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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 240 196
Rank change year-on-year +7 -44 +6
Contract jobs citing XML 363 284 441
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.15% 1.04% 1.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.18% 4.76% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 177 282
10th Percentile £350 £302 £400
25th Percentile £400 £400 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £588 £613
90th Percentile £715 £643 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 1 29
10th Percentile £36.00 - £44.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -53.51% +89.86% -30.40%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 -
90th Percentile £88.25 - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -53.51% +89.86% -32.80%

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 7,001 5,963 7,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.24% 21.83% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,680 3,807 5,614
10th Percentile £356 £358 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £636 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £784 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 68 161
10th Percentile £32.72 £26.25 £31.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.57 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 5 January 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 January 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 January 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 +3 190 £520 -2.80% 37
North of England -26 51 £425 -15.25% 29
North West -2 42 £402 -9.15% 15
South East -34 38 £425 +21.43% 38
East of England +13 31 £550 - 20
Midlands -31 24 £429 -23.97% 27
West Midlands -34 21 £429 -24.34% 16
South West -2 10 £400 -9.86% 14
Yorkshire -46 9 £581 +2.51% 13
East Midlands -24 3 - - 10
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 (5.51%) WebLogic
2 18 (4.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 14 (3.86%) Confluence
4 11 (3.03%) Apache
4 11 (3.03%) WebSphere
5 9 (2.48%) JBoss
6 7 (1.93%) Appian
6 7 (1.93%) MQSeries
7 6 (1.65%) Anypoint
7 6 (1.65%) Mule
7 6 (1.65%) nginx
8 5 (1.38%) Oracle Service Bus
9 4 (1.10%) Mule ESB
9 4 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.83%) Documentum
10 3 (0.83%) IIS
10 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
11 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.03%) FrameMaker
2 9 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.20%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.93%) BusinessWorks
2 7 (1.93%) SAP HCM
3 5 (1.38%) Maximo
3 5 (1.38%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.55%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.55%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 75 (20.66%) Azure
2 63 (17.36%) AWS
3 22 (6.06%) GitHub
4 21 (5.79%) OCI
5 20 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.96%) SaaS
7 17 (4.68%) GCP
7 17 (4.68%) Power Platform
8 16 (4.41%) Serverless
9 15 (4.13%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (3.86%) Tricentis Tosca
11 13 (3.58%) Apigee
12 12 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (3.31%) PaaS
13 11 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (2.75%) Boomi
14 10 (2.75%) IaaS
14 10 (2.75%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (2.48%) Amazon S3
15 9 (2.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.26%) HTTPS
2 23 (6.34%) HTTP
3 10 (2.75%) Firewall
4 8 (2.20%) SSL
5 4 (1.10%) NFC
5 4 (1.10%) PPP
6 3 (0.83%) VPN
7 2 (0.55%) 5G
7 2 (0.55%) BGP
7 2 (0.55%) DNS
7 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.55%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.55%) MPLS
7 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.28%) FTP
8 1 (0.28%) NAS
8 1 (0.28%) Network Security
8 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (14.05%) Relational Database
2 41 (11.29%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.79%) MongoDB
4 18 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (3.58%) DataStage
7 12 (3.31%) RDBMS
8 11 (3.03%) Oracle Database
8 11 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (2.48%) MySQL
9 9 (2.48%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.20%) Amazon QuickSight
10 8 (2.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (2.20%) DB2
10 8 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (2.20%) Power BI
11 7 (1.93%) Metadata
12 6 (1.65%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (1.38%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 47 (12.95%) JIRA
2 39 (10.74%) Git
3 37 (10.19%) Postman
4 28 (7.71%) Jenkins
5 26 (7.16%) Selenium
6 20 (5.51%) JUnit
7 19 (5.23%) Cucumber
8 13 (3.58%) Eclipse
9 9 (2.48%) GitLab
9 9 (2.48%) IntelliJ
9 9 (2.48%) SoapUI
10 8 (2.20%) Browser DevTools
10 8 (2.20%) Firebug
10 8 (2.20%) SonarQube
11 7 (1.93%) Maven
11 7 (1.93%) Robot Framework
11 7 (1.93%) Toad
12 6 (1.65%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.65%) TestRail
12 6 (1.65%) Zephyr
General
1 118 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 82 (22.59%) Finance
3 53 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.67%) Banking
5 40 (11.02%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.13%) Publishing
7 12 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.75%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.75%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.48%) Back Office
11 8 (2.20%) Private Banking
12 7 (1.93%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.65%) Legal
14 5 (1.38%) Automotive
14 5 (1.38%) Digital Healthcare
14 5 (1.38%) Front Office
14 5 (1.38%) Retail
15 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 117 (32.23%) Developer
2 53 (14.60%) Analyst
3 26 (7.16%) Senior
4 25 (6.89%) Business Analyst
4 25 (6.89%) Consultant
5 21 (5.79%) Software Engineer
6 19 (5.23%) Lead
7 17 (4.68%) Architect
7 17 (4.68%) Integration Developer
8 15 (4.13%) Data Engineer
9 14 (3.86%) Author
9 14 (3.86%) Technical Author
10 13 (3.58%) Java Developer
10 13 (3.58%) Support Engineer
10 13 (3.58%) webMethods Developer
11 10 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.48%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (2.20%) DBA
13 8 (2.20%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (54.27%) JSON
2 114 (31.40%) REST
3 112 (30.85%) SOAP
4 46 (12.67%) OAuth
5 42 (11.57%) Web Services
6 41 (11.29%) XSLT
7 40 (11.02%) HTML
8 30 (8.26%) JMS
8 30 (8.26%) RESTful
9 22 (6.06%) .NET
9 22 (6.06%) Spring
10 21 (5.79%) JWT
11 19 (5.23%) CSS
11 19 (5.23%) J2EE
11 19 (5.23%) Oracle Fusion
12 18 (4.96%) OAuth2
13 17 (4.68%) Hibernate
13 17 (4.68%) Middleware
14 16 (4.41%) Swagger
14 16 (4.41%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.86%) Data Structures
2 13 (3.58%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.03%) Replication
4 9 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.20%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.20%) AS400
5 8 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.93%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.93%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.65%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.38%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.38%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.10%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.10%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.57%) Linux
2 19 (5.23%) Unix
2 19 (5.23%) Windows
3 5 (1.38%) AIX
3 5 (1.38%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.83%) Android
4 3 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (34.99%) Agile
2 123 (33.88%) DevOps
3 79 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (21.21%) CI/CD
5 49 (13.50%) Test Automation
6 48 (13.22%) Migration
7 46 (12.67%) Microservices
8 44 (12.12%) Validation
9 41 (11.29%) Deployment Automation
9 41 (11.29%) ERP
9 41 (11.29%) ETL
10 40 (11.02%) Scrum
11 37 (10.19%) Computer Science
11 37 (10.19%) Data Migration
12 35 (9.64%) Data Modelling
13 33 (9.09%) Software Engineering
14 31 (8.54%) API Management
15 28 (7.71%) SDLC
16 27 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (7.44%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 134 (36.91%) SQL
2 111 (30.58%) Java
3 59 (16.25%) Python
4 56 (15.43%) JavaScript
5 55 (15.15%) C#
6 20 (5.51%) PowerShell
7 18 (4.96%) PL/SQL
8 14 (3.86%) XPath
9 10 (2.75%) C++
9 10 (2.75%) T-SQL
10 8 (2.20%) ABAP
10 8 (2.20%) RPG
10 8 (2.20%) Scala
11 7 (1.93%) Groovy
12 6 (1.65%) Korn
13 5 (1.38%) Perl
13 5 (1.38%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.10%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.10%) VBA
15 3 (0.83%) C
Qualifications
1 88 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 71 (19.56%) SC Cleared
3 55 (15.15%) Degree
4 30 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.31%) HNC
6 12 (3.31%) HND
7 10 (2.75%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.93%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.38%) CCNP
10 5 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.38%) ISEB
10 5 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.38%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.38%) PMP
11 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.83%) CEH
12 3 (0.83%) GIAC
12 3 (0.83%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.06%) QA
2 21 (5.79%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.10%) GAAP
3 4 (1.10%) SEPA
4 3 (0.83%) IFRS
4 3 (0.83%) ISO 20022
4 3 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.55%) Basel III
5 2 (0.55%) EMIR
5 2 (0.55%) HL7
5 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.55%) IFRS 9
5 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.55%) PSD2
5 2 (0.55%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) DICOM
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 40 (11.02%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.31%) Control-M
3 10 (2.75%) Ansible
4 9 (2.48%) logstash
4 9 (2.48%) Puppet
5 8 (2.20%) Kibana
6 7 (1.93%) TIBCO Hawk
7 5 (1.38%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.83%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.55%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.55%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.55%) QRadar
9 2 (0.55%) Terraform
9 2 (0.55%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.28%) Grafana
10 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (24.52%) Oracle
2 44 (12.12%) SAP
3 40 (11.02%) IBM
4 38 (10.47%) Microsoft
5 26 (7.16%) webMethods
6 15 (4.13%) MuleSoft
7 14 (3.86%) Workday
8 12 (3.31%) TIBCO
9 11 (3.03%) Pega
9 11 (3.03%) Software AG
9 11 (3.03%) Splunk
10 9 (2.48%) Cisco
10 9 (2.48%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.20%) Axway
11 8 (2.20%) Informatica
11 8 (2.20%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.93%) BEA
12 7 (1.93%) Veracode
13 5 (1.38%) F5
13 5 (1.38%) Solace