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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 247 153
Rank change year-on-year -43 -94 +53
Contract jobs citing XML 320 231 571
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 0.96% 1.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.04% 4.32% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 159 310
10th Percentile £360 £362 £400
25th Percentile £406 £429 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £534
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -11.05% -2.91%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £625
90th Percentile £685 £665 £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 7,929 5,342 7,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.20% 22.28% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,246 3,693 5,334
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 £534
% change year-on-year - -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 97 232
10th Percentile £30.61 £32.05 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £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 £65.34
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.65 £74.95
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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -47 146 £550 +4.76% 31
South East -35 61 £525 +12.00% 27
North of England -54 58 £401 -11.00% 10
North West -29 50 £400 -11.06% 5
Midlands -50 27 £449 -10.30% 9
West Midlands -42 20 £447 -18.73% 3
South West -18 12 £575 +53.33% 8
Yorkshire -49 8 £463 -9.76% 4
East Midlands -20 7 £525 +67.20% 6
East of England -26 6 £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 (5.63%) Confluence
2 12 (3.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (2.50%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.19%) Oracle Workflow
4 7 (2.19%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.56%) CMS
5 5 (1.56%) IIS
5 5 (1.56%) WebLogic
6 4 (1.25%) Mule
6 4 (1.25%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (0.94%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.94%) Mule ESB
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.63%) Appian
8 2 (0.63%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.63%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.31%) CICS
9 1 (0.31%) JBoss
Applications
1 29 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.88%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.50%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.19%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (1.88%) Summit
5 5 (1.56%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.25%) Maximo
6 4 (1.25%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.25%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.94%) Findur
7 3 (0.94%) 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 60 (18.75%) Azure
2 29 (9.06%) AWS
3 25 (7.81%) OCI
4 21 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (5.00%) GitHub
5 16 (5.00%) Serverless
6 15 (4.69%) SaaS
7 14 (4.38%) PaaS
7 14 (4.38%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.75%) GCP
8 12 (3.75%) IaaS
9 11 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (3.13%) Boomi
11 9 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (2.19%) Apigee
13 7 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (2.19%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.19%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.44%) HTTP
2 7 (2.19%) FTP
3 4 (1.25%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.94%) Firewall
4 3 (0.94%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.94%) 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 (0.31%) 5G
6 1 (0.31%) BGP
6 1 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.31%) MPLS
6 1 (0.31%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.19%) Relational Database
2 31 (9.69%) SQL Server
3 23 (7.19%) RDBMS
4 21 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (6.25%) NoSQL
6 17 (5.31%) MongoDB
6 17 (5.31%) Oracle Database
7 15 (4.69%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (3.44%) MySQL
8 11 (3.44%) Power BI
9 9 (2.81%) Metadata
9 9 (2.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.50%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (1.25%) DataStage
13 4 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.94%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 34 (10.63%) Postman
2 29 (9.06%) JIRA
3 28 (8.75%) Git
4 10 (3.13%) GitLab
4 10 (3.13%) SoapUI
5 8 (2.50%) Maven
6 7 (2.19%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (1.88%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.56%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.56%) JUnit
9 4 (1.25%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.25%) Selenium
9 4 (1.25%) Subversion
10 3 (0.94%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.94%) ClearCase
10 3 (0.94%) Firebug
10 3 (0.94%) JMeter
10 3 (0.94%) MSTest
10 3 (0.94%) REST Assured
General
1 108 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 65 (20.31%) Finance
3 58 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.88%) Banking
5 22 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.38%) Investment Banking
7 11 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.13%) Legal
9 7 (2.19%) Military
10 6 (1.88%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.25%) Advertising
11 4 (1.25%) Front Office
11 4 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.25%) Publishing
12 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.94%) Marketing
13 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 73 (22.81%) Developer
2 52 (16.25%) Consultant
3 41 (12.81%) Analyst
4 31 (9.69%) Implementation Consultant
5 26 (8.13%) Business Analyst
6 21 (6.56%) Senior
7 19 (5.94%) Lead
8 17 (5.31%) Architect
9 14 (4.38%) Data Engineer
9 14 (4.38%) Software Engineer
10 13 (4.06%) Payroll Consultant
11 12 (3.75%) DBA
12 11 (3.44%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 10 (3.13%) Integration Specialist
14 9 (2.81%) Integration Engineer
15 8 (2.50%) Applications Developer
15 8 (2.50%) Integration Developer
15 8 (2.50%) Senior Developer
15 8 (2.50%) Workflow Consultant
16 7 (2.19%) Cloud Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (46.88%) JSON
2 85 (26.56%) SOAP
3 84 (26.25%) REST
4 40 (12.50%) Web Services
5 32 (10.00%) Middleware
6 31 (9.69%) .NET
6 31 (9.69%) XSLT
7 29 (9.06%) OAuth
8 27 (8.44%) Oracle Fusion
9 26 (8.13%) HTML
10 22 (6.88%) JWT
10 22 (6.88%) Kafka
11 19 (5.94%) CSS
12 17 (5.31%) RESTful
13 16 (5.00%) Swagger
14 14 (4.38%) YAML
15 13 (4.06%) EDI
15 13 (4.06%) OAuth2
16 11 (3.44%) XSD
17 10 (3.13%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.06%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.44%) Data Structures
3 9 (2.81%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.81%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.50%) Fixed Income
4 8 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.19%) Derivative
6 6 (1.88%) Credit Risk
6 6 (1.88%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.56%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 4 (1.25%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.94%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.94%) CMDB
9 3 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.50%) Linux
2 17 (5.31%) Unix
3 9 (2.81%) Windows
4 2 (0.63%) AIX
4 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.63%) VMS
5 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (29.06%) Agile
2 81 (25.31%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (21.56%) DevOps
4 45 (14.06%) Validation
5 43 (13.44%) Integration Patterns
6 40 (12.50%) ERP
7 39 (12.19%) CI/CD
8 34 (10.63%) Migration
8 34 (10.63%) Workflow
9 33 (10.31%) Data Modelling
10 28 (8.75%) User Acceptance Testing
11 27 (8.44%) ETL
11 27 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (8.13%) Requirements Gathering
13 25 (7.81%) SDLC
14 24 (7.50%) Mentoring
14 24 (7.50%) Unit Testing
15 23 (7.19%) Scrum
16 22 (6.88%) AI
16 22 (6.88%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 130 (40.63%) SQL
2 53 (16.56%) Java
3 43 (13.44%) C#
3 43 (13.44%) Python
4 38 (11.88%) JavaScript
5 32 (10.00%) T-SQL
6 17 (5.31%) PL/SQL
7 11 (3.44%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.50%) VB
8 8 (2.50%) VB6
9 7 (2.19%) C++
10 5 (1.56%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.56%) VBA
10 5 (1.56%) XPath
11 4 (1.25%) Bicep
11 4 (1.25%) Groovy
11 4 (1.25%) Korn
12 3 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 76 (23.75%) Security Cleared
2 58 (18.13%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.69%) Degree
4 15 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.88%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.25%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.25%) CCNP
7 4 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.25%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.63%) HNC
9 2 (0.63%) HND
9 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.63%) PMP
10 1 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.94%) QA
2 11 (3.44%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.88%) GDPR
4 5 (1.56%) HL7
4 5 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.56%) PSD2
5 4 (1.25%) GAAP
6 3 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.94%) FATCA
6 3 (0.94%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.94%) 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 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (4.38%) Docker
2 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.31%) RACF
Systems Management
1 12 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.19%) Terraform
3 5 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.25%) Control-M
5 3 (0.94%) Grafana
6 2 (0.63%) Ansible
6 2 (0.63%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.31%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.31%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) Kibana
7 1 (0.31%) logstash
7 1 (0.31%) Podman
7 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.31%) Puppet
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
7 1 (0.31%) vRealize
7 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 95 (29.69%) Oracle
2 48 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 24 (7.50%) Workday
4 22 (6.88%) SAP
5 19 (5.94%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.06%) IBM
7 12 (3.75%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.50%) Pega
9 7 (2.19%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.88%) Databricks
10 6 (1.88%) Dell
10 6 (1.88%) Informatica
11 5 (1.56%) Google
11 5 (1.56%) webMethods
12 4 (1.25%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.25%) Bloomberg
12 4 (1.25%) Charles River
12 4 (1.25%) Citrix
12 4 (1.25%) InterSystems
12 4 (1.25%) Splunk