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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 286 246
Rank change year-on-year -105 -40 +6
Permanent jobs citing XML 268 566 716
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 1.05% 1.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.81% 4.91% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 163 371 477
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £38,900
25th Percentile £48,975 £41,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,375 £77,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,400 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 7,035 11,519 13,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.81% 21.47% 24.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,243 6,762 11,231
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 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 10 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 -124 222 £55,000 -4.35% 77
UK excluding London -100 171 £55,000 - 68
Work from Home -11 116 £55,000 -18.52% 52
London -24 84 £65,000 +8.33% 26
South East -75 55 £55,000 -15.38% 27
East of England +37 53 £55,000 - 8
Scotland +18 23 £50,000 +11.11% 4
North of England -53 19 £47,500 +10.47% 14
Midlands -15 17 £50,000 -3.85% 11
West Midlands +4 10 £50,000 +17.65% 8
North West -26 8 £52,500 +16.02% 8
East Midlands -18 7 £50,750 -7.73% 3
Yorkshire -35 7 £55,000 +29.41% 6
North East +8 4 £45,000 -6.74%
South West -26 3 £60,000 -11.11% 7
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 (1.87%) Anypoint
1 5 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.49%) Confluence
3 3 (1.12%) JBoss
3 3 (1.12%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.12%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) Appian
5 1 (0.37%) CICS
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) FileNet
5 1 (0.37%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (3.36%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.37%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (7.46%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (2.24%) Shopify
4 3 (1.12%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.37%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 69 (25.75%) Azure
2 49 (18.28%) AWS
3 32 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (11.57%) GitHub
5 26 (9.70%) Power Platform
6 21 (7.84%) Entra ID
6 21 (7.84%) OCI
7 20 (7.46%) Serverless
8 17 (6.34%) Power Automate
8 17 (6.34%) SaaS
9 16 (5.97%) Boomi
10 15 (5.60%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (5.60%) Amazon ECS
10 15 (5.60%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (3.73%) iPaaS
12 9 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.99%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (2.24%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.73%) FTP
2 2 (0.75%) AMQP
2 2 (0.75%) HTTP
2 2 (0.75%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.75%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.37%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (0.37%) DNS
3 1 (0.37%) Modbus
3 1 (0.37%) Multicast
3 1 (0.37%) SSL
3 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.37%) VPN
3 1 (0.37%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.42%) SQL Server
2 39 (14.55%) Relational Database
3 22 (8.21%) Power BI
4 17 (6.34%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (4.10%) RDBMS
6 10 (3.73%) MySQL
6 10 (3.73%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.73%) OLTP
7 8 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.61%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (2.24%) GIS
10 5 (1.87%) Metadata
11 3 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (1.12%) Data Mining
11 3 (1.12%) Oracle Database
11 3 (1.12%) Tableau
12 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.75%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 37 (13.81%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.46%) Oracle Forms
3 19 (7.09%) JIRA
4 14 (5.22%) Git
5 13 (4.85%) JMeter
5 13 (4.85%) JUnit
5 13 (4.85%) Mockito
6 7 (2.61%) PowerBuilder
7 6 (2.24%) Axure RP
8 5 (1.87%) Postman
9 4 (1.49%) Selenium
9 4 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (1.12%) NUnit
10 3 (1.12%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.12%) Subversion
10 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.75%) Ranorex
11 2 (0.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 75 (27.99%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.28%) Finance
3 35 (13.06%) Law
4 32 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.34%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.60%) German Language
7 12 (4.48%) Retail
8 9 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.99%) Marketing
10 7 (2.61%) Health Technology
10 7 (2.61%) Legal
11 5 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.49%) Advertising
12 4 (1.49%) Automotive
12 4 (1.49%) Billing
12 4 (1.49%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.12%) Banking
13 3 (1.12%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 100 (37.31%) Developer
2 54 (20.15%) Senior
3 24 (8.96%) Senior Developer
4 20 (7.46%) Analyst
4 20 (7.46%) Applications Engineer
4 20 (7.46%) Cloud Engineer
4 20 (7.46%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 17 (6.34%) Java Developer
6 16 (5.97%) SQL Developer
7 15 (5.60%) Consultant
8 14 (5.22%) ServiceNow Developer
9 13 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
9 13 (4.85%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 12 (4.48%) Applications Support
10 12 (4.48%) Data Engineer
11 11 (4.10%) Mid-Level Java Developer
12 10 (3.73%) Oracle Developer
12 10 (3.73%) PL/SQL Developer
12 10 (3.73%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
12 10 (3.73%) Senior SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (70.15%) JSON
2 104 (38.81%) HTML
3 84 (31.34%) REST
4 66 (24.63%) SOAP
5 50 (18.66%) Web Services
6 37 (13.81%) CSS
7 29 (10.82%) Regular Expression
8 27 (10.07%) RESTful
9 21 (7.84%) Spring
10 18 (6.72%) Hibernate
10 18 (6.72%) jQuery
10 18 (6.72%) Spring Boot
11 15 (5.60%) .NET
12 13 (4.85%) ActiveMQ
12 13 (4.85%) Apache Camel
12 13 (4.85%) WireMock
12 13 (4.85%) XSLT
13 9 (3.36%) OAuth
14 7 (2.61%) FHIR
14 7 (2.61%) React
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.93%) Onboarding
2 31 (11.57%) Linux Command Line
3 28 (10.45%) Cloud Native
4 22 (8.21%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (4.85%) Low-Code
7 6 (2.24%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.49%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.49%) W3C
9 3 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.12%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.12%) Semantic Web
10 2 (0.75%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.75%) CMDB
10 2 (0.75%) DataPower
10 2 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.75%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.69%) Unix
2 13 (4.85%) Linux
3 4 (1.49%) Windows
4 1 (0.37%) Debian
4 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (33.96%) Agile
2 73 (27.24%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (19.78%) CI/CD
4 45 (16.79%) DevOps
5 43 (16.04%) AI
5 43 (16.04%) ERP
6 39 (14.55%) Test Automation
7 38 (14.18%) API Integration
8 37 (13.81%) LLM
9 36 (13.43%) SDLC
10 33 (12.31%) Data Analysis
10 33 (12.31%) ETL
11 30 (11.19%) Data Governance
12 29 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
12 29 (10.82%) Mentoring
13 26 (9.70%) Coaching
13 26 (9.70%) Translating Business Requirements
14 25 (9.33%) Migration
15 24 (8.96%) Root Cause Analysis
15 24 (8.96%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 137 (51.12%) SQL
2 103 (38.43%) Python
3 75 (27.99%) JavaScript
4 55 (20.52%) Java
5 39 (14.55%) Shell Script
6 38 (14.18%) PL/SQL
7 34 (12.69%) C#
8 10 (3.73%) T-SQL
8 10 (3.73%) VBA
9 8 (2.99%) ActionScript
9 8 (2.99%) C
10 7 (2.61%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.24%) C++
11 6 (2.24%) Perl
12 5 (1.87%) Delphi
12 5 (1.87%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.49%) ActionScript 2.0
13 4 (1.49%) ActionScript 3.0
13 4 (1.49%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.12%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 67 (25.00%) Degree
2 21 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.99%) ISTQB
5 7 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.61%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.12%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.12%) ISEB
6 3 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.75%) HNC
7 2 (0.75%) HND
7 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.75%) PMP
8 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.97%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.22%) QA
3 11 (4.10%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.73%) GDPR
5 7 (2.61%) HL7
6 2 (0.75%) EMIR
6 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.75%) SLA
6 2 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 26 (9.70%) Docker
2 20 (7.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (10.45%) Kubernetes
2 25 (9.33%) Single Sign-On
3 23 (8.58%) Terraform
4 13 (4.85%) Kibana
5 3 (1.12%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.75%) Ansible
6 2 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 62 (23.13%) Oracle
2 38 (14.18%) Microsoft
3 21 (7.84%) ServiceNow
4 20 (7.46%) Okta
5 15 (5.60%) SAP
6 13 (4.85%) Dynatrace
6 13 (4.85%) Splunk
7 11 (4.10%) MuleSoft
8 9 (3.36%) Dell
9 7 (2.61%) IBM
9 7 (2.61%) Informatica
9 7 (2.61%) SnapLogic
9 7 (2.61%) Workday
10 6 (2.24%) Talend
11 5 (1.87%) Cisco
11 5 (1.87%) Epicor
11 5 (1.87%) Infor
11 5 (1.87%) Jitterbit
11 5 (1.87%) Software AG
11 5 (1.87%) TIBCO