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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 297 262
Rank change year-on-year -147 -35 +25
Permanent jobs citing XML 271 412 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 1.00% 1.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.16% 4.75% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 166 347 658
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,194 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -1.46% -9.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,218 £93,761 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -

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 8,564 8,670 20,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.25% 21.14% 21.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6,264 6,582 15,628
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -179 232 £60,000 +4.35% 111
UK excluding London -144 174 £58,000 +5.45% 104
Work from Home -20 117 £57,500 -14.81% 58
London -68 66 £71,500 +10.00% 32
South East -97 57 £62,500 -3.85% 27
East of England -3 44 £55,000 +15.79% 10
North of England -95 32 £70,000 +42.86% 24
Midlands -55 26 £50,000 -6.87% 17
North West -53 20 £70,000 +40.00% 15
West Midlands -20 13 £46,500 +9.41% 6
East Midlands -55 13 £54,000 -1.82% 11
Yorkshire -63 12 £73,420 +83.55% 7
Scotland -14 9 £72,500 +52.45% 10
South West -67 5 £31,500 -37.00% 11
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 13 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.69%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.21%) JBoss
4 5 (1.85%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.48%) Confluence
6 3 (1.11%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.37%) Apache
8 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.37%) CICS
8 1 (0.37%) CMS
8 1 (0.37%) IIS
8 1 (0.37%) SAS
8 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.37%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.95%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.85%) Shopify
3 4 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.11%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.11%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.74%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.37%) Magento
6 1 (0.37%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 72 (26.57%) Azure
2 49 (18.08%) AWS
3 48 (17.71%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (7.75%) Boomi
5 19 (7.01%) SaaS
6 17 (6.27%) GitHub
7 16 (5.90%) Entra ID
8 14 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (5.17%) Power Automate
8 14 (5.17%) Serverless
9 10 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (3.69%) iPaaS
10 9 (3.32%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (3.32%) Apigee
10 9 (3.32%) OCI
11 7 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (2.58%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.21%) GCP
12 6 (2.21%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.32%) Firewall
2 7 (2.58%) FTP
3 6 (2.21%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.48%) SSL
5 3 (1.11%) AMQP
5 3 (1.11%) DNS
6 2 (0.74%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.74%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.37%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.37%) HTTP
7 1 (0.37%) Modbus
7 1 (0.37%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.24%) Power BI
2 43 (15.87%) SQL Server
3 36 (13.28%) Relational Database
4 22 (8.12%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (7.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (6.27%) MySQL
7 14 (5.17%) Metadata
8 13 (4.80%) OLTP
9 12 (4.43%) RDBMS
10 9 (3.32%) Oracle Database
11 6 (2.21%) GIS
12 5 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (1.11%) Data Mining
13 3 (1.11%) DynamoDB
13 3 (1.11%) Electronic Patient Records
13 3 (1.11%) NoSQL
13 3 (1.11%) Tableau
14 2 (0.74%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 30 (11.07%) JIRA
2 21 (7.75%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.80%) Selenium
4 12 (4.43%) Git
5 11 (4.06%) GitLab
6 8 (2.95%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (2.95%) SpecFlow
7 7 (2.58%) ERwin
7 7 (2.58%) JUnit
8 6 (2.21%) JMeter
8 6 (2.21%) Maven
8 6 (2.21%) Postman
9 5 (1.85%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.48%) Mockito
11 3 (1.11%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.11%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.11%) NUnit
11 3 (1.11%) Ranorex
11 3 (1.11%) SoapUI
11 3 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 97 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.62%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (21.03%) Finance
4 18 (6.64%) Law
5 15 (5.54%) German Language
6 12 (4.43%) Retail
7 11 (4.06%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.69%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.32%) Marketing
9 9 (3.32%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.58%) Legal
11 6 (2.21%) Banking
11 6 (2.21%) Front Office
11 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.11%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.11%) Health Technology
13 3 (1.11%) Local Government
13 3 (1.11%) Publishing
14 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 91 (33.58%) Developer
2 49 (18.08%) Senior
3 26 (9.59%) Analyst
3 26 (9.59%) Senior Developer
4 24 (8.86%) Consultant
5 18 (6.64%) SQL Developer
6 15 (5.54%) Architect
6 15 (5.54%) Java Developer
6 15 (5.54%) Lead
7 13 (4.80%) Oracle Developer
7 13 (4.80%) PL/SQL Developer
7 13 (4.80%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 13 (4.80%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 13 (4.80%) Senior SQL Developer
8 12 (4.43%) Applications Engineer
9 11 (4.06%) C# Developer
10 10 (3.69%) QA Engineer
11 9 (3.32%) Applications Architect
11 9 (3.32%) Data Analyst
11 9 (3.32%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (67.53%) JSON
2 79 (29.15%) REST
3 71 (26.20%) SOAP
4 70 (25.83%) HTML
5 35 (12.92%) Web Services
6 32 (11.81%) Regular Expression
7 20 (7.38%) .NET
8 19 (7.01%) RESTful
9 18 (6.64%) Middleware
9 18 (6.64%) Spring
10 15 (5.54%) CSS
10 15 (5.54%) Spring Boot
11 13 (4.80%) EDI
12 11 (4.06%) WinForms
13 10 (3.69%) FIX Protocol
13 10 (3.69%) Hibernate
13 10 (3.69%) Node.js
13 10 (3.69%) XSLT
14 9 (3.32%) FpML
15 8 (2.95%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 54 (19.93%) Onboarding
2 34 (12.55%) Linux Command Line
3 28 (10.33%) Data Structures
4 19 (7.01%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.80%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (4.06%) Low-Code
7 10 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.32%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.95%) e-Learning
10 6 (2.21%) Operational Technology
10 6 (2.21%) SCADA
11 5 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.48%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.48%) Management Information System
13 3 (1.11%) Client/Server
13 3 (1.11%) NHS
13 3 (1.11%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.50%) Unix
2 23 (8.49%) Linux
3 10 (3.69%) Windows
4 3 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.37%) Android
5 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.37%) Debian
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (25.46%) Agile
1 69 (25.46%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (16.61%) Business Intelligence
3 44 (16.24%) AI
4 42 (15.50%) Data Modelling
5 39 (14.39%) CI/CD
6 37 (13.65%) ERP
7 36 (13.28%) DevOps
8 33 (12.18%) Data Analysis
9 32 (11.81%) Migration
10 31 (11.44%) SDLC
10 31 (11.44%) Test Automation
11 30 (11.07%) LLM
12 29 (10.70%) API Integration
12 29 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (10.33%) Software Testing
14 25 (9.23%) Decision-Making
14 25 (9.23%) Validation
15 24 (8.86%) Roadmaps
16 23 (8.49%) UML
Programming Languages
1 143 (52.77%) SQL
2 97 (35.79%) Python
3 57 (21.03%) Java
4 47 (17.34%) JavaScript
5 43 (15.87%) C#
6 25 (9.23%) PL/SQL
7 21 (7.75%) Shell Script
8 15 (5.54%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.06%) Delphi
10 10 (3.69%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.58%) C++
11 7 (2.58%) Perl
11 7 (2.58%) TypeScript
11 7 (2.58%) VBA
12 6 (2.21%) C
12 6 (2.21%) VB
13 5 (1.85%) VB.NET
14 4 (1.48%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.48%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.48%) Bash
Qualifications
1 69 (25.46%) Degree
2 29 (10.70%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.32%) ISTQB
6 7 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.11%) ISEB
9 3 (1.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.37%) HNC
10 1 (0.37%) HND
10 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.44%) QA
2 16 (5.90%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.58%) TickIT
5 6 (2.21%) GDPR
6 3 (1.11%) EMIR
6 3 (1.11%) HL7
6 3 (1.11%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.11%) SLA
7 2 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (8.86%) Docker
2 19 (7.01%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.11%) vSphere
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 20 (7.38%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.43%) Terraform
3 9 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.48%) Kibana
5 3 (1.11%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.11%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.74%) Ansible
Vendors
1 63 (23.25%) Oracle
2 36 (13.28%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.90%) SAP
4 8 (2.95%) IBM
4 8 (2.95%) MuleSoft
4 8 (2.95%) Okta
4 8 (2.95%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.58%) Databricks
5 7 (2.58%) Dell
5 7 (2.58%) Sparx
5 7 (2.58%) Splunk
6 6 (2.21%) Cisco
6 6 (2.21%) F5
6 6 (2.21%) IFS
6 6 (2.21%) Intapp
6 6 (2.21%) Juniper
6 6 (2.21%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.21%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.21%) Talend
6 6 (2.21%) Workday