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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 384 302
Rank change year-on-year -121 -82 -28
Permanent jobs citing XML 248 329 996
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.73% 0.91%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.55% 3.77% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 167 259 630
10th Percentile £38,800 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,520 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,336 £90,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £51,277 £54,000
% change year-on-year +26.76% -5.04% -6.09%

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 9,715 8,733 21,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.27% 19.35% 19.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,270 5,738 16,584
10th Percentile £40,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 June 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 22 June 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 -128 213 £62,500 +4.17% 75
UK excluding London -117 156 £65,000 +26.76% 66
Work from Home -37 105 £57,500 -14.81% 40
South East -53 73 £65,000 -3.70% 25
London -67 59 £58,000 -18.60% 25
North of England -35 30 £73,500 +47.00% 9
North West +3 20 £73,500 +33.64% 6
Midlands -26 18 £80,000 +39.13% 8
South West -75 16 £37,250 -21.58% 10
East of England -31 12 £52,500 +10.53% 6
West Midlands -17 11 £80,000 +36.17% 2
Yorkshire -32 9 £76,997 +105.33% 2
East Midlands -20 7 - - 6
Wales - 5 - - 3
Scotland +11 2 £72,500 - 5
North East -50 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 (6.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.63%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.82%) Apache
4 6 (2.42%) Confluence
5 4 (1.61%) JBoss
6 3 (1.21%) CMS
6 3 (1.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.81%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.40%) IIS
8 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.21%) CorelDRAW
3 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.03%) Oracle Retail
2 5 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.61%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.81%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.40%) Magento
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 78 (31.45%) Azure
2 44 (17.74%) Power Platform
3 39 (15.73%) AWS
4 23 (9.27%) SaaS
5 20 (8.06%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (6.85%) Boomi
7 15 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (5.24%) GitHub
9 12 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (4.44%) Serverless
11 9 (3.63%) Apigee
12 8 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (3.23%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (2.82%) GCP
14 6 (2.42%) Kong
14 6 (2.42%) OpenShift
15 5 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (2.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.84%) Firewall
2 6 (2.42%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (2.42%) DNS
3 4 (1.61%) Intranet
3 4 (1.61%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.61%) Wireshark
4 3 (1.21%) SSL
5 2 (0.81%) AMQP
5 2 (0.81%) PuTTY
5 2 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.40%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (0.40%) HTTP
6 1 (0.40%) Multicast
6 1 (0.40%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (14.92%) Power BI
2 34 (13.71%) SQL Server
3 29 (11.69%) Relational Database
4 24 (9.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (6.45%) OLTP
7 13 (5.24%) Metadata
7 13 (5.24%) MySQL
7 13 (5.24%) RDBMS
8 10 (4.03%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.82%) GIS
10 5 (2.02%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.21%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.21%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.81%) Oracle BI EE
13 2 (0.81%) Oracle ODI
13 2 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (13.31%) JIRA
2 16 (6.45%) Git
3 14 (5.65%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.84%) GitLab
5 10 (4.03%) JUnit
5 10 (4.03%) Selenium
6 7 (2.82%) ERwin
6 7 (2.82%) JMeter
6 7 (2.82%) Maven
6 7 (2.82%) Moq
7 5 (2.02%) Mockito
7 5 (2.02%) SpecFlow
7 5 (2.02%) WebDriver
8 4 (1.61%) Postman
9 3 (1.21%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.21%) Ranorex
9 3 (1.21%) SoapUI
9 3 (1.21%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 96 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 80 (32.26%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (22.18%) Finance
4 29 (11.69%) Retail
5 20 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (5.65%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.24%) Marketing
8 11 (4.44%) Financial Institution
9 9 (3.63%) Banking
9 9 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.23%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.23%) Electronics
10 8 (3.23%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.82%) Automotive
12 5 (2.02%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.61%) Back Office
13 4 (1.61%) Front Office
13 4 (1.61%) Law
13 4 (1.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 78 (31.45%) Developer
2 48 (19.35%) Senior
3 36 (14.52%) Analyst
4 31 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 26 (10.48%) Architect
5 26 (10.48%) Consultant
6 21 (8.47%) Software Engineer
7 16 (6.45%) Oracle Developer
7 16 (6.45%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 16 (6.45%) SQL Developer
7 16 (6.45%) Support Analyst
8 15 (6.05%) Lead
9 13 (5.24%) Integration Architect
9 13 (5.24%) PL/SQL Developer
9 13 (5.24%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
9 13 (5.24%) Senior SQL Developer
10 11 (4.44%) Applications Architect
11 10 (4.03%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.63%) Applications Engineer
13 8 (3.23%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (58.06%) JSON
2 70 (28.23%) REST
3 66 (26.61%) SOAP
4 52 (20.97%) HTML
5 34 (13.71%) .NET
6 32 (12.90%) Middleware
7 28 (11.29%) CSS
8 25 (10.08%) Web Services
9 18 (7.26%) EDI
10 15 (6.05%) XSLT
11 14 (5.65%) RESTful
11 14 (5.65%) Spring
11 14 (5.65%) Spring Boot
12 13 (5.24%) .NET Framework
13 12 (4.84%) Node.js
13 12 (4.84%) React
14 11 (4.44%) FIX Protocol
14 11 (4.44%) jQuery
14 11 (4.44%) OAuth
15 10 (4.03%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.89%) Onboarding
2 26 (10.48%) Data Structures
3 16 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.24%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (5.24%) Product Ownership
5 11 (4.44%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.63%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.82%) Acoustics
8 7 (2.82%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.82%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (2.42%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.42%) Robotics
9 6 (2.42%) SCADA
10 5 (2.02%) NHS
11 4 (1.61%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (1.21%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.71%) Linux
2 28 (11.29%) Windows
3 12 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.23%) Unix
5 6 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.21%) Android
6 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.40%) Debian
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (28.63%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (23.79%) Agile
3 47 (18.95%) Data Modelling
4 35 (14.11%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (13.31%) DevOps
6 32 (12.90%) ERP
7 31 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 31 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 28 (11.29%) Collaborative Working
8 28 (11.29%) CRM
8 28 (11.29%) Software Engineering
9 27 (10.89%) Software Testing
10 26 (10.48%) Computer Science
11 25 (10.08%) Customer Service
11 25 (10.08%) Integration Patterns
11 25 (10.08%) Validation
12 23 (9.27%) Decision-Making
12 23 (9.27%) Migration
13 21 (8.47%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 145 (58.47%) SQL
2 66 (26.61%) Python
3 50 (20.16%) JavaScript
4 46 (18.55%) Java
5 45 (18.15%) C#
6 17 (6.85%) C++
7 16 (6.45%) PL/SQL
7 16 (6.45%) PowerShell
8 13 (5.24%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.44%) Shell Script
10 8 (3.23%) XAML
11 7 (2.82%) PHP
11 7 (2.82%) TypeScript
11 7 (2.82%) VB
12 6 (2.42%) Delphi
12 6 (2.42%) Perl
13 4 (1.61%) Bash
13 4 (1.61%) VB.NET
14 3 (1.21%) Groovy
14 3 (1.21%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 63 (25.40%) Degree
2 26 (10.48%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.21%) HNC
7 3 (1.21%) HND
7 3 (1.21%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.40%) CISSP
8 1 (0.40%) GIAC
8 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.40%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.90%) QA
2 12 (4.84%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.84%) TickIT
3 10 (4.03%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.02%) HL7
6 4 (1.61%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.21%) SLA
8 2 (0.81%) CDISC
8 2 (0.81%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.81%) WCAG
9 1 (0.40%) EMIR
9 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (10.89%) Docker
2 14 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.42%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 17 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.02%) Kibana
3 4 (1.61%) Terraform
4 3 (1.21%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 52 (20.97%) Oracle
2 47 (18.95%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.84%) IBM
4 11 (4.44%) Databricks
5 10 (4.03%) IBM Sterling
5 10 (4.03%) Palo Alto
6 9 (3.63%) SAP
6 9 (3.63%) Splunk
7 8 (3.23%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.82%) Sparx
9 6 (2.42%) Cisco
9 6 (2.42%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.42%) F5
9 6 (2.42%) Juniper
9 6 (2.42%) VMware
10 5 (2.02%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.61%) Ariba
11 4 (1.61%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.81%) Dell
12 2 (0.81%) Freshdesk