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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 378 292
Rank change year-on-year -152 -86 -35
Permanent jobs citing XML 267 340 784
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.69% 0.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.53% 3.93% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 180 251 508
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,563 £77,500 £71,938
90th Percentile £79,124 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.48% -4.55% -4.56%

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 10,564 8,654 16,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.20% 17.44% 19.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7,770 5,667 11,657
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £107,500
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 4 August 2026.

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 4 August 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 -138 234 £58,000 +5.45% 119
UK excluding London -106 189 £58,000 +10.48% 66
Work from Home -59 113 £55,000 -12.00% 67
South East -52 73 £60,000 -4.00% 21
London -92 53 £60,250 -12.36% 64
North of England -32 34 £73,500 +39.93% 9
South West -53 30 £31,500 -23.64% 11
Midlands -30 29 £51,250 -3.30% 12
North West -3 22 £71,750 +30.45% 3
West Midlands -24 21 £54,200 -10.04% 7
East of England -58 12 £52,500 +10.53% 5
Yorkshire -30 10 £76,919 +56.98% 6
East Midlands -18 8 £50,000 -0.50% 5
Wales - 7 £55,000 -
Scotland +3 2 £72,500 +45.00% 3
North East -53 2 £67,500 +92.86%
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3

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 12 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.75%) Confluence
4 8 (3.00%) Apache
5 6 (2.25%) CMS
6 4 (1.50%) SAS
7 3 (1.12%) JBoss
8 2 (0.75%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.37%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.87%) CorelDRAW
2 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.12%) Oracle Retail
2 4 (1.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.12%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.75%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.75%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.75%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.37%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 79 (29.59%) Azure
2 40 (14.98%) AWS
3 36 (13.48%) Power Platform
4 21 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
5 19 (7.12%) SaaS
6 18 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (5.62%) Boomi
8 14 (5.24%) GitHub
9 10 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.37%) Serverless
11 8 (3.00%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (3.00%) Apigee
11 8 (3.00%) GCP
12 6 (2.25%) Azure Event Grid
12 6 (2.25%) Azure Service Bus
12 6 (2.25%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.87%) Kong
13 5 (1.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.49%) Firewall
2 9 (3.37%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.62%) DNS
4 6 (2.25%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.87%) Intranet
6 3 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.12%) SSL
7 1 (0.37%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.37%) HTTP
7 1 (0.37%) Multicast
7 1 (0.37%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (15.36%) SQL Server
2 28 (10.49%) Power BI
2 28 (10.49%) Relational Database
3 22 (8.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (5.62%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (4.87%) Metadata
5 13 (4.87%) RDBMS
6 11 (4.12%) OLTP
7 10 (3.75%) MySQL
8 9 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.62%) Electronic Patient Records
9 7 (2.62%) GIS
9 7 (2.62%) Oracle Database
10 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.12%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.75%) Oracle BI EE
12 2 (0.75%) Oracle ODI
12 2 (0.75%) QGIS
12 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (13.11%) JIRA
2 19 (7.12%) Git
3 16 (5.99%) Jenkins
4 14 (5.24%) GitLab
5 12 (4.49%) Selenium
6 10 (3.75%) JMeter
7 9 (3.37%) JUnit
8 8 (3.00%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.62%) ERwin
9 7 (2.62%) Moq
10 6 (2.25%) Maven
10 6 (2.25%) Postman
10 6 (2.25%) WebDriver
11 5 (1.87%) Mockito
11 5 (1.87%) SoapUI
12 4 (1.50%) Cypress.io
12 4 (1.50%) SpecFlow
12 4 (1.50%) Zephyr
13 3 (1.12%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.75%) REST Assured
General
1 93 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 80 (29.96%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (25.47%) Finance
4 27 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (10.11%) Retail
5 18 (6.74%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.87%) Marketing
7 11 (4.12%) Electronics
7 11 (4.12%) Financial Institution
7 11 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.37%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.37%) Banking
9 8 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.62%) Automotive
10 7 (2.62%) Health Technology
11 6 (2.25%) Law
12 5 (1.87%) Legal
12 5 (1.87%) Publishing
13 4 (1.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 77 (28.84%) Developer
2 47 (17.60%) Senior
3 44 (16.48%) Analyst
4 30 (11.24%) Consultant
4 30 (11.24%) Senior Developer
5 26 (9.74%) Architect
6 24 (8.99%) Support Analyst
7 21 (7.87%) Software Engineer
8 20 (7.49%) Lead
9 17 (6.37%) .NET Developer
10 15 (5.62%) Web Developer
11 13 (4.87%) SQL Developer
12 11 (4.12%) Applications Engineer
12 11 (4.12%) Oracle Developer
12 11 (4.12%) Senior Oracle Developer
13 10 (3.75%) .NET Web Developer
13 10 (3.75%) Full-Stack Developer
13 10 (3.75%) Full-Stack Web Developer
13 10 (3.75%) Senior SQL Developer
13 10 (3.75%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (57.30%) JSON
2 63 (23.60%) HTML
3 58 (21.72%) REST
4 56 (20.97%) .NET
5 55 (20.60%) SOAP
6 38 (14.23%) CSS
7 31 (11.61%) .NET Framework
8 30 (11.24%) Middleware
9 29 (10.86%) Web Services
10 17 (6.37%) EDI
10 17 (6.37%) Entity Framework
10 17 (6.37%) XSLT
11 16 (5.99%) ASP.NET
11 16 (5.99%) RESTful
12 13 (4.87%) ASP.NET MVC
12 13 (4.87%) Node.js
13 12 (4.49%) Kafka
13 12 (4.49%) React
14 11 (4.12%) AngularJS
14 11 (4.12%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.87%) Data Structures
2 20 (7.49%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.24%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.24%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (3.37%) Enterprise Cloud
7 9 (3.37%) Robotics
8 8 (3.00%) NHS
8 8 (3.00%) SCADA
9 7 (2.62%) Acoustics
9 7 (2.62%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.62%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.87%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.87%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.87%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.98%) Linux
2 39 (14.61%) Windows
3 20 (7.49%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.87%) Unix
6 3 (1.12%) Android
6 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.37%) Debian
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (28.84%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (28.46%) Agile
3 43 (16.10%) DevOps
4 41 (15.36%) Data Modelling
5 35 (13.11%) CI/CD
6 33 (12.36%) Roadmaps
7 31 (11.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (11.61%) Software Engineering
8 30 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (11.24%) Validation
9 29 (10.86%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (10.86%) ERP
10 28 (10.49%) Project Delivery
11 26 (9.74%) CRM
11 26 (9.74%) Customer Service
12 24 (8.99%) Computer Science
12 24 (8.99%) Integration Patterns
12 24 (8.99%) SDLC
13 23 (8.61%) Collaborative Working
13 23 (8.61%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 153 (57.30%) SQL
2 71 (26.59%) Python
3 67 (25.09%) JavaScript
4 60 (22.47%) C#
5 40 (14.98%) Java
6 24 (8.99%) C++
7 13 (4.87%) PowerShell
8 12 (4.49%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.12%) PHP
9 11 (4.12%) PL/SQL
10 10 (3.75%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.00%) XAML
12 6 (2.25%) VB
12 6 (2.25%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.87%) Bash
13 5 (1.87%) Perl
13 5 (1.87%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.12%) Delphi
14 3 (1.12%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.12%) XPath
Qualifications
1 68 (25.47%) Degree
2 23 (8.61%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (3.00%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.87%) HNC
5 5 (1.87%) HND
5 5 (1.87%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.50%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.50%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.50%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.50%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.12%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (1.12%) ISEB
8 2 (0.75%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.37%) CISSP
9 1 (0.37%) GIAC
9 1 (0.37%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.74%) QA
2 12 (4.49%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.49%) TickIT
3 11 (4.12%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.62%) HL7
5 4 (1.50%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.12%) CDISC
6 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.12%) SLA
6 3 (1.12%) WCAG
7 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.37%) EMIR
8 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (9.36%) Docker
2 10 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.62%) vSphere
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 13 (4.87%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.87%) Kibana
3 4 (1.50%) Terraform
4 3 (1.12%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.37%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.37%) QRadar
Vendors
1 70 (26.22%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.86%) Oracle
3 13 (4.87%) Databricks
3 13 (4.87%) Google
4 12 (4.49%) IBM
5 11 (4.12%) IBM Sterling
5 11 (4.12%) SAP
6 9 (3.37%) Palo Alto
6 9 (3.37%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.37%) Splunk
7 7 (2.62%) Sparx
7 7 (2.62%) VMware
8 6 (2.25%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.87%) Cisco
9 5 (1.87%) F5
9 5 (1.87%) Juniper
10 4 (1.50%) Ariba
10 4 (1.50%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.50%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.12%) Pega