XML Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

XML
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring XML skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing XML 7 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.97% - 1.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.96% - 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £519 - £506
90th Percentile - - £518
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% -9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -1.16% -38.57% +40.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 54 62 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 15.21% 14.19% 8.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 34 34
10th Percentile £325 £300 £413
25th Percentile £378 £340 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £550
90th Percentile £679 £619 £630
East of England median daily rate £500 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.34%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £16.50
90th Percentile £49.80 - -
East of England median hourly rate £63.00 £43.00 £55.56
% change year-on-year +46.51% -22.61% -14.52%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for XML in Cambridgeshire

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing XML

XML
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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
Peterborough - 5 - - 1
Cambridge - 2 £488 -
XML
East of England

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 5 (71.43%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (28.57%) Data Lake
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (28.57%) MongoDB
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Database
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Hudson
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Junior
1 5 (71.43%) Junior Software Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Junior Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Software Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Data Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) IFS Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) IFS Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) JSON
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Data Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Data Repair
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) ETL
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) Workday
3 2 (28.57%) IFS
3 2 (28.57%) Sybase