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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 393 304
Rank change year-on-year -134 -89 -56
Permanent jobs citing XML 270 329 736
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.66% 0.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.27% 3.65% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 187 237 469
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -1.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,800 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -1.79%

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 11,885 9,018 17,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.81% 18.00% 21.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,635 5,877 11,651
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,932 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

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 31 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 31 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 -144 240 £60,000 +9.09% 116
UK excluding London -127 197 £55,000 +4.76% 85
Work from Home -76 110 £55,000 - 66
South East -58 65 £60,000 +8.11% 26
London -96 55 £75,000 +13.21% 53
Midlands -15 38 £55,000 +10.00% 20
North of England -62 35 £73,500 +40.00% 9
West Midlands -7 32 £55,000 +10.00% 13
South West -58 32 £31,500 +6.78% 13
North West -6 21 £73,500 +33.64% 6
Yorkshire -33 12 £75,000 +53.06% 3
East of England -51 11 £42,500 -12.82% 7
Wales - 7 £55,000 - 3
East Midlands -26 6 £50,000 -0.50% 7
Isle of Man - 4 £38,500 - 1
Scotland -5 3 £63,750 +27.50% 8
North East -61 2 £67,500 +92.86% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 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 12 (4.44%) Confluence
2 9 (3.33%) CMS
2 9 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.96%) Apache
4 4 (1.48%) SAS
5 3 (1.11%) IIS
6 2 (0.74%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.74%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.37%) JBoss
Applications
1 11 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.85%) CorelDRAW
4 4 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.07%) Oracle Retail
2 10 (3.70%) Elite 3E
3 5 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.48%) NEC Housing
4 4 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.74%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.74%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.37%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 88 (32.59%) Azure
2 35 (12.96%) AWS
2 35 (12.96%) Power Platform
3 27 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (8.15%) Dynamics 365
5 18 (6.67%) SaaS
6 16 (5.93%) Boomi
7 14 (5.19%) GitHub
8 12 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (4.07%) Power Automate
10 9 (3.33%) GCP
10 9 (3.33%) PowerApps
10 9 (3.33%) Serverless
11 6 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (2.22%) Azure Event Grid
11 6 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.48%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.19%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.96%) Firewall
3 7 (2.59%) DNS
4 6 (2.22%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.85%) Intranet
6 3 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.11%) SSL
7 2 (0.74%) FTP
7 2 (0.74%) VPN
8 1 (0.37%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.37%) Multicast
8 1 (0.37%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (17.41%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.63%) Power BI
3 23 (8.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (7.78%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (3.70%) Metadata
6 10 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (3.33%) RDBMS
8 8 (2.96%) OLTP
9 7 (2.59%) Electronic Patient Records
9 7 (2.59%) MySQL
10 6 (2.22%) GIS
10 6 (2.22%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.85%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 3 (1.11%) NoSQL
14 2 (0.74%) Db2
14 2 (0.74%) Spotfire
14 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 35 (12.96%) JIRA
2 22 (8.15%) Git
3 15 (5.56%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.44%) JMeter
5 11 (4.07%) GitLab
6 9 (3.33%) JUnit
7 8 (2.96%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.96%) Postman
7 8 (2.96%) Selenium
8 7 (2.59%) Moq
8 7 (2.59%) SoapUI
9 6 (2.22%) Zephyr
10 5 (1.85%) Mockito
11 4 (1.48%) Maven
11 4 (1.48%) Visual Studio
12 3 (1.11%) ERwin
13 2 (0.74%) Bower
13 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.74%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.74%) WebDriver
General
1 92 (34.07%) Social Skills
2 77 (28.52%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (28.15%) Finance
4 32 (11.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (10.00%) Retail
6 23 (8.52%) Manufacturing
7 18 (6.67%) Law
8 14 (5.19%) Electronics
8 14 (5.19%) Marketing
8 14 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (5.19%) Public Sector
9 13 (4.81%) Legal
10 10 (3.70%) Banking
11 9 (3.33%) Aerospace
11 9 (3.33%) Telecoms
12 7 (2.59%) Automotive
12 7 (2.59%) Health Technology
13 6 (2.22%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.22%) Publishing
14 4 (1.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 78 (28.89%) Developer
2 55 (20.37%) Senior
3 45 (16.67%) Analyst
4 33 (12.22%) Senior Developer
5 28 (10.37%) Support Analyst
6 27 (10.00%) Architect
6 27 (10.00%) Consultant
7 22 (8.15%) Lead
8 21 (7.78%) Software Engineer
9 19 (7.04%) .NET Developer
10 16 (5.93%) Web Developer
11 14 (5.19%) SQL Developer
12 11 (4.07%) .NET Web Developer
12 11 (4.07%) Integration Architect
12 11 (4.07%) Test Engineer
13 10 (3.70%) Applications Engineer
13 10 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.70%) Full-Stack Web Developer
13 10 (3.70%) Software Analyst
13 10 (3.70%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (51.11%) JSON
2 59 (21.85%) HTML
3 58 (21.48%) .NET
4 57 (21.11%) REST
5 55 (20.37%) SOAP
6 37 (13.70%) CSS
7 36 (13.33%) .NET Framework
8 32 (11.85%) Web Services
9 30 (11.11%) Middleware
10 26 (9.63%) XSLT
11 22 (8.15%) EDI
12 18 (6.67%) Entity Framework
13 15 (5.56%) RESTful
14 14 (5.19%) ASP.NET
15 13 (4.81%) ASP.NET MVC
16 12 (4.44%) jQuery
17 11 (4.07%) Kafka
17 11 (4.07%) React
18 10 (3.70%) Classic ASP
18 10 (3.70%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.81%) Data Structures
3 13 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.70%) SCADA
5 9 (3.33%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (3.33%) Robotics
6 8 (2.96%) Client/Server
6 8 (2.96%) NHS
7 7 (2.59%) Acoustics
7 7 (2.59%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.59%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.22%) Taxonomies
9 5 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.48%) AS400
10 4 (1.48%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 37 (13.70%) Windows
2 34 (12.59%) Linux
3 21 (7.78%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.11%) Android
5 3 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.11%) Unix
6 2 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.37%) Debian
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (26.67%) Agile
3 53 (19.63%) DevOps
4 38 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (13.70%) CI/CD
6 36 (13.33%) Roadmaps
7 33 (12.22%) Data Modelling
8 32 (11.85%) ERP
8 32 (11.85%) Validation
9 31 (11.48%) Customer Service
9 31 (11.48%) Software Engineering
10 30 (11.11%) CRM
10 30 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (10.00%) Project Delivery
12 25 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (9.26%) User Acceptance Testing
13 24 (8.89%) Integration Patterns
13 24 (8.89%) SDLC
14 22 (8.15%) Computer Science
14 22 (8.15%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 152 (56.30%) SQL
2 67 (24.81%) JavaScript
3 59 (21.85%) Python
4 53 (19.63%) C#
5 37 (13.70%) Java
6 23 (8.52%) C++
7 12 (4.44%) VB.NET
8 11 (4.07%) PHP
9 10 (3.70%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.70%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.33%) T-SQL
10 9 (3.33%) XPath
11 8 (2.96%) PL/SQL
12 7 (2.59%) XAML
13 5 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.85%) VB
14 4 (1.48%) Perl
15 3 (1.11%) Bash
15 3 (1.11%) SAS Macro
16 2 (0.74%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 77 (28.52%) Degree
2 19 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.59%) ISTQB
5 6 (2.22%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.85%) HNC
6 5 (1.85%) HND
6 5 (1.85%) ISEB
6 5 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.11%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.11%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.74%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.74%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.37%) CISSP
9 1 (0.37%) GIAC
9 1 (0.37%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.26%) QA
2 14 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.44%) TickIT
4 7 (2.59%) HL7
5 4 (1.48%) FATCA
6 3 (1.11%) CDISC
6 3 (1.11%) SLA
6 3 (1.11%) WCAG
7 2 (0.74%) GDPR
7 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.37%) Dublin Core
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (8.15%) Docker
2 5 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.85%) vSphere
3 1 (0.37%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 12 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.85%) Kibana
3 1 (0.37%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.37%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.37%) QRadar
Vendors
1 81 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.11%) Oracle
3 15 (5.56%) IBM
4 13 (4.81%) SAP
5 12 (4.44%) Google
6 11 (4.07%) IBM Sterling
7 9 (3.33%) Databricks
7 9 (3.33%) Splunk
8 7 (2.59%) Palo Alto
8 7 (2.59%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.85%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.85%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.85%) Pega
9 5 (1.85%) VMware
10 4 (1.48%) Ariba
10 4 (1.48%) NEC
11 3 (1.11%) F5
11 3 (1.11%) Infor
11 3 (1.11%) McAfee
11 3 (1.11%) ServiceNow