XML Jobs in the UK excluding London

XML
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 284 287
Rank change year-on-year -67 +3 -73
Permanent jobs citing XML 244 686 699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.63% 0.93% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.68% 4.73% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 203 406 462
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,828
25th Percentile £37,250 £41,250 £46,415
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,818 £77,715
UK median annual salary £58,750 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.29% -10.77% +14.04%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,215 14,512 15,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.37% 19.61% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,190 10,458 8,830
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £66,230 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.38% -11.11% +3.85%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for XML in the UK excluding London

XML
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing XML in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for XML in the UK excluding London

XML
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK excluding London

XML
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
South East +31 129 £65,000 +8.33% 50
North of England -19 44 £50,027 -4.71% 31
North West -30 30 £50,055 -1.85% 18
East of England +16 25 £47,500 +18.75% 19
South West +62 24 £37,000 -22.11% 21
Midlands -14 17 £54,344 -1.19% 34
Yorkshire +39 13 £37,500 -34.78% 10
West Midlands -8 11 £53,688 -2.39% 17
East Midlands +24 6 £55,000 -8.33% 17
Scotland -3 3 - - 5
Wales +40 2 £65,000 +30.00% 9
North East +39 1 £35,000 -31.71% 3
XML
UK

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (6.56%) IIS
2 9 (3.69%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.82%) CMS
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle Service Bus
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.82%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.82%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Mule
5 1 (0.41%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.41%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 15 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (6.15%) NetSuite
2 11 (4.51%) Payment Gateway
3 9 (3.69%) Magento
4 7 (2.87%) Q-Pulse
5 4 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 76 (31.15%) Azure
2 43 (17.62%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (16.80%) Azure Service Bus
4 30 (12.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 30 (12.30%) SonarCloud
5 20 (8.20%) Power Automate
5 20 (8.20%) Power Platform
6 14 (5.74%) AWS
7 12 (4.92%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (4.92%) Azure Logic Apps
7 12 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (4.92%) Serverless
8 10 (4.10%) GitHub
9 9 (3.69%) Entra ID
9 9 (3.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (3.69%) SaaS
9 9 (3.69%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 7 (2.87%) Azure Functions
11 6 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.92%) SSL
2 11 (4.51%) FTP
3 10 (4.10%) Internet
4 9 (3.69%) DMARC
5 4 (1.64%) HTTP
6 3 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.82%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.82%) RTP
8 1 (0.41%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.41%) DNS
8 1 (0.41%) Multicast
8 1 (0.41%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (32.38%) SQL Server
2 30 (12.30%) Elasticsearch
3 26 (10.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 23 (9.43%) MySQL
5 15 (6.15%) OLTP
5 15 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (5.74%) Power BI
7 12 (4.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.87%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.46%) RDBMS
10 5 (2.05%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.82%) DB2
12 2 (0.82%) Endeca
12 2 (0.82%) IBM InfoSphere
12 2 (0.82%) Metadata
12 2 (0.82%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 62 (25.41%) Git
2 52 (21.31%) Visual Studio
3 32 (13.11%) Team Foundation Server
4 30 (12.30%) MSBuild
4 30 (12.30%) Octopus Deploy
5 14 (5.74%) MagicDraw
6 11 (4.51%) JIRA
7 10 (4.10%) Jenkins
8 8 (3.28%) JMeter
9 7 (2.87%) ClearCase
9 7 (2.87%) JUnit
9 7 (2.87%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (2.46%) Postman
10 6 (2.46%) Selenium
11 5 (2.05%) Mockito
12 4 (1.64%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (1.23%) Eclipse
13 3 (1.23%) SoapUI
14 2 (0.82%) GitLab
14 2 (0.82%) Maven
General
1 63 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.52%) Retail
3 22 (9.02%) Marketing
4 17 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.10%) Finance
5 10 (4.10%) Military
5 10 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.69%) Czech Language
6 9 (3.69%) Local Government
6 9 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.28%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.87%) Aviation
9 6 (2.46%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.82%) Police
11 1 (0.41%) Automotive
11 1 (0.41%) Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Front Office
11 1 (0.41%) Legal
11 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 101 (41.39%) Developer
2 49 (20.08%) Senior
3 41 (16.80%) Senior Developer
4 33 (13.52%) Architect
5 30 (12.30%) Technical Architect
6 27 (11.07%) Analyst
7 24 (9.84%) Software Engineer
8 20 (8.20%) Lead
8 20 (8.20%) Support Analyst
9 18 (7.38%) Software Developer
9 18 (7.38%) SQL Developer
10 17 (6.97%) Portal Developer
11 15 (6.15%) Oracle Developer
11 15 (6.15%) Senior Oracle Developer
11 15 (6.15%) Senior Software Developer
11 15 (6.15%) Software Team Leader
11 15 (6.15%) Team Leader
12 14 (5.74%) PL/SQL Developer
12 14 (5.74%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
12 14 (5.74%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (51.64%) JSON
2 105 (43.03%) HTML
3 94 (38.52%) .NET
4 72 (29.51%) REST
5 66 (27.05%) CSS
6 63 (25.82%) ASP.NET
7 62 (25.41%) SOAP
8 38 (15.57%) .NET Core
9 37 (15.16%) Bootstrap
10 33 (13.52%) Web Services
11 30 (12.30%) gRPC
12 27 (11.07%) .NET Framework
13 24 (9.84%) React
14 14 (5.74%) ASP.NET Web API
15 11 (4.51%) AngularJS
16 10 (4.10%) jQuery
17 8 (3.28%) XSD
18 6 (2.46%) HTML5
18 6 (2.46%) Razor View Engine
18 6 (2.46%) Restlet
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.61%) Mobile App
2 14 (5.74%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.28%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.87%) e-Learning
6 7 (2.87%) Reference Data
7 6 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.05%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.05%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.23%) Robotics
10 3 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.82%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.82%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.82%) Wiki
12 1 (0.41%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.97%) Windows
2 16 (6.56%) Linux
3 9 (3.69%) Unix
4 4 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Debian
5 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.25%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (26.23%) Agile
3 62 (25.41%) DevOps
4 52 (21.31%) Software Engineering
5 41 (16.80%) API Integration
5 41 (16.80%) Microservices
5 41 (16.80%) Project Management
5 41 (16.80%) UML
6 39 (15.98%) MVC
7 34 (13.93%) Software Testing
8 33 (13.52%) Design Patterns
9 32 (13.11%) Performance Optimisation
10 31 (12.70%) Data Modelling
10 31 (12.70%) Performance Testing
10 31 (12.70%) SysML
11 30 (12.30%) Code Quality
11 30 (12.30%) Data Encryption
11 30 (12.30%) Event-Driven
11 30 (12.30%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 29 (11.89%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 152 (62.30%) SQL
2 94 (38.52%) JavaScript
3 84 (34.43%) C#
4 32 (13.11%) Java
5 23 (9.43%) PL/SQL
5 23 (9.43%) Python
6 16 (6.56%) PowerShell
7 15 (6.15%) C
8 14 (5.74%) Ada
9 12 (4.92%) T-SQL
10 10 (4.10%) C++
10 10 (4.10%) PHP
10 10 (4.10%) TypeScript
11 9 (3.69%) VBA
12 7 (2.87%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.82%) R
14 2 (0.82%) SPARQL
15 1 (0.41%) Bash
15 1 (0.41%) OpenEdge ABL
Qualifications
1 38 (15.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 24 (9.84%) Degree
3 17 (6.97%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.28%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.05%) HNC
5 5 (2.05%) HND
6 4 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.82%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.11%) GDPR
2 18 (7.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.92%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.05%) QA
5 2 (0.82%) Dublin Core
5 2 (0.82%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) HL7
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (20.49%) Docker
2 9 (3.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (3.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.05%) Kibana
4 2 (0.82%) Graylog
Vendors
1 58 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.21%) Oracle
3 9 (3.69%) Adobe
3 9 (3.69%) New Relic
4 7 (2.87%) Splunk
5 5 (2.05%) Dynatrace
5 5 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.64%) Talend
7 3 (1.23%) Google
7 3 (1.23%) IBM
7 3 (1.23%) Informatica
8 2 (0.82%) Cognos
8 2 (0.82%) Curam
8 2 (0.82%) Databricks
8 2 (0.82%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.82%) Workday
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco
9 1 (0.41%) CyberSource
9 1 (0.41%) PayPal
9 1 (0.41%) Spotify