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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 298 256
Rank change year-on-year -151 -42 +35
Permanent jobs citing XML 264 402 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.98% 1.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.15% 4.58% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 159 340 667
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,296 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.54% -9.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,147 £93,753 £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 8,380 8,782 19,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.50% 21.48% 22.03%
Number of salaries quoted 6,129 6,572 15,498
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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 2 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 2 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 -167 228 £58,000 +0.87% 111
UK excluding London -133 171 £55,000 - 104
Work from Home -17 117 £57,500 -14.81% 58
London -63 66 £71,500 +10.00% 32
South East -88 58 £62,500 -3.85% 27
East of England +6 44 £55,000 +15.79% 10
North of England -94 28 £64,000 +34.74% 24
Midlands -47 25 £47,500 -11.53% 17
North West -46 16 £58,000 +18.37% 15
East Midlands -53 13 £50,750 -7.73% 11
West Midlands -24 12 £43,000 +1.18% 6
Yorkshire -57 12 £73,420 +95.79% 7
Scotland -23 9 £72,500 +52.45% 10
South West -50 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 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.27%) JBoss
3 5 (1.89%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.52%) Confluence
5 3 (1.14%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.76%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.76%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.76%) 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 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.89%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.76%) 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 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.89%) Shopify
3 3 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.14%) SAP Business One
3 3 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.38%) Magento
5 1 (0.38%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 66 (25.00%) Azure
2 48 (18.18%) AWS
3 46 (17.42%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.20%) SaaS
5 18 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (6.06%) Boomi
6 16 (6.06%) Entra ID
7 15 (5.68%) GitHub
7 15 (5.68%) Power Automate
8 14 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (4.92%) Serverless
10 9 (3.41%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (3.41%) Apigee
10 9 (3.41%) iPaaS
10 9 (3.41%) OCI
11 7 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (2.65%) Amazon S3
12 6 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.27%) GCP
12 6 (2.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.41%) Firewall
2 7 (2.65%) FTP
3 6 (2.27%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.52%) SSL
5 3 (1.14%) AMQP
5 3 (1.14%) DNS
6 2 (0.76%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.76%) 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 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 42 (15.91%) Power BI
3 35 (13.26%) Relational Database
4 21 (7.95%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (5.68%) MySQL
5 15 (5.68%) OLTP
6 14 (5.30%) Metadata
6 14 (5.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (4.55%) RDBMS
8 7 (2.65%) Oracle Database
9 6 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.89%) GIS
11 4 (1.52%) Data Mining
11 4 (1.52%) Tableau
12 3 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.14%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (1.14%) DynamoDB
12 3 (1.14%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.76%) DTS
13 2 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (9.85%) JIRA
2 21 (7.95%) Jenkins
3 14 (5.30%) Git
4 13 (4.92%) Selenium
5 11 (4.17%) GitLab
6 8 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (3.03%) SpecFlow
7 7 (2.65%) ERwin
7 7 (2.65%) JUnit
8 6 (2.27%) JMeter
8 6 (2.27%) Maven
8 6 (2.27%) Postman
9 5 (1.89%) WebDriver
10 4 (1.52%) Mockito
11 3 (1.14%) Axure RP
11 3 (1.14%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.14%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.14%) NUnit
11 3 (1.14%) PowerBuilder
11 3 (1.14%) SoapUI
General
1 90 (34.09%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.59%) Finance
3 56 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.82%) Law
5 15 (5.68%) German Language
6 11 (4.17%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.79%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.79%) Retail
8 9 (3.41%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.65%) Legal
10 6 (2.27%) Banking
10 6 (2.27%) Front Office
10 6 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.89%) Marketing
12 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.52%) Publishing
13 3 (1.14%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.14%) Local Government
14 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 92 (34.85%) Developer
2 48 (18.18%) Senior
3 25 (9.47%) Analyst
4 24 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 21 (7.95%) SQL Developer
6 20 (7.58%) Consultant
7 15 (5.68%) Java Developer
7 15 (5.68%) Lead
7 15 (5.68%) Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.68%) PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (5.68%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.68%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
7 15 (5.68%) Senior SQL Developer
8 12 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
8 12 (4.55%) Architect
9 11 (4.17%) C# Developer
10 10 (3.79%) Data Analyst
10 10 (3.79%) QA Engineer
11 9 (3.41%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (3.03%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (66.29%) JSON
2 74 (28.03%) HTML
3 73 (27.65%) REST
4 64 (24.24%) SOAP
5 34 (12.88%) Web Services
6 32 (12.12%) Regular Expression
7 21 (7.95%) .NET
8 18 (6.82%) Spring
9 17 (6.44%) CSS
9 17 (6.44%) RESTful
10 15 (5.68%) Spring Boot
11 11 (4.17%) WinForms
12 10 (3.79%) FIX Protocol
12 10 (3.79%) Hibernate
12 10 (3.79%) Middleware
12 10 (3.79%) Node.js
12 10 (3.79%) XSLT
13 9 (3.41%) EDI
13 9 (3.41%) FpML
14 8 (3.03%) React
Miscellaneous
1 53 (20.08%) Onboarding
2 32 (12.12%) Linux Command Line
3 27 (10.23%) Data Structures
4 18 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.55%) Low-Code
6 11 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.03%) e-Learning
8 8 (3.03%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.89%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.89%) SCADA
11 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.52%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.14%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.14%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.91%) Unix
2 21 (7.95%) Linux
3 9 (3.41%) Windows
4 3 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.14%) 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 (25.76%) Agile
2 61 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
4 44 (16.67%) AI
5 39 (14.77%) Data Modelling
6 37 (14.02%) CI/CD
7 33 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 32 (12.12%) DevOps
8 32 (12.12%) Migration
9 31 (11.74%) SDLC
10 30 (11.36%) ERP
10 30 (11.36%) LLM
11 29 (10.98%) Software Testing
11 29 (10.98%) Test Automation
12 28 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (9.47%) Validation
14 24 (9.09%) API Integration
15 23 (8.71%) Decision-Making
16 22 (8.33%) Data Governance
17 21 (7.95%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 137 (51.89%) SQL
2 95 (35.98%) Python
3 54 (20.45%) Java
4 47 (17.80%) JavaScript
5 42 (15.91%) C#
6 27 (10.23%) PL/SQL
7 21 (7.95%) Shell Script
8 16 (6.06%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.17%) Delphi
10 9 (3.41%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.65%) C++
11 7 (2.65%) TypeScript
11 7 (2.65%) VBA
12 6 (2.27%) C
12 6 (2.27%) Perl
13 5 (1.89%) VB
13 5 (1.89%) VB.NET
14 4 (1.52%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.52%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 69 (26.14%) Degree
2 28 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.03%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.14%) ISEB
8 3 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.76%) HNC
9 2 (0.76%) 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 27 (10.23%) QA
2 17 (6.44%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.27%) GDPR
6 3 (1.14%) EMIR
6 3 (1.14%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.14%) SLA
6 3 (1.14%) TickIT
7 2 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.76%) WCAG
8 1 (0.38%) HL7
System Software
1 23 (8.71%) Docker
2 19 (7.20%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.14%) vSphere
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 19 (7.20%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.55%) Terraform
3 9 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.52%) Kibana
5 3 (1.14%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.14%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 63 (23.86%) Oracle
2 34 (12.88%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.68%) SAP
4 8 (3.03%) IBM
4 8 (3.03%) MuleSoft
4 8 (3.03%) Okta
5 7 (2.65%) Dell
5 7 (2.65%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.65%) Sparx
5 7 (2.65%) Splunk
6 6 (2.27%) Cisco
6 6 (2.27%) Databricks
6 6 (2.27%) F5
6 6 (2.27%) IFS
6 6 (2.27%) Intapp
6 6 (2.27%) Juniper
6 6 (2.27%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.27%) Talend
6 6 (2.27%) Workday