XML
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 272 266
Rank change year-on-year -25 -6 -55
Permanent jobs citing XML 829 1,099 2,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 1.36% 1.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.71% 4.93% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 534 843 1,578
10th Percentile £34,825 £40,000 £35,165
25th Percentile £43,750 £49,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,542 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +10.53%

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 17,601 22,313 69,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.48% 27.65% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,656 16,103 29,822
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,875 £83,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,289 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for XML in the UK

XML
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing XML.

Salary trend for XML in the UK

XML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing XML over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 17 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 26 July 2024. 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 -47 679 £58,000 -7.20% 74
UK excluding London -22 570 £55,000 -4.35% 61
Work from Home -88 291 £60,000 -6.93% 54
London -15 222 £70,000 - 20
South East -43 171 £58,750 +0.43% 25
North of England -25 112 £55,000 -4.35% 14
Scotland +20 101 £56,250 +12.50% 4
Midlands -24 80 £56,250 -4.66% 5
North West -10 71 £55,000 - 10
West Midlands -8 66 £55,000 -8.33% 4
South West -3 58 £58,000 -7.20% 6
Yorkshire +21 35 £57,500 -6.01% 3
East of England -11 35 £35,500 -35.45% 10
East Midlands -27 13 £60,000 +1.69% 1
Wales +23 11 - - 1
North East -10 6 £51,250 +3.42% 1
Northern Ireland +5 2 £33,750 - 1

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 57 (6.88%) IIS
2 36 (4.34%) CMS
3 17 (2.05%) Apache
4 16 (1.93%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.57%) Oracle Workflow
6 12 (1.45%) Confluence
7 9 (1.09%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.97%) WordPress
9 7 (0.84%) Umbraco
10 6 (0.72%) ArcGIS
10 6 (0.72%) BizTalk Server
10 6 (0.72%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.48%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.36%) Drupal
12 3 (0.36%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.24%) EPiServer
13 2 (0.24%) GlassFish
13 2 (0.24%) JBoss
13 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 40 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.17%) Photoshop
3 17 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.57%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.72%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.60%) Camtasia
6 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.48%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.12%) Notion
Business Applications
1 20 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 18 (2.17%) SDL Web 8
3 13 (1.57%) Adobe Campaign
3 13 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
4 11 (1.33%) NEC Housing
5 9 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.97%) Shopify
7 7 (0.84%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
7 7 (0.84%) Oracle iProcurement
8 6 (0.72%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
10 4 (0.48%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.24%) Adaptiv
12 2 (0.24%) Magento
12 2 (0.24%) Sage 200
12 2 (0.24%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 189 (22.80%) Azure
2 105 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
3 78 (9.41%) AWS
4 52 (6.27%) SaaS
5 48 (5.79%) Power Platform
6 20 (2.41%) Power Automate
7 18 (2.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 18 (2.17%) NuGet
7 18 (2.17%) Serverless
8 17 (2.05%) GitHub
9 16 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
9 16 (1.93%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
11 14 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.45%) PaaS
13 11 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (1.09%) GCP
14 9 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.97%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.67%) Kerberos
2 29 (3.50%) HTTP
3 24 (2.90%) VPN
4 20 (2.41%) Firewall
5 18 (2.17%) BGP
5 18 (2.17%) MPLS
6 17 (2.05%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.81%) SSL
8 14 (1.69%) Internet
9 11 (1.33%) DNS
9 11 (1.33%) Ethernet VPN
10 9 (1.09%) HTTPS
10 9 (1.09%) SNMP
11 7 (0.84%) DHCP
11 7 (0.84%) DWDM
11 7 (0.84%) EIGRP
11 7 (0.84%) IGRP
11 7 (0.84%) LAN
11 7 (0.84%) OSPF
11 7 (0.84%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (25.09%) SQL Server
2 66 (7.96%) NoSQL
3 54 (6.51%) MySQL
3 54 (6.51%) Relational Database
4 51 (6.15%) Metadata
5 43 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (4.34%) Power BI
7 33 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (3.50%) MongoDB
9 22 (2.65%) Oracle Database
9 22 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (2.29%) DynamoDB
11 18 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
12 16 (1.93%) MS Access
12 16 (1.93%) OLTP
13 14 (1.69%) Data Lake
14 13 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
14 13 (1.57%) Tableau
15 12 (1.45%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 179 (21.59%) Git
2 116 (13.99%) Visual Studio
3 87 (10.49%) Jenkins
3 87 (10.49%) JIRA
4 49 (5.91%) Bitbucket
5 44 (5.31%) Artifactory
6 39 (4.70%) NUnit
7 36 (4.34%) Octopus Deploy
8 29 (3.50%) SpecFlow
9 28 (3.38%) Jasmine
9 28 (3.38%) Karma Test Runner
10 26 (3.14%) Moq
10 26 (3.14%) Selenium
11 25 (3.02%) Oracle APEX
12 24 (2.90%) Team Foundation Server
12 24 (2.90%) TeamCity
13 23 (2.77%) GitLab
14 22 (2.65%) Postman
15 20 (2.41%) SoapUI
16 19 (2.29%) Sourcetree
General
1 212 (25.57%) Social Skills
2 207 (24.97%) Finance
3 117 (14.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 104 (12.55%) Law
5 101 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
6 100 (12.06%) Marketing
7 54 (6.51%) Legal
8 53 (6.39%) Retail
9 35 (4.22%) Banking
10 26 (3.14%) Aerospace
11 24 (2.90%) Publishing
12 20 (2.41%) Electronics
12 20 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.29%) Public Sector
14 16 (1.93%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.57%) Local Government
16 12 (1.45%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.33%) Police
18 9 (1.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 373 (44.99%) Developer
2 164 (19.78%) Senior
3 116 (13.99%) Lead
4 109 (13.15%) Software Engineer
5 85 (10.25%) Senior Developer
6 68 (8.20%) C# Developer
7 66 (7.96%) Consultant
8 51 (6.15%) Architect
9 50 (6.03%) Lead Software Engineer
10 46 (5.55%) Analyst
11 41 (4.95%) Software Developer
12 39 (4.70%) Senior Software Engineer
13 38 (4.58%) Java Engineer
13 38 (4.58%) Java Software Engineer
14 36 (4.34%) Oracle Developer
15 35 (4.22%) Full Stack Developer
15 35 (4.22%) Technical Consultant
16 33 (3.98%) Full Stack Engineer
17 32 (3.86%) Full Stack Software Engineer
18 30 (3.62%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 428 (51.63%) JSON
2 323 (38.96%) Web Services
3 317 (38.24%) HTML
4 276 (33.29%) .NET
5 197 (23.76%) CSS
5 197 (23.76%) REST
5 197 (23.76%) SOAP
6 132 (15.92%) ASP.NET
7 127 (15.32%) RESTful
8 105 (12.67%) AngularJS
9 85 (10.25%) .NET Framework
10 76 (9.17%) React
11 73 (8.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 71 (8.56%) LDAP
13 65 (7.84%) Spring
14 58 (7.00%) jQuery
15 57 (6.88%) .NET Core
16 52 (6.27%) Entity Framework
17 48 (5.79%) OpenID
18 47 (5.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.13%) Management Information System
2 47 (5.67%) Enterprise Cloud
3 46 (5.55%) Algorithms
3 46 (5.55%) Reference Data
4 37 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 35 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (3.86%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.90%) NHS
8 23 (2.77%) Data Structures
8 23 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (2.53%) CMDB
10 19 (2.29%) Legacy Code
10 19 (2.29%) Mobile App
11 16 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.69%) Blog
14 7 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.84%) EPoS
14 7 (0.84%) IoT
14 7 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 111 (13.39%) Linux
2 67 (8.08%) Windows
3 37 (4.46%) Unix
4 14 (1.69%) Android
5 11 (1.33%) CentOS
6 9 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.84%) VMS
8 6 (0.72%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.24%) AIX
9 2 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (36.19%) Agile
2 211 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
3 209 (25.21%) DevOps
4 142 (17.13%) CI/CD
5 134 (16.16%) Software Engineering
6 124 (14.96%) SDLC
7 116 (13.99%) Test Automation
8 110 (13.27%) OO
9 103 (12.42%) Computer Science
10 98 (11.82%) Full Stack Development
11 97 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 97 (11.70%) Customer Service
12 95 (11.46%) Mentoring
13 90 (10.86%) Scrum
14 89 (10.74%) MVC
15 88 (10.62%) Roadmaps
16 87 (10.49%) Unit Testing
17 80 (9.65%) Data Modelling
18 76 (9.17%) Community of Practice
18 76 (9.17%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 440 (53.08%) SQL
2 293 (35.34%) JavaScript
3 259 (31.24%) C#
4 155 (18.70%) Java
5 124 (14.96%) Python
6 114 (13.75%) T-SQL
7 78 (9.41%) VB.NET
8 64 (7.72%) PL/SQL
9 52 (6.27%) VB
10 51 (6.15%) Go
11 47 (5.67%) TypeScript
12 44 (5.31%) Prolog
12 44 (5.31%) SPARQL
13 37 (4.46%) C
14 33 (3.98%) C++
14 33 (3.98%) PowerShell
15 31 (3.74%) XPath
16 28 (3.38%) VB6
17 22 (2.65%) Bash
17 22 (2.65%) PHP
Qualifications
1 171 (20.63%) Degree
2 62 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 59 (7.12%) Security Cleared
4 25 (3.02%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.93%) ISTQB
6 13 (1.57%) DBS Check
6 13 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.45%) ISEB
8 9 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.84%) CCNA
9 7 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.84%) HNC
10 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.60%) HND
11 5 (0.60%) MCAD
12 4 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.48%) GIAC
13 3 (0.36%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.36%) Postgraduate
14 2 (0.24%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (12.79%) QA
2 39 (4.70%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.41%) GDPR
4 17 (2.05%) SLA
5 13 (1.57%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.72%) ISO 9001
6 6 (0.72%) NCSC
7 4 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.36%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.24%) WCAG
10 1 (0.12%) HL7
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.12%) ITGC
10 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 50 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.19%) Docker
3 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.48%) Firmware
4 4 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.36%) vSphere
6 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.62%) Ansible
3 19 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (1.93%) Terraform
5 10 (1.21%) Progress Chef
6 9 (1.09%) Puppet
7 5 (0.60%) CloudHub
7 5 (0.60%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.48%) Grafana
9 3 (0.36%) Control-M
10 2 (0.24%) vRealize
10 2 (0.24%) WMI
11 1 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.12%) Foglight
11 1 (0.12%) HP UCMDB
11 1 (0.12%) Kibana
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Identity Management
11 1 (0.12%) Plesk
Vendors
1 146 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 118 (14.23%) Oracle
3 50 (6.03%) ServiceNow
4 42 (5.07%) Adobe
5 26 (3.14%) HP
6 24 (2.90%) Google
7 21 (2.53%) Cisco
8 20 (2.41%) Salesforce
9 18 (2.17%) BMC
9 18 (2.17%) Cognizant
9 18 (2.17%) Remedy
10 16 (1.93%) Sybase
11 15 (1.81%) SAP
12 11 (1.33%) NEC
13 9 (1.09%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.97%) Databricks
15 7 (0.84%) Arista
15 7 (0.84%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.84%) ESRI
15 7 (0.84%) Fortinet