XSL Job Trends in England

Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring XSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 - 657
Rank change year-on-year - - +261
Permanent jobs citing XSL 6 0 23
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.011% - 0.047%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.096% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 17
10th Percentile £31,250 - -
25th Percentile £34,938 - £49,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 - £53,064
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.20%
75th Percentile £48,000 - £63,750
90th Percentile £48,600 - £76,000
UK median annual salary £47,000 £37,500 £53,064
% change year-on-year +25.33% -29.33% -26.81%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

XSL 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,259 10,404 12,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.84% 21.61% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,819 6,107 10,094
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,663
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

XSL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

XSL job vacancy trend in England

XSL
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing XSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing XSL

XSL
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing XSL in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for XSL in England

XSL
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XSL within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
London - 4 £47,000 -
South East - 2 £32,500 - 1
XSL
UK

XSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Ranorex
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) CSS
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) W3C
2 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) API Integration
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 4 (66.67%) Matrix Management
1 4 (66.67%) Matrix Organization
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) OWASP
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
3 2 (33.33%) OCR
3 2 (33.33%) OO
3 2 (33.33%) OOP
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
2 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle