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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 304 246
Rank change year-on-year -139 -58 +43
Permanent jobs citing XML 256 427 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.34% 1.01% 1.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.17% 4.62% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 149 341 641
10th Percentile £40,400 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year - -1.46% -10.23%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 8,083 9,252 19,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.72% 21.87% 22.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,912 6,609 15,181
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -153 217 £57,500 - 115
UK excluding London -113 168 £55,000 - 121
Work from Home -14 116 £57,500 -14.81% 55
London -64 66 £71,500 +10.00% 34
South East -76 62 £62,500 -3.85% 25
East of England +15 42 £55,000 +12.82% 9
Midlands -49 23 £45,250 -15.72% 18
North of England -79 23 £55,000 +15.79% 22
Scotland -12 13 £72,500 +49.40% 22
North West -46 12 £55,000 +15.18% 13
East Midlands -63 12 £50,750 -7.73% 8
West Midlands -5 11 £41,500 -2.35% 10
Yorkshire -54 9 £62,500 +66.67% 5
South West -52 4 £52,000 -12.97% 20
North East -24 2 £45,000 +28.57% 4
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 10 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.95%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.95%) JBoss
4 3 (1.17%) Confluence
4 3 (1.17%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.73%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.69%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.95%) Oracle Receivables
2 5 (1.95%) Shopify
3 3 (1.17%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.39%) Magento
5 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 63 (24.61%) Azure
2 50 (19.53%) AWS
3 41 (16.02%) Power Platform
4 20 (7.81%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (7.03%) GitHub
7 16 (6.25%) SaaS
8 15 (5.86%) Power Automate
9 14 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (5.47%) Serverless
10 13 (5.08%) Boomi
10 13 (5.08%) OCI
11 10 (3.91%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (3.52%) iPaaS
13 8 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (3.13%) Apigee
14 6 (2.34%) Kong
14 6 (2.34%) OpenShift
14 6 (2.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.52%) Firewall
2 7 (2.73%) FTP
3 6 (2.34%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (1.17%) AMQP
4 3 (1.17%) DNS
4 3 (1.17%) SSL
5 2 (0.78%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.78%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.39%) HTTP
6 1 (0.39%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (16.41%) SQL Server
2 37 (14.45%) Power BI
3 34 (13.28%) Relational Database
4 21 (8.20%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (6.25%) OLTP
6 14 (5.47%) MySQL
7 12 (4.69%) RDBMS
8 11 (4.30%) Metadata
9 10 (3.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (2.34%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.56%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.56%) GIS
11 4 (1.56%) Tableau
12 3 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.17%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.78%) Data Vault
13 2 (0.78%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
13 2 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (10.16%) Jenkins
2 19 (7.42%) JIRA
3 16 (6.25%) Git
4 12 (4.69%) Oracle Forms
4 12 (4.69%) Selenium
5 10 (3.91%) GitLab
6 9 (3.52%) JUnit
7 8 (3.13%) JMeter
7 8 (3.13%) SpecFlow
8 6 (2.34%) ERwin
8 6 (2.34%) Mockito
8 6 (2.34%) Postman
9 5 (1.95%) Axure RP
9 5 (1.95%) Maven
9 5 (1.95%) PowerBuilder
9 5 (1.95%) WebDriver
10 3 (1.17%) NUnit
10 3 (1.17%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 83 (32.42%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.48%) Finance
3 50 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.03%) Law
5 15 (5.86%) German Language
6 12 (4.69%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.91%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.52%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.13%) Legal
9 8 (3.13%) Retail
10 6 (2.34%) Banking
10 6 (2.34%) Front Office
10 6 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.56%) Publishing
12 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.78%) Billing
13 2 (0.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 94 (36.72%) Developer
2 49 (19.14%) Senior
3 23 (8.98%) Analyst
3 23 (8.98%) SQL Developer
4 22 (8.59%) Senior Developer
5 17 (6.64%) Java Developer
6 16 (6.25%) Oracle Developer
6 16 (6.25%) PL/SQL Developer
6 16 (6.25%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 16 (6.25%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
6 16 (6.25%) Senior SQL Developer
7 14 (5.47%) Applications Engineer
7 14 (5.47%) Consultant
8 12 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (4.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 10 (3.91%) C# Developer
9 10 (3.91%) Data Analyst
9 10 (3.91%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (3.91%) Lead
9 10 (3.91%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (67.19%) JSON
2 79 (30.86%) HTML
3 73 (28.52%) REST
4 63 (24.61%) SOAP
5 36 (14.06%) Web Services
6 32 (12.50%) Regular Expression
7 21 (8.20%) .NET
8 20 (7.81%) Spring
9 19 (7.42%) CSS
9 19 (7.42%) RESTful
10 16 (6.25%) Spring Boot
11 12 (4.69%) Hibernate
12 10 (3.91%) WinForms
12 10 (3.91%) XSLT
13 9 (3.52%) FIX Protocol
13 9 (3.52%) Node.js
14 8 (3.13%) FpML
14 8 (3.13%) Playwright
14 8 (3.13%) React
15 7 (2.73%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 52 (20.31%) Onboarding
2 31 (12.11%) Linux Command Line
3 24 (9.38%) Data Structures
4 18 (7.03%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (5.47%) Cloud Native
7 12 (4.69%) Low-Code
8 9 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (2.73%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.73%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.56%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.56%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.56%) SCADA
12 3 (1.17%) Reference Data
12 3 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.41%) Unix
2 19 (7.42%) Linux
3 9 (3.52%) Windows
4 3 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.73%) Agile
2 57 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (16.41%) AI
4 41 (16.02%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (16.02%) CI/CD
5 34 (13.28%) Data Modelling
6 33 (12.89%) DevOps
6 33 (12.89%) ERP
6 33 (12.89%) SDLC
7 32 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 32 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 30 (11.72%) LLM
8 30 (11.72%) Migration
8 30 (11.72%) Software Testing
9 27 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (8.98%) API Integration
10 23 (8.98%) Validation
11 22 (8.59%) Data Governance
12 21 (8.20%) Mentoring
13 19 (7.42%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 135 (52.73%) SQL
2 96 (37.50%) Python
3 58 (22.66%) Java
4 48 (18.75%) JavaScript
5 41 (16.02%) C#
6 34 (13.28%) PL/SQL
7 27 (10.55%) Shell Script
8 16 (6.25%) T-SQL
9 10 (3.91%) Delphi
10 9 (3.52%) VBA
11 8 (3.13%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.73%) C++
12 7 (2.73%) VB.NET
13 6 (2.34%) C
13 6 (2.34%) TypeScript
14 5 (1.95%) Perl
15 4 (1.56%) ActionScript
15 4 (1.56%) ActionScript 2.0
15 4 (1.56%) VB
16 3 (1.17%) VC++
Qualifications
1 67 (26.17%) Degree
2 28 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.13%) ISTQB
5 6 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.17%) ISEB
6 3 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.78%) HNC
7 2 (0.78%) HND
7 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.78%) PMP
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.55%) QA
2 18 (7.03%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.30%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.34%) GDPR
6 3 (1.17%) EMIR
6 3 (1.17%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.78%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (9.38%) Docker
2 23 (8.98%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 15 (5.86%) Terraform
3 13 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.34%) Kibana
5 3 (1.17%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.78%) Ansible
6 2 (0.78%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 68 (26.56%) Oracle
2 33 (12.89%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.47%) SAP
4 12 (4.69%) Okta
5 8 (3.13%) Splunk
6 7 (2.73%) Dell
6 7 (2.73%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.73%) IBM
6 7 (2.73%) MuleSoft
7 6 (2.34%) Cisco
7 6 (2.34%) F5
7 6 (2.34%) IFS
7 6 (2.34%) Intapp
7 6 (2.34%) Juniper
7 6 (2.34%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.34%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.34%) Sparx
7 6 (2.34%) Talend
7 6 (2.34%) Workday