XML Job Trends in Birmingham

XML
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham citing XML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	126	92	107
Rank change year-on-year	-34	+15	-20
Permanent jobs citing XML	8	6	15
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham	0.22%	0.47%	0.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	2.19%	2.38%	3.46%
Number of salaries quoted	5	5	8
10^th Percentile	£41,640	£45,250	-
25^th Percentile	£55,350	£47,500	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,900	£50,000	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	+21.80%	+5.26%	-21.49%
75^th Percentile	£66,450	£52,500	£57,813
90^th Percentile	-	-	£77,875
West Midlands median annual salary	£50,000	£50,000	£43,750
% change year-on-year	-	+14.29%	-23.25%

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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Birmingham.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	365	252	433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham	10.07%	19.87%	20.01%
Number of salaries quoted	215	224	223
10^th Percentile	£44,029	£38,500	£35,550
25^th Percentile	£52,500	£48,250	£46,481
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£64,250	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-2.72%	+7.08%	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£76,875	£73,750	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£91,500	£78,750	£80,000
West Midlands median annual salary	£60,000	£58,500	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	+1.74%	+4.55%

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 Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing XML.

XML Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML in Birmingham over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

XML Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, job vacancies citing XML also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region citing XML.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	100.0%	8
2	Accounts Payable	37.5%	3
2	Azure	37.5%	3
2	Cash Management	37.5%	3
2	Coaching	37.5%	3
2	Data Mapping	37.5%	3
2	JSON	37.5%	3
2	Mentoring	37.5%	3
2	Oracle	37.5%	3
2	Oracle BI Publisher	37.5%	3
2	Oracle Cash Management	37.5%	3
2	Oracle EBS	37.5%	3
2	Oracle Payables	37.5%	3
2	Oracle Reports	37.5%	3
2	Oracle Subledger Accounting	37.5%	3
2	Oracle Workflow	37.5%	3
2	Performance Tuning	37.5%	3
2	Personalization	37.5%	3
2	PL/SQL	37.5%	3
2	Problem-Solving	37.5%	3
2	Python	37.5%	3
2	Root Cause Analysis	37.5%	3
2	Web Services	37.5%	3
2	Workflow	37.5%	3
25	.NET	25.0%	2
25	Agile	25.0%	2
25	Analytics	25.0%	2
25	Architecture Governance	25.0%	2
25	Business Intelligence	25.0%	2
25	Collaborative Culture	25.0%	2

XML Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	JSON	37.5%	3
1	Web Services	37.5%	3
3	.NET	25.0%	2
3	GraphQL	25.0%	2
5	REST	12.5%	1
5	SOAP	12.5%	1
5	XSLT	12.5%	1