XML Job Trends in Birmingham

XML
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring XML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 118 87
Rank change year-on-year +35 -31 +45
Permanent jobs citing XML 6 13 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.51% 0.59% 1.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.96% 3.19% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 15
10th Percentile £45,250 - £49,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £56,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -29.75% +1.68%
75th Percentile £52,500 £64,063 £64,125
90th Percentile - £83,125 £74,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £43,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -23.91% +9.52%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Birmingham

XML 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 in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 203 407 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 17.12% 18.57% 22.70%
Number of salaries quoted 176 202 239
10th Percentile £38,500 £35,000 £38,825
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £44,069
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +2.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -7.05%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

XML job vacancy trend in Birmingham

XML
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing XML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing XML

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Back Office
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Applications Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Applications Support
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Testing
3 1 (16.67%) BDD
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 4 (66.67%) Perl
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft