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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 244 198
Rank change year-on-year -20 -46 -8
Contract jobs citing XML 358 267 446
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.04% 1.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.64% 4.58% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 174 285
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £400 £410 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £545
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -5.96% -4.22%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £613
90th Percentile £713 £646 £748
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 47
10th Percentile £41.30 £39.93 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £59.18 £43.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +94.74% -32.14%
75th Percentile £59.50 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £79.30 - £61.75
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.65% +94.74% -34.48%

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 7,720 5,829 7,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.73% 22.70% 20.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,178 3,838 5,493
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.10% -1.69% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 81 211
10th Percentile £35.13 £27.11 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £81.01 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -30 183 £525 -1.87% 31
North of England -41 58 £401 -13.26% 41
South East -26 49 £488 +26.30% 63
North West -14 47 £400 -10.66% 25
Midlands -37 32 £445 -21.52% 27
West Midlands -35 27 £440 -22.40% 14
East of England -12 15 £675 - 18
Yorkshire -61 11 £463 -18.43% 12
South West -24 6 £475 +2.70% 20
East Midlands -17 5 £525 +46.65% 12
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 21 (5.87%) Confluence
2 19 (5.31%) WebLogic
3 17 (4.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (3.07%) Apache
5 10 (2.79%) WebSphere
6 8 (2.23%) JBoss
7 7 (1.96%) Appian
7 7 (1.96%) MQSeries
8 5 (1.40%) Anypoint
8 5 (1.40%) Mule
8 5 (1.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (1.12%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.56%) Documentum
10 2 (0.56%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
1 9 (2.51%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.96%) BusinessWorks
2 7 (1.96%) SAP HCM
3 6 (1.68%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.68%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (1.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 5 (1.40%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.12%) Maximo
5 4 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.84%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.56%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.51%) Azure
2 56 (15.64%) AWS
3 26 (7.26%) OCI
4 23 (6.42%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.15%) SaaS
6 20 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (5.31%) GCP
8 17 (4.75%) GitHub
8 17 (4.75%) Serverless
9 14 (3.91%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (3.91%) PaaS
10 13 (3.63%) Boomi
10 13 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (3.35%) Apigee
11 12 (3.35%) IaaS
11 12 (3.35%) Tricentis Tosca
12 10 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (2.23%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.70%) HTTP
2 18 (5.03%) HTTPS
3 9 (2.51%) Firewall
4 5 (1.40%) FTP
5 4 (1.12%) 3GPP
5 4 (1.12%) SSL
6 3 (0.84%) NFC
6 3 (0.84%) PPP
7 2 (0.56%) 5G
7 2 (0.56%) BGP
7 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.56%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.56%) MPLS
7 2 (0.56%) RTCP
7 2 (0.56%) RTP
7 2 (0.56%) VPN
7 2 (0.56%) XCAP
8 1 (0.28%) DNS
8 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.01%) Relational Database
2 39 (10.89%) SQL Server
3 26 (7.26%) MongoDB
4 23 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (5.03%) NoSQL
6 18 (5.03%) RDBMS
7 17 (4.75%) Oracle Reports
8 14 (3.91%) Oracle Database
8 14 (3.91%) Power BI
9 12 (3.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (2.51%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.51%) DataStage
10 9 (2.51%) Metadata
11 7 (1.96%) DB2
11 7 (1.96%) MySQL
12 6 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (1.12%) Amazon QuickSight
14 4 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 49 (13.69%) JIRA
2 45 (12.57%) Postman
3 42 (11.73%) Git
4 27 (7.54%) Jenkins
5 24 (6.70%) Selenium
6 22 (6.15%) JUnit
7 16 (4.47%) Cucumber
8 14 (3.91%) Eclipse
9 12 (3.35%) Maven
9 12 (3.35%) SoapUI
10 9 (2.51%) GitLab
11 8 (2.23%) IntelliJ
12 7 (1.96%) Toad
13 6 (1.68%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.68%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.68%) TestRail
13 6 (1.68%) Zephyr
14 5 (1.40%) MSTest
14 5 (1.40%) Robot Framework
15 4 (1.12%) Firebug
General
1 115 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 84 (23.46%) Finance
3 67 (18.72%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.45%) Banking
5 35 (9.78%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.07%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.23%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.23%) Legal
8 8 (2.23%) Private Banking
9 7 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.40%) Military
10 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.40%) Retail
11 4 (1.12%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.12%) Publishing
12 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.84%) Back Office
13 2 (0.56%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 111 (31.01%) Developer
2 54 (15.08%) Analyst
3 36 (10.06%) Consultant
4 28 (7.82%) Senior
5 24 (6.70%) Business Analyst
6 20 (5.59%) Software Engineer
7 19 (5.31%) Architect
7 19 (5.31%) Lead
8 17 (4.75%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.19%) Integration Developer
10 13 (3.63%) Implementation Consultant
11 12 (3.35%) DBA
12 11 (3.07%) Java Developer
13 10 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.51%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 9 (2.51%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.51%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (2.51%) Tester
15 8 (2.23%) Integration Specialist
15 8 (2.23%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (54.47%) JSON
2 120 (33.52%) REST
3 116 (32.40%) SOAP
4 50 (13.97%) Web Services
5 44 (12.29%) XSLT
6 40 (11.17%) OAuth
7 32 (8.94%) HTML
8 29 (8.10%) .NET
9 27 (7.54%) Oracle Fusion
10 25 (6.98%) JWT
11 22 (6.15%) RESTful
12 21 (5.87%) Middleware
13 20 (5.59%) JMS
13 20 (5.59%) Kafka
14 19 (5.31%) Spring
14 19 (5.31%) Swagger
15 18 (5.03%) J2EE
15 18 (5.03%) XSD
16 17 (4.75%) CSS
17 15 (4.19%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.63%) Data Structures
2 10 (2.79%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.79%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.79%) Public Cloud
3 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.51%) Replication
4 8 (2.23%) AS400
4 8 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.96%) Fixed Income
6 6 (1.68%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.68%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.68%) CMDB
6 6 (1.68%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 6 (1.68%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.40%) Derivative
7 5 (1.40%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.45%) Linux
2 26 (7.26%) Unix
3 15 (4.19%) Windows
4 5 (1.40%) AIX
4 5 (1.40%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.84%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (36.31%) Agile
2 110 (30.73%) DevOps
3 92 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (19.83%) CI/CD
5 49 (13.69%) Validation
6 48 (13.41%) ERP
7 42 (11.73%) ETL
7 42 (11.73%) Scrum
8 41 (11.45%) Data Modelling
9 40 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
9 40 (11.17%) Migration
10 36 (10.06%) Microservices
10 36 (10.06%) Requirements Gathering
11 35 (9.78%) Software Engineering
12 33 (9.22%) Test Automation
13 32 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (8.94%) Mentoring
13 32 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (8.10%) Computer Science
15 28 (7.82%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 140 (39.11%) SQL
2 100 (27.93%) Java
3 60 (16.76%) C#
4 50 (13.97%) JavaScript
5 48 (13.41%) Python
6 22 (6.15%) PowerShell
7 20 (5.59%) T-SQL
8 18 (5.03%) PL/SQL
9 13 (3.63%) XPath
10 8 (2.23%) C++
10 8 (2.23%) Groovy
10 8 (2.23%) RPG
10 8 (2.23%) Scala
11 7 (1.96%) ABAP
11 7 (1.96%) Korn
11 7 (1.96%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.40%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.40%) Perl
13 4 (1.12%) Bicep
14 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 87 (24.30%) Security Cleared
2 66 (18.44%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.34%) Degree
4 20 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.07%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.68%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.68%) ISEB
9 5 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.40%) CCNP
9 5 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.40%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.40%) PMP
10 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.56%) CEH
11 2 (0.56%) GWAPT
11 2 (0.56%) OCP
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.54%) QA
2 13 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.40%) PSD2
4 4 (1.12%) GAAP
4 4 (1.12%) GDPR
5 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.84%) FATCA
5 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.56%) Basel III
6 2 (0.56%) HL7
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.56%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) EMIR
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (8.66%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.79%) Control-M
3 9 (2.51%) Puppet
4 8 (2.23%) Ansible
5 7 (1.96%) TIBCO Hawk
6 6 (1.68%) logstash
7 5 (1.40%) Kibana
8 3 (0.84%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.56%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.56%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.56%) Grafana
9 2 (0.56%) QRadar
9 2 (0.56%) Terraform
10 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (28.49%) Oracle
2 40 (11.17%) Microsoft
3 34 (9.50%) IBM
4 33 (9.22%) SAP
5 19 (5.31%) webMethods
6 15 (4.19%) MuleSoft
6 15 (4.19%) Workday
7 13 (3.63%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.79%) Splunk
8 10 (2.79%) TIBCO
9 8 (2.23%) Informatica
9 8 (2.23%) Pega
10 7 (1.96%) BEA
10 7 (1.96%) Cisco
10 7 (1.96%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.68%) Software AG
12 5 (1.40%) Computacenter
12 5 (1.40%) Google
12 5 (1.40%) Veracode
13 4 (1.12%) F5