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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 318 276
Rank change year-on-year -161 -42 +14
Permanent jobs citing XML 257 402 998
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.94% 1.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.92% 4.78% 4.91%
Number of salaries quoted 156 338 630
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.86% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,668 £93,758 £86,938
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -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 8,787 8,418 20,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.66% 19.60% 21.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6,423 6,348 15,703
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 15 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 5 May 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 -156 219 £65,000 +13.04% 84
UK excluding London -129 170 £62,500 +19.05% 60
Work from Home -40 111 £60,000 -11.11% 49
South East -89 58 £66,250 -1.85% 22
London -77 54 £70,000 +7.69% 32
East of England 0 38 £55,000 +15.79% 3
North of England -80 36 £73,500 +47.00% 18
Midlands -39 24 £54,000 +0.58% 7
North West -34 22 £73,500 +46.84% 11
Yorkshire -65 14 £73,420 +95.79% 7
East Midlands -42 13 £54,000 -1.82% 3
West Midlands -28 11 £61,500 +44.71% 4
Scotland -13 9 £72,500 +52.45% 3
South West -67 4 £31,500 -12.50% 7
Wales -30 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 17 (6.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.33%) JBoss
2 6 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.17%) Confluence
3 3 (1.17%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.39%) Apache
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.39%) CICS
5 1 (0.39%) CMS
5 1 (0.39%) IIS
5 1 (0.39%) SAS
5 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.11%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Magento
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 76 (29.57%) Azure
2 47 (18.29%) AWS
3 46 (17.90%) Power Platform
4 23 (8.95%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (8.17%) GitHub
6 20 (7.78%) SaaS
7 16 (6.23%) Boomi
7 16 (6.23%) Entra ID
8 14 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (5.45%) Serverless
9 9 (3.50%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (3.50%) Apigee
9 9 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (3.50%) OCI
10 7 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (2.33%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.33%) GCP
11 6 (2.33%) Kong
11 6 (2.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.89%) Firewall
2 6 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.56%) DNS
3 4 (1.56%) SSL
4 3 (1.17%) AMQP
4 3 (1.17%) FTP
5 2 (0.78%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.78%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.39%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (0.39%) HTTP
6 1 (0.39%) Modbus
6 1 (0.39%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (16.73%) Power BI
2 35 (13.62%) SQL Server
3 30 (11.67%) Relational Database
4 24 (9.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (8.95%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (6.23%) Metadata
6 16 (6.23%) OLTP
7 13 (5.06%) MySQL
8 12 (4.67%) RDBMS
9 10 (3.89%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.72%) GIS
11 3 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.17%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.17%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (1.17%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.78%) Big Data
12 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
12 2 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
12 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (11.67%) JIRA
2 21 (8.17%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.28%) Git
3 11 (4.28%) GitLab
4 10 (3.89%) Selenium
5 8 (3.11%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (2.72%) ERwin
6 7 (2.72%) JUnit
6 7 (2.72%) Moq
7 6 (2.33%) JMeter
7 6 (2.33%) Maven
7 6 (2.33%) Postman
8 5 (1.95%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.95%) WebDriver
9 4 (1.56%) Mockito
9 4 (1.56%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.17%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.17%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.17%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 92 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 73 (28.40%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (22.57%) Finance
4 17 (6.61%) Retail
5 14 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (5.45%) Marketing
6 12 (4.67%) German Language
7 11 (4.28%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.89%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.50%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.11%) Electronics
10 8 (3.11%) Law
10 8 (3.11%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.72%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.72%) Automotive
12 6 (2.33%) Banking
12 6 (2.33%) Front Office
12 6 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 86 (33.46%) Developer
2 56 (21.79%) Senior
3 34 (13.23%) Senior Developer
4 26 (10.12%) Consultant
5 23 (8.95%) Analyst
5 23 (8.95%) Architect
6 17 (6.61%) SQL Developer
7 16 (6.23%) Oracle Developer
7 16 (6.23%) PL/SQL Developer
7 16 (6.23%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 16 (6.23%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 16 (6.23%) Senior SQL Developer
8 14 (5.45%) Software Engineer
9 13 (5.06%) Applications Engineer
10 12 (4.67%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.28%) Applications Architect
11 11 (4.28%) C# Developer
11 11 (4.28%) Lead
12 10 (3.89%) Integration Architect
13 9 (3.50%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (64.59%) JSON
2 76 (29.57%) SOAP
3 73 (28.40%) REST
4 61 (23.74%) HTML
5 28 (10.89%) Middleware
6 26 (10.12%) .NET
6 26 (10.12%) Regular Expression
6 26 (10.12%) Web Services
7 19 (7.39%) RESTful
8 17 (6.61%) EDI
8 17 (6.61%) Spring
8 17 (6.61%) XSLT
9 15 (5.84%) Spring Boot
10 14 (5.45%) CSS
11 12 (4.67%) OAuth
12 11 (4.28%) WinForms
13 10 (3.89%) FIX Protocol
13 10 (3.89%) Hibernate
13 10 (3.89%) Node.js
14 9 (3.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.90%) Onboarding
2 27 (10.51%) Linux Command Line
3 24 (9.34%) Data Structures
4 19 (7.39%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (6.23%) Cloud Native
6 13 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (4.67%) Product Ownership
8 11 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (3.50%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.72%) Acoustics
10 7 (2.72%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.72%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.72%) SCADA
11 4 (1.56%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.17%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (1.17%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (1.17%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.67%) Unix
2 19 (7.39%) Linux
3 11 (4.28%) Windows
4 4 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) Debian
5 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (24.12%) Agile
3 45 (17.51%) Data Modelling
4 42 (16.34%) DevOps
5 40 (15.56%) CI/CD
6 39 (15.18%) Business Intelligence
6 39 (15.18%) ERP
7 37 (14.40%) AI
8 32 (12.45%) API Integration
9 31 (12.06%) Migration
10 30 (11.67%) Test Automation
11 28 (10.89%) CRM
11 28 (10.89%) Roadmaps
12 27 (10.51%) Collaborative Working
12 27 (10.51%) Software Testing
13 26 (10.12%) Decision-Making
14 25 (9.73%) Data Analysis
15 24 (9.34%) Customer Service
16 23 (8.95%) SDLC
17 22 (8.56%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 135 (52.53%) SQL
2 88 (34.24%) Python
3 57 (22.18%) Java
4 41 (15.95%) C#
5 39 (15.18%) JavaScript
6 25 (9.73%) PL/SQL
7 17 (6.61%) Shell Script
8 12 (4.67%) C++
8 12 (4.67%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.28%) Delphi
10 10 (3.89%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.11%) Perl
11 8 (3.11%) XAML
12 7 (2.72%) TypeScript
12 7 (2.72%) VB
13 5 (1.95%) VBA
14 4 (1.56%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.56%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.56%) Bash
15 3 (1.17%) VC++
Qualifications
1 68 (26.46%) Degree
2 27 (10.51%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.95%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.95%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Developer
6 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.23%) QA
2 13 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.67%) TickIT
4 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.17%) EMIR
6 3 (1.17%) HL7
6 3 (1.17%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.17%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (8.95%) Docker
2 20 (7.78%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.56%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 19 (7.39%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.67%) Terraform
3 8 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.56%) Kibana
5 3 (1.17%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.78%) Ansible
Vendors
1 61 (23.74%) Oracle
2 35 (13.62%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.89%) Palo Alto
4 9 (3.50%) Databricks
4 9 (3.50%) SAP
5 8 (3.11%) Okta
6 7 (2.72%) Sparx
6 7 (2.72%) Splunk
7 6 (2.33%) Cisco
7 6 (2.33%) F5
7 6 (2.33%) Juniper
7 6 (2.33%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.95%) Ariba
8 5 (1.95%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.56%) IBM
9 4 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.56%) VMware
10 3 (1.17%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.78%) Dell