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

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 237 158
Rank change year-on-year -83 -79 +36
Contract jobs citing XML 344 305 548
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 1.11% 1.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.07% 5.00% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 223 285
10th Percentile £340 £360 £371
25th Percentile £402 £428 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% -5.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £602
90th Percentile £713 £629 £699
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -11.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 67
10th Percentile £29.07 £28.55 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £39.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year - -8.14% -38.57%
75th Percentile £46.80 £43.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 £53.75 £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 8,446 6,101 7,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.74% 22.24% 21.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,534 4,206 5,156
10th Percentile £363 £350 £361
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% -5.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £804
UK median daily rate £525 £505 £550
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 142 233
10th Percentile £29.44 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £50.75 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -8.16%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.92 £79.87 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £51.75
% change year-on-year +18.45% +6.04% -13.75%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -57 170 £550 +4.76% 44
South East -59 57 £475 - 16
North of England -78 43 £383 -15.00% 8
Midlands -27 42 £418 -10.22% 11
North West -53 35 £383 -15.00% 3
West Midlands -34 33 £415 -17.00% 7
South West -32 14 £550 +46.67% 9
East Midlands -6 9 £438 +39.49% 4
East of England -31 9 £450 -18.18% 4
Yorkshire -39 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 (5.81%) Confluence
2 12 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.91%) Mule
3 10 (2.91%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (2.62%) Anypoint
5 8 (2.33%) IIS
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 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.74%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 18 (5.23%) Oracle EBS
2 15 (4.36%) Oracle Payables
3 14 (4.07%) NetSuite
4 13 (3.78%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (2.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 7 (2.03%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (1.74%) Maximo
7 6 (1.74%) Oracle FAH
8 5 (1.45%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (1.16%) Elite 3E
9 4 (1.16%) Oracle Cash Management
9 4 (1.16%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 4 (1.16%) Oracle Internet Expenses
9 4 (1.16%) Oracle iProcurement
9 4 (1.16%) Summit
10 3 (0.87%) Findur
10 3 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.87%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.58%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.51%) Azure
2 34 (9.88%) AWS
3 31 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (8.72%) Boomi
5 19 (5.52%) GitHub
6 17 (4.94%) AtomSphere
6 17 (4.94%) GCP
7 16 (4.65%) SaaS
8 13 (3.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (3.78%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.49%) Serverless
10 10 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
10 10 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (2.03%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.03%) iPaaS
13 6 (1.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.78%) HTTP
2 7 (2.03%) FTP
3 6 (1.74%) SSL
4 4 (1.16%) 3GPP
4 4 (1.16%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.87%) Network Security
6 2 (0.58%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.58%) Internet
6 2 (0.58%) Intranet
6 2 (0.58%) RTCP
6 2 (0.58%) RTP
6 2 (0.58%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.58%) WAN
6 2 (0.58%) Wireless
6 2 (0.58%) XCAP
7 1 (0.29%) DNS
7 1 (0.29%) NAS
7 1 (0.29%) NFC
7 1 (0.29%) SAN
7 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.05%) SQL Server
2 30 (8.72%) Relational Database
3 19 (5.52%) RDBMS
4 18 (5.23%) Oracle Database
5 13 (3.78%) MongoDB
5 13 (3.78%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.78%) Oracle Reports
5 13 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 11 (3.20%) Metadata
7 11 (3.20%) Power BI
7 11 (3.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (2.91%) MySQL
9 9 (2.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (2.03%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.74%) DataStage
12 5 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.87%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 33 (9.59%) Git
2 32 (9.30%) JIRA
3 26 (7.56%) Postman
4 15 (4.36%) Team Foundation Server
4 15 (4.36%) Visual Studio
5 10 (2.91%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (2.33%) GitLab
6 8 (2.33%) Jenkins
7 7 (2.03%) JMeter
7 7 (2.03%) Selenium
8 6 (1.74%) JDeveloper
8 6 (1.74%) Maven
8 6 (1.74%) SoapUI
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%) Subversion
10 4 (1.16%) TeamCity
General
1 116 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 76 (22.09%) Finance
3 72 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.56%) Banking
6 12 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.62%) Legal
9 8 (2.33%) General Ledger
9 8 (2.33%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.03%) Retail
11 6 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
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%) Military
13 4 (1.16%) Publishing
14 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 107 (31.10%) Developer
2 50 (14.53%) Consultant
3 38 (11.05%) Analyst
4 35 (10.17%) Senior
5 30 (8.72%) Implementation Consultant
6 27 (7.85%) Architect
7 21 (6.10%) Data Engineer
8 20 (5.81%) Business Analyst
8 20 (5.81%) Senior Developer
9 13 (3.78%) Payroll Consultant
10 11 (3.20%) Oracle Developer
10 11 (3.20%) Software Engineer
11 10 (2.91%) C# Developer
11 10 (2.91%) Integration Developer
11 10 (2.91%) Lead
11 10 (2.91%) Technical Consultant
12 9 (2.62%) Integration Architect
12 9 (2.62%) Software Developer
13 8 (2.33%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (49.71%) JSON
2 112 (32.56%) REST
3 106 (30.81%) SOAP
4 47 (13.66%) Web Services
5 43 (12.50%) .NET
6 42 (12.21%) Middleware
7 32 (9.30%) XSLT
8 30 (8.72%) OAuth
9 22 (6.40%) Kafka
10 21 (6.10%) OAuth2
11 20 (5.81%) HTML
12 18 (5.23%) RESTful
13 17 (4.94%) CSS
13 17 (4.94%) EDI
13 17 (4.94%) JWT
14 15 (4.36%) Swagger
15 13 (3.78%) .NET Framework
15 13 (3.78%) ActiveX
16 11 (3.20%) ASP.NET
17 10 (2.91%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.36%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.49%) Data Structures
4 10 (2.91%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.03%) CMDB
6 7 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.74%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 6 (1.74%) Taxonomies
8 5 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.45%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.45%) Derivative
8 5 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.45%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.16%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.10%) Unix
2 18 (5.23%) Linux
3 14 (4.07%) 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 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (25.00%) Agile
3 68 (19.77%) DevOps
4 67 (19.48%) CI/CD
5 55 (15.99%) Workflow
6 51 (14.83%) Validation
7 44 (12.79%) Data Modelling
7 44 (12.79%) Migration
8 39 (11.34%) Integration Patterns
9 34 (9.88%) User Acceptance Testing
10 33 (9.59%) Data Mapping
11 31 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 29 (8.43%) API Management
12 29 (8.43%) Scrum
13 28 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (8.14%) Test Automation
14 27 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (7.85%) ERP
14 27 (7.85%) ETL
15 26 (7.56%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 160 (46.51%) SQL
2 54 (15.70%) Java
3 53 (15.41%) JavaScript
4 48 (13.95%) Python
5 42 (12.21%) C#
6 39 (11.34%) T-SQL
7 29 (8.43%) PL/SQL
8 18 (5.23%) Groovy
9 16 (4.65%) PowerShell
9 16 (4.65%) VB
9 16 (4.65%) VB6
10 15 (4.36%) C++
10 15 (4.36%) VBA
11 10 (2.91%) VB.NET
12 8 (2.33%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.74%) Bicep
13 6 (1.74%) XPath
14 5 (1.45%) R
15 4 (1.16%) C
15 4 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 82 (23.84%) Security Cleared
2 63 (18.31%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.27%) Degree
4 11 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.91%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.62%) ISTQB
6 9 (2.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.45%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.45%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.45%) ISEB
9 4 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.87%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.58%) CISSP
11 2 (0.58%) GIAC
11 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.58%) SSCP
12 1 (0.29%) CEH
12 1 (0.29%) CISM
12 1 (0.29%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.56%) QA
2 18 (5.23%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.33%) GDPR
4 7 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.74%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.45%) WCAG
7 4 (1.16%) GRC
7 4 (1.16%) HL7
8 3 (0.87%) FATCA
8 3 (0.87%) SLA
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.29%) COREP
10 1 (0.29%) DICOM
10 1 (0.29%) FINREP
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) SEPA
10 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 10 (2.91%) 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 (2.91%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.62%) Ansible
2 9 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.33%) 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 (29.07%) Oracle
2 70 (20.35%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.14%) ServiceNow
4 23 (6.69%) SAP
5 21 (6.10%) MuleSoft
6 19 (5.52%) IBM
6 19 (5.52%) Salesforce
7 17 (4.94%) Workday
8 12 (3.49%) Google
9 9 (2.62%) webMethods
10 8 (2.33%) Databricks
11 5 (1.45%) 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%) Okta
12 4 (1.16%) Pega
12 4 (1.16%) TIBCO
13 3 (0.87%) Duck Creek
88 XML jobs in England