QML Job Trends in the UK excluding London

QML
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring QML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 576 548
Rank change year-on-year +64 -28 +197
Permanent jobs citing QML 5 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.011% 0.010%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.13% 0.056% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +145.45% -54.17%
75th Percentile £107,500 £82,500 £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -14.81% +20.00% -6.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

QML 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,839 7,185 7,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.15% 19.28% 23.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,936 4,046 5,721
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

QML
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QML relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

QML job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

QML
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing QML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing QML

QML
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QML in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for QML in the UK excluding London

QML
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QML within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West - 3 £57,500 - 1
North of England - 3 £57,500 - 1
South East +25 2 £95,000 +40.74%
QML
UK

QML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Play
1 2 (40.00%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) HTTP
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (40.00%) Android Studio
2 2 (40.00%) CMake
2 2 (40.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Xcode
General
1 2 (40.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) C++ Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior C++ Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Android Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Applications Developer
3 2 (40.00%) iOS Android Developer
3 2 (40.00%) iOS Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Qt
2 3 (60.00%) STL
3 2 (40.00%) .NET
3 2 (40.00%) Google Maps API
3 2 (40.00%) OpenGL
3 2 (40.00%) OpenSceneGraph
3 2 (40.00%) Qt Quick
3 2 (40.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (40.00%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Android
2 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) GitOps
1 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Android Development
2 2 (40.00%) Batch Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Cross-Platform Development
2 2 (40.00%) iOS Development
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) C#
3 2 (40.00%) Bash
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Apple
1 2 (40.00%) ESRI
1 2 (40.00%) Google
1 2 (40.00%) Mapbox
1 2 (40.00%) Xamarin