XML Job Trends in Manchester

XML
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring XML skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 151 124
Rank change year-on-year +4 -27 +75
Permanent jobs citing XML 10 34 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.42% 0.83% 1.73%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.86% 3.86% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 9 25 42
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,500 £46,316
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £65,000 £77,542
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 538 881 907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 22.40% 21.62% 31.42%
Number of salaries quoted 303 521 720
10th Percentile £38,150 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,850 £80,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +9.09%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for XML in Manchester

XML
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing XML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing XML

XML
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for XML in Manchester

XML
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Altrincham - 3 £55,000 -
XML
North West

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (60.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Firebase
3 1 (10.00%) Boomi
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Git
2 3 (30.00%) JMeter
General
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) .NET Developer
3 5 (50.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 5 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) Java Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) Java Software Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) Lead
5 2 (20.00%) Lead Java Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) CSS
1 8 (80.00%) HTML
1 8 (80.00%) JSON
2 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 6 (60.00%) .NET Core
2 6 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 6 (60.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 6 (60.00%) Razor View Engine
2 6 (60.00%) Web Services
3 4 (40.00%) Sass
4 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (60.00%) MVC
3 5 (50.00%) DevOps
3 5 (50.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (40.00%) Kanban
4 4 (40.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 4 (40.00%) SDLC
5 3 (30.00%) Microservices
5 3 (30.00%) SEO
5 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (30.00%) Stress Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 1 (10.00%) Analytics
7 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
7 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (10.00%) Data Engineering
7 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
7 1 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (60.00%) C#
3 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (30.00%) Java
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Dell
1 1 (10.00%) Informatica
1 1 (10.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (10.00%) SnapLogic
1 1 (10.00%) Workday