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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 304 281
Rank change year-on-year -167 -23 +1
Permanent jobs citing XML 259 407 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.97% 1.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.97% 4.80% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 160 339 646
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,688 £42,500 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,175
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.16% -6.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,402 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.41% -2.39% -

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 8,714 8,483 20,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.88% 20.26% 21.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,370 6,481 15,723
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,210
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 24 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 24 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 -173 221 £63,335 +10.15% 60
UK excluding London -145 168 £62,500 +16.41% 52
Work from Home -46 113 £57,500 -14.81% 47
London -70 58 £70,000 +7.69% 21
South East -95 55 £67,500 +1.89% 24
East of England -21 40 £55,000 +15.79% 2
North of England -80 36 £73,500 +47.00% 10
Midlands -44 24 £54,000 +0.58% 4
North West -45 21 £73,500 +46.84% 7
Yorkshire -65 15 £76,840 +104.91% 3
East Midlands -60 13 £54,000 -1.82% 3
West Midlands -21 11 £61,500 +29.47% 1
Scotland -20 9 £72,500 +52.45% 3
South West -75 4 £31,500 -33.68% 5

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 (6.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.32%) JBoss
4 3 (1.16%) Confluence
4 3 (1.16%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.77%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.77%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.77%) 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 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 8 (3.09%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.77%) 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 (28.57%) Azure
2 46 (17.76%) AWS
3 44 (16.99%) Power Platform
4 22 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (7.72%) GitHub
5 20 (7.72%) SaaS
6 19 (7.34%) Boomi
7 16 (6.18%) Entra ID
8 13 (5.02%) Serverless
9 12 (4.63%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.47%) Apigee
11 9 (3.47%) OCI
12 8 (3.09%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.70%) iPaaS
14 6 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.32%) Amazon S3
14 6 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (2.32%) GCP
14 6 (2.32%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.86%) Firewall
2 7 (2.70%) FTP
3 6 (2.32%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.54%) DNS
4 4 (1.54%) SSL
5 3 (1.16%) AMQP
6 2 (0.77%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.77%) 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 (15.83%) Power BI
2 39 (15.06%) SQL Server
3 32 (12.36%) Relational Database
4 23 (8.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (8.49%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (6.56%) Metadata
6 17 (6.56%) MySQL
7 15 (5.79%) OLTP
8 11 (4.25%) RDBMS
9 10 (3.86%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.70%) GIS
11 3 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.16%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.16%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (1.16%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.77%) Big Data
12 2 (0.77%) DTS
12 2 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.77%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (11.20%) JIRA
2 20 (7.72%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.25%) Git
3 11 (4.25%) GitLab
4 10 (3.86%) Selenium
5 8 (3.09%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (2.70%) ERwin
7 6 (2.32%) JUnit
7 6 (2.32%) Maven
8 5 (1.93%) JMeter
8 5 (1.93%) Postman
8 5 (1.93%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.93%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.16%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.16%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.16%) Mockito
9 3 (1.16%) Ranorex
9 3 (1.16%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.16%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 94 (36.29%) Social Skills
2 65 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (22.39%) Finance
4 16 (6.18%) Retail
5 15 (5.79%) German Language
6 13 (5.02%) Marketing
7 12 (4.63%) Law
8 11 (4.25%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.47%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.47%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.32%) Banking
10 6 (2.32%) Front Office
10 6 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.16%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.16%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.16%) Legal
12 3 (1.16%) Local Government
13 2 (0.77%) Billing
13 2 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (33.98%) Developer
2 54 (20.85%) Senior
3 32 (12.36%) Senior Developer
4 26 (10.04%) Analyst
4 26 (10.04%) Consultant
5 21 (8.11%) Architect
6 16 (6.18%) SQL Developer
7 15 (5.79%) Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.79%) PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (5.79%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.79%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (5.79%) Senior SQL Developer
8 13 (5.02%) Applications Engineer
8 13 (5.02%) Java Developer
9 11 (4.25%) Applications Architect
9 11 (4.25%) C# Developer
9 11 (4.25%) Lead
10 9 (3.47%) QA Engineer
11 8 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 8 (3.09%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (67.57%) JSON
2 78 (30.12%) SOAP
3 77 (29.73%) REST
4 68 (26.25%) HTML
5 32 (12.36%) Web Services
6 31 (11.97%) Regular Expression
7 25 (9.65%) Middleware
8 19 (7.34%) .NET
8 19 (7.34%) RESTful
9 16 (6.18%) EDI
9 16 (6.18%) Spring
10 14 (5.41%) CSS
10 14 (5.41%) Spring Boot
11 11 (4.25%) WinForms
12 10 (3.86%) FIX Protocol
12 10 (3.86%) Node.js
12 10 (3.86%) OAuth
12 10 (3.86%) XSLT
13 9 (3.47%) FpML
13 9 (3.47%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.31%) Onboarding
2 32 (12.36%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (10.42%) Data Structures
4 19 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.41%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (4.25%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (3.47%) Product Ownership
9 8 (3.09%) e-Learning
9 8 (3.09%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.70%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.70%) SCADA
11 6 (2.32%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.54%) Algorithms
13 3 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (1.16%) Driving Licence
13 3 (1.16%) Reference Data
13 3 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 37 (14.29%) Unix
2 21 (8.11%) Linux
3 11 (4.25%) Windows
4 4 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.54%) 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 68 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (22.78%) Agile
3 44 (16.99%) Data Modelling
4 41 (15.83%) AI
5 40 (15.44%) ERP
6 39 (15.06%) DevOps
7 38 (14.67%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (14.67%) CI/CD
8 33 (12.74%) API Integration
9 32 (12.36%) Migration
10 31 (11.97%) Data Analysis
11 29 (11.20%) Roadmaps
12 28 (10.81%) Test Automation
13 27 (10.42%) Decision-Making
13 27 (10.42%) LLM
14 26 (10.04%) Collaborative Working
14 26 (10.04%) Software Testing
15 24 (9.27%) CRM
15 24 (9.27%) Validation
16 23 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 134 (51.74%) SQL
2 93 (35.91%) Python
3 56 (21.62%) Java
4 41 (15.83%) JavaScript
5 36 (13.90%) C#
6 26 (10.04%) PL/SQL
7 18 (6.95%) Shell Script
8 12 (4.63%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.25%) Delphi
10 10 (3.86%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.09%) Perl
12 7 (2.70%) TypeScript
12 7 (2.70%) VB
13 6 (2.32%) VBA
14 5 (1.93%) C++
15 4 (1.54%) ActionScript
15 4 (1.54%) ActionScript 2.0
15 4 (1.54%) Bash
15 4 (1.54%) VB.NET
16 3 (1.16%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 62 (23.94%) Degree
2 29 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.25%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.93%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.93%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
6 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.77%) 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 (12.36%) QA
2 15 (5.79%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.25%) TickIT
4 8 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.32%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.16%) EMIR
6 3 (1.16%) HL7
6 3 (1.16%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.16%) SLA
7 2 (0.77%) GDPR
7 2 (0.77%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.77%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (8.49%) Docker
2 20 (7.72%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.54%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 18 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.63%) Terraform
3 8 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.16%) HP Fortify
4 3 (1.16%) Kibana
5 2 (0.77%) Ansible
Vendors
1 63 (24.32%) Oracle
2 37 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.25%) SAP
4 10 (3.86%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.09%) Databricks
5 8 (3.09%) Okta
6 7 (2.70%) Sparx
7 6 (2.32%) Cisco
7 6 (2.32%) F5
7 6 (2.32%) IBM
7 6 (2.32%) Juniper
7 6 (2.32%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.32%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.32%) Splunk
8 5 (1.93%) Ariba
8 5 (1.93%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.54%) Dell
9 4 (1.54%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.54%) VMware