XML Developer Contract Job Trends in England

XML Developer
UK > England

The median XML Developer daily rate in England is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 - 581
Rank change year-on-year - - +169
Contract jobs requiring an XML Developer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £525
75th Percentile £338 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £325 - £525

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 27,286 28,665 37,074
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.97% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,533 17,518 25,682
10th Percentile £281 £300 £295
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,618 1,075 1,417
10th Percentile £14.08 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.15 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £53.59 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £74.82 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +60.48%

XML Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'XML Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

XML Developer job vacancy trend in England

XML Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for XML Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for XML Developer job vacancies in England

XML Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for XML Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for XML Developer job vacancies in England

XML Developer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, XML Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring XML Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) DataStage
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Talend
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT

XML Developer Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DataStage
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Talend