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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 381 291
Rank change year-on-year -112 -90 -27
Permanent jobs citing XML 253 332 996
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.72% 0.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.57% 3.79% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 170 259 631
10th Percentile £40,075 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,402 £85,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -4.76% -8.70%

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 9,840 8,760 21,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.31% 18.95% 20.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,373 5,766 16,159
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +10.83% -10.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £79,500
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 28 June 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 28 June 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 £62,500 +4.17% 76
UK excluding London -115 161 £62,500 +25.00% 68
Work from Home -27 107 £55,000 -18.52% 38
South East -49 74 £63,750 -5.56% 26
London -65 59 £58,000 -18.60% 24
North of England -55 30 £73,500 +48.48% 7
North West -1 20 £73,500 +33.64% 5
South West -75 19 £43,000 -9.47% 10
Midlands -31 18 £80,000 +39.13% 13
East of England -28 12 £52,500 +10.53% 5
West Midlands -19 11 £80,000 +30.35% 4
Yorkshire -40 9 £76,997 +105.33% 2
East Midlands -18 7 - - 9
Wales - 6 - - 2
Scotland +18 2 £72,500 - 5
North East -46 1 £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 (6.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.37%) Apache
3 6 (2.37%) Confluence
4 5 (1.98%) CMS
5 4 (1.58%) SAS
6 3 (1.19%) JBoss
7 2 (0.79%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.98%) CorelDRAW
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.35%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.58%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.79%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.40%) Magento
6 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 78 (30.83%) Azure
2 45 (17.79%) Power Platform
3 39 (15.42%) AWS
4 23 (9.09%) SaaS
5 21 (8.30%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (6.32%) Boomi
7 15 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (5.14%) GitHub
10 11 (4.35%) Serverless
11 9 (3.56%) Apigee
11 9 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (3.16%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.16%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.77%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (2.77%) GCP
14 6 (2.37%) Azure Event Grid
14 6 (2.37%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (2.37%) Kong
14 6 (2.37%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.74%) Firewall
2 6 (2.37%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (2.37%) DNS
3 5 (1.98%) Intranet
4 4 (1.58%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.58%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.19%) SSL
6 2 (0.79%) AMQP
6 2 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.40%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.40%) HTTP
7 1 (0.40%) Multicast
7 1 (0.40%) Network Security
7 1 (0.40%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (14.62%) Power BI
2 34 (13.44%) SQL Server
3 30 (11.86%) Relational Database
4 25 (9.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (8.30%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.93%) OLTP
7 14 (5.53%) MySQL
8 13 (5.14%) Metadata
8 13 (5.14%) RDBMS
9 9 (3.56%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.77%) GIS
11 6 (2.37%) Electronic Patient Records
12 5 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (1.19%) Data Lake
13 3 (1.19%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.79%) Oracle BI EE
14 2 (0.79%) Oracle ODI
14 2 (0.79%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 31 (12.25%) JIRA
2 16 (6.32%) Git
3 14 (5.53%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.74%) GitLab
5 10 (3.95%) JUnit
5 10 (3.95%) Selenium
6 7 (2.77%) ERwin
6 7 (2.77%) JMeter
6 7 (2.77%) Maven
6 7 (2.77%) Moq
7 5 (1.98%) Mockito
7 5 (1.98%) SpecFlow
7 5 (1.98%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.58%) Postman
9 3 (1.19%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.19%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.19%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.19%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 100 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 80 (31.62%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (23.32%) Finance
4 29 (11.46%) Retail
5 20 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.32%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.14%) Marketing
8 11 (4.35%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.56%) Banking
9 9 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.16%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.16%) Electronics
10 8 (3.16%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.77%) Automotive
11 7 (2.77%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.37%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.58%) Back Office
13 4 (1.58%) Front Office
13 4 (1.58%) Law
13 4 (1.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 76 (30.04%) Developer
2 46 (18.18%) Senior
3 37 (14.62%) Analyst
4 29 (11.46%) Senior Developer
5 28 (11.07%) Consultant
6 26 (10.28%) Architect
7 22 (8.70%) Software Engineer
8 17 (6.72%) Support Analyst
9 15 (5.93%) Lead
9 15 (5.93%) Oracle Developer
9 15 (5.93%) Senior Oracle Developer
9 15 (5.93%) SQL Developer
10 13 (5.14%) Integration Architect
11 12 (4.74%) PL/SQL Developer
11 12 (4.74%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
11 12 (4.74%) Senior SQL Developer
12 10 (3.95%) Applications Architect
12 10 (3.95%) Applications Engineer
13 9 (3.56%) Java Developer
14 8 (3.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (57.71%) JSON
2 69 (27.27%) REST
3 65 (25.69%) SOAP
4 54 (21.34%) HTML
5 34 (13.44%) .NET
6 31 (12.25%) Middleware
7 30 (11.86%) CSS
8 23 (9.09%) Web Services
9 17 (6.72%) EDI
10 14 (5.53%) RESTful
10 14 (5.53%) XSLT
11 13 (5.14%) .NET Framework
11 13 (5.14%) Node.js
11 13 (5.14%) Spring
11 13 (5.14%) Spring Boot
12 12 (4.74%) React
13 11 (4.35%) FIX Protocol
13 11 (4.35%) jQuery
14 10 (3.95%) Kafka
14 10 (3.95%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.07%) Onboarding
2 27 (10.67%) Data Structures
3 15 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.14%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (5.14%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.56%) Enterprise Cloud
8 8 (3.16%) Robotics
9 7 (2.77%) Acoustics
9 7 (2.77%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (2.37%) NHS
10 6 (2.37%) Operational Technology
10 6 (2.37%) SCADA
11 4 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.23%) Linux
2 29 (11.46%) Windows
3 12 (4.74%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.16%) Unix
5 6 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.19%) Android
6 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) Debian
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (28.06%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (23.32%) Agile
3 47 (18.58%) Data Modelling
4 36 (14.23%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (13.04%) DevOps
6 32 (12.65%) Roadmaps
7 31 (12.25%) CI/CD
8 30 (11.86%) ERP
8 30 (11.86%) Software Engineering
9 28 (11.07%) Collaborative Working
10 27 (10.67%) CRM
10 27 (10.67%) Validation
11 26 (10.28%) Computer Science
11 26 (10.28%) Integration Patterns
11 26 (10.28%) Software Testing
12 25 (9.88%) Customer Service
13 23 (9.09%) Decision-Making
13 23 (9.09%) Migration
14 21 (8.30%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 145 (57.31%) SQL
2 68 (26.88%) Python
3 54 (21.34%) JavaScript
4 45 (17.79%) C#
5 43 (17.00%) Java
6 19 (7.51%) C++
7 17 (6.72%) PowerShell
8 15 (5.93%) PL/SQL
9 14 (5.53%) T-SQL
10 11 (4.35%) Shell Script
11 8 (3.16%) PHP
11 8 (3.16%) XAML
12 7 (2.77%) TypeScript
12 7 (2.77%) VB
13 6 (2.37%) Delphi
13 6 (2.37%) Perl
14 4 (1.58%) Bash
14 4 (1.58%) VB.NET
15 3 (1.19%) Kotlin
15 3 (1.19%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 65 (25.69%) Degree
2 26 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.16%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.37%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.98%) HNC
6 5 (1.98%) HND
6 5 (1.98%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.58%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.19%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.19%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.79%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.40%) CISSP
10 1 (0.40%) GIAC
10 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.40%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.46%) QA
2 13 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.74%) TickIT
4 11 (4.35%) Accessibility
5 8 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.37%) HL7
7 4 (1.58%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.19%) CDISC
8 3 (1.19%) SLA
9 2 (0.79%) WCAG
10 1 (0.40%) EMIR
10 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (10.67%) Docker
2 14 (5.53%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.37%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 16 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.98%) Kibana
3 4 (1.58%) Terraform
4 3 (1.19%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 51 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 50 (19.76%) Oracle
3 13 (5.14%) IBM
4 11 (4.35%) Databricks
4 11 (4.35%) IBM Sterling
5 10 (3.95%) Palo Alto
6 9 (3.56%) SAP
6 9 (3.56%) Splunk
7 8 (3.16%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.77%) Sparx
9 6 (2.37%) Cisco
9 6 (2.37%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.37%) F5
9 6 (2.37%) Juniper
9 6 (2.37%) VMware
10 4 (1.58%) Ariba
10 4 (1.58%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.58%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.79%) Google
11 2 (0.79%) McAfee