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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 353 297
Rank change year-on-year -152 -56 -9
Permanent jobs citing XML 241 335 965
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.78% 0.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.59% 4.03% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 158 276 614
10th Percentile £40,350 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,750 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +1.29% -10.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,336 £88,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% -9.09% -2.22%

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 9,299 8,316 20,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.98% 19.40% 20.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,903 5,598 15,887
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,240 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +10.40% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,150 £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 29 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 29 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 -154 209 £65,000 +13.04% 78
UK excluding London -111 153 £67,500 +35.00% 55
Work from Home -15 106 £62,500 -7.41% 38
South East -67 66 £67,500 - 21
London -64 56 £63,750 -8.93% 34
North of England -53 33 £73,500 +51.55% 9
North West -6 22 £73,500 +46.84% 4
Midlands -25 22 £80,000 +47.21% 8
East of England -28 17 £55,000 +15.79% 4
West Midlands -33 12 £80,000 +49.01% 4
Yorkshire -57 11 £76,840 +104.91% 4
East Midlands -30 10 - - 4
South West -70 10 £31,500 -14.86% 9
Scotland -1 4 £72,500 - 2
Wales - 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 17 (7.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.07%) Apache
4 4 (1.66%) Confluence
4 4 (1.66%) JBoss
5 2 (0.83%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.83%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) SAS
6 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Oracle Retail
1 5 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.83%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.41%) Magento
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 72 (29.88%) Azure
2 45 (18.67%) Power Platform
3 44 (18.26%) AWS
4 23 (9.54%) SaaS
5 17 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.05%) Boomi
6 16 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (6.64%) GitHub
7 15 (6.22%) Serverless
8 11 (4.56%) Entra ID
9 10 (4.15%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (3.73%) Apigee
10 9 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.90%) GCP
13 6 (2.49%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.49%) Kong
13 6 (2.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.15%) Firewall
2 6 (2.49%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.66%) DNS
3 4 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.66%) Wireshark
4 3 (1.24%) AMQP
4 3 (1.24%) SSL
5 2 (0.83%) FTP
5 2 (0.83%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.41%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (0.41%) HTTP
6 1 (0.41%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.41%) Multicast
6 1 (0.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (17.01%) Power BI
2 35 (14.52%) SQL Server
3 27 (11.20%) Relational Database
4 24 (9.96%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (9.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 18 (7.47%) OLTP
6 13 (5.39%) Metadata
6 13 (5.39%) RDBMS
7 12 (4.98%) MySQL
8 10 (4.15%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.90%) GIS
10 3 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.24%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.83%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.83%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (12.03%) JIRA
2 16 (6.64%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.56%) Git
3 11 (4.56%) GitLab
4 10 (4.15%) JUnit
4 10 (4.15%) Selenium
5 7 (2.90%) ERwin
5 7 (2.90%) JMeter
5 7 (2.90%) Moq
6 6 (2.49%) Maven
7 5 (2.07%) Mockito
7 5 (2.07%) SpecFlow
7 5 (2.07%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.66%) Postman
9 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.24%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.24%) Ranorex
9 3 (1.24%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 88 (36.51%) Social Skills
2 76 (31.54%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (21.99%) Finance
4 23 (9.54%) Retail
5 17 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.39%) Marketing
7 12 (4.98%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.73%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.32%) Banking
9 8 (3.32%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.32%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.90%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.90%) Automotive
10 7 (2.90%) Electronics
11 6 (2.49%) Law
12 5 (2.07%) Front Office
13 4 (1.66%) Back Office
13 4 (1.66%) German Language
14 3 (1.24%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 81 (33.61%) Developer
2 49 (20.33%) Senior
3 33 (13.69%) Senior Developer
4 30 (12.45%) Analyst
5 27 (11.20%) Consultant
6 21 (8.71%) Architect
6 21 (8.71%) Software Engineer
7 19 (7.88%) SQL Developer
8 18 (7.47%) Oracle Developer
8 18 (7.47%) Senior Oracle Developer
9 16 (6.64%) PL/SQL Developer
9 16 (6.64%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
9 16 (6.64%) Senior SQL Developer
10 15 (6.22%) Lead
11 12 (4.98%) Java Developer
12 11 (4.56%) Applications Architect
13 10 (4.15%) Applications Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) C# Developer
13 10 (4.15%) Integration Architect
14 9 (3.73%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (59.75%) JSON
2 71 (29.46%) REST
3 68 (28.22%) SOAP
4 52 (21.58%) HTML
5 31 (12.86%) .NET
6 29 (12.03%) Middleware
7 27 (11.20%) Web Services
8 21 (8.71%) CSS
9 19 (7.88%) EDI
10 16 (6.64%) Spring
10 16 (6.64%) Spring Boot
10 16 (6.64%) XSLT
11 14 (5.81%) Node.js
11 14 (5.81%) RESTful
12 12 (4.98%) .NET Framework
12 12 (4.98%) React
13 11 (4.56%) OAuth
14 10 (4.15%) FIX Protocol
14 10 (4.15%) Kafka
15 9 (3.73%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.03%) Onboarding
2 25 (10.37%) Data Structures
3 17 (7.05%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.39%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (4.98%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.98%) Product Ownership
6 11 (4.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.73%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (3.73%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (2.90%) Acoustics
8 7 (2.90%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.90%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.90%) SCADA
9 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.66%) Robotics
11 3 (1.24%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.24%) NHS
11 3 (1.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.24%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.79%) Linux
2 22 (9.13%) Windows
3 12 (4.98%) Unix
4 8 (3.32%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.24%) Android
6 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) Debian
7 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (29.46%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (23.65%) Agile
3 44 (18.26%) Data Modelling
4 38 (15.77%) DevOps
5 37 (15.35%) CI/CD
6 36 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
6 36 (14.94%) ERP
7 29 (12.03%) CRM
8 28 (11.62%) Collaborative Working
8 28 (11.62%) Roadmaps
8 28 (11.62%) Software Engineering
8 28 (11.62%) Software Testing
9 27 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (11.20%) Migration
10 26 (10.79%) Decision-Making
11 25 (10.37%) API Integration
11 25 (10.37%) Customer Service
12 23 (9.54%) Microservices
12 23 (9.54%) Test Automation
13 22 (9.13%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 138 (57.26%) SQL
2 72 (29.88%) Python
3 51 (21.16%) Java
4 44 (18.26%) JavaScript
5 43 (17.84%) C#
6 21 (8.71%) PL/SQL
7 16 (6.64%) C++
8 14 (5.81%) PowerShell
9 12 (4.98%) Shell Script
10 11 (4.56%) T-SQL
11 9 (3.73%) Delphi
12 8 (3.32%) VB
12 8 (3.32%) XAML
13 7 (2.90%) Perl
13 7 (2.90%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.66%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.66%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.66%) Bash
14 4 (1.66%) VB.NET
15 3 (1.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (23.65%) Degree
2 24 (9.96%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.73%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.24%) AWS Certified Developer
6 3 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.41%) CISSP
8 1 (0.41%) GIAC
8 1 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.28%) QA
2 12 (4.98%) TickIT
3 11 (4.56%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.90%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.24%) HL7
6 3 (1.24%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.24%) SLA
7 2 (0.83%) EMIR
7 2 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (11.62%) Docker
2 15 (6.22%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.66%) vSphere
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 20 (8.30%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.90%) Terraform
3 5 (2.07%) Kibana
4 3 (1.24%) HP Fortify
4 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.83%) Ansible
6 1 (0.41%) QRadar
Vendors
1 57 (23.65%) Oracle
2 38 (15.77%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.15%) Palo Alto
4 9 (3.73%) Databricks
4 9 (3.73%) SAP
4 9 (3.73%) Splunk
5 7 (2.90%) IBM
5 7 (2.90%) Sparx
6 6 (2.49%) Cisco
6 6 (2.49%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.49%) F5
6 6 (2.49%) Juniper
6 6 (2.49%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.07%) Ariba
7 5 (2.07%) IBM Sterling
8 4 (1.66%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.66%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.66%) VMware
9 3 (1.24%) Okta
10 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow