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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 292 219
Rank change year-on-year +12 -73 -19
Permanent jobs citing XML 1,029 1,233 2,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 1.19% 1.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.88% 3.94% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 632 916 1,774
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £63,485 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +15.14% +0.25%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,688 £93,125 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%

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 21,080 31,272 63,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.38% 30.13% 40.50%
Number of salaries quoted 15,747 19,246 30,345
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +26 830 £60,000 -4.00% 175
UK excluding London +25 731 £55,000 - 95
Work from Home -52 336 £60,000 -4.00% 86
London +38 276 £70,000 -6.67% 89
South East -13 208 £60,000 +9.09% 30
Scotland +7 147 £56,318 -18.91% 7
North of England +12 114 £55,000 +4.76% 12
Midlands +41 113 £55,000 -4.35% 20
South West -4 78 £47,500 -26.92% 8
North West +29 72 £51,000 -7.27% 9
West Midlands +22 70 £52,500 -12.50% 14
East of England +16 51 £40,000 -5.88% 10
East Midlands +20 42 £60,000 +33.33% 6
Yorkshire +16 34 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Wales 0 11 £50,000 -2.90% 5
Northern Ireland +21 9 £33,750 - 4
North East -1 8 £51,250 -2.90%

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 74 (7.19%) IIS
2 40 (3.89%) CMS
3 30 (2.92%) JBoss
3 30 (2.92%) Red Hat Fuse
4 28 (2.72%) OpenStack
5 21 (2.04%) Apache
5 21 (2.04%) SharePoint
6 16 (1.55%) Confluence
7 11 (1.07%) SAS
8 10 (0.97%) EPiServer
9 9 (0.87%) Apache Spark
9 9 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
10 8 (0.78%) Tomcat
11 7 (0.68%) ArcGIS
12 6 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
13 5 (0.49%) Drupal
14 4 (0.39%) ColdFusion
14 4 (0.39%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.39%) WebSphere
14 4 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.75%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.39%) FrameMaker
4 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.097%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.097%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.097%) Notion
6 1 (0.097%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.097%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 31 (3.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 24 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.36%) SDL Web 8
4 13 (1.26%) Adobe Campaign
5 10 (0.97%) Shopify
6 8 (0.78%) Elite 3E
7 7 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.49%) Magento
9 5 (0.49%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.49%) Teamcenter
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.29%) Sage 200
10 3 (0.29%) Sage 300 ERP
11 2 (0.19%) Adaptiv
11 2 (0.19%) Infor LN
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle FAH
11 2 (0.19%) SAP MII
11 2 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 266 (25.85%) Azure
2 134 (13.02%) Azure DevOps
3 126 (12.24%) AWS
4 69 (6.71%) SaaS
5 60 (5.83%) Power Platform
6 47 (4.57%) Serverless
7 40 (3.89%) Amazon ECS
8 32 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
9 30 (2.92%) PaaS
10 21 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (1.65%) IaaS
12 16 (1.55%) GitHub
13 15 (1.46%) Power Automate
14 14 (1.36%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 14 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (1.36%) NuGet
14 14 (1.36%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.17%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (6.61%) Kerberos
2 31 (3.01%) LAN
2 31 (3.01%) WAN
3 29 (2.82%) HTTP
3 29 (2.82%) VPN
4 27 (2.62%) TCP/IP
5 25 (2.43%) Internet
6 21 (2.04%) SSL
7 20 (1.94%) SNMP
8 18 (1.75%) BGP
8 18 (1.75%) MPLS
9 16 (1.55%) Firewall
10 15 (1.46%) SSH
11 14 (1.36%) DNS
12 11 (1.07%) Ethernet VPN
13 9 (0.87%) HTTPS
14 7 (0.68%) DWDM
14 7 (0.68%) EIGRP
14 7 (0.68%) IPsec
14 7 (0.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 282 (27.41%) SQL Server
2 115 (11.18%) NoSQL
3 104 (10.11%) Relational Database
4 87 (8.45%) MySQL
5 75 (7.29%) Metadata
6 72 (7.00%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (3.69%) MongoDB
8 36 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
8 36 (3.50%) Power BI
9 28 (2.72%) Data Vault
10 25 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (2.33%) DynamoDB
12 19 (1.85%) MS Access
13 18 (1.75%) Oracle Database
13 18 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (1.36%) Data Lake
14 14 (1.36%) OLTP
15 11 (1.07%) Big Data
16 10 (0.97%) Redis
17 9 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 227 (22.06%) Git
2 128 (12.44%) Jenkins
3 125 (12.15%) Visual Studio
4 83 (8.07%) JIRA
5 75 (7.29%) Bitbucket
6 65 (6.32%) Artifactory
7 32 (3.11%) Eclipse
8 31 (3.01%) IntelliJ
9 29 (2.82%) Postman
10 28 (2.72%) Jasmine
10 28 (2.72%) Karma Test Runner
10 28 (2.72%) NUnit
11 27 (2.62%) Octopus Deploy
12 25 (2.43%) GitLab
13 22 (2.14%) Subversion
14 21 (2.04%) Selenium
15 20 (1.94%) Oracle APEX
16 19 (1.85%) Moq
16 19 (1.85%) TeamCity
17 18 (1.75%) SoapUI
General
1 246 (23.91%) Finance
2 196 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 146 (14.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 142 (13.80%) Law
5 107 (10.40%) Marketing
6 94 (9.14%) Legal
7 74 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
8 67 (6.51%) Public Sector
9 63 (6.12%) Retail
10 52 (5.05%) Publishing
11 37 (3.60%) Aerospace
12 31 (3.01%) Banking
13 24 (2.33%) Military
14 21 (2.04%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.75%) Manufacturing
16 17 (1.65%) Electronics
17 12 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
19 8 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
19 8 (0.78%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 447 (43.44%) Developer
2 254 (24.68%) Senior
3 196 (19.05%) Software Engineer
4 133 (12.93%) Lead
5 95 (9.23%) Senior Software Engineer
6 91 (8.84%) Senior Developer
7 80 (7.77%) Lead Software Engineer
8 78 (7.58%) Java Engineer
8 78 (7.58%) Java Software Engineer
9 72 (7.00%) Software Developer
10 66 (6.41%) Analyst
11 62 (6.03%) C# Developer
12 59 (5.73%) .NET Developer
13 56 (5.44%) Architect
14 54 (5.25%) Java Developer
15 48 (4.66%) Full Stack Developer
16 45 (4.37%) Full Stack Engineer
17 44 (4.28%) Consultant
17 44 (4.28%) Full Stack Software Engineer
18 31 (3.01%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 577 (56.07%) JSON
2 454 (44.12%) Web Services
3 358 (34.79%) HTML
4 315 (30.61%) .NET
5 302 (29.35%) REST
6 258 (25.07%) SOAP
7 242 (23.52%) CSS
8 214 (20.80%) AngularJS
9 178 (17.30%) RESTful
10 155 (15.06%) ASP.NET
11 134 (13.02%) Spring
12 109 (10.59%) .NET Framework
13 104 (10.11%) React
14 95 (9.23%) LDAP
15 91 (8.84%) Node.js
16 74 (7.19%) .NET Core
17 72 (7.00%) jQuery
18 71 (6.90%) HTML5
19 69 (6.71%) OpenID
19 69 (6.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 140 (13.61%) Management Information System
2 68 (6.61%) Enterprise Cloud
3 67 (6.51%) Algorithms
4 66 (6.41%) Reference Data
5 46 (4.47%) Onboarding
6 41 (3.98%) Product Ownership
7 36 (3.50%) CMDB
8 35 (3.40%) Data Structures
9 30 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (2.04%) Mobile App
13 18 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (1.55%) Legacy Code
14 16 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
15 13 (1.26%) NHS
16 11 (1.07%) EPoS
17 9 (0.87%) Clustering
17 9 (0.87%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 141 (13.70%) Linux
2 95 (9.23%) Windows
3 47 (4.57%) Unix
4 11 (1.07%) CentOS
5 9 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.49%) Android
6 5 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.29%) AIX
7 3 (0.29%) VMS
7 3 (0.29%) zOS
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.097%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (40.33%) Agile
2 266 (25.85%) DevOps
3 222 (21.57%) Software Engineering
4 192 (18.66%) CI/CD
5 179 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
6 176 (17.10%) SDLC
7 168 (16.33%) Test Automation
8 156 (15.16%) Mentoring
9 149 (14.48%) Full Stack Development
10 142 (13.80%) OO
11 138 (13.41%) Scrum
12 129 (12.54%) Roadmaps
13 123 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 109 (10.59%) Community of Practice
14 109 (10.59%) MVC
14 109 (10.59%) Operational Stability
15 108 (10.50%) Data Modelling
16 103 (10.01%) Web Development
17 98 (9.52%) Computer Science
18 92 (8.94%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 517 (50.24%) SQL
2 379 (36.83%) JavaScript
3 291 (28.28%) C#
4 212 (20.60%) Java
5 189 (18.37%) Python
6 144 (13.99%) T-SQL
7 93 (9.04%) VB
8 76 (7.39%) PowerShell
9 74 (7.19%) Go
10 70 (6.80%) PHP
10 70 (6.80%) VB.NET
11 65 (6.32%) Prolog
11 65 (6.32%) SPARQL
12 56 (5.44%) TypeScript
13 45 (4.37%) XPath
14 43 (4.18%) PL/SQL
15 42 (4.08%) C++
16 29 (2.82%) Perl
17 28 (2.72%) C
17 28 (2.72%) VB6
Qualifications
1 174 (16.91%) Degree
2 139 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 109 (10.59%) SC Cleared
4 54 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.01%) HNC
6 25 (2.43%) HND
7 18 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (0.68%) CCNA
11 7 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.68%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.58%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.58%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.49%) MCAD
13 5 (0.49%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (10.59%) QA
2 22 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.46%) GDPR
4 14 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 10 (0.97%) CDISC
6 7 (0.68%) NCSC
7 6 (0.58%) SLA
8 4 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.29%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.19%) HL7
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.19%) SEPA
11 1 (0.097%) COREP
11 1 (0.097%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.097%) IFRS
11 1 (0.097%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.097%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.097%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.097%) ITGC
11 1 (0.097%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 72 (7.00%) Docker
3 27 (2.62%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.39%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.29%) RACF
6 3 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.19%) vSphere
8 1 (0.097%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 81 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 61 (5.93%) Ansible
3 42 (4.08%) Terraform
4 16 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.26%) WMI
6 11 (1.07%) Progress Chef
6 11 (1.07%) Puppet
7 8 (0.78%) Control-M
8 7 (0.68%) HP UCMDB
9 6 (0.58%) CloudHub
10 4 (0.39%) Grafana
10 4 (0.39%) vRealize
11 3 (0.29%) Kibana
11 3 (0.29%) MAINVIEW
12 2 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.19%) Foglight
12 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
13 1 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.097%) Oracle Identity Management
13 1 (0.097%) SCCM
Vendors
1 218 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 114 (11.08%) Oracle
3 61 (5.93%) ServiceNow
4 36 (3.50%) Adobe
5 35 (3.40%) BMC
6 33 (3.21%) HP
7 31 (3.01%) Remedy
8 28 (2.72%) WSO2
9 27 (2.62%) Salesforce
10 23 (2.24%) Cisco
10 23 (2.24%) Google
11 20 (1.94%) SAP
12 14 (1.36%) Cognizant
13 13 (1.26%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.26%) Splunk
13 13 (1.26%) Sybase
14 10 (0.97%) VMware
15 9 (0.87%) Databricks
15 9 (0.87%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.78%) ESRI