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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 393 305
Rank change year-on-year -117 -88 -62
Permanent jobs citing XML 310 305 658
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.62% 0.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.59% 3.60% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 211 212 402
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -3.03%
75th Percentile £71,875 £75,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% 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 11,983 8,463 16,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.31% 17.29% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 5,410 10,431
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £68,513 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +5.40% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 22 September 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 18 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 22 September 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 -119 276 £60,900 +10.73% 387
UK excluding London -107 226 £55,000 +4.76% 185
Work from Home -47 132 £55,000 - 212
South East -63 66 £60,000 +9.09% 55
London -103 64 £75,000 +11.11% 231
Midlands -9 51 £55,000 +10.00% 29
West Midlands -16 44 £55,000 +10.00% 20
North of England -50 44 £68,750 +34.08% 35
South West -59 33 £31,500 +6.78% 15
North West -30 23 £70,000 +27.27% 24
Yorkshire -34 17 £63,076 +28.73% 8
East of England -60 12 £42,500 -22.73% 17
East Midlands -25 7 £45,000 -5.26% 9
Wales - 7 £55,000 - 7
Scotland -3 5 £63,750 +27.50% 23
Isle of Man - 5 £38,500 -
North East -64 4 £63,076 +40.17% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 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 17 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.84%) Oracle Workflow
3 12 (3.87%) CMS
4 11 (3.55%) Confluence
5 10 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (2.90%) Apache
7 6 (1.94%) IIS
8 3 (0.97%) SAS
9 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.65%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.32%) JBoss
Applications
1 13 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.61%) CorelDRAW
3 5 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (4.84%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (4.84%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (4.84%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (4.84%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 12 (3.87%) Elite 3E
3 11 (3.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (3.55%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (1.29%) NEC Housing
4 4 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.97%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.65%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.32%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.32%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 95 (30.65%) Azure
2 45 (14.52%) Power Platform
3 34 (10.97%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (9.35%) AWS
5 28 (9.03%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (6.77%) Power Automate
7 18 (5.81%) SaaS
7 18 (5.81%) Serverless
8 16 (5.16%) Boomi
8 16 (5.16%) GitHub
9 14 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (3.87%) PowerApps
11 11 (3.55%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (2.26%) GCP
12 7 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.94%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.48%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.58%) Wireshark
3 7 (2.26%) DNS
4 5 (1.61%) Intranet
5 4 (1.29%) Firewall
6 3 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.97%) VPN
7 2 (0.65%) FTP
8 1 (0.32%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.32%) HTTP
8 1 (0.32%) Multicast
8 1 (0.32%) Network Security
8 1 (0.32%) SSL
8 1 (0.32%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (20.32%) SQL Server
2 30 (9.68%) Power BI
3 26 (8.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 22 (7.10%) Relational Database
5 15 (4.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 15 (4.84%) Oracle Reports
6 13 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (3.55%) MySQL
8 7 (2.26%) Electronic Patient Records
8 7 (2.26%) Metadata
8 7 (2.26%) RDBMS
9 6 (1.94%) OLTP
10 5 (1.61%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.61%) GIS
10 5 (1.61%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.29%) Db2
11 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (10.00%) JIRA
2 28 (9.03%) Git
3 16 (5.16%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.52%) JUnit
5 13 (4.19%) JMeter
6 11 (3.55%) Postman
7 9 (2.90%) Selenium
8 8 (2.58%) Cucumber
8 8 (2.58%) GitLab
9 7 (2.26%) Moq
9 7 (2.26%) SoapUI
10 6 (1.94%) Mockito
10 6 (1.94%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.61%) Visual Studio
12 4 (1.29%) Maven
13 3 (0.97%) REST Assured
14 2 (0.65%) Bower
14 2 (0.65%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.65%) TestNG
14 2 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 98 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 94 (30.32%) Finance
3 80 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (11.61%) Public Sector
6 30 (9.68%) Retail
7 27 (8.71%) Manufacturing
8 25 (8.06%) Law
9 18 (5.81%) Legal
10 15 (4.84%) Electronics
10 15 (4.84%) General Ledger
11 14 (4.52%) Banking
11 14 (4.52%) Marketing
11 14 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (3.23%) Aerospace
12 10 (3.23%) Publishing
13 7 (2.26%) Automotive
13 7 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.26%) Health Technology
13 7 (2.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (30.65%) Developer
2 76 (24.52%) Senior
3 48 (15.48%) Analyst
4 38 (12.26%) Senior Developer
5 30 (9.68%) Support Analyst
6 29 (9.35%) Consultant
7 27 (8.71%) Lead
8 26 (8.39%) Architect
9 25 (8.06%) Applications Engineer
10 23 (7.42%) .NET Developer
11 22 (7.10%) Software Engineer
12 19 (6.13%) Web Developer
13 15 (4.84%) Senior Applications Engineer
14 14 (4.52%) .NET Web Developer
14 14 (4.52%) Operations Engineer
14 14 (4.52%) Senior Operations Engineer
15 13 (4.19%) SQL Developer
16 12 (3.87%) Author
16 12 (3.87%) Integration Architect
16 12 (3.87%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (48.71%) JSON
2 66 (21.29%) .NET
2 66 (21.29%) HTML
3 64 (20.65%) REST
4 58 (18.71%) SOAP
5 54 (17.42%) Web Services
6 45 (14.52%) CSS
7 43 (13.87%) .NET Framework
8 35 (11.29%) XSLT
9 30 (9.68%) Middleware
10 22 (7.10%) EDI
10 22 (7.10%) RESTful
11 21 (6.77%) Entity Framework
12 16 (5.16%) ASP.NET
12 16 (5.16%) jQuery
13 12 (3.87%) ASP.NET MVC
13 12 (3.87%) React
14 10 (3.23%) Google Maps API
14 10 (3.23%) Kafka
14 10 (3.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.77%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (5.48%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.19%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.19%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.19%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.87%) Taxonomies
5 11 (3.55%) Robotics
6 10 (3.23%) SCADA
7 9 (2.90%) Client/Server
7 9 (2.90%) Enterprise Cloud
8 8 (2.58%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.58%) NHS
9 7 (2.26%) Acoustics
9 7 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.94%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.61%) AS400
12 4 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.97%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.87%) Windows
2 34 (10.97%) Linux
3 24 (7.74%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.94%) Android
4 6 (1.94%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.32%) Debian
7 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (25.81%) Agile
3 61 (19.68%) DevOps
4 42 (13.55%) CI/CD
4 42 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (12.58%) Roadmaps
6 38 (12.26%) CRM
6 38 (12.26%) ERP
7 37 (11.94%) Mentoring
8 36 (11.61%) AI
8 36 (11.61%) Validation
9 34 (10.97%) Data Modelling
9 34 (10.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (10.97%) Workflow
10 32 (10.32%) Customer Service
10 32 (10.32%) Software Engineering
11 29 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (9.35%) User Acceptance Testing
12 27 (8.71%) Project Delivery
13 25 (8.06%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 179 (57.74%) SQL
2 82 (26.45%) JavaScript
3 65 (20.97%) C#
4 58 (18.71%) Python
5 43 (13.87%) Java
6 26 (8.39%) C++
7 22 (7.10%) PL/SQL
8 14 (4.52%) VB.NET
9 12 (3.87%) XPath
10 11 (3.55%) PowerShell
11 10 (3.23%) Shell Script
12 9 (2.90%) PHP
13 8 (2.58%) T-SQL
14 7 (2.26%) XAML
15 6 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (1.29%) Bash
16 4 (1.29%) Kotlin
16 4 (1.29%) VB
16 4 (1.29%) VBA
17 3 (0.97%) RPG
Qualifications
1 83 (26.77%) Degree
2 18 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.90%) Azure Certification
3 9 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.26%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.61%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.61%) HNC
6 5 (1.61%) HND
6 5 (1.61%) ISEB
6 5 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.61%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.97%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.65%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.32%) CISSP
9 1 (0.32%) GIAC
9 1 (0.32%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.00%) QA
2 21 (6.77%) Accessibility
3 20 (6.45%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.87%) TickIT
5 9 (2.90%) GDPR
5 9 (2.90%) WCAG
6 7 (2.26%) HL7
7 5 (1.61%) FATCA
8 3 (0.97%) CDISC
9 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.32%) Dublin Core
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
10 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (7.10%) Docker
2 4 (1.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.29%) vSphere
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.26%) Kibana
3 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.32%) Grafana
3 1 (0.32%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 96 (30.97%) Microsoft
2 45 (14.52%) Oracle
3 16 (5.16%) IBM
4 13 (4.19%) SAP
5 12 (3.87%) Google
6 11 (3.55%) IBM Sterling
7 9 (2.90%) Databricks
7 9 (2.90%) Splunk
8 7 (2.26%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.61%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.61%) Pega
9 5 (1.61%) VMware
10 4 (1.29%) NEC
10 4 (1.29%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.29%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.29%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.97%) Adobe
11 3 (0.97%) Ariba
11 3 (0.97%) Infor
11 3 (0.97%) Workday