XML Job Trends in Scotland

XML
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring XML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 141 133
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 +38
Permanent jobs citing XML 17 11 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.64% 0.33% 0.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.40% 1.51% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 18
10th Percentile £43,150 £37,750 £37,425
25th Percentile £45,250 £41,875 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -21.87% -6.14%
75th Percentile £53,125 £49,875 £71,875
90th Percentile £55,000 £58,350 £77,542
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -0.83% +0.83%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 386 727 645
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 14.57% 21.96% 26.09%
Number of salaries quoted 87 385 527
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £38,971
25th Percentile £46,875 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £81,875 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.54% +0.54%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

XML job vacancy trend in Scotland

XML
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing XML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing XML

XML
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Edinburgh +19 12 - - 2
Glasgow +5 5 £50,000 +13.64% 4
XML
UK

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (5.88%) FileNet
Business Applications
1 12 (70.59%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (11.76%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 14 (82.35%) GitHub
2 12 (70.59%) AWS
2 12 (70.59%) Azure
2 12 (70.59%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (70.59%) Entra ID
2 12 (70.59%) OCI
3 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (11.76%) SaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) FTP
1 1 (5.88%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) MySQL
2 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (70.59%) Jenkins
1 12 (70.59%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Back Office
2 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Applications Engineer
1 12 (70.59%) Cloud Engineer
1 12 (70.59%) Senior
1 12 (70.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Dynamics NAV Developer
3 2 (11.76%) SaaS Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Support
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Integration Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Solutions Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (82.35%) JSON
1 14 (82.35%) SOAP
2 12 (70.59%) RESTful
3 2 (11.76%) HTML
3 2 (11.76%) REST
3 2 (11.76%) Web Services
4 1 (5.88%) JMS
4 1 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Cloud Native
1 12 (70.59%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.76%) NHS
3 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) DevOps
1 14 (82.35%) Mentoring
1 14 (82.35%) Test Automation
2 13 (76.47%) Agile
2 13 (76.47%) ERP
3 12 (70.59%) API Integration
3 12 (70.59%) Asset Management
3 12 (70.59%) Business Strategy
3 12 (70.59%) CI/CD
3 12 (70.59%) Coaching
3 12 (70.59%) Data Governance
3 12 (70.59%) Identity Access Management
3 12 (70.59%) Migration
3 12 (70.59%) Observability
3 12 (70.59%) Root Cause Analysis
3 12 (70.59%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (17.65%) Data Integration
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.76%) OOP
5 2 (11.76%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) Java
2 14 (82.35%) SQL
3 12 (70.59%) PL/SQL
3 12 (70.59%) Python
3 12 (70.59%) Shell Script
4 2 (11.76%) C
4 2 (11.76%) C#
4 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.88%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO 9001
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (70.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (70.59%) Single Sign-On
1 12 (70.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Okta
1 12 (70.59%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft