Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring XAML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 645 | 699 | 690 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +54 | -9 | +369 |
| Permanent jobs citing XAML | 9 | 43 | 20 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.016% | 0.069% | 0.040% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.078% | 0.21% | 0.097% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 33 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £33,750 | £40,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £47,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -20.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,250 | £60,000 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,075 | £78,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | -14.29% |
All Programming Languages
UK
XAML 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 | 11,579 | 20,744 | 20,666 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 20.53% | 33.39% | 40.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,450 | 12,486 | 17,013 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £48,103 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £108,750 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing XAML relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XAML.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing XAML over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.
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Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XAML within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 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 | +68 | 9 | £50,000 | - | 3 |
| UK excluding London | +63 | 9 | £50,000 | - | 3 |
| North of England | +30 | 4 | £50,000 | +66.67% | 3 |
| North East | - | 4 | £50,000 | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | +76 | 3 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 3 |
| Midlands | +27 | 3 | £45,000 | +20.00% | |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | £45,000 | - | |
| South West | - | 2 | £52,500 | - |
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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: