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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 237 170
Rank change year-on-year -89 -67 +24
Contract jobs citing XML 364 317 479
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 1.13% 1.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.69% 4.42% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 224 250
10th Percentile £314 £344 £324
25th Percentile £400 £424 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -10.71%
75th Percentile £613 £579 £577
90th Percentile £713 £688 £645
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 44
10th Percentile - £31.25 -
25th Percentile - £38.38 -
Median hourly rate £29.07 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.40% - -15.04%
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £46.04 £93.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £42.75 £43.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% -0.58% -18.10%

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 9,867 7,166 8,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.21% 25.57% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,489 4,845 5,302
10th Percentile £381 £356 £363
25th Percentile £447 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -0.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £666
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 172 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.29 £35.50
25th Percentile £54.37 £42.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £70.00 £74.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +20.37% -14.19% +4.88%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -48 192 £538 +2.38% 199
South East -53 50 £460 -3.16% 59
Midlands -25 45 £418 -2.68% 25
West Midlands -19 38 £415 -3.38% 19
North of England -84 27 £381 -23.80% 35
South West -32 21 £550 +46.67% 23
North West -63 17 £416 -12.46% 21
East of England -42 13 £517 +6.05% 17
Yorkshire -33 10 £380 -43.70% 12
East Midlands -15 6 £494 +82.96% 6
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 28 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.67%) Confluence
3 9 (2.47%) Mule
3 9 (2.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.20%) Anypoint
4 8 (2.20%) IIS
4 8 (2.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (1.65%) Apache
6 5 (1.37%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.37%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.82%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.55%) CMS
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.27%) CICS
9 1 (0.27%) JBoss
9 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.27%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.27%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (2.75%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.20%) Windchill
3 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.27%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.27%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 21 (5.77%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (4.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (4.95%) NetSuite
3 15 (4.12%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (3.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (2.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (2.20%) Workday HCM
6 7 (1.92%) Oracle FAH
7 6 (1.65%) Maximo
7 6 (1.65%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (1.65%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (1.10%) Elite 3E
8 4 (1.10%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (1.10%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (1.10%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (1.10%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.82%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 106 (29.12%) Azure
2 52 (14.29%) AWS
3 45 (12.36%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (11.81%) Boomi
5 29 (7.97%) GCP
6 22 (6.04%) AtomSphere
6 22 (6.04%) Power Platform
7 20 (5.49%) Azure Service Bus
7 20 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (5.49%) GitHub
8 18 (4.95%) Azure Functions
8 18 (4.95%) Serverless
9 17 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
9 17 (4.67%) Power Automate
10 16 (4.40%) SaaS
11 14 (3.85%) iPaaS
12 10 (2.75%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.75%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.77%) HTTP
2 9 (2.47%) FTP
3 6 (1.65%) SSL
4 4 (1.10%) Network Security
4 4 (1.10%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.82%) Wireless
6 2 (0.55%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.55%) Internet
6 2 (0.55%) Intranet
6 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.55%) WAN
6 2 (0.55%) X.509
7 1 (0.27%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.27%) DNS
7 1 (0.27%) Firewall
7 1 (0.27%) MQTT
7 1 (0.27%) NAS
7 1 (0.27%) NFC
7 1 (0.27%) SAN
7 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.81%) SQL Server
2 29 (7.97%) Relational Database
3 21 (5.77%) Oracle Database
4 16 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.57%) MySQL
6 11 (3.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 11 (3.02%) RDBMS
7 10 (2.75%) Metadata
7 10 (2.75%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (2.47%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.92%) MS Access
9 7 (1.92%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.65%) Parquet
11 5 (1.37%) DataStage
11 5 (1.37%) GIS
11 5 (1.37%) Power BI
11 5 (1.37%) Tableau
12 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 56 (15.38%) Git
2 39 (10.71%) JIRA
3 24 (6.59%) Postman
4 21 (5.77%) Team Foundation Server
5 19 (5.22%) Visual Studio
6 18 (4.95%) Jenkins
7 16 (4.40%) Selenium
8 11 (3.02%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (2.75%) JMeter
9 10 (2.75%) SonarQube
10 9 (2.47%) eggPlant
10 9 (2.47%) Gradle
11 8 (2.20%) SoapUI
11 8 (2.20%) WebDriver
12 7 (1.92%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.92%) GitLab
12 7 (1.92%) Maven
13 6 (1.65%) JDeveloper
13 6 (1.65%) JUnit
13 6 (1.65%) LoadRunner
General
1 132 (36.26%) Social Skills
2 85 (23.35%) Finance
3 76 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 33 (9.07%) Banking
6 14 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.20%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.92%) Retail
10 6 (1.65%) Aviation
10 6 (1.65%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.65%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.65%) Legal
11 5 (1.37%) Front Office
11 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.10%) Law
12 4 (1.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 130 (35.71%) Developer
2 53 (14.56%) Senior
3 39 (10.71%) Architect
4 33 (9.07%) Analyst
5 26 (7.14%) Consultant
5 26 (7.14%) Senior Developer
6 22 (6.04%) Lead
7 17 (4.67%) Data Engineer
8 15 (4.12%) Integration Developer
9 14 (3.85%) Business Analyst
9 14 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 13 (3.57%) Test Analyst
11 12 (3.30%) Software Developer
11 12 (3.30%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.02%) C# Developer
13 9 (2.47%) Oracle Developer
13 9 (2.47%) ServiceNow Developer
14 8 (2.20%) Integration Specialist
14 8 (2.20%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (54.40%) JSON
2 141 (38.74%) REST
3 135 (37.09%) SOAP
4 65 (17.86%) Middleware
5 64 (17.58%) Web Services
6 58 (15.93%) .NET
7 49 (13.46%) XSLT
8 37 (10.16%) HTML
8 37 (10.16%) Kafka
9 36 (9.89%) OAuth
10 29 (7.97%) RESTful
11 24 (6.59%) CSS
12 21 (5.77%) EDI
12 21 (5.77%) OAuth2
13 19 (5.22%) JWT
14 18 (4.95%) Swagger
15 15 (4.12%) ActiveX
15 15 (4.12%) SAML
16 14 (3.85%) GraphQL
17 13 (3.57%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.22%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (4.95%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.57%) Taxonomies
6 12 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (3.02%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.02%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.02%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 9 (2.47%) CMDB
9 7 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.92%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.37%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.37%) SCADA
12 4 (1.10%) Equities
12 4 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.34%) Linux
2 24 (6.59%) Unix
3 19 (5.22%) Windows
4 4 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.55%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.27%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (31.59%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (27.20%) Agile
3 92 (25.27%) DevOps
4 86 (23.63%) CI/CD
5 64 (17.58%) Validation
6 55 (15.11%) Test Automation
7 47 (12.91%) Data Modelling
7 47 (12.91%) Workflow
8 46 (12.64%) Integration Patterns
9 45 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (11.54%) Migration
11 40 (10.99%) User Acceptance Testing
12 39 (10.71%) Data Mapping
13 38 (10.44%) Event-Driven
13 38 (10.44%) Scrum
14 35 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 34 (9.34%) API Management
15 34 (9.34%) ERP
15 34 (9.34%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 145 (39.84%) SQL
2 90 (24.73%) JavaScript
3 83 (22.80%) Java
4 67 (18.41%) Python
5 51 (14.01%) C#
6 27 (7.42%) PL/SQL
7 20 (5.49%) Groovy
8 19 (5.22%) C++
8 19 (5.22%) VB
8 19 (5.22%) VB6
9 17 (4.67%) VBA
10 15 (4.12%) VB.NET
11 14 (3.85%) PowerShell
12 13 (3.57%) TypeScript
13 12 (3.30%) Shell Script
14 10 (2.75%) T-SQL
15 8 (2.20%) XPath
16 7 (1.92%) C
17 6 (1.65%) Bicep
18 5 (1.37%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 109 (29.95%) Security Cleared
2 87 (23.90%) SC Cleared
3 43 (11.81%) Degree
4 18 (4.95%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.12%) ISTQB
6 14 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 11 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.47%) ISEB
11 6 (1.65%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.82%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.55%) CISSP
14 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.55%) GIAC
14 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.55%) SSCP
15 1 (0.27%) CISM
15 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.34%) QA
2 24 (6.59%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.40%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.85%) GDPR
4 14 (3.85%) WCAG
5 13 (3.57%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.37%) GRC
7 4 (1.10%) HL7
7 4 (1.10%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.55%) NCSC
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.27%) COREP
9 1 (0.27%) FINREP
9 1 (0.27%) GMP
9 1 (0.27%) GxP
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS
9 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.27%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (4.12%) Docker
2 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.27%) RACF
4 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.30%) Ansible
3 11 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.37%) HP Fortify
5 4 (1.10%) Control-M
6 3 (0.82%) WMI
7 2 (0.55%) Netcool
7 2 (0.55%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 2 (0.55%) QRadar
7 2 (0.55%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.55%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.27%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.27%) Grafana
8 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.27%) Kibana
8 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.27%) vRealize
8 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 108 (29.67%) Oracle
2 93 (25.55%) Microsoft
3 41 (11.26%) IBM
4 40 (10.99%) SAP
5 32 (8.79%) ServiceNow
6 29 (7.97%) MuleSoft
7 26 (7.14%) Google
8 25 (6.87%) Salesforce
8 25 (6.87%) Workday
9 11 (3.02%) Databricks
9 11 (3.02%) webMethods
10 9 (2.47%) Informatica
10 9 (2.47%) TIBCO
10 9 (2.47%) WSO2
11 8 (2.20%) PTC
12 5 (1.37%) Kronos
13 4 (1.10%) Dell
13 4 (1.10%) Intapp
14 3 (0.82%) Confluent
14 3 (0.82%) Okta