X++
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring X++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited X++ over the 6 months leading up to 27 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 876 979
Rank change year-on-year +226 +103 +202
Permanent jobs citing X++ 31 18 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.018% 0.014%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.20% 0.054% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 29 18 15
10th Percentile £38,500 £45,893 £53,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £59,063 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,291 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.46% -5.81% +3.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £94,375 £76,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £98,000 £86,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% -12.50% +9.09%

All Programming Languages
UK

X++ 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,777 33,184 45,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.39% 33.80% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,633 25,016 29,016
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +1.85%

X++
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing X++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for X++ in the UK

X++
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing X++.

Salary trend for X++ in the UK

X++
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing X++ over the 6 months to 27 April 2025.

Salary histogram for X++ in the UK

X++
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing X++ within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +174 30 £55,000 -18.52% 34
UK excluding London +227 25 £53,750 +2.38% 16
Midlands - 16 £51,250 - 7
West Midlands - 14 £51,250 - 6
Work from Home +183 13 £66,250 -26.39% 21
South East +110 6 £60,000 -11.11% 4
London +88 3 £85,000 - 16
East Midlands - 2 £55,000 - 1
East of England +65 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 £60,000 - 1
South West - 1 £72,500 - 1
North West - 1 £60,000 - 1

X++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 31 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
2 19 (61.29%) Azure
3 15 (48.39%) Power Platform
4 9 (29.03%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (22.58%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (12.90%) Azure Functions
6 4 (12.90%) Serverless
7 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
8 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
8 1 (3.23%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (22.58%) Power BI
2 6 (19.35%) SQL Server
3 5 (16.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (12.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (12.90%) Data Lake
5 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Visual Studio
2 5 (16.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (70.97%) Law
2 14 (45.16%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Agriculture
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (80.65%) Developer
1 25 (80.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (9.68%) Consultant
3 2 (6.45%) Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Principal Consultant
3 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.23%) Junior
4 1 (3.23%) Junior Developer
4 1 (3.23%) Lead
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (3.23%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (45.16%) .NET
2 7 (22.58%) .NET Framework
3 3 (9.68%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) DevOps
2 8 (25.81%) Data Migration
2 8 (25.81%) Migration
3 7 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (16.13%) Customer Engagement
4 5 (16.13%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (16.13%) Wireframes
5 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
6 3 (9.68%) Data Management
6 3 (9.68%) Inventory Management
6 3 (9.68%) Security Testing
6 3 (9.68%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (6.45%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (3.23%) CI/CD
8 1 (3.23%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (3.23%) Customer Service
8 1 (3.23%) Data Mapping
8 1 (3.23%) Full-Stack Development
8 1 (3.23%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (83.87%) C#
2 14 (45.16%) SQL
3 5 (16.13%) C
4 1 (3.23%) C++
4 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 20 (64.52%) Microsoft