XML Contract Job Trends in England

XML
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 236 169
Rank change year-on-year -71 -67 +38
Contract jobs citing XML 353 312 496
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.13% 1.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.61% 4.56% 6.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 219 264
10th Percentile £313 £358 £363
25th Percentile £400 £415 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.75% -0.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £618 £575 £619
90th Percentile £709 £682 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 44
10th Percentile £27.66 - -
25th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £34.75 £42.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% -0.58% -38.57%
75th Percentile £42.06 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £44.14 £81.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £42.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -18.24% -1.16% -38.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,776 6,836 8,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.38% 24.77% 24.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,442 4,706 5,575
10th Percentile £375 £355 £363
25th Percentile £437 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 163 187
10th Percentile £29.16 £31.25 £27.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.24 £54.70 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.92% -11.77% -4.62%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.88 £75.00 £74.46
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £53.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.07% -13.56% -2.22%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

XML job vacancy trend in England

XML
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XML

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for XML in England

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for XML in England

XML
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
London -36 190 £540 +2.86% 25
South East -48 52 £402 -15.37% 8
Midlands -35 37 £415 -3.38% 16
North of England -80 37 £375 -16.67% 10
North West -57 29 £375 -16.67% 4
West Midlands -37 27 £410 -11.83% 10
South West -39 17 £550 +46.67% 8
East of England -41 10 £480 -12.82% 6
East Midlands -10 9 £494 +57.32% 6
Yorkshire -47 8 £355 -32.38% 4
XML
UK

XML
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 22 (6.23%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.53%) Confluence
3 9 (2.55%) Anypoint
3 9 (2.55%) Mule
3 9 (2.55%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.27%) IIS
5 7 (1.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.70%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.42%) CMS
7 5 (1.42%) WebLogic
8 4 (1.13%) Apache
9 3 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.85%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.28%) CICS
10 1 (0.28%) JBoss
10 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.70%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.57%) Windchill
6 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.28%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 19 (5.38%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (4.53%) NetSuite
3 15 (4.25%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (3.40%) Oracle Receivables
5 9 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (2.27%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (1.70%) Maximo
7 6 (1.70%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (1.70%) Oracle FAH
8 5 (1.42%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (1.13%) Elite 3E
9 4 (1.13%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 4 (1.13%) Oracle Internet Expenses
9 4 (1.13%) Oracle iProcurement
9 4 (1.13%) Summit
10 3 (0.85%) Findur
10 3 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.85%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 85 (24.08%) Azure
2 41 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (11.33%) AWS
4 34 (9.63%) Boomi
5 23 (6.52%) GCP
6 21 (5.95%) GitHub
7 18 (5.10%) AtomSphere
7 18 (5.10%) Azure Service Bus
8 15 (4.25%) SaaS
9 14 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (3.40%) Power Platform
10 12 (3.40%) Serverless
11 11 (3.12%) Azure Functions
12 10 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.55%) Entra ID
13 9 (2.55%) iPaaS
14 8 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.27%) Power Automate
15 7 (1.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.97%) HTTP
2 6 (1.70%) FTP
2 6 (1.70%) SSL
3 4 (1.13%) Network Security
3 4 (1.13%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.85%) Wireless
5 2 (0.57%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.57%) Internet
5 2 (0.57%) Intranet
5 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.57%) WAN
6 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.28%) DNS
6 1 (0.28%) Firewall
6 1 (0.28%) NAS
6 1 (0.28%) NFC
6 1 (0.28%) SAN
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (9.35%) SQL Server
2 30 (8.50%) Relational Database
3 20 (5.67%) Oracle Database
4 16 (4.53%) RDBMS
5 12 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.12%) Metadata
6 11 (3.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 9 (2.55%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.55%) MySQL
7 9 (2.55%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.98%) DataStage
9 6 (1.70%) Power BI
9 6 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.42%) Tableau
11 4 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.13%) Parquet
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 41 (11.61%) Git
2 33 (9.35%) JIRA
3 25 (7.08%) Postman
4 17 (4.82%) Selenium
5 16 (4.53%) Visual Studio
6 15 (4.25%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (3.97%) Jenkins
8 11 (3.12%) JMeter
9 10 (2.83%) Oracle Forms
10 9 (2.55%) GitLab
10 9 (2.55%) SoapUI
11 8 (2.27%) eggPlant
11 8 (2.27%) SonarQube
11 8 (2.27%) WebDriver
12 7 (1.98%) Gradle
13 6 (1.70%) JDeveloper
13 6 (1.70%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.70%) Maven
14 5 (1.42%) Cucumber
14 5 (1.42%) Cypress.io
General
1 124 (35.13%) Social Skills
2 84 (23.80%) Finance
3 76 (21.53%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.63%) Banking
5 33 (9.35%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.83%) Legal
8 9 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.27%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.98%) General Ledger
10 7 (1.98%) Retail
11 5 (1.42%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.13%) Advertising
12 4 (1.13%) Front Office
12 4 (1.13%) Marketing
12 4 (1.13%) Publishing
13 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 105 (29.75%) Developer
2 49 (13.88%) Senior
3 41 (11.61%) Consultant
4 38 (10.76%) Analyst
5 36 (10.20%) Architect
6 24 (6.80%) Senior Developer
7 22 (6.23%) Implementation Consultant
8 18 (5.10%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.82%) Business Analyst
10 15 (4.25%) Lead
11 12 (3.40%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.12%) Integration Architect
12 11 (3.12%) Oracle Developer
12 11 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.12%) Test Analyst
13 10 (2.83%) C# Developer
13 10 (2.83%) Integration Developer
14 9 (2.55%) Payroll Consultant
14 9 (2.55%) Software Developer
15 8 (2.27%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (49.29%) JSON
2 120 (33.99%) REST
3 112 (31.73%) SOAP
4 54 (15.30%) Middleware
5 51 (14.45%) .NET
5 51 (14.45%) Web Services
6 37 (10.48%) XSLT
7 33 (9.35%) Kafka
7 33 (9.35%) OAuth
8 31 (8.78%) HTML
9 22 (6.23%) RESTful
10 21 (5.95%) CSS
10 21 (5.95%) EDI
10 21 (5.95%) OAuth2
11 20 (5.67%) JWT
12 13 (3.68%) ActiveX
13 12 (3.40%) SAML
13 12 (3.40%) Swagger
14 11 (3.12%) GraphQL
14 11 (3.12%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.38%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.25%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.25%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.40%) Data Structures
5 11 (3.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 9 (2.55%) CMDB
7 8 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.27%) Taxonomies
8 7 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.70%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.70%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.42%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.42%) Derivative
10 5 (1.42%) Market Risk
10 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.13%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.93%) Linux
2 24 (6.80%) Unix
3 16 (4.53%) Windows
4 4 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.31%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (24.93%) Agile
3 82 (23.23%) DevOps
4 80 (22.66%) CI/CD
5 64 (18.13%) Validation
6 54 (15.30%) Workflow
7 50 (14.16%) Test Automation
8 43 (12.18%) Migration
9 42 (11.90%) Integration Patterns
10 40 (11.33%) Data Modelling
11 39 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 38 (10.76%) Scrum
12 38 (10.76%) User Acceptance Testing
13 35 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (9.92%) Data Mapping
14 33 (9.35%) API Management
15 32 (9.07%) Event-Driven
16 31 (8.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 27 (7.65%) ERP
17 27 (7.65%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 157 (44.48%) SQL
2 76 (21.53%) Java
3 71 (20.11%) JavaScript
4 63 (17.85%) Python
5 37 (10.48%) C#
6 28 (7.93%) T-SQL
7 27 (7.65%) PL/SQL
8 18 (5.10%) C++
9 17 (4.82%) Groovy
10 16 (4.53%) VB
10 16 (4.53%) VB6
11 15 (4.25%) VB.NET
11 15 (4.25%) VBA
12 10 (2.83%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.98%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.70%) Bicep
14 6 (1.70%) XPath
15 5 (1.42%) C
15 5 (1.42%) R
15 5 (1.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 92 (26.06%) Security Cleared
2 73 (20.68%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.22%) Degree
4 14 (3.97%) ISTQB
5 12 (3.40%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.27%) ISEB
9 7 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.70%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.85%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.57%) CISSP
13 2 (0.57%) GIAC
13 2 (0.57%) SSCP
14 1 (0.28%) CISM
14 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.50%) QA
2 21 (5.95%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.68%) ISO 20022
4 10 (2.83%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.55%) GDPR
6 8 (2.27%) WCAG
7 5 (1.42%) HL7
8 4 (1.13%) GRC
8 4 (1.13%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.57%) SLA
10 1 (0.28%) COREP
10 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.28%) DICOM
10 1 (0.28%) FINREP
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.28%) NIST
10 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.28%) SEPA
10 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 10 (2.83%) Docker
2 4 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) RACF
4 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (2.83%) Ansible
1 10 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.42%) HP Fortify
4 4 (1.13%) Control-M
5 3 (0.85%) WMI
6 2 (0.57%) QRadar
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Ranger
7 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.28%) Kibana
7 1 (0.28%) vRealize
7 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 104 (29.46%) Oracle
2 77 (21.81%) Microsoft
3 37 (10.48%) SAP
4 34 (9.63%) IBM
5 31 (8.78%) ServiceNow
6 25 (7.08%) MuleSoft
7 23 (6.52%) Salesforce
8 20 (5.67%) Workday
9 17 (4.82%) Google
10 11 (3.12%) Databricks
11 10 (2.83%) webMethods
12 7 (1.98%) TIBCO
13 6 (1.70%) Informatica
13 6 (1.70%) WSO2
14 5 (1.42%) Kronos
15 4 (1.13%) Intapp
15 4 (1.13%) Okta
16 3 (0.85%) Confluent
16 3 (0.85%) Pega
16 3 (0.85%) Splunk