JSON Contracts

JSON
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for JSON skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited JSON over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 189 168
Rank change year-on-year -59 -21 -22
Contract jobs citing JSON 405 780 1,481
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.94% 1.39% 1.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.47% 6.06% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 534 951
10th Percentile £403 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £603 £675 £650
90th Percentile £675 £806 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £525 £523
% change year-on-year +2.86% +0.38% +23.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 33
10th Percentile - - £14.25
25th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £41.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 £72.50 £65.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +10.62% +4.03%
75th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - - £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £72.50 £65.54
% change year-on-year +10.34% +10.62% +13.00%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,058 12,870 23,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.04% 22.96% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,281 9,398 17,328
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £669
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 147 222
10th Percentile £21.89 £30.45 £25.05
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.36
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.55 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -25.49% +17.65% +22.78%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JSON.

Daily rate trend for JSON in the UK

JSON
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSON over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JSON in the UK

JSON
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JSON.

Hourly rate trend for JSON in the UK

JSON
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSON within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -51 353 £535 -2.73% 172
London 0 214 £525 -8.70% 69
Work from Home -21 159 £543 +6.37% 86
UK excluding London -76 135 £540 +2.86% 107
North of England -9 53 £534 +1.71% 27
North West -2 27 £534 -9.11% 17
South East -51 26 £550 +3.77% 27
Yorkshire +14 20 £622 +27.26% 9
Midlands +11 20 £577 -1.79% 24
Scotland +27 15 £519 +5.33% 4
South West -8 15 £550 +5.77% 12
West Midlands +8 13 £581 +4.49% 17
North East +9 10 £550 -22.75% 1
East of England +2 10 £533 +12.11% 12
East Midlands +8 7 £577 -3.83% 7

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 24 (5.93%) Confluence
2 13 (3.21%) Apache
2 13 (3.21%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.48%) Alfresco
4 6 (1.48%) Appian
4 6 (1.48%) Camunda
4 6 (1.48%) IIS
5 5 (1.23%) Apache Solr
5 5 (1.23%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.23%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.99%) CMS
6 4 (0.99%) nginx
7 3 (0.74%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.49%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.49%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.49%) Mingle
5 2 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.22%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.74%) Endur
4 3 (0.74%) Maximo
4 3 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.74%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.49%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.49%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 128 (31.60%) Azure
2 73 (18.02%) AWS
3 55 (13.58%) Serverless
4 40 (9.88%) Power Platform
5 37 (9.14%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (7.90%) GCP
7 31 (7.65%) GitHub
8 26 (6.42%) Power Automate
9 25 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (5.68%) PowerApps
11 21 (5.19%) PaaS
12 20 (4.94%) AWS Step Functions
13 19 (4.69%) Amazon MSK
13 19 (4.69%) Azure Key Vault
14 17 (4.20%) Amazon S3
14 17 (4.20%) Azure Logic Apps
15 16 (3.95%) Azure Stack
16 15 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (3.46%) Azure Functions
17 14 (3.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.41%) Firewall
2 27 (6.67%) DNS
2 27 (6.67%) HTTP
3 26 (6.42%) BGP
4 23 (5.68%) VPN
5 22 (5.43%) MPLS
6 17 (4.20%) TCP/IP
7 14 (3.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 14 (3.46%) RSVP
7 14 (3.46%) SSH
8 13 (3.21%) HSRP
8 13 (3.21%) SNMP
9 12 (2.96%) Cisco IOS
9 12 (2.96%) IOS XR
9 12 (2.96%) VPLS
10 11 (2.72%) Ethernet VPN
10 11 (2.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 10 (2.47%) IPv4
11 10 (2.47%) VRRP
12 9 (2.22%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.37%) Data Warehouse
1 42 (10.37%) NoSQL
2 40 (9.88%) SQL Server
3 33 (8.15%) Relational Database
4 31 (7.65%) Parquet
5 29 (7.16%) Power BI
6 26 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (5.19%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (4.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 20 (4.94%) DynamoDB
9 19 (4.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 19 (4.69%) Data Lake
10 18 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (4.20%) MongoDB
11 17 (4.20%) MySQL
12 16 (3.95%) Big Data
12 16 (3.95%) RDBMS
12 16 (3.95%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (1.98%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (1.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 94 (23.21%) Git
2 57 (14.07%) JIRA
3 39 (9.63%) Jenkins
4 27 (6.67%) GitLab
5 18 (4.44%) Visual Studio
6 17 (4.20%) Cucumber
7 14 (3.46%) JUnit
7 14 (3.46%) Postman
7 14 (3.46%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.96%) Selenium
9 11 (2.72%) Maven
9 11 (2.72%) Visual Studio Code
10 10 (2.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 10 (2.47%) Bitbucket
11 9 (2.22%) CircleCI
11 9 (2.22%) Travis CI
12 7 (1.73%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (1.48%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.48%) Visual Studio Team System
14 5 (1.23%) Subversion
General
1 116 (28.64%) Social Skills
2 56 (13.83%) Finance
3 47 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.67%) Banking
6 16 (3.95%) Marketing
6 16 (3.95%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.47%) Front Office
8 10 (2.47%) Retail
9 7 (1.73%) Back Office
9 7 (1.73%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.73%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.23%) Advertising
11 5 (1.23%) Legal
11 5 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.74%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 116 (28.64%) Developer
2 64 (15.80%) Architect
3 40 (9.88%) Senior
4 31 (7.65%) Data Architect
4 31 (7.65%) Data Engineer
5 30 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (5.43%) Java Developer
7 20 (4.94%) Analyst
8 19 (4.69%) Software Engineer
9 18 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.95%) Network Engineer
11 15 (3.70%) Senior Developer
12 14 (3.46%) Consultant
13 12 (2.96%) Business Analyst
14 11 (2.72%) Lead
14 11 (2.72%) Senior Architect
15 10 (2.47%) Automation Engineer
15 10 (2.47%) IP Expert
15 10 (2.47%) ServiceNow Developer
15 10 (2.47%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (53.33%) XML
2 132 (32.59%) REST
3 61 (15.06%) HTML
4 58 (14.32%) CSS
4 58 (14.32%) SOAP
5 52 (12.84%) Web Services
6 49 (12.10%) YAML
7 43 (10.62%) .NET
8 39 (9.63%) RESTful
9 30 (7.41%) Spring
10 29 (7.16%) Apache Avro
11 26 (6.42%) JSON Schema
11 26 (6.42%) Swagger
11 26 (6.42%) YANG
12 25 (6.17%) AngularJS
12 25 (6.17%) Kafka
13 23 (5.68%) Node.js
14 22 (5.43%) NETCONF
15 20 (4.94%) jQuery
16 19 (4.69%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.85%) Data Structures
2 25 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (5.93%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.20%) Linux Command Line
5 16 (3.95%) Distributed Architecture
5 16 (3.95%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.21%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.21%) Reference Data
7 10 (2.47%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.22%) Algorithms
8 9 (2.22%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.73%) CMDB
10 7 (1.73%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.48%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.48%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (13.09%) Linux
2 30 (7.41%) Unix
3 23 (5.68%) Windows
4 6 (1.48%) CentOS
5 4 (0.99%) Oracle Linux
5 4 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.74%) ThreadX
7 2 (0.49%) Android
8 1 (0.25%) AIX
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (44.94%) Agile
2 111 (27.41%) DevOps
3 91 (22.47%) CI/CD
4 80 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (18.02%) Data Modelling
6 63 (15.56%) Scrum
7 59 (14.57%) Microservices
8 56 (13.83%) Test Automation
9 51 (12.59%) Continuous Integration
10 50 (12.35%) Migration
11 48 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
12 47 (11.60%) OO
13 45 (11.11%) ETL
14 43 (10.62%) Analytics
14 43 (10.62%) SDLC
15 37 (9.14%) Software Engineering
16 31 (7.65%) Data Mapping
16 31 (7.65%) TDD
17 28 (6.91%) BDD
17 28 (6.91%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 136 (33.58%) SQL
2 103 (25.43%) Python
3 94 (23.21%) JavaScript
4 77 (19.01%) Java
5 52 (12.84%) C#
6 44 (10.86%) PowerShell
7 21 (5.19%) T-SQL
8 19 (4.69%) Bash
9 14 (3.46%) Perl
9 14 (3.46%) TypeScript
10 12 (2.96%) C
11 11 (2.72%) C++
12 10 (2.47%) Shell Script
13 9 (2.22%) ActionScript
13 9 (2.22%) Go
14 8 (1.98%) Apex Code
14 8 (1.98%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.73%) PHP
15 7 (1.73%) SOQL
16 5 (1.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 59 (14.57%) Security Cleared
2 46 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.89%) Degree
4 17 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.23%) CCIE
7 5 (1.23%) CCIE Service Provider
7 5 (1.23%) CCNP
7 5 (1.23%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.49%) CISSP
9 2 (0.49%) HND
10 1 (0.25%) GCIA
10 1 (0.25%) GCIH
10 1 (0.25%) GIAC
10 1 (0.25%) GSEC
10 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (11.85%) QA
2 29 (7.16%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.46%) GDPR
4 5 (1.23%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.23%) NCSC
5 4 (0.99%) ISO 15022
5 4 (0.99%) NIST
6 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.49%) HL7
7 2 (0.49%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (10.37%) Docker
2 21 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.23%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.99%) Firmware
5 4 (0.99%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.74%) NFS
6 3 (0.74%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.74%) OpenIDM
6 3 (0.74%) vCloud
6 3 (0.74%) vSphere
7 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.25%) IAG
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 49 (12.10%) Terraform
2 45 (11.11%) Ansible
3 31 (7.65%) Kubernetes
4 16 (3.95%) Grafana
5 15 (3.70%) Kibana
5 15 (3.70%) Puppet
6 13 (3.21%) logstash
6 13 (3.21%) Prometheus
7 12 (2.96%) Progress Chef
8 10 (2.47%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (1.48%) FortiGate
10 5 (1.23%) Podman
10 5 (1.23%) yum
11 4 (0.99%) PingFederate
12 3 (0.74%) Autotask
12 3 (0.74%) Netcool
13 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.49%) TIBCO Hawk
13 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.25%) Rancher
Vendors
1 79 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.90%) Oracle
3 20 (4.94%) Cisco
4 19 (4.69%) Nokia
4 19 (4.69%) Splunk
5 17 (4.20%) Google
6 15 (3.70%) F5
6 15 (3.70%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.21%) SAP
7 13 (3.21%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.72%) Adobe
9 10 (2.47%) Fortinet
10 9 (2.22%) Cadence
10 9 (2.22%) Informatica
10 9 (2.22%) Pega
10 9 (2.22%) Talend
11 8 (1.98%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.73%) IBM
12 7 (1.73%) Optimizely
13 6 (1.48%) TOWER Software