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

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 211 191
Rank change year-on-year +55 -20 -42
Contract jobs citing XML 572 624 1,088
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.56% 1.27% 1.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.63% 5.51% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 436 789
10th Percentile £406 £375 £400
25th Percentile £458 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £744 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -2.27% +3.77% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 15 16
10th Percentile - £55.00 £31.92
25th Percentile - £70.00 £40.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £72.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.69% +48.72% -15.95%
75th Percentile £51.25 £75.00 £62.29
90th Percentile £85.00 - £71.27
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £72.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year -40.69% +51.04% -17.24%

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 7,500 11,325 18,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.40% 23.02% 26.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,320 8,400 14,211
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -0.88% +13.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 139 213
10th Percentile £22.27 £29.15 £23.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £65.01 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +48 328 £545 -4.72% 87
East of England +58 69 £500 +3.90% 13
North of England -4 56 £534 -8.37% 9
South West +40 48 £550 +15.79% 14
South East -6 39 £450 -13.46% 33
North West +11 38 £523 -10.84% 5
Midlands +5 19 £600 +20.00% 21
Yorkshire +16 18 £635 +20.95% 3
West Midlands +6 14 £600 +41.18% 16
East Midlands +8 5 £331 -33.75% 5
North East +4 4 £431 -40.14% 1
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 34 (5.94%) Confluence
2 13 (2.27%) Apache
3 6 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.87%) MQSeries
5 3 (0.52%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.97%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (2.10%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.35%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 8 (1.40%) NetSuite
1 8 (1.40%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.40%) SAP FI
1 8 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
2 7 (1.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (1.05%) Endur
3 6 (1.05%) ION MarketView
4 4 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.52%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.52%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.52%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (0.52%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.35%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 202 (35.31%) Azure
2 139 (24.30%) Azure DevOps
3 72 (12.59%) Entra ID
4 45 (7.87%) Power Platform
5 39 (6.82%) GitHub
6 37 (6.47%) Serverless
7 34 (5.94%) AWS
7 34 (5.94%) Azure Logic Apps
8 28 (4.90%) PowerApps
9 26 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (4.37%) Azure API Management
10 25 (4.37%) Power Automate
11 23 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
12 21 (3.67%) Azure Key Vault
13 20 (3.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 20 (3.50%) Azure Functions
14 19 (3.32%) GCP
15 15 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.07%) BGP
1 29 (5.07%) MPLS
2 20 (3.50%) Firewall
2 20 (3.50%) RSVP
3 18 (3.15%) HSRP
3 18 (3.15%) SNMP
3 18 (3.15%) VPLS
4 17 (2.97%) Ethernet VPN
4 17 (2.97%) HTTP
5 16 (2.80%) IPv4
5 16 (2.80%) VRRP
6 13 (2.27%) TCP/IP
6 13 (2.27%) VPN
7 12 (2.10%) Cisco IOS
7 12 (2.10%) FIX Connectivity
7 12 (2.10%) IOS XR
8 10 (1.75%) DNS
9 9 (1.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 8 (1.40%) 5G
10 8 (1.40%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (26.92%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.94%) MySQL
3 32 (5.59%) Oracle Reports
4 30 (5.24%) Power BI
5 29 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (4.72%) Relational Database
7 23 (4.02%) NoSQL
8 21 (3.67%) MongoDB
9 19 (3.32%) RDBMS
10 17 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (2.62%) Redis
12 13 (2.27%) Data Lake
13 12 (2.10%) Big Data
13 12 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
15 10 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.75%) SQLite
16 7 (1.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
16 7 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 66 (11.54%) Git
2 59 (10.31%) JIRA
3 32 (5.59%) SpecFlow
4 30 (5.24%) Visual Studio
5 23 (4.02%) Jenkins
6 18 (3.15%) Selenium
7 14 (2.45%) TeamCity
8 12 (2.10%) JUnit
8 12 (2.10%) WebDriver
9 11 (1.92%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.75%) GitLab
11 9 (1.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 9 (1.57%) Bitbucket
11 9 (1.57%) JMeter
12 8 (1.40%) CircleCI
12 8 (1.40%) Travis CI
13 7 (1.22%) Postman
13 7 (1.22%) SoapUI
13 7 (1.22%) Visual Studio Team System
14 6 (1.05%) Maven
General
1 106 (18.53%) Social Skills
2 99 (17.31%) Finance
3 65 (11.36%) Publishing
4 55 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.87%) Public Sector
6 33 (5.77%) Banking
7 20 (3.50%) Financial Institution
8 19 (3.32%) Front Office
9 16 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.10%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.10%) Back Office
11 9 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.57%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.57%) Local Government
12 8 (1.40%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.22%) Retail
14 6 (1.05%) Marketing
14 6 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 183 (31.99%) Developer
2 113 (19.76%) Senior
3 90 (15.73%) Author
3 90 (15.73%) Technical Author
4 76 (13.29%) Senior Developer
5 59 (10.31%) Architect
6 46 (8.04%) Analyst
7 43 (7.52%) Software Developer
8 36 (6.29%) Senior Software Developer
9 34 (5.94%) Backend Developer
10 31 (5.42%) Software Engineer
11 30 (5.24%) Azure Developer
12 25 (4.37%) Lead
13 23 (4.02%) Senior Backend Developer
14 22 (3.85%) Business Analyst
14 22 (3.85%) Consultant
15 19 (3.32%) C# Developer
16 17 (2.97%) Data Architect
17 16 (2.80%) IP Expert
17 16 (2.80%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (35.66%) JSON
2 131 (22.90%) .NET
3 97 (16.96%) HTML
4 87 (15.21%) SOAP
5 84 (14.69%) REST
6 76 (13.29%) SGML
7 67 (11.71%) Web Services
8 62 (10.84%) .NET Framework
9 50 (8.74%) CSS
10 49 (8.57%) AngularJS
11 42 (7.34%) .NET Core
12 30 (5.24%) YANG
13 29 (5.07%) NETCONF
14 28 (4.90%) JSP
14 28 (4.90%) LDAP
14 28 (4.90%) React
14 28 (4.90%) Servlets
15 27 (4.72%) RESTful
15 27 (4.72%) SPML
16 26 (4.55%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 61 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 29 (5.07%) Data Structures
3 22 (3.85%) Distributed Architecture
4 21 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.97%) Derivative
6 15 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.62%) Reference Data
7 14 (2.45%) Fixed Income
8 13 (2.27%) Mobile App
9 12 (2.10%) Animation
10 8 (1.40%) Contactless
10 8 (1.40%) Mainframe
11 7 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.05%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.05%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.87%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.87%) Verilog
13 5 (0.87%) VHDL
13 5 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.34%) Unix
2 36 (6.29%) Linux
3 33 (5.77%) Windows
4 12 (2.10%) Android
5 5 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.35%) zOS
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) Solaris
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (41.26%) Agile
2 207 (36.19%) DevOps
3 153 (26.75%) Scrum
4 145 (25.35%) CI/CD
5 72 (12.59%) B2C
6 64 (11.19%) Desktop Publishing
7 59 (10.31%) Test Automation
8 55 (9.62%) Data Modelling
9 51 (8.92%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (8.92%) Software Engineering
10 39 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (6.82%) Migration
11 37 (6.47%) Mentoring
12 36 (6.29%) Microservices
13 35 (6.12%) SDLC
14 33 (5.77%) Continuous Integration
14 33 (5.77%) Data Management
15 30 (5.24%) Analytics
15 30 (5.24%) TDD
16 28 (4.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 166 (29.02%) C#
2 159 (27.80%) SQL
3 128 (22.38%) PowerShell
4 113 (19.76%) JavaScript
5 93 (16.26%) Java
6 63 (11.01%) Python
7 46 (8.04%) Bicep
8 22 (3.85%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.80%) T-SQL
10 14 (2.45%) PL/SQL
11 13 (2.27%) C++
11 13 (2.27%) Perl
12 12 (2.10%) XPath
13 11 (1.92%) ABAP
13 11 (1.92%) Bash
14 9 (1.57%) C
15 8 (1.40%) Apex Code
16 7 (1.22%) Kotlin
16 7 (1.22%) SOQL
16 7 (1.22%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 66 (11.54%) HND
2 64 (11.19%) HNC
3 49 (8.57%) Security Cleared
4 48 (8.39%) Degree
5 21 (3.67%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.40%) CCIE
8 8 (1.40%) CCIE Service Provider
9 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.87%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.70%) CCNP
12 3 (0.52%) CCNA
12 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.52%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.35%) CISSP
14 1 (0.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.17%) ISEB
14 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.17%) Siebel Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (11.71%) QA
2 17 (2.97%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.10%) Def Stans
4 9 (1.57%) Dodd-Frank
4 9 (1.57%) EMIR
4 9 (1.57%) MiFID
5 8 (1.40%) GDPR
6 7 (1.22%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.87%) ISO 15022
8 4 (0.70%) GAAP
8 4 (0.70%) NCSC
9 3 (0.52%) GRC
10 2 (0.35%) HL7
10 2 (0.35%) NIST
10 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.35%) PMO
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (17.31%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.55%) IAG
3 25 (4.37%) ACF2
3 25 (4.37%) RACF
4 19 (3.32%) Docker
5 18 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.70%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.17%) Cronacle
7 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (3.32%) Ansible
2 18 (3.15%) Terraform
3 13 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 12 (2.10%) Kibana
4 12 (2.10%) logstash
5 10 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.57%) Grafana
6 9 (1.57%) Progress Chef
7 8 (1.40%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (1.40%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.40%) Puppet
8 5 (0.87%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.87%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.52%) Control-M
9 3 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.35%) TIBCO Hawk
11 1 (0.17%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 168 (29.37%) Microsoft
2 66 (11.54%) Oracle
3 36 (6.29%) ServiceNow
4 33 (5.77%) SAP
5 28 (4.90%) Nokia
6 23 (4.02%) Salesforce
7 21 (3.67%) Adobe
8 20 (3.50%) Cisco
9 19 (3.32%) Sybase
10 14 (2.45%) Fortinet
10 14 (2.45%) ION Trading
11 13 (2.27%) Bloomberg
12 12 (2.10%) MarketAxess
12 12 (2.10%) Tradeweb
13 10 (1.75%) Informatica
14 9 (1.57%) CyberArk
14 9 (1.57%) F5
14 9 (1.57%) IBM
15 8 (1.40%) MuleSoft
15 8 (1.40%) Splunk