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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 234 194
Rank change year-on-year -98 -40 -4
Contract jobs citing XML 359 322 436
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.14% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.59% 4.46% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 227 242
10th Percentile £308 £347 £324
25th Percentile £400 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £575
90th Percentile £705 £700 £630
UK median daily rate £500 £494 £500
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 24 22
10th Percentile - £31.25 -
25th Percentile - £38.38 -
Median hourly rate £29.07 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.40% - -11.74%
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £45.66 £93.13 £80.80
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -32.40% - -11.74%

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 9,995 7,214 7,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.35% 25.58% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,577 4,854 5,193
10th Percentile £381 £358 £361
25th Percentile £447 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% -5.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 173 152
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £28.48
25th Percentile £52.50 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +10.94%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £71.60 £73.98
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +10.11%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -63 187 £538 +2.38% 14
South East -53 50 £460 -3.16% 14
Midlands -21 46 £415 -3.26% 4
West Midlands -20 40 £410 -4.43% 4
North of England -77 24 £380 -30.91% 5
South West -28 23 £545 +45.33% 3
North West -58 15 £349 -28.43% 1
East of England -47 12 £525 +7.69% 2
Yorkshire -31 9 £380 -43.70% 2
East Midlands -5 5 £494 +82.96%
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 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.74%) Confluence
3 9 (2.51%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.23%) Anypoint
4 8 (2.23%) IIS
4 8 (2.23%) Mule
5 7 (1.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.67%) Apache
6 6 (1.67%) WebLogic
7 5 (1.39%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.28%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.28%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (2.79%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.23%) Windchill
3 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 21 (5.85%) Oracle EBS
2 19 (5.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (5.01%) NetSuite
4 15 (4.18%) Oracle Payables
5 12 (3.34%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (2.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (2.23%) Workday HCM
7 7 (1.95%) Oracle FAH
8 6 (1.67%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (1.11%) Elite 3E
9 4 (1.11%) Maximo
9 4 (1.11%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 4 (1.11%) Oracle Internet Expenses
9 4 (1.11%) Oracle iProcurement
9 4 (1.11%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.84%) Teamcenter
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 110 (30.64%) Azure
2 56 (15.60%) AWS
3 45 (12.53%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (11.70%) Boomi
5 30 (8.36%) GCP
6 22 (6.13%) AtomSphere
6 22 (6.13%) Power Platform
7 21 (5.85%) Azure Service Bus
7 21 (5.85%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (5.85%) GitHub
8 20 (5.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 19 (5.29%) Azure Functions
9 19 (5.29%) Serverless
10 17 (4.74%) Power Automate
11 15 (4.18%) SaaS
12 13 (3.62%) iPaaS
13 12 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.51%) PowerApps
15 8 (2.23%) Entra ID
15 8 (2.23%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.13%) HTTP
2 7 (1.95%) FTP
3 6 (1.67%) SSL
4 4 (1.11%) Network Security
5 3 (0.84%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.84%) Wireless
6 2 (0.56%) Internet
6 2 (0.56%) Intranet
6 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.56%) WAN
6 2 (0.56%) X.509
7 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.28%) Firewall
7 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.28%) MQTT
7 1 (0.28%) NAS
7 1 (0.28%) NFC
7 1 (0.28%) SAN
7 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.53%) SQL Server
2 32 (8.91%) Relational Database
3 22 (6.13%) Oracle Database
4 18 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (4.74%) MySQL
6 12 (3.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (3.06%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 10 (2.79%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (2.79%) RDBMS
9 9 (2.51%) Metadata
9 9 (2.51%) MS Access
9 9 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (2.23%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.39%) DataStage
12 5 (1.39%) GIS
12 5 (1.39%) Parquet
12 5 (1.39%) Tableau
13 4 (1.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 58 (16.16%) Git
2 41 (11.42%) JIRA
3 26 (7.24%) Postman
4 22 (6.13%) Team Foundation Server
5 20 (5.57%) Jenkins
6 19 (5.29%) Visual Studio
7 16 (4.46%) Selenium
8 12 (3.34%) Gradle
8 12 (3.34%) SonarQube
9 11 (3.06%) JMeter
9 11 (3.06%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (2.79%) Maven
11 9 (2.51%) eggPlant
12 8 (2.23%) Cucumber
12 8 (2.23%) GitLab
12 8 (2.23%) JUnit
12 8 (2.23%) SoapUI
12 8 (2.23%) WebDriver
13 7 (1.95%) Toad
14 6 (1.67%) JDeveloper
General
1 127 (35.38%) Social Skills
2 88 (24.51%) Finance
3 75 (20.89%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (12.26%) Public Sector
5 32 (8.91%) Banking
6 13 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.34%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.79%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.23%) Aviation
11 7 (1.95%) Retail
12 6 (1.67%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.67%) Legal
12 6 (1.67%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.39%) Front Office
13 5 (1.39%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.11%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.11%) Law
14 4 (1.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 131 (36.49%) Developer
2 53 (14.76%) Senior
3 39 (10.86%) Architect
4 36 (10.03%) Analyst
5 26 (7.24%) Senior Developer
6 21 (5.85%) Consultant
6 21 (5.85%) Lead
7 17 (4.74%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.46%) Integration Developer
9 15 (4.18%) Test Analyst
10 14 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.62%) Business Analyst
11 13 (3.62%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 12 (3.34%) Software Developer
13 11 (3.06%) C# Developer
14 10 (2.79%) Java Developer
14 10 (2.79%) Software Engineer
15 9 (2.51%) Administrator
15 9 (2.51%) Python Developer
16 8 (2.23%) SAP Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (54.32%) JSON
2 134 (37.33%) REST
3 129 (35.93%) SOAP
4 64 (17.83%) Web Services
5 61 (16.99%) Middleware
6 57 (15.88%) .NET
7 47 (13.09%) XSLT
8 39 (10.86%) HTML
9 38 (10.58%) Kafka
10 36 (10.03%) OAuth
11 33 (9.19%) RESTful
12 25 (6.96%) CSS
13 23 (6.41%) Swagger
14 21 (5.85%) OAuth2
15 20 (5.57%) EDI
16 19 (5.29%) JWT
17 15 (4.18%) ActiveX
17 15 (4.18%) OpenAPI
17 15 (4.18%) SAML
18 14 (3.90%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.57%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (5.01%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.46%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (3.62%) Taxonomies
6 12 (3.34%) Data Structures
6 12 (3.34%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.06%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 9 (2.51%) CMDB
9 8 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.95%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (1.95%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.39%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.39%) SCADA
11 5 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.11%) Equities
12 4 (1.11%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.75%) Linux
2 24 (6.69%) Unix
3 19 (5.29%) Windows
4 4 (1.11%) macOS
4 4 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.28%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (26.74%) Agile
3 94 (26.18%) DevOps
4 90 (25.07%) CI/CD
5 67 (18.66%) Validation
6 60 (16.71%) Test Automation
7 45 (12.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (12.26%) Data Modelling
9 43 (11.98%) Integration Patterns
9 43 (11.98%) Workflow
10 42 (11.70%) Event-Driven
10 42 (11.70%) Migration
10 42 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (10.03%) Scrum
11 36 (10.03%) User Acceptance Testing
12 34 (9.47%) API Management
12 34 (9.47%) Data Mapping
13 33 (9.19%) ERP
14 32 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (8.64%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 148 (41.23%) SQL
2 91 (25.35%) JavaScript
3 86 (23.96%) Java
4 69 (19.22%) Python
5 51 (14.21%) C#
6 27 (7.52%) PL/SQL
7 20 (5.57%) Groovy
8 19 (5.29%) C++
8 19 (5.29%) VB
8 19 (5.29%) VB6
9 17 (4.74%) VBA
10 15 (4.18%) Shell Script
10 15 (4.18%) VB.NET
11 14 (3.90%) TypeScript
12 13 (3.62%) PowerShell
13 12 (3.34%) T-SQL
14 8 (2.23%) XPath
15 7 (1.95%) C
16 6 (1.67%) Bash
16 6 (1.67%) Go
Qualifications
1 113 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 90 (25.07%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.26%) Degree
4 22 (6.13%) DV Cleared
5 17 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (4.74%) ISTQB
6 14 (3.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 13 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.06%) ISEB
8 11 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.56%) CISSP
12 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.56%) GIAC
12 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.56%) SSCP
13 1 (0.28%) CISM
13 1 (0.28%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.03%) QA
2 25 (6.96%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.74%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.90%) GDPR
4 14 (3.90%) WCAG
5 13 (3.62%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.11%) GRC
6 4 (1.11%) HL7
6 4 (1.11%) ISO 15022
7 2 (0.56%) NCSC
7 2 (0.56%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.28%) COREP
8 1 (0.28%) FINREP
8 1 (0.28%) GMP
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) IFRS
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.28%) PMO
8 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (4.18%) Docker
2 4 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) RACF
4 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (5.01%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.62%) Ansible
3 11 (3.06%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.39%) HP Fortify
5 4 (1.11%) Control-M
6 3 (0.84%) WMI
7 2 (0.56%) Netcool
7 2 (0.56%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 2 (0.56%) QRadar
7 2 (0.56%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.56%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.28%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.28%) Kibana
8 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 107 (29.81%) Oracle
2 94 (26.18%) Microsoft
3 40 (11.14%) IBM
4 38 (10.58%) SAP
5 30 (8.36%) Google
5 30 (8.36%) MuleSoft
6 26 (7.24%) Salesforce
7 25 (6.96%) ServiceNow
8 22 (6.13%) Workday
9 10 (2.79%) Databricks
9 10 (2.79%) webMethods
10 9 (2.51%) Informatica
10 9 (2.51%) TIBCO
10 9 (2.51%) WSO2
11 8 (2.23%) PTC
12 5 (1.39%) Kronos
13 4 (1.11%) Intapp
14 3 (0.84%) Okta
14 3 (0.84%) Siemens
14 3 (0.84%) Splunk