XML Job Trends in the Thames Valley

XML
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring XML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 156 114
Rank change year-on-year -12 -42 -20
Permanent jobs citing XML 35 50 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.48% 1.30% 1.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.77% 11.93% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 22 22 71
10th Percentile £51,625 £49,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £82,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +26.92% +23.81%
75th Percentile £72,188 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +23.81%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 734 419 900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.03% 10.88% 18.46%
Number of salaries quoted 564 252 595
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,300 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £91,925 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

XML job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

XML
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing XML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing XML

XML
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Berkshire -5 22 £70,000 -15.15% 8
Buckinghamshire +12 9 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Oxfordshire -34 4 £48,750 -2.50% 5
XML
South East

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (8.57%) SAS
2 2 (5.71%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 13 (37.14%) AWS
2 12 (34.29%) Azure
3 6 (17.14%) Amazon EC2
3 6 (17.14%) Amazon ECS
3 6 (17.14%) Amazon EKS
3 6 (17.14%) Serverless
4 3 (8.57%) SaaS
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.86%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) DNS
1 4 (11.43%) Firewall
2 3 (8.57%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.86%) Relational Database
2 7 (20.00%) OLTP
2 7 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (17.14%) RDBMS
4 2 (5.71%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (5.71%) GIS
4 2 (5.71%) QGIS
4 2 (5.71%) Spotfire
4 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.86%) MySQL
5 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Jenkins
1 6 (17.14%) JMeter
1 6 (17.14%) JUnit
1 6 (17.14%) Mockito
2 2 (5.71%) GitLab
3 1 (2.86%) PowerBuilder
General
1 12 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Senior
2 11 (31.43%) Developer
3 9 (25.71%) Senior Developer
4 8 (22.86%) Architect
5 7 (20.00%) Oracle Developer
5 7 (20.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 6 (17.14%) Integration Architect
7 5 (14.29%) Applications Architect
8 4 (11.43%) Java Engineer
8 4 (11.43%) PL/SQL Developer
8 4 (11.43%) Security Engineer
8 4 (11.43%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 4 (11.43%) Senior SQL Developer
8 4 (11.43%) SQL Developer
8 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
9 3 (8.57%) Programmer
9 3 (8.57%) Senior Programmer
9 3 (8.57%) Senior Security Engineer
10 2 (5.71%) Integration Engineer
10 2 (5.71%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (68.57%) JSON
2 16 (45.71%) REST
2 16 (45.71%) SOAP
3 13 (37.14%) HTML
4 8 (22.86%) Middleware
5 7 (20.00%) Kafka
5 7 (20.00%) RESTful
5 7 (20.00%) Web Services
6 6 (17.14%) ActiveMQ
6 6 (17.14%) Apache Camel
6 6 (17.14%) Hibernate
6 6 (17.14%) jQuery
6 6 (17.14%) OAuth
6 6 (17.14%) OAuth2
6 6 (17.14%) Spring
6 6 (17.14%) Spring Boot
6 6 (17.14%) WireMock
7 5 (14.29%) JWT
7 5 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (11.43%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 12 (34.29%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (22.86%) Cloud Native
3 5 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (11.43%) Onboarding
4 4 (11.43%) Product Ownership
5 3 (8.57%) Data Structures
5 3 (8.57%) PKI
6 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (5.71%) AS400
6 2 (5.71%) Life Science
6 2 (5.71%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Linux
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (11.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Agile
1 18 (51.43%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (37.14%) CI/CD
3 11 (31.43%) Microservices
4 10 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 9 (25.71%) ERP
5 9 (25.71%) Integration Patterns
5 9 (25.71%) TDD
6 8 (22.86%) CRM
7 7 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 7 (20.00%) Software Testing
8 6 (17.14%) BDD
8 6 (17.14%) Data Integration
8 6 (17.14%) DevOps
8 6 (17.14%) Event-Driven
8 6 (17.14%) Process Management
8 6 (17.14%) SDLC
8 6 (17.14%) Validation
8 6 (17.14%) Workflow
9 5 (14.29%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 21 (60.00%) SQL
2 17 (48.57%) Java
3 10 (28.57%) Python
3 10 (28.57%) Shell Script
4 8 (22.86%) PL/SQL
5 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
6 3 (8.57%) SAS Macro
7 2 (5.71%) C#
7 2 (5.71%) C++
7 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.86%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (11.43%) DV Cleared
2 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) QA
2 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 3 (8.57%) CDISC
3 2 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (31.43%) Docker
2 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (31.43%) Kubernetes
2 6 (17.14%) Kibana
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Oracle
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (17.14%) Dynatrace
3 6 (17.14%) Splunk
4 4 (11.43%) VMware
5 3 (8.57%) McAfee
5 3 (8.57%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.86%) IBM
6 1 (2.86%) MuleSoft
6 1 (2.86%) webMethods