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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 309 276
Rank change year-on-year -162 -33 +7
Permanent jobs citing XML 255 405 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.96% 1.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.93% 4.78% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 157 338 639
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.46% -9.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,601 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £53,344 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.16% -3.01% -

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 8,692 8,481 20,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.82% 20.14% 21.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,347 6,479 15,736
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 25 April 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 14 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 25 April 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 -183 217 £64,169 +11.60% 96
UK excluding London -136 165 £62,500 +17.16% 89
Work from Home -45 113 £57,500 -14.81% 92
London -82 57 £70,000 +7.69% 24
South East -95 55 £67,500 - 30
East of England -16 38 £55,000 +15.79% 9
North of England -70 35 £73,500 +47.00% 17
Midlands -49 24 £54,000 +0.58% 12
North West -54 21 £73,500 +46.84% 8
Yorkshire -63 14 £73,420 +95.79% 7
East Midlands -59 13 £54,000 -1.82% 9
West Midlands -30 11 £61,500 +44.71% 3
Scotland -17 9 £72,500 +52.45% 5
South West -74 4 £31,500 -33.68% 12

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 16 (6.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.35%) JBoss
4 3 (1.18%) Confluence
4 3 (1.18%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.78%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) SAS
6 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 8 (3.14%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.78%) Shopify
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.39%) Magento
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 74 (29.02%) Azure
2 46 (18.04%) AWS
3 44 (17.25%) Power Platform
4 22 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (7.84%) GitHub
5 20 (7.84%) SaaS
6 19 (7.45%) Boomi
7 16 (6.27%) Entra ID
8 13 (5.10%) Serverless
9 12 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.53%) Apigee
11 9 (3.53%) OCI
12 8 (3.14%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.75%) iPaaS
14 6 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.35%) Amazon S3
14 6 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (2.35%) GCP
14 6 (2.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.92%) Firewall
2 6 (2.35%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (1.96%) FTP
4 4 (1.57%) DNS
4 4 (1.57%) SSL
5 3 (1.18%) AMQP
6 2 (0.78%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.78%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.39%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.39%) HTTP
7 1 (0.39%) Modbus
7 1 (0.39%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (16.08%) Power BI
2 37 (14.51%) SQL Server
3 31 (12.16%) Relational Database
4 23 (9.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (8.63%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (6.27%) Metadata
7 15 (5.88%) MySQL
7 15 (5.88%) OLTP
8 11 (4.31%) RDBMS
9 10 (3.92%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.75%) GIS
11 3 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.18%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.18%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.78%) Big Data
12 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
12 2 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
12 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (11.37%) JIRA
2 20 (7.84%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.31%) Git
3 11 (4.31%) GitLab
4 10 (3.92%) Selenium
5 8 (3.14%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (2.75%) ERwin
7 6 (2.35%) JUnit
7 6 (2.35%) Maven
8 5 (1.96%) JMeter
8 5 (1.96%) Postman
8 5 (1.96%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.96%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.18%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.18%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.18%) Mockito
9 3 (1.18%) Ranorex
9 3 (1.18%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.18%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 93 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 65 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (22.75%) Finance
4 16 (6.27%) Retail
5 13 (5.10%) German Language
5 13 (5.10%) Marketing
6 12 (4.71%) Law
7 11 (4.31%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.53%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.53%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.35%) Banking
10 6 (2.35%) Front Office
11 5 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.18%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.18%) Legal
12 3 (1.18%) Local Government
13 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (34.51%) Developer
2 54 (21.18%) Senior
3 32 (12.55%) Senior Developer
4 26 (10.20%) Consultant
5 24 (9.41%) Analyst
6 21 (8.24%) Architect
7 16 (6.27%) SQL Developer
8 15 (5.88%) Oracle Developer
8 15 (5.88%) PL/SQL Developer
8 15 (5.88%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 15 (5.88%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 15 (5.88%) Senior SQL Developer
9 13 (5.10%) Applications Engineer
9 13 (5.10%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.31%) Applications Architect
10 11 (4.31%) C# Developer
10 11 (4.31%) Lead
11 9 (3.53%) QA Engineer
11 9 (3.53%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.14%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (66.67%) JSON
2 76 (29.80%) SOAP
3 75 (29.41%) REST
4 64 (25.10%) HTML
5 30 (11.76%) Web Services
6 29 (11.37%) Regular Expression
7 25 (9.80%) Middleware
8 20 (7.84%) .NET
9 19 (7.45%) RESTful
10 16 (6.27%) EDI
10 16 (6.27%) Spring
11 14 (5.49%) CSS
11 14 (5.49%) Spring Boot
12 11 (4.31%) WinForms
12 11 (4.31%) XSLT
13 10 (3.92%) FIX Protocol
13 10 (3.92%) Node.js
13 10 (3.92%) OAuth
14 9 (3.53%) FpML
14 9 (3.53%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.82%) Onboarding
2 30 (11.76%) Linux Command Line
3 26 (10.20%) Data Structures
4 19 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.49%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (3.53%) Product Ownership
9 8 (3.14%) e-Learning
9 8 (3.14%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.75%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.75%) SCADA
11 6 (2.35%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.57%) Algorithms
13 3 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (1.18%) Driving Licence
13 3 (1.18%) Reference Data
13 3 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.73%) Unix
2 21 (8.24%) Linux
3 11 (4.31%) Windows
4 4 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.57%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) Debian
5 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (26.27%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (23.14%) Agile
3 43 (16.86%) Data Modelling
4 39 (15.29%) AI
4 39 (15.29%) DevOps
4 39 (15.29%) ERP
5 38 (14.90%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (14.51%) CI/CD
7 33 (12.94%) API Integration
8 32 (12.55%) Migration
9 29 (11.37%) Data Analysis
9 29 (11.37%) Roadmaps
10 28 (10.98%) Test Automation
11 26 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
11 26 (10.20%) Decision-Making
11 26 (10.20%) Software Testing
12 25 (9.80%) LLM
13 24 (9.41%) CRM
13 24 (9.41%) Validation
14 23 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 132 (51.76%) SQL
2 90 (35.29%) Python
3 56 (21.96%) Java
4 41 (16.08%) JavaScript
5 37 (14.51%) C#
6 26 (10.20%) PL/SQL
7 18 (7.06%) Shell Script
8 12 (4.71%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.31%) Delphi
10 10 (3.92%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.14%) Perl
12 7 (2.75%) TypeScript
12 7 (2.75%) VB
13 6 (2.35%) C++
13 6 (2.35%) VBA
14 4 (1.57%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.57%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.57%) Bash
14 4 (1.57%) VB.NET
15 3 (1.18%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 61 (23.92%) Degree
2 29 (11.37%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.31%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.96%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.96%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.18%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
6 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.55%) QA
2 14 (5.49%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.31%) TickIT
4 8 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.35%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.18%) EMIR
6 3 (1.18%) HL7
6 3 (1.18%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.18%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) GDPR
7 2 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (8.63%) Docker
2 20 (7.84%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.57%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 18 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.71%) Terraform
3 8 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.18%) HP Fortify
4 3 (1.18%) Kibana
5 2 (0.78%) Ansible
Vendors
1 63 (24.71%) Oracle
2 35 (13.73%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.31%) SAP
4 10 (3.92%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.14%) Databricks
5 8 (3.14%) Okta
6 7 (2.75%) Sparx
7 6 (2.35%) Cisco
7 6 (2.35%) F5
7 6 (2.35%) IBM
7 6 (2.35%) Juniper
7 6 (2.35%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.35%) Splunk
8 5 (1.96%) Ariba
8 5 (1.96%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.57%) Dell
9 4 (1.57%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.57%) VMware