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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 391 290
Rank change year-on-year -136 -101 -35
Permanent jobs citing XML 266 336 779
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.67% 0.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.49% 3.91% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 180 246 508
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,563 £77,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,336 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% -9.09% -5.98%

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 10,686 8,587 16,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.09% 17.20% 19.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7,825 5,603 11,499
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.87% -8.15%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -149 232 £59,000 +7.27% 137
UK excluding London -113 190 £58,000 +16.00% 83
Work from Home -60 109 £55,000 -8.33% 54
South East -56 69 £60,000 +1.69% 25
London -110 52 £62,500 -10.71% 74
North of England -39 35 £71,750 +36.60% 14
Midlands -20 31 £48,500 -3.00% 16
South West -60 30 £31,500 -23.64% 8
North West -6 23 £70,000 +27.27% 6
West Midlands -15 23 £48,500 -3.00% 8
East of England -63 12 £52,500 +10.53% 6
Yorkshire -36 10 £76,919 +56.98% 7
East Midlands -21 8 £50,000 -0.50% 8
Wales - 7 £55,000 - 2
Scotland +6 3 £68,750 +37.50% 7
North East -58 2 £67,500 +92.86% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3
Isle of Man - 1 £38,500 - 3

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 11 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.76%) Confluence
2 10 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.01%) Apache
4 7 (2.63%) CMS
5 4 (1.50%) SAS
6 3 (1.13%) JBoss
7 2 (0.75%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.88%) CorelDRAW
2 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.14%) Oracle Retail
2 4 (1.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.50%) Elite 3E
2 4 (1.50%) NEC Housing
2 4 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.75%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.75%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.38%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 78 (29.32%) Azure
2 39 (14.66%) AWS
3 35 (13.16%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (6.39%) SaaS
7 15 (5.64%) Boomi
8 14 (5.26%) GitHub
9 11 (4.14%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (3.38%) Serverless
11 8 (3.01%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (3.01%) Apigee
11 8 (3.01%) GCP
12 7 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (2.63%) PowerApps
13 6 (2.26%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (2.26%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.51%) Firewall
2 10 (3.76%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.63%) DNS
4 6 (2.26%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.88%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.88%) Intranet
6 3 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.13%) SSL
7 1 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.38%) HTTP
7 1 (0.38%) Multicast
7 1 (0.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (15.41%) SQL Server
2 27 (10.15%) Power BI
3 26 (9.77%) Relational Database
4 22 (8.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (4.89%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (4.51%) Metadata
6 12 (4.51%) RDBMS
7 10 (3.76%) OLTP
8 9 (3.38%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (3.01%) MySQL
10 7 (2.63%) Electronic Patient Records
10 7 (2.63%) GIS
10 7 (2.63%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.88%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.13%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.75%) Oracle BI EE
13 2 (0.75%) Oracle ODI
13 2 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.75%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (12.78%) JIRA
2 19 (7.14%) Git
3 16 (6.02%) Jenkins
4 14 (5.26%) GitLab
5 11 (4.14%) Selenium
6 10 (3.76%) JMeter
7 9 (3.38%) JUnit
8 8 (3.01%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.63%) Moq
10 6 (2.26%) ERwin
10 6 (2.26%) Maven
10 6 (2.26%) Postman
11 5 (1.88%) Mockito
11 5 (1.88%) SoapUI
11 5 (1.88%) WebDriver
12 4 (1.50%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.50%) Zephyr
13 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
13 3 (1.13%) SpecFlow
13 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 90 (33.83%) Social Skills
2 77 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (25.94%) Finance
4 27 (10.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (10.15%) Retail
5 18 (6.77%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.89%) Marketing
7 12 (4.51%) Electronics
8 11 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (4.14%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.76%) Financial Institution
10 9 (3.38%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.38%) Banking
10 9 (3.38%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.01%) Law
11 8 (3.01%) Legal
12 7 (2.63%) Automotive
12 7 (2.63%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.88%) Publishing
14 4 (1.50%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 78 (29.32%) Developer
2 49 (18.42%) Senior
3 42 (15.79%) Analyst
4 31 (11.65%) Senior Developer
5 29 (10.90%) Consultant
6 26 (9.77%) Architect
7 24 (9.02%) Support Analyst
8 21 (7.89%) Software Engineer
9 20 (7.52%) Lead
10 18 (6.77%) .NET Developer
11 15 (5.64%) Web Developer
12 13 (4.89%) SQL Developer
13 11 (4.14%) Applications Engineer
14 10 (3.76%) .NET Web Developer
14 10 (3.76%) Full-Stack Developer
14 10 (3.76%) Full-Stack Web Developer
14 10 (3.76%) Oracle Developer
14 10 (3.76%) Senior SQL Developer
14 10 (3.76%) Software Analyst
14 10 (3.76%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (55.64%) JSON
2 62 (23.31%) HTML
3 58 (21.80%) .NET
4 57 (21.43%) REST
5 53 (19.92%) SOAP
6 38 (14.29%) CSS
7 33 (12.41%) .NET Framework
8 30 (11.28%) Middleware
8 30 (11.28%) Web Services
9 19 (7.14%) XSLT
10 17 (6.39%) EDI
10 17 (6.39%) Entity Framework
11 16 (6.02%) ASP.NET
11 16 (6.02%) RESTful
12 13 (4.89%) ASP.NET MVC
12 13 (4.89%) Node.js
13 12 (4.51%) Kafka
13 12 (4.51%) React
14 11 (4.14%) AngularJS
14 11 (4.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.77%) Data Structures
1 18 (6.77%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.89%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (3.38%) Enterprise Cloud
6 9 (3.38%) Robotics
6 9 (3.38%) SCADA
7 8 (3.01%) NHS
8 7 (2.63%) Acoustics
8 7 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (2.26%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.26%) e-Learning
9 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.88%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.04%) Linux
2 39 (14.66%) Windows
3 20 (7.52%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.88%) Unix
6 3 (1.13%) Android
6 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.38%) Debian
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (28.20%) Agile
1 75 (28.20%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (16.92%) DevOps
3 38 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 35 (13.16%) CI/CD
5 33 (12.41%) Roadmaps
6 31 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (11.65%) Software Engineering
6 31 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (11.28%) Validation
8 29 (10.90%) ERP
8 29 (10.90%) Project Delivery
9 28 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (10.15%) CRM
11 26 (9.77%) Customer Service
11 26 (9.77%) SDLC
12 24 (9.02%) Computer Science
12 24 (9.02%) Integration Patterns
12 24 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
13 22 (8.27%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 150 (56.39%) SQL
2 68 (25.56%) Python
3 67 (25.19%) JavaScript
4 59 (22.18%) C#
5 39 (14.66%) Java
6 24 (9.02%) C++
7 12 (4.51%) PHP
7 12 (4.51%) Shell Script
8 11 (4.14%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.76%) PL/SQL
10 9 (3.38%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.01%) VB.NET
11 8 (3.01%) XAML
12 6 (2.26%) VB
13 5 (1.88%) Bash
13 5 (1.88%) Perl
13 5 (1.88%) TypeScript
13 5 (1.88%) XPath
14 3 (1.13%) Groovy
14 3 (1.13%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 70 (26.32%) Degree
2 22 (8.27%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.01%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.88%) HNC
5 5 (1.88%) HND
5 5 (1.88%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.50%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.50%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.50%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (1.13%) ISEB
7 3 (1.13%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.38%) CISSP
9 1 (0.38%) GIAC
9 1 (0.38%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.40%) QA
2 12 (4.51%) TickIT
3 11 (4.14%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.76%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.63%) HL7
6 4 (1.50%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.13%) CDISC
7 3 (1.13%) SLA
8 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.75%) WCAG
9 1 (0.38%) EMIR
9 1 (0.38%) FATCA
9 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (9.40%) Docker
2 8 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.63%) vSphere
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 13 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.88%) Kibana
3 4 (1.50%) Terraform
4 3 (1.13%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.38%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 72 (27.07%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.53%) Oracle
3 13 (4.89%) Databricks
4 12 (4.51%) Google
4 12 (4.51%) IBM
5 11 (4.14%) IBM Sterling
5 11 (4.14%) SAP
6 9 (3.38%) Palo Alto
6 9 (3.38%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.38%) Splunk
7 7 (2.63%) VMware
8 6 (2.26%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.26%) Sparx
9 5 (1.88%) Cisco
9 5 (1.88%) F5
9 5 (1.88%) Juniper
10 4 (1.50%) Ariba
10 4 (1.50%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.50%) NEC
11 3 (1.13%) Pega