XML Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for XCAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XCAP over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 709 853
Rank change year-on-year +125 +144 -
Contract jobs citing XCAP 2 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.012% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.035% 0.093% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £400 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

XCAP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,724 7,487 9,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.11% 12.34% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,430 4,879 6,485
10th Percentile £205 £231 £226
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £720 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £430
% change year-on-year +0.95% +10.59% +7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 426 500 368
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.69 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% -
75th Percentile £62.38 £60.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.39 £18.50 £21.43
% change year-on-year +150.76% -13.65% -14.30%

XCAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for XCAP in the UK

XCAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for XCAP in the UK

XCAP
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XCAP within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
Work from Home +120 2 - -
England +110 2 - -
UK excluding London +66 2 - -
South East - 2 - -

XCAP
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) GIS
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Optimisation Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) RAN Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) RAN Performance Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Remedy