XML Contracts in England

XML
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for XML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XML over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 218 187
Rank change year-on-year +61 -31 -38
Contract jobs citing XML 551 645 1,107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.49% 1.28% 1.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.39% 5.51% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 445 799
10th Percentile £406 £375 £400
25th Percentile £466 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.11%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £743 £791 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 15 21
10th Percentile - £55.00 £33.59
25th Percentile £43.00 £70.00 £38.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £72.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.93% +52.63% -18.10%
75th Percentile £51.25 £75.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.00 - £65.50
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £72.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -37.93% +52.63% -18.10%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,454 11,713 19,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.17% 23.17% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,302 8,672 14,430
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 138 214
10th Percentile £21.63 £28.73 £21.30
25th Percentile £40.31 £48.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for XML in England

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in England.

Daily rate trend for XML in England

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for XML in England

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in England.

Hourly rate trend for XML in England

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for XML in England

XML
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +53 325 £550 -3.34% 90
East of England +54 58 £475 -2.56% 8
North of England +2 53 £534 -7.13% 11
South West +49 49 £550 +14.58% 11
South East -3 37 £450 -10.00% 32
North West 0 36 £534 -7.49% 7
Yorkshire +17 16 £645 +22.86% 4
Midlands -11 16 £600 +20.00% 24
West Midlands +10 12 £600 +23.97% 18
North East +10 5 £423 -41.25%
East Midlands +4 4 £300 -40.00% 6
XML
UK

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (5.63%) Confluence
2 11 (2.00%) Apache
3 8 (1.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.91%) MQSeries
5 3 (0.54%) CMS
5 3 (0.54%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.18%) IIS
7 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.27%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.18%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.36%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 8 (1.45%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (1.09%) ION MarketView
4 5 (0.91%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (0.91%) Endur
5 4 (0.73%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.73%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.73%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.54%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.54%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.36%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.36%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 189 (34.30%) Azure
2 124 (22.50%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (11.43%) Entra ID
4 43 (7.80%) GitHub
5 42 (7.62%) Power Platform
6 39 (7.08%) Serverless
7 34 (6.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 30 (5.44%) AWS
9 27 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (4.72%) PowerApps
11 25 (4.54%) Azure API Management
12 23 (4.17%) Power Automate
13 21 (3.81%) Azure Functions
13 21 (3.81%) Azure Key Vault
14 19 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 17 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
16 16 (2.90%) GCP
17 15 (2.72%) Azure Service Bus
18 13 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
19 12 (2.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.17%) BGP
1 34 (6.17%) MPLS
2 22 (3.99%) Firewall
2 22 (3.99%) RSVP
3 19 (3.45%) HSRP
3 19 (3.45%) SNMP
3 19 (3.45%) VPLS
4 18 (3.27%) Ethernet VPN
5 17 (3.09%) IPv4
5 17 (3.09%) VRRP
6 16 (2.90%) Cisco IOS
6 16 (2.90%) IOS XR
7 15 (2.72%) HTTP
8 12 (2.18%) FIX Connectivity
9 11 (2.00%) TCP/IP
9 11 (2.00%) VPN
10 9 (1.63%) 5G
10 9 (1.63%) Network Security
11 8 (1.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 8 (1.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (26.68%) SQL Server
2 37 (6.72%) Oracle Reports
3 33 (5.99%) MySQL
4 29 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (4.90%) Power BI
6 26 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (4.72%) Relational Database
7 24 (4.36%) NoSQL
8 20 (3.63%) MongoDB
9 19 (3.45%) RDBMS
10 17 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (2.36%) Data Lake
12 12 (2.18%) Big Data
13 11 (2.00%) Snowflake Schema
14 10 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (1.81%) SQLite
15 7 (1.27%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
15 7 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (1.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 65 (11.80%) Git
2 54 (9.80%) JIRA
3 29 (5.26%) SpecFlow
3 29 (5.26%) Visual Studio
4 21 (3.81%) Jenkins
5 18 (3.27%) Selenium
6 12 (2.18%) TeamCity
6 12 (2.18%) WebDriver
7 10 (1.81%) JUnit
8 9 (1.63%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.45%) GitLab
9 8 (1.45%) JMeter
9 8 (1.45%) Visual Studio Team System
10 7 (1.27%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.27%) Postman
11 6 (1.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (1.09%) CircleCI
11 6 (1.09%) SoapUI
11 6 (1.09%) Travis CI
12 5 (0.91%) Checkstyle
General
1 99 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 96 (17.42%) Finance
3 58 (10.53%) Publishing
4 48 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.54%) Banking
7 22 (3.99%) Financial Institution
8 18 (3.27%) Front Office
9 15 (2.72%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.18%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.18%) Back Office
11 9 (1.63%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.45%) Local Government
13 7 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.27%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.27%) Retail
14 6 (1.09%) Marketing
15 5 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 162 (29.40%) Developer
2 98 (17.79%) Senior
3 81 (14.70%) Author
3 81 (14.70%) Technical Author
4 65 (11.80%) Senior Developer
5 62 (11.25%) Architect
6 42 (7.62%) Analyst
7 41 (7.44%) Software Developer
8 33 (5.99%) Senior Software Developer
9 30 (5.44%) Software Engineer
10 28 (5.08%) Lead
11 27 (4.90%) Backend Developer
12 25 (4.54%) Azure Developer
13 23 (4.17%) Business Analyst
14 22 (3.99%) Consultant
15 17 (3.09%) C# Developer
15 17 (3.09%) Data Architect
15 17 (3.09%) IP Expert
15 17 (3.09%) Senior Backend Developer
16 16 (2.90%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (37.02%) JSON
2 117 (21.23%) .NET
3 87 (15.79%) SOAP
4 84 (15.25%) HTML
5 81 (14.70%) REST
6 68 (12.34%) SGML
7 67 (12.16%) Web Services
8 57 (10.34%) .NET Framework
9 44 (7.99%) AngularJS
10 35 (6.35%) CSS
11 34 (6.17%) NETCONF
11 34 (6.17%) YANG
12 33 (5.99%) .NET Core
13 32 (5.81%) LDAP
13 32 (5.81%) Servlets
14 31 (5.63%) JSP
14 31 (5.63%) SPML
15 30 (5.44%) SailPoint
16 26 (4.72%) RESTful
17 23 (4.17%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.98%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.36%) Data Structures
3 24 (4.36%) Distributed Architecture
4 16 (2.90%) Derivative
5 15 (2.72%) Reference Data
6 13 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.36%) Fixed Income
7 12 (2.18%) Animation
8 10 (1.81%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.45%) Contactless
9 8 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.45%) Mainframe
10 7 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.09%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.91%) PKI
12 5 (0.91%) Smart Meter
12 5 (0.91%) Verilog
12 5 (0.91%) VHDL
12 5 (0.91%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.26%) Unix
2 35 (6.35%) Linux
3 33 (5.99%) Windows
4 10 (1.81%) Android
5 7 (1.27%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.91%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.36%) zOS
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.18%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (39.20%) Agile
2 196 (35.57%) DevOps
3 139 (25.23%) Scrum
4 131 (23.77%) CI/CD
5 64 (11.62%) B2C
6 58 (10.53%) Test Automation
7 56 (10.16%) Desktop Publishing
8 53 (9.62%) Data Modelling
9 48 (8.71%) Software Engineering
10 47 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (6.90%) Mentoring
12 37 (6.72%) Business Intelligence
13 36 (6.53%) Microservices
13 36 (6.53%) Migration
14 33 (5.99%) Data Management
15 32 (5.81%) Analytics
16 30 (5.44%) RBAC
16 30 (5.44%) SDLC
17 28 (5.08%) CAD
17 28 (5.08%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 159 (28.86%) SQL
2 150 (27.22%) C#
3 117 (21.23%) PowerShell
4 104 (18.87%) JavaScript
5 91 (16.52%) Java
6 64 (11.62%) Python
7 37 (6.72%) Bicep
8 17 (3.09%) PL/SQL
8 17 (3.09%) XPath
9 16 (2.90%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.36%) Perl
11 12 (2.18%) TypeScript
12 11 (2.00%) C++
13 10 (1.81%) Bash
14 9 (1.63%) ABAP
15 7 (1.27%) Apex Code
15 7 (1.27%) C
15 7 (1.27%) Kotlin
15 7 (1.27%) XQuery
16 6 (1.09%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 58 (10.53%) HND
2 56 (10.16%) HNC
3 49 (8.89%) Security Cleared
4 46 (8.35%) Degree
5 20 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (3.63%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.63%) CCIE
6 9 (1.63%) CCIE Service Provider
7 8 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.27%) CCNP
9 6 (1.09%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.54%) CCNA
10 3 (0.54%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.36%) CISSP
11 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.18%) ISEB
12 1 (0.18%) SANS
12 1 (0.18%) Siebel Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (11.80%) QA
2 16 (2.90%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.18%) Def Stans
4 9 (1.63%) Dodd-Frank
4 9 (1.63%) EMIR
4 9 (1.63%) MiFID
5 8 (1.45%) GDPR
6 7 (1.27%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.73%) GAAP
7 4 (0.73%) ISO 15022
7 4 (0.73%) NCSC
8 3 (0.54%) GRC
9 2 (0.36%) HL7
9 2 (0.36%) NIST
9 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.36%) PMO
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 93 (16.88%) Active Directory
2 30 (5.44%) IAG
3 28 (5.08%) ACF2
3 28 (5.08%) RACF
4 19 (3.45%) Docker
5 18 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.73%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.18%) Cronacle
7 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (3.63%) Ansible
2 16 (2.90%) Terraform
3 11 (2.00%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.63%) Kibana
4 9 (1.63%) logstash
5 8 (1.45%) Grafana
5 8 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.09%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (1.09%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.09%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.09%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.09%) Puppet
7 5 (0.91%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.36%) Control-M
9 2 (0.36%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.18%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 152 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 67 (12.16%) Oracle
3 37 (6.72%) ServiceNow
4 33 (5.99%) Nokia
5 25 (4.54%) SAP
6 24 (4.36%) Cisco
7 23 (4.17%) Adobe
7 23 (4.17%) Sybase
8 22 (3.99%) Salesforce
9 15 (2.72%) Fortinet
10 13 (2.36%) Bloomberg
10 13 (2.36%) ION Trading
11 12 (2.18%) MarketAxess
11 12 (2.18%) Tradeweb
12 10 (1.81%) Informatica
13 9 (1.63%) CyberArk
13 9 (1.63%) IBM
14 8 (1.45%) BeyondTrust
14 8 (1.45%) F5
14 8 (1.45%) Palo Alto