Xero Contract Job Trends in England

Xero
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Xero products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Xero over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Xero Limited.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 - 591
Rank change year-on-year - - +168
Contract jobs citing Xero 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.021% - 0.002%
As % of the Vendors category 0.045% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £590 - -
25th Percentile £613 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.27%
75th Percentile £675 - £569
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 - £563
% change year-on-year - - +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.00 - -

All Vendors
England

Xero falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,436 14,161 18,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.72% 44.83% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,542 8,481 12,043
10th Percentile £275 £300 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £626 £643
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 663 475 625
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £15.99 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -20.27% +77.09%
75th Percentile £41.98 £65.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £70.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -26.15% -25.86% +82.65%

Xero
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Xero job vacancy trend in England

Xero
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Xero.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Xero

Xero
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Xero within the England region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
London - 3 £650 - 16
Yorkshire - 2 - - 4
North of England - 2 - - 4
Midlands - 1 £600 -
West Midlands - 1 £600 -
Xero
UK

Xero
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Billing
2 3 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 3 (50.00%) Law
2 3 (50.00%) Publishing
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Financial Controller
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Data Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
1 3 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 3 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 3 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (50.00%) Cash Management
1 3 (50.00%) Cost Accounting
1 3 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Revenue Recognition
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ACCA
1 3 (50.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Sage
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft