XML Job Trends in the South West

XML
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 156 177
Rank change year-on-year -23 +21 -16
Permanent jobs citing XML 3 35 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.060% 0.82% 0.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.64% 4.33% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 22 29
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +42.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £58,750
90th Percentile - £79,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.96% -3.20%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 467 808 1,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.27% 19.00% 25.80%
Number of salaries quoted 356 465 949
10th Percentile £36,688 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +4.42%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

XML job vacancy trend in the South West

XML
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XML

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Dorset +1 2 - - 1
Wiltshire -4 1 £60,000 -11.11%
XML
England

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Publishing
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Author
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Technical Author
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Author
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) EDI
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Document Management
1 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND