XML
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for XML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited XML over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 282 240
Rank change year-on-year -20 -42 -38
Permanent jobs citing XML 979 1,213 3,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 1.29% 1.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.49% 4.45% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 614 899 1,662
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +14.04% +3.64%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £57,082 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.40% +13.77% +5.63%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

XML is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,805 27,260 70,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.38% 29.04% 41.39%
Number of salaries quoted 16,126 17,774 30,060
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -29 797 £58,000 -10.04% 160
UK excluding London -19 692 £54,000 -5.40% 105
Work from Home -93 331 £60,000 -7.69% 86
London -3 264 £70,000 - 58
South East -50 196 £60,000 +9.09% 34
Scotland -1 140 £56,909 -18.05% 6
North of England -33 111 £51,750 -5.91% 16
Midlands +6 93 £55,000 -6.78% 19
South West -3 85 £47,500 -28.30% 16
West Midlands -7 76 £55,000 -8.33% 13
North West -4 71 £51,000 -7.27% 12
East of England -14 54 £40,000 - 13
Yorkshire +2 32 £57,500 +4.55% 3
East Midlands -23 16 £60,000 +13.21% 6
Wales +3 9 £50,000 +4.17% 5
North East -14 8 £51,250 -2.90% 1
Northern Ireland +7 4 £32,500 -

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 71 (7.25%) IIS
2 49 (5.01%) CMS
3 24 (2.45%) OpenStack
4 20 (2.04%) Apache
5 16 (1.63%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.53%) Confluence
7 11 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
7 11 (1.12%) SAS
8 10 (1.02%) EPiServer
9 8 (0.82%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.72%) ArcGIS
11 6 (0.61%) BizTalk Server
11 6 (0.61%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.51%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.51%) Drupal
13 4 (0.41%) ColdFusion
13 4 (0.41%) WordPress
14 3 (0.31%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.31%) WebSphere
15 2 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 26 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.35%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.41%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.41%) FrameMaker
4 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.10%) Notion
Business Applications
1 26 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (2.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 19 (1.94%) SDL Web 8
4 15 (1.53%) Adobe Campaign
5 10 (1.02%) Shopify
6 8 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.51%) Elite 3E
8 5 (0.51%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.41%) Magento
9 4 (0.41%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.41%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.31%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.31%) Sage 300 ERP
11 2 (0.20%) Infor LN
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle iProcurement
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.20%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 250 (25.54%) Azure
2 135 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
3 118 (12.05%) AWS
4 62 (6.33%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.72%) SaaS
6 38 (3.88%) Serverless
7 33 (3.37%) Amazon ECS
8 25 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
9 22 (2.25%) PaaS
10 21 (2.15%) Power Automate
11 19 (1.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 19 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.94%) NuGet
12 18 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (1.63%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.53%) GitHub
15 12 (1.23%) Azure AKS
16 11 (1.12%) IaaS
17 10 (1.02%) Amazon S3
17 10 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 68 (6.95%) Kerberos
2 27 (2.76%) HTTP
2 27 (2.76%) VPN
3 26 (2.66%) TCP/IP
4 22 (2.25%) Internet
5 20 (2.04%) Firewall
5 20 (2.04%) SNMP
6 19 (1.94%) SSL
7 18 (1.84%) BGP
7 18 (1.84%) MPLS
8 16 (1.63%) SSH
9 14 (1.43%) DNS
10 11 (1.12%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (0.92%) HTTPS
12 8 (0.82%) LAN
12 8 (0.82%) WAN
13 7 (0.72%) DHCP
13 7 (0.72%) DWDM
13 7 (0.72%) FTP
13 7 (0.72%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 261 (26.66%) SQL Server
2 101 (10.32%) NoSQL
3 91 (9.30%) Relational Database
4 88 (8.99%) MySQL
5 72 (7.35%) Metadata
6 67 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (4.09%) Power BI
8 38 (3.88%) MongoDB
9 36 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
10 26 (2.66%) Data Vault
11 24 (2.45%) DynamoDB
12 20 (2.04%) MS Access
12 20 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.53%) Oracle Database
13 15 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (1.43%) OLTP
15 12 (1.23%) Data Lake
16 11 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
16 11 (1.12%) Tableau
17 10 (1.02%) Redis
Development Applications
1 229 (23.39%) Git
2 130 (13.28%) Visual Studio
3 127 (12.97%) Jenkins
4 90 (9.19%) JIRA
5 73 (7.46%) Bitbucket
6 65 (6.64%) Artifactory
7 35 (3.58%) NUnit
8 32 (3.27%) Eclipse
9 30 (3.06%) Octopus Deploy
10 28 (2.86%) Jasmine
10 28 (2.86%) Karma Test Runner
10 28 (2.86%) Moq
11 27 (2.76%) Postman
12 26 (2.66%) GitLab
13 24 (2.45%) TeamCity
14 23 (2.35%) SpecFlow
15 20 (2.04%) Selenium
15 20 (2.04%) Sourcetree
15 20 (2.04%) Subversion
16 19 (1.94%) Oracle APEX
General
1 246 (25.13%) Finance
2 206 (21.04%) Social Skills
3 144 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 135 (13.79%) Law
5 118 (12.05%) Marketing
6 87 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
7 82 (8.38%) Legal
8 66 (6.74%) Retail
9 51 (5.21%) Publishing
10 41 (4.19%) Aerospace
11 33 (3.37%) Banking
12 31 (3.17%) Public Sector
13 22 (2.25%) Military
14 21 (2.15%) Telecoms
15 20 (2.04%) Electronics
15 20 (2.04%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.82%) Investment Banking
16 8 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 433 (44.23%) Developer
2 227 (23.19%) Senior
3 164 (16.75%) Software Engineer
4 137 (13.99%) Lead
5 101 (10.32%) Senior Developer
6 80 (8.17%) Lead Software Engineer
7 71 (7.25%) C# Developer
8 64 (6.54%) Senior Software Engineer
9 59 (6.03%) Analyst
10 55 (5.62%) Consultant
11 54 (5.52%) Architect
12 52 (5.31%) .NET Developer
12 52 (5.31%) Software Developer
13 50 (5.11%) Full Stack Developer
14 48 (4.90%) Java Engineer
14 48 (4.90%) Java Software Engineer
15 47 (4.80%) Java Developer
16 43 (4.39%) Full Stack Engineer
17 42 (4.29%) Full Stack Software Engineer
18 26 (2.66%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 534 (54.55%) JSON
2 432 (44.13%) Web Services
3 351 (35.85%) HTML
4 319 (32.58%) .NET
5 259 (26.46%) REST
6 233 (23.80%) CSS
7 230 (23.49%) SOAP
8 159 (16.24%) ASP.NET
8 159 (16.24%) RESTful
9 157 (16.04%) AngularJS
10 115 (11.75%) .NET Framework
11 98 (10.01%) Spring
12 94 (9.60%) LDAP
13 91 (9.30%) React
14 83 (8.48%) jQuery
15 71 (7.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 70 (7.15%) .NET Core
17 69 (7.05%) OpenID
17 69 (7.05%) SAML
18 65 (6.64%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 130 (13.28%) Management Information System
2 68 (6.95%) Enterprise Cloud
3 67 (6.84%) Reference Data
4 65 (6.64%) Algorithms
5 44 (4.49%) Onboarding
6 43 (4.39%) Product Ownership
7 35 (3.58%) Data Structures
8 34 (3.47%) CMDB
9 26 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
12 22 (2.25%) Mobile App
13 20 (2.04%) Legacy Code
14 18 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
15 13 (1.33%) NHS
16 12 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (1.12%) EPoS
18 9 (0.92%) Data Centre
19 8 (0.82%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 139 (14.20%) Linux
2 91 (9.30%) Windows
3 51 (5.21%) Unix
4 11 (1.12%) CentOS
5 7 (0.72%) Android
6 6 (0.61%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.51%) VMS
8 4 (0.41%) AIX
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (39.73%) Agile
2 269 (27.48%) DevOps
3 193 (19.71%) CI/CD
4 187 (19.10%) Software Engineering
5 174 (17.77%) SDLC
6 173 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
7 158 (16.14%) Test Automation
8 140 (14.30%) OO
9 138 (14.10%) Scrum
10 136 (13.89%) Mentoring
11 127 (12.97%) Roadmaps
12 125 (12.77%) Full Stack Development
13 121 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 118 (12.05%) MVC
15 110 (11.24%) Computer Science
16 107 (10.93%) Community of Practice
16 107 (10.93%) Operational Stability
17 105 (10.73%) Data Modelling
18 102 (10.42%) Unit Testing
19 96 (9.81%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 494 (50.46%) SQL
2 365 (37.28%) JavaScript
3 295 (30.13%) C#
4 181 (18.49%) Java
5 161 (16.45%) Python
6 147 (15.02%) T-SQL
7 78 (7.97%) VB.NET
8 74 (7.56%) Go
9 66 (6.74%) PowerShell
9 66 (6.74%) VB
10 65 (6.64%) Prolog
10 65 (6.64%) SPARQL
11 57 (5.82%) TypeScript
12 49 (5.01%) PL/SQL
13 47 (4.80%) PHP
13 47 (4.80%) XPath
14 36 (3.68%) C++
15 28 (2.86%) VB6
16 27 (2.76%) C
17 26 (2.66%) Perl
Qualifications
1 163 (16.65%) Degree
2 95 (9.70%) Security Cleared
3 68 (6.95%) SC Cleared
4 62 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (3.06%) HNC
6 25 (2.55%) HND
7 16 (1.63%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.02%) ISTQB
9 10 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.92%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (0.72%) CCNA
12 7 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.61%) ISEB
14 5 (0.51%) MCAD
14 5 (0.51%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (11.13%) QA
2 25 (2.55%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.53%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.53%) GDPR
4 10 (1.02%) CDISC
5 6 (0.61%) NCSC
6 4 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.41%) SLA
7 3 (0.31%) Good Clinical Practice
7 3 (0.31%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.20%) SEPA
9 1 (0.10%) HL7
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.10%) ITGC
9 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 64 (6.54%) Docker
3 21 (2.15%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.41%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 83 (8.48%) Kubernetes
2 54 (5.52%) Ansible
3 37 (3.78%) Terraform
4 19 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.33%) WMI
6 12 (1.23%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.12%) Puppet
8 6 (0.61%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.61%) Control-M
9 4 (0.41%) Grafana
9 4 (0.41%) HP UCMDB
9 4 (0.41%) vRealize
10 3 (0.31%) Kibana
11 2 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.20%) Foglight
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Identity Management
12 1 (0.10%) Plesk
Vendors
1 187 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 117 (11.95%) Oracle
3 60 (6.13%) ServiceNow
4 46 (4.70%) Adobe
5 28 (2.86%) HP
5 28 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 26 (2.66%) BMC
7 25 (2.55%) Google
7 25 (2.55%) Remedy
8 24 (2.45%) WSO2
9 23 (2.35%) Cisco
10 19 (1.94%) Cognizant
10 19 (1.94%) SAP
11 15 (1.53%) Sybase
12 13 (1.33%) Splunk
13 10 (1.02%) VMware
14 9 (0.92%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.82%) Databricks
15 8 (0.82%) ESRI
15 8 (0.82%) MuleSoft