XML Contracts in the Midlands

XML
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 121 86
Rank change year-on-year +9 -35 -5
Contract jobs citing XML 19 43 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.70% 1.27% 2.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.96% 7.43% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 74
10th Percentile £324 £351 £382
25th Percentile £474 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £432
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +15.74% +20.00%
75th Percentile £642 £600 £514
90th Percentile £666 £625 £551
England median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

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 the Midlands 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 383 579 903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.15% 17.15% 18.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 451 700
10th Percentile £275 £313 £356
25th Percentile £361 £363 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £622 £588 £550
90th Percentile £725 £700 £638
England median daily rate £550 £560 £565
% change year-on-year -1.79% -0.88% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 10
10th Percentile £10.90 - £16.70
25th Percentile £14.16 - £20.06
Median hourly rate £26.25 - £23.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.46%
75th Percentile £39.98 - £40.63
90th Percentile £56.25 - £46.67
England median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +9.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for XML in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for XML in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for XML in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for XML in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands +14 14 £600 +30.43% 19
East Midlands +7 5 £331 -33.75% 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (42.11%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Boomi
2 6 (31.58%) Azure
3 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
4 3 (15.79%) AWS
4 3 (15.79%) PowerApps
5 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (10.53%) iPaaS
5 2 (10.53%) Power Automate
5 2 (10.53%) SaaS
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Functions
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (5.26%) Serverless
6 1 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (5.26%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) MySQL
2 3 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (10.53%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (10.53%) Power BI
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
1 2 (10.53%) JMeter
1 2 (10.53%) SoapUI
1 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
1 2 (10.53%) Zephyr
2 1 (5.26%) NUnit
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Billing
3 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Architect
2 6 (31.58%) Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Power Platform Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Integration Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Salesforce Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.26%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Billing Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Business Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Functional Tester
5 1 (5.26%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (52.63%) JSON
2 8 (42.11%) HTML
2 8 (42.11%) SOAP
2 8 (42.11%) Web Services
3 6 (31.58%) REST
4 5 (26.32%) XSLT
5 4 (21.05%) .NET
5 4 (21.05%) CSS
6 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
6 3 (15.79%) Visualforce
6 3 (15.79%) WSDL
6 3 (15.79%) XSD
7 2 (10.53%) Entity Framework
7 2 (10.53%) OAuth
7 2 (10.53%) SAML
8 1 (5.26%) Ajax
8 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (5.26%) jQuery
8 1 (5.26%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.26%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Agile
2 6 (31.58%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (21.05%) Business Transformation
3 4 (21.05%) CRM
3 4 (21.05%) ERP
3 4 (21.05%) Scrum
4 3 (15.79%) Data Integration
4 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.53%) Defect Tracking
5 2 (10.53%) DevOps
5 2 (10.53%) Functional Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Intelligent Automation
5 2 (10.53%) Migration
5 2 (10.53%) Release Management
5 2 (10.53%) Revenue Recognition
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
5 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
5 2 (10.53%) UML
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) JavaScript
2 5 (26.32%) C#
3 3 (15.79%) Apex Code
3 3 (15.79%) SOQL
3 3 (15.79%) SQL
4 1 (5.26%) Groovy
4 1 (5.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Salesforce
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
4 1 (5.26%) Conga
4 1 (5.26%) Dell
4 1 (5.26%) DocuSign
4 1 (5.26%) Jitterbit
4 1 (5.26%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.26%) SnapLogic
4 1 (5.26%) Software AG
4 1 (5.26%) Talend
4 1 (5.26%) TIBCO