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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 238 197
Rank change year-on-year +11 -41 +6
Contract jobs citing XML 378 295 448
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.05% 1.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.36% 4.79% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 183 285
10th Percentile £341 £284 £392
25th Percentile £400 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -0.09%
75th Percentile £603 £588 £613
90th Percentile £714 £638 £733
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 1 32
10th Percentile £31.25 - £45.09
25th Percentile £41.25 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -53.51% +89.86% -22.05%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £67.75
90th Percentile £85.55 - £78.63
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -53.51% +89.86% -22.05%

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 7,055 6,163 7,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.31% 21.84% 21.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,714 3,944 5,695
10th Percentile £352 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £633 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £759
UK median daily rate £505 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -6.48% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 72 162
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £32.30
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £59.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.40 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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 -11 188 £520 -2.80% 86
North of England -31 51 £430 -14.36% 118
South East -24 42 £400 +14.29% 127
North West -1 41 £402 -9.15% 54
East of England +14 33 £519 - 100
Midlands -37 29 £429 -23.60% 108
West Midlands -22 26 £429 -24.34% 57
South West +7 14 £375 -15.49% 63
Yorkshire -44 10 £650 +14.64% 56
East Midlands -19 3 - - 44
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 20 (5.29%) WebLogic
2 16 (4.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 14 (3.70%) Confluence
4 11 (2.91%) Apache
5 10 (2.65%) WebSphere
6 9 (2.38%) JBoss
7 8 (2.12%) Anypoint
7 8 (2.12%) Mule
8 7 (1.85%) Appian
8 7 (1.85%) MQSeries
9 6 (1.59%) nginx
10 5 (1.32%) Oracle Service Bus
11 4 (1.06%) IIS
11 4 (1.06%) Mule ESB
12 3 (0.79%) Documentum
12 3 (0.79%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.26%) CMS
14 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.91%) FrameMaker
3 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.26%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.12%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.85%) BusinessWorks
2 7 (1.85%) SAP HCM
3 5 (1.32%) Maximo
3 5 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.79%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.26%) Endur
7 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 84 (22.22%) Azure
2 63 (16.67%) AWS
3 23 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (5.82%) GitHub
5 18 (4.76%) GCP
5 18 (4.76%) OCI
5 18 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 17 (4.50%) SaaS
7 16 (4.23%) Serverless
8 15 (3.97%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (3.70%) Power Automate
9 14 (3.70%) Tricentis Tosca
10 12 (3.17%) Apigee
10 12 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (2.91%) PaaS
11 11 (2.91%) SuccessFactors
12 10 (2.65%) Boomi
13 9 (2.38%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.94%) HTTPS
2 29 (7.67%) HTTP
3 10 (2.65%) Firewall
4 8 (2.12%) SSL
5 4 (1.06%) NFC
5 4 (1.06%) PPP
6 3 (0.79%) VPN
7 2 (0.53%) 5G
7 2 (0.53%) AMQP
7 2 (0.53%) BGP
7 2 (0.53%) DNS
7 2 (0.53%) DSL
7 2 (0.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.53%) MPLS
7 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.26%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.26%) NAS
8 1 (0.26%) Network Security
8 1 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (15.34%) Relational Database
2 42 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.56%) MongoDB
4 16 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (3.44%) DataStage
7 12 (3.17%) RDBMS
8 11 (2.91%) MySQL
9 10 (2.65%) Oracle Database
9 10 (2.65%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (2.38%) NoSQL
10 9 (2.38%) Power BI
11 8 (2.12%) Amazon QuickSight
11 8 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.12%) DB2
11 8 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (2.12%) Metadata
11 8 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.85%) MariaDB
13 6 (1.59%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 53 (14.02%) JIRA
2 46 (12.17%) Git
3 38 (10.05%) Postman
4 31 (8.20%) Jenkins
5 26 (6.88%) Selenium
6 21 (5.56%) JUnit
7 19 (5.03%) Cucumber
8 14 (3.70%) Eclipse
9 11 (2.91%) GitLab
9 11 (2.91%) SoapUI
10 10 (2.65%) Browser DevTools
10 10 (2.65%) Firebug
10 10 (2.65%) IntelliJ
11 8 (2.12%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.85%) Maven
12 7 (1.85%) Robot Framework
12 7 (1.85%) Toad
13 6 (1.59%) PVCS
13 6 (1.59%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.59%) Zephyr
General
1 128 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.90%) Finance
3 61 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.11%) Banking
4 42 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (3.97%) Publishing
6 12 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (2.91%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.65%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.65%) Back Office
9 8 (2.12%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.12%) Private Banking
10 6 (1.59%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.59%) Front Office
11 5 (1.32%) Automotive
11 5 (1.32%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (1.32%) Legal
11 5 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 122 (32.28%) Developer
2 59 (15.61%) Analyst
3 28 (7.41%) Senior
4 27 (7.14%) Consultant
5 26 (6.88%) Business Analyst
6 22 (5.82%) Software Engineer
7 18 (4.76%) Architect
8 17 (4.50%) Integration Developer
9 16 (4.23%) Lead
9 16 (4.23%) Support Engineer
10 15 (3.97%) Data Engineer
11 14 (3.70%) Author
11 14 (3.70%) Java Developer
11 14 (3.70%) Technical Author
12 13 (3.44%) webMethods Developer
13 10 (2.65%) Senior Developer
13 10 (2.65%) Technical Engineer
13 10 (2.65%) Technical Support
13 10 (2.65%) Technical Support Engineer
14 9 (2.38%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (52.91%) JSON
2 120 (31.75%) SOAP
3 112 (29.63%) REST
4 47 (12.43%) OAuth
5 43 (11.38%) Web Services
6 42 (11.11%) HTML
7 41 (10.85%) XSLT
8 34 (8.99%) JMS
9 33 (8.73%) RESTful
10 23 (6.08%) Spring
11 22 (5.82%) .NET
11 22 (5.82%) JWT
12 21 (5.56%) CSS
12 21 (5.56%) XSD
13 20 (5.29%) OAuth2
14 19 (5.03%) J2EE
15 18 (4.76%) Hibernate
16 17 (4.50%) Kafka
16 17 (4.50%) Swagger
17 16 (4.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.23%) Data Structures
2 15 (3.97%) Cloud Native
3 11 (2.91%) Replication
4 9 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.12%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.12%) AS400
5 8 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.12%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.32%) Derivative
7 5 (1.32%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.32%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.06%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 41 (10.85%) Linux
2 24 (6.35%) Windows
3 20 (5.29%) Unix
4 5 (1.32%) AIX
4 5 (1.32%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.79%) Android
5 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (35.98%) Agile
2 126 (33.33%) DevOps
3 81 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (21.16%) CI/CD
5 57 (15.08%) Test Automation
6 49 (12.96%) Migration
7 46 (12.17%) Microservices
7 46 (12.17%) Scrum
8 45 (11.90%) Validation
9 41 (10.85%) Deployment Automation
10 39 (10.32%) ETL
11 38 (10.05%) Data Migration
11 38 (10.05%) Data Modelling
11 38 (10.05%) ERP
12 37 (9.79%) Computer Science
13 34 (8.99%) Software Engineering
14 31 (8.20%) API Management
15 27 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (7.14%) Integration Patterns
16 25 (6.61%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 143 (37.83%) SQL
2 114 (30.16%) Java
3 62 (16.40%) Python
4 58 (15.34%) JavaScript
5 55 (14.55%) C#
6 20 (5.29%) PowerShell
7 18 (4.76%) PL/SQL
8 14 (3.70%) XPath
9 11 (2.91%) T-SQL
10 10 (2.65%) C++
11 9 (2.38%) ABAP
12 8 (2.12%) RPG
12 8 (2.12%) Scala
13 7 (1.85%) Groovy
14 6 (1.59%) Korn
15 5 (1.32%) Perl
15 5 (1.32%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.32%) VBA
16 4 (1.06%) DataWeave
16 4 (1.06%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 99 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 80 (21.16%) SC Cleared
3 57 (15.08%) Degree
4 31 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.17%) HNC
6 12 (3.17%) HND
7 10 (2.65%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.59%) ISEB
10 5 (1.32%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.06%) CCNP
11 4 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.06%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.06%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.06%) PMP
12 3 (0.79%) CEH
12 3 (0.79%) GIAC
12 3 (0.79%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.88%) QA
2 22 (5.82%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.06%) SEPA
4 3 (0.79%) HL7
4 3 (0.79%) ISO 20022
4 3 (0.79%) SLA
5 2 (0.53%) EMIR
5 2 (0.53%) GAAP
5 2 (0.53%) IFRS
5 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.53%) PSD2
5 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.26%) Basel III
6 1 (0.26%) DICOM
6 1 (0.26%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 42 (11.11%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.17%) Ansible
2 12 (3.17%) Control-M
3 9 (2.38%) logstash
3 9 (2.38%) Puppet
4 8 (2.12%) Kibana
5 7 (1.85%) TIBCO Hawk
6 5 (1.32%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (1.06%) Terraform
8 3 (0.79%) CloudHub
8 3 (0.79%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.53%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.53%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.53%) QRadar
10 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.26%) Grafana
10 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 88 (23.28%) Oracle
2 47 (12.43%) Microsoft
3 44 (11.64%) SAP
4 40 (10.58%) IBM
5 27 (7.14%) webMethods
6 16 (4.23%) MuleSoft
7 14 (3.70%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.17%) TIBCO
8 12 (3.17%) Workday
9 11 (2.91%) Software AG
9 11 (2.91%) Splunk
10 9 (2.38%) Cisco
10 9 (2.38%) Pega
11 8 (2.12%) Axway
11 8 (2.12%) Blue Prism
11 8 (2.12%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.85%) BEA
12 7 (1.85%) Veracode
13 6 (1.59%) Charles River
13 6 (1.59%) Informatica