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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 407 290
Rank change year-on-year -123 -117 -65
Permanent jobs citing XML 298 282 631
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.58% 0.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.48% 3.40% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 188 190 386
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -2.83%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £78,563
90th Percentile £84,125 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -

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 12,026 8,292 15,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.10% 16.96% 21.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,430 5,297 9,582
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -107 266 £58,750 +6.82% 40
UK excluding London -103 211 £55,000 +2.33% 32
Work from Home -52 128 £55,000 - 24
London -93 71 £75,000 +7.14% 14
South East -75 65 £55,000 - 14
Midlands -10 52 £50,000 - 4
West Midlands -8 47 £50,000 - 4
North of England -55 32 £63,076 +30.73% 5
South West -50 31 £36,500 -30.48% 3
North West -24 16 £67,500 +28.57% 1
Yorkshire -28 12 £63,076 +68.20% 2
East of England -74 10 £42,500 -22.73% 2
Wales - 7 £55,000 -
Scotland -8 5 £63,750 +27.50% 2
East Midlands -37 5 £45,000 -5.26%
Isle of Man - 5 £38,500 -
North East -73 4 £63,076 +40.17% 2
Northern Ireland -78 4 - - 2

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 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.03%) CMS
2 15 (5.03%) Oracle Workflow
3 12 (4.03%) Confluence
4 9 (3.02%) Apache
5 6 (2.01%) IIS
5 6 (2.01%) SAS
6 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.67%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.67%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
Applications
1 12 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.68%) CorelDRAW
3 5 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (5.03%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (5.03%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (5.03%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (5.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 12 (4.03%) Elite 3E
3 11 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (3.69%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (1.34%) NEC Housing
5 3 (1.01%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (1.01%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.67%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle SCM
6 2 (0.67%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.34%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.34%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 80 (26.85%) Azure
2 38 (12.75%) Power Platform
3 27 (9.06%) AWS
3 27 (9.06%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (7.05%) Power Automate
5 20 (6.71%) Dynamics 365
6 19 (6.38%) SaaS
7 17 (5.70%) Serverless
8 15 (5.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (4.03%) PowerApps
10 11 (3.69%) Azure Functions
10 11 (3.69%) GitHub
11 8 (2.68%) GCP
12 7 (2.35%) Boomi
12 7 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.01%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.01%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (2.01%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.71%) TCP/IP
2 10 (3.36%) Wireshark
3 8 (2.68%) DNS
4 5 (1.68%) Intranet
5 4 (1.34%) Firewall
5 4 (1.34%) VPN
6 3 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.67%) FTP
7 2 (0.67%) HTTP
7 2 (0.67%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.34%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.34%) Multicast
8 1 (0.34%) Network Security
8 1 (0.34%) RTP
8 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (21.14%) SQL Server
2 23 (7.72%) Power BI
3 22 (7.38%) Relational Database
4 16 (5.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (5.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 15 (5.03%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (3.69%) MySQL
8 6 (2.01%) Db2
8 6 (2.01%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.01%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.01%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.68%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.68%) OLTP
10 4 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.34%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.01%) GIS
11 3 (1.01%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 31 (10.40%) Git
2 22 (7.38%) JIRA
3 19 (6.38%) JUnit
4 15 (5.03%) Jenkins
5 13 (4.36%) Postman
6 12 (4.03%) JMeter
7 8 (2.68%) GitLab
7 8 (2.68%) Selenium
8 7 (2.35%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.35%) Moq
8 7 (2.35%) SoapUI
9 6 (2.01%) Visual Studio
9 6 (2.01%) Zephyr
10 5 (1.68%) Mockito
11 3 (1.01%) Maven
11 3 (1.01%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.67%) Bower
12 2 (0.67%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.67%) TestNG
12 2 (0.67%) WebDriver
General
1 93 (31.21%) Finance
2 89 (29.87%) Social Skills
3 70 (23.49%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (16.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (12.42%) Public Sector
6 33 (11.07%) Law
7 28 (9.40%) Retail
8 27 (9.06%) Manufacturing
9 23 (7.72%) Banking
10 20 (6.71%) Legal
11 17 (5.70%) Electronics
12 15 (5.03%) General Ledger
13 14 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (4.70%) Publishing
14 11 (3.69%) Aerospace
14 11 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (3.36%) Financial Institution
16 9 (3.02%) Telecoms
17 8 (2.68%) Back Office
18 7 (2.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 87 (29.19%) Developer
2 73 (24.50%) Senior
3 46 (15.44%) Analyst
4 30 (10.07%) Senior Developer
4 30 (10.07%) Support Analyst
5 23 (7.72%) Applications Engineer
5 23 (7.72%) Lead
5 23 (7.72%) Software Engineer
6 22 (7.38%) .NET Developer
6 22 (7.38%) Architect
7 19 (6.38%) Consultant
7 19 (6.38%) Web Developer
8 15 (5.03%) Senior Applications Engineer
9 14 (4.70%) .NET Web Developer
9 14 (4.70%) Operations Engineer
9 14 (4.70%) Senior Operations Engineer
9 14 (4.70%) Test Engineer
10 13 (4.36%) Author
10 13 (4.36%) SQL Developer
10 13 (4.36%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (45.97%) JSON
2 65 (21.81%) .NET
2 65 (21.81%) HTML
3 54 (18.12%) REST
4 53 (17.79%) Web Services
5 46 (15.44%) CSS
5 46 (15.44%) SOAP
6 43 (14.43%) .NET Framework
7 35 (11.74%) XSLT
8 21 (7.05%) Entity Framework
9 20 (6.71%) RESTful
10 18 (6.04%) Middleware
11 16 (5.37%) jQuery
12 15 (5.03%) ASP.NET
13 13 (4.36%) EDI
13 13 (4.36%) React
14 12 (4.03%) Dagger
14 12 (4.03%) RxJava
15 11 (3.69%) ASP.NET MVC
16 10 (3.36%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.05%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (6.04%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.03%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.03%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.69%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.69%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.69%) Robotics
4 11 (3.69%) Taxonomies
5 10 (3.36%) SCADA
6 7 (2.35%) Acoustics
6 7 (2.35%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.01%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.68%) AS400
8 5 (1.68%) NHS
9 4 (1.34%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.34%) Blog
9 4 (1.34%) CMDB
9 4 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 43 (14.43%) Windows
2 32 (10.74%) Linux
3 25 (8.39%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.36%) Android
5 12 (4.03%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.67%) macOS
8 1 (0.34%) Debian
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (29.87%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (24.83%) Agile
3 57 (19.13%) DevOps
4 46 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (14.09%) AI
5 42 (14.09%) CI/CD
6 38 (12.75%) Mentoring
7 36 (12.08%) Validation
8 33 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (10.74%) Software Engineering
10 30 (10.07%) Workflow
11 29 (9.73%) ERP
12 28 (9.40%) CRM
13 27 (9.06%) Data Modelling
13 27 (9.06%) Process Improvement
13 27 (9.06%) Roadmaps
14 25 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (8.39%) Translating Business Requirements
15 24 (8.05%) Test Automation
15 24 (8.05%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 165 (55.37%) SQL
2 78 (26.17%) JavaScript
3 62 (20.81%) C#
4 52 (17.45%) Python
5 42 (14.09%) Java
6 27 (9.06%) C++
7 22 (7.38%) PL/SQL
8 15 (5.03%) VB.NET
9 12 (4.03%) XPath
10 9 (3.02%) PHP
10 9 (3.02%) PowerShell
10 9 (3.02%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (2.68%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.35%) XAML
13 5 (1.68%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.68%) VBA
14 4 (1.34%) Bash
14 4 (1.34%) RPG
14 4 (1.34%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 84 (28.19%) Degree
2 15 (5.03%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.36%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.35%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.01%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.68%) HNC
7 5 (1.68%) HND
7 5 (1.68%) ISEB
7 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.67%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.67%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.34%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.74%) QA
2 27 (9.06%) Accessibility
3 21 (7.05%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.36%) GDPR
5 9 (3.02%) WCAG
6 6 (2.01%) CDISC
7 5 (1.68%) FATCA
8 4 (1.34%) HL7
8 4 (1.34%) TickIT
9 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.67%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.67%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.34%) Dublin Core
11 1 (0.34%) GRC
11 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (7.05%) Docker
2 4 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.34%) vSphere
3 2 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 11 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.35%) Kibana
3 3 (1.01%) Grafana
4 2 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.34%) Ansible
5 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.34%) QRadar
5 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (30.87%) Microsoft
2 44 (14.77%) Oracle
3 16 (5.37%) IBM
4 12 (4.03%) Google
5 11 (3.69%) IBM Sterling
6 10 (3.36%) SAP
7 8 (2.68%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.68%) Splunk
8 7 (2.35%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.01%) Databricks
9 6 (2.01%) VMware
10 5 (1.68%) Pega
11 4 (1.34%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.34%) NEC
11 4 (1.34%) Red Hat
12 3 (1.01%) Adobe
12 3 (1.01%) Infor
12 3 (1.01%) McAfee
12 3 (1.01%) Workday
13 2 (0.67%) Thales