XML Contract Job Trends in Chester

XML
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XML 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.60% - 2.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 28.57% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £688 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £763 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £401 - £540
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 5.60% 8.45% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £435 £449 -
25th Percentile £450 £515 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £565 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% - -
75th Percentile £688 £585 -
90th Percentile £733 £600 -
Cheshire median daily rate £425 £450 £488
% change year-on-year -5.56% -7.69% +9.55%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

XML job vacancy trend in Chester

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing XML

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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 2 (100.00%) Mule
1 2 (100.00%) Mule ESB
2 1 (50.00%) Anypoint
2 1 (50.00%) JBoss
2 1 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) AppDynamics
1 2 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) MuleSoft