XML Job Trends in the West Midlands

XML
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 163 185
Rank change year-on-year -30 +22 +1
Permanent jobs citing XML 12 10 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.33% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.52% 2.02% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 61
10th Percentile £34,000 £38,750 £39,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £49,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £54,344 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.21% -1.19% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - - £73,750
England median annual salary £64,169 £58,750 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.22% +1.29% -7.20%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

XML 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 476 495 1,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.09% 16.19% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 383 364 1,036
10th Percentile £34,000 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,468 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +5.93% -3.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £75,772
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,340 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.02% +10.57% -11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing XML relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

XML job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing XML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing XML

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Birmingham -14 7 £80,000 +36.17% 3
Shropshire - 3 - - 2
Warwickshire - 1 £25,000 -
Worcestershire - 1 £43,000 - 1
XML
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Managed Services Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) SAP Support
2 4 (33.33%) SAP Support Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Support Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Developer
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Developer
3 2 (16.67%) VB.NET Developer
3 2 (16.67%) XML Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Development Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) EDI Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Graduate Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Integration Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) CSS
1 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) JSON
2 2 (16.67%) REST
2 2 (16.67%) XSLT
3 1 (8.33%) EDI
3 1 (8.33%) EDIFACT
3 1 (8.33%) React
3 1 (8.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 4 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) User Experience
3 3 (25.00%) Workflow
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 1 (8.33%) Scrum
5 1 (8.33%) Statistics
5 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) PHP
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 1 (8.33%) ActionScript
5 1 (8.33%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (8.33%) Java
5 1 (8.33%) Python
5 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
5 1 (8.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Ariba
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (33.33%) SAP