XPath (XML Path Language)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring XPath skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 751 - 808
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Permanent jobs citing XPath 1 0 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.001% - 0.042%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.006% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 20
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £76,000 - £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.44%
75th Percentile £82,000 - £70,000
90th Percentile - - £85,875
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £37,500
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 17,870 14,359 28,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.78% 29.25% 30.99%
Number of salaries quoted 12,751 9,529 20,688
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

XPath
Job Vacancy Trend

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

XPath job vacancy trend in the UK

XPath
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XPath.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XPath

XPath
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XPath within the UK over the 6 months to 24 July 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
London - 1 £79,000 - 3
England - 1 £79,000 - 5

XPath
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Senior SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior VB.NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) XML Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Practice Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft