XPath Job Trends in the UK excluding London

XPath (XML Path Language)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring XPath skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 578 537
Rank change year-on-year - -41 +222
Permanent jobs citing XPath 0 1 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London - 0.003% 0.036%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.009% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £45,000
25th Percentile - £73,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +40.91% -
75th Percentile - £81,250 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £59,000
UK median annual salary - £68,750 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +29.72% -3.64%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

XPath falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,630 11,497 11,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.77% 30.82% 37.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4,987 6,286 8,947
10th Percentile £28,900 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +3.17% -3.08%

XPath
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

XPath job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

XPath
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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