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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 287 189
Rank change year-on-year +38 -98 +27
Permanent jobs citing JSON 1,166 1,282 3,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.27% 2.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.53% 4.21% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 755 910 1,707
10th Percentile £34,750 £43,750 £37,171
25th Percentile £44,750 £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 £84,900 £94,553 £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 21,074 30,426 64,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.24% 30.12% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15,767 18,780 29,905
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,853 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,563
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.89% +13.75%
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 10 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 10 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 +11 851 £60,000 -7.69% 164
UK excluding London +51 813 £57,500 - 102
Work from Home -20 409 £60,000 -7.69% 109
London -18 296 £67,500 -3.57% 70
Scotland +83 246 £57,500 -14.98% 5
North of England +61 177 £57,500 +4.55% 19
South East -24 136 £55,000 - 30
North West +33 119 £55,000 - 13
Midlands +42 105 £60,000 +9.09% 19
West Midlands +45 81 £60,000 +4.96% 12
East of England +17 68 £35,500 -35.45% 15
South West -41 60 £58,000 -14.07% 8
Yorkshire +62 50 £60,000 -9.03% 5
East Midlands -4 23 £55,000 +49.24% 7
Wales +2 18 £51,250 +2.50% 6
North East -4 8 £45,000 -9.20% 1
Northern Ireland +14 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 (5.83%) IIS
2 53 (4.55%) FileNet
3 33 (2.83%) CMS
4 28 (2.40%) OpenStack
5 24 (2.06%) 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 (0.86%) Apache Spark
9 10 (0.86%) EPiServer
10 7 (0.60%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
11 5 (0.43%) Drupal
11 5 (0.43%) IBM Notes
11 5 (0.43%) WordPress
12 4 (0.34%) NServiceBus
12 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.89%) 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 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.086%) Notion
6 1 (0.086%) Sketch
6 1 (0.086%) UXPin
6 1 (0.086%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 24 (2.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 23 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.86%) 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 (0.086%) Magento
7 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.086%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 325 (27.87%) Azure
2 293 (25.13%) AWS
3 180 (15.44%) Azure DevOps
4 101 (8.66%) Amazon S3
5 100 (8.58%) Power Platform
6 95 (8.15%) SaaS
7 87 (7.46%) Serverless
8 63 (5.40%) PaaS
9 45 (3.86%) Amazon ECS
10 44 (3.77%) PowerApps
11 42 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
11 42 (3.60%) Power Automate
12 38 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (3.26%) IaaS
13 35 (3.00%) GitHub
14 33 (2.83%) 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 (5.92%) Kerberos
2 39 (3.34%) HTTP
3 33 (2.83%) 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 (0.69%) 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
1 216 (18.52%) SQL Server
2 152 (13.04%) NoSQL
3 139 (11.92%) Relational Database
4 89 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
5 85 (7.29%) MySQL
6 69 (5.92%) Power BI
7 67 (5.75%) Metadata
8 64 (5.49%) Data Warehouse
8 64 (5.49%) Elasticsearch
9 53 (4.55%) Apache Cassandra
9 53 (4.55%) RDBMS
10 39 (3.34%) MongoDB
11 38 (3.26%) Oracle Database
12 35 (3.00%) DynamoDB
13 29 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
14 25 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
15 21 (1.80%) MS Access
16 20 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
17 18 (1.54%) GIS
17 18 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 297 (25.47%) Git
2 149 (12.78%) Jenkins
3 137 (11.75%) JUnit
4 108 (9.26%) Visual Studio
5 92 (7.89%) Jasmine
6 90 (7.72%) Selenium
7 88 (7.55%) Karma Test Runner
8 84 (7.20%) JIRA
9 80 (6.86%) WebDriver
10 75 (6.43%) Bitbucket
11 73 (6.26%) Cypress.io
12 66 (5.66%) Artifactory
13 60 (5.15%) Protractor
14 45 (3.86%) Postman
15 32 (2.74%) GitLab
16 30 (2.57%) Oracle APEX
17 21 (1.80%) Maven
18 18 (1.54%) IntelliJ
18 18 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
19 16 (1.37%) MSTest
General
1 389 (33.36%) Finance
2 247 (21.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 240 (20.58%) Law
4 237 (20.33%) Social Skills
5 100 (8.58%) Banking
5 100 (8.58%) Marketing
6 93 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
7 89 (7.63%) Legal
8 62 (5.32%) Investment Banking
9 59 (5.06%) Public Sector
10 46 (3.95%) Retail
11 19 (1.63%) Games
12 17 (1.46%) Financial Institution
12 17 (1.46%) 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 (0.69%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 516 (44.25%) Developer
2 275 (23.58%) Software Engineer
3 271 (23.24%) Senior
4 229 (19.64%) Lead
5 133 (11.41%) Lead Software Engineer
6 128 (10.98%) Senior Developer
7 114 (9.78%) Java Engineer
8 104 (8.92%) Java Software Engineer
9 85 (7.29%) Senior Software Engineer
10 67 (5.75%) Analyst
11 64 (5.49%) Full Stack Engineer
11 64 (5.49%) Full Stack Software Engineer
12 61 (5.23%) Java Developer
13 60 (5.15%) Software Developer
14 56 (4.80%) Architect
15 54 (4.63%) C# Developer
16 45 (3.86%) .NET Developer
17 37 (3.17%) Technical Leader
18 33 (2.83%) Full Stack Developer
19 32 (2.74%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 557 (47.77%) XML
2 435 (37.31%) HTML
3 365 (31.30%) CSS
4 352 (30.19%) REST
5 329 (28.22%) Web Services
6 319 (27.36%) .NET
7 296 (25.39%) AngularJS
8 239 (20.50%) Spring
9 237 (20.33%) Node.js
10 225 (19.30%) React
11 198 (16.98%) jQuery
12 192 (16.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 187 (16.04%) RESTful
14 167 (14.32%) SOAP
15 159 (13.64%) Hibernate
16 144 (12.35%) ASP.NET
17 141 (12.09%) J2EE
18 132 (11.32%) JMS
19 88 (7.55%) .NET Core
20 86 (7.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 139 (11.92%) Management Information System
2 138 (11.84%) Data Structures
3 80 (6.86%) Cloud Native
4 73 (6.26%) Enterprise Cloud
5 72 (6.17%) Algorithms
6 65 (5.57%) Reference Data
7 48 (4.12%) Product Ownership
8 35 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
9 34 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (2.57%) IoT
11 24 (2.06%) Mobile App
12 21 (1.80%) Private Cloud
13 19 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (1.54%) Onboarding
15 17 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
16 16 (1.37%) CMDB
16 16 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
17 15 (1.29%) Public Cloud
18 12 (1.03%) Digital Media
19 11 (0.94%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 79 (6.78%) Linux
2 66 (5.66%) Windows
3 24 (2.06%) Android
4 22 (1.89%) 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 (0.086%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (50.51%) Agile
2 371 (31.82%) CI/CD
3 351 (30.10%) Software Engineering
4 338 (28.99%) DevOps
5 309 (26.50%) SDLC
6 210 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
7 202 (17.32%) Operational Stability
8 200 (17.15%) Test Automation
9 167 (14.32%) Community of Practice
10 161 (13.81%) Machine Learning
10 161 (13.81%) Microservices
11 160 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 158 (13.55%) Web Development
13 156 (13.38%) Artificial Intelligence
14 141 (12.09%) TDD
15 139 (11.92%) Data Modelling
16 137 (11.75%) Roadmaps
16 137 (11.75%) Scrum
17 128 (10.98%) Full Stack Development
18 114 (9.78%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 515 (44.17%) JavaScript
1 515 (44.17%) SQL
2 329 (28.22%) Java
3 277 (23.76%) C#
4 210 (18.01%) TypeScript
5 197 (16.90%) Python
6 133 (11.41%) T-SQL
7 94 (8.06%) PowerShell
8 87 (7.46%) PHP
9 86 (7.38%) Go
10 84 (7.20%) VB.NET
11 65 (5.57%) Prolog
11 65 (5.57%) SPARQL
12 57 (4.89%) VB
13 38 (3.26%) PL/SQL
14 28 (2.40%) C++
14 28 (2.40%) VB6
15 27 (2.32%) Shell Script
16 26 (2.23%) Scala
17 25 (2.14%) C
Qualifications
1 144 (12.35%) Degree
2 100 (8.58%) Security Cleared
3 84 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 64 (5.49%) SC Cleared
5 21 (1.80%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.29%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.43%) HNC
9 5 (0.43%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.26%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.17%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.086%) ACCA
13 1 (0.086%) CISSP
13 1 (0.086%) ISEB
13 1 (0.086%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.66%) 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 (0.086%) COREP
6 1 (0.086%) IFRS
6 1 (0.086%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.086%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.086%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 134 (11.49%) Docker
2 93 (7.98%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (1.20%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) NFS
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 157 (13.46%) Kubernetes
2 101 (8.66%) Terraform
3 67 (5.75%) 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 (0.086%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.086%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.086%) Packer
8 1 (0.086%) Podman
8 1 (0.086%) SCCM
8 1 (0.086%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 247 (21.18%) Microsoft
2 126 (10.81%) Oracle
3 47 (4.03%) Google
4 37 (3.17%) ServiceNow
5 31 (2.66%) VMware
6 30 (2.57%) Citrix
7 29 (2.49%) Salesforce
8 28 (2.40%) WSO2
9 25 (2.14%) HP
10 24 (2.06%) BMC
10 24 (2.06%) Remedy
11 15 (1.29%) 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 (0.86%) Atlassian
16 8 (0.69%) SAP