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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 268 157
Rank change year-on-year -29 -111 +50
Contract jobs citing XML 315 232 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.96% 1.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.97% 4.30% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 160 310
10th Percentile £359 £362 £400
25th Percentile £406 £427 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £475 £534
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -11.05% -2.91%
75th Percentile £616 £588 £625
90th Percentile £688 £664 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £534
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.05% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 70
10th Percentile £29.45 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £35.44 £25.54 -
Median hourly rate £47.15 £60.13 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.59% +39.84% -40.69%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £54.13 - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £47.15 £27.38 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.21% -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 7,925 5,396 7,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.28% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,251 3,732 5,333
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.70%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 100 231
10th Percentile £30.55 £33.25 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.13 £50.80 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.64
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.43 £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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -43 146 £550 +4.76% 32
South East -34 61 £525 +12.00% 27
North of England -55 57 £400 -11.06% 9
North West -26 49 £400 -11.11% 5
Midlands -43 24 £450 -10.00% 10
West Midlands -47 17 £450 -18.18% 4
South West -24 12 £575 +53.33% 8
Yorkshire -49 8 £463 -9.76% 3
East Midlands -23 7 £525 +67.20% 6
East of England -23 5 £438 -10.26% 5
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 18 (5.71%) Confluence
2 12 (3.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (2.54%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.22%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (2.22%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.59%) CMS
5 5 (1.59%) IIS
5 5 (1.59%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.27%) Mule
6 4 (1.27%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.95%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.95%) Mule ESB
7 3 (0.95%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.63%) Appian
8 2 (0.63%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.63%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.32%) Apache
9 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.32%) CICS
9 1 (0.32%) JBoss
Applications
1 29 (9.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.17%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.54%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.22%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (1.90%) Summit
5 5 (1.59%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.59%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.27%) Maximo
6 4 (1.27%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.27%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.95%) Findur
7 3 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.63%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.63%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.63%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 59 (18.73%) Azure
2 29 (9.21%) AWS
3 25 (7.94%) OCI
4 21 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (5.08%) Serverless
6 15 (4.76%) SaaS
7 14 (4.44%) GitHub
7 14 (4.44%) PaaS
7 14 (4.44%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.81%) GCP
8 12 (3.81%) IaaS
9 10 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (3.17%) Boomi
10 9 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.22%) Apigee
12 7 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (2.22%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.49%) HTTP
2 7 (2.22%) FTP
3 4 (1.27%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.95%) Firewall
4 3 (0.95%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.63%) DNS
5 2 (0.63%) FIX Connectivity
5 2 (0.63%) Network Security
5 2 (0.63%) RTCP
5 2 (0.63%) RTP
5 2 (0.63%) SSL
5 2 (0.63%) VPN
5 2 (0.63%) XCAP
6 1 (0.32%) 5G
6 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.32%) NAS
6 1 (0.32%) SAN
6 1 (0.32%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.06%) Relational Database
2 31 (9.84%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.98%) RDBMS
4 20 (6.35%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (6.03%) NoSQL
6 16 (5.08%) MongoDB
6 16 (5.08%) Oracle Database
7 15 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (3.49%) Power BI
9 10 (3.17%) MySQL
10 9 (2.86%) Metadata
10 9 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.54%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (1.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (1.27%) DataStage
14 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.95%) DB2
Development Applications
1 33 (10.48%) Postman
2 29 (9.21%) JIRA
3 27 (8.57%) Git
4 10 (3.17%) SoapUI
5 9 (2.86%) GitLab
6 8 (2.54%) Maven
7 7 (2.22%) Jenkins
8 5 (1.59%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.59%) JUnit
9 4 (1.27%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.27%) Selenium
9 4 (1.27%) Subversion
10 3 (0.95%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.95%) ClearCase
10 3 (0.95%) Firebug
10 3 (0.95%) JMeter
10 3 (0.95%) MSTest
10 3 (0.95%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.95%) Visual Studio
General
1 108 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 65 (20.63%) Finance
3 58 (18.41%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.06%) Banking
5 22 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.44%) Investment Banking
7 11 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.17%) Legal
9 7 (2.22%) Military
10 6 (1.90%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.27%) Advertising
11 4 (1.27%) Front Office
11 4 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.27%) Publishing
12 3 (0.95%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.95%) Marketing
13 2 (0.63%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 70 (22.22%) Developer
2 52 (16.51%) Consultant
3 41 (13.02%) Analyst
4 31 (9.84%) Implementation Consultant
5 26 (8.25%) Business Analyst
6 21 (6.67%) Senior
7 18 (5.71%) Lead
8 17 (5.40%) Architect
9 14 (4.44%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.13%) Data Engineer
10 13 (4.13%) Payroll Consultant
11 11 (3.49%) DBA
12 10 (3.17%) Integration Specialist
12 10 (3.17%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 9 (2.86%) Integration Engineer
14 8 (2.54%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.54%) Integration Developer
14 8 (2.54%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.54%) Workflow Consultant
15 7 (2.22%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (47.30%) JSON
2 84 (26.67%) REST
3 82 (26.03%) SOAP
4 40 (12.70%) Web Services
5 32 (10.16%) Middleware
6 31 (9.84%) XSLT
7 30 (9.52%) .NET
8 29 (9.21%) OAuth
9 27 (8.57%) Oracle Fusion
10 26 (8.25%) HTML
11 22 (6.98%) JWT
12 21 (6.67%) Kafka
13 19 (6.03%) CSS
14 17 (5.40%) RESTful
15 16 (5.08%) Swagger
16 14 (4.44%) YAML
17 13 (4.13%) EDI
17 13 (4.13%) OAuth2
18 11 (3.49%) XSD
19 10 (3.17%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.13%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.49%) Data Structures
3 9 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.86%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.54%) Fixed Income
4 8 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.22%) Derivative
6 6 (1.90%) Credit Risk
6 6 (1.90%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.59%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.59%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 4 (1.27%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.95%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.95%) IoT
9 3 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.62%) Linux
2 17 (5.40%) Unix
3 9 (2.86%) Windows
4 2 (0.63%) AIX
4 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.63%) VMS
5 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (29.21%) Agile
2 81 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (21.59%) DevOps
4 44 (13.97%) Validation
5 43 (13.65%) Integration Patterns
6 40 (12.70%) ERP
7 37 (11.75%) CI/CD
8 34 (10.79%) Migration
8 34 (10.79%) Workflow
9 33 (10.48%) Data Modelling
10 28 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
11 27 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (8.25%) ETL
12 26 (8.25%) Requirements Gathering
13 25 (7.94%) SDLC
14 24 (7.62%) Mentoring
14 24 (7.62%) Unit Testing
15 23 (7.30%) Scrum
16 22 (6.98%) AI
16 22 (6.98%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 129 (40.95%) SQL
2 50 (15.87%) Java
3 43 (13.65%) C#
4 42 (13.33%) Python
5 38 (12.06%) JavaScript
6 32 (10.16%) T-SQL
7 17 (5.40%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.49%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.22%) C++
10 5 (1.59%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.59%) VB
10 5 (1.59%) VB6
10 5 (1.59%) XPath
11 4 (1.27%) Bicep
11 4 (1.27%) Groovy
11 4 (1.27%) Korn
12 3 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.63%) Perl
13 2 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (24.13%) Security Cleared
2 58 (18.41%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.84%) Degree
4 14 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.90%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.27%) CCNP
6 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.27%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.63%) HNC
8 2 (0.63%) HND
8 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.63%) PMP
9 1 (0.32%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.71%) QA
2 10 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.90%) GDPR
4 5 (1.59%) HL7
4 5 (1.59%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.59%) PSD2
5 4 (1.27%) GAAP
6 3 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.95%) FATCA
6 3 (0.95%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.95%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.63%) Basel III
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.63%) SLA
7 2 (0.63%) WCAG
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (4.44%) Docker
2 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.32%) RACF
Systems Management
1 12 (3.81%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.90%) Terraform
3 4 (1.27%) Control-M
4 3 (0.95%) Grafana
5 2 (0.63%) Ansible
5 2 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.63%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.32%) Kibana
6 1 (0.32%) logstash
6 1 (0.32%) Podman
6 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.32%) Puppet
6 1 (0.32%) QRadar
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize
6 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 94 (29.84%) Oracle
2 45 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 24 (7.62%) Workday
4 22 (6.98%) SAP
5 19 (6.03%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.13%) IBM
7 12 (3.81%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.54%) Pega
9 7 (2.22%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.90%) Dell
10 6 (1.90%) Informatica
11 5 (1.59%) Databricks
11 5 (1.59%) Google
11 5 (1.59%) webMethods
12 4 (1.27%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.27%) Bloomberg
12 4 (1.27%) Charles River
12 4 (1.27%) Citrix
12 4 (1.27%) InterSystems
12 4 (1.27%) Splunk