XML Schema Definition (XSD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring XSD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited XSD over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 717 860 895
Rank change year-on-year +143 +35 +275
Permanent jobs citing XSD 13 39 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.039% 0.075%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.14% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 13 26 22
10th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £48,869 £49,063 £57,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.91% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £85,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,125 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -16.58% +1.69% +31.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

XSD falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,587 21,081 30,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.17% 21.15% 30.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,246 15,744 18,501
10th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £40,588
25th Percentile £50,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £87,375 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

XSD
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for XSD in the UK

XSD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing XSD.

Salary trend for XSD in the UK

XSD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing XSD over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for XSD in the UK

XSD
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XSD within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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 +118 13 £50,055 -19.91% 3
UK excluding London +165 8 £50,055 -16.58% 3
North of England +48 8 £50,055 - 2
North West +6 8 £50,055 - 2
London +101 5 £65,000 +4.00% 1
Work from Home +118 2 £77,500 +29.17% 8

XSD
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Apache
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Metadata
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Git
2 7 (53.85%) ClearCase
2 7 (53.85%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (7.69%) Ant
3 1 (7.69%) Cucumber
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
3 1 (7.69%) JUnit
3 1 (7.69%) SoapUI
3 1 (7.69%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (7.69%) TeamCity
3 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Publishing
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Back Office
3 1 (7.69%) Front Office
3 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Design Engineer
1 7 (53.85%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Developer
2 1 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Java Developer
2 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) XML Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (30.77%) XSLT
3 3 (23.08%) REST
3 3 (23.08%) SOAP
4 2 (15.38%) JSON
4 2 (15.38%) Web Services
4 2 (15.38%) WSDL
5 1 (7.69%) .NET
5 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
5 1 (7.69%) Apache Camel
5 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
5 1 (7.69%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (7.69%) Hibernate
5 1 (7.69%) JPA
5 1 (7.69%) Middleware
5 1 (7.69%) RESTful
5 1 (7.69%) Spring
5 1 (7.69%) Spring Boot
5 1 (7.69%) XML Messaging
5 1 (7.69%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (53.85%) Coaching
2 7 (53.85%) Requirements Analysis
2 7 (53.85%) UML
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (15.38%) Microservices
3 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Change Control
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Data Mapping
4 1 (7.69%) Line Management
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Product Management
4 1 (7.69%) Release Management
4 1 (7.69%) Security Testing
4 1 (7.69%) System Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Time Management
4 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) XQuery
4 1 (7.69%) Bash
4 1 (7.69%) C
4 1 (7.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
1 5 (38.46%) HNC
1 5 (38.46%) HND
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) IBM