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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 251 163
Rank change year-on-year -69 -88 +24
Contract jobs citing XML 318 270 559
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 1.03% 1.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.81% 4.60% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 191 295
10th Percentile £346 £388 £381
25th Percentile £403 £438 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £498 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% -5.24% -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £619
90th Percentile £706 £630 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £486 £520
% change year-on-year +7.97% -6.49% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 68
10th Percentile £29.07 £25.23 -
25th Percentile £29.92 £29.28 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -12.79% -38.57%
75th Percentile £44.90 £70.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 £90.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £34.75 £43.00
% change year-on-year +13.67% -19.19% -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 8,347 5,872 7,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.01% 22.50% 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,508 4,046 5,542
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 126 264
10th Percentile £30.30 £30.50 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.44 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.63 £58.15
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% -0.90% -10.54%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.42 £80.51 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -68 149 £550 +2.82% 45
South East -52 54 £513 +7.89% 28
North of England -72 48 £390 -13.33% 10
North West -45 39 £383 -15.00% 9
Midlands -43 30 £425 -15.00% 11
West Midlands -49 22 £425 -22.73% 4
South West -19 14 £550 +15.79% 11
East of England -20 11 £450 -18.18% 6
Yorkshire -49 9 £463 -11.90%
East Midlands -9 8 £471 +50.08% 7
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 19 (5.97%) Confluence
2 11 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.20%) IIS
3 7 (2.20%) Mule
4 6 (1.89%) Anypoint
4 6 (1.89%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (1.57%) CMS
6 4 (1.26%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.94%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.63%) Appian
8 2 (0.63%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.63%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.31%) Apache
9 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.31%) CICS
9 1 (0.31%) JBoss
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.20%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.20%) NetSuite
1 7 (2.20%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.89%) Maximo
2 6 (1.89%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (1.89%) Summit
3 5 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.57%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.26%) Elite 3E
4 4 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.26%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.26%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.94%) Findur
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 65 (20.44%) Azure
2 30 (9.43%) AWS
3 26 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (6.29%) Boomi
5 17 (5.35%) GitHub
6 15 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (4.09%) Serverless
8 12 (3.77%) GCP
9 11 (3.46%) SaaS
10 9 (2.83%) AtomSphere
10 9 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (2.83%) OCI
11 8 (2.52%) Azure Functions
11 8 (2.52%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.52%) FTP
2 6 (1.89%) HTTP
3 4 (1.26%) 3GPP
3 4 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.94%) Network Security
5 2 (0.63%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.63%) Internet
5 2 (0.63%) Intranet
5 2 (0.63%) RTCP
5 2 (0.63%) RTP
5 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.63%) SSL
5 2 (0.63%) WAN
5 2 (0.63%) Wireless
5 2 (0.63%) XCAP
6 1 (0.31%) DNS
6 1 (0.31%) NAS
6 1 (0.31%) SAN
6 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.69%) SQL Server
2 32 (10.06%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.29%) RDBMS
4 16 (5.03%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.72%) Oracle Database
6 14 (4.40%) MongoDB
6 14 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.77%) Metadata
7 12 (3.77%) Power BI
8 10 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (2.83%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.83%) MySQL
9 9 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.52%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (1.26%) DataStage
12 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.94%) Db2
Development Applications
1 30 (9.43%) Git
2 29 (9.12%) Postman
3 26 (8.18%) JIRA
4 9 (2.83%) GitLab
5 8 (2.52%) Maven
5 8 (2.52%) SoapUI
6 7 (2.20%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (2.20%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.89%) JMeter
7 6 (1.89%) Selenium
8 5 (1.57%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.26%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.26%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.26%) Gradle
9 4 (1.26%) JUnit
9 4 (1.26%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.26%) Subversion
9 4 (1.26%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.94%) Newman
General
1 108 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 70 (22.01%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (19.81%) Finance
4 30 (9.43%) Banking
5 27 (8.49%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.14%) Legal
8 9 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.83%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.20%) Military
10 6 (1.89%) Retail
11 5 (1.57%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.57%) Marketing
12 4 (1.26%) Advertising
12 4 (1.26%) Publishing
13 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.94%) Front Office
14 2 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 85 (26.73%) Developer
2 50 (15.72%) Consultant
3 42 (13.21%) Analyst
4 30 (9.43%) Implementation Consultant
5 26 (8.18%) Business Analyst
6 25 (7.86%) Senior
7 22 (6.92%) Data Engineer
8 18 (5.66%) Architect
9 13 (4.09%) Payroll Consultant
10 12 (3.77%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.46%) Lead
11 11 (3.46%) Software Engineer
12 9 (2.83%) C# Developer
12 9 (2.83%) Technical Consultant
13 8 (2.52%) Integration Architect
13 8 (2.52%) Integration Engineer
13 8 (2.52%) Integration Specialist
13 8 (2.52%) Workflow Consultant
14 7 (2.20%) Integration Developer
14 7 (2.20%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (49.06%) JSON
2 99 (31.13%) REST
3 90 (28.30%) SOAP
4 45 (14.15%) Web Services
5 41 (12.89%) .NET
6 36 (11.32%) Middleware
7 31 (9.75%) XSLT
8 21 (6.60%) OAuth
9 20 (6.29%) HTML
10 18 (5.66%) Kafka
11 17 (5.35%) CSS
12 15 (4.72%) JWT
13 14 (4.40%) EDI
13 14 (4.40%) RESTful
14 13 (4.09%) Swagger
15 12 (3.77%) .NET Framework
15 12 (3.77%) OAuth2
15 12 (3.77%) Oracle Fusion
16 10 (3.14%) AngularJS
17 9 (2.83%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.09%) Product Ownership
2 9 (2.83%) Data Structures
3 8 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.20%) Credit Risk
4 7 (2.20%) Derivative
4 7 (2.20%) Fixed Income
4 7 (2.20%) Market Risk
5 6 (1.89%) CMDB
5 6 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 5 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.57%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.57%) Taxonomies
7 4 (1.26%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.26%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.94%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.29%) Unix
2 18 (5.66%) Linux
3 8 (2.52%) Windows
4 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.63%) VMS
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (26.10%) Agile
3 63 (19.81%) DevOps
4 60 (18.87%) CI/CD
5 49 (15.41%) Workflow
6 47 (14.78%) Validation
7 40 (12.58%) Integration Patterns
8 38 (11.95%) Migration
9 36 (11.32%) Data Modelling
10 33 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
11 30 (9.43%) ETL
12 29 (9.12%) ERP
12 29 (9.12%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (8.81%) Data Mapping
14 25 (7.86%) Scrum
14 25 (7.86%) Software Engineering
14 25 (7.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (7.23%) AI
16 22 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (6.92%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 149 (46.86%) SQL
2 49 (15.41%) Java
3 47 (14.78%) JavaScript
4 46 (14.47%) Python
5 40 (12.58%) C#
6 38 (11.95%) T-SQL
7 22 (6.92%) PL/SQL
8 15 (4.72%) PowerShell
9 13 (4.09%) C++
10 10 (3.14%) Groovy
11 9 (2.83%) VB
11 9 (2.83%) VB6
12 8 (2.52%) VB.NET
13 7 (2.20%) VBA
14 6 (1.89%) Bicep
15 5 (1.57%) XPath
16 4 (1.26%) C
16 4 (1.26%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 78 (24.53%) Security Cleared
2 59 (18.55%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.86%) Degree
4 10 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.83%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.26%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.26%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.63%) CISSP
9 2 (0.63%) GIAC
9 2 (0.63%) HNC
9 2 (0.63%) HND
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.63%) SSCP
10 1 (0.31%) CISM
10 1 (0.31%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.23%) QA
2 19 (5.97%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.83%) GDPR
4 6 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.89%) ISO 20022
5 5 (1.57%) HL7
6 4 (1.26%) WCAG
7 3 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.94%) FATCA
7 3 (0.94%) GRC
7 3 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.94%) PSD2
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.63%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) DICOM
9 1 (0.31%) GAAP
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.31%) SEPA
9 1 (0.31%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 11 (3.46%) Docker
2 3 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.31%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.52%) Ansible
3 7 (2.20%) Terraform
4 5 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.63%) Grafana
5 2 (0.63%) QRadar
5 2 (0.63%) WMI
6 1 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.31%) vRealize
6 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 84 (26.42%) Oracle
2 61 (19.18%) Microsoft
3 26 (8.18%) ServiceNow
4 21 (6.60%) SAP
5 20 (6.29%) Workday
6 16 (5.03%) MuleSoft
7 12 (3.77%) IBM
8 11 (3.46%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.52%) Google
10 7 (2.20%) Databricks
11 6 (1.89%) Dell
11 6 (1.89%) webMethods
12 5 (1.57%) Kronos
13 4 (1.26%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.26%) Intapp
13 4 (1.26%) InterSystems
13 4 (1.26%) Pega
14 3 (0.94%) Citrix
14 3 (0.94%) Guidewire
14 3 (0.94%) Okta