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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 278 248
Rank change year-on-year -147 -30 +15
Permanent jobs citing XML 268 502 884
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.06% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.46% 4.76% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 153 352 565
10th Percentile £41,050 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,113 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

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 7,737 10,545 17,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.13% 22.24% 23.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,676 6,578 14,247
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,209 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +8.54% -9.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 25 February 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 25 February 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 -156 215 £57,500 -4.17% 127
UK excluding London -121 168 £55,000 - 112
Work from Home -13 121 £57,500 -14.81% 56
London -43 76 £70,500 +8.46% 32
South East -90 59 £56,250 -13.46% 47
East of England +23 41 £55,000 - 7
North of England -73 24 £55,000 +28.65% 27
Scotland -5 21 £52,500 +10.39% 7
Midlands -45 18 £43,750 -16.67% 16
North West -38 11 £55,000 +15.79% 21
East Midlands -47 11 £50,750 -7.73% 2
Yorkshire -43 9 £62,500 +56.25% 4
West Midlands -10 7 £40,000 -5.88% 14
South West -40 4 £66,250 -1.85% 9
North East - 4 £45,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 9 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.87%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.87%) JBoss
4 3 (1.12%) Confluence
4 3 (1.12%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.75%) IIS
5 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.37%) CICS
6 1 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.37%) FileNet
6 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
Applications
1 9 (3.36%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.37%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (6.72%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.87%) Shopify
4 3 (1.12%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.37%) Magento
6 1 (0.37%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (27.99%) Azure
2 53 (19.78%) AWS
3 46 (17.16%) Power Platform
4 27 (10.07%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (10.07%) Entra ID
4 27 (10.07%) GitHub
5 19 (7.09%) OCI
6 18 (6.72%) Power Automate
6 18 (6.72%) Serverless
7 15 (5.60%) Boomi
8 14 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (5.22%) SaaS
9 13 (4.85%) Amazon ECS
10 12 (4.48%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (4.10%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (3.73%) iPaaS
13 9 (3.36%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (2.24%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.61%) FTP
2 3 (1.12%) AMQP
2 3 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (1.12%) Firewall
2 3 (1.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.75%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.75%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.37%) DNS
4 1 (0.37%) Modbus
4 1 (0.37%) SSL
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.42%) SQL Server
2 39 (14.55%) Power BI
3 35 (13.06%) Relational Database
4 23 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (5.22%) MySQL
6 13 (4.85%) OLTP
7 12 (4.48%) RDBMS
8 9 (3.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.61%) Metadata
11 6 (2.24%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.87%) Oracle Database
13 4 (1.49%) Tableau
14 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (1.12%) Data Mining
14 3 (1.12%) Electronic Patient Records
14 3 (1.12%) GIS
15 2 (0.75%) DataStage
15 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (13.43%) Jenkins
2 18 (6.72%) Oracle Forms
3 16 (5.97%) Git
3 16 (5.97%) JIRA
4 12 (4.48%) JUnit
4 12 (4.48%) Selenium
5 11 (4.10%) JMeter
6 9 (3.36%) Mockito
7 8 (2.99%) Postman
8 7 (2.61%) GitLab
8 7 (2.61%) PowerBuilder
8 7 (2.61%) SpecFlow
9 6 (2.24%) Axure RP
10 5 (1.87%) Maven
11 4 (1.49%) WebDriver
12 3 (1.12%) ERwin
12 3 (1.12%) NUnit
12 3 (1.12%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.75%) Oracle APEX
General
1 80 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.90%) Finance
3 46 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.96%) Law
5 17 (6.34%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.60%) German Language
7 10 (3.73%) Retail
8 8 (2.99%) Legal
9 7 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.24%) Banking
10 6 (2.24%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.24%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.87%) Front Office
12 4 (1.49%) Advertising
12 4 (1.49%) Marketing
12 4 (1.49%) Publishing
13 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.12%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.12%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 103 (38.43%) Developer
2 56 (20.90%) Senior
3 25 (9.33%) Analyst
3 25 (9.33%) Senior Developer
4 20 (7.46%) Java Developer
4 20 (7.46%) SQL Developer
5 18 (6.72%) Applications Engineer
5 18 (6.72%) Cloud Engineer
5 18 (6.72%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 13 (4.85%) Oracle Developer
6 13 (4.85%) PL/SQL Developer
6 13 (4.85%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 13 (4.85%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
6 13 (4.85%) Senior SQL Developer
7 11 (4.10%) Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (4.10%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 11 (4.10%) Lead
8 10 (3.73%) Consultant
8 10 (3.73%) Data Analyst
8 10 (3.73%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (69.03%) JSON
2 85 (31.72%) HTML
3 78 (29.10%) REST
4 65 (24.25%) SOAP
5 42 (15.67%) Web Services
6 29 (10.82%) Regular Expression
7 25 (9.33%) CSS
7 25 (9.33%) RESTful
8 23 (8.58%) Spring
9 22 (8.21%) .NET
10 19 (7.09%) Spring Boot
11 15 (5.60%) Hibernate
12 12 (4.48%) jQuery
13 11 (4.10%) XSLT
14 9 (3.36%) ActiveMQ
14 9 (3.36%) Apache Camel
14 9 (3.36%) Middleware
14 9 (3.36%) Node.js
14 9 (3.36%) React
14 9 (3.36%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.66%) Onboarding
2 31 (11.57%) Linux Command Line
3 23 (8.58%) Cloud Native
4 21 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (7.09%) Data Structures
6 14 (5.22%) Low-Code
7 13 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.61%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.49%) e-Learning
12 3 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.12%) Reference Data
12 3 (1.12%) SCADA
12 3 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 2 (0.75%) DataPower
13 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.55%) Unix
2 13 (4.85%) Linux
3 7 (2.61%) Windows
4 1 (0.37%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (31.72%) Agile
2 60 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (19.03%) CI/CD
4 44 (16.42%) AI
5 42 (15.67%) Business Intelligence
5 42 (15.67%) ERP
6 40 (14.93%) DevOps
7 38 (14.18%) Test Automation
8 35 (13.06%) SDLC
9 34 (12.69%) Data Modelling
10 33 (12.31%) Data Analysis
10 33 (12.31%) LLM
11 32 (11.94%) Migration
12 30 (11.19%) API Integration
12 30 (11.19%) Mentoring
13 27 (10.07%) Data Governance
13 27 (10.07%) Software Testing
14 25 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (9.33%) Translating Business Requirements
14 25 (9.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 144 (53.73%) SQL
2 102 (38.06%) Python
3 67 (25.00%) Java
4 56 (20.90%) JavaScript
5 44 (16.42%) C#
6 39 (14.55%) PL/SQL
7 33 (12.31%) Shell Script
8 15 (5.60%) T-SQL
9 13 (4.85%) PowerShell
10 10 (3.73%) VBA
11 9 (3.36%) Delphi
11 9 (3.36%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.61%) ActionScript
13 6 (2.24%) C
13 6 (2.24%) C++
14 5 (1.87%) TypeScript
15 4 (1.49%) ActionScript 2.0
15 4 (1.49%) Perl
16 3 (1.12%) Objective-C
16 3 (1.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (25.37%) Degree
2 26 (9.70%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (2.99%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.12%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.12%) ISEB
5 3 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.75%) HNC
6 2 (0.75%) HND
6 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.75%) PMP
7 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.70%) QA
2 17 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.60%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.99%) GDPR
4 8 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.12%) HL7
5 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.75%) EMIR
6 2 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (10.45%) Docker
2 26 (9.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (9.70%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.58%) Terraform
3 19 (7.09%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.36%) Kibana
5 3 (1.12%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.75%) Ansible
6 2 (0.75%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 72 (26.87%) Oracle
2 36 (13.43%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.72%) Okta
4 15 (5.60%) SAP
5 10 (3.73%) Dynatrace
6 9 (3.36%) MuleSoft
6 9 (3.36%) Splunk
7 8 (2.99%) Dell
8 7 (2.61%) IBM
8 7 (2.61%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.24%) Databricks
9 6 (2.24%) IFS
9 6 (2.24%) Informatica
9 6 (2.24%) Intapp
9 6 (2.24%) SnapLogic
9 6 (2.24%) Talend
9 6 (2.24%) Workday
10 5 (1.87%) Epicor
10 5 (1.87%) Jitterbit
10 5 (1.87%) TIBCO