XML
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 280 295
Rank change year-on-year -43 +15 -77
Permanent jobs citing XML 441 1,027 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 1.04% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.19% 4.88% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 367 632 919
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,350 £64,470
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -9.49% +16.92%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £78,232
90th Percentile £92,700 £87,500 £92,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 8,493 21,046 31,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.28% 21.40% 30.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,474 15,738 19,371
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,117
25th Percentile £50,509 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £79,900 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for XML in the UK

XML
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing XML.

Salary trend for XML in the UK

XML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 -17 425 £57,500 -4.17% 242
UK excluding London -29 292 £55,000 - 148
Work from Home +40 159 £67,500 +12.50% 168
South East +51 141 £65,000 +8.33% 38
London -21 125 £65,000 -7.14% 117
North of England +37 66 £50,055 -8.99% 28
North West +9 47 £50,055 -5.56% 13
Midlands -17 29 £53,688 -0.12% 24
South West +61 23 £42,250 -11.05% 19
East of England +30 23 £47,500 +18.75% 16
Yorkshire +54 18 £37,500 -31.82% 13
West Midlands 0 15 £42,500 -19.05% 9
East Midlands +21 14 £55,000 -8.33% 15
Scotland +2 6 £47,557 -15.56% 11
Wales +33 4 £65,000 +30.00% 10
North East +45 1 £35,000 -31.71% 2

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.72%) Confluence
2 12 (2.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 10 (2.27%) IIS
3 10 (2.27%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.36%) OpenEdge
5 5 (1.13%) Mule
5 5 (1.13%) WordPress
6 4 (0.91%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.68%) Apache
7 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.68%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.45%) CICS
8 2 (0.45%) CMS
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.23%) Sitefinity
9 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 50 (11.34%) NetSuite
2 15 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.49%) JDE OneWorld
3 11 (2.49%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (2.04%) Magento
5 8 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (1.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.68%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.68%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.68%) Q-Pulse
8 2 (0.45%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.23%) Odoo
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle iRecruitment
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 128 (29.02%) Azure
2 66 (14.97%) Azure DevOps
3 48 (10.88%) Azure Service Bus
4 47 (10.66%) Power Platform
5 35 (7.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 35 (7.94%) SonarCloud
6 33 (7.48%) Power Automate
7 30 (6.80%) AWS
8 27 (6.12%) PowerApps
9 25 (5.67%) GitHub
10 22 (4.99%) Boomi
10 22 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (4.76%) SaaS
12 20 (4.54%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (4.08%) Serverless
14 16 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (2.27%) Azure Functions
16 9 (2.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
17 7 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.17%) HTTP
2 13 (2.95%) FTP
3 11 (2.49%) Internet
3 11 (2.49%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.27%) SSL
5 6 (1.36%) Ethernet
6 5 (1.13%) VPN
7 4 (0.91%) DMARC
7 4 (0.91%) Firewall
7 4 (0.91%) LAN
7 4 (0.91%) WAN
8 3 (0.68%) DNS
8 3 (0.68%) RTP
8 3 (0.68%) SSH
9 2 (0.45%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.23%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.23%) SMTP
10 1 (0.23%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (27.21%) SQL Server
2 40 (9.07%) MySQL
2 40 (9.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 35 (7.94%) Elasticsearch
4 34 (7.71%) Power BI
5 24 (5.44%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.63%) OLTP
7 11 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.27%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.04%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.59%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.59%) Tableau
11 6 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (1.36%) Oracle ODI
12 5 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (1.13%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.91%) DB2
13 4 (0.91%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 104 (23.58%) Git
2 65 (14.74%) Visual Studio
3 40 (9.07%) Octopus Deploy
4 38 (8.62%) Team Foundation Server
5 36 (8.16%) JIRA
6 35 (7.94%) MSBuild
7 24 (5.44%) Jenkins
8 19 (4.31%) Postman
8 19 (4.31%) Selenium
9 14 (3.17%) MagicDraw
10 10 (2.27%) Oracle Forms
11 9 (2.04%) JMeter
11 9 (2.04%) JUnit
12 7 (1.59%) ClearCase
12 7 (1.59%) Rational DOORS
12 7 (1.59%) SoapUI
13 6 (1.36%) Eclipse
13 6 (1.36%) JDeveloper
13 6 (1.36%) Mockito
13 6 (1.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 147 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.43%) Finance
3 44 (9.98%) Retail
4 34 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.12%) Banking
5 27 (6.12%) Marketing
6 20 (4.54%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.81%) Local Government
9 7 (1.59%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.36%) Law
10 6 (1.36%) Military
10 6 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.13%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.13%) Front Office
11 5 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.13%) Legal
11 5 (1.13%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.13%) Publishing
11 5 (1.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 204 (46.26%) Developer
2 98 (22.22%) Senior
3 71 (16.10%) Senior Developer
4 56 (12.70%) Architect
5 45 (10.20%) Technical Architect
6 40 (9.07%) Analyst
7 38 (8.62%) Lead
8 27 (6.12%) Software Engineer
9 25 (5.67%) Consultant
9 25 (5.67%) Software Developer
10 24 (5.44%) Technical Consultant
11 22 (4.99%) Portal Developer
12 21 (4.76%) NetSuite Consultant
13 20 (4.54%) NetSuite Developer
13 20 (4.54%) Support Analyst
14 19 (4.31%) .NET Developer
14 19 (4.31%) Oracle Developer
14 19 (4.31%) SQL Developer
15 18 (4.08%) Senior Oracle Developer
16 16 (3.63%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (46.26%) HTML
2 202 (45.80%) JSON
3 157 (35.60%) .NET
4 123 (27.89%) CSS
4 123 (27.89%) REST
5 121 (27.44%) SOAP
6 91 (20.63%) ASP.NET
7 89 (20.18%) Web Services
8 57 (12.93%) .NET Core
9 52 (11.79%) .NET Framework
10 47 (10.66%) Bootstrap
11 37 (8.39%) React
12 35 (7.94%) AngularJS
12 35 (7.94%) gRPC
13 30 (6.80%) jQuery
13 30 (6.80%) Restlet
14 25 (5.67%) ASP.NET Web API
15 24 (5.44%) Middleware
16 21 (4.76%) Hibernate
17 20 (4.54%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.80%) Mobile App
2 27 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (2.95%) Data Structures
5 12 (2.72%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.49%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.49%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.49%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.59%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.59%) Robotics
8 7 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.36%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.36%) CMDB
9 6 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.13%) Blog
10 5 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.90%) Windows
2 20 (4.54%) Linux
3 14 (3.17%) Unix
4 10 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.91%) Android
5 4 (0.91%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.45%) AIX
6 2 (0.45%) CentOS
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
2 126 (28.57%) Agile
3 93 (21.09%) DevOps
4 76 (17.23%) Data Modelling
5 73 (16.55%) Microservices
6 67 (15.19%) Migration
7 65 (14.74%) API Integration
8 62 (14.06%) Project Management
9 59 (13.38%) MVC
10 57 (12.93%) Software Engineering
11 54 (12.24%) Workflow
12 51 (11.56%) Performance Optimisation
13 47 (10.66%) Test Automation
14 45 (10.20%) Design Patterns
14 45 (10.20%) SDLC
15 43 (9.75%) Code Quality
15 43 (9.75%) UML
15 43 (9.75%) User Experience
16 41 (9.30%) Software Testing
17 39 (8.84%) OO
Programming Languages
1 238 (53.97%) SQL
2 175 (39.68%) JavaScript
3 142 (32.20%) C#
4 57 (12.93%) Java
5 55 (12.47%) Python
6 27 (6.12%) PL/SQL
6 27 (6.12%) PowerShell
7 23 (5.22%) C
8 21 (4.76%) TypeScript
9 19 (4.31%) PHP
10 16 (3.63%) T-SQL
11 14 (3.17%) Ada
11 14 (3.17%) C++
12 13 (2.95%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.36%) Perl
13 6 (1.36%) R
13 6 (1.36%) VB.NET
14 5 (1.13%) Bash
14 5 (1.13%) VB
14 5 (1.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (9.07%) Degree
2 38 (8.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.49%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.13%) HNC
5 5 (1.13%) HND
6 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.45%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.62%) GDPR
2 18 (4.08%) QA
3 17 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.72%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.68%) PMO
6 3 (0.68%) SEPA
7 2 (0.45%) Dublin Core
7 2 (0.45%) EMIR
7 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.45%) MiFID
7 2 (0.45%) SLA
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (15.42%) Docker
2 6 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) KVM
3 2 (0.45%) Postfix
3 2 (0.45%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 22 (4.99%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.95%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.36%) Kibana
4 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.68%) Control-M
6 2 (0.45%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.45%) Grafana
6 2 (0.45%) Graylog
6 2 (0.45%) MAINVIEW
6 2 (0.45%) MIIS
6 2 (0.45%) Nagios
6 2 (0.45%) Nessus
7 1 (0.23%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.23%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.23%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 92 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 64 (14.51%) Oracle
3 15 (3.40%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.95%) IBM
4 13 (2.95%) MuleSoft
5 12 (2.72%) Adobe
5 12 (2.72%) Dell
6 9 (2.04%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.04%) New Relic
6 9 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.81%) Google
7 8 (1.81%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.81%) Splunk
8 6 (1.36%) Databricks
8 6 (1.36%) Talend
9 5 (1.13%) Screaming Frog
9 5 (1.13%) VMware
10 4 (0.91%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.91%) Informatica
10 4 (0.91%) Intapp