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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 247 200
Rank change year-on-year -12 -47 -7
Contract jobs citing XML 359 258 455
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.02% 1.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.58% 4.50% 6.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 167 287
10th Percentile £350 £354 £375
25th Percentile £400 £429 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% -1.91%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £613
90th Percentile £713 £650 £746
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 46
10th Percentile £40.75 £39.93 £43.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £59.18 £44.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +94.74% -33.33%
75th Percentile £54.13 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £63.13
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.65% +94.74% -34.48%

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 7,844 5,730 7,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.60% 22.59% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,271 3,792 5,388
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £431 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £674
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 78 206
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.92 £21.04
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.75 £40.55
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.94
90th Percentile £78.25 £81.34 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 5 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
London -42 179 £533 -0.47% 31
North of England -34 60 £401 -14.06% 29
South East -30 54 £500 +27.23% 41
North West -10 49 £400 -10.71% 20
Midlands -42 32 £445 -21.52% 19
West Midlands -40 27 £440 -22.40% 14
East of England -16 13 £675 - 16
Yorkshire -65 11 £463 -18.43% 5
South West -25 6 £475 +2.70% 16
East Midlands -25 5 £525 +46.65% 5
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 21 (5.85%) Confluence
2 19 (5.29%) WebLogic
3 17 (4.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (3.06%) Apache
5 10 (2.79%) WebSphere
6 8 (2.23%) JBoss
7 7 (1.95%) Appian
7 7 (1.95%) MQSeries
8 5 (1.39%) Anypoint
8 5 (1.39%) Mule
8 5 (1.39%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (1.11%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.56%) Documentum
10 2 (0.56%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
11 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
1 9 (2.51%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.95%) BusinessWorks
2 7 (1.95%) SAP HCM
3 6 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.67%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (1.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 5 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.11%) Maximo
5 4 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.84%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.56%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 72 (20.06%) Azure
2 56 (15.60%) AWS
3 26 (7.24%) OCI
4 22 (6.13%) SaaS
5 20 (5.57%) Power Platform
6 19 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.29%) GCP
7 16 (4.46%) GitHub
8 15 (4.18%) Serverless
9 14 (3.90%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (3.90%) PaaS
10 13 (3.62%) Boomi
11 12 (3.34%) Apigee
11 12 (3.34%) IaaS
11 12 (3.34%) Tricentis Tosca
12 10 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.23%) Kong
15 7 (1.95%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.69%) HTTP
2 18 (5.01%) HTTPS
3 9 (2.51%) Firewall
4 5 (1.39%) FTP
5 4 (1.11%) 3GPP
5 4 (1.11%) SSL
6 3 (0.84%) NFC
6 3 (0.84%) PPP
7 2 (0.56%) 5G
7 2 (0.56%) BGP
7 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.56%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.56%) MPLS
7 2 (0.56%) RTCP
7 2 (0.56%) RTP
7 2 (0.56%) VPN
7 2 (0.56%) XCAP
8 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.98%) Relational Database
2 37 (10.31%) SQL Server
3 25 (6.96%) MongoDB
4 22 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (5.29%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (5.01%) NoSQL
6 18 (5.01%) RDBMS
7 16 (4.46%) Oracle Reports
8 14 (3.90%) Power BI
9 12 (3.34%) Oracle Database
10 10 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (2.51%) DataStage
11 9 (2.51%) Metadata
12 8 (2.23%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.95%) DB2
13 7 (1.95%) MySQL
14 6 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
16 4 (1.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (13.65%) JIRA
2 43 (11.98%) Postman
3 42 (11.70%) Git
4 26 (7.24%) Jenkins
5 24 (6.69%) Selenium
6 22 (6.13%) JUnit
7 16 (4.46%) Cucumber
8 15 (4.18%) Eclipse
9 13 (3.62%) Maven
10 12 (3.34%) SoapUI
11 9 (2.51%) GitLab
12 8 (2.23%) IntelliJ
13 7 (1.95%) Toad
14 6 (1.67%) SonarQube
14 6 (1.67%) SpecFlow
14 6 (1.67%) TestRail
14 6 (1.67%) Zephyr
15 5 (1.39%) MSTest
15 5 (1.39%) Robot Framework
16 4 (1.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 117 (32.59%) Social Skills
2 80 (22.28%) Finance
3 67 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.42%) Banking
5 34 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.57%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.06%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.51%) Legal
9 8 (2.23%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.23%) Private Banking
10 7 (1.95%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.39%) Military
11 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.39%) Retail
12 4 (1.11%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.11%) Publishing
13 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.84%) Back Office
14 2 (0.56%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 107 (29.81%) Developer
2 55 (15.32%) Analyst
3 42 (11.70%) Consultant
4 25 (6.96%) Business Analyst
5 24 (6.69%) Senior
6 20 (5.57%) Software Engineer
7 19 (5.29%) Architect
7 19 (5.29%) Implementation Consultant
7 19 (5.29%) Lead
8 16 (4.46%) Data Engineer
9 12 (3.34%) DBA
10 11 (3.06%) Integration Developer
10 11 (3.06%) Java Developer
11 10 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.51%) PostgreSQL DBA
12 9 (2.51%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (2.51%) Tester
13 8 (2.23%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.23%) Technical Business Analyst
14 7 (1.95%) Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (52.92%) JSON
2 116 (32.31%) REST
2 116 (32.31%) SOAP
3 50 (13.93%) Web Services
4 39 (10.86%) XSLT
5 38 (10.58%) OAuth
6 32 (8.91%) HTML
7 29 (8.08%) .NET
8 27 (7.52%) Oracle Fusion
9 25 (6.96%) JWT
10 22 (6.13%) RESTful
11 21 (5.85%) Middleware
12 20 (5.57%) JMS
13 19 (5.29%) Kafka
13 19 (5.29%) Spring
13 19 (5.29%) Swagger
14 18 (5.01%) J2EE
14 18 (5.01%) XSD
15 17 (4.74%) CSS
16 15 (4.18%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.62%) Data Structures
2 10 (2.79%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.79%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.79%) Public Cloud
3 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.51%) Replication
4 8 (2.23%) AS400
4 8 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.95%) Fixed Income
6 6 (1.67%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.67%) CMDB
6 6 (1.67%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 6 (1.67%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.39%) Derivative
7 5 (1.39%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.39%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.70%) Linux
2 26 (7.24%) Unix
3 15 (4.18%) Windows
4 5 (1.39%) AIX
4 5 (1.39%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.84%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (36.49%) Agile
2 108 (30.08%) DevOps
3 92 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (19.50%) CI/CD
5 48 (13.37%) Validation
6 44 (12.26%) ERP
7 42 (11.70%) Scrum
8 40 (11.14%) Integration Patterns
9 39 (10.86%) Data Modelling
9 39 (10.86%) Migration
10 37 (10.31%) ETL
11 36 (10.03%) Microservices
11 36 (10.03%) Requirements Gathering
12 35 (9.75%) Software Engineering
13 33 (9.19%) Mentoring
13 33 (9.19%) Test Automation
14 32 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 31 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (8.08%) Computer Science
17 28 (7.80%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 143 (39.83%) SQL
2 100 (27.86%) Java
3 56 (15.60%) C#
4 50 (13.93%) JavaScript
5 47 (13.09%) Python
6 25 (6.96%) T-SQL
7 18 (5.01%) PowerShell
8 16 (4.46%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.62%) XPath
10 8 (2.23%) C++
10 8 (2.23%) Groovy
10 8 (2.23%) RPG
10 8 (2.23%) Scala
11 7 (1.95%) ABAP
11 7 (1.95%) Korn
12 6 (1.67%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.39%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.39%) Perl
14 4 (1.11%) Bicep
15 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 86 (23.96%) Security Cleared
2 65 (18.11%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.31%) Degree
4 20 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.06%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.67%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.67%) ISEB
9 5 (1.39%) CCNP
9 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.39%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.39%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.39%) PMP
10 4 (1.11%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.56%) CCNA
11 2 (0.56%) CEH
11 2 (0.56%) GIAC
11 2 (0.56%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.52%) QA
2 12 (3.34%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.39%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.39%) PSD2
4 4 (1.11%) GAAP
4 4 (1.11%) GDPR
5 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.84%) FATCA
5 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.56%) Basel III
6 2 (0.56%) HL7
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.56%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) EMIR
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (8.64%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.79%) Control-M
3 9 (2.51%) Puppet
4 8 (2.23%) Ansible
5 7 (1.95%) TIBCO Hawk
6 6 (1.67%) logstash
7 5 (1.39%) Kibana
8 3 (0.84%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.56%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.56%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.56%) Grafana
9 2 (0.56%) QRadar
9 2 (0.56%) Terraform
10 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 100 (27.86%) Oracle
2 37 (10.31%) Microsoft
3 34 (9.47%) IBM
4 33 (9.19%) SAP
5 19 (5.29%) webMethods
6 15 (4.18%) MuleSoft
6 15 (4.18%) Workday
7 14 (3.90%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.79%) Splunk
8 10 (2.79%) TIBCO
9 8 (2.23%) Informatica
9 8 (2.23%) Pega
10 7 (1.95%) BEA
10 7 (1.95%) Cisco
10 7 (1.95%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.67%) Software AG
12 5 (1.39%) Computacenter
12 5 (1.39%) Google
12 5 (1.39%) Veracode
13 4 (1.11%) Axway