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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 297 278
Rank change year-on-year -168 -19 +9
Permanent jobs citing XML 265 412 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.98% 1.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.04% 4.79% 5.01%
Number of salaries quoted 162 340 644
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,063 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,175
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.16% -6.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,934 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £54,344 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.71% -1.19% -

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 8,719 8,599 20,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 20.50% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,379 6,520 15,649
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 22 April 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 14 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 22 April 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 -175 227 £62,500 +8.70% 77
UK excluding London -151 172 £61,250 +12.71% 62
Work from Home -30 114 £57,500 -14.81% 42
London -65 60 £73,000 +12.31% 25
South East -103 54 £65,000 - 25
East of England -6 42 £55,000 +15.79% 3
North of England -74 38 £73,500 +46.92% 15
Midlands -54 25 £48,500 -9.66% 6
North West -44 23 £73,500 +46.84% 9
Yorkshire -64 15 £76,840 +104.91% 6
East Midlands -49 13 £54,000 -1.82% 4
West Midlands -30 12 £43,000 -18.10% 2
Scotland -13 9 £72,500 +52.45% 3
South West -72 4 £31,500 -33.68% 7

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 (6.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.26%) JBoss
4 3 (1.13%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.13%) Confluence
4 3 (1.13%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.38%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) CICS
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.38%) SAS
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.38%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.02%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.13%) Shopify
4 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.75%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.38%) Magento
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.38%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 75 (28.30%) Azure
2 46 (17.36%) AWS
2 46 (17.36%) Power Platform
3 23 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (7.55%) Boomi
4 20 (7.55%) GitHub
4 20 (7.55%) SaaS
5 16 (6.04%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.91%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (4.91%) Serverless
7 12 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.40%) Apigee
8 9 (3.40%) OCI
9 8 (3.02%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (3.02%) iPaaS
9 8 (3.02%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.26%) GCP
10 6 (2.26%) Kong
10 6 (2.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.77%) Firewall
2 7 (2.64%) FTP
3 6 (2.26%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.51%) DNS
4 4 (1.51%) SSL
5 3 (1.13%) AMQP
6 2 (0.75%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.75%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.38%) HTTP
7 1 (0.38%) Modbus
7 1 (0.38%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (16.23%) Power BI
2 39 (14.72%) SQL Server
3 33 (12.45%) Relational Database
4 23 (8.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (8.30%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (6.42%) Metadata
6 17 (6.42%) MySQL
7 14 (5.28%) OLTP
8 11 (4.15%) RDBMS
9 10 (3.77%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.64%) GIS
11 3 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.13%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (1.13%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.75%) Big Data
12 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.75%) Oracle BI EE
12 2 (0.75%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 31 (11.70%) JIRA
2 20 (7.55%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.15%) Git
3 11 (4.15%) GitLab
3 11 (4.15%) Selenium
4 8 (3.02%) Oracle Forms
5 7 (2.64%) ERwin
6 6 (2.26%) JUnit
6 6 (2.26%) Maven
6 6 (2.26%) Postman
6 6 (2.26%) SpecFlow
7 5 (1.89%) JMeter
7 5 (1.89%) WebDriver
8 3 (1.13%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.13%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.13%) Mockito
8 3 (1.13%) Ranorex
8 3 (1.13%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 99 (37.36%) Social Skills
2 66 (24.91%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (22.64%) Finance
4 16 (6.04%) Retail
5 15 (5.66%) German Language
6 13 (4.91%) Law
6 13 (4.91%) Marketing
7 11 (4.15%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.40%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.26%) Banking
9 6 (2.26%) Front Office
9 6 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.89%) Legal
10 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.13%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.13%) Health Technology
11 3 (1.13%) Local Government
12 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.75%) Billing
Job Titles
1 87 (32.83%) Developer
2 54 (20.38%) Senior
3 31 (11.70%) Senior Developer
4 26 (9.81%) Analyst
4 26 (9.81%) Consultant
5 20 (7.55%) Architect
6 15 (5.66%) SQL Developer
7 14 (5.28%) Oracle Developer
7 14 (5.28%) PL/SQL Developer
7 14 (5.28%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 14 (5.28%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 14 (5.28%) Senior SQL Developer
8 13 (4.91%) Applications Engineer
8 13 (4.91%) Java Developer
9 12 (4.53%) Lead
10 11 (4.15%) C# Developer
11 10 (3.77%) Applications Architect
11 10 (3.77%) QA Engineer
12 8 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (3.02%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (67.55%) JSON
2 77 (29.06%) REST
2 77 (29.06%) SOAP
3 69 (26.04%) HTML
4 33 (12.45%) Regular Expression
4 33 (12.45%) Web Services
5 24 (9.06%) Middleware
6 20 (7.55%) RESTful
7 19 (7.17%) .NET
8 16 (6.04%) EDI
8 16 (6.04%) Spring
9 14 (5.28%) CSS
9 14 (5.28%) Spring Boot
10 11 (4.15%) WinForms
11 10 (3.77%) FIX Protocol
11 10 (3.77%) Node.js
11 10 (3.77%) XSLT
12 9 (3.40%) FpML
12 9 (3.40%) Hibernate
12 9 (3.40%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 52 (19.62%) Onboarding
2 34 (12.83%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (10.19%) Data Structures
4 19 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (5.28%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (4.15%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (3.77%) Product Ownership
9 8 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (3.02%) e-Learning
9 8 (3.02%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.64%) Low-Code
10 7 (2.64%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.64%) SCADA
11 4 (1.51%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.13%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (1.13%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (1.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 40 (15.09%) Unix
2 22 (8.30%) Linux
3 11 (4.15%) Windows
4 4 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.38%) Debian
5 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (23.40%) Agile
3 43 (16.23%) AI
3 43 (16.23%) Data Modelling
4 40 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
4 40 (15.09%) ERP
5 39 (14.72%) DevOps
6 38 (14.34%) CI/CD
7 33 (12.45%) API Integration
7 33 (12.45%) Data Analysis
8 32 (12.08%) Migration
9 30 (11.32%) Test Automation
10 29 (10.94%) LLM
10 29 (10.94%) Roadmaps
11 27 (10.19%) Decision-Making
12 26 (9.81%) Collaborative Working
12 26 (9.81%) Software Testing
13 25 (9.43%) CRM
13 25 (9.43%) Validation
14 24 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 137 (51.70%) SQL
2 96 (36.23%) Python
3 56 (21.13%) Java
4 42 (15.85%) JavaScript
5 38 (14.34%) C#
6 25 (9.43%) PL/SQL
7 19 (7.17%) Shell Script
8 12 (4.53%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.15%) Delphi
10 10 (3.77%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.02%) Perl
12 7 (2.64%) TypeScript
12 7 (2.64%) VB
13 6 (2.26%) VBA
14 5 (1.89%) C++
15 4 (1.51%) ActionScript
15 4 (1.51%) ActionScript 2.0
15 4 (1.51%) Bash
15 4 (1.51%) VB.NET
16 3 (1.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 65 (24.53%) Degree
2 30 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.53%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.64%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.26%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.38%) ISEB
9 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.45%) QA
2 15 (5.66%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.15%) TickIT
4 8 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.26%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.13%) EMIR
6 3 (1.13%) GDPR
6 3 (1.13%) HL7
6 3 (1.13%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.13%) SLA
7 2 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (8.30%) Docker
2 20 (7.55%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.51%) vSphere
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 18 (6.79%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.53%) Terraform
3 8 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.13%) HP Fortify
4 3 (1.13%) Kibana
5 2 (0.75%) Ansible
6 1 (0.38%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 63 (23.77%) Oracle
2 37 (13.96%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.28%) SAP
4 10 (3.77%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.02%) Databricks
5 8 (3.02%) Okta
6 7 (2.64%) IBM
6 7 (2.64%) Sparx
7 6 (2.26%) Cisco
7 6 (2.26%) F5
7 6 (2.26%) Juniper
7 6 (2.26%) MuleSoft
7 6 (2.26%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.26%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.26%) Splunk
8 5 (1.89%) Ariba
8 5 (1.89%) Dell
9 4 (1.51%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.51%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.51%) Talend