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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 390 283
Rank change year-on-year -138 -107 -38
Permanent jobs citing XML 264 336 779
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.67% 0.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.47% 3.97% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 181 247 506
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.87% -8.99% -4.35%

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 10,706 8,455 16,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.02% 16.90% 19.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,812 5,486 11,393
10th Percentile £40,500 £38,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 18 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 16 August 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 -149 234 £60,000 +9.09% 144
UK excluding London -125 192 £58,000 +15.87% 93
Work from Home -66 108 £55,000 -8.33% 59
South East -69 68 £60,000 +1.69% 31
London -99 52 £62,500 -10.71% 79
North of England -49 36 £71,750 +36.67% 17
Midlands -15 31 £48,500 -3.00% 14
South West -68 31 £31,500 -10.00% 8
North West -5 23 £71,750 +30.45% 9
West Midlands -18 23 £48,500 -3.00% 6
East of England -64 12 £52,500 +10.53% 6
Yorkshire -27 11 £76,840 +56.82% 6
East Midlands -23 8 £50,000 -0.50% 8
Wales - 7 £55,000 - 2
Scotland +1 4 £65,000 +30.00% 6
North East -64 2 £67,500 +92.86% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 8
Isle of Man - 1 £38,500 - 3

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 10 (3.79%) Confluence
1 10 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.03%) Apache
4 7 (2.65%) CMS
5 4 (1.52%) SAS
6 3 (1.14%) JBoss
7 2 (0.76%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.76%) IIS
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.76%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
Applications
1 5 (1.89%) CorelDRAW
1 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.17%) Oracle Retail
2 6 (2.27%) Elite 3E
3 4 (1.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (1.52%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.76%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.76%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.38%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 77 (29.17%) Azure
2 37 (14.02%) AWS
3 32 (12.12%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.95%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (6.44%) SaaS
7 15 (5.68%) Boomi
8 14 (5.30%) GitHub
9 11 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (3.41%) Serverless
11 8 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (3.03%) GCP
12 7 (2.65%) Apigee
12 7 (2.65%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.27%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (2.27%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (2.27%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.55%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.17%) Firewall
3 9 (3.41%) DNS
4 6 (2.27%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.89%) Intranet
6 4 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (1.14%) SSL
8 2 (0.76%) FTP
8 2 (0.76%) VPN
9 1 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.38%) Multicast
9 1 (0.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (16.29%) SQL Server
2 25 (9.47%) Power BI
3 24 (9.09%) Relational Database
4 22 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (4.55%) Metadata
6 11 (4.17%) RDBMS
7 10 (3.79%) OLTP
7 10 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.65%) Electronic Patient Records
9 7 (2.65%) MySQL
10 6 (2.27%) GIS
10 6 (2.27%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.89%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.14%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.76%) Oracle ODI
14 2 (0.76%) Power Query
14 2 (0.76%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 33 (12.50%) JIRA
2 19 (7.20%) Git
3 15 (5.68%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.92%) GitLab
5 10 (3.79%) JMeter
5 10 (3.79%) Selenium
6 9 (3.41%) JUnit
7 8 (3.03%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.65%) Moq
9 6 (2.27%) Maven
9 6 (2.27%) Postman
10 5 (1.89%) ERwin
10 5 (1.89%) Mockito
10 5 (1.89%) SoapUI
11 4 (1.52%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.52%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.52%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.52%) Zephyr
12 3 (1.14%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.76%) REST Assured
General
1 89 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 74 (28.03%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (26.14%) Finance
4 27 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (10.23%) Retail
5 20 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.92%) Marketing
7 12 (4.55%) Electronics
8 11 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.79%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.41%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.41%) Banking
10 9 (3.41%) Law
11 8 (3.03%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.03%) Legal
11 8 (3.03%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.65%) Automotive
12 7 (2.65%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.52%) Aviation
13 4 (1.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 78 (29.55%) Developer
2 48 (18.18%) Senior
3 43 (16.29%) Analyst
4 31 (11.74%) Senior Developer
5 27 (10.23%) Consultant
6 26 (9.85%) Architect
6 26 (9.85%) Support Analyst
7 21 (7.95%) Software Engineer
8 19 (7.20%) Lead
9 18 (6.82%) .NET Developer
10 15 (5.68%) Web Developer
11 14 (5.30%) SQL Developer
12 11 (4.17%) Applications Engineer
12 11 (4.17%) Senior SQL Developer
13 10 (3.79%) .NET Web Developer
13 10 (3.79%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 10 (3.79%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.79%) Senior Oracle Developer
13 10 (3.79%) Software Analyst
13 10 (3.79%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (53.41%) JSON
2 61 (23.11%) HTML
3 57 (21.59%) .NET
4 56 (21.21%) REST
5 54 (20.45%) SOAP
6 38 (14.39%) CSS
7 34 (12.88%) .NET Framework
8 30 (11.36%) Middleware
9 29 (10.98%) Web Services
10 20 (7.58%) EDI
10 20 (7.58%) XSLT
11 17 (6.44%) Entity Framework
12 15 (5.68%) ASP.NET
12 15 (5.68%) RESTful
13 13 (4.92%) ASP.NET MVC
14 12 (4.55%) Kafka
14 12 (4.55%) Node.js
14 12 (4.55%) React
15 11 (4.17%) AngularJS
15 11 (4.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.82%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.68%) Data Structures
3 14 (5.30%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.30%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.41%) Enterprise Cloud
6 9 (3.41%) Robotics
7 8 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (3.03%) NHS
7 8 (3.03%) SCADA
7 8 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.65%) Acoustics
8 7 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (2.27%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.89%) e-Learning
10 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.52%) AS400
11 4 (1.52%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.15%) Windows
2 39 (14.77%) Linux
3 22 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.52%) Unix
6 3 (1.14%) Android
6 3 (1.14%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.38%) Debian
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (27.65%) Agile
3 44 (16.67%) DevOps
4 35 (13.26%) Data Modelling
5 33 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 32 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (12.12%) Roadmaps
7 31 (11.74%) Software Engineering
7 31 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (10.98%) ERP
8 29 (10.98%) Project Delivery
8 29 (10.98%) Validation
9 28 (10.61%) Customer Service
10 27 (10.23%) CRM
11 26 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
11 26 (9.85%) Computer Science
12 25 (9.47%) SDLC
12 25 (9.47%) User Acceptance Testing
13 24 (9.09%) Integration Patterns
14 22 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 148 (56.06%) SQL
2 66 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 63 (23.86%) Python
4 57 (21.59%) C#
5 40 (15.15%) Java
6 24 (9.09%) C++
7 12 (4.55%) PHP
7 12 (4.55%) Shell Script
8 10 (3.79%) PL/SQL
8 10 (3.79%) PowerShell
9 8 (3.03%) T-SQL
9 8 (3.03%) VB.NET
10 7 (2.65%) XAML
11 6 (2.27%) XPath
12 5 (1.89%) Bash
12 5 (1.89%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.89%) VB
13 4 (1.52%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.52%) Perl
14 3 (1.14%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 72 (27.27%) Degree
2 21 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.89%) HNC
5 5 (1.89%) HND
5 5 (1.89%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.52%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.52%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.52%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (1.14%) ISEB
7 3 (1.14%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.76%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.76%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.38%) CISSP
9 1 (0.38%) GIAC
9 1 (0.38%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.95%) QA
2 12 (4.55%) TickIT
3 10 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.41%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.65%) HL7
6 4 (1.52%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.14%) CDISC
7 3 (1.14%) SLA
8 2 (0.76%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.38%) Dublin Core
9 1 (0.38%) EMIR
9 1 (0.38%) FATCA
9 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (9.09%) Docker
2 7 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.65%) vSphere
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 12 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.89%) Kibana
3 3 (1.14%) HP Fortify
3 3 (1.14%) Terraform
4 1 (0.38%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 73 (27.65%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.26%) Oracle
3 14 (5.30%) IBM
4 11 (4.17%) Databricks
4 11 (4.17%) Google
4 11 (4.17%) IBM Sterling
4 11 (4.17%) SAP
5 9 (3.41%) Splunk
6 8 (3.03%) Palo Alto
6 8 (3.03%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.65%) VMware
8 5 (1.89%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.89%) Sparx
9 4 (1.52%) Ariba
9 4 (1.52%) Cisco
9 4 (1.52%) F5
9 4 (1.52%) Juniper
9 4 (1.52%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.52%) NEC
10 3 (1.14%) McAfee