XML Schema Definition (XSD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for XSD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited XSD over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 848 1182
Rank change year-on-year -33 +334 -354
Permanent jobs citing XSD 26 99 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.10% 0.047%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.12% 0.36% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 26 25 47
10th Percentile £46,250 - £38,637
25th Percentile £49,063 £57,000 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.72%
75th Percentile £63,750 £80,000 £81,875
90th Percentile £83,125 £97,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +31.11% -14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

XSD is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,541 27,618 70,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 29.18% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 16,014 17,838 29,844
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% +17.27%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for XSD in the UK

XSD
Top 7 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 1 June 2024. 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 -7 26 £62,500 - 4
Work from Home +4 14 £60,000 +1.69% 3
London +121 13 £62,500 -3.85% 2
UK excluding London -88 13 £60,000 +1.69% 2
West Midlands -10 7 £60,000 -
Midlands -17 7 £60,000 +1.69%
South West -23 6 £47,500 - 2

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 5 (19.23%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (7.69%) CMS
2 2 (7.69%) IIS
2 2 (7.69%) Liferay
2 2 (7.69%) Magnolia
2 2 (7.69%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (73.08%) Azure
2 15 (57.69%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.54%) SaaS
4 2 (7.69%) npm
4 2 (7.69%) PaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Boomi
5 1 (3.85%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (7.69%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (7.69%) DB2
3 2 (7.69%) DTS
3 2 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.85%) MySQL
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (42.31%) Visual Studio
2 8 (30.77%) Git
3 3 (11.54%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (7.69%) Bower
4 2 (7.69%) gulp
4 2 (7.69%) Moq
4 2 (7.69%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (3.85%) SoapUI
General
1 23 (88.46%) Social Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Finance
3 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Legal
4 6 (23.08%) Publishing
5 5 (19.23%) Law
6 2 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Developer
2 15 (57.69%) .NET Developer
3 8 (30.77%) Senior
4 6 (23.08%) .NET Software Developer
4 6 (23.08%) Senior .NET Developer
4 6 (23.08%) Senior .NET Software Developer
4 6 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 6 (23.08%) Senior Software Developer
4 6 (23.08%) Software Developer
5 5 (19.23%) BizTalk Developer
6 3 (11.54%) Consultant
6 3 (11.54%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (7.69%) Development Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 1 (3.85%) Integration Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Integration Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (100.00%) XML
2 25 (96.15%) .NET
3 19 (73.08%) Web Services
4 13 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 13 (50.00%) REST
5 11 (42.31%) .NET Framework
5 11 (42.31%) JSON
5 11 (42.31%) XSLT
6 8 (30.77%) AngularJS
6 8 (30.77%) CSS
6 8 (30.77%) HTML
6 8 (30.77%) WPF
7 7 (26.92%) SOAP
7 7 (26.92%) WCF
8 6 (23.08%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 5 (19.23%) EDI
9 5 (19.23%) EDIFACT
9 5 (19.23%) Middleware
10 4 (15.38%) .NET Core
11 2 (7.69%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) DevOps
2 15 (57.69%) Unit Testing
3 14 (53.85%) Agile
4 10 (38.46%) Test Automation
5 9 (34.62%) Event-Driven
5 9 (34.62%) Microservices
6 8 (30.77%) CI/CD
6 8 (30.77%) MVC
6 8 (30.77%) Roadmaps
7 7 (26.92%) B2B
7 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (23.08%) Continuous Deployment
8 6 (23.08%) MVVM
8 6 (23.08%) OOA/OOD
8 6 (23.08%) OOD
8 6 (23.08%) OOP
8 6 (23.08%) Responsive Web Design
8 6 (23.08%) Scrum
8 6 (23.08%) SOLID
8 6 (23.08%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 20 (76.92%) C#
1 20 (76.92%) SQL
2 8 (30.77%) JavaScript
2 8 (30.77%) TypeScript
3 5 (19.23%) T-SQL
4 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
4 4 (15.38%) Python
5 2 (7.69%) C
5 2 (7.69%) Go
5 2 (7.69%) Java
5 2 (7.69%) Kotlin
5 2 (7.69%) PHP
5 2 (7.69%) VB
5 2 (7.69%) XAML
5 2 (7.69%) XPath
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) MuleSoft
2 2 (7.69%) OpenText
2 2 (7.69%) Pega
2 2 (7.69%) Sitecore
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce