XML Job Trends

XML
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring XML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 283 262
Rank change year-on-year -136 -21 +2
Permanent jobs citing XML 265 512 885
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.38% 1.06% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.46% 4.75% 5.03%
Number of salaries quoted 151 352 571
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.80% -11.92%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,113 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,651 10,770 17,598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.09% 22.24% 23.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,622 6,644 14,355
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,209 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +7.66% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend

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

XML job vacancy trend in the UK

XML
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XML

XML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 16 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 22 February 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
England -151 212 £57,500 -4.17% 134
UK excluding London -134 167 £55,000 - 118
Work from Home -13 122 £57,500 -14.81% 59
London -25 74 £70,500 +8.46% 35
South East -80 59 £56,250 -13.46% 45
East of England +30 42 £55,000 +4.76% 9
North of England -67 23 £54,500 +27.49% 33
Scotland +15 21 £52,500 +13.44% 7
Midlands -40 17 £43,750 -16.67% 16
East Midlands -39 11 £50,750 -7.73% 3
North West -42 10 £55,000 +15.79% 25
Yorkshire -43 9 £62,500 +56.25% 5
West Midlands -9 6 £40,000 -5.88% 13
South West -40 4 £66,250 -1.85% 10
North East - 4 £45,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.89%) Anypoint
2 5 (1.89%) JBoss
3 3 (1.13%) Confluence
3 3 (1.13%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.75%) IIS
4 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) CICS
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) FileNet
5 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
Applications
1 9 (3.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.38%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (6.79%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.64%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.89%) Shopify
4 3 (1.13%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.38%) Magento
6 1 (0.38%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (27.92%) Azure
2 53 (20.00%) AWS
3 45 (16.98%) Power Platform
4 27 (10.19%) Entra ID
4 27 (10.19%) GitHub
5 26 (9.81%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (7.17%) OCI
7 18 (6.79%) Power Automate
7 18 (6.79%) Serverless
8 15 (5.66%) Boomi
9 14 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (5.28%) SaaS
10 13 (4.91%) Amazon ECS
11 12 (4.53%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (4.15%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (3.77%) iPaaS
14 9 (3.40%) PowerApps
15 7 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (2.26%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.64%) FTP
2 3 (1.13%) AMQP
2 3 (1.13%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (1.13%) Firewall
2 3 (1.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.75%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.75%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.38%) DNS
4 1 (0.38%) Modbus
4 1 (0.38%) SSL
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.60%) SQL Server
2 39 (14.72%) Power BI
3 35 (13.21%) Relational Database
4 23 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (5.28%) MySQL
6 13 (4.91%) OLTP
7 12 (4.53%) RDBMS
8 9 (3.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.64%) Metadata
11 6 (2.26%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.89%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.51%) Tableau
14 3 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (1.13%) Data Mining
14 3 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
14 3 (1.13%) GIS
15 2 (0.75%) DTS
15 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 36 (13.58%) Jenkins
2 18 (6.79%) Oracle Forms
3 16 (6.04%) Git
3 16 (6.04%) JIRA
4 12 (4.53%) JUnit
4 12 (4.53%) Selenium
5 11 (4.15%) JMeter
6 9 (3.40%) Mockito
7 8 (3.02%) Postman
8 7 (2.64%) GitLab
8 7 (2.64%) PowerBuilder
8 7 (2.64%) SpecFlow
9 6 (2.26%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.89%) Maven
11 4 (1.51%) WebDriver
12 3 (1.13%) ERwin
12 3 (1.13%) NUnit
12 3 (1.13%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 77 (29.06%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.00%) Finance
3 46 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.06%) Law
5 17 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.66%) German Language
7 10 (3.77%) Retail
8 7 (2.64%) Legal
9 6 (2.26%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.89%) Front Office
11 4 (1.51%) Advertising
11 4 (1.51%) Banking
11 4 (1.51%) Marketing
11 4 (1.51%) Publishing
12 3 (1.13%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.13%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 102 (38.49%) Developer
2 56 (21.13%) Senior
3 25 (9.43%) Senior Developer
4 23 (8.68%) Analyst
5 20 (7.55%) Java Developer
5 20 (7.55%) SQL Developer
6 18 (6.79%) Applications Engineer
6 18 (6.79%) Cloud Engineer
6 18 (6.79%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 13 (4.91%) Oracle Developer
7 13 (4.91%) PL/SQL Developer
7 13 (4.91%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 13 (4.91%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 13 (4.91%) Senior SQL Developer
8 11 (4.15%) Full-Stack Developer
8 11 (4.15%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 11 (4.15%) Lead
9 10 (3.77%) Consultant
9 10 (3.77%) Data Analyst
9 10 (3.77%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (69.81%) JSON
2 84 (31.70%) HTML
3 78 (29.43%) REST
4 65 (24.53%) SOAP
5 42 (15.85%) Web Services
6 29 (10.94%) Regular Expression
7 24 (9.06%) CSS
7 24 (9.06%) RESTful
8 23 (8.68%) Spring
9 21 (7.92%) .NET
10 19 (7.17%) Spring Boot
11 15 (5.66%) Hibernate
12 12 (4.53%) jQuery
13 11 (4.15%) XSLT
14 9 (3.40%) ActiveMQ
14 9 (3.40%) Apache Camel
14 9 (3.40%) Middleware
14 9 (3.40%) WinForms
14 9 (3.40%) WireMock
15 8 (3.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.11%) Onboarding
2 31 (11.70%) Linux Command Line
3 23 (8.68%) Cloud Native
4 21 (7.92%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (7.17%) Data Structures
6 14 (5.28%) Low-Code
7 13 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.64%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.51%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.13%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.13%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.13%) Reference Data
12 3 (1.13%) SCADA
13 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
13 2 (0.75%) Fixed Income
13 2 (0.75%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.72%) Unix
2 13 (4.91%) Linux
3 7 (2.64%) Windows
4 1 (0.38%) Android
4 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (32.08%) Agile
2 60 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (18.87%) CI/CD
4 44 (16.60%) AI
5 42 (15.85%) Business Intelligence
5 42 (15.85%) ERP
6 39 (14.72%) DevOps
7 37 (13.96%) Test Automation
8 35 (13.21%) SDLC
9 34 (12.83%) Data Modelling
10 33 (12.45%) Data Analysis
10 33 (12.45%) LLM
11 30 (11.32%) API Integration
11 30 (11.32%) Mentoring
11 30 (11.32%) Migration
12 27 (10.19%) Data Governance
12 27 (10.19%) Software Testing
13 25 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (9.43%) Translating Business Requirements
14 24 (9.06%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 143 (53.96%) SQL
2 102 (38.49%) Python
3 67 (25.28%) Java
4 55 (20.75%) JavaScript
5 43 (16.23%) C#
6 39 (14.72%) PL/SQL
7 33 (12.45%) Shell Script
8 15 (5.66%) T-SQL
9 13 (4.91%) PowerShell
10 10 (3.77%) VBA
11 9 (3.40%) Delphi
11 9 (3.40%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.64%) ActionScript
13 6 (2.26%) C
13 6 (2.26%) C++
14 4 (1.51%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.51%) Perl
14 4 (1.51%) TypeScript
15 3 (1.13%) ActionScript 3.0
15 3 (1.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 68 (25.66%) Degree
2 26 (9.81%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.53%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.02%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.13%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.13%) ISEB
5 3 (1.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.75%) HNC
6 2 (0.75%) HND
6 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.75%) PMP
7 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.81%) QA
2 17 (6.42%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.66%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.02%) GDPR
4 8 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.13%) HL7
6 2 (0.75%) EMIR
6 2 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.75%) WCAG
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 28 (10.57%) Docker
2 26 (9.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (9.81%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.68%) Terraform
3 19 (7.17%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.40%) Kibana
5 3 (1.13%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.75%) Ansible
6 2 (0.75%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 72 (27.17%) Oracle
2 35 (13.21%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.79%) Okta
4 15 (5.66%) SAP
5 10 (3.77%) Dynatrace
6 9 (3.40%) MuleSoft
6 9 (3.40%) Splunk
7 8 (3.02%) Dell
7 8 (3.02%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.64%) IBM
9 6 (2.26%) Databricks
9 6 (2.26%) IFS
9 6 (2.26%) Informatica
9 6 (2.26%) SnapLogic
9 6 (2.26%) Talend
9 6 (2.26%) Workday
10 5 (1.89%) Epicor
10 5 (1.89%) Intapp
10 5 (1.89%) Jitterbit
10 5 (1.89%) TIBCO