The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
2 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
61 |
39 |
75 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-22 |
+36 |
+14 |
| Contract jobs citing XML |
4 |
36 |
5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol |
0.58% |
3.72% |
0.47% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
3.10% |
18.56% |
2.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
£311 |
£505 |
£385 |
| 25th Percentile |
£317 |
£550 |
£438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£328 |
£650 |
£550 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-49.52% |
+18.18% |
+22.22% |
| 75th Percentile |
£345 |
£681 |
£688 |
| 90th Percentile |
£363 |
£685 |
£755 |
| South West median daily rate |
£375 |
£500 |
£525 |
| % change year-on-year |
-25.00% |
-4.76% |
+16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
31 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
£47.50 |
- |
| South West median hourly rate |
- |
£47.50 |
£50.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-5.00% |
-9.09% |
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 Bristol.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
129 |
194 |
206 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol |
18.83% |
20.02% |
19.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
65 |
91 |
162 |
| 10th Percentile |
£325 |
£325 |
£325 |
| 25th Percentile |
£363 |
£403 |
£393 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£438 |
£475 |
£450 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-7.89% |
+5.56% |
-12.20% |
| 75th Percentile |
£525 |
£569 |
£575 |
| 90th Percentile |
£633 |
£638 |
£675 |
| South West median daily rate |
£525 |
£550 |
£513 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.55% |
+7.32% |
-2.19% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
26 |
70 |
10 |
| 10th Percentile |
£61.25 |
£43.75 |
£63.88 |
| 25th Percentile |
£65.00 |
£45.00 |
- |
| Median hourly rate |
£67.75 |
£68.75 |
£65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-1.45% |
+5.77% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£68.00 |
£70.00 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£74.35 |
£85.00 |
£65.50 |
| South West median hourly rate |
£67.75 |
£70.00 |
£65.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-3.21% |
+7.69% |
+2.20% |
