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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 245 192
Rank change year-on-year -8 -53 +3
Contract jobs citing XML 366 249 470
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.01% 1.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.70% 4.43% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 167 290
10th Percentile £350 £354 £375
25th Percentile £400 £426 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £613
90th Percentile £704 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 46
10th Percentile £40.75 £22.73 £43.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £25.54 £44.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%
75th Percentile £54.13 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £63.13
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%

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 7,793 5,618 7,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.47% 22.76% 20.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,231 3,773 5,433
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £428 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 85 206
10th Percentile £35.18 £27.26 £21.04
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.06 £40.08
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +31.36% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.13 £68.75 £65.94
90th Percentile £79.60 £81.80 £75.77
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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -26 173 £525 -1.87% 34
North of England -39 64 £400 -12.57% 30
South East -21 63 £500 +29.53% 32
North West -7 53 £400 -10.61% 24
Midlands -47 33 £445 -21.52% 21
West Midlands -43 27 £440 -22.40% 14
East of England -15 13 £675 - 16
Yorkshire -67 11 £456 -19.53% 4
South West -15 6 £475 +2.70% 19
East Midlands -29 6 £525 +46.65% 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 21 (5.74%) Confluence
2 19 (5.19%) WebLogic
3 17 (4.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (3.01%) Apache
5 10 (2.73%) WebSphere
6 8 (2.19%) JBoss
7 6 (1.64%) Appian
8 5 (1.37%) Anypoint
8 5 (1.37%) Mule
8 5 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (1.09%) MQSeries
9 4 (1.09%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.55%) CMS
10 2 (0.55%) Documentum
10 2 (0.55%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.73%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.46%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.91%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.91%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (1.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.09%) Maximo
6 4 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.82%) Summit
7 3 (0.82%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.55%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.13%) Azure
2 55 (15.03%) AWS
3 27 (7.38%) OCI
4 22 (6.01%) SaaS
5 21 (5.74%) Power Platform
6 20 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (5.19%) GCP
8 17 (4.64%) GitHub
9 15 (4.10%) PaaS
9 15 (4.10%) Serverless
10 14 (3.83%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (3.55%) Boomi
11 13 (3.55%) IaaS
12 12 (3.28%) Apigee
13 11 (3.01%) Tricentis Tosca
14 10 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (2.19%) Kong
17 7 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.28%) HTTP
2 17 (4.64%) HTTPS
3 8 (2.19%) Firewall
4 5 (1.37%) FTP
5 4 (1.09%) 3GPP
5 4 (1.09%) SSL
6 3 (0.82%) NFC
6 3 (0.82%) PPP
7 2 (0.55%) 5G
7 2 (0.55%) BGP
7 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.55%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.55%) MPLS
7 2 (0.55%) RTCP
7 2 (0.55%) RTP
7 2 (0.55%) VPN
7 2 (0.55%) XCAP
8 1 (0.27%) SMS
8 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.02%) Relational Database
2 40 (10.93%) SQL Server
3 25 (6.83%) MongoDB
4 22 (6.01%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (5.19%) RDBMS
6 18 (4.92%) NoSQL
7 16 (4.37%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.10%) Power BI
9 13 (3.55%) Oracle Database
10 10 (2.73%) Metadata
10 10 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (2.46%) DataStage
12 8 (2.19%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.91%) DB2
13 7 (1.91%) MySQL
14 6 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (1.09%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 49 (13.39%) JIRA
2 44 (12.02%) Postman
3 42 (11.48%) Git
4 25 (6.83%) Jenkins
5 23 (6.28%) Selenium
6 22 (6.01%) JUnit
7 15 (4.10%) Cucumber
7 15 (4.10%) Eclipse
8 13 (3.55%) SoapUI
9 12 (3.28%) Maven
10 8 (2.19%) GitLab
10 8 (2.19%) IntelliJ
11 7 (1.91%) Toad
12 6 (1.64%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.64%) TestRail
12 6 (1.64%) Zephyr
13 5 (1.37%) MSTest
13 5 (1.37%) SonarQube
14 4 (1.09%) Firebug
14 4 (1.09%) Subversion
General
1 117 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 78 (21.31%) Finance
3 68 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.11%) Banking
5 35 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.46%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.28%) Legal
8 11 (3.01%) Investment Banking
9 9 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.64%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.64%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.37%) Military
12 5 (1.37%) Retail
13 4 (1.09%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.09%) Private Banking
13 4 (1.09%) Publishing
14 3 (0.82%) Advertising
14 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.82%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 102 (27.87%) Developer
2 55 (15.03%) Consultant
3 53 (14.48%) Analyst
4 32 (8.74%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (7.38%) Business Analyst
6 24 (6.56%) Senior
7 20 (5.46%) Software Engineer
8 19 (5.19%) Lead
9 18 (4.92%) Architect
10 17 (4.64%) Data Engineer
11 13 (3.55%) Payroll Consultant
12 12 (3.28%) DBA
12 12 (3.28%) Integration Developer
13 10 (2.73%) Java Developer
14 9 (2.46%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 9 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.46%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (2.46%) Tester
15 8 (2.19%) Applications Developer
15 8 (2.19%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (51.37%) JSON
2 117 (31.97%) SOAP
3 115 (31.42%) REST
4 50 (13.66%) Web Services
5 39 (10.66%) OAuth
5 39 (10.66%) XSLT
6 33 (9.02%) HTML
7 28 (7.65%) .NET
7 28 (7.65%) Oracle Fusion
8 26 (7.10%) JWT
9 22 (6.01%) RESTful
10 21 (5.74%) Middleware
11 20 (5.46%) JMS
12 19 (5.19%) Kafka
12 19 (5.19%) Swagger
13 18 (4.92%) CSS
13 18 (4.92%) J2EE
13 18 (4.92%) Spring
13 18 (4.92%) XSD
14 14 (3.83%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.55%) Data Structures
2 11 (3.01%) Public Cloud
3 10 (2.73%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.73%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.19%) Fixed Income
5 8 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.19%) Replication
6 7 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.64%) CMDB
7 6 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.37%) Derivative
8 5 (1.37%) Digital Wallet
8 5 (1.37%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.09%) AS400
9 4 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.20%) Linux
2 27 (7.38%) Unix
3 15 (4.10%) Windows
4 5 (1.37%) AIX
4 5 (1.37%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.82%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (34.97%) Agile
2 107 (29.23%) DevOps
3 93 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (18.31%) CI/CD
5 49 (13.39%) Validation
6 44 (12.02%) ERP
7 42 (11.48%) Migration
8 41 (11.20%) Data Modelling
9 40 (10.93%) Integration Patterns
10 39 (10.66%) Scrum
11 38 (10.38%) Requirements Gathering
12 36 (9.84%) ETL
13 35 (9.56%) Microservices
14 34 (9.29%) Software Engineering
15 33 (9.02%) Mentoring
16 32 (8.74%) Test Automation
17 31 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
18 30 (8.20%) Workflow
19 29 (7.92%) Computer Science
19 29 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 150 (40.98%) SQL
2 94 (25.68%) Java
3 53 (14.48%) C#
4 48 (13.11%) JavaScript
4 48 (13.11%) Python
5 38 (10.38%) T-SQL
6 17 (4.64%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.37%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.55%) XPath
9 8 (2.19%) Groovy
9 8 (2.19%) Scala
10 7 (1.91%) ABAP
10 7 (1.91%) C++
10 7 (1.91%) Korn
11 6 (1.64%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.37%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.37%) Perl
13 4 (1.09%) Bicep
13 4 (1.09%) RPG
14 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 87 (23.77%) Security Cleared
2 65 (17.76%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.11%) Degree
4 20 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.01%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.64%) ISEB
9 5 (1.37%) CCNP
9 5 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.37%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.37%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.37%) PMP
10 4 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.09%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.55%) CCNA
11 2 (0.55%) OCP
11 2 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.10%) QA
2 12 (3.28%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.37%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.37%) PSD2
4 4 (1.09%) GAAP
4 4 (1.09%) GDPR
5 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.82%) FATCA
5 3 (0.82%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.55%) Basel III
6 2 (0.55%) HL7
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.55%) SEPA
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (7.92%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.46%) Puppet
3 7 (1.91%) Ansible
3 7 (1.91%) Control-M
3 7 (1.91%) TIBCO Hawk
4 5 (1.37%) logstash
5 4 (1.09%) Kibana
6 2 (0.55%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.55%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.55%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.55%) Grafana
6 2 (0.55%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.55%) QRadar
6 2 (0.55%) Terraform
7 1 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.27%) Podman
7 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (26.78%) Oracle
2 40 (10.93%) Microsoft
3 32 (8.74%) SAP
4 30 (8.20%) IBM
5 19 (5.19%) webMethods
6 15 (4.10%) MuleSoft
6 15 (4.10%) Workday
7 14 (3.83%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.73%) Splunk
9 9 (2.46%) TIBCO
10 8 (2.19%) Informatica
10 8 (2.19%) Pega
11 7 (1.91%) BEA
11 7 (1.91%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.64%) Cisco
12 6 (1.64%) Software AG
13 5 (1.37%) Computacenter
13 5 (1.37%) Google
14 4 (1.09%) Atlassian
14 4 (1.09%) Axway