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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 278 257
Rank change year-on-year -130 -21 +4
Permanent jobs citing XML 264 543 848
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 1.04% 1.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.59% 4.77% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 155 358 555
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,313 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,300 £87,875 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

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 7,361 11,379 16,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.60% 21.80% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,408 6,673 13,729
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,067
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 30 January 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 30 January 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 -147 215 £55,000 -4.35% 92
UK excluding London -112 167 £55,000 - 76
Work from Home -2 119 £55,000 -18.52% 43
London -30 79 £70,000 +7.69% 36
South East -74 55 £56,250 -13.46% 32
East of England +43 46 £55,000 - 9
Scotland +6 22 £47,750 +3.18% 5
Midlands -19 20 £50,000 -4.76% 13
North of England -63 20 £52,500 +22.81% 11
West Midlands -1 10 £50,000 +17.65% 10
East Midlands -26 10 £50,750 -7.73% 3
North West -27 9 £54,000 +13.68% 8
Yorkshire -42 7 £55,000 +46.67% 3
North East +2 4 £45,000 -6.74%
South West -18 3 £60,000 -11.11% 8
Northern Ireland - 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 5 (1.89%) Anypoint
1 5 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.52%) Confluence
3 3 (1.14%) JBoss
3 3 (1.14%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.14%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.76%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.76%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.76%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) Appian
5 1 (0.38%) CICS
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) FileNet
5 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (3.41%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.38%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (7.58%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (2.27%) Shopify
4 3 (1.14%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.76%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.38%) Magento
6 1 (0.38%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 71 (26.89%) Azure
2 49 (18.56%) AWS
3 35 (13.26%) Power Platform
4 29 (10.98%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (10.98%) GitHub
5 24 (9.09%) Entra ID
6 21 (7.95%) OCI
7 18 (6.82%) Power Automate
7 18 (6.82%) Serverless
8 16 (6.06%) Boomi
9 14 (5.30%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (4.92%) Amazon ECS
10 13 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
10 13 (4.92%) SaaS
11 12 (4.55%) iPaaS
12 9 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (3.41%) PowerApps
13 8 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (2.27%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.65%) FTP
2 3 (1.14%) AMQP
3 2 (0.76%) HTTP
3 2 (0.76%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.76%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.38%) DNS
4 1 (0.38%) Modbus
4 1 (0.38%) SSL
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) VPN
4 1 (0.38%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (17.42%) SQL Server
2 37 (14.02%) Relational Database
3 30 (11.36%) Power BI
4 18 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (4.17%) OLTP
6 10 (3.79%) MySQL
6 10 (3.79%) RDBMS
7 9 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (3.41%) NoSQL
8 7 (2.65%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.89%) Metadata
11 4 (1.52%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.14%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.14%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.14%) GIS
12 3 (1.14%) Tableau
13 2 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 37 (14.02%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.58%) Oracle Forms
3 18 (6.82%) JIRA
4 16 (6.06%) Git
5 13 (4.92%) JMeter
5 13 (4.92%) JUnit
6 11 (4.17%) Mockito
7 7 (2.65%) Postman
7 7 (2.65%) PowerBuilder
8 6 (2.27%) Axure RP
8 6 (2.27%) Selenium
9 4 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (1.14%) Maven
10 3 (1.14%) NUnit
10 3 (1.14%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.14%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.14%) Subversion
10 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.76%) Ranorex
11 2 (0.76%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 75 (28.41%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.80%) Finance
3 32 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.98%) Law
5 18 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.68%) German Language
7 12 (4.55%) Retail
8 7 (2.65%) Health Technology
8 7 (2.65%) Legal
9 6 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.27%) Marketing
10 4 (1.52%) Advertising
10 4 (1.52%) Banking
10 4 (1.52%) Billing
10 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.52%) Front Office
10 4 (1.52%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.14%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.14%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 104 (39.39%) Developer
2 57 (21.59%) Senior
3 25 (9.47%) Senior Developer
4 20 (7.58%) Applications Engineer
4 20 (7.58%) Cloud Engineer
4 20 (7.58%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 19 (7.20%) Analyst
6 18 (6.82%) Java Developer
7 17 (6.44%) SQL Developer
8 13 (4.92%) ServiceNow Developer
9 12 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (4.55%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 11 (4.17%) Oracle Developer
10 11 (4.17%) PL/SQL Developer
10 11 (4.17%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 11 (4.17%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
10 11 (4.17%) Senior SQL Developer
11 10 (3.79%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.79%) Integration Engineer
11 10 (3.79%) Mid-Level Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (68.18%) JSON
2 92 (34.85%) HTML
3 79 (29.92%) REST
4 66 (25.00%) SOAP
5 44 (16.67%) Web Services
6 31 (11.74%) CSS
7 29 (10.98%) Regular Expression
8 26 (9.85%) RESTful
9 23 (8.71%) Spring
10 17 (6.44%) Hibernate
10 17 (6.44%) Spring Boot
11 16 (6.06%) .NET
11 16 (6.06%) jQuery
12 13 (4.92%) XSLT
13 11 (4.17%) ActiveMQ
13 11 (4.17%) Apache Camel
13 11 (4.17%) WireMock
14 9 (3.41%) Middleware
15 8 (3.03%) React
15 8 (3.03%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 42 (15.91%) Onboarding
2 31 (11.74%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (10.23%) Cloud Native
4 22 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (4.92%) Low-Code
6 10 (3.79%) Data Structures
7 8 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.52%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.52%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.52%) W3C
9 3 (1.14%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.14%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.14%) Semantic Web
10 2 (0.76%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.76%) DataPower
10 2 (0.76%) SCADA
10 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (13.64%) Unix
2 12 (4.55%) Linux
3 4 (1.52%) Windows
4 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (34.09%) Agile
2 68 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (19.32%) CI/CD
4 44 (16.67%) ERP
5 42 (15.91%) AI
6 41 (15.53%) DevOps
7 39 (14.77%) Test Automation
8 36 (13.64%) API Integration
8 36 (13.64%) SDLC
9 35 (13.26%) Business Intelligence
9 35 (13.26%) LLM
10 33 (12.50%) Data Analysis
11 32 (12.12%) Mentoring
12 29 (10.98%) Data Governance
12 29 (10.98%) ETL
13 28 (10.61%) Translating Business Requirements
14 26 (9.85%) Data Modelling
15 25 (9.47%) Coaching
15 25 (9.47%) Migration
16 23 (8.71%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 137 (51.89%) SQL
2 101 (38.26%) Python
3 66 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 60 (22.73%) Java
5 39 (14.77%) PL/SQL
6 37 (14.02%) C#
6 37 (14.02%) Shell Script
7 12 (4.55%) T-SQL
8 10 (3.79%) VBA
9 8 (3.03%) ActionScript
9 8 (3.03%) Delphi
9 8 (3.03%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.65%) C
10 7 (2.65%) Perl
10 7 (2.65%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.27%) C++
12 4 (1.52%) ActionScript 2.0
12 4 (1.52%) ActionScript 3.0
12 4 (1.52%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 67 (25.38%) Degree
2 26 (9.85%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.03%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.14%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.14%) ISEB
5 3 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.76%) HNC
6 2 (0.76%) HND
6 2 (0.76%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.76%) PMP
7 1 (0.38%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.82%) QA
2 16 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.92%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.79%) GDPR
5 7 (2.65%) HL7
6 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.76%) EMIR
7 2 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (10.23%) Docker
2 23 (8.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (10.23%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.71%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (8.33%) Terraform
4 11 (4.17%) Kibana
5 3 (1.14%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.76%) Ansible
6 2 (0.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 69 (26.14%) Oracle
2 34 (12.88%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.58%) Okta
4 16 (6.06%) SAP
5 14 (5.30%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.17%) Dynatrace
6 11 (4.17%) MuleSoft
6 11 (4.17%) Splunk
7 9 (3.41%) Dell
8 8 (3.03%) IBM
9 7 (2.65%) Informatica
9 7 (2.65%) SnapLogic
10 6 (2.27%) Talend
10 6 (2.27%) Workday
11 5 (1.89%) Epicor
11 5 (1.89%) Infor
11 5 (1.89%) Intapp
11 5 (1.89%) Jitterbit
11 5 (1.89%) Software AG
11 5 (1.89%) TIBCO