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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 257 160
Rank change year-on-year -41 -97 +53
Contract jobs citing XML 313 225 572
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 0.92% 1.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.97% 4.11% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 156 318
10th Percentile £358 £362 £406
25th Percentile £402 £423 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £625
90th Percentile £684 £653 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.63% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 70
10th Percentile £32.18 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £38.13 £25.54 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +39.84% -40.69%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £56.28 - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £27.38 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.48% -36.33% -40.69%

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 7,883 5,472 7,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.38% 22.35% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,221 3,793 5,322
10th Percentile £363 £365 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £534
% change year-on-year - -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 104 228
10th Percentile £34.75 £33.25 £22.27
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.20 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -33 148 £550 +4.76% 31
North of England -48 61 £397 -11.81% 17
South East -40 58 £513 +19.88% 23
North West -22 54 £393 -12.64% 11
Midlands -53 22 £468 -15.00% 6
West Midlands -54 14 £461 -18.00% 4
South West -28 9 £600 +60.00% 6
East Midlands -27 8 £525 +46.65% 2
Yorkshire -51 7 £431 -21.59% 5
East of England -28 6 £438 -10.26% 3
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 15 (4.79%) Confluence
2 12 (3.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 7 (2.24%) Oracle Workflow
4 6 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.92%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.60%) CMS
5 5 (1.60%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.28%) IIS
6 4 (1.28%) Mule
6 4 (1.28%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.96%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.96%) Mule ESB
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.64%) Apache
8 2 (0.64%) Appian
8 2 (0.64%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.64%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.32%) JBoss
Applications
1 30 (9.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.60%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.64%) FrameMaker
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.19%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.56%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.24%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.92%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (1.92%) Summit
5 5 (1.60%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.60%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.28%) Maximo
6 4 (1.28%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.28%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.96%) Findur
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.96%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.64%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.64%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.64%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 63 (20.13%) Azure
2 34 (10.86%) AWS
3 26 (8.31%) OCI
4 20 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.75%) SaaS
6 16 (5.11%) Serverless
7 15 (4.79%) GCP
7 15 (4.79%) PaaS
7 15 (4.79%) Power Platform
8 13 (4.15%) IaaS
9 12 (3.83%) GitHub
10 11 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (3.19%) Apigee
11 10 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.56%) Kong
13 7 (2.24%) Azure API Management
13 7 (2.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (2.24%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (2.24%) Boomi
13 7 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.47%) HTTP
2 7 (2.24%) FTP
3 5 (1.60%) Firewall
4 4 (1.28%) 3GPP
4 4 (1.28%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.64%) DNS
5 2 (0.64%) FIX Connectivity
5 2 (0.64%) Network Security
5 2 (0.64%) RTCP
5 2 (0.64%) RTP
5 2 (0.64%) SSL
5 2 (0.64%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.64%) VPN
5 2 (0.64%) XCAP
6 1 (0.32%) 5G
6 1 (0.32%) BGP
6 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.32%) MPLS
6 1 (0.32%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.46%) Relational Database
2 29 (9.27%) SQL Server
3 23 (7.35%) RDBMS
4 20 (6.39%) NoSQL
4 20 (6.39%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (6.07%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (5.43%) MongoDB
7 16 (5.11%) Oracle Database
7 16 (5.11%) Oracle Reports
8 13 (4.15%) Power BI
9 9 (2.88%) Metadata
9 9 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.56%) Data Lake
10 8 (2.56%) MySQL
11 5 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.28%) DataStage
12 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.96%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 33 (10.54%) Postman
2 26 (8.31%) Git
2 26 (8.31%) JIRA
3 12 (3.83%) SoapUI
4 9 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.88%) Maven
5 8 (2.56%) JUnit
6 7 (2.24%) GitLab
7 5 (1.60%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.28%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.28%) Selenium
8 4 (1.28%) Subversion
9 3 (0.96%) Ant
9 3 (0.96%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.96%) ClearCase
9 3 (0.96%) Firebug
9 3 (0.96%) JMeter
9 3 (0.96%) MSTest
9 3 (0.96%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.64%) ER Studio
General
1 106 (33.87%) Social Skills
2 71 (22.68%) Finance
3 60 (19.17%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (11.82%) Banking
5 23 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.47%) Investment Banking
7 12 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.19%) Legal
10 7 (2.24%) Military
11 6 (1.92%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.28%) Advertising
12 4 (1.28%) Front Office
13 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.96%) Marketing
13 3 (0.96%) Publishing
14 2 (0.64%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (22.04%) Developer
2 56 (17.89%) Consultant
3 41 (13.10%) Analyst
4 33 (10.54%) Implementation Consultant
5 26 (8.31%) Business Analyst
6 18 (5.75%) Lead
6 18 (5.75%) Senior
7 16 (5.11%) Architect
8 15 (4.79%) Software Engineer
9 13 (4.15%) Payroll Consultant
10 12 (3.83%) Data Engineer
10 12 (3.83%) DBA
11 10 (3.19%) Integration Engineer
12 9 (2.88%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 8 (2.56%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.56%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.56%) Technical Analyst
13 8 (2.56%) Workflow Consultant
14 7 (2.24%) C# Developer
14 7 (2.24%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (46.96%) JSON
2 87 (27.80%) REST
3 86 (27.48%) SOAP
4 43 (13.74%) Web Services
5 33 (10.54%) OAuth
6 31 (9.90%) XSLT
7 28 (8.95%) .NET
7 28 (8.95%) Middleware
7 28 (8.95%) Oracle Fusion
8 26 (8.31%) JWT
9 25 (7.99%) HTML
10 24 (7.67%) Kafka
11 18 (5.75%) CSS
11 18 (5.75%) Swagger
12 17 (5.43%) RESTful
13 14 (4.47%) OAuth2
13 14 (4.47%) YAML
14 13 (4.15%) EDI
15 12 (3.83%) XSD
16 11 (3.51%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.15%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.19%) Data Structures
2 10 (3.19%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.19%) Public Cloud
3 8 (2.56%) Fixed Income
4 7 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (2.24%) Derivative
4 7 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.92%) Credit Risk
5 6 (1.92%) Market Risk
5 6 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 5 (1.60%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.60%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.60%) Digital Wallet
7 4 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.28%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.96%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.27%) Linux
2 20 (6.39%) Unix
3 12 (3.83%) Windows
4 5 (1.60%) AIX
5 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.64%) VMS
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (30.35%) Agile
2 83 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (22.36%) DevOps
4 40 (12.78%) Integration Patterns
5 39 (12.46%) CI/CD
5 39 (12.46%) ERP
6 37 (11.82%) Validation
7 33 (10.54%) Workflow
8 31 (9.90%) Data Modelling
8 31 (9.90%) Migration
9 30 (9.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (8.95%) Requirements Gathering
11 27 (8.63%) Mentoring
12 26 (8.31%) ETL
13 25 (7.99%) SDLC
13 25 (7.99%) Unit Testing
13 25 (7.99%) User Acceptance Testing
14 23 (7.35%) Computer Science
14 23 (7.35%) Scrum
15 22 (7.03%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 133 (42.49%) SQL
2 52 (16.61%) Java
3 40 (12.78%) C#
3 40 (12.78%) Python
4 35 (11.18%) JavaScript
5 32 (10.22%) T-SQL
6 18 (5.75%) PL/SQL
7 11 (3.51%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.24%) Korn
9 6 (1.92%) C++
9 6 (1.92%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.60%) Perl
10 5 (1.60%) XPath
11 4 (1.28%) Bicep
12 3 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.96%) Groovy
12 3 (0.96%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.96%) VB
12 3 (0.96%) VB6
13 2 (0.64%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 76 (24.28%) Security Cleared
2 56 (17.89%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.86%) Degree
4 17 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.92%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.28%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.28%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.28%) CCNP
7 4 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.28%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.64%) HNC
9 2 (0.64%) HND
9 2 (0.64%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.64%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) CEH
10 1 (0.32%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.43%) QA
2 9 (2.88%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.92%) GDPR
4 5 (1.60%) HL7
4 5 (1.60%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.60%) PSD2
5 4 (1.28%) GAAP
6 3 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.96%) FATCA
6 3 (0.96%) ISO 8583
6 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.64%) Basel III
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.64%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.64%) SEPA
7 2 (0.64%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) DICOM
8 1 (0.32%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 15 (4.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.28%) Control-M
2 4 (1.28%) Terraform
3 3 (0.96%) Grafana
3 3 (0.96%) logstash
3 3 (0.96%) QRadar
4 2 (0.64%) Ansible
4 2 (0.64%) Fluentd
4 2 (0.64%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.32%) Kibana
5 1 (0.32%) Podman
5 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.32%) Puppet
5 1 (0.32%) vRealize
5 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 96 (30.67%) Oracle
2 38 (12.14%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.71%) Workday
4 20 (6.39%) SAP
5 19 (6.07%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.79%) IBM
7 11 (3.51%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.56%) Pega
9 7 (2.24%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.24%) Splunk
10 6 (1.92%) Dell
10 6 (1.92%) Google
10 6 (1.92%) Informatica
11 5 (1.60%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.60%) Databricks
11 5 (1.60%) webMethods
12 4 (1.28%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.28%) Charles River
12 4 (1.28%) Citrix
12 4 (1.28%) InterSystems