Simple API for XML (SAX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAX skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 899
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Permanent jobs citing SAX 0 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - - 0.002%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £122,625
25th Percentile - - £122,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £126,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.81%
75th Percentile - - £130,313
90th Percentile - - £130,875
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SAX 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 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 9,349 8,772 21,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.17% 19.83% 20.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,930 5,752 16,131
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,230 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +10.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

SAX
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAX relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAX job vacancy trend in the UK

SAX
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAX.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAX