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

 6 months to
24 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 233 155
Rank change year-on-year -83 -78 +48
Contract jobs citing XML 346 306 550
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.12% 1.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.08% 5.03% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 222 286
10th Percentile £335 £361 £372
25th Percentile £400 £429 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -13.76%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £605
90th Percentile £715 £625 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 67
10th Percentile £29.07 £27.39 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £30.94 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -12.79% -38.57%
75th Percentile £46.80 £43.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 £61.75 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +5.33% -12.79% -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 8,480 6,079 7,492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.86% 22.22% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,555 4,191 5,215
10th Percentile £363 £354 £357
25th Percentile £430 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £801
UK median daily rate £525 £507 £545
% change year-on-year +3.50% -6.93% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 138 240
10th Percentile £29.54 £31.25 £23.98
25th Percentile £50.88 £43.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.12% -1.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.30 £74.45
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.00%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -67 172 £550 +4.76% 51
South East -54 58 £500 +5.26% 19
North of England -69 43 £383 -15.00% 8
Midlands -29 41 £418 -10.22% 12
North West -49 35 £383 -15.00% 3
West Midlands -44 32 £415 -17.00% 8
South West -38 14 £550 +46.67% 12
East Midlands -5 9 £438 +39.49% 4
East of England -26 9 £450 -18.18% 4
Yorkshire -43 8 £399 -24.05% 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 20 (5.78%) Confluence
2 12 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.89%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.31%) IIS
4 8 (2.31%) Mule
5 7 (2.02%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.45%) CMS
6 5 (1.45%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.16%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.58%) Apache
9 2 (0.58%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.58%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.29%) Appian
10 1 (0.29%) CICS
10 1 (0.29%) JBoss
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (9.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.02%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 18 (5.20%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (4.05%) NetSuite
2 14 (4.05%) Oracle Payables
3 12 (3.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (2.02%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.73%) Maximo
5 6 (1.73%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (1.73%) Oracle FAH
6 5 (1.45%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (1.45%) Summit
7 4 (1.16%) Elite 3E
7 4 (1.16%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (1.16%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 4 (1.16%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 4 (1.16%) Oracle iProcurement
7 4 (1.16%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.87%) Findur
8 3 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (21.10%) Azure
2 33 (9.54%) AWS
3 31 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (8.67%) Boomi
5 19 (5.49%) GitHub
6 17 (4.91%) AtomSphere
7 16 (4.62%) GCP
8 15 (4.34%) SaaS
9 13 (3.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (3.76%) Power Platform
10 12 (3.47%) Serverless
11 10 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (2.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (2.02%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.73%) iPaaS
14 6 (1.73%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.47%) HTTP
2 8 (2.31%) FTP
3 4 (1.16%) 3GPP
3 4 (1.16%) SSL
3 4 (1.16%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.87%) Network Security
5 2 (0.58%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.58%) Internet
5 2 (0.58%) Intranet
5 2 (0.58%) RTCP
5 2 (0.58%) RTP
5 2 (0.58%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.58%) WAN
5 2 (0.58%) Wireless
5 2 (0.58%) XCAP
6 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) NAS
6 1 (0.29%) SAN
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 31 (8.96%) Relational Database
3 20 (5.78%) RDBMS
4 18 (5.20%) Oracle Database
5 13 (3.76%) MongoDB
5 13 (3.76%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.47%) Metadata
7 11 (3.18%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (3.18%) Power BI
7 11 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (2.89%) MySQL
8 10 (2.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 9 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (2.02%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.73%) DataStage
12 5 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.87%) Db2
Development Applications
1 33 (9.54%) JIRA
2 32 (9.25%) Git
3 28 (8.09%) Postman
4 14 (4.05%) Team Foundation Server
4 14 (4.05%) Visual Studio
5 10 (2.89%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (2.31%) GitLab
6 8 (2.31%) Jenkins
7 7 (2.02%) JMeter
7 7 (2.02%) Selenium
7 7 (2.02%) SoapUI
8 6 (1.73%) JDeveloper
8 6 (1.73%) Maven
9 5 (1.45%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.45%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.45%) Gradle
9 5 (1.45%) JUnit
10 4 (1.16%) Newman
10 4 (1.16%) REST Assured
10 4 (1.16%) TeamCity
General
1 116 (33.53%) Social Skills
2 77 (22.25%) Finance
3 72 (20.81%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 27 (7.80%) Banking
6 12 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.60%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.60%) Legal
9 8 (2.31%) General Ledger
10 7 (2.02%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.02%) Retail
11 6 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.45%) Military
12 5 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.16%) Advertising
13 4 (1.16%) Front Office
13 4 (1.16%) Marketing
13 4 (1.16%) Publishing
14 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 104 (30.06%) Developer
2 50 (14.45%) Consultant
3 41 (11.85%) Analyst
4 35 (10.12%) Senior
5 30 (8.67%) Implementation Consultant
6 26 (7.51%) Architect
7 21 (6.07%) Business Analyst
7 21 (6.07%) Data Engineer
8 20 (5.78%) Senior Developer
9 13 (3.76%) Payroll Consultant
10 11 (3.18%) C# Developer
10 11 (3.18%) Software Engineer
11 10 (2.89%) Integration Developer
11 10 (2.89%) Lead
11 10 (2.89%) Oracle Developer
12 9 (2.60%) Integration Architect
12 9 (2.60%) Software Developer
12 9 (2.60%) Technical Consultant
13 8 (2.31%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.31%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (48.84%) JSON
2 111 (32.08%) REST
3 103 (29.77%) SOAP
4 49 (14.16%) Web Services
5 44 (12.72%) .NET
6 42 (12.14%) Middleware
7 32 (9.25%) XSLT
8 26 (7.51%) OAuth
9 21 (6.07%) Kafka
10 20 (5.78%) HTML
11 19 (5.49%) RESTful
12 17 (4.91%) CSS
12 17 (4.91%) OAuth2
13 16 (4.62%) EDI
14 15 (4.34%) JWT
15 14 (4.05%) Swagger
16 13 (3.76%) .NET Framework
17 12 (3.47%) ActiveX
18 11 (3.18%) ASP.NET
19 10 (2.89%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.05%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.18%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.60%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.02%) CMDB
6 7 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.73%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.73%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.73%) Derivative
7 6 (1.73%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.73%) Market Risk
7 6 (1.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 6 (1.73%) Taxonomies
8 5 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.36%) Unix
2 18 (5.20%) Linux
3 14 (4.05%) Windows
4 3 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.58%) VMS
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (27.75%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (25.14%) Agile
3 67 (19.36%) DevOps
4 65 (18.79%) CI/CD
5 56 (16.18%) Workflow
6 51 (14.74%) Validation
7 44 (12.72%) Data Modelling
8 43 (12.43%) Migration
9 38 (10.98%) Integration Patterns
10 33 (9.54%) Data Mapping
11 32 (9.25%) User Acceptance Testing
12 31 (8.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (8.38%) Scrum
14 28 (8.09%) API Management
14 28 (8.09%) Test Automation
15 27 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (7.80%) ERP
15 27 (7.80%) ETL
15 27 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (7.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 161 (46.53%) SQL
2 52 (15.03%) JavaScript
3 51 (14.74%) Java
4 48 (13.87%) Python
5 43 (12.43%) C#
6 39 (11.27%) T-SQL
7 28 (8.09%) PL/SQL
8 17 (4.91%) Groovy
9 16 (4.62%) PowerShell
10 15 (4.34%) C++
10 15 (4.34%) VB
10 15 (4.34%) VB6
11 14 (4.05%) VBA
12 10 (2.89%) VB.NET
13 8 (2.31%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.73%) Bicep
14 6 (1.73%) XPath
15 5 (1.45%) R
16 4 (1.16%) C
16 4 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 80 (23.12%) Security Cleared
2 63 (18.21%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.23%) Degree
4 11 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.60%) ISTQB
5 9 (2.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 8 (2.31%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.45%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.45%) ISEB
8 4 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CISSP
10 2 (0.58%) GIAC
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.58%) SSCP
11 1 (0.29%) CISM
11 1 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.29%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.51%) QA
2 18 (5.20%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.31%) GDPR
4 7 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.73%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.45%) HL7
6 5 (1.45%) WCAG
7 4 (1.16%) GRC
8 3 (0.87%) FATCA
8 3 (0.87%) SLA
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.29%) COREP
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.29%) FINREP
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS
10 1 (0.29%) NIST
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) PMO
10 1 (0.29%) PSD2
10 1 (0.29%) SEPA
System Software
1 10 (2.89%) Docker
2 4 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.29%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.60%) Ansible
3 8 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.31%) Terraform
4 3 (0.87%) WMI
5 2 (0.58%) Grafana
5 2 (0.58%) QRadar
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Ranger
6 1 (0.29%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.29%) vRealize
6 1 (0.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 100 (28.90%) Oracle
2 69 (19.94%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.09%) ServiceNow
4 24 (6.94%) SAP
5 18 (5.20%) IBM
5 18 (5.20%) MuleSoft
5 18 (5.20%) Workday
6 17 (4.91%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.18%) Google
8 9 (2.60%) webMethods
9 8 (2.31%) Databricks
10 6 (1.73%) Dell
11 5 (1.45%) Guidewire
11 5 (1.45%) Kronos
12 4 (1.16%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.16%) Intapp
12 4 (1.16%) InterSystems
12 4 (1.16%) Okta
12 4 (1.16%) Pega
13 3 (0.87%) Citrix
103 XML jobs in England