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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 252 192
Rank change year-on-year +1 -60 -1
Contract jobs citing XML 368 248 471
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.01% 1.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.70% 4.45% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 164 291
10th Percentile £350 £352 £375
25th Percentile £400 £411 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £613
90th Percentile £688 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £483 £540
% change year-on-year -1.55% -10.65% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 46
10th Percentile £40.75 £22.73 £43.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £25.54 £44.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%
75th Percentile £54.13 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £63.13
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%

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 7,826 5,573 7,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.42% 22.59% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,244 3,752 5,399
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £428 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +0.93% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 86 200
10th Percentile £35.03 £27.30 £20.82
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.19 £39.98
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £71.13 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.85 £82.53 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -37 173 £525 - 42
North of England -31 65 £400 -10.61% 24
South East -30 64 £500 +29.53% 28
North West -7 54 £400 -10.51% 20
Midlands -38 33 £445 -6.48% 21
West Midlands -39 27 £440 -20.00% 15
East of England -17 13 £675 - 10
Yorkshire -48 11 £456 -29.81% 3
South West -23 6 £475 +26.67% 19
East Midlands -28 6 £525 +46.65% 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 21 (5.71%) Confluence
2 19 (5.16%) WebLogic
3 17 (4.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (2.99%) Apache
5 10 (2.72%) WebSphere
6 8 (2.17%) JBoss
7 6 (1.63%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (1.36%) Anypoint
8 5 (1.36%) Appian
8 5 (1.36%) Mule
9 4 (1.09%) MQSeries
9 4 (1.09%) Oracle Service Bus
10 3 (0.82%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.54%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.54%) CMS
11 2 (0.54%) Documentum
11 2 (0.54%) Mule ESB
11 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.27%) SAS
12 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.72%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.45%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.90%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.90%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.90%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (1.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.09%) Maximo
6 4 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.82%) Summit
7 3 (0.82%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.54%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.54%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.02%) Azure
2 56 (15.22%) AWS
3 27 (7.34%) OCI
4 22 (5.98%) SaaS
5 21 (5.71%) Power Platform
6 20 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (5.16%) GCP
8 18 (4.89%) GitHub
9 15 (4.08%) PaaS
9 15 (4.08%) Serverless
10 14 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (3.53%) Boomi
11 13 (3.53%) IaaS
12 12 (3.26%) Apigee
13 10 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.72%) Tricentis Tosca
14 9 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.17%) Kong
16 7 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.25%) HTTP
2 17 (4.62%) HTTPS
3 8 (2.17%) Firewall
4 5 (1.36%) FTP
5 4 (1.09%) 3GPP
5 4 (1.09%) SSL
6 3 (0.82%) NFC
6 3 (0.82%) PPP
7 2 (0.54%) 5G
7 2 (0.54%) BGP
7 2 (0.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.54%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.54%) MPLS
7 2 (0.54%) RTCP
7 2 (0.54%) RTP
7 2 (0.54%) VPN
7 2 (0.54%) XCAP
8 1 (0.27%) SMS
8 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.23%) Relational Database
2 41 (11.14%) SQL Server
3 25 (6.79%) MongoDB
4 23 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
5 19 (5.16%) RDBMS
6 18 (4.89%) NoSQL
7 16 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.08%) Power BI
9 13 (3.53%) Oracle Database
10 10 (2.72%) DataStage
10 10 (2.72%) Metadata
10 10 (2.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.17%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.90%) DB2
12 7 (1.90%) MySQL
13 6 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (1.36%) Amazon QuickSight
14 5 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 49 (13.32%) JIRA
2 44 (11.96%) Postman
3 42 (11.41%) Git
4 25 (6.79%) Jenkins
5 22 (5.98%) JUnit
5 22 (5.98%) Selenium
6 15 (4.08%) Eclipse
7 14 (3.80%) Cucumber
8 13 (3.53%) SoapUI
9 12 (3.26%) Maven
10 8 (2.17%) GitLab
10 8 (2.17%) IntelliJ
11 7 (1.90%) Toad
12 6 (1.63%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.63%) TestRail
12 6 (1.63%) Zephyr
13 5 (1.36%) MSTest
14 4 (1.09%) Browser DevTools
14 4 (1.09%) Firebug
14 4 (1.09%) Subversion
General
1 116 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 79 (21.47%) Finance
3 68 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.05%) Banking
5 35 (9.51%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.16%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.53%) Legal
8 11 (2.99%) Investment Banking
9 10 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.63%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.63%) Military
12 5 (1.36%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.36%) Retail
12 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.09%) Advertising
13 4 (1.09%) Private Banking
13 4 (1.09%) Publishing
14 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.82%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 103 (27.99%) Developer
2 56 (15.22%) Consultant
3 54 (14.67%) Analyst
4 33 (8.97%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (7.34%) Business Analyst
6 25 (6.79%) Senior
7 20 (5.43%) Software Engineer
8 19 (5.16%) Lead
9 18 (4.89%) Architect
9 18 (4.89%) Data Engineer
10 13 (3.53%) Payroll Consultant
11 12 (3.26%) DBA
11 12 (3.26%) Integration Developer
12 10 (2.72%) Java Developer
12 10 (2.72%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.45%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 9 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.45%) Tester
14 8 (2.17%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.17%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (50.82%) JSON
2 117 (31.79%) SOAP
3 114 (30.98%) REST
4 50 (13.59%) Web Services
5 39 (10.60%) OAuth
5 39 (10.60%) XSLT
6 33 (8.97%) HTML
7 29 (7.88%) Oracle Fusion
8 28 (7.61%) .NET
9 26 (7.07%) JWT
10 22 (5.98%) RESTful
11 21 (5.71%) Middleware
12 20 (5.43%) JMS
13 19 (5.16%) Kafka
13 19 (5.16%) Swagger
14 18 (4.89%) CSS
14 18 (4.89%) J2EE
14 18 (4.89%) Spring
14 18 (4.89%) XSD
15 14 (3.80%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.53%) Data Structures
2 11 (2.99%) Public Cloud
3 10 (2.72%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.72%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.17%) Fixed Income
5 8 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.17%) Replication
6 7 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.63%) CMDB
7 6 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.36%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.36%) Derivative
8 5 (1.36%) Digital Wallet
8 5 (1.36%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.09%) AS400
9 4 (1.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 41 (11.14%) Linux
2 27 (7.34%) Unix
3 15 (4.08%) Windows
4 5 (1.36%) AIX
4 5 (1.36%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.82%) Android
6 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (34.24%) Agile
2 106 (28.80%) DevOps
3 93 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (18.21%) CI/CD
5 50 (13.59%) Validation
6 44 (11.96%) ERP
7 43 (11.68%) Migration
8 41 (11.14%) Data Modelling
9 40 (10.87%) Integration Patterns
10 38 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 38 (10.33%) Scrum
11 37 (10.05%) ETL
12 35 (9.51%) Microservices
13 34 (9.24%) Software Engineering
14 33 (8.97%) Mentoring
15 32 (8.70%) Test Automation
16 31 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (8.42%) Workflow
17 29 (7.88%) Computer Science
17 29 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 153 (41.58%) SQL
2 94 (25.54%) Java
3 53 (14.40%) C#
4 47 (12.77%) JavaScript
4 47 (12.77%) Python
5 39 (10.60%) T-SQL
6 17 (4.62%) PL/SQL
6 17 (4.62%) PowerShell
7 13 (3.53%) XPath
8 8 (2.17%) Groovy
8 8 (2.17%) Scala
9 7 (1.90%) ABAP
9 7 (1.90%) C++
9 7 (1.90%) Korn
10 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.36%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.36%) Perl
12 4 (1.09%) Bicep
12 4 (1.09%) RPG
13 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 89 (24.18%) Security Cleared
2 67 (18.21%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.05%) Degree
4 20 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.99%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.90%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.63%) ISEB
10 5 (1.36%) CCNP
10 5 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.36%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.36%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.36%) PMP
11 4 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.54%) CCNA
12 2 (0.54%) OCP
12 2 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.07%) QA
2 13 (3.53%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.36%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.36%) PSD2
4 4 (1.09%) GAAP
4 4 (1.09%) GDPR
5 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.82%) FATCA
5 3 (0.82%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.54%) Basel III
6 2 (0.54%) HL7
6 2 (0.54%) IFRS
6 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.54%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.54%) SEPA
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (7.61%) Docker
2 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (3.53%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.45%) Puppet
3 7 (1.90%) Control-M
3 7 (1.90%) TIBCO Hawk
4 6 (1.63%) Ansible
5 5 (1.36%) logstash
6 4 (1.09%) Kibana
7 2 (0.54%) CloudHub
7 2 (0.54%) Fluentd
7 2 (0.54%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.54%) Grafana
7 2 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.54%) QRadar
7 2 (0.54%) Terraform
8 1 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.27%) Podman
8 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (26.90%) Oracle
2 41 (11.14%) Microsoft
3 32 (8.70%) SAP
4 31 (8.42%) IBM
5 19 (5.16%) webMethods
6 15 (4.08%) MuleSoft
6 15 (4.08%) Workday
7 14 (3.80%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.72%) Splunk
9 9 (2.45%) TIBCO
10 8 (2.17%) Informatica
10 8 (2.17%) Pega
11 7 (1.90%) BEA
11 7 (1.90%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.63%) Software AG
13 5 (1.36%) Cisco
13 5 (1.36%) Computacenter
13 5 (1.36%) Google
14 4 (1.09%) Atlassian
14 4 (1.09%) Axway