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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 281 265
Rank change year-on-year -143 -16 -2
Permanent jobs citing XML 258 527 868
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 1.06% 1.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.42% 4.78% 5.02%
Number of salaries quoted 148 357 569
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,850 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +2.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% 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 7,545 11,030 17,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.34% 22.13% 23.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,546 6,658 14,215
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +7.48% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -147 208 £55,000 -8.33% 108
UK excluding London -109 163 £55,000 - 92
Work from Home -27 117 £55,000 -18.52% 57
London -46 74 £71,000 +12.70% 35
South East -72 56 £56,250 -13.46% 33
East of England +26 42 £55,000 - 8
Scotland +6 22 £47,750 +3.18% 6
North of England -67 21 £52,500 +22.09% 18
Midlands -46 18 £48,750 -7.14% 19
North West -30 10 £54,500 +14.74% 12
East Midlands -33 10 £50,750 -7.73% 2
West Midlands -7 8 £45,000 +5.88% 17
Yorkshire -54 7 £55,000 +46.67% 4
North East - 4 £45,000 - 2
South West -38 3 £60,000 -11.11% 11
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.94%) Anypoint
2 5 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.55%) Confluence
4 3 (1.16%) JBoss
4 3 (1.16%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.78%) IIS
5 2 (0.78%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.78%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Appian
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) FileNet
Applications
1 9 (3.49%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (7.75%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.94%) Shopify
4 3 (1.16%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) Magento
6 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (28.68%) Azure
2 51 (19.77%) AWS
3 39 (15.12%) Power Platform
4 28 (10.85%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (10.85%) Entra ID
4 28 (10.85%) GitHub
5 21 (8.14%) OCI
6 18 (6.98%) Power Automate
7 16 (6.20%) Boomi
7 16 (6.20%) Serverless
8 15 (5.81%) SaaS
9 12 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (4.26%) iPaaS
11 9 (3.49%) PowerApps
12 7 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.33%) Miro
14 5 (1.94%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.71%) FTP
2 3 (1.16%) AMQP
3 2 (0.78%) HTTP
3 2 (0.78%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.78%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) Firewall
4 1 (0.39%) Modbus
4 1 (0.39%) SSL
4 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) VPN
4 1 (0.39%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (17.83%) SQL Server
2 34 (13.18%) Power BI
3 33 (12.79%) Relational Database
4 21 (8.14%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (5.43%) MySQL
6 13 (5.04%) OLTP
7 10 (3.88%) RDBMS
8 8 (3.10%) NoSQL
8 8 (3.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (2.33%) Metadata
11 5 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (1.94%) Oracle Database
12 3 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.16%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.16%) Data Mining
12 3 (1.16%) GIS
12 3 (1.16%) Tableau
13 2 (0.78%) DataStage
13 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (13.57%) Jenkins
2 20 (7.75%) Oracle Forms
3 18 (6.98%) JIRA
4 15 (5.81%) Git
5 12 (4.65%) JUnit
6 11 (4.26%) JMeter
7 9 (3.49%) Mockito
8 8 (3.10%) Postman
8 8 (3.10%) Selenium
9 7 (2.71%) PowerBuilder
10 6 (2.33%) Axure RP
11 5 (1.94%) SpecFlow
12 4 (1.55%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (1.16%) Maven
13 3 (1.16%) NUnit
13 3 (1.16%) SoapUI
13 3 (1.16%) Subversion
13 3 (1.16%) Visual Studio
14 2 (0.78%) VSS/SourceSafe
14 2 (0.78%) WebDriver
General
1 73 (28.29%) Social Skills
2 50 (19.38%) Finance
3 38 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.08%) Law
5 17 (6.59%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.81%) German Language
7 10 (3.88%) Retail
8 7 (2.71%) Legal
9 6 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.33%) Marketing
10 5 (1.94%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.94%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.55%) Advertising
11 4 (1.55%) Billing
12 3 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.16%) Banking
12 3 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 98 (37.98%) Developer
2 60 (23.26%) Senior
3 27 (10.47%) Senior Developer
4 22 (8.53%) Analyst
5 20 (7.75%) Applications Engineer
5 20 (7.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (7.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 19 (7.36%) SQL Developer
7 16 (6.20%) Java Developer
8 13 (5.04%) Oracle Developer
8 13 (5.04%) PL/SQL Developer
8 13 (5.04%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 13 (5.04%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 13 (5.04%) Senior SQL Developer
9 11 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (4.26%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 10 (3.88%) Lead
11 9 (3.49%) Integration Engineer
11 9 (3.49%) Mid-Level Java Developer
11 9 (3.49%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (67.83%) JSON
2 90 (34.88%) HTML
3 77 (29.84%) REST
4 66 (25.58%) SOAP
5 42 (16.28%) Web Services
6 29 (11.24%) Regular Expression
7 28 (10.85%) CSS
8 26 (10.08%) RESTful
9 21 (8.14%) Spring
10 19 (7.36%) .NET
11 15 (5.81%) Hibernate
11 15 (5.81%) Spring Boot
12 14 (5.43%) jQuery
13 13 (5.04%) XSLT
14 9 (3.49%) ActiveMQ
14 9 (3.49%) Apache Camel
14 9 (3.49%) Middleware
14 9 (3.49%) WireMock
15 8 (3.10%) React
15 8 (3.10%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 47 (18.22%) Onboarding
2 31 (12.02%) Linux Command Line
3 26 (10.08%) Cloud Native
4 23 (8.91%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (6.20%) Data Structures
6 13 (5.04%) Low-Code
7 12 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.55%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.55%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.55%) W3C
10 3 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.16%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.16%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.16%) SCADA
10 3 (1.16%) Semantic Web
11 2 (0.78%) DataPower
11 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (14.34%) Unix
2 10 (3.88%) Linux
3 4 (1.55%) Windows
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (32.95%) Agile
2 63 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (18.99%) CI/CD
4 44 (17.05%) ERP
5 42 (16.28%) AI
6 38 (14.73%) DevOps
6 38 (14.73%) Test Automation
7 36 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
8 35 (13.57%) API Integration
9 34 (13.18%) Data Analysis
9 34 (13.18%) LLM
9 34 (13.18%) SDLC
10 30 (11.63%) Data Modelling
10 30 (11.63%) Mentoring
11 28 (10.85%) Translating Business Requirements
12 27 (10.47%) Data Governance
13 26 (10.08%) Migration
14 25 (9.69%) Software Testing
15 24 (9.30%) Coaching
16 23 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 138 (53.49%) SQL
2 100 (38.76%) Python
3 61 (23.64%) Java
4 58 (22.48%) JavaScript
5 41 (15.89%) C#
5 41 (15.89%) PL/SQL
6 35 (13.57%) Shell Script
7 14 (5.43%) T-SQL
8 12 (4.65%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.49%) VBA
10 8 (3.10%) ActionScript
10 8 (3.10%) Delphi
10 8 (3.10%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.33%) C
11 6 (2.33%) C++
12 5 (1.94%) Perl
13 4 (1.55%) ActionScript 2.0
13 4 (1.55%) ActionScript 3.0
13 4 (1.55%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (26.36%) Degree
2 28 (10.85%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.10%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.16%) ISEB
6 3 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.78%) HNC
7 2 (0.78%) HND
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.78%) PMP
8 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.53%) QA
2 17 (6.59%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.81%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.88%) GDPR
5 7 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.94%) HL7
7 2 (0.78%) EMIR
7 2 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 25 (9.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (9.69%) Kubernetes
2 22 (8.53%) Terraform
3 21 (8.14%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.49%) Kibana
5 3 (1.16%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.78%) Ansible
6 2 (0.78%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 73 (28.29%) Oracle
2 34 (13.18%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.75%) Okta
4 16 (6.20%) SAP
5 10 (3.88%) MuleSoft
6 9 (3.49%) Dell
6 9 (3.49%) Dynatrace
6 9 (3.49%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.49%) Splunk
7 8 (3.10%) IBM
8 7 (2.71%) Informatica
8 7 (2.71%) SnapLogic
9 6 (2.33%) IFS
9 6 (2.33%) Talend
9 6 (2.33%) Workday
10 5 (1.94%) Epicor
10 5 (1.94%) Infor
10 5 (1.94%) Jitterbit
10 5 (1.94%) Software AG
10 5 (1.94%) TIBCO