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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 408 297
Rank change year-on-year -116 -111 -72
Permanent jobs citing XML 297 281 630
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.57% 0.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.49% 3.40% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 189 190 384
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,063 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -3.61%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £78,188
90th Percentile £84,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -

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 11,944 8,270 15,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.09% 16.86% 21.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8,389 5,270 9,600
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £49,383
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +6.74% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.83% +4.35% -4.17%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -116 265 £60,000 +9.09% 270
UK excluding London -120 213 £55,000 +2.33% 121
Work from Home -55 131 £55,000 - 102
London -72 68 £75,000 +9.09% 154
South East -61 64 £55,000 - 42
Midlands -17 52 £50,000 - 15
West Midlands -5 47 £52,500 +5.00% 12
North of England -49 35 £65,288 +33.24% 27
South West -55 31 £36,500 -30.48% 9
North West -25 17 £67,500 +25.58% 16
Yorkshire -25 14 £63,076 +68.20% 8
East of England -66 10 £42,500 -22.73% 7
Wales - 7 £55,000 - 7
Scotland -8 5 £63,750 +27.50% 12
East Midlands -32 5 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Isle of Man - 5 £38,500 -
North East -71 4 £63,076 +40.17% 3
Northern Ireland -72 4 - - 2

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 16 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.05%) CMS
2 15 (5.05%) Oracle Workflow
3 11 (3.70%) Confluence
4 9 (3.03%) Apache
5 6 (2.02%) IIS
5 6 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.68%) SAS
7 2 (0.67%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.67%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
Applications
1 12 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.68%) CorelDRAW
3 5 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (5.05%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (5.05%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (5.05%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (5.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 12 (4.04%) Elite 3E
3 11 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (3.70%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (1.35%) NEC Housing
5 3 (1.01%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (1.01%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.67%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.67%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.34%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.34%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 81 (27.27%) Azure
2 38 (12.79%) Power Platform
3 28 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (8.75%) AWS
5 21 (7.07%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (7.07%) Power Automate
6 20 (6.73%) SaaS
7 17 (5.72%) Serverless
8 15 (5.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (4.04%) GitHub
9 12 (4.04%) PowerApps
10 11 (3.70%) Azure Functions
11 8 (2.69%) Boomi
12 7 (2.36%) GCP
12 7 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.02%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (2.02%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.73%) TCP/IP
2 9 (3.03%) Wireshark
3 8 (2.69%) DNS
4 5 (1.68%) Intranet
5 4 (1.35%) Firewall
5 4 (1.35%) VPN
6 3 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.67%) FTP
7 2 (0.67%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.34%) HTTP
8 1 (0.34%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (20.88%) SQL Server
2 23 (7.74%) Power BI
3 20 (6.73%) Relational Database
4 17 (5.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (5.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 15 (5.05%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (3.37%) MySQL
9 6 (2.02%) Db2
9 6 (2.02%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.02%) OLTP
9 6 (2.02%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.68%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.68%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.35%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (1.35%) Metadata
12 3 (1.01%) GIS
12 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (9.76%) Git
2 21 (7.07%) JIRA
3 19 (6.40%) JUnit
4 15 (5.05%) Jenkins
5 12 (4.04%) JMeter
5 12 (4.04%) Postman
6 8 (2.69%) Selenium
7 7 (2.36%) Cucumber
7 7 (2.36%) GitLab
7 7 (2.36%) Moq
7 7 (2.36%) SoapUI
8 6 (2.02%) Visual Studio
8 6 (2.02%) Zephyr
9 5 (1.68%) Mockito
10 3 (1.01%) Maven
10 3 (1.01%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.67%) Bower
11 2 (0.67%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.67%) PowerBuilder
11 2 (0.67%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (31.65%) Finance
2 87 (29.29%) Social Skills
3 69 (23.23%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (16.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (12.12%) Public Sector
6 32 (10.77%) Law
7 29 (9.76%) Retail
8 27 (9.09%) Manufacturing
9 22 (7.41%) Banking
10 19 (6.40%) Legal
11 17 (5.72%) Electronics
12 15 (5.05%) General Ledger
13 14 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (4.71%) Publishing
14 11 (3.70%) Aerospace
15 10 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (3.37%) Financial Institution
16 9 (3.03%) Telecoms
17 8 (2.69%) Back Office
18 7 (2.36%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 89 (29.97%) Developer
2 72 (24.24%) Senior
3 45 (15.15%) Analyst
4 32 (10.77%) Senior Developer
5 30 (10.10%) Support Analyst
6 24 (8.08%) Lead
7 23 (7.74%) Applications Engineer
7 23 (7.74%) Architect
8 22 (7.41%) .NET Developer
8 22 (7.41%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.73%) Consultant
10 19 (6.40%) Web Developer
11 15 (5.05%) Senior Applications Engineer
12 14 (4.71%) .NET Web Developer
12 14 (4.71%) Operations Engineer
12 14 (4.71%) Senior Operations Engineer
12 14 (4.71%) SQL Developer
12 14 (4.71%) Test Engineer
13 13 (4.38%) Author
13 13 (4.38%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (45.12%) JSON
2 66 (22.22%) HTML
3 65 (21.89%) .NET
4 54 (18.18%) REST
5 53 (17.85%) Web Services
6 47 (15.82%) SOAP
7 46 (15.49%) CSS
8 43 (14.48%) .NET Framework
9 35 (11.78%) XSLT
10 21 (7.07%) Entity Framework
11 20 (6.73%) RESTful
12 19 (6.40%) Middleware
13 16 (5.39%) jQuery
14 15 (5.05%) ASP.NET
15 14 (4.71%) EDI
16 12 (4.04%) Dagger
16 12 (4.04%) React
16 12 (4.04%) RxJava
17 11 (3.70%) ASP.NET MVC
18 10 (3.37%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.07%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.39%) Cloud Native
4 15 (5.05%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.04%) Taxonomies
6 11 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.70%) Robotics
7 10 (3.37%) Client/Server
7 10 (3.37%) SCADA
8 7 (2.36%) Acoustics
9 6 (2.02%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.02%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.68%) AS400
10 5 (1.68%) NHS
11 4 (1.35%) Blog
11 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.01%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 43 (14.48%) Windows
2 31 (10.44%) Linux
3 25 (8.42%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.04%) Android
4 12 (4.04%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.67%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (29.97%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (24.24%) Agile
3 57 (19.19%) DevOps
4 46 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (13.80%) AI
5 41 (13.80%) CI/CD
6 37 (12.46%) Mentoring
6 37 (12.46%) Validation
7 32 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (10.77%) Workflow
8 31 (10.44%) Software Engineering
9 30 (10.10%) ERP
10 29 (9.76%) CRM
11 28 (9.43%) Roadmaps
12 27 (9.09%) Data Modelling
13 26 (8.75%) Process Improvement
14 24 (8.08%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (8.08%) Project Delivery
14 24 (8.08%) Test Automation
14 24 (8.08%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 165 (55.56%) SQL
2 77 (25.93%) JavaScript
3 62 (20.88%) C#
4 52 (17.51%) Python
5 41 (13.80%) Java
6 26 (8.75%) C++
7 23 (7.74%) PL/SQL
8 15 (5.05%) VB.NET
9 12 (4.04%) XPath
10 10 (3.37%) PowerShell
11 9 (3.03%) PHP
11 9 (3.03%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.69%) T-SQL
13 7 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (2.36%) XAML
14 5 (1.68%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.68%) VBA
15 4 (1.35%) RPG
15 4 (1.35%) RPG IV
16 3 (1.01%) Bash
Qualifications
1 84 (28.28%) Degree
2 15 (5.05%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.37%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.02%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.02%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.68%) HNC
7 5 (1.68%) HND
7 5 (1.68%) ISEB
7 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.67%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.67%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CISSP
9 1 (0.34%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.45%) QA
2 27 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 20 (6.73%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.37%) GDPR
5 9 (3.03%) WCAG
6 5 (1.68%) CDISC
6 5 (1.68%) FATCA
6 5 (1.68%) TickIT
7 4 (1.35%) HL7
8 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.67%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.67%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.34%) Dublin Core
10 1 (0.34%) GRC
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 20 (6.73%) Docker
2 4 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.35%) vSphere
3 2 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.36%) Kibana
3 3 (1.01%) Grafana
4 2 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.34%) Ansible
5 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.34%) QRadar
5 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (30.98%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.48%) Oracle
3 16 (5.39%) IBM
4 12 (4.04%) Google
5 11 (3.70%) IBM Sterling
5 11 (3.70%) SAP
6 8 (2.69%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.69%) Splunk
7 7 (2.36%) Databricks
8 6 (2.02%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.02%) VMware
9 5 (1.68%) Pega
10 4 (1.35%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.35%) NEC
10 4 (1.35%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.01%) Adobe
11 3 (1.01%) Infor
11 3 (1.01%) McAfee
11 3 (1.01%) Workday
12 2 (0.67%) Salesforce