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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 256 162
Rank change year-on-year -70 -94 +25
Contract jobs citing XML 319 259 561
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 1.02% 1.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.84% 4.52% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 182 298
10th Percentile £349 £400 £381
25th Percentile £407 £438 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £499 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £619
90th Percentile £713 £630 £729
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £520
% change year-on-year +7.69% -6.25% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 68
10th Percentile £29.07 £23.98 -
25th Percentile £29.92 £27.83 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £34.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.67% -19.19% -38.57%
75th Percentile £44.90 £77.50 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 £91.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £29.88 £43.00
% change year-on-year +32.20% -30.51% -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 8,304 5,724 7,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.09% 22.48% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,472 3,950 5,529
10th Percentile £363 £357 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 121 266
10th Percentile £30.40 £30.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £46.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.15
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.18% -10.54%
75th Percentile £74.63 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.89 £81.01 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -65 151 £550 +0.92% 28
South East -46 54 £513 +7.89% 24
North of England -66 48 £391 -13.06% 7
North West -50 39 £390 -13.33% 5
Midlands -41 30 £425 -15.00% 13
West Midlands -46 22 £425 -22.73% 4
South West -30 13 £575 +21.05% 12
East of England -23 11 £450 -18.18% 6
Yorkshire -43 9 £463 -9.76% 2
East Midlands -8 8 £471 +50.08% 9
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 19 (5.96%) Confluence
2 11 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.51%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (2.19%) IIS
4 7 (2.19%) Mule
5 6 (1.88%) Anypoint
5 6 (1.88%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.57%) CMS
7 4 (1.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.94%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.94%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.63%) Appian
9 2 (0.63%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.63%) Mule ESB
10 1 (0.31%) Apache
10 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.31%) CICS
10 1 (0.31%) JBoss
10 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.19%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.82%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (2.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.88%) Maximo
3 6 (1.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 6 (1.88%) Summit
4 5 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.57%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.57%) Oracle Cash Management
4 5 (1.57%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.25%) Elite 3E
5 4 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.25%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (1.25%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.94%) Findur
6 3 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.63%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 63 (19.75%) Azure
2 28 (8.78%) AWS
3 25 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (5.64%) Boomi
5 17 (5.33%) GitHub
6 15 (4.70%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (4.08%) OCI
7 13 (4.08%) SaaS
7 13 (4.08%) Serverless
8 12 (3.76%) GCP
9 9 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (2.51%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.51%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.19%) AtomSphere
11 7 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.51%) FTP
2 6 (1.88%) HTTP
3 4 (1.25%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.94%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.63%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.63%) Internet
5 2 (0.63%) Intranet
5 2 (0.63%) Network Security
5 2 (0.63%) RTCP
5 2 (0.63%) RTP
5 2 (0.63%) SSL
5 2 (0.63%) XCAP
6 1 (0.31%) DNS
6 1 (0.31%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.31%) NAS
6 1 (0.31%) SAN
6 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.31%) VPN
6 1 (0.31%) WAN
6 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.60%) SQL Server
2 31 (9.72%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.27%) RDBMS
4 17 (5.33%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (5.02%) NoSQL
5 16 (5.02%) Oracle Database
6 14 (4.39%) MongoDB
6 14 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.76%) Metadata
7 12 (3.76%) Power BI
8 11 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
9 10 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (2.82%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.82%) MySQL
11 5 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (1.25%) DataStage
12 4 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.94%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 29 (9.09%) Git
1 29 (9.09%) Postman
2 27 (8.46%) JIRA
3 9 (2.82%) GitLab
4 8 (2.51%) Maven
4 8 (2.51%) SoapUI
5 7 (2.19%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (2.19%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.88%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.88%) JMeter
6 6 (1.88%) Selenium
7 5 (1.57%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.25%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.25%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.25%) Gradle
8 4 (1.25%) JUnit
8 4 (1.25%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.25%) Subversion
8 4 (1.25%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.94%) Newman
General
1 111 (34.80%) Social Skills
2 69 (21.63%) Analytical Skills
2 69 (21.63%) Finance
3 35 (10.97%) Banking
4 25 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (3.45%) Investment Banking
6 11 (3.45%) Legal
7 9 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.19%) Military
9 6 (1.88%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.57%) Marketing
11 4 (1.25%) Advertising
11 4 (1.25%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.25%) Front Office
11 4 (1.25%) Publishing
11 4 (1.25%) Retail
12 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 85 (26.65%) Developer
2 50 (15.67%) Consultant
3 43 (13.48%) Analyst
4 30 (9.40%) Implementation Consultant
5 26 (8.15%) Business Analyst
6 24 (7.52%) Senior
7 22 (6.90%) Data Engineer
8 19 (5.96%) Architect
9 15 (4.70%) Lead
10 13 (4.08%) Payroll Consultant
11 11 (3.45%) Senior Developer
12 10 (3.13%) C# Developer
13 9 (2.82%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.82%) Technical Consultant
14 8 (2.51%) Integration Architect
14 8 (2.51%) Integration Engineer
14 8 (2.51%) Integration Specialist
14 8 (2.51%) Workflow Consultant
15 7 (2.19%) Integration Developer
15 7 (2.19%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (47.34%) JSON
2 96 (30.09%) REST
3 88 (27.59%) SOAP
4 45 (14.11%) Web Services
5 42 (13.17%) .NET
6 38 (11.91%) Middleware
7 31 (9.72%) XSLT
8 21 (6.58%) HTML
8 21 (6.58%) OAuth
9 18 (5.64%) Kafka
10 17 (5.33%) CSS
11 16 (5.02%) EDI
11 16 (5.02%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (4.70%) JWT
12 15 (4.70%) RESTful
13 12 (3.76%) .NET Framework
13 12 (3.76%) OAuth2
13 12 (3.76%) Swagger
14 10 (3.13%) AngularJS
15 9 (2.82%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.08%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.51%) Data Structures
2 8 (2.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.19%) Credit Risk
3 7 (2.19%) Derivative
3 7 (2.19%) Fixed Income
3 7 (2.19%) Market Risk
4 6 (1.88%) CMDB
4 6 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (1.88%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (1.57%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.57%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.57%) Taxonomies
6 4 (1.25%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.25%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.94%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.96%) Unix
2 18 (5.64%) Linux
3 8 (2.51%) Windows
4 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.63%) VMS
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (26.96%) Agile
1 86 (26.96%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (19.44%) DevOps
3 58 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 48 (15.05%) Workflow
5 46 (14.42%) Validation
6 42 (13.17%) Integration Patterns
7 37 (11.60%) Migration
8 36 (11.29%) Data Modelling
9 35 (10.97%) ETL
10 33 (10.34%) ERP
10 33 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
11 31 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (9.09%) Data Mapping
13 27 (8.46%) Scrum
14 24 (7.52%) SDLC
14 24 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (7.21%) AI
15 23 (7.21%) Data Integration
15 23 (7.21%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 150 (47.02%) SQL
2 49 (15.36%) Java
3 46 (14.42%) JavaScript
4 42 (13.17%) C#
4 42 (13.17%) Python
5 38 (11.91%) T-SQL
6 22 (6.90%) PL/SQL
7 15 (4.70%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.45%) C++
9 9 (2.82%) VB
9 9 (2.82%) VB6
10 8 (2.51%) Groovy
10 8 (2.51%) VB.NET
11 7 (2.19%) VBA
12 6 (1.88%) Bicep
13 5 (1.57%) XPath
14 4 (1.25%) C
15 3 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.94%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 76 (23.82%) Security Cleared
2 57 (17.87%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.84%) Degree
4 10 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.25%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.25%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.63%) CISSP
9 2 (0.63%) GIAC
9 2 (0.63%) HNC
9 2 (0.63%) HND
9 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.63%) SSCP
10 1 (0.31%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.21%) QA
2 19 (5.96%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.82%) GDPR
4 6 (1.88%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.88%) ISO 20022
5 5 (1.57%) HL7
6 4 (1.25%) WCAG
7 3 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.94%) FATCA
7 3 (0.94%) GAAP
7 3 (0.94%) GRC
7 3 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.94%) PSD2
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.63%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Basel III
9 1 (0.31%) DICOM
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.31%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 11 (3.45%) Docker
2 3 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.31%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.19%) Terraform
3 6 (1.88%) Ansible
4 5 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.63%) Control-M
5 2 (0.63%) Grafana
5 2 (0.63%) QRadar
5 2 (0.63%) WMI
6 1 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.31%) vRealize
6 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 86 (26.96%) Oracle
2 59 (18.50%) Microsoft
3 26 (8.15%) ServiceNow
4 25 (7.84%) SAP
5 24 (7.52%) Workday
6 15 (4.70%) MuleSoft
7 12 (3.76%) IBM
8 9 (2.82%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.51%) Google
10 7 (2.19%) Databricks
11 6 (1.88%) Dell
11 6 (1.88%) Pega
11 6 (1.88%) webMethods
12 5 (1.57%) Kronos
13 4 (1.25%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.25%) Intapp
13 4 (1.25%) InterSystems
14 3 (0.94%) Guidewire
14 3 (0.94%) Okta
14 3 (0.94%) Splunk