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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 299 264
Rank change year-on-year -94 -35 -3
Permanent jobs citing XML 365 932 1,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.94% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.68% 4.68% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 277 598 858
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,750 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -8.33% +9.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,542
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £89,897
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,750 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.09% -4.35% +9.52%

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 9,927 19,895 23,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.43% 19.99% 27.83%
Number of salaries quoted 6,025 14,579 16,591
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +4.25%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -85 352 £56,000 -3.45% 322
UK excluding London -99 242 £52,750 -4.09% 223
Work from Home -46 154 £65,000 +8.33% 180
South East -4 115 £65,000 +8.33% 69
London -23 106 £70,000 - 146
East of England +8 39 £47,500 +25.83% 30
North of England -51 36 £50,055 -8.99% 32
South West +43 27 £42,250 -11.05% 33
North West -50 23 £50,055 -8.99% 19
Midlands +5 20 £55,000 - 33
West Midlands -1 13 £60,250 +9.55% 18
Yorkshire +10 10 £43,250 -21.36% 10
East Midlands +31 7 £50,250 -16.25% 15
Scotland -10 5 - - 8
North East +33 3 £35,000 -31.71% 3
Wales +25 2 £65,000 - 12

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 18 (4.93%) IIS
2 12 (3.29%) Tomcat
3 5 (1.37%) OpenEdge
3 5 (1.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (1.37%) WordPress
4 4 (1.10%) Mule
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.10%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.82%) Confluence
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle Coherence
6 2 (0.55%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.55%) CMS
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Service Bus
6 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) JBoss
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 16 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (6.85%) NetSuite
2 14 (3.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (3.01%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (3.01%) JDE OneWorld
4 7 (1.92%) Q-Pulse
5 5 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.82%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.82%) Magento
8 2 (0.55%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle HRMS
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle iRecruitment
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 104 (28.49%) Azure
2 40 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
2 40 (10.96%) SaaS
3 38 (10.41%) AWS
4 35 (9.59%) Azure Service Bus
5 33 (9.04%) Power Platform
6 30 (8.22%) GitHub
7 27 (7.40%) Power Automate
8 26 (7.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 26 (7.12%) SonarCloud
9 24 (6.58%) Dynamics 365
10 23 (6.30%) Serverless
11 22 (6.03%) Boomi
12 17 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (4.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (4.38%) PowerApps
14 13 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (3.56%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (3.56%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.56%) FTP
1 13 (3.56%) SSL
2 9 (2.47%) DMARC
3 5 (1.37%) HTTP
3 5 (1.37%) Internet
4 3 (0.82%) Asterisk PBX
4 3 (0.82%) Multicast
4 3 (0.82%) RTP
5 2 (0.55%) RFID
6 1 (0.27%) DNS
6 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.27%) SMTP
6 1 (0.27%) SSH
6 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.27%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (27.40%) SQL Server
2 36 (9.86%) Relational Database
3 28 (7.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 26 (7.12%) Elasticsearch
4 26 (7.12%) Power BI
5 25 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (6.58%) MySQL
7 16 (4.38%) RDBMS
7 16 (4.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.47%) OLTP
9 8 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.19%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.37%) GIS
11 4 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.10%) Metadata
12 3 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.55%) DB2
13 2 (0.55%) Endeca
13 2 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 88 (24.11%) Git
2 42 (11.51%) Visual Studio
3 29 (7.95%) Team Foundation Server
4 28 (7.67%) JIRA
4 28 (7.67%) Octopus Deploy
5 26 (7.12%) MSBuild
6 24 (6.58%) Jenkins
7 16 (4.38%) JMeter
7 16 (4.38%) JUnit
8 13 (3.56%) Mockito
9 8 (2.19%) Postman
10 7 (1.92%) ClearCase
10 7 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
11 6 (1.64%) SoapUI
12 4 (1.10%) Bitbucket
12 4 (1.10%) Selenium
13 3 (0.82%) Eclipse
14 2 (0.55%) Maven
14 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 2 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 113 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 34 (9.32%) Finance
3 32 (8.77%) Retail
4 29 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.30%) Marketing
7 20 (5.48%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.84%) Law
9 13 (3.56%) Back Office
9 13 (3.56%) Banking
10 12 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.74%) Front Office
12 9 (2.47%) Czech Language
12 9 (2.47%) Local Government
12 9 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.19%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.92%) Aviation
14 7 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.92%) Military
15 5 (1.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 160 (43.84%) Developer
2 58 (15.89%) Senior
3 41 (11.23%) Senior Developer
4 38 (10.41%) Architect
5 36 (9.86%) Analyst
6 29 (7.95%) Lead
7 28 (7.67%) Technical Architect
8 24 (6.58%) .NET Developer
8 24 (6.58%) Support Analyst
9 23 (6.30%) C# Developer
10 22 (6.03%) SQL Developer
11 21 (5.75%) NetSuite Developer
12 19 (5.21%) Java Developer
12 19 (5.21%) Software Engineer
13 18 (4.93%) Full-Stack Developer
14 17 (4.66%) Consultant
15 15 (4.11%) C# .NET Developer
15 15 (4.11%) Software Team Leader
15 15 (4.11%) Team Leader
16 14 (3.84%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (54.52%) JSON
2 144 (39.45%) HTML
3 129 (35.34%) REST
4 111 (30.41%) .NET
5 96 (26.30%) CSS
6 88 (24.11%) SOAP
7 87 (23.84%) Web Services
8 58 (15.89%) ASP.NET
9 32 (8.77%) .NET Core
9 32 (8.77%) Bootstrap
10 31 (8.49%) .NET Framework
10 31 (8.49%) jQuery
11 28 (7.67%) Hibernate
12 26 (7.12%) gRPC
13 24 (6.58%) Middleware
14 21 (5.75%) ASP.NET Web API
15 20 (5.48%) Spring
16 18 (4.93%) AngularJS
16 18 (4.93%) OAuth
17 17 (4.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.03%) Mobile App
2 21 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.84%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (3.56%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.56%) NHS
6 11 (3.01%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.01%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.47%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.19%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.92%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.92%) e-Learning
10 7 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.92%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.64%) BYOD
12 5 (1.37%) Blog
13 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.10%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.93%) Linux
2 16 (4.38%) Windows
3 15 (4.11%) Unix
4 3 (0.82%) Debian
4 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.27%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (33.15%) Agile
2 109 (29.86%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (22.19%) DevOps
4 71 (19.45%) Microservices
5 50 (13.70%) Software Engineering
6 46 (12.60%) Migration
6 46 (12.60%) Workflow
7 44 (12.05%) MVC
8 43 (11.78%) CRM
9 41 (11.23%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (10.68%) Performance Optimisation
10 39 (10.68%) User Experience
11 38 (10.41%) Project Management
12 37 (10.14%) API Integration
13 36 (9.86%) Data Integration
13 36 (9.86%) SDLC
14 35 (9.59%) CI/CD
14 35 (9.59%) Code Quality
14 35 (9.59%) Data Modelling
14 35 (9.59%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 217 (59.45%) SQL
2 142 (38.90%) JavaScript
3 117 (32.05%) C#
4 62 (16.99%) Java
5 48 (13.15%) Python
6 28 (7.67%) C
7 23 (6.30%) PL/SQL
8 21 (5.75%) Shell Script
9 19 (5.21%) T-SQL
10 18 (4.93%) PowerShell
11 14 (3.84%) Ada
12 10 (2.74%) PHP
13 9 (2.47%) TypeScript
13 9 (2.47%) VBA
14 6 (1.64%) VB.NET
15 5 (1.37%) SPARQL
15 5 (1.37%) XQuery
16 4 (1.10%) Bash
16 4 (1.10%) C++
16 4 (1.10%) OpenEdge ABL
Qualifications
1 50 (13.70%) Degree
2 29 (7.95%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.37%) HNC
5 5 (1.37%) HND
6 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.82%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.55%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.95%) GDPR
1 29 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (4.11%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.29%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.29%) ISO 9001
4 11 (3.01%) QA
5 3 (0.82%) SLA
6 2 (0.55%) Dublin Core
6 2 (0.55%) HL7
7 1 (0.27%) COBIT
7 1 (0.27%) DICOM
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) SEPA
7 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (15.89%) Docker
2 11 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.48%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (3.56%) Kibana
4 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.82%) Terraform
6 2 (0.55%) Graylog
7 1 (0.27%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.27%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 84 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 50 (13.70%) Oracle
3 20 (5.48%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.38%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.11%) Splunk
6 13 (3.56%) Dynatrace
6 13 (3.56%) MuleSoft
7 11 (3.01%) Dell
8 8 (2.19%) Trayport
9 7 (1.92%) Talend
10 5 (1.37%) Adobe
10 5 (1.37%) Cisco
10 5 (1.37%) Databricks
10 5 (1.37%) Google
10 5 (1.37%) Screaming Frog
11 4 (1.10%) IBM
11 4 (1.10%) Informatica
12 3 (0.82%) New Relic
12 3 (0.82%) Pega
12 3 (0.82%) Progress