XML
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for XML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited XML over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 288 231
Rank change year-on-year -14 -57 -32
Permanent jobs citing XML 970 1,211 2,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 1.24% 1.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.55% 4.15% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 614 887 1,671
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +14.04% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% +12.50% +5.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

XML 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 21,317 29,159 68,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.77% 29.95% 41.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,893 18,093 29,995
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%
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%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for XML in the UK

XML
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing XML.

Salary trend for XML in the UK

XML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 -10 786 £58,350 -6.64% 205
UK excluding London +2 686 £55,000 -2.22% 121
Work from Home -72 330 £60,000 -7.69% 100
London +29 264 £70,000 - 89
South East -28 202 £60,000 +9.09% 37
Scotland +12 143 £56,318 -18.91% 3
North of England +4 107 £52,500 -4.55% 24
Midlands +9 92 £55,000 -4.35% 22
South West -3 80 £47,500 -26.92% 16
West Midlands +23 75 £55,000 -8.33% 16
North West +18 67 £51,000 -7.27% 18
East of England -8 50 £40,000 -5.88% 17
Yorkshire +15 32 £57,500 +9.52% 5
East Midlands -15 16 £60,000 +22.45% 6
North East -3 8 £51,250 -2.90% 1
Wales -5 8 £50,000 - 5
Northern Ireland +4 4 £32,500 - 1

XML
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 72 (7.42%) IIS
2 46 (4.74%) CMS
3 27 (2.78%) OpenStack
4 21 (2.16%) Apache
5 18 (1.86%) SharePoint
6 16 (1.65%) Confluence
7 11 (1.13%) SAS
8 10 (1.03%) EPiServer
8 10 (1.03%) Oracle Workflow
9 8 (0.82%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.72%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.62%) Apache Spark
11 6 (0.62%) BizTalk Server
12 5 (0.52%) Drupal
12 5 (0.52%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.41%) ColdFusion
13 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
13 4 (0.41%) WordPress
14 3 (0.31%) WebLogic
15 2 (0.21%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 27 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.16%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.41%) FrameMaker
5 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.10%) Notion
6 1 (0.10%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 25 (2.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 17 (1.75%) SDL Web 8
3 14 (1.44%) Adobe Campaign
4 10 (1.03%) Shopify
5 8 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.52%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.52%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.41%) Magento
8 4 (0.41%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.31%) Sage 300 ERP
10 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.21%) Infor LN
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
10 2 (0.21%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 258 (26.60%) Azure
2 135 (13.92%) Azure DevOps
3 122 (12.58%) AWS
4 60 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 55 (5.67%) SaaS
6 44 (4.54%) Serverless
7 38 (3.92%) Amazon ECS
8 30 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (2.47%) PaaS
10 20 (2.06%) Power Automate
11 19 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 17 (1.75%) NuGet
14 16 (1.65%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.55%) GitHub
16 13 (1.34%) IaaS
17 12 (1.24%) Azure AKS
18 11 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
19 10 (1.03%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 68 (7.01%) Kerberos
2 27 (2.78%) HTTP
3 26 (2.68%) TCP/IP
4 25 (2.58%) VPN
5 22 (2.27%) Internet
6 20 (2.06%) Firewall
6 20 (2.06%) SNMP
7 18 (1.86%) BGP
7 18 (1.86%) MPLS
8 17 (1.75%) SSL
9 16 (1.65%) SSH
10 14 (1.44%) DNS
11 11 (1.13%) Ethernet VPN
12 9 (0.93%) HTTPS
13 8 (0.82%) LAN
13 8 (0.82%) WAN
14 7 (0.72%) DHCP
14 7 (0.72%) EIGRP
14 7 (0.72%) FTP
14 7 (0.72%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (26.70%) SQL Server
2 109 (11.24%) NoSQL
3 94 (9.69%) Relational Database
4 87 (8.97%) MySQL
5 74 (7.63%) Metadata
6 72 (7.42%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (3.92%) MongoDB
7 38 (3.92%) Power BI
8 37 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
9 27 (2.78%) Data Vault
10 24 (2.47%) DynamoDB
11 23 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 19 (1.96%) MS Access
13 16 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (1.44%) Data Lake
14 14 (1.44%) OLTP
14 14 (1.44%) Oracle Database
15 11 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
15 11 (1.13%) Tableau
16 10 (1.03%) Redis
Development Applications
1 234 (24.12%) Git
2 134 (13.81%) Jenkins
3 128 (13.20%) Visual Studio
4 90 (9.28%) JIRA
5 73 (7.53%) Bitbucket
6 65 (6.70%) Artifactory
7 32 (3.30%) Eclipse
7 32 (3.30%) NUnit
8 28 (2.89%) Jasmine
8 28 (2.89%) Karma Test Runner
8 28 (2.89%) Octopus Deploy
8 28 (2.89%) Postman
9 26 (2.68%) GitLab
9 26 (2.68%) Moq
10 22 (2.27%) TeamCity
11 20 (2.06%) SpecFlow
11 20 (2.06%) Subversion
12 19 (1.96%) Selenium
13 18 (1.86%) MSTest
13 18 (1.86%) Oracle APEX
General
1 250 (25.77%) Finance
2 201 (20.72%) Social Skills
3 145 (14.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 135 (13.92%) Law
5 112 (11.55%) Marketing
6 84 (8.66%) Legal
7 83 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
8 66 (6.80%) Retail
9 51 (5.26%) Publishing
10 41 (4.23%) Aerospace
11 34 (3.51%) Public Sector
12 33 (3.40%) Banking
13 22 (2.27%) Military
14 21 (2.16%) Telecoms
15 20 (2.06%) Electronics
16 19 (1.96%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 424 (43.71%) Developer
2 223 (22.99%) Senior
3 165 (17.01%) Software Engineer
4 133 (13.71%) Lead
5 96 (9.90%) Senior Developer
6 80 (8.25%) Lead Software Engineer
7 70 (7.22%) C# Developer
8 64 (6.60%) Senior Software Engineer
9 59 (6.08%) Analyst
10 55 (5.67%) .NET Developer
11 53 (5.46%) Architect
11 53 (5.46%) Java Developer
12 52 (5.36%) Consultant
13 50 (5.15%) Java Engineer
13 50 (5.15%) Java Software Engineer
13 50 (5.15%) Software Developer
14 49 (5.05%) Full Stack Developer
15 45 (4.64%) Full Stack Engineer
16 44 (4.54%) Full Stack Software Engineer
17 26 (2.68%) Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 535 (55.15%) JSON
2 426 (43.92%) Web Services
3 342 (35.26%) HTML
4 321 (33.09%) .NET
5 263 (27.11%) REST
6 226 (23.30%) CSS
7 224 (23.09%) SOAP
8 159 (16.39%) AngularJS
8 159 (16.39%) ASP.NET
9 156 (16.08%) RESTful
10 115 (11.86%) .NET Framework
11 105 (10.82%) Spring
12 91 (9.38%) LDAP
13 86 (8.87%) React
14 82 (8.45%) jQuery
15 71 (7.32%) .NET Core
16 69 (7.11%) OpenID
16 69 (7.11%) SAML
17 68 (7.01%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 67 (6.91%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 131 (13.51%) Management Information System
2 68 (7.01%) Enterprise Cloud
3 66 (6.80%) Algorithms
3 66 (6.80%) Reference Data
4 46 (4.74%) Onboarding
5 43 (4.43%) Product Ownership
6 33 (3.40%) CMDB
6 33 (3.40%) Data Structures
7 28 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
8 26 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (2.27%) Mobile App
10 21 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.86%) Legacy Code
11 18 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
12 13 (1.34%) NHS
13 12 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.13%) EPoS
15 9 (0.93%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 139 (14.33%) Linux
2 93 (9.59%) Windows
3 50 (5.15%) Unix
4 11 (1.13%) CentOS
5 8 (0.82%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.72%) Android
7 5 (0.52%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.41%) VMS
9 3 (0.31%) AIX
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (40.41%) Agile
2 271 (27.94%) DevOps
3 195 (20.10%) CI/CD
4 190 (19.59%) Software Engineering
5 175 (18.04%) SDLC
6 165 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
7 162 (16.70%) Test Automation
8 141 (14.54%) OO
9 140 (14.43%) Scrum
10 135 (13.92%) Mentoring
11 128 (13.20%) Roadmaps
12 126 (12.99%) Full Stack Development
13 121 (12.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 115 (11.86%) MVC
15 109 (11.24%) Community of Practice
15 109 (11.24%) Operational Stability
16 107 (11.03%) Computer Science
17 106 (10.93%) Data Modelling
18 99 (10.21%) Unit Testing
19 94 (9.69%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 494 (50.93%) SQL
2 355 (36.60%) JavaScript
3 295 (30.41%) C#
4 185 (19.07%) Java
5 164 (16.91%) Python
6 146 (15.05%) T-SQL
7 77 (7.94%) VB.NET
8 74 (7.63%) Go
9 68 (7.01%) PowerShell
10 67 (6.91%) VB
11 65 (6.70%) Prolog
11 65 (6.70%) SPARQL
12 56 (5.77%) TypeScript
13 46 (4.74%) PHP
14 45 (4.64%) PL/SQL
14 45 (4.64%) XPath
15 37 (3.81%) C++
16 28 (2.89%) VB6
17 27 (2.78%) C
18 26 (2.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 159 (16.39%) Degree
2 99 (10.21%) Security Cleared
3 70 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 60 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (3.09%) HNC
6 25 (2.58%) HND
7 17 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.65%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.93%) ISTQB
12 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
13 7 (0.72%) CCNA
13 7 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.62%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.52%) ISEB
15 5 (0.52%) MCAD
15 5 (0.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (11.13%) QA
2 24 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.55%) GDPR
5 10 (1.03%) CDISC
6 6 (0.62%) NCSC
7 4 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.41%) SLA
8 3 (0.31%) Good Clinical Practice
8 3 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.21%) SEPA
10 1 (0.10%) HL7
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.10%) ITGC
10 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 69 (7.11%) Docker
3 26 (2.68%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.41%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) RACF
7 1 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 87 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 60 (6.19%) Ansible
3 41 (4.23%) Terraform
4 17 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.34%) WMI
6 12 (1.24%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.13%) Puppet
8 6 (0.62%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.62%) Control-M
9 4 (0.41%) Grafana
9 4 (0.41%) HP UCMDB
9 4 (0.41%) vRealize
10 3 (0.31%) Kibana
11 2 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.21%) Foglight
11 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.10%) MAINVIEW
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Identity Management
12 1 (0.10%) Plesk
Vendors
1 192 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 114 (11.75%) Oracle
3 57 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 42 (4.33%) Adobe
5 27 (2.78%) BMC
5 27 (2.78%) HP
5 27 (2.78%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.78%) WSO2
6 25 (2.58%) Google
6 25 (2.58%) Remedy
7 23 (2.37%) Cisco
8 20 (2.06%) SAP
9 17 (1.75%) Cognizant
10 14 (1.44%) Sybase
11 13 (1.34%) Splunk
12 10 (1.03%) Atlassian
12 10 (1.03%) VMware
13 9 (0.93%) Databricks
14 8 (0.82%) ESRI
14 8 (0.82%) MuleSoft