XML Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

XML
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 39 41
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing XML 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 1.06% 0.47% 0.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 21.43% 5.56% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £479 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% - -
75th Percentile £525 £536 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +42.86% -33.33% +16.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Basingstoke

XML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 14 18 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 4.95% 8.37% 18.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 5
10th Percentile £405 £433 £261
25th Percentile £475 £479 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £625 £650
90th Percentile £664 £675 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £561 £550
% change year-on-year -10.79% +1.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.75
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £24.25
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year -24.00% +2.04% -5.77%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing XML relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

XML job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

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Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing XML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing XML

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Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing XML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing XML

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) SoapUI
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) V-Model
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared