XML Job Trends in the North of England

XML
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring XML skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 248 213
Rank change year-on-year -11 -35 +31
Permanent jobs citing XML 25 91 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.27% 0.65% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.71% 3.68% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 21 68 86
10th Percentile £42,500 £25,000 £40,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -10.00% +9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £70,375 £77,542
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +6.96%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,458 2,472 2,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.60% 17.59% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 694 1,583 1,772
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £72,688
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,225 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for XML in the North of England

XML
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing XML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing XML

XML
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for XML in the North of England

XML
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
North West -36 15 £55,000 - 13
Yorkshire -7 7 £49,000 +15.29% 11
North East +19 3 £45,000 -6.74% 3
XML
England

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (24.00%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (8.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) AWS
2 6 (24.00%) Azure
3 4 (16.00%) Firebase
4 3 (12.00%) GCP
5 2 (8.00%) Boomi
5 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (8.00%) GitHub
5 2 (8.00%) iPaaS
5 2 (8.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (52.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.00%) NoSQL
3 4 (16.00%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (12.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (8.00%) Endeca
5 2 (8.00%) MySQL
6 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (36.00%) Git
2 3 (12.00%) JMeter
3 2 (8.00%) GitLab
3 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (8.00%) Selenium
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (4.00%) ClearCase
4 1 (4.00%) JIRA
4 1 (4.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Marketing
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Back Office
3 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Developer
2 6 (24.00%) .NET Developer
3 5 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 5 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
5 2 (8.00%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Applications Support
5 2 (8.00%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Business Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Dynamics NAV Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Java Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Lead Java Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Lead Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) SaaS Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (60.00%) JSON
2 12 (48.00%) HTML
3 10 (40.00%) CSS
4 8 (32.00%) .NET
4 8 (32.00%) Web Services
5 6 (24.00%) .NET Core
5 6 (24.00%) ASP.NET
5 6 (24.00%) ASP.NET Web API
5 6 (24.00%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (16.00%) REST
6 4 (16.00%) RESTful
6 4 (16.00%) Sass
6 4 (16.00%) SOAP
7 2 (8.00%) LDAP
7 2 (8.00%) XSD
8 1 (4.00%) CakePHP
8 1 (4.00%) jQuery
8 1 (4.00%) OAuth
8 1 (4.00%) WSDL
8 1 (4.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.00%) NHS
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Taxonomies
3 1 (4.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Agile
2 10 (40.00%) DevOps
3 7 (28.00%) E-Commerce
3 7 (28.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (24.00%) MVC
4 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (24.00%) Software Engineering
5 5 (20.00%) Kanban
5 5 (20.00%) Microservices
5 5 (20.00%) SDLC
6 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (16.00%) Data Integration
6 4 (16.00%) ETL
6 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.00%) Mobile Application Development
6 4 (16.00%) Scrum
6 4 (16.00%) SEO
7 3 (12.00%) ERP
7 3 (12.00%) OOP
7 3 (12.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 13 (52.00%) C#
1 13 (52.00%) SQL
2 11 (44.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (28.00%) Java
4 4 (16.00%) PowerShell
4 4 (16.00%) Python
5 2 (8.00%) C
6 1 (4.00%) PHP
6 1 (4.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.00%) HNC
3 1 (4.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
2 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) Dell
2 2 (8.00%) Informatica
2 2 (8.00%) MuleSoft
2 2 (8.00%) SnapLogic
3 1 (4.00%) CyberSource
3 1 (4.00%) Sage
3 1 (4.00%) Workday