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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 149 157
Rank change year-on-year -34 +8 -19
Permanent jobs citing XML 8 12 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.12% 0.48% 0.83%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.17% 1.98% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 33
10th Percentile £60,750 £49,625 £41,300
25th Percentile £66,250 £50,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,875 £65,625 £59,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,000 £62,500
North West median annual salary £71,750 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +30.45% +4.76% -8.70%

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 683 605 972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.98% 24.25% 21.82%
Number of salaries quoted 550 356 673
10th Percentile £43,000 £38,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,563 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £62,500 £63,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +10.87% -4.17%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

XML job vacancy trend 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 August 2026.

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 August 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
Oldham - 4 £67,500 -
Bolton +17 1 £55,000 +15.79%
XML
North West

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JUnit
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Systems Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Systems Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Development Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Android Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Web Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) .NET
2 4 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET
3 3 (37.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (25.00%) Web Services
5 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
5 1 (12.50%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (12.50%) Classic ASP
5 1 (12.50%) Dagger
5 1 (12.50%) Entity Framework
5 1 (12.50%) Google Maps API
5 1 (12.50%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (12.50%) JSON
5 1 (12.50%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (12.50%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (75.00%) SDLC
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) CRM
3 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 4 (50.00%) ERP
3 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (37.50%) MVC
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
5 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
5 2 (25.00%) SOA
5 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) SQL
3 5 (62.50%) Java
4 4 (50.00%) PHP
5 2 (25.00%) T-SQL
6 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) NEC
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Google