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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 270 222
Rank change year-on-year -108 -48 +26
Permanent jobs citing XML 296 679 799
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.99% 1.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.09% 4.81% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 182 429 574
10th Percentile £38,488 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -0.83% +0.83%
75th Percentile £74,688 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,875 £85,000 £88,750
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 7,241 14,109 13,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 20.53% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,243 8,586 11,375
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £108,750 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 23 November 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 23 November 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 -114 255 £55,000 -4.35% 116
UK excluding London -67 194 £55,000 - 97
Work from Home -17 128 £55,000 -15.38% 76
London -34 97 £70,000 +7.69% 39
South East -60 68 £55,000 -15.38% 32
East of England +52 58 £55,000 - 10
Midlands +19 21 £50,000 -3.85% 22
Scotland +31 20 £50,000 +11.11% 5
North of England -45 20 £45,000 -10.00% 19
West Midlands +40 15 £50,000 +17.65% 11
South West -5 8 £67,500 - 12
North West -13 8 £52,500 - 10
North East +20 6 £45,000 -6.74% 4
East Midlands +5 6 £47,500 -13.64% 10
Yorkshire -11 6 £43,250 +1.76% 5
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 6 (2.03%) Anypoint
2 5 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.35%) Confluence
4 3 (1.01%) IIS
4 3 (1.01%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.34%) Appian
6 1 (0.34%) CICS
6 1 (0.34%) FileNet
6 1 (0.34%) JBoss
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (3.38%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (5.07%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (4.05%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (2.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (2.36%) Shopify
4 3 (1.01%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.68%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.68%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 74 (25.00%) Azure
2 57 (19.26%) AWS
3 44 (14.86%) GitHub
4 36 (12.16%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (10.47%) SaaS
6 24 (8.11%) Serverless
7 23 (7.77%) Power Platform
8 21 (7.09%) Amazon EC2
8 21 (7.09%) Amazon ECS
8 21 (7.09%) Amazon EKS
9 20 (6.76%) Power Automate
10 17 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (5.41%) Entra ID
12 15 (5.07%) Boomi
12 15 (5.07%) OCI
13 12 (4.05%) iPaaS
14 10 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (3.04%) PowerApps
16 8 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
17 6 (2.03%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.38%) FTP
2 3 (1.01%) HTTP
3 2 (0.68%) Asterisk PBX
3 2 (0.68%) Multicast
3 2 (0.68%) RFID
4 1 (0.34%) DNS
4 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.34%) Modbus
4 1 (0.34%) SSL
4 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.34%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (19.26%) SQL Server
2 45 (15.20%) Relational Database
3 23 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (6.42%) RDBMS
5 17 (5.74%) Power BI
6 14 (4.73%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (4.73%) MySQL
7 11 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (3.38%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.36%) Electronic Patient Records
9 7 (2.36%) GIS
10 5 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.69%) Metadata
11 4 (1.35%) OLTP
12 3 (1.01%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.01%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.01%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.01%) Tableau
13 2 (0.68%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 40 (13.51%) Jenkins
2 25 (8.45%) Git
3 21 (7.09%) JMeter
3 21 (7.09%) JUnit
3 21 (7.09%) Mockito
4 19 (6.42%) JIRA
5 15 (5.07%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (3.04%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.36%) Postman
7 7 (2.36%) PowerBuilder
7 7 (2.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (2.03%) Axure RP
9 5 (1.69%) MSBuild
9 5 (1.69%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (1.35%) Selenium
11 3 (1.01%) NUnit
11 3 (1.01%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.01%) Subversion
12 2 (0.68%) SoapUI
General
1 80 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.54%) Finance
3 41 (13.85%) Law
4 36 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (9.12%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.08%) Retail
7 16 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (4.39%) Back Office
9 11 (3.72%) German Language
9 11 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.04%) Marketing
11 8 (2.70%) Legal
12 7 (2.36%) Health Technology
13 6 (2.03%) Advertising
13 6 (2.03%) Front Office
14 5 (1.69%) Automotive
14 5 (1.69%) Banking
15 4 (1.35%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.35%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 114 (38.51%) Developer
2 47 (15.88%) Senior
3 24 (8.11%) Analyst
4 21 (7.09%) Java Developer
4 21 (7.09%) Senior Developer
5 20 (6.76%) Consultant
6 19 (6.42%) Full-Stack Developer
7 18 (6.08%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 16 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
9 15 (5.07%) Applications Engineer
9 15 (5.07%) Mid-Level Java Developer
9 15 (5.07%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 14 (4.73%) Data Engineer
10 14 (4.73%) SQL Developer
11 13 (4.39%) Applications Support
11 13 (4.39%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 12 (4.05%) Integration Engineer
12 12 (4.05%) Lead
12 12 (4.05%) ServiceNow Developer
12 12 (4.05%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (69.93%) JSON
2 119 (40.20%) HTML
3 94 (31.76%) REST
4 58 (19.59%) Web Services
5 56 (18.92%) SOAP
6 52 (17.57%) CSS
7 28 (9.46%) .NET
8 27 (9.12%) Regular Expression
9 26 (8.78%) jQuery
9 26 (8.78%) RESTful
10 23 (7.77%) Spring
11 21 (7.09%) ActiveMQ
11 21 (7.09%) Apache Camel
11 21 (7.09%) Hibernate
11 21 (7.09%) Spring Boot
11 21 (7.09%) WireMock
12 14 (4.73%) ASP.NET
13 9 (3.04%) XSLT
14 8 (2.70%) FHIR
14 8 (2.70%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.84%) Onboarding
2 28 (9.46%) Cloud Native
3 27 (9.12%) Linux Command Line
4 21 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (4.39%) Low-Code
7 12 (4.05%) NHS
8 9 (3.04%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.69%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.69%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.35%) BYOD
11 4 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.35%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.35%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.35%) W3C
12 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.01%) Semantic Web
13 2 (0.68%) CMDB
13 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.81%) Unix
2 13 (4.39%) Linux
3 3 (1.01%) Windows
4 2 (0.68%) Debian
4 2 (0.68%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (36.82%) Agile
2 80 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (21.62%) DevOps
4 59 (19.93%) CI/CD
5 45 (15.20%) Test Automation
6 43 (14.53%) AI
7 39 (13.18%) ERP
7 39 (13.18%) SDLC
8 37 (12.50%) API Integration
8 37 (12.50%) LLM
8 37 (12.50%) Mentoring
8 37 (12.50%) Microservices
9 36 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
9 36 (12.16%) ETL
9 36 (12.16%) Workflow
10 33 (11.15%) Data Analysis
11 30 (10.14%) Computer Science
12 29 (9.80%) Data Integration
13 28 (9.46%) Problem Management
14 26 (8.78%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 149 (50.34%) SQL
2 109 (36.82%) Python
3 104 (35.14%) JavaScript
4 58 (19.59%) Java
5 56 (18.92%) C#
6 43 (14.53%) Shell Script
7 29 (9.80%) PL/SQL
8 17 (5.74%) C
9 10 (3.38%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.38%) T-SQL
10 9 (3.04%) VBA
11 7 (2.36%) VB.NET
12 6 (2.03%) C++
13 5 (1.69%) Perl
14 4 (1.35%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.35%) ActionScript 3.0
14 4 (1.35%) Objective-C
15 3 (1.01%) Bicep
15 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (1.01%) PHP
Qualifications
1 73 (24.66%) Degree
2 27 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.04%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.70%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.01%) ISEB
8 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.68%) HNC
9 2 (0.68%) HND
9 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.68%) PMP
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.08%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.41%) GDPR
3 12 (4.05%) ISO 9001
3 12 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.72%) QA
5 10 (3.38%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.70%) HL7
7 2 (0.68%) SLA
8 1 (0.34%) COBIT
8 1 (0.34%) DICOM
8 1 (0.34%) EMIR
System Software
1 42 (14.19%) Docker
2 15 (5.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 37 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.09%) Kibana
2 21 (7.09%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (6.76%) Terraform
4 3 (1.01%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.68%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 56 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 44 (14.86%) Oracle
3 27 (9.12%) ServiceNow
4 21 (7.09%) Dynatrace
4 21 (7.09%) Splunk
5 15 (5.07%) Okta
6 12 (4.05%) SAP
7 11 (3.72%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.70%) IBM
8 8 (2.70%) Informatica
9 7 (2.36%) Cisco
9 7 (2.36%) Dell
9 7 (2.36%) OpenAI
9 7 (2.36%) SnapLogic
9 7 (2.36%) Workday
10 6 (2.03%) Talend
11 5 (1.69%) Epicor
11 5 (1.69%) Infor
11 5 (1.69%) Software AG
11 5 (1.69%) TIBCO