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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 272 164
Rank change year-on-year +2 -108 +45
Contract jobs citing XML 345 217 546
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 0.89% 1.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.34% 3.96% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 155 312
10th Percentile £350 £361 £408
25th Percentile £400 £415 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £597 £588 £625
90th Percentile £699 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £495 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +4.21% -13.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 65
10th Percentile £32.18 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £42.13 £25.54 £43.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +33.62% -37.93%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £27.38 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.48% -39.16% -37.93%

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 7,942 5,483 7,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.88% 22.41% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,309 3,805 5,359
10th Percentile £358 £370 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -2.31%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 99 203
10th Percentile £33.75 £30.01 £21.35
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £82.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -33 162 £533 +1.43% 26
North of England -39 67 £393 -12.64% 10
South East -43 60 £513 +28.13% 27
North West -9 58 £391 -12.67% 6
Midlands -39 28 £450 -18.18% 6
West Midlands -46 20 £450 -18.18% 2
East of England -26 11 £675 +38.46% 2
Yorkshire -57 9 £431 -21.59% 4
East Midlands -30 8 £525 +46.65% 4
South West -26 7 £548 +46.00% 6
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 17 (4.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 15 (4.35%) WebLogic
3 13 (3.77%) Confluence
4 11 (3.19%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.74%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (1.45%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.45%) Apache
6 5 (1.45%) CMS
6 5 (1.45%) Mule
7 4 (1.16%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.87%) JBoss
8 3 (0.87%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.87%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.87%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.58%) Appian
9 2 (0.58%) Documentum
9 2 (0.58%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.58%) FrameMaker
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.90%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.32%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (2.03%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (2.03%) Maximo
3 7 (2.03%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.03%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.74%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.74%) Summit
5 5 (1.45%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.45%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.16%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.87%) Findur
7 3 (0.87%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.87%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.87%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 72 (20.87%) Azure
2 41 (11.88%) AWS
3 26 (7.54%) OCI
4 23 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (5.80%) GCP
6 19 (5.51%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.93%) SaaS
8 16 (4.64%) GitHub
9 15 (4.35%) Serverless
10 14 (4.06%) PaaS
11 13 (3.77%) Apigee
12 12 (3.48%) IaaS
13 10 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.61%) Boomi
14 9 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (2.61%) Kong
15 8 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (2.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.51%) HTTP
2 9 (2.61%) HTTPS
3 8 (2.32%) FTP
4 6 (1.74%) Firewall
5 4 (1.16%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.58%) DNS
6 2 (0.58%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (0.58%) RTCP
6 2 (0.58%) RTP
6 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.58%) VPN
6 2 (0.58%) XCAP
7 1 (0.29%) 5G
7 1 (0.29%) BGP
7 1 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.29%) MPLS
7 1 (0.29%) NAS
7 1 (0.29%) Network Security
7 1 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.75%) Relational Database
2 38 (11.01%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.38%) RDBMS
4 20 (5.80%) NoSQL
4 20 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (5.51%) MongoDB
6 15 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
6 15 (4.35%) Power BI
7 14 (4.06%) Oracle Database
8 13 (3.77%) Metadata
9 10 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.32%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.32%) DB2
10 8 (2.32%) MySQL
11 7 (2.03%) DataStage
12 6 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 39 (11.30%) Postman
2 37 (10.72%) JIRA
3 34 (9.86%) Git
4 15 (4.35%) Jenkins
5 12 (3.48%) SoapUI
6 10 (2.90%) JUnit
6 10 (2.90%) Maven
7 9 (2.61%) Selenium
8 8 (2.32%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.03%) Eclipse
9 7 (2.03%) GitLab
10 6 (1.74%) SpecFlow
10 6 (1.74%) TestRail
10 6 (1.74%) Toad
10 6 (1.74%) Zephyr
11 4 (1.16%) Subversion
12 3 (0.87%) Ant
12 3 (0.87%) ClearCase
12 3 (0.87%) JMeter
12 3 (0.87%) MSTest
General
1 116 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 72 (20.87%) Finance
3 65 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.86%) Banking
5 31 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.77%) Investment Banking
8 11 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.90%) Legal
10 6 (1.74%) Military
11 5 (1.45%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.16%) Advertising
12 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.16%) Publishing
13 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.87%) Marketing
13 3 (0.87%) Retail
14 2 (0.58%) Front Office
14 2 (0.58%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (23.77%) Developer
2 61 (17.68%) Consultant
3 48 (13.91%) Analyst
4 33 (9.57%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (7.83%) Business Analyst
6 21 (6.09%) Lead
7 20 (5.80%) Architect
7 20 (5.80%) Senior
8 15 (4.35%) Data Engineer
8 15 (4.35%) Software Engineer
9 13 (3.77%) Payroll Consultant
10 12 (3.48%) DBA
11 9 (2.61%) Applications Developer
11 9 (2.61%) PostgreSQL DBA
11 9 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.61%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (2.32%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.32%) Technical Business Analyst
12 8 (2.32%) Workflow Consultant
13 7 (2.03%) Integration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (47.54%) JSON
2 100 (28.99%) SOAP
3 95 (27.54%) REST
4 54 (15.65%) Web Services
5 42 (12.17%) XSLT
6 37 (10.72%) OAuth
7 29 (8.41%) .NET
7 29 (8.41%) JWT
8 28 (8.12%) Oracle Fusion
9 27 (7.83%) Middleware
10 25 (7.25%) HTML
11 23 (6.67%) Kafka
12 20 (5.80%) RESTful
13 19 (5.51%) Swagger
14 18 (5.22%) XSD
15 17 (4.93%) CSS
15 17 (4.93%) EDI
16 16 (4.64%) OAuth2
17 15 (4.35%) JMS
18 14 (4.06%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.77%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.48%) Data Structures
3 10 (2.90%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.90%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.32%) Fixed Income
4 8 (2.32%) Replication
5 7 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.03%) Derivative
6 6 (1.74%) Credit Risk
6 6 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.74%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.45%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.45%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.12%) Linux
2 22 (6.38%) Unix
3 16 (4.64%) Windows
4 5 (1.45%) AIX
5 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.58%) VMS
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (30.72%) Agile
2 86 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (23.19%) DevOps
4 48 (13.91%) CI/CD
5 44 (12.75%) ERP
5 44 (12.75%) Validation
6 43 (12.46%) Data Modelling
7 41 (11.88%) Integration Patterns
8 39 (11.30%) Migration
9 34 (9.86%) Requirements Gathering
10 33 (9.57%) Workflow
11 32 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (8.99%) ETL
13 29 (8.41%) SDLC
14 28 (8.12%) Computer Science
14 28 (8.12%) Mentoring
14 28 (8.12%) Microservices
15 27 (7.83%) Scrum
16 26 (7.54%) API Management
17 25 (7.25%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 143 (41.45%) SQL
2 67 (19.42%) Java
3 42 (12.17%) C#
4 39 (11.30%) Python
5 36 (10.43%) JavaScript
6 32 (9.28%) T-SQL
7 17 (4.93%) PL/SQL
8 14 (4.06%) XPath
9 10 (2.90%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.03%) ABAP
10 7 (2.03%) Korn
11 6 (1.74%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.45%) Perl
13 4 (1.16%) Bicep
13 4 (1.16%) C++
14 3 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.87%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.58%) R
15 2 (0.58%) VB
15 2 (0.58%) VB6
Qualifications
1 84 (24.35%) Security Cleared
2 62 (17.97%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.43%) Degree
4 20 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.74%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.45%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.45%) ISEB
7 5 (1.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.16%) CCNP
8 4 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.16%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.58%) HNC
9 2 (0.58%) HND
9 2 (0.58%) OCP
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.80%) QA
2 11 (3.19%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.74%) GDPR
4 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.45%) PSD2
5 4 (1.16%) GAAP
5 4 (1.16%) HL7
6 3 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.87%) FATCA
6 3 (0.87%) ISO 8583
6 3 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.58%) Basel III
7 2 (0.58%) IFRS
7 2 (0.58%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.58%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.58%) SEPA
7 2 (0.58%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) DICOM
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (5.51%) Docker
2 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.03%) TIBCO Hawk
3 4 (1.16%) Control-M
4 3 (0.87%) Grafana
4 3 (0.87%) logstash
4 3 (0.87%) Puppet
5 2 (0.58%) Ansible
5 2 (0.58%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.58%) Fluentd
5 2 (0.58%) QRadar
5 2 (0.58%) Terraform
6 1 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) Podman
6 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) vRealize
6 1 (0.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 104 (30.14%) Oracle
2 43 (12.46%) Microsoft
3 35 (10.14%) SAP
4 27 (7.83%) IBM
5 19 (5.51%) Workday
6 18 (5.22%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.35%) MuleSoft
8 12 (3.48%) webMethods
9 8 (2.32%) Informatica
9 8 (2.32%) Pega
9 8 (2.32%) Splunk
9 8 (2.32%) TIBCO
10 7 (2.03%) BEA
10 7 (2.03%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.74%) Databricks
11 6 (1.74%) Dell
12 5 (1.45%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.45%) Google
13 4 (1.16%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.16%) Computacenter