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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 296 252
Rank change year-on-year -157 -44 +34
Permanent jobs citing XML 257 411 1,046
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 1.00% 1.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.15% 4.63% 5.37%
Number of salaries quoted 150 344 656
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,563 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £58,175
Median % change year-on-year - -1.16% -10.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £73,914
90th Percentile £77,625 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 8,169 8,878 19,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.56% 21.67% 22.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,986 6,576 15,338
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -155 220 £57,500 - 111
UK excluding London -134 167 £55,000 - 104
Work from Home -33 113 £57,500 -14.81% 58
London -52 67 £71,000 +10.94% 32
South East -84 59 £62,500 -3.85% 27
East of England +11 43 £55,000 +15.79% 10
Midlands -57 24 £45,250 -15.72% 17
North of England -87 24 £55,000 +15.79% 24
East Midlands -51 13 £50,750 -7.73% 11
North West -52 13 £55,000 +14.58% 15
West Midlands -15 11 £41,500 -2.35% 6
Scotland -22 11 £72,500 +49.40% 10
Yorkshire -53 10 £62,500 +66.67% 7
South West -51 5 £31,500 -47.28% 11
North East -25 1 £45,000 +28.57% 2
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 11 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.33%) JBoss
4 5 (1.95%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.56%) Confluence
6 3 (1.17%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.39%) Apache
8 1 (0.39%) CICS
8 1 (0.39%) CMS
8 1 (0.39%) IIS
8 1 (0.39%) SAS
8 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.33%) MS Visio
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 10 (3.89%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.95%) Shopify
3 4 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.17%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.39%) Magento
6 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 62 (24.12%) Azure
2 50 (19.46%) AWS
3 43 (16.73%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.00%) Entra ID
5 17 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (6.23%) SaaS
7 15 (5.84%) GitHub
7 15 (5.84%) Power Automate
8 14 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (5.45%) Serverless
9 13 (5.06%) Boomi
10 11 (4.28%) OCI
11 10 (3.89%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (3.50%) Apigee
12 9 (3.50%) iPaaS
13 8 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (2.72%) Amazon S3
15 6 (2.33%) Kong
15 6 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.50%) Firewall
2 7 (2.72%) FTP
3 6 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (1.17%) AMQP
4 3 (1.17%) DNS
4 3 (1.17%) SSL
5 2 (0.78%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.78%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.39%) HTTP
6 1 (0.39%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (17.51%) SQL Server
2 39 (15.18%) Power BI
3 36 (14.01%) Relational Database
4 20 (7.78%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (5.84%) OLTP
6 14 (5.45%) MySQL
7 13 (5.06%) RDBMS
8 12 (4.67%) Metadata
9 11 (4.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (2.33%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.56%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.56%) GIS
11 4 (1.56%) Tableau
12 3 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.17%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.17%) DynamoDB
12 3 (1.17%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 24 (9.34%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.17%) JIRA
3 15 (5.84%) Git
4 13 (5.06%) Selenium
5 11 (4.28%) GitLab
6 10 (3.89%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (3.11%) JUnit
7 8 (3.11%) SpecFlow
8 7 (2.72%) ERwin
8 7 (2.72%) JMeter
9 6 (2.33%) Maven
9 6 (2.33%) Postman
10 5 (1.95%) Mockito
10 5 (1.95%) WebDriver
11 4 (1.56%) Axure RP
11 4 (1.56%) PowerBuilder
12 3 (1.17%) Cucumber
12 3 (1.17%) NUnit
12 3 (1.17%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 85 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.40%) Finance
3 52 (20.23%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.00%) Law
5 15 (5.84%) German Language
6 11 (4.28%) Financial Institution
6 11 (4.28%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.50%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.11%) Legal
8 8 (3.11%) Retail
9 6 (2.33%) Banking
9 6 (2.33%) Front Office
9 6 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.56%) Publishing
11 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.78%) Local Government
12 2 (0.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 92 (35.80%) Developer
2 46 (17.90%) Senior
3 23 (8.95%) Analyst
4 22 (8.56%) SQL Developer
5 21 (8.17%) Senior Developer
6 16 (6.23%) Consultant
6 16 (6.23%) Java Developer
7 15 (5.84%) Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.84%) PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (5.84%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.84%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (5.84%) Senior SQL Developer
8 13 (5.06%) Applications Engineer
9 12 (4.67%) Lead
10 11 (4.28%) C# Developer
11 10 (3.89%) Architect
11 10 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (3.89%) Data Analyst
11 10 (3.89%) Integration Engineer
11 10 (3.89%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (66.15%) JSON
2 76 (29.57%) HTML
3 71 (27.63%) REST
4 61 (23.74%) SOAP
5 35 (13.62%) Web Services
6 32 (12.45%) Regular Expression
7 22 (8.56%) .NET
8 19 (7.39%) Spring
9 18 (7.00%) CSS
9 18 (7.00%) RESTful
10 16 (6.23%) Spring Boot
11 11 (4.28%) Hibernate
11 11 (4.28%) WinForms
12 10 (3.89%) FIX Protocol
12 10 (3.89%) Node.js
12 10 (3.89%) XSLT
13 9 (3.50%) FpML
14 8 (3.11%) Playwright
14 8 (3.11%) React
15 7 (2.72%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 52 (20.23%) Onboarding
2 31 (12.06%) Linux Command Line
3 26 (10.12%) Data Structures
4 18 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (5.06%) Cloud Native
5 13 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (4.67%) Low-Code
7 10 (3.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.89%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.11%) e-Learning
8 8 (3.11%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.56%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.56%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.56%) SCADA
10 3 (1.17%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (0.78%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.34%) Unix
2 19 (7.39%) Linux
3 9 (3.50%) Windows
4 3 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (27.24%) Agile
2 58 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (16.73%) AI
3 43 (16.73%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (14.79%) CI/CD
5 37 (14.40%) Data Modelling
6 33 (12.84%) Data Analysis
6 33 (12.84%) SDLC
7 31 (12.06%) DevOps
8 30 (11.67%) ERP
8 30 (11.67%) LLM
8 30 (11.67%) Migration
8 30 (11.67%) Test Automation
9 29 (11.28%) Software Testing
10 28 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (8.95%) Validation
12 22 (8.56%) Data Governance
13 21 (8.17%) API Integration
13 21 (8.17%) Mentoring
14 19 (7.39%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 134 (52.14%) SQL
2 95 (36.96%) Python
3 57 (22.18%) Java
4 47 (18.29%) JavaScript
5 43 (16.73%) C#
6 30 (11.67%) PL/SQL
7 24 (9.34%) Shell Script
8 17 (6.61%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.28%) Delphi
10 8 (3.11%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.11%) VBA
11 7 (2.72%) C++
11 7 (2.72%) TypeScript
12 6 (2.33%) C
12 6 (2.33%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.95%) Perl
14 4 (1.56%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.56%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.56%) VB
15 3 (1.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 67 (26.07%) Degree
2 28 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.11%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.33%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.17%) ISEB
8 3 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.78%) HNC
9 2 (0.78%) HND
9 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.78%) PMP
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.51%) QA
2 18 (7.00%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.89%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.33%) GDPR
6 3 (1.17%) EMIR
6 3 (1.17%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.78%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (9.34%) Docker
2 21 (8.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.17%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 20 (7.78%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.45%) Terraform
3 11 (4.28%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.95%) Kibana
5 3 (1.17%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.17%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.78%) Ansible
Vendors
1 65 (25.29%) Oracle
2 33 (12.84%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.45%) SAP
4 10 (3.89%) Okta
5 7 (2.72%) Dell
5 7 (2.72%) IBM
5 7 (2.72%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.72%) Sparx
5 7 (2.72%) Splunk
6 6 (2.33%) Cisco
6 6 (2.33%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.33%) F5
6 6 (2.33%) IFS
6 6 (2.33%) Intapp
6 6 (2.33%) Juniper
6 6 (2.33%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.33%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.33%) Talend
6 6 (2.33%) Workday