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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 377 300
Rank change year-on-year -126 -77 -21
Permanent jobs citing XML 240 329 974
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.74% 0.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.57% 3.81% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 159 267 614
10th Percentile £39,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,349 £44,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,336 £88,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +32.50% -7.41% -5.40%

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 9,328 8,641 21,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.07% 19.53% 20.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,910 5,741 16,120
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +10.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -141 209 £64,169 +9.22% 120
UK excluding London -103 149 £66,250 +32.50% 84
Work from Home -32 104 £62,500 -7.41% 72
South East -56 65 £67,500 - 34
London -58 59 £61,250 -12.50% 51
North of England -37 33 £73,500 +48.48% 14
North West -18 22 £73,500 +46.84% 6
Midlands -32 20 £80,000 +45.45% 11
East of England -29 15 £50,000 +5.26% 5
West Midlands -21 12 £80,000 +47.21% 6
South West -66 12 £31,500 -25.44% 10
Yorkshire -45 11 £76,840 +104.91% 7
East Midlands -24 8 - - 5
Scotland +5 3 £72,500 - 6
Wales - 1 - - 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 17 (7.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.08%) Apache
4 4 (1.67%) Confluence
4 4 (1.67%) JBoss
5 2 (0.83%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) IIS
6 1 (0.42%) SAS
6 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.42%) CorelDRAW
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.92%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.83%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.42%) Magento
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 73 (30.42%) Azure
2 45 (18.75%) Power Platform
3 42 (17.50%) AWS
4 22 (9.17%) SaaS
5 18 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (7.08%) Boomi
7 16 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (6.25%) GitHub
9 14 (5.83%) Serverless
10 10 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (4.17%) Entra ID
10 10 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.75%) Apigee
12 7 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.92%) GCP
13 6 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.50%) Kong
13 6 (2.50%) OpenShift
14 5 (2.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.17%) Firewall
2 6 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.67%) DNS
3 4 (1.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.67%) Wireshark
4 3 (1.25%) SSL
5 2 (0.83%) AMQP
5 2 (0.83%) FTP
5 2 (0.83%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.42%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (0.42%) HTTP
6 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.42%) Multicast
6 1 (0.42%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (16.67%) Power BI
2 33 (13.75%) SQL Server
3 25 (10.42%) Relational Database
4 24 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (7.08%) OLTP
6 13 (5.42%) Metadata
6 13 (5.42%) RDBMS
7 12 (5.00%) MySQL
8 10 (4.17%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.92%) GIS
10 3 (1.25%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.25%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.25%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.83%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.83%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 29 (12.08%) JIRA
2 15 (6.25%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.58%) Git
3 11 (4.58%) GitLab
4 10 (4.17%) JUnit
4 10 (4.17%) Selenium
5 7 (2.92%) ERwin
5 7 (2.92%) JMeter
5 7 (2.92%) Moq
6 6 (2.50%) Maven
7 5 (2.08%) Mockito
7 5 (2.08%) SpecFlow
7 5 (2.08%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.67%) Postman
9 3 (1.25%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.25%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.25%) Ranorex
9 3 (1.25%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.25%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 88 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.67%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (22.08%) Finance
4 25 (10.42%) Retail
5 18 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.42%) Marketing
7 12 (5.00%) Financial Institution
8 10 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.33%) Banking
10 8 (3.33%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.33%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.92%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.92%) Automotive
11 7 (2.92%) Electronics
12 5 (2.08%) Front Office
13 4 (1.67%) Back Office
13 4 (1.67%) German Language
13 4 (1.67%) Law
14 3 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (32.08%) Developer
2 47 (19.58%) Senior
3 33 (13.75%) Analyst
4 32 (13.33%) Senior Developer
5 27 (11.25%) Consultant
6 22 (9.17%) Architect
7 20 (8.33%) Software Engineer
8 17 (7.08%) Oracle Developer
8 17 (7.08%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 17 (7.08%) SQL Developer
9 15 (6.25%) Lead
10 14 (5.83%) PL/SQL Developer
10 14 (5.83%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
10 14 (5.83%) Senior SQL Developer
11 12 (5.00%) Java Developer
11 12 (5.00%) Support Analyst
12 11 (4.58%) Applications Architect
12 11 (4.58%) Integration Architect
13 9 (3.75%) Applications Engineer
14 8 (3.33%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (58.75%) JSON
2 71 (29.58%) REST
3 66 (27.50%) SOAP
4 50 (20.83%) HTML
5 33 (13.75%) .NET
6 29 (12.08%) Middleware
7 27 (11.25%) Web Services
8 20 (8.33%) CSS
9 19 (7.92%) EDI
10 16 (6.67%) XSLT
11 15 (6.25%) Spring
11 15 (6.25%) Spring Boot
12 13 (5.42%) .NET Framework
12 13 (5.42%) Node.js
12 13 (5.42%) RESTful
13 11 (4.58%) OAuth
13 11 (4.58%) React
14 10 (4.17%) FIX Protocol
14 10 (4.17%) Kafka
15 9 (3.75%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 25 (10.42%) Data Structures
3 17 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.42%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (5.42%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (4.58%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.75%) Enterprise Cloud
6 9 (3.75%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.92%) Acoustics
7 7 (2.92%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.92%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.92%) SCADA
8 5 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.67%) Robotics
10 3 (1.25%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.25%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.25%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.83%) Linux
2 23 (9.58%) Windows
3 12 (5.00%) Unix
4 9 (3.75%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.25%) Android
6 3 (1.25%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.42%) Debian
7 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (23.75%) Agile
3 45 (18.75%) Data Modelling
4 36 (15.00%) DevOps
5 35 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
5 35 (14.58%) CI/CD
5 35 (14.58%) ERP
6 30 (12.50%) CRM
7 29 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (12.08%) Roadmaps
8 28 (11.67%) Collaborative Working
9 27 (11.25%) Software Engineering
9 27 (11.25%) Software Testing
10 26 (10.83%) Customer Service
10 26 (10.83%) Decision-Making
10 26 (10.83%) Migration
11 24 (10.00%) API Integration
12 23 (9.58%) Microservices
13 22 (9.17%) Test Automation
14 21 (8.75%) AI
Programming Languages
1 139 (57.92%) SQL
2 72 (30.00%) Python
3 49 (20.42%) Java
4 44 (18.33%) C#
5 43 (17.92%) JavaScript
6 19 (7.92%) PL/SQL
7 16 (6.67%) C++
8 14 (5.83%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.58%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.58%) T-SQL
10 8 (3.33%) VB
10 8 (3.33%) XAML
11 7 (2.92%) Delphi
11 7 (2.92%) Perl
11 7 (2.92%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.67%) ActionScript
12 4 (1.67%) ActionScript 2.0
12 4 (1.67%) Bash
12 4 (1.67%) VB.NET
13 3 (1.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (24.17%) Degree
2 24 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.75%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.67%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.25%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.25%) AWS Certified Developer
6 3 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.25%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.42%) CISSP
8 1 (0.42%) GIAC
8 1 (0.42%) HNC
8 1 (0.42%) HND
8 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.42%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.33%) QA
2 12 (5.00%) TickIT
3 11 (4.58%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.92%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.25%) HL7
6 3 (1.25%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.25%) SLA
7 2 (0.83%) EMIR
7 2 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (11.25%) Docker
2 14 (5.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.67%) vSphere
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 19 (7.92%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.50%) Terraform
3 5 (2.08%) Kibana
4 3 (1.25%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.83%) Ansible
5 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.42%) QRadar
Vendors
1 55 (22.92%) Oracle
2 41 (17.08%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.17%) Databricks
3 10 (4.17%) Palo Alto
4 9 (3.75%) IBM
4 9 (3.75%) SAP
4 9 (3.75%) Splunk
5 7 (2.92%) IBM Sterling
5 7 (2.92%) Sparx
6 6 (2.50%) Cisco
6 6 (2.50%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.50%) F5
6 6 (2.50%) Juniper
6 6 (2.50%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.08%) Ariba
8 4 (1.67%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.67%) VMware
9 2 (0.83%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.83%) Okta