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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 261 154
Rank change year-on-year -40 -107 +54
Contract jobs citing XML 311 228 567
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 0.95% 1.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.98% 4.24% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 158 313
10th Percentile £358 £362 £405
25th Percentile £400 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £625
90th Percentile £685 £658 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.63% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 70
10th Percentile £29.90 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £37.25 £25.54 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +39.84% -40.69%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £55.20 - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £27.38 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.48% -36.33% -40.69%

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 7,812 5,375 7,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.23% 22.29% 20.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,180 3,720 5,298
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 99 226
10th Percentile £32.06 £33.25 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.38 £51.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.02
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -44 146 £550 +4.76% 29
North of England -45 61 £397 -11.81% 14
South East -40 59 £513 +12.64% 26
North West -16 54 £393 -12.64% 8
Midlands -46 22 £461 -16.14% 11
West Midlands -48 14 £455 -17.27% 8
South West -26 9 £600 +60.00% 13
East Midlands -24 8 £525 +46.65% 3
Yorkshire -52 7 £431 -19.77% 5
East of England -33 5 £438 -10.26% 4
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 15 (4.82%) Confluence
2 12 (3.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (2.25%) Oracle Workflow
3 7 (2.25%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.93%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.61%) CMS
5 5 (1.61%) IIS
5 5 (1.61%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.29%) Mule
6 4 (1.29%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.96%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.96%) Mule ESB
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.64%) Apache
8 2 (0.64%) Appian
8 2 (0.64%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.64%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.32%) CICS
9 1 (0.32%) JBoss
Applications
1 30 (9.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.29%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.64%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.22%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.57%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.25%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.93%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (1.93%) Summit
5 5 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.61%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.29%) Maximo
6 4 (1.29%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.29%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.96%) Findur
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.64%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.64%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.64%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.65%) Azure
2 33 (10.61%) AWS
3 26 (8.36%) OCI
4 20 (6.43%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (5.47%) SaaS
6 16 (5.14%) Serverless
7 15 (4.82%) PaaS
8 14 (4.50%) GCP
8 14 (4.50%) Power Platform
9 13 (4.18%) GitHub
9 13 (4.18%) IaaS
10 10 (3.22%) Apigee
10 10 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (2.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.57%) Kong
13 7 (2.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (2.25%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (2.25%) Boomi
13 7 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.93%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.86%) HTTP
2 7 (2.25%) FTP
3 4 (1.29%) 3GPP
3 4 (1.29%) Firewall
3 4 (1.29%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.64%) DNS
5 2 (0.64%) FIX Connectivity
5 2 (0.64%) Network Security
5 2 (0.64%) RTCP
5 2 (0.64%) RTP
5 2 (0.64%) SSL
5 2 (0.64%) VPN
5 2 (0.64%) XCAP
6 1 (0.32%) 5G
6 1 (0.32%) BGP
6 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.32%) MPLS
6 1 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.54%) Relational Database
2 29 (9.32%) SQL Server
3 24 (7.72%) RDBMS
4 21 (6.75%) NoSQL
4 21 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (5.79%) MongoDB
7 16 (5.14%) Oracle Reports
8 14 (4.50%) Oracle Database
9 12 (3.86%) Power BI
10 9 (2.89%) Metadata
10 9 (2.89%) MySQL
10 9 (2.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.57%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 5 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.29%) DataStage
13 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.96%) DB2
Development Applications
1 33 (10.61%) Postman
2 27 (8.68%) Git
3 26 (8.36%) JIRA
4 10 (3.22%) SoapUI
5 9 (2.89%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.89%) Maven
6 8 (2.57%) GitLab
7 6 (1.93%) JUnit
8 5 (1.61%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.29%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.29%) Selenium
9 4 (1.29%) Subversion
10 3 (0.96%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.96%) ClearCase
10 3 (0.96%) Firebug
10 3 (0.96%) JMeter
10 3 (0.96%) MSTest
10 3 (0.96%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.64%) ERwin
11 2 (0.64%) TestNG
General
1 103 (33.12%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.86%) Finance
3 58 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (11.90%) Banking
5 23 (7.40%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.50%) Investment Banking
7 12 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.22%) Legal
10 7 (2.25%) Military
11 6 (1.93%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.29%) Advertising
12 4 (1.29%) Front Office
13 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.96%) Marketing
13 3 (0.96%) Publishing
14 2 (0.64%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (21.86%) Developer
2 54 (17.36%) Consultant
3 41 (13.18%) Analyst
4 32 (10.29%) Implementation Consultant
5 26 (8.36%) Business Analyst
6 19 (6.11%) Senior
7 18 (5.79%) Lead
8 16 (5.14%) Architect
9 15 (4.82%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.18%) DBA
10 13 (4.18%) Payroll Consultant
11 12 (3.86%) Data Engineer
12 10 (3.22%) Integration Engineer
12 10 (3.22%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 8 (2.57%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.57%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.57%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (2.57%) Workflow Consultant
14 7 (2.25%) Integration Developer
14 7 (2.25%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (47.27%) JSON
2 87 (27.97%) REST
3 82 (26.37%) SOAP
4 42 (13.50%) Web Services
5 33 (10.61%) OAuth
6 32 (10.29%) XSLT
7 29 (9.32%) .NET
8 28 (9.00%) Oracle Fusion
9 27 (8.68%) Middleware
10 26 (8.36%) JWT
11 25 (8.04%) HTML
12 21 (6.75%) Kafka
13 18 (5.79%) CSS
13 18 (5.79%) Swagger
14 17 (5.47%) RESTful
15 14 (4.50%) OAuth2
15 14 (4.50%) YAML
16 12 (3.86%) EDI
16 12 (3.86%) XSD
17 11 (3.54%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.18%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.22%) Data Structures
2 10 (3.22%) Public Cloud
3 9 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.57%) Fixed Income
4 8 (2.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.25%) Derivative
6 6 (1.93%) Credit Risk
6 6 (1.93%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.61%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.61%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 4 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.29%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.96%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.96%) CMDB
9 3 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.36%) Linux
2 17 (5.47%) Unix
3 9 (2.89%) Windows
4 2 (0.64%) AIX
4 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.64%) VMS
5 1 (0.32%) Android
5 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.23%) Agile
2 81 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (23.15%) DevOps
4 41 (13.18%) Integration Patterns
5 40 (12.86%) CI/CD
6 39 (12.54%) ERP
7 38 (12.22%) Validation
8 33 (10.61%) Workflow
9 31 (9.97%) Migration
10 29 (9.32%) Data Modelling
10 29 (9.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (8.68%) Requirements Gathering
12 26 (8.36%) ETL
13 25 (8.04%) Mentoring
13 25 (8.04%) Unit Testing
13 25 (8.04%) User Acceptance Testing
14 24 (7.72%) SDLC
15 23 (7.40%) Scrum
16 22 (7.07%) Computer Science
16 22 (7.07%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 129 (41.48%) SQL
2 50 (16.08%) Java
3 41 (13.18%) C#
4 40 (12.86%) Python
5 35 (11.25%) JavaScript
6 32 (10.29%) T-SQL
7 15 (4.82%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.54%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.25%) C++
10 5 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.61%) XPath
11 4 (1.29%) Bicep
11 4 (1.29%) Korn
12 3 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.96%) Groovy
12 3 (0.96%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.96%) VB
12 3 (0.96%) VB6
13 2 (0.64%) Perl
14 1 (0.32%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 76 (24.44%) Security Cleared
2 57 (18.33%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.61%) Degree
4 17 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.29%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.29%) CCNP
7 4 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.96%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.64%) HNC
9 2 (0.64%) HND
9 2 (0.64%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.64%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) CISM
10 1 (0.32%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.47%) QA
2 9 (2.89%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.61%) GDPR
3 5 (1.61%) HL7
3 5 (1.61%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.61%) PSD2
4 4 (1.29%) GAAP
5 3 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.96%) FATCA
5 3 (0.96%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.64%) Basel III
6 2 (0.64%) IFRS
6 2 (0.64%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.64%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.64%) SLA
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.32%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (4.82%) Docker
2 2 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.32%) RACF
Systems Management
1 13 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.61%) Terraform
3 4 (1.29%) Control-M
4 3 (0.96%) Grafana
5 2 (0.64%) Ansible
5 2 (0.64%) logstash
5 2 (0.64%) QRadar
5 2 (0.64%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.32%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.32%) Kibana
6 1 (0.32%) Podman
6 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.32%) Puppet
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 94 (30.23%) Oracle
2 40 (12.86%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.75%) Workday
4 19 (6.11%) SAP
4 19 (6.11%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.18%) IBM
6 11 (3.54%) MuleSoft
7 8 (2.57%) Pega
8 7 (2.25%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.93%) Dell
9 6 (1.93%) Google
9 6 (1.93%) Informatica
9 6 (1.93%) Splunk
10 5 (1.61%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.61%) Databricks
10 5 (1.61%) webMethods
11 4 (1.29%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.29%) Charles River
11 4 (1.29%) Citrix
11 4 (1.29%) InterSystems