The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring XML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
15 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
120 |
122 |
118 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+2 |
-4 |
+39 |
| Permanent jobs citing XML |
5 |
7 |
50 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London |
0.20% |
0.43% |
1.77% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
1.34% |
1.60% |
5.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
4 |
6 |
40 |
| 10th Percentile |
£55,175 |
£52,500 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£68,563 |
£53,438 |
£42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£80,750 |
£58,750 |
£75,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+37.45% |
-22.19% |
+20.80% |
| 75th Percentile |
£85,938 |
£66,250 |
£85,938 |
| 90th Percentile |
£89,875 |
£72,500 |
£115,750 |
| Central London median annual salary |
£79,000 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+31.67% |
- |
- |
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 City of London.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
373 |
438 |
915 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London |
14.78% |
26.99% |
32.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
286 |
382 |
649 |
| 10th Percentile |
£62,500 |
£52,625 |
£52,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£62,500 |
£57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
£80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£112,500 |
£102,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£116,250 |
£125,000 |
£118,750 |
| Central London median annual salary |
£85,000 |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
- |
