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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 277 253
Rank change year-on-year -151 -24 +9
Permanent jobs citing XML 258 533 886
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.06% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.47% 4.81% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 149 356 579
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,425 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% +3.35% -10.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £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 7,433 11,086 17,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.36% 22.01% 23.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,476 6,570 14,368
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +5.60% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £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 9 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 9 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 -165 209 £55,000 -8.33% 101
UK excluding London -120 164 £55,000 - 87
Work from Home -20 117 £56,250 -16.67% 48
London -34 74 £71,000 +12.70% 31
South East -82 58 £56,250 -13.46% 34
East of England +33 42 £55,000 - 8
Scotland +3 22 £47,750 +3.18% 4
North of England -66 20 £52,500 +22.09% 19
Midlands -29 18 £48,750 -7.14% 15
East Midlands -33 10 £50,750 -7.73% 1
North West -26 9 £54,000 +13.68% 16
West Midlands +1 8 £45,000 +5.88% 14
Yorkshire -49 7 £55,000 +46.67% 2
North East - 4 £45,000 - 1
South West -34 3 £60,000 -11.11% 9
Northern Ireland - 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 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.94%) Anypoint
2 5 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.55%) Confluence
4 3 (1.16%) JBoss
4 3 (1.16%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.16%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.78%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Appian
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) FileNet
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (3.49%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (7.75%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.94%) Shopify
4 3 (1.16%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) Magento
6 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (29.07%) Azure
2 50 (19.38%) AWS
3 39 (15.12%) Power Platform
4 28 (10.85%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (10.85%) Entra ID
4 28 (10.85%) GitHub
5 21 (8.14%) OCI
6 18 (6.98%) Power Automate
7 16 (6.20%) Boomi
7 16 (6.20%) Serverless
8 15 (5.81%) SaaS
9 12 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (4.26%) iPaaS
11 9 (3.49%) PowerApps
12 8 (3.10%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.33%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.71%) FTP
2 3 (1.16%) AMQP
3 2 (0.78%) HTTP
3 2 (0.78%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.78%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) Firewall
4 1 (0.39%) Modbus
4 1 (0.39%) SSL
4 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) VPN
4 1 (0.39%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (17.83%) SQL Server
2 34 (13.18%) Power BI
3 33 (12.79%) Relational Database
4 20 (7.75%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (5.43%) MySQL
6 13 (5.04%) OLTP
7 10 (3.88%) RDBMS
8 9 (3.49%) NoSQL
9 8 (3.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.33%) Metadata
12 5 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (1.55%) Oracle Database
14 3 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (1.16%) Data Mining
14 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (1.16%) Tableau
15 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
15 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 35 (13.57%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.75%) Oracle Forms
3 18 (6.98%) JIRA
4 14 (5.43%) Git
5 11 (4.26%) JMeter
5 11 (4.26%) JUnit
6 9 (3.49%) Mockito
7 8 (3.10%) Postman
7 8 (3.10%) Selenium
8 7 (2.71%) PowerBuilder
9 6 (2.33%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.94%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (1.16%) Maven
12 3 (1.16%) NUnit
12 3 (1.16%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.16%) Subversion
12 3 (1.16%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.78%) Ranorex
13 2 (0.78%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 73 (28.29%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.99%) Finance
3 39 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.69%) Law
5 17 (6.59%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.81%) German Language
7 9 (3.49%) Retail
8 7 (2.71%) Legal
9 6 (2.33%) Marketing
10 5 (1.94%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.55%) Advertising
11 4 (1.55%) Billing
11 4 (1.55%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.16%) Front Office
12 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 98 (37.98%) Developer
2 59 (22.87%) Senior
3 27 (10.47%) Senior Developer
4 22 (8.53%) Analyst
5 20 (7.75%) Applications Engineer
5 20 (7.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (7.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 19 (7.36%) SQL Developer
7 16 (6.20%) Java Developer
8 13 (5.04%) Oracle Developer
8 13 (5.04%) PL/SQL Developer
8 13 (5.04%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 13 (5.04%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 13 (5.04%) Senior SQL Developer
9 11 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (4.26%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 10 (3.88%) Lead
11 9 (3.49%) Integration Engineer
11 9 (3.49%) Mid-Level Java Developer
11 9 (3.49%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (68.22%) JSON
2 89 (34.50%) HTML
3 79 (30.62%) REST
4 67 (25.97%) SOAP
5 41 (15.89%) Web Services
6 29 (11.24%) Regular Expression
7 27 (10.47%) CSS
8 25 (9.69%) RESTful
9 21 (8.14%) Spring
10 18 (6.98%) .NET
11 15 (5.81%) Hibernate
11 15 (5.81%) Spring Boot
12 14 (5.43%) jQuery
13 13 (5.04%) XSLT
14 9 (3.49%) ActiveMQ
14 9 (3.49%) Apache Camel
14 9 (3.49%) Middleware
14 9 (3.49%) WireMock
15 8 (3.10%) React
15 8 (3.10%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 47 (18.22%) Onboarding
2 31 (12.02%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (10.47%) Cloud Native
4 23 (8.91%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (5.81%) Data Structures
6 13 (5.04%) Low-Code
7 12 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.55%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.55%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.55%) W3C
10 3 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.16%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.16%) Semantic Web
11 2 (0.78%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.78%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.78%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (14.34%) Unix
2 10 (3.88%) Linux
3 4 (1.55%) Windows
4 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (33.33%) Agile
2 65 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (18.99%) CI/CD
4 44 (17.05%) ERP
5 43 (16.67%) AI
6 39 (15.12%) Test Automation
7 38 (14.73%) DevOps
8 37 (14.34%) Business Intelligence
9 35 (13.57%) API Integration
9 35 (13.57%) LLM
10 34 (13.18%) Data Analysis
11 33 (12.79%) SDLC
12 31 (12.02%) Mentoring
13 29 (11.24%) Data Modelling
14 28 (10.85%) Translating Business Requirements
15 27 (10.47%) Data Governance
16 26 (10.08%) Migration
17 25 (9.69%) Coaching
17 25 (9.69%) Software Testing
18 24 (9.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 140 (54.26%) SQL
2 100 (38.76%) Python
3 61 (23.64%) Java
4 57 (22.09%) JavaScript
5 41 (15.89%) PL/SQL
6 40 (15.50%) C#
7 35 (13.57%) Shell Script
8 15 (5.81%) T-SQL
9 12 (4.65%) PowerShell
10 9 (3.49%) VBA
11 8 (3.10%) ActionScript
11 8 (3.10%) Delphi
12 7 (2.71%) VB.NET
13 6 (2.33%) C
13 6 (2.33%) C++
14 4 (1.55%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.55%) ActionScript 3.0
14 4 (1.55%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.55%) Perl
15 3 (1.16%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 68 (26.36%) Degree
2 27 (10.47%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.10%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.16%) ISEB
6 3 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.78%) HNC
7 2 (0.78%) HND
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.78%) PMP
8 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.14%) QA
2 18 (6.98%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.43%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.88%) GDPR
5 7 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.94%) HL7
7 2 (0.78%) EMIR
7 2 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 25 (9.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (9.69%) Kubernetes
2 22 (8.53%) Single Sign-On
2 22 (8.53%) Terraform
3 9 (3.49%) Kibana
4 3 (1.16%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.78%) Ansible
5 2 (0.78%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 72 (27.91%) Oracle
2 33 (12.79%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.75%) Okta
4 16 (6.20%) SAP
5 10 (3.88%) MuleSoft
6 9 (3.49%) Dell
6 9 (3.49%) Dynatrace
6 9 (3.49%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.49%) Splunk
7 8 (3.10%) IBM
8 7 (2.71%) Informatica
8 7 (2.71%) SnapLogic
9 6 (2.33%) IFS
9 6 (2.33%) Talend
9 6 (2.33%) Workday
10 5 (1.94%) Epicor
10 5 (1.94%) Infor
10 5 (1.94%) Jitterbit
10 5 (1.94%) Software AG
10 5 (1.94%) TIBCO