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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 164 180
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 +24
Permanent jobs citing XML 6 32 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.099% 0.83% 0.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.47% 5.06% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6 21 26
10th Percentile £31,250 - £40,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £63,625
90th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £79,375
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -9.97%

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 408 633 946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.73% 16.42% 17.38%
Number of salaries quoted 362 365 844
10th Percentile £28,400 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.15% -4.46%
75th Percentile £67,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,786 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -9.19%

XML
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

XML
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

XML
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 February 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 22 February 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
Warwickshire +14 3 £50,000 - 1
Coventry - 2 £40,000 -
Birmingham -13 1 £40,000 -5.88% 4
XML
England

XML
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Data Mining
2 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Postman
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) QA Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Development Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) EDI Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (16.67%) EDI
2 1 (16.67%) EDIFACT
2 1 (16.67%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (33.33%) DataOps
2 2 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
3 1 (16.67%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 2 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft