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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 312 282
Rank change year-on-year -147 -30 +6
Permanent jobs citing XML 257 405 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.96% 1.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.95% 4.80% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 157 337 638
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.46% -9.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,601 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £53,344 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.16% -3.01% -

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 8,714 8,443 20,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.80% 20.09% 21.30%
Number of salaries quoted 6,363 6,441 15,734
10th Percentile £39,240 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £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 26 April 2026.

Salary histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 14 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 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 -182 219 £64,169 +11.60% 73
UK excluding London -143 168 £62,500 +17.16% 59
Work from Home -30 112 £58,750 -12.96% 61
South East -94 57 £66,250 -1.85% 29
London -85 56 £72,500 +11.54% 29
East of England -17 39 £55,000 +15.79% 2
North of England -84 35 £73,500 +47.00% 11
Midlands -46 24 £54,000 +0.58% 6
North West -44 21 £73,500 +46.84% 7
Yorkshire -61 14 £73,420 +95.79% 4
East Midlands -58 13 £54,000 -1.82% 4
West Midlands -33 11 £61,500 +44.71% 2
Scotland -17 9 £72,500 +52.45% 3
South West -62 4 £31,500 -33.68% 6

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 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.33%) JBoss
4 3 (1.17%) Confluence
4 3 (1.17%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.39%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
6 1 (0.39%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) SAS
6 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.39%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 8 (3.11%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.39%) Magento
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
4 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 74 (28.79%) Azure
2 47 (18.29%) AWS
3 44 (17.12%) Power Platform
4 22 (8.56%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (7.78%) GitHub
5 20 (7.78%) SaaS
6 18 (7.00%) Boomi
7 16 (6.23%) Entra ID
8 14 (5.45%) Serverless
9 12 (4.67%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.50%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (3.50%) Apigee
11 9 (3.50%) OCI
12 7 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.33%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.33%) GCP
13 6 (2.33%) iPaaS
13 6 (2.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.89%) Firewall
2 6 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (1.95%) FTP
4 4 (1.56%) DNS
4 4 (1.56%) SSL
5 3 (1.17%) AMQP
6 2 (0.78%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.78%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.39%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.39%) HTTP
7 1 (0.39%) Modbus
7 1 (0.39%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (15.95%) Power BI
2 37 (14.40%) SQL Server
3 31 (12.06%) Relational Database
4 23 (8.95%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (8.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (6.23%) Metadata
6 15 (5.84%) MySQL
6 15 (5.84%) OLTP
7 12 (4.67%) RDBMS
8 10 (3.89%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.72%) GIS
10 3 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.17%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.17%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (1.17%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.78%) Big Data
11 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.78%) Oracle BI EE
11 2 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
11 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (11.28%) JIRA
2 21 (8.17%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.28%) Git
3 11 (4.28%) GitLab
4 10 (3.89%) Selenium
5 8 (3.11%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (2.72%) ERwin
6 7 (2.72%) JUnit
7 6 (2.33%) JMeter
7 6 (2.33%) Maven
8 5 (1.95%) Postman
8 5 (1.95%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.95%) WebDriver
9 4 (1.56%) Mockito
10 3 (1.17%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.17%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.17%) Ranorex
10 3 (1.17%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.17%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 92 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (22.57%) Finance
4 16 (6.23%) Retail
5 13 (5.06%) German Language
5 13 (5.06%) Marketing
6 11 (4.28%) Financial Institution
6 11 (4.28%) Law
7 10 (3.89%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.50%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.33%) Banking
10 6 (2.33%) Front Office
11 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.17%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.17%) Electronics
12 3 (1.17%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.17%) Local Government
12 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (34.24%) Developer
2 54 (21.01%) Senior
3 32 (12.45%) Senior Developer
4 26 (10.12%) Consultant
5 24 (9.34%) Analyst
6 22 (8.56%) Architect
7 16 (6.23%) SQL Developer
8 15 (5.84%) Oracle Developer
8 15 (5.84%) PL/SQL Developer
8 15 (5.84%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 15 (5.84%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 15 (5.84%) Senior SQL Developer
9 13 (5.06%) Applications Engineer
9 13 (5.06%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.28%) Applications Architect
10 11 (4.28%) C# Developer
10 11 (4.28%) Lead
11 10 (3.89%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.50%) Integration Architect
12 9 (3.50%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (66.54%) JSON
2 76 (29.57%) REST
2 76 (29.57%) SOAP
3 65 (25.29%) HTML
4 30 (11.67%) Web Services
5 29 (11.28%) Regular Expression
6 26 (10.12%) Middleware
7 21 (8.17%) .NET
8 19 (7.39%) RESTful
9 17 (6.61%) Spring
10 16 (6.23%) EDI
11 15 (5.84%) Spring Boot
12 14 (5.45%) CSS
13 12 (4.67%) XSLT
14 11 (4.28%) OAuth
14 11 (4.28%) WinForms
15 10 (3.89%) FIX Protocol
15 10 (3.89%) Hibernate
15 10 (3.89%) Node.js
16 9 (3.50%) FpML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (19.07%) Onboarding
2 30 (11.67%) Linux Command Line
3 26 (10.12%) Data Structures
4 19 (7.39%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (5.84%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (4.67%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (3.89%) Product Ownership
9 8 (3.11%) e-Learning
9 8 (3.11%) Enterprise Cloud
10 7 (2.72%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.72%) SCADA
11 5 (1.95%) Low-Code
12 4 (1.56%) Algorithms
13 3 (1.17%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (1.17%) Driving Licence
13 3 (1.17%) Reference Data
13 3 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.23%) Unix
2 20 (7.78%) Linux
3 11 (4.28%) Windows
4 4 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) Debian
5 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (23.35%) Agile
3 44 (17.12%) Data Modelling
4 40 (15.56%) DevOps
5 39 (15.18%) AI
5 39 (15.18%) CI/CD
5 39 (15.18%) ERP
6 38 (14.79%) Business Intelligence
7 33 (12.84%) API Integration
8 32 (12.45%) Migration
9 29 (11.28%) Data Analysis
9 29 (11.28%) Roadmaps
9 29 (11.28%) Test Automation
10 26 (10.12%) Collaborative Working
10 26 (10.12%) Decision-Making
10 26 (10.12%) Software Testing
11 25 (9.73%) CRM
11 25 (9.73%) LLM
12 24 (9.34%) Validation
13 23 (8.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 133 (51.75%) SQL
2 90 (35.02%) Python
3 57 (22.18%) Java
4 41 (15.95%) JavaScript
5 37 (14.40%) C#
6 26 (10.12%) PL/SQL
7 18 (7.00%) Shell Script
8 12 (4.67%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.28%) Delphi
10 10 (3.89%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.11%) Perl
12 7 (2.72%) C++
12 7 (2.72%) TypeScript
12 7 (2.72%) VB
13 6 (2.33%) VBA
14 4 (1.56%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.56%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (1.56%) Bash
14 4 (1.56%) VB.NET
15 3 (1.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 63 (24.51%) Degree
2 29 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.95%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.95%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Developer
6 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.84%) QA
2 14 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.28%) TickIT
4 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.17%) EMIR
6 3 (1.17%) HL7
6 3 (1.17%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.17%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.78%) WCAG
8 1 (0.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (8.95%) Docker
2 20 (7.78%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.56%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 19 (7.39%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.67%) Terraform
3 8 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.56%) Kibana
5 3 (1.17%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.78%) Ansible
Vendors
1 62 (24.12%) Oracle
2 36 (14.01%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.89%) Palo Alto
3 10 (3.89%) SAP
4 8 (3.11%) Databricks
4 8 (3.11%) Okta
5 7 (2.72%) Sparx
5 7 (2.72%) Splunk
6 6 (2.33%) Cisco
6 6 (2.33%) F5
6 6 (2.33%) Juniper
6 6 (2.33%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.95%) Ariba
7 5 (1.95%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.95%) IBM
8 4 (1.56%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.56%) VMware
9 3 (1.17%) Dell