Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SGML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SGML over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 721 830
Rank change year-on-year +197 +109 -
Contract jobs citing SGML 62 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.69% 0.007% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% - -
75th Percentile £45.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £50.00 -
% change year-on-year -14.00% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SGML 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 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 8,955 14,016 24,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 23.35% 27.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,226 10,231 17,684
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £656
90th Percentile £765 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 156 243
10th Percentile £20.77 £30.38 £21.20
25th Percentile £39.92 £45.94 £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 £80.63 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +29.08% +8.89%

SGML
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SGML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SGML in the UK

SGML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SGML in the UK

SGML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SGML in the UK

SGML
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SGML within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +181 62 - - 2
UK excluding London +131 62 - - 2
East of England - 50 - - 1
Work from Home - 28 - - 1
South West +33 12 - - 1

SGML
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:

Applications
1 12 (19.35%) Acrobat
General
1 50 (80.65%) Publishing
2 12 (19.35%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 62 (100.00%) Author
1 62 (100.00%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.35%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (80.65%) Desktop Publishing
2 12 (19.35%) CAD
2 12 (19.35%) Data Management
Qualifications
1 50 (80.65%) HNC
1 50 (80.65%) HND
2 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.35%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Adobe