XML Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 79 110
Rank change year-on-year -4 +31 +1
Contract jobs citing XML 20 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.15% 0.37% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.77% 2.12% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £455 - £361
25th Percentile £463 - £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.51%
75th Percentile £722 - £453
90th Percentile £800 - £474
England median daily rate £480 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -6.34% -6.82% -3.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £35.29 - -
25th Percentile £40.88 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.56 - -
90th Percentile £43.75 - -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -48.65% +89.86% -32.80%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 228 189 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.12% 17.55% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 112 140
10th Percentile £400 £306 £300
25th Percentile £452 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -9.09% -10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £588 £554
90th Percentile £750 £675 £639
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 14
10th Percentile £40.95 £63.13 £28.02
25th Percentile £46.63 £65.00 £44.47
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £55.53
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +21.56% -15.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.13 £66.60
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.40% +13.64% -15.38%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

XML job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing XML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing XML

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for XML in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing XML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing XML

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
Hertfordshire -3 16 £675 - 4
Cambridgeshire - 3 £606 - 3
Norfolk - 1 £463 - 1
XML
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 7 (35.00%) SAP HCM
1 7 (35.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Azure API Management
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (5.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.00%) Metadata
2 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (5.00%) Hudson
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Publishing
4 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (10.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Consultant
2 6 (30.00%) Author
2 6 (30.00%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (30.00%) SAP HCM Consultant
2 6 (30.00%) Technical Author
3 5 (25.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 4 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) Data Integration Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) Data Migration Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) Integration Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) Migration Specialist
5 3 (15.00%) SSIS Specialist
6 2 (10.00%) Senior
6 2 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Senior SAP HCM Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) SOAP
2 8 (40.00%) Web Services
3 6 (30.00%) SGML
4 5 (25.00%) JSON
5 4 (20.00%) REST
6 3 (15.00%) EDI
6 3 (15.00%) XSLT
7 1 (5.00%) .NET
7 1 (5.00%) RESTful
7 1 (5.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Replication
2 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Data Modelling
1 8 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 7 (35.00%) Process Improvement
2 7 (35.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 7 (35.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 7 (35.00%) Time Management
2 7 (35.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (30.00%) Desktop Publishing
4 4 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 4 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (20.00%) ERP
4 4 (20.00%) Migration
4 4 (20.00%) Validation
5 3 (15.00%) CRM
5 3 (15.00%) Data Extraction
5 3 (15.00%) Data Integration
5 3 (15.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (15.00%) Logistics
6 2 (10.00%) DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) ABAP
2 4 (20.00%) SQL
3 3 (15.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.00%) C#
4 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) HNC
1 6 (30.00%) HND
2 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) SAP
2 5 (25.00%) Computacenter
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) IFS
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Sybase
3 1 (5.00%) Virgin Media