X++ Job Trends

X++
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring X++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 681 702
Rank change year-on-year +35 +21 +294
Permanent jobs citing X++ 7 18 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.034% 0.034%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.060% 0.100% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 7 16 16
10th Percentile £54,500 £37,500 £59,375
25th Percentile £55,625 £41,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -31.15% +8.93%
75th Percentile £85,125 £58,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £104,500 £69,375 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +3.85%

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 11,593 18,059 21,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.32% 33.75% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 8,500 10,546 17,601
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

X++
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing X++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

X++ job vacancy trend in the UK

X++
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing X++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing X++

X++
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing X++ over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for X++ in the UK

X++
Top 3 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 14 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
England +52 7 £62,500 +19.05% 1
London +57 5 £75,500 +17.64%
Work from Home +62 1 £62,500 +13.64% 1

X++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (71.43%) Power Platform
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
4 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) ADO
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) DevOps
1 3 (42.86%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Epics
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Presales
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Secure Coding
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft