XML Schema Contract Job Trends in England

XML Schema
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring XML Schema skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 482 563
Rank change year-on-year -90 +81 +82
Contract jobs citing XML Schema 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.011% 0.012% 0.018%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.051% 0.054% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £383 £332 £515
25th Percentile £394 £335 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £340 £575
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -40.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £444 £345 -
90th Percentile £448 £348 -
UK median daily rate £425 £340 £575
% change year-on-year +25.00% -40.87% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.50 - -
Median hourly rate £58.00 - -
75th Percentile £59.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £58.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

XML Schema 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 7,879 5,583 7,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.40% 22.60% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,280 3,772 5,403
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £790 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 87 197
10th Percentile £35.05 £27.34 £21.08
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.78 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.70 £83.38 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

XML Schema
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

XML Schema job vacancy trend in England

XML Schema
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

XML Schema
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

XML Schema
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 Schema within the England region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Midlands - 4 £425 -
West Midlands - 4 £425 -
XML Schema
UK

XML Schema
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3GPP
2 2 (50.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) RTCP
2 2 (50.00%) RTP
2 2 (50.00%) XCAP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 4 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (50.00%) Entity Framework
2 2 (50.00%) SignalR
2 2 (50.00%) WCF
2 2 (50.00%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) OOP
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Key Management
3 2 (50.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared