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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 217 188
Rank change year-on-year -23 -29 +3
Contract jobs citing XML 335 352 543
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.15% 1.13% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.05% 5.17% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 212 336
10th Percentile £350 £224 £392
25th Percentile £413 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £630
90th Percentile £700 £625 £761
UK median daily rate £485 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -3.00% -9.09% -3.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 33
10th Percentile £31.25 - £45.88
25th Percentile £40.75 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £48.72
75th Percentile £43.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 - £78.50
UK median hourly rate £43.00 - £48.72
% change year-on-year - - -2.56%

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 6,639 6,802 8,874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.82% 21.86% 22.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,472 4,339 6,521
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £635 £663 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -7.17% -1.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 108 179
10th Percentile £30.80 £26.85 £37.71
25th Percentile £42.88 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.06 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.35 £65.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year -16.38% +17.12% -14.62%

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 2025. 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 -29 164 £525 - 70
South East -9 42 £475 +49.61% 48
North of England -29 37 £550 - 28
East of England +18 33 £550 +10.00% 12
North West -14 27 £550 +23.60% 24
Midlands -26 27 £427 -14.60% 16
West Midlands -28 24 £429 -23.60% 7
South West +20 18 £375 -6.25% 4
Yorkshire -34 10 £575 +1.41% 4
East Midlands -12 3 £270 -33.54% 9
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 (5.07%) WebLogic
2 16 (4.78%) Apache
3 14 (4.18%) MQSeries
4 13 (3.88%) Confluence
5 11 (3.28%) IIS
6 10 (2.99%) JBoss
6 10 (2.99%) WebSphere
7 7 (2.09%) Appian
7 7 (2.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (1.79%) Mule
8 6 (1.79%) nginx
9 5 (1.49%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.90%) Alfresco
10 3 (0.90%) Documentum
10 3 (0.90%) Mule ESB
11 2 (0.60%) Camunda
11 2 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.30%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.28%) FrameMaker
3 7 (2.09%) Siemens NX
4 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.09%) Maximo
1 7 (2.09%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.90%) BusinessWorks
2 3 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 3 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.60%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.60%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.30%) Endur
4 1 (0.30%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MRS
4 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 79 (23.58%) Azure
2 58 (17.31%) AWS
3 26 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
3 26 (7.76%) GitHub
4 15 (4.48%) GCP
4 15 (4.48%) Serverless
5 14 (4.18%) Tricentis Tosca
6 13 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
6 13 (3.88%) Power Automate
7 12 (3.58%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.58%) SaaS
8 10 (2.99%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (2.69%) Azure Service Bus
9 9 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.69%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.39%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.09%) AtomSphere
11 7 (2.09%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.87%) HTTPS
2 17 (5.07%) HTTP
3 9 (2.69%) NFC
3 9 (2.69%) PPP
4 8 (2.39%) Firewall
4 8 (2.39%) SSL
5 3 (0.90%) BGP
5 3 (0.90%) MPLS
5 3 (0.90%) VPN
6 2 (0.60%) AMQP
6 2 (0.60%) DNS
6 2 (0.60%) DSL
6 2 (0.60%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.60%) LAN
7 1 (0.30%) 5G
7 1 (0.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.30%) NAS
7 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.30%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 43 (12.84%) Relational Database
3 17 (5.07%) MongoDB
4 13 (3.88%) MySQL
5 12 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.28%) DB2
7 9 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.39%) Amazon QuickSight
8 8 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (2.39%) DataStage
9 7 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (2.09%) Redis
10 6 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.79%) Big Data
10 6 (1.79%) MariaDB
10 6 (1.79%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.49%) HPCC
12 4 (1.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 50 (14.93%) JIRA
2 48 (14.33%) Git
3 28 (8.36%) Jenkins
4 23 (6.87%) Selenium
5 20 (5.97%) JUnit
6 19 (5.67%) Eclipse
7 18 (5.37%) Postman
8 17 (5.07%) GitLab
9 16 (4.78%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.99%) IntelliJ
11 9 (2.69%) Browser DevTools
11 9 (2.69%) Firebug
11 9 (2.69%) SoapUI
11 9 (2.69%) Valgrind
12 8 (2.39%) Maven
12 8 (2.39%) SonarQube
13 7 (2.09%) Robot Framework
14 6 (1.79%) Gradle
14 6 (1.79%) PVCS
14 6 (1.79%) Toad
General
1 95 (28.36%) Social Skills
2 61 (18.21%) Finance
3 48 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.34%) Banking
5 35 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.88%) Publishing
7 12 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.28%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.99%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.69%) Back Office
11 8 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.39%) Private Banking
12 7 (2.09%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.79%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.49%) Automotive
14 5 (1.49%) Digital Healthcare
14 5 (1.49%) Front Office
14 5 (1.49%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.19%) Retail
16 3 (0.90%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 117 (34.93%) Developer
2 49 (14.63%) Analyst
3 35 (10.45%) Senior
4 25 (7.46%) Software Engineer
5 19 (5.67%) Business Analyst
5 19 (5.67%) Consultant
6 16 (4.78%) Integration Developer
6 16 (4.78%) Support Engineer
7 15 (4.48%) Applications Engineer
7 15 (4.48%) Architect
7 15 (4.48%) Java Developer
8 14 (4.18%) Author
8 14 (4.18%) Data Engineer
8 14 (4.18%) Technical Author
9 11 (3.28%) Lead
9 11 (3.28%) Senior Developer
10 10 (2.99%) Development Engineer
10 10 (2.99%) Java Engineer
10 10 (2.99%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (2.99%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (51.04%) JSON
2 99 (29.55%) REST
3 96 (28.66%) SOAP
4 50 (14.93%) HTML
5 42 (12.54%) Web Services
6 30 (8.96%) RESTful
7 29 (8.66%) Spring
8 25 (7.46%) OAuth
9 24 (7.16%) .NET
9 24 (7.16%) JMS
10 23 (6.87%) CSS
11 21 (6.27%) XSLT
12 19 (5.67%) Hibernate
13 17 (5.07%) J2EE
14 16 (4.78%) AngularJS
14 16 (4.78%) React
15 14 (4.18%) Kafka
15 14 (4.18%) SGML
15 14 (4.18%) Spring Boot
15 14 (4.18%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.78%) Cloud Native
2 11 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (2.99%) Replication
4 9 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.69%) Smartcard
4 9 (2.69%) Virtual Team
5 8 (2.39%) AS400
6 7 (2.09%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.09%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.79%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.49%) Derivative
8 5 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.19%) CMDB
9 4 (1.19%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.04%) Linux
2 30 (8.96%) Windows
3 23 (6.87%) Unix
4 9 (2.69%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.49%) Android
6 4 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.60%) CentOS
8 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (38.81%) Agile
2 111 (33.13%) DevOps
3 86 (25.67%) CI/CD
4 68 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (18.21%) Test Automation
6 43 (12.84%) Scrum
7 40 (11.94%) Microservices
8 38 (11.34%) Migration
9 37 (11.04%) Deployment Automation
9 37 (11.04%) ETL
10 36 (10.75%) Software Engineering
11 30 (8.96%) Workflow
12 29 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (8.36%) Validation
14 27 (8.06%) Data Migration
14 27 (8.06%) User Experience
15 25 (7.46%) OO
16 23 (6.87%) Mentoring
17 22 (6.57%) Decision-Making
17 22 (6.57%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 136 (40.60%) SQL
2 118 (35.22%) Java
3 74 (22.09%) JavaScript
4 72 (21.49%) Python
5 54 (16.12%) C#
6 25 (7.46%) PowerShell
7 17 (5.07%) C++
8 13 (3.88%) T-SQL
9 11 (3.28%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.28%) RPG
10 8 (2.39%) C
10 8 (2.39%) Scala
11 7 (2.09%) Groovy
11 7 (2.09%) VBA
12 6 (1.79%) XPath
13 4 (1.19%) ABAP
13 4 (1.19%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.90%) Bicep
14 3 (0.90%) DataWeave
14 3 (0.90%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 95 (28.36%) Security Cleared
2 80 (23.88%) SC Cleared
3 39 (11.64%) Degree
4 17 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.58%) HNC
5 12 (3.58%) HND
6 11 (3.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (2.99%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.69%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.09%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.79%) ISEB
11 3 (0.90%) CEH
11 3 (0.90%) GIAC
11 3 (0.90%) GWAPT
11 3 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.90%) PMP
12 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.66%) Data Quality
1 29 (8.66%) QA
2 4 (1.19%) EMIR
3 3 (0.90%) GAAP
3 3 (0.90%) HL7
3 3 (0.90%) ISO 20022
3 3 (0.90%) SEPA
3 3 (0.90%) SLA
4 2 (0.60%) MiFID
5 1 (0.30%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.30%) DICOM
5 1 (0.30%) GxP
5 1 (0.30%) IFRS
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (13.73%) Docker
2 5 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.78%) Ansible
3 12 (3.58%) Control-M
4 8 (2.39%) Puppet
5 7 (2.09%) Kibana
6 6 (1.79%) logstash
7 5 (1.49%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (1.19%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.90%) Terraform
9 3 (0.90%) TIBCO Hawk
10 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.30%) Podman
Vendors
1 55 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 53 (15.82%) Oracle
3 33 (9.85%) IBM
4 32 (9.55%) SAP
5 24 (7.16%) webMethods
6 16 (4.78%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.28%) Cisco
8 8 (2.39%) Axway
8 8 (2.39%) Blue Prism
8 8 (2.39%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.39%) Software AG
8 8 (2.39%) TIBCO
8 8 (2.39%) Workday
9 7 (2.09%) Veracode
10 6 (1.79%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.79%) Pega
10 6 (1.79%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.79%) Solace
10 6 (1.79%) Splunk
11 5 (1.49%) EMC