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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 400 295
Rank change year-on-year -119 -105 -68
Permanent jobs citing XML 294 284 634
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.57% 0.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.49% 3.41% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 189 193 383
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £43,553
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -0.83%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £78,375
90th Percentile £84,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% 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 11,830 8,338 15,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.02% 16.87% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,357 5,307 9,772
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +6.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 10 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 10 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 -108 263 £60,000 +9.09% 419
UK excluding London -104 211 £55,000 +4.76% 199
Work from Home -59 130 £55,000 - 151
London -70 67 £75,000 +9.09% 229
South East -76 64 £60,000 +9.09% 58
Midlands -6 51 £50,000 - 26
West Midlands -11 46 £52,500 +5.00% 20
North of England -43 35 £65,288 +33.24% 49
South West -55 31 £36,500 -10.98% 17
North West -14 17 £67,500 +25.58% 26
Yorkshire -21 14 £63,076 +68.20% 18
East of England -67 10 £42,500 -22.73% 15
Wales - 7 £55,000 - 8
Scotland -2 5 £63,750 +27.50% 21
East Midlands -35 5 £45,000 -5.26% 6
Isle of Man - 5 £38,500 - 1
North East -73 4 £63,076 +40.17% 6
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 5

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 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.10%) CMS
2 15 (5.10%) Oracle Workflow
3 11 (3.74%) Confluence
4 9 (3.06%) Apache
5 6 (2.04%) IIS
5 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.70%) SAS
7 2 (0.68%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.68%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
Applications
1 11 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.70%) CorelDRAW
3 5 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (5.10%) Oracle Cash Management
1 15 (5.10%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (5.10%) Oracle Payables
1 15 (5.10%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 12 (4.08%) Elite 3E
3 11 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (3.74%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (1.36%) NEC Housing
5 3 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (1.02%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.68%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.68%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.68%) 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 (27.55%) Azure
2 38 (12.93%) Power Platform
3 28 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (8.50%) AWS
5 21 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (7.14%) Power Automate
6 20 (6.80%) SaaS
7 17 (5.78%) Serverless
8 15 (5.10%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (4.08%) PowerApps
10 11 (3.74%) Azure Functions
10 11 (3.74%) GitHub
11 8 (2.72%) Boomi
12 7 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.04%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (2.04%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (2.04%) GCP
14 5 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.12%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.72%) Wireshark
3 7 (2.38%) DNS
4 5 (1.70%) Intranet
5 4 (1.36%) Firewall
6 3 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.02%) VPN
7 2 (0.68%) FTP
8 1 (0.34%) HTTP
8 1 (0.34%) Network Security
8 1 (0.34%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (20.41%) SQL Server
2 23 (7.82%) Power BI
3 20 (6.80%) Relational Database
4 18 (6.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (5.10%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 15 (5.10%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (3.06%) MySQL
9 6 (2.04%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.04%) OLTP
9 6 (2.04%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.70%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.70%) Db2
10 5 (1.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.36%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (1.36%) Metadata
12 3 (1.02%) GIS
12 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (9.52%) Git
2 21 (7.14%) JIRA
3 19 (6.46%) JUnit
4 15 (5.10%) Jenkins
5 12 (4.08%) JMeter
6 11 (3.74%) Postman
7 8 (2.72%) Selenium
8 7 (2.38%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.38%) GitLab
8 7 (2.38%) Moq
8 7 (2.38%) SoapUI
9 6 (2.04%) Visual Studio
9 6 (2.04%) Zephyr
10 5 (1.70%) Mockito
11 3 (1.02%) Maven
11 3 (1.02%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.68%) Bower
12 2 (0.68%) PowerBuilder
12 2 (0.68%) TestNG
12 2 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 93 (31.63%) Finance
2 86 (29.25%) Social Skills
3 68 (23.13%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (15.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (12.24%) Public Sector
6 32 (10.88%) Law
7 29 (9.86%) Retail
8 27 (9.18%) Manufacturing
9 22 (7.48%) Banking
10 19 (6.46%) Legal
11 16 (5.44%) Electronics
12 15 (5.10%) General Ledger
13 14 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (4.76%) Publishing
14 10 (3.40%) Aerospace
14 10 (3.40%) Financial Institution
15 9 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (2.72%) Back Office
16 8 (2.72%) Telecoms
17 7 (2.38%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 88 (29.93%) Developer
2 71 (24.15%) Senior
3 44 (14.97%) Analyst
4 32 (10.88%) Senior Developer
5 30 (10.20%) Support Analyst
6 24 (8.16%) Architect
7 23 (7.82%) Applications Engineer
7 23 (7.82%) Lead
8 22 (7.48%) .NET Developer
8 22 (7.48%) Software Engineer
9 20 (6.80%) Consultant
10 19 (6.46%) Web Developer
11 15 (5.10%) Senior Applications Engineer
12 14 (4.76%) .NET Web Developer
12 14 (4.76%) Operations Engineer
12 14 (4.76%) Senior Operations Engineer
12 14 (4.76%) SQL Developer
13 13 (4.42%) Author
13 13 (4.42%) Technical Author
13 13 (4.42%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (45.24%) JSON
2 65 (22.11%) .NET
2 65 (22.11%) HTML
3 54 (18.37%) REST
4 53 (18.03%) Web Services
5 48 (16.33%) SOAP
6 45 (15.31%) CSS
7 43 (14.63%) .NET Framework
8 35 (11.90%) XSLT
9 21 (7.14%) Entity Framework
10 20 (6.80%) Middleware
10 20 (6.80%) RESTful
11 15 (5.10%) ASP.NET
11 15 (5.10%) jQuery
12 14 (4.76%) EDI
13 12 (4.08%) Dagger
13 12 (4.08%) React
13 12 (4.08%) RxJava
14 11 (3.74%) ASP.NET MVC
15 10 (3.40%) Google Maps API
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.44%) Cloud Native
4 15 (5.10%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.08%) Taxonomies
6 11 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.74%) Robotics
7 9 (3.06%) Client/Server
7 9 (3.06%) SCADA
8 7 (2.38%) Acoustics
9 6 (2.04%) AS400
9 6 (2.04%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.04%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.70%) NHS
11 4 (1.36%) Blog
11 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 42 (14.29%) Windows
2 30 (10.20%) Linux
3 24 (8.16%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.08%) Android
4 12 (4.08%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (29.93%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (24.83%) Agile
3 57 (19.39%) DevOps
4 44 (14.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (13.95%) CI/CD
6 40 (13.61%) AI
7 36 (12.24%) Mentoring
7 36 (12.24%) Validation
8 32 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (10.88%) Workflow
9 31 (10.54%) ERP
9 31 (10.54%) Software Engineering
10 30 (10.20%) CRM
11 28 (9.52%) Data Modelling
11 28 (9.52%) Roadmaps
12 25 (8.50%) Process Improvement
12 25 (8.50%) Translating Business Requirements
13 24 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (8.16%) Project Delivery
13 24 (8.16%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 164 (55.78%) SQL
2 76 (25.85%) JavaScript
3 62 (21.09%) C#
4 51 (17.35%) Python
5 42 (14.29%) Java
6 26 (8.84%) C++
7 23 (7.82%) PL/SQL
8 15 (5.10%) VB.NET
9 12 (4.08%) XPath
10 9 (3.06%) PHP
10 9 (3.06%) PowerShell
10 9 (3.06%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (2.38%) T-SQL
11 7 (2.38%) XAML
12 5 (1.70%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.70%) VBA
13 4 (1.36%) RPG
13 4 (1.36%) RPG IV
14 3 (1.02%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (27.55%) Degree
2 15 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.40%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.04%) ISTQB
5 6 (2.04%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.70%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.70%) HNC
6 5 (1.70%) HND
6 5 (1.70%) ISEB
6 5 (1.70%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.68%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.56%) QA
2 27 (9.18%) Accessibility
3 20 (6.80%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.06%) GDPR
4 9 (3.06%) WCAG
5 5 (1.70%) CDISC
5 5 (1.70%) FATCA
5 5 (1.70%) TickIT
6 4 (1.36%) HL7
7 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.34%) Dublin Core
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (6.80%) Docker
2 4 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.36%) vSphere
3 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.04%) Kibana
3 3 (1.02%) Grafana
4 1 (0.34%) Ansible
4 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.34%) QRadar
4 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 42 (14.29%) Oracle
3 16 (5.44%) IBM
4 12 (4.08%) Google
5 11 (3.74%) IBM Sterling
5 11 (3.74%) SAP
6 8 (2.72%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.38%) Databricks
7 7 (2.38%) Splunk
8 6 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.70%) Pega
9 5 (1.70%) VMware
10 4 (1.36%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.36%) NEC
10 4 (1.36%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.02%) Adobe
11 3 (1.02%) Infor
11 3 (1.02%) McAfee
11 3 (1.02%) Workday
12 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto