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% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing X++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing X++.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing X++ over the 6 months to 27 April 2025.
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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 |
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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: