82%) VPN
4 14 (1.20%) Internet
5 12 (1.03%) NGFW
6 11 (0.94%) BGP
6 11 (0.94%) DNS
6 11 (0.94%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (0.94%) MPLS
7 9 (0.77%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.68%) Firewall
9 5 (0.43%) FTP
9 5 (0.43%) MQTT
9 5 (0.43%) RS-485
10 4 (0.34%) RS-232
10 4 (0.34%) SSH
10 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.26%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.26%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.26%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (18.38%) SQL Server
2 152 (12.99%) NoSQL
3 139 (11.88%) Relational Database
4 89 (7.61%) PostgreSQL
5 85 (7.26%) MySQL
6 70 (5.98%) Power BI
7 67 (5.73%) Metadata
8 64 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
8 64 (5.47%) Elasticsearch
9 53 (4.53%) Apache Cassandra
9 53 (4.53%) RDBMS
10 39 (3.33%) MongoDB
11 38 (3.25%) Oracle Database
12 35 (2.99%) DynamoDB
13 29 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
14 25 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
15 21 (1.79%) MS Access
16 20 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
17 19 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 18 (1.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 297 (25.38%) Git
2 149 (12.74%) Jenkins
3 137 (11.71%) JUnit
4 109 (9.32%) Visual Studio
5 92 (7.86%) Jasmine
6 90 (7.69%) Selenium
7 88 (7.52%) Karma Test Runner
8 84 (7.18%) JIRA
9 80 (6.84%) WebDriver
10 75 (6.41%) Bitbucket
11 73 (6.24%) Cypress.io
12 66 (5.64%) Artifactory
13 60 (5.13%) Protractor
14 46 (3.93%) Postman
15 32 (2.74%) GitLab
16 30 (2.56%) Oracle APEX
17 21 (1.79%) Maven
18 18 (1.54%) IntelliJ
18 18 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
19 16 (1.37%) Eclipse
General
1 389 (33.25%) Finance
2 247 (21.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 242 (20.68%) Law
4 238 (20.34%) Social Skills
5 100 (8.55%) Banking
5 100 (8.55%) Marketing
6 93 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
7 90 (7.69%) Legal
8 62 (5.30%) Investment Banking
9 59 (5.04%) Public Sector
10 46 (3.93%) Retail
11 20 (1.71%) Games
12 17 (1.45%) Financial Institution
12 17 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.77%) Electronics
14 9 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.68%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 518 (44.27%) Developer
2 276 (23.59%) Software Engineer
3 271 (23.16%) Senior
4 230 (19.66%) Lead
5 133 (11.37%) Lead Software Engineer
6 128 (10.94%) Senior Developer
7 114 (9.74%) Java Engineer
8 104 (8.89%) Java Software Engineer
9 85 (7.26%) Senior Software Engineer
10 68 (5.81%) Analyst
11 64 (5.47%) Full Stack Engineer
11 64 (5.47%) Full Stack Software Engineer
12 61 (5.21%) Java Developer
13 60 (5.13%) Software Developer
14 56 (4.79%) Architect
15 53 (4.53%) C# Developer
16 45 (3.85%) .NET Developer
17 37 (3.16%) Technical Leader
18 33 (2.82%) Full Stack Developer
19 32 (2.74%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 560 (47.86%) XML
2 436 (37.26%) HTML
3 366 (31.28%) CSS
4 353 (30.17%) REST
5 330 (28.21%) Web Services
6 319 (27.26%) .NET
7 296 (25.30%) AngularJS
8 239 (20.43%) Spring
9 238 (20.34%) Node.js
10 226 (19.32%) React
11 198 (16.92%) jQuery
12 191 (16.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 188 (16.07%) RESTful
14 168 (14.36%) SOAP
15 159 (13.59%) Hibernate
16 144 (12.31%) ASP.NET
17 141 (12.05%) J2EE
18 132 (11.28%) JMS
19 89 (7.61%) .NET Core
20 86 (7.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 140 (11.97%) Data Structures
1 140 (11.97%) Management Information System
2 80 (6.84%) Cloud Native
3 73 (6.24%) Enterprise Cloud
4 72 (6.15%) Algorithms
5 65 (5.56%) Reference Data
6 48 (4.10%) Product Ownership
7 35 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
8 34 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (2.56%) IoT
10 24 (2.05%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.79%) Private Cloud
12 19 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (1.54%) Onboarding
14 17 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (1.37%) CMDB
15 16 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (1.28%) Public Cloud
17 12 (1.03%) Digital Media
18 11 (0.94%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 79 (6.75%) Linux
2 66 (5.64%) Windows
3 24 (2.05%) Android
4 22 (1.88%) Apple iOS
5 16 (1.37%) Unix
5 16 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.94%) CentOS
7 5 (0.43%) VMS
8 3 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.085%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (50.34%) Agile
2 372 (31.79%) CI/CD
3 352 (30.09%) Software Engineering
4 340 (29.06%) DevOps
5 310 (26.50%) SDLC
6 210 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
7 202 (17.26%) Operational Stability
8 200 (17.09%) Test Automation
9 167 (14.27%) Community of Practice
10 161 (13.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 161 (13.76%) Machine Learning
10 161 (13.76%) Microservices
11 160 (13.68%) Web Development
12 156 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
13 141 (12.05%) TDD
14 140 (11.97%) Data Modelling
15 137 (11.71%) Roadmaps
15 137 (11.71%) Scrum
16 128 (10.94%) Full Stack Development
17 114 (9.74%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 517 (44.19%) JavaScript
2 515 (44.02%) SQL
3 329 (28.12%) Java
4 277 (23.68%) C#
5 210 (17.95%) TypeScript
6 198 (16.92%) Python
7 133 (11.37%) T-SQL
8 95 (8.12%) PowerShell
9 88 (7.52%) PHP
10 86 (7.35%) Go
11 84 (7.18%) VB.NET
12 65 (5.56%) Prolog
12 65 (5.56%) SPARQL
13 57 (4.87%) VB
14 38 (3.25%) PL/SQL
15 28 (2.39%) C++
15 28 (2.39%) VB6
16 27 (2.31%) Shell Script
17 26 (2.22%) Scala
18 25 (2.14%) C
Qualifications
1 143 (12.22%) Degree
2 100 (8.55%) Security Cleared
3 83 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 64 (5.47%) SC Cleared
5 21 (1.79%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.28%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.51%) HNC
10 5 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.26%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.17%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.085%) ACCA
14 1 (0.085%) CISSP
14 1 (0.085%) ISEB
14 1 (0.085%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (11.71%) QA
2 14 (1.20%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.11%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.51%) NCSC
5 2 (0.17%) GDPR
5 2 (0.17%) HL7
5 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.17%) SEPA
5 2 (0.17%) SLA
6 1 (0.085%) COREP
6 1 (0.085%) IFRS
6 1 (0.085%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.085%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 134 (11.45%) Docker
2 93 (7.95%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.48%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (1.20%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) NFS
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 157 (13.42%) Kubernetes
2 101 (8.63%) Terraform
3 67 (5.73%) Ansible
4 18 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.43%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.43%) Puppet
6 4 (0.34%) Istio
6 4 (0.34%) vRealize
7 2 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.17%) Kibana
7 2 (0.17%) Rancher
8 1 (0.085%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.085%) Packer
8 1 (0.085%) Podman
8 1 (0.085%) SCCM
8 1 (0.085%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 247 (21.11%) Microsoft
2 126 (10.77%) Oracle
3 47 (4.02%) Google
4 37 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 31 (2.65%) VMware
6 30 (2.56%) Citrix
7 29 (2.48%) Salesforce
8 28 (2.39%) WSO2
9 25 (2.14%) HP
10 24 (2.05%) BMC
10 24 (2.05%) Remedy
11 15 (1.28%) Cisco
12 13 (1.11%) Databricks
13 12 (1.03%) SolarWinds
14 11 (0.94%) Adobe
14 11 (0.94%) Automation Anywhere
14 11 (0.94%) Blue Prism
14 11 (0.94%) UiPath
15 10 (0.85%) Atlassian
16 8 (0.68%) SAP