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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 379 284
Rank change year-on-year -137 -95 -27
Permanent jobs citing XML 253 340 1,000
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.55% 3.81% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 170 260 640
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,063 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% -10.81%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,336 £86,375 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -4.07%

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 9,925 8,915 20,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.26% 18.72% 19.98%
Number of salaries quoted 7,427 5,899 15,962
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.49%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,183 £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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -132 217 £60,000 - 105
UK excluding London -109 164 £60,000 +20.00% 71
Work from Home -38 109 £55,000 -18.52% 46
South East -60 73 £62,500 -7.41% 28
London -76 56 £57,500 -20.69% 45
North of England -35 30 £73,500 +48.48% 10
South West -74 21 £43,000 -9.47% 11
North West -13 20 £73,500 +33.64% 9
Midlands -24 20 £80,000 +39.13% 11
West Midlands -23 13 £80,000 +30.35% 4
East of England -36 12 £52,500 +10.53% 6
Yorkshire -31 9 £76,997 +105.33%
East Midlands -19 7 - - 7
Wales - 6 - - 1
Scotland +13 2 £72,500 - 3
North East -44 1 £67,500 +92.86% 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 17 (6.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.37%) Apache
3 6 (2.37%) CMS
3 6 (2.37%) Confluence
4 4 (1.58%) SAS
5 3 (1.19%) JBoss
6 2 (0.79%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.98%) CorelDRAW
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.35%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.58%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.79%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.40%) Magento
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 77 (30.43%) Azure
2 45 (17.79%) Power Platform
3 38 (15.02%) AWS
4 22 (8.70%) SaaS
5 21 (8.30%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.93%) Boomi
7 14 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (5.14%) GitHub
9 10 (3.95%) Serverless
10 9 (3.56%) Apigee
11 8 (3.16%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (3.16%) Entra ID
12 7 (2.77%) GCP
13 6 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.37%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (2.37%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (2.37%) Kong
13 6 (2.37%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.74%) Firewall
2 6 (2.37%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (2.37%) DNS
3 5 (1.98%) Intranet
3 5 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.58%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.19%) SSL
6 2 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.40%) AMQP
7 1 (0.40%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.40%) HTTP
7 1 (0.40%) Multicast
7 1 (0.40%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (14.62%) Power BI
2 34 (13.44%) SQL Server
3 30 (11.86%) Relational Database
4 26 (10.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (8.30%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.93%) MySQL
7 14 (5.53%) OLTP
8 13 (5.14%) Metadata
8 13 (5.14%) RDBMS
9 8 (3.16%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.77%) Electronic Patient Records
10 7 (2.77%) GIS
11 5 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.19%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.19%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.79%) Oracle BI EE
13 2 (0.79%) Oracle ODI
13 2 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.79%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (11.86%) JIRA
2 15 (5.93%) Git
3 14 (5.53%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.74%) GitLab
5 10 (3.95%) JUnit
5 10 (3.95%) Selenium
6 7 (2.77%) ERwin
6 7 (2.77%) JMeter
6 7 (2.77%) Maven
6 7 (2.77%) Moq
7 5 (1.98%) Mockito
7 5 (1.98%) SpecFlow
7 5 (1.98%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.58%) Postman
9 3 (1.19%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.19%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.19%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.19%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.79%) Bower
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
General
1 99 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 81 (32.02%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (23.72%) Finance
4 28 (11.07%) Retail
5 21 (8.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.32%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.14%) Marketing
8 11 (4.35%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.56%) Banking
9 9 (3.56%) Electronics
9 9 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.16%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.16%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.77%) Automotive
11 7 (2.77%) Health Technology
11 7 (2.77%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.98%) Publishing
13 4 (1.58%) Back Office
13 4 (1.58%) Front Office
13 4 (1.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 74 (29.25%) Developer
2 44 (17.39%) Senior
3 39 (15.42%) Analyst
4 29 (11.46%) Consultant
5 28 (11.07%) Senior Developer
6 25 (9.88%) Architect
7 21 (8.30%) Software Engineer
8 19 (7.51%) Support Analyst
9 16 (6.32%) Lead
10 14 (5.53%) Oracle Developer
10 14 (5.53%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 14 (5.53%) SQL Developer
11 12 (4.74%) Integration Architect
12 11 (4.35%) PL/SQL Developer
12 11 (4.35%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
12 11 (4.35%) Senior SQL Developer
13 10 (3.95%) Applications Engineer
14 9 (3.56%) Applications Architect
15 8 (3.16%) Data Analyst
15 8 (3.16%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (56.52%) JSON
2 64 (25.30%) REST
3 61 (24.11%) SOAP
4 55 (21.74%) HTML
5 36 (14.23%) .NET
6 31 (12.25%) CSS
7 30 (11.86%) Middleware
8 22 (8.70%) Web Services
9 16 (6.32%) EDI
10 15 (5.93%) .NET Framework
11 14 (5.53%) RESTful
11 14 (5.53%) XSLT
12 12 (4.74%) Node.js
12 12 (4.74%) Spring
12 12 (4.74%) Spring Boot
13 11 (4.35%) FIX Protocol
13 11 (4.35%) jQuery
13 11 (4.35%) React
14 10 (3.95%) Kafka
15 9 (3.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.07%) Onboarding
2 27 (10.67%) Data Structures
3 14 (5.53%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.14%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (5.14%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.56%) Enterprise Cloud
8 8 (3.16%) Robotics
9 7 (2.77%) Acoustics
9 7 (2.77%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (2.77%) NHS
9 7 (2.77%) SCADA
10 6 (2.37%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (1.19%) Client/Server
12 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.19%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.23%) Linux
2 29 (11.46%) Windows
3 13 (5.14%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.16%) Unix
5 6 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.19%) Android
6 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) Debian
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (22.92%) Agile
3 46 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 37 (14.62%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (12.65%) DevOps
6 32 (12.65%) Roadmaps
7 30 (11.86%) CI/CD
8 29 (11.46%) Software Engineering
9 28 (11.07%) Collaborative Working
9 28 (11.07%) ERP
9 28 (11.07%) Validation
10 26 (10.28%) CRM
10 26 (10.28%) Customer Service
10 26 (10.28%) Software Testing
11 25 (9.88%) Computer Science
12 24 (9.49%) Integration Patterns
13 23 (9.09%) Decision-Making
13 23 (9.09%) Migration
14 21 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (57.31%) SQL
2 67 (26.48%) Python
3 56 (22.13%) JavaScript
4 46 (18.18%) C#
5 40 (15.81%) Java
6 19 (7.51%) C++
7 17 (6.72%) PowerShell
8 14 (5.53%) PL/SQL
8 14 (5.53%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.35%) Shell Script
10 8 (3.16%) PHP
10 8 (3.16%) XAML
11 7 (2.77%) TypeScript
11 7 (2.77%) VB
12 6 (2.37%) Delphi
12 6 (2.37%) Perl
13 4 (1.58%) Bash
13 4 (1.58%) VB.NET
14 3 (1.19%) Groovy
14 3 (1.19%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 65 (25.69%) Degree
2 26 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.16%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.37%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.98%) HNC
6 5 (1.98%) HND
6 5 (1.98%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.58%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.19%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.19%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.40%) CISSP
9 1 (0.40%) GIAC
9 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.40%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.28%) QA
2 13 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.74%) TickIT
4 11 (4.35%) Accessibility
5 8 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.77%) HL7
7 4 (1.58%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.19%) CDISC
8 3 (1.19%) SLA
9 2 (0.79%) WCAG
10 1 (0.40%) EMIR
10 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (10.28%) Docker
2 14 (5.53%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.37%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 14 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.98%) Kibana
3 4 (1.58%) Terraform
4 3 (1.19%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 53 (20.95%) Microsoft
2 46 (18.18%) Oracle
3 13 (5.14%) IBM
4 11 (4.35%) Databricks
4 11 (4.35%) IBM Sterling
5 10 (3.95%) Palo Alto
6 9 (3.56%) Splunk
7 8 (3.16%) Red Hat
7 8 (3.16%) SAP
8 7 (2.77%) Sparx
9 6 (2.37%) Cisco
9 6 (2.37%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.37%) F5
9 6 (2.37%) Juniper
9 6 (2.37%) VMware
10 4 (1.58%) Ariba
10 4 (1.58%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.19%) Google
11 3 (1.19%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.79%) Freshdesk