XML Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

XML
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 300 241
Rank change year-on-year +53 -59 -55
Permanent jobs citing XML 159 337 592
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.06% 1.00% 1.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.04% 3.75% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 147 267 478
10th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £94,267 £83,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,350 £64,470
% change year-on-year -1.46% -9.49% +16.92%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 3,931 8,983 14,504
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.29% 26.55% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,184 7,517 10,899
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,900 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,927
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,627 £79,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £114,694 £98,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%

XML
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

XML trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing XML.

XML salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

XML
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing XML over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

XML salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (3.77%) IIS
2 5 (3.14%) OpenEdge
2 5 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.52%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.89%) Confluence
5 2 (1.26%) Apache
5 2 (1.26%) CICS
5 2 (1.26%) Mule
5 2 (1.26%) WordPress
6 1 (0.63%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.63%) CMS
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.63%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (12.58%) NetSuite
2 11 (6.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (6.92%) JDE OneWorld
3 3 (1.89%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (1.89%) Q-Pulse
4 2 (1.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.63%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.63%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle iRecruitment
5 1 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 64 (40.25%) Azure
2 31 (19.50%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (15.72%) Azure Service Bus
4 24 (15.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 24 (15.09%) SonarCloud
5 21 (13.21%) Boomi
6 17 (10.69%) Power Platform
7 14 (8.81%) Power Automate
8 12 (7.55%) PowerApps
9 11 (6.92%) GitHub
10 10 (6.29%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (6.29%) SaaS
11 7 (4.40%) AWS
12 6 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (2.52%) Azure Functions
13 4 (2.52%) Entra ID
13 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (2.52%) Serverless
14 3 (1.89%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.03%) HTTP
1 8 (5.03%) SSL
2 5 (3.14%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.14%) VPN
3 4 (2.52%) DMARC
3 4 (2.52%) Firewall
3 4 (2.52%) LAN
3 4 (2.52%) WAN
4 3 (1.89%) DNS
4 3 (1.89%) FTP
5 2 (1.26%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.26%) SSH
6 1 (0.63%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.63%) Internet
6 1 (0.63%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.09%) Elasticsearch
1 24 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 16 (10.06%) OLTP
3 14 (8.81%) Relational Database
4 13 (8.18%) Power BI
5 7 (4.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (3.14%) MySQL
7 4 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.89%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.89%) Tableau
9 2 (1.26%) Metadata
9 2 (1.26%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (1.26%) Pentaho
9 2 (1.26%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.26%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 48 (30.19%) Git
2 26 (16.35%) Team Foundation Server
2 26 (16.35%) Visual Studio
3 24 (15.09%) MSBuild
3 24 (15.09%) Octopus Deploy
4 18 (11.32%) JIRA
5 9 (5.66%) Jenkins
5 9 (5.66%) Postman
6 6 (3.77%) Selenium
6 6 (3.77%) SoapUI
7 4 (2.52%) Grunt
7 4 (2.52%) gulp
7 4 (2.52%) Spinnaker
7 4 (2.52%) webpack
8 2 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.63%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.63%) Crucible
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.63%) TestComplete
General
1 56 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.13%) Retail
3 31 (19.50%) Finance
4 18 (11.32%) Banking
5 17 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.40%) Marketing
7 6 (3.77%) Military
7 6 (3.77%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.14%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.52%) Czech Language
9 4 (2.52%) Front Office
9 4 (2.52%) Games
9 4 (2.52%) iGaming
9 4 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.89%) Aviation
10 3 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.26%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 71 (44.65%) Developer
2 40 (25.16%) Senior
3 32 (20.13%) Architect
4 28 (17.61%) Senior Developer
4 28 (17.61%) Technical Architect
5 20 (12.58%) NetSuite Developer
6 16 (10.06%) Oracle Developer
6 16 (10.06%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 15 (9.43%) Analyst
7 15 (9.43%) SQL Developer
8 12 (7.55%) PL/SQL Developer
8 12 (7.55%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
8 12 (7.55%) Senior SQL Developer
8 12 (7.55%) Software Engineer
9 9 (5.66%) Technical Developer
10 7 (4.40%) Lead
11 6 (3.77%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (3.14%) .NET Developer
12 5 (3.14%) C# Developer
12 5 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (59.75%) HTML
2 85 (53.46%) JSON
3 65 (40.88%) CSS
4 56 (35.22%) SOAP
5 55 (34.59%) REST
6 53 (33.33%) .NET
7 39 (24.53%) Web Services
8 31 (19.50%) ASP.NET
9 26 (16.35%) Bootstrap
10 24 (15.09%) gRPC
11 14 (8.81%) jQuery
11 14 (8.81%) Middleware
12 12 (7.55%) OAuth
13 11 (6.92%) ASP.NET Web API
13 11 (6.92%) CSS3
13 11 (6.92%) Hibernate
14 9 (5.66%) RESTful
14 9 (5.66%) Restlet
14 9 (5.66%) SAML
15 8 (5.03%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.29%) Cloud Native
2 9 (5.66%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.66%) Virtual Team
3 8 (5.03%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (4.40%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.52%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.89%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.89%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.26%) Blog
8 2 (1.26%) CMDB
8 2 (1.26%) IBM Mainframe
8 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.26%) Life Science
8 2 (1.26%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.26%) NHS
8 2 (1.26%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.43%) Linux
1 15 (9.43%) Windows
2 11 (6.92%) Unix
3 2 (1.26%) AIX
3 2 (1.26%) CentOS
3 2 (1.26%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (1.26%) zOS
4 1 (0.63%) Android
4 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (47.17%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (27.04%) Agile
3 40 (25.16%) DevOps
4 37 (23.27%) Performance Optimisation
5 32 (20.13%) Microservices
6 30 (18.87%) API Integration
7 29 (18.24%) CRM
7 29 (18.24%) MVC
8 28 (17.61%) Code Quality
8 28 (17.61%) Migration
8 28 (17.61%) Technical Leadership
9 24 (15.09%) Data Encryption
9 24 (15.09%) Design Patterns
9 24 (15.09%) Event-Driven
9 24 (15.09%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 24 (15.09%) Performance Testing
10 23 (14.47%) Data Management
11 22 (13.84%) Project Management
11 22 (13.84%) User Experience
12 19 (11.95%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 110 (69.18%) SQL
2 82 (51.57%) JavaScript
3 49 (30.82%) C#
4 24 (15.09%) Python
5 22 (13.84%) PL/SQL
6 18 (11.32%) Java
7 8 (5.03%) C
7 8 (5.03%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.77%) Perl
8 6 (3.77%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.14%) VBA
10 4 (2.52%) Bash
10 4 (2.52%) C++
10 4 (2.52%) Jython
10 4 (2.52%) OpenEdge ABL
10 4 (2.52%) PHP
11 3 (1.89%) Progress 4GL
11 3 (1.89%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.89%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.26%) JCL
Qualifications
1 15 (9.43%) Degree
2 7 (4.40%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.35%) GDPR
2 12 (7.55%) Accessibility
3 10 (6.29%) QA
4 8 (5.03%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.89%) PMO
7 2 (1.26%) Dublin Core
7 2 (1.26%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (16.35%) Docker
2 4 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.26%) KVM
3 2 (1.26%) Postfix
3 2 (1.26%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 13 (8.18%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.89%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.26%) CA Endevor
4 2 (1.26%) Grafana
4 2 (1.26%) MAINVIEW
4 2 (1.26%) Nagios
4 2 (1.26%) Nessus
5 1 (0.63%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.63%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 33 (20.75%) Oracle
2 25 (15.72%) Microsoft
3 13 (8.18%) Salesforce
4 12 (7.55%) Dell
4 12 (7.55%) MuleSoft
5 5 (3.14%) Databricks
5 5 (3.14%) IBM
6 4 (2.52%) Dynatrace
6 4 (2.52%) VMware
7 3 (1.89%) Adobe
7 3 (1.89%) BMC
7 3 (1.89%) Informatica
7 3 (1.89%) Progress
7 3 (1.89%) Samsung
7 3 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.26%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.26%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.26%) SAP
8 2 (1.26%) Talend
8 2 (1.26%) Trayport