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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 367 295
Rank change year-on-year -153 -72 -33
Permanent jobs citing XML 265 350 957
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.61% 3.92% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 179 261 615
10th Percentile £29,950 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -8.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,336 £85,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% -9.09% -3.51%

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 10,165 8,925 20,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.29% 18.16% 19.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7,600 5,903 15,100
10th Percentile £40,975 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -10.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -149 233 £59,000 +5.83% 74
UK excluding London -116 183 £58,000 +16.00% 57
Work from Home -39 117 £55,000 -18.52% 26
South East -34 79 £60,000 -9.43% 17
London -85 54 £58,000 -20.00% 21
North of England -32 32 £73,500 +47.00% 6
Midlands -13 26 £50,000 -9.09% 17
South West -58 25 £31,500 -25.44% 11
North West 0 21 £73,500 +33.64% 4
West Midlands -24 18 £45,000 -25.31% 9
East of England -39 12 £52,500 +10.53% 4
Yorkshire -35 9 £76,997 +105.33% 2
East Midlands -34 8 £55,000 +9.45% 8
Wales - 7 £55,000 -
Scotland +11 2 £72,500 - 3
North East -55 2 £67,500 +92.86%

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 17 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.02%) Confluence
4 7 (2.64%) Apache
5 6 (2.26%) CMS
6 4 (1.51%) SAS
7 3 (1.13%) JBoss
8 2 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.89%) CorelDRAW
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.15%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.51%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.75%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.38%) Magento
6 1 (0.38%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 79 (29.81%) Azure
2 42 (15.85%) Power Platform
3 39 (14.72%) AWS
4 23 (8.68%) SaaS
5 21 (7.92%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (6.04%) Boomi
7 15 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (4.91%) GitHub
10 10 (3.77%) Serverless
11 9 (3.40%) Apigee
11 9 (3.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (3.02%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.02%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.64%) GCP
14 6 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.26%) Azure Event Grid
14 6 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (2.26%) Kong
14 6 (2.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.91%) Firewall
2 8 (3.02%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.64%) DNS
4 6 (2.26%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.89%) Intranet
5 5 (1.89%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.13%) SSL
7 1 (0.38%) AMQP
7 1 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.38%) HTTP
7 1 (0.38%) Multicast
7 1 (0.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.60%) SQL Server
2 34 (12.83%) Power BI
3 28 (10.57%) Relational Database
4 26 (9.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.66%) MySQL
7 13 (4.91%) Metadata
7 13 (4.91%) OLTP
7 13 (4.91%) RDBMS
8 7 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (2.64%) Electronic Patient Records
8 7 (2.64%) Oracle Database
9 6 (2.26%) GIS
10 3 (1.13%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.13%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.75%) Power Query
11 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (11.70%) JIRA
2 17 (6.42%) Git
3 14 (5.28%) GitLab
3 14 (5.28%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.77%) Selenium
5 9 (3.40%) JUnit
6 7 (2.64%) ERwin
6 7 (2.64%) JMeter
6 7 (2.64%) Moq
7 6 (2.26%) Maven
8 5 (1.89%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.89%) Mockito
8 5 (1.89%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.89%) WebDriver
9 4 (1.51%) Postman
10 3 (1.13%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.13%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.75%) Bower
11 2 (0.75%) Zephyr
General
1 99 (37.36%) Social Skills
2 85 (32.08%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (22.26%) Finance
4 28 (10.57%) Retail
5 24 (9.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.04%) Manufacturing
7 13 (4.91%) Marketing
8 11 (4.15%) Electronics
8 11 (4.15%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.77%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.40%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.02%) Aerospace
11 8 (3.02%) Banking
12 7 (2.64%) Automotive
12 7 (2.64%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.89%) Publishing
14 4 (1.51%) Aviation
14 4 (1.51%) Back Office
14 4 (1.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (29.81%) Developer
2 45 (16.98%) Analyst
3 44 (16.60%) Senior
4 28 (10.57%) Consultant
4 28 (10.57%) Senior Developer
5 25 (9.43%) Architect
6 23 (8.68%) Support Analyst
7 21 (7.92%) Software Engineer
8 19 (7.17%) Lead
9 14 (5.28%) .NET Developer
9 14 (5.28%) Web Developer
10 13 (4.91%) Oracle Developer
10 13 (4.91%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 13 (4.91%) SQL Developer
11 11 (4.15%) Applications Engineer
11 11 (4.15%) Integration Architect
12 10 (3.77%) PL/SQL Developer
12 10 (3.77%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
12 10 (3.77%) Senior SQL Developer
13 9 (3.40%) .NET Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (58.11%) JSON
2 63 (23.77%) REST
3 62 (23.40%) HTML
4 59 (22.26%) SOAP
5 49 (18.49%) .NET
6 37 (13.96%) CSS
7 29 (10.94%) Middleware
8 27 (10.19%) .NET Framework
9 25 (9.43%) Web Services
10 16 (6.04%) EDI
10 16 (6.04%) Entity Framework
11 14 (5.28%) ASP.NET
11 14 (5.28%) RESTful
12 13 (4.91%) Node.js
12 13 (4.91%) XSLT
13 12 (4.53%) ASP.NET MVC
13 12 (4.53%) React
13 12 (4.53%) Spring Boot
14 11 (4.15%) jQuery
14 11 (4.15%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.81%) Data Structures
1 26 (9.81%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (4.53%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (4.15%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.15%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (3.40%) Enterprise Cloud
6 9 (3.40%) Robotics
7 8 (3.02%) SCADA
8 7 (2.64%) Acoustics
8 7 (2.64%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.64%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (2.64%) NHS
9 5 (1.89%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.89%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.09%) Linux
2 36 (13.58%) Windows
3 18 (6.79%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.26%) Unix
6 3 (1.13%) Android
6 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.38%) Debian
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (24.53%) Agile
3 44 (16.60%) Data Modelling
4 36 (13.58%) DevOps
5 34 (12.83%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (12.45%) CI/CD
7 31 (11.70%) Roadmaps
7 31 (11.70%) Software Engineering
7 31 (11.70%) Validation
8 30 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (10.57%) Collaborative Working
9 28 (10.57%) ERP
10 26 (9.81%) Customer Service
11 25 (9.43%) CRM
11 25 (9.43%) Integration Patterns
11 25 (9.43%) Software Testing
11 25 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (9.06%) Computer Science
13 22 (8.30%) Migration
14 21 (7.92%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 150 (56.60%) SQL
2 71 (26.79%) Python
3 68 (25.66%) JavaScript
4 58 (21.89%) C#
5 40 (15.09%) Java
6 22 (8.30%) C++
7 17 (6.42%) PowerShell
8 14 (5.28%) T-SQL
9 13 (4.91%) PL/SQL
10 12 (4.53%) Shell Script
11 9 (3.40%) PHP
12 8 (3.02%) XAML
13 6 (2.26%) VB
14 5 (1.89%) Bash
14 5 (1.89%) Delphi
14 5 (1.89%) Perl
14 5 (1.89%) TypeScript
15 4 (1.51%) VB.NET
16 3 (1.13%) Groovy
16 3 (1.13%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 69 (26.04%) Degree
2 22 (8.30%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.64%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.89%) HNC
5 5 (1.89%) HND
5 5 (1.89%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.51%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.51%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.13%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.75%) ISEB
9 1 (0.38%) CISSP
9 1 (0.38%) GIAC
9 1 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.38%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.43%) QA
2 13 (4.91%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.53%) TickIT
4 9 (3.40%) Accessibility
5 8 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.64%) HL7
7 4 (1.51%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.13%) CDISC
8 3 (1.13%) SLA
9 2 (0.75%) WCAG
10 1 (0.38%) EMIR
10 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (9.43%) Docker
2 15 (5.66%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.64%) vSphere
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 14 (5.28%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.89%) Kibana
3 4 (1.51%) Terraform
4 3 (1.13%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.38%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 66 (24.91%) Microsoft
2 41 (15.47%) Oracle
3 12 (4.53%) IBM
4 11 (4.15%) Databricks
4 11 (4.15%) Google
4 11 (4.15%) IBM Sterling
4 11 (4.15%) SAP
5 10 (3.77%) Palo Alto
5 10 (3.77%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.40%) Splunk
7 7 (2.64%) Sparx
7 7 (2.64%) VMware
8 6 (2.26%) Cisco
8 6 (2.26%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.26%) F5
8 6 (2.26%) Juniper
9 4 (1.51%) Ariba
9 4 (1.51%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.51%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.13%) McAfee