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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 252 152
Rank change year-on-year -44 -100 +56
Contract jobs citing XML 311 231 573
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.95% 1.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.93% 4.27% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 159 314
10th Percentile £361 £362 £402
25th Percentile £410 £426 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £625
90th Percentile £707 £665 £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 7,910 5,413 7,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.24% 22.29% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,256 3,741 5,341
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% -1.52%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 101 230
10th Percentile £30.98 £33.25 £22.42
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.95
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.35 £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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -44 147 £550 +4.76% 34
South East -44 60 £525 +12.00% 32
North of England -49 57 £400 -11.06% 11
North West -27 49 £400 -10.86% 7
Midlands -53 22 £455 -9.00% 10
West Midlands -44 15 £453 -17.73% 7
South West -29 11 £600 +60.00% 10
Yorkshire -54 8 £463 -9.76% 3
East Midlands -25 7 £525 +67.20% 3
East of England -28 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 17 (5.47%) Confluence
2 12 (3.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (2.57%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.25%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (2.25%) WebSphere
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 29 (9.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.64%) FrameMaker
5 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%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.64%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.64%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.65%) Azure
2 30 (9.65%) AWS
3 25 (8.04%) OCI
4 21 (6.75%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (5.14%) Serverless
6 15 (4.82%) SaaS
7 14 (4.50%) GitHub
7 14 (4.50%) PaaS
8 13 (4.18%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.86%) GCP
9 12 (3.86%) IaaS
10 10 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (3.22%) Boomi
11 9 (2.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.25%) Apigee
12 7 (2.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (2.25%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.25%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.54%) HTTP
2 7 (2.25%) FTP
3 4 (1.29%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.96%) Firewall
4 3 (0.96%) 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%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.32%) MPLS
6 1 (0.32%) NAS
6 1 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.22%) Relational Database
2 30 (9.65%) SQL Server
3 22 (7.07%) RDBMS
4 20 (6.43%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (6.11%) NoSQL
6 16 (5.14%) MongoDB
6 16 (5.14%) Oracle Database
7 15 (4.82%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (3.54%) Power BI
9 10 (3.22%) MySQL
10 9 (2.89%) Metadata
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%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 33 (10.61%) Postman
2 29 (9.32%) JIRA
3 27 (8.68%) Git
4 10 (3.22%) SoapUI
5 9 (2.89%) GitLab
5 9 (2.89%) Maven
6 8 (2.57%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.61%) Eclipse
7 5 (1.61%) JUnit
8 4 (1.29%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.29%) Selenium
8 4 (1.29%) Subversion
9 3 (0.96%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.96%) ClearCase
9 3 (0.96%) Firebug
9 3 (0.96%) JMeter
9 3 (0.96%) MSTest
9 3 (0.96%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.64%) ERwin
10 2 (0.64%) Zephyr
General
1 107 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 65 (20.90%) Finance
3 57 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.22%) Banking
5 22 (7.07%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.50%) Investment Banking
7 10 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.22%) Legal
7 10 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.25%) Military
9 6 (1.93%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.29%) Advertising
10 4 (1.29%) Front Office
10 4 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.29%) Publishing
11 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.96%) Marketing
12 2 (0.64%) Law
12 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (21.86%) Developer
2 52 (16.72%) Consultant
3 40 (12.86%) Analyst
4 31 (9.97%) Implementation Consultant
5 25 (8.04%) Business Analyst
6 21 (6.75%) Senior
7 18 (5.79%) Lead
8 16 (5.14%) Architect
9 15 (4.82%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.18%) Data Engineer
10 13 (4.18%) Payroll Consultant
11 11 (3.54%) DBA
12 10 (3.22%) Integration Specialist
12 10 (3.22%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 9 (2.89%) Integration Engineer
14 8 (2.57%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.57%) Integration Developer
14 8 (2.57%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.57%) Workflow Consultant
15 7 (2.25%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (47.59%) JSON
2 84 (27.01%) REST
3 80 (25.72%) SOAP
4 40 (12.86%) Web Services
5 32 (10.29%) Middleware
5 32 (10.29%) XSLT
6 29 (9.32%) .NET
6 29 (9.32%) OAuth
7 27 (8.68%) Oracle Fusion
8 25 (8.04%) HTML
9 22 (7.07%) JWT
10 21 (6.75%) Kafka
11 18 (5.79%) CSS
12 17 (5.47%) RESTful
13 16 (5.14%) Swagger
14 14 (4.50%) YAML
15 13 (4.18%) EDI
15 13 (4.18%) OAuth2
16 12 (3.86%) XSD
17 10 (3.22%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.18%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.22%) Data Structures
3 9 (2.89%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.89%) Public Cloud
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%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.61%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
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%) IoT
9 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.04%) 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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (29.58%) Agile
2 81 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (22.19%) DevOps
4 43 (13.83%) Integration Patterns
4 43 (13.83%) Validation
5 39 (12.54%) ERP
6 37 (11.90%) CI/CD
7 34 (10.93%) Workflow
8 33 (10.61%) Data Modelling
8 33 (10.61%) Migration
9 28 (9.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (8.36%) ETL
11 26 (8.36%) Requirements Gathering
12 24 (7.72%) Mentoring
12 24 (7.72%) Scrum
12 24 (7.72%) SDLC
12 24 (7.72%) Unit Testing
13 23 (7.40%) Software Engineering
14 22 (7.07%) AI
Programming Languages
1 127 (40.84%) SQL
2 50 (16.08%) Java
3 42 (13.50%) C#
4 41 (13.18%) Python
5 37 (11.90%) JavaScript
6 32 (10.29%) T-SQL
7 17 (5.47%) 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%) Groovy
11 4 (1.29%) Korn
12 3 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.96%) VB
12 3 (0.96%) VB6
13 2 (0.64%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.64%) Perl
14 1 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 75 (24.12%) Security Cleared
2 57 (18.33%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.65%) Degree
4 14 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.25%) 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%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.64%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.79%) QA
2 10 (3.22%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.93%) GDPR
4 5 (1.61%) HL7
4 5 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.61%) PSD2
5 4 (1.29%) GAAP
6 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.96%) FATCA
6 3 (0.96%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.96%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.64%) Basel III
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.64%) SLA
7 2 (0.64%) WCAG
8 1 (0.32%) DICOM
System Software
1 14 (4.50%) 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 12 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.93%) Terraform
3 4 (1.29%) Control-M
4 3 (0.96%) Grafana
5 2 (0.64%) Ansible
5 2 (0.64%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.32%) Kibana
6 1 (0.32%) logstash
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%) QRadar
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 94 (30.23%) Oracle
2 41 (13.18%) Microsoft
3 24 (7.72%) Workday
4 22 (7.07%) SAP
5 19 (6.11%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.18%) IBM
7 12 (3.86%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.57%) Pega
9 7 (2.25%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.93%) Dell
10 6 (1.93%) Informatica
11 5 (1.61%) Databricks
11 5 (1.61%) webMethods
12 4 (1.29%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.29%) Bloomberg
12 4 (1.29%) Charles River
12 4 (1.29%) Citrix
12 4 (1.29%) Google
12 4 (1.29%) InterSystems
12 4 (1.29%) Splunk