XML Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

XML
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff 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 25 27 32
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 0
Contract jobs citing XML 10 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 4.02% 3.02% 2.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 19.23% 12.73% 9.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile - £161 £167
25th Percentile £363 £161 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £164 £234
Median % change year-on-year +128.50% -29.79% -50.79%
75th Percentile £388 £199 £276
90th Percentile - £380 £279
South Wales median daily rate £375 £164 £234
% change year-on-year +128.50% -29.79% -53.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 52 55 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 20.88% 23.71% 26.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 39 55
10th Percentile £305 £168 £203
25th Percentile £405 £215 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +21.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile £532 £541 £463
90th Percentile £639 £550 £558
South Wales median daily rate £475 £431 £350
% change year-on-year +10.14% +23.21% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.60 -
South Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year +263.64% - -

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

XML job vacancy trend in Cardiff

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing XML

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle Service Bus
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 8 (80.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Postman
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Consultant
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle SOA Consultant
2 5 (50.00%) SOA Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) BPM Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Business Test Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) IT Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Lead
4 2 (20.00%) Lead Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Middleware Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Middleware Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Payments Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Oracle Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) JSON
1 10 (100.00%) REST
1 10 (100.00%) SOAP
2 8 (80.00%) OAuth
2 8 (80.00%) OAuth2
2 8 (80.00%) OpenAPI
2 8 (80.00%) Swagger
2 8 (80.00%) XSD
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) API Design
1 8 (80.00%) API Management
1 8 (80.00%) BPEL
1 8 (80.00%) DevOps
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (80.00%) SDLC
1 8 (80.00%) SOA
1 8 (80.00%) Thought Leadership
1 8 (80.00%) Validation
2 2 (20.00%) API Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) PL/SQL
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) ISEB
1 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle