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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 297 267
Rank change year-on-year -161 -30 +22
Permanent jobs citing XML 263 411 1,015
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 1.00% 1.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.07% 4.75% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 162 344 651
10th Percentile £40,550 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,612 £44,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -1.46% -8.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,312 £93,769 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £54,344 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.73% -1.19% -

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 8,578 8,655 20,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.04% 21.03% 21.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,270 6,548 15,630
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,528 £45,500
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 15 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 15 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 -164 225 £60,000 +4.35% 97
UK excluding London -145 167 £58,000 +6.73% 81
Work from Home -24 116 £57,500 -14.81% 52
London -73 64 £71,000 +9.23% 23
South East -100 53 £62,500 -3.85% 28
East of England +4 44 £55,000 +15.79% 3
North of England -102 31 £70,000 +40.00% 23
Midlands -49 26 £50,000 -6.87% 8
North West -46 19 £70,000 +39.92% 12
West Midlands -23 13 £46,500 -2.11% 2
East Midlands -51 13 £54,000 -1.82% 6
Yorkshire -69 12 £73,420 +83.55% 10
Scotland -21 9 £72,500 +52.45% 2
South West -69 4 £31,500 -35.38% 13

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 13 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.28%) JBoss
4 5 (1.90%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.52%) Confluence
6 3 (1.14%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.76%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.38%) Apache
8 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.38%) CICS
8 1 (0.38%) CMS
8 1 (0.38%) IIS
8 1 (0.38%) SAS
8 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.38%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.04%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.90%) Shopify
3 4 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.76%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.38%) Magento
6 1 (0.38%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 71 (27.00%) Azure
2 47 (17.87%) AWS
3 46 (17.49%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (7.22%) Boomi
5 19 (7.22%) SaaS
6 17 (6.46%) GitHub
7 16 (6.08%) Entra ID
8 14 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (4.94%) Serverless
10 11 (4.18%) Power Automate
11 10 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (3.80%) iPaaS
12 9 (3.42%) Apigee
12 9 (3.42%) OCI
13 8 (3.04%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (2.28%) GCP
14 6 (2.28%) Kong
14 6 (2.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.42%) Firewall
2 7 (2.66%) FTP
3 6 (2.28%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.52%) SSL
5 3 (1.14%) AMQP
5 3 (1.14%) DNS
6 2 (0.76%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.76%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.38%) HTTP
7 1 (0.38%) Modbus
7 1 (0.38%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (15.97%) Power BI
1 42 (15.97%) SQL Server
2 35 (13.31%) Relational Database
3 21 (7.98%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (7.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (6.46%) MySQL
6 14 (5.32%) Metadata
7 13 (4.94%) OLTP
8 11 (4.18%) RDBMS
9 9 (3.42%) Oracle Database
10 6 (2.28%) GIS
11 5 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.14%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.14%) DynamoDB
12 3 (1.14%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (1.14%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.14%) Tableau
13 2 (0.76%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.76%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 30 (11.41%) JIRA
2 20 (7.60%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.94%) Selenium
4 12 (4.56%) Git
5 11 (4.18%) GitLab
6 8 (3.04%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (3.04%) SpecFlow
7 7 (2.66%) ERwin
8 6 (2.28%) JUnit
8 6 (2.28%) Maven
8 6 (2.28%) Postman
9 5 (1.90%) JMeter
9 5 (1.90%) WebDriver
10 3 (1.14%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.14%) Mockito
10 3 (1.14%) NUnit
10 3 (1.14%) PowerBuilder
10 3 (1.14%) Ranorex
10 3 (1.14%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (37.26%) Social Skills
2 64 (24.33%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (21.29%) Finance
4 16 (6.08%) Law
5 15 (5.70%) German Language
6 12 (4.56%) Retail
7 11 (4.18%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.42%) Marketing
8 9 (3.42%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.42%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.66%) Legal
10 6 (2.28%) Banking
10 6 (2.28%) Front Office
10 6 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.14%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.14%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.14%) Local Government
13 2 (0.76%) Billing
13 2 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (33.46%) Developer
2 48 (18.25%) Senior
3 26 (9.89%) Analyst
3 26 (9.89%) Senior Developer
4 24 (9.13%) Consultant
5 17 (6.46%) SQL Developer
6 15 (5.70%) Architect
7 14 (5.32%) Java Developer
8 13 (4.94%) Lead
8 13 (4.94%) Oracle Developer
8 13 (4.94%) PL/SQL Developer
8 13 (4.94%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 13 (4.94%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 13 (4.94%) Senior SQL Developer
9 12 (4.56%) Applications Engineer
10 11 (4.18%) C# Developer
11 10 (3.80%) QA Engineer
12 9 (3.42%) Applications Architect
12 9 (3.42%) Data Analyst
13 8 (3.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (67.30%) JSON
2 75 (28.52%) REST
3 71 (27.00%) SOAP
4 69 (26.24%) HTML
5 35 (13.31%) Web Services
6 32 (12.17%) Regular Expression
7 20 (7.60%) .NET
7 20 (7.60%) RESTful
8 18 (6.84%) Middleware
9 17 (6.46%) Spring
10 15 (5.70%) CSS
11 14 (5.32%) Spring Boot
12 12 (4.56%) EDI
13 11 (4.18%) WinForms
14 10 (3.80%) FIX Protocol
14 10 (3.80%) Node.js
14 10 (3.80%) XSLT
15 9 (3.42%) FpML
15 9 (3.42%) Hibernate
16 8 (3.04%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 52 (19.77%) Onboarding
2 34 (12.93%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (10.27%) Data Structures
4 19 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.56%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (4.18%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.80%) Low-Code
8 9 (3.42%) Product Ownership
9 8 (3.04%) e-Learning
10 7 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (2.28%) Operational Technology
11 6 (2.28%) SCADA
12 5 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
14 3 (1.14%) Distributed Computing
14 3 (1.14%) Driving Licence
14 3 (1.14%) Reference Data
14 3 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.97%) Unix
2 23 (8.75%) Linux
3 10 (3.80%) Windows
4 3 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.38%) Debian
5 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (25.48%) Agile
3 43 (16.35%) AI
3 43 (16.35%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (15.59%) Data Modelling
5 38 (14.45%) CI/CD
6 37 (14.07%) ERP
7 36 (13.69%) DevOps
8 33 (12.55%) Data Analysis
9 32 (12.17%) Migration
10 31 (11.79%) Test Automation
11 29 (11.03%) API Integration
11 29 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (11.03%) LLM
12 28 (10.65%) SDLC
13 27 (10.27%) Software Testing
14 25 (9.51%) Decision-Making
15 23 (8.75%) Roadmaps
15 23 (8.75%) Validation
16 21 (7.98%) UML
Programming Languages
1 138 (52.47%) SQL
2 96 (36.50%) Python
3 56 (21.29%) Java
4 45 (17.11%) JavaScript
5 43 (16.35%) C#
6 25 (9.51%) PL/SQL
7 20 (7.60%) Shell Script
8 13 (4.94%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.18%) Delphi
9 11 (4.18%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.66%) Perl
10 7 (2.66%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.66%) VBA
11 6 (2.28%) C++
11 6 (2.28%) VB
12 5 (1.90%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.52%) ActionScript
13 4 (1.52%) ActionScript 2.0
13 4 (1.52%) Bash
13 4 (1.52%) C
Qualifications
1 67 (25.48%) Degree
2 28 (10.65%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.56%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.42%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.14%) ISEB
8 3 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.79%) QA
2 15 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.66%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.66%) TickIT
5 6 (2.28%) GDPR
6 3 (1.14%) EMIR
6 3 (1.14%) HL7
6 3 (1.14%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.14%) SLA
7 2 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (8.75%) Docker
2 19 (7.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.14%) vSphere
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 19 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.56%) Terraform
3 9 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.14%) HP ALM
4 3 (1.14%) HP Fortify
4 3 (1.14%) Kibana
5 2 (0.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 63 (23.95%) Oracle
2 34 (12.93%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.70%) SAP
4 9 (3.42%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.04%) IBM
5 8 (3.04%) MuleSoft
5 8 (3.04%) Okta
6 7 (2.66%) Databricks
6 7 (2.66%) Dell
6 7 (2.66%) Sparx
7 6 (2.28%) Cisco
7 6 (2.28%) F5
7 6 (2.28%) IFS
7 6 (2.28%) Juniper
7 6 (2.28%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.28%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.28%) Splunk
7 6 (2.28%) Talend
7 6 (2.28%) Workday
8 5 (1.90%) Informatica