XML Messaging Contract Job Trends in England

XML Messaging
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring XML Messaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 505 586
Rank change year-on-year -15 +81 +175
Contract jobs citing XML Messaging 6 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.020% 0.016% 0.002%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.089% 0.075% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £456 - -
25th Percentile £586 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £665 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +47.78% +12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £712 £518 -
90th Percentile £725 £528 -
UK median daily rate £620 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +37.78% +12.50% +6.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

XML Messaging 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,727 6,701 8,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.81% 21.72% 22.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,543 4,268 6,451
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.39%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £731 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 96 182
10th Percentile £30.15 £26.38 £36.86
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £73.88 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -13.60% +13.64% -15.38%

XML Messaging
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

XML Messaging job vacancy trend in England

XML Messaging
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XML Messaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XML Messaging

XML Messaging
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML Messaging in England over the 6 months to 10 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML Messaging in England

XML Messaging
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XML Messaging.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XML Messaging

XML Messaging
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 XML Messaging within the England region over the 6 months to 10 November 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 +12 4 £665 +24.30%
South East - 1 £350 -
East of England - 1 £725 -
XML Messaging
UK

XML Messaging
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) IaaS
1 2 (33.33%) PaaS
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure API Management
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Functions
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Back Office
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Head of Technology
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Banking Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) Middleware
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (33.33%) REST
2 2 (33.33%) SOAP
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (16.67%) JSON
3 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (16.67%) Equities
2 1 (16.67%) Fixed Income
2 1 (16.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) ERP
2 3 (50.00%) ETL
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) BPEL
3 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 2 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (33.33%) RAD
3 2 (33.33%) Revenue Recognition
3 2 (33.33%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) UML
3 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GAAP
2 2 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (16.67%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Control-M
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Informatica
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Bloomberg
3 1 (16.67%) Compaq
3 1 (16.67%) FIS
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Murex
3 1 (16.67%) Terracotta
3 1 (16.67%) Virgin Media
3 1 (16.67%) webMethods