The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
48
55
66
Rank change year-on-year
+7
+11
+7
Contract jobs citing XML
2
12
9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
85
120
171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
16.28%
15.52%
18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted
65
87
123
10th Percentile
£380
£223
£330
25th Percentile
£425
£369
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£485
£500
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-3.00%
-4.76%
+5.00%
75th Percentile
£650
£625
£700
90th Percentile
£700
£700
-
West Midlands median daily rate
£507
£500
£525
% change year-on-year
+1.49%
-4.76%
+6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
5
0
Median hourly rate
-
£55.00
-
West Midlands median hourly rate
£33.91
£40.00
-
% change year-on-year
-15.23%
-
-
XML Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
XML Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in Birmingham.
XML Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in Birmingham.
XML Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing XML also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for XML.
XML Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
