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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 310 251
Rank change year-on-year -129 -59 +36
Permanent jobs citing XML 266 403 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.99% 1.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.17% 4.60% 5.35%
Number of salaries quoted 160 341 667
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,882 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year - -1.46% -10.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,124 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 8,383 8,770 19,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.47% 21.44% 22.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 6,578 15,517
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £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 3 April 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 15 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 3 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 -161 229 £59,000 +2.61% 111
UK excluding London -123 172 £55,000 - 104
Work from Home -24 118 £57,500 -14.81% 58
London -60 66 £71,500 +10.00% 32
South East -92 58 £62,500 -3.85% 27
East of England +5 44 £55,000 +15.79% 10
North of England -95 28 £64,000 +34.74% 24
Midlands -47 26 £47,500 -11.53% 17
North West -50 16 £58,000 +18.37% 15
East Midlands -48 14 £50,750 -7.73% 11
West Midlands -25 12 £43,000 +1.18% 6
Yorkshire -63 12 £73,420 +95.79% 7
Scotland -22 9 £72,500 +52.45% 10
South West -54 6 £31,500 -37.00% 11
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 11 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.26%) JBoss
3 5 (1.88%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.50%) Confluence
5 3 (1.13%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.38%) Apache
7 1 (0.38%) CICS
7 1 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) IIS
7 1 (0.38%) SAS
7 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.38%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.38%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.01%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.88%) Shopify
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.13%) SAP Business One
3 3 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.38%) Magento
5 1 (0.38%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 68 (25.56%) Azure
2 48 (18.05%) AWS
3 46 (17.29%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.14%) SaaS
5 18 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (6.39%) Boomi
7 16 (6.02%) Entra ID
8 15 (5.64%) Power Automate
9 14 (5.26%) GitHub
9 14 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (5.26%) Serverless
10 10 (3.76%) iPaaS
11 9 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (3.38%) Apigee
11 9 (3.38%) OCI
12 7 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (2.63%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.26%) GCP
13 6 (2.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.38%) Firewall
2 7 (2.63%) FTP
3 6 (2.26%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.50%) SSL
5 3 (1.13%) AMQP
5 3 (1.13%) DNS
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 44 (16.54%) SQL Server
2 42 (15.79%) Power BI
3 36 (13.53%) Relational Database
4 21 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (6.02%) MySQL
6 15 (5.64%) OLTP
7 14 (5.26%) Metadata
7 14 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (4.51%) RDBMS
9 7 (2.63%) Oracle Database
10 6 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.88%) GIS
12 4 (1.50%) Data Mining
12 4 (1.50%) Tableau
13 3 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (1.13%) DynamoDB
13 3 (1.13%) NoSQL
14 2 (0.75%) Big Data
14 2 (0.75%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 26 (9.77%) JIRA
2 21 (7.89%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.89%) Git
3 13 (4.89%) Selenium
4 11 (4.14%) GitLab
5 8 (3.01%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (3.01%) SpecFlow
6 7 (2.63%) ERwin
6 7 (2.63%) JUnit
7 6 (2.26%) JMeter
7 6 (2.26%) Maven
7 6 (2.26%) Postman
8 5 (1.88%) WebDriver
9 4 (1.50%) Mockito
10 3 (1.13%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.13%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.13%) NUnit
10 3 (1.13%) PowerBuilder
10 3 (1.13%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 92 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 57 (21.43%) Finance
3 18 (6.77%) Law
4 15 (5.64%) German Language
5 11 (4.14%) Financial Institution
6 10 (3.76%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.38%) Retail
7 9 (3.38%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.63%) Legal
9 6 (2.26%) Banking
9 6 (2.26%) Front Office
9 6 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.88%) Marketing
10 5 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.50%) Publishing
12 3 (1.13%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.13%) Local Government
13 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 91 (34.21%) Developer
2 48 (18.05%) Senior
3 25 (9.40%) Analyst
4 24 (9.02%) Senior Developer
5 21 (7.89%) Consultant
5 21 (7.89%) SQL Developer
6 15 (5.64%) Java Developer
6 15 (5.64%) Lead
6 15 (5.64%) Oracle Developer
6 15 (5.64%) PL/SQL Developer
6 15 (5.64%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 15 (5.64%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
6 15 (5.64%) Senior SQL Developer
7 13 (4.89%) Architect
8 12 (4.51%) Applications Engineer
9 11 (4.14%) C# Developer
10 10 (3.76%) Data Analyst
10 10 (3.76%) Integration Engineer
10 10 (3.76%) QA Engineer
11 9 (3.38%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (66.54%) JSON
2 74 (27.82%) REST
3 73 (27.44%) HTML
4 66 (24.81%) SOAP
5 34 (12.78%) Web Services
6 32 (12.03%) Regular Expression
7 21 (7.89%) .NET
8 18 (6.77%) Spring
9 17 (6.39%) RESTful
10 16 (6.02%) CSS
11 15 (5.64%) Spring Boot
12 12 (4.51%) Middleware
13 11 (4.14%) WinForms
14 10 (3.76%) FIX Protocol
14 10 (3.76%) Hibernate
14 10 (3.76%) Node.js
14 10 (3.76%) XSLT
15 9 (3.38%) EDI
15 9 (3.38%) FpML
16 8 (3.01%) React
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.92%) Onboarding
2 33 (12.41%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (10.15%) Data Structures
4 19 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.51%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.51%) Low-Code
6 11 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.01%) e-Learning
8 8 (3.01%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.88%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.88%) SCADA
11 4 (1.50%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (1.13%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.79%) Unix
2 22 (8.27%) Linux
3 9 (3.38%) Windows
4 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.13%) 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 68 (25.56%) Agile
2 63 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (17.29%) Business Intelligence
4 44 (16.54%) AI
5 40 (15.04%) Data Modelling
6 37 (13.91%) CI/CD
7 33 (12.41%) Data Analysis
8 32 (12.03%) DevOps
8 32 (12.03%) Migration
9 31 (11.65%) ERP
9 31 (11.65%) SDLC
10 30 (11.28%) LLM
11 29 (10.90%) Software Testing
11 29 (10.90%) Test Automation
12 28 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (9.40%) Validation
14 24 (9.02%) API Integration
15 23 (8.65%) Decision-Making
16 22 (8.27%) Computer Science
16 22 (8.27%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 140 (52.63%) SQL
2 96 (36.09%) Python
3 55 (20.68%) Java
4 47 (17.67%) JavaScript
5 42 (15.79%) C#
6 27 (10.15%) PL/SQL
7 21 (7.89%) Shell Script
8 16 (6.02%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.14%) Delphi
10 9 (3.38%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.63%) C++
11 7 (2.63%) TypeScript
11 7 (2.63%) VBA
12 6 (2.26%) C
12 6 (2.26%) Perl
13 5 (1.88%) VB
13 5 (1.88%) VB.NET
14 4 (1.50%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.50%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 70 (26.32%) Degree
2 28 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.51%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.01%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.88%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.13%) ISEB
8 3 (1.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.75%) HNC
9 2 (0.75%) HND
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.53%) QA
2 17 (6.39%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.26%) GDPR
5 3 (1.13%) EMIR
5 3 (1.13%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.13%) SLA
5 3 (1.13%) TickIT
6 2 (0.75%) HL7
6 2 (0.75%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (8.65%) Docker
2 19 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.13%) vSphere
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 19 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.51%) Terraform
3 9 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.50%) Kibana
5 3 (1.13%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.13%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.75%) Ansible
Vendors
1 63 (23.68%) Oracle
2 34 (12.78%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.64%) SAP
4 8 (3.01%) IBM
4 8 (3.01%) MuleSoft
4 8 (3.01%) Okta
5 7 (2.63%) Databricks
5 7 (2.63%) Dell
5 7 (2.63%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.63%) Sparx
5 7 (2.63%) Splunk
6 6 (2.26%) Cisco
6 6 (2.26%) F5
6 6 (2.26%) IFS
6 6 (2.26%) Intapp
6 6 (2.26%) Juniper
6 6 (2.26%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.26%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.26%) Talend
6 6 (2.26%) Workday