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

 6 months to
11 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 236 172
Rank change year-on-year -84 -64 +29
Contract jobs citing XML 349 311 488
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 1.12% 1.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.54% 4.47% 5.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 221 262
10th Percentile £314 £358 £363
25th Percentile £400 £420 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £504
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -0.74% -12.39%
75th Percentile £616 £575 £619
90th Percentile £713 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 44
10th Percentile £28.60 £31.25 -
25th Percentile £29.07 £38.38 -
Median hourly rate £29.54 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.31% - -38.57%
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £43.38 £93.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £29.54 £42.75 £43.00
% change year-on-year -30.91% -0.58% -38.57%

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 9,865 6,963 8,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.26% 25.03% 24.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,473 4,764 5,521
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 163 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.32 £27.38
25th Percentile £50.56 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.94% -13.60% -
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.30 £71.60 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £66.83 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +27.30% -14.77% -1.44%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -36 193 £538 +2.38% 62
South East -53 47 £460 -3.16% 34
Midlands -26 41 £415 -3.49% 19
West Midlands -29 33 £410 -11.83% 13
North of England -85 30 £375 -16.94% 4
North West -56 22 £375 -16.67% 2
South West -43 18 £550 +46.67% 12
East of England -52 10 £480 -1.64% 7
Yorkshire -37 8 £378 -31.36% 2
East Midlands -10 7 £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 26 (7.45%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.58%) Confluence
3 10 (2.87%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (2.58%) Anypoint
4 9 (2.58%) Mule
5 8 (2.29%) IIS
5 8 (2.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (1.72%) Apache
6 6 (1.72%) WebSphere
7 5 (1.43%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.86%) CMS
8 3 (0.86%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.29%) CICS
9 1 (0.29%) JBoss
9 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.29%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.01%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.57%) Windchill
6 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.29%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 19 (5.44%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (4.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (4.58%) NetSuite
2 16 (4.58%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (3.72%) Oracle Receivables
4 9 (2.58%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (2.01%) Oracle Assets
5 7 (2.01%) Oracle FAH
6 6 (1.72%) Maximo
6 6 (1.72%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (1.43%) Workday HCM
8 4 (1.15%) Elite 3E
8 4 (1.15%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (1.15%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (1.15%) Oracle iProcurement
9 3 (0.86%) Findur
9 3 (0.86%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.86%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.86%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 94 (26.93%) Azure
2 44 (12.61%) AWS
2 44 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
3 38 (10.89%) Boomi
4 25 (7.16%) GCP
5 20 (5.73%) GitHub
6 19 (5.44%) AtomSphere
6 19 (5.44%) Azure Service Bus
7 17 (4.87%) Azure Logic Apps
7 17 (4.87%) Power Platform
8 16 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (4.30%) Azure Functions
9 15 (4.30%) SaaS
9 15 (4.30%) Serverless
10 13 (3.72%) Power Automate
11 12 (3.44%) iPaaS
12 10 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (2.58%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.87%) HTTP
2 7 (2.01%) FTP
3 6 (1.72%) SSL
4 4 (1.15%) Network Security
4 4 (1.15%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.86%) Wireless
6 2 (0.57%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.57%) Internet
6 2 (0.57%) Intranet
6 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.57%) WAN
7 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.29%) DNS
7 1 (0.29%) Firewall
7 1 (0.29%) NAS
7 1 (0.29%) NFC
7 1 (0.29%) SAN
7 1 (0.29%) VPN
7 1 (0.29%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.32%) SQL Server
2 30 (8.60%) Relational Database
3 20 (5.73%) Oracle Database
4 14 (4.01%) RDBMS
5 12 (3.44%) Metadata
5 12 (3.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 12 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.87%) MySQL
6 10 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (2.58%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.29%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.01%) DataStage
10 6 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.43%) GIS
11 5 (1.43%) MS Access
11 5 (1.43%) Parquet
11 5 (1.43%) Power BI
11 5 (1.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (12.89%) Git
2 34 (9.74%) JIRA
3 25 (7.16%) Postman
4 17 (4.87%) Selenium
4 17 (4.87%) Visual Studio
5 16 (4.58%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (4.30%) Jenkins
7 12 (3.44%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (3.15%) JMeter
9 9 (2.58%) GitLab
9 9 (2.58%) SonarQube
10 8 (2.29%) eggPlant
10 8 (2.29%) Gradle
10 8 (2.29%) SoapUI
10 8 (2.29%) WebDriver
11 6 (1.72%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.72%) JDeveloper
11 6 (1.72%) LoadRunner
11 6 (1.72%) Maven
12 5 (1.43%) Cypress.io
General
1 127 (36.39%) Social Skills
2 82 (23.50%) Finance
3 74 (21.20%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.32%) Public Sector
5 32 (9.17%) Banking
6 12 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.58%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.01%) General Ledger
9 7 (2.01%) Investment Banking
9 7 (2.01%) Legal
9 7 (2.01%) Retail
10 5 (1.43%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.43%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.15%) Aviation
11 4 (1.15%) Front Office
11 4 (1.15%) Marketing
11 4 (1.15%) Publishing
12 3 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 113 (32.38%) Developer
2 51 (14.61%) Senior
3 41 (11.75%) Architect
4 36 (10.32%) Analyst
5 26 (7.45%) Senior Developer
6 24 (6.88%) Consultant
7 18 (5.16%) Lead
8 17 (4.87%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.30%) Business Analyst
10 14 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.44%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.15%) Integration Developer
12 11 (3.15%) Software Developer
12 11 (3.15%) Test Analyst
13 10 (2.87%) C# Developer
13 10 (2.87%) Integration Architect
13 10 (2.87%) Oracle Developer
14 9 (2.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 9 (2.58%) Integration Engineer
15 8 (2.29%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (52.44%) JSON
2 126 (36.10%) REST
3 120 (34.38%) SOAP
4 58 (16.62%) Middleware
5 56 (16.05%) .NET
6 54 (15.47%) Web Services
7 43 (12.32%) XSLT
8 35 (10.03%) Kafka
8 35 (10.03%) OAuth
9 33 (9.46%) HTML
10 24 (6.88%) RESTful
11 23 (6.59%) CSS
11 23 (6.59%) EDI
12 22 (6.30%) OAuth2
13 21 (6.02%) JWT
14 16 (4.58%) Swagger
15 14 (4.01%) ActiveX
15 14 (4.01%) SAML
16 13 (3.72%) GraphQL
17 12 (3.44%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.16%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.44%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 11 (3.15%) Taxonomies
7 8 (2.29%) CMDB
7 8 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.72%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.43%) SCADA
10 4 (1.15%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.15%) Derivative
10 4 (1.15%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.02%) Linux
2 24 (6.88%) Unix
3 17 (4.87%) Windows
4 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.15%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.29%) VMS
5 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (26.65%) Agile
3 84 (24.07%) CI/CD
3 84 (24.07%) DevOps
4 64 (18.34%) Validation
5 52 (14.90%) Test Automation
6 48 (13.75%) Workflow
7 46 (13.18%) Integration Patterns
8 45 (12.89%) Data Modelling
9 44 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 40 (11.46%) Migration
11 38 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (10.89%) User Acceptance Testing
12 37 (10.60%) Scrum
13 36 (10.32%) API Management
13 36 (10.32%) Event-Driven
14 35 (10.03%) Data Mapping
15 34 (9.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (8.88%) Technical Leadership
17 28 (8.02%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 143 (40.97%) SQL
2 78 (22.35%) JavaScript
3 77 (22.06%) Java
4 62 (17.77%) Python
5 46 (13.18%) C#
6 28 (8.02%) PL/SQL
7 19 (5.44%) C++
8 18 (5.16%) Groovy
9 17 (4.87%) VB
9 17 (4.87%) VB6
10 16 (4.58%) VBA
11 15 (4.30%) VB.NET
12 9 (2.58%) PowerShell
13 8 (2.29%) T-SQL
13 8 (2.29%) TypeScript
14 7 (2.01%) Shell Script
14 7 (2.01%) XPath
15 6 (1.72%) Bicep
15 6 (1.72%) C
16 5 (1.43%) R
Qualifications
1 100 (28.65%) Security Cleared
2 80 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 38 (10.89%) Degree
4 15 (4.30%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.01%) ISTQB
6 12 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (3.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.29%) ISEB
10 5 (1.43%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.43%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.57%) CISSP
12 2 (0.57%) GIAC
12 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.57%) SSCP
13 1 (0.29%) CISM
13 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.17%) QA
2 23 (6.59%) Data Quality
3 14 (4.01%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.72%) GDPR
4 13 (3.72%) ISO 20022
5 12 (3.44%) WCAG
6 5 (1.43%) GRC
6 5 (1.43%) HL7
7 4 (1.15%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.57%) NCSC
8 2 (0.57%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.29%) DICOM
9 1 (0.29%) GMP
9 1 (0.29%) GxP
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
9 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 11 (3.15%) Docker
2 4 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.29%) RACF
4 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.87%) Ansible
3 9 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.43%) HP Fortify
5 4 (1.15%) Control-M
6 3 (0.86%) WMI
7 2 (0.57%) QRadar
8 1 (0.29%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.29%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.29%) Grafana
8 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.29%) Kibana
8 1 (0.29%) vRealize
8 1 (0.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 107 (30.66%) Oracle
2 82 (23.50%) Microsoft
3 38 (10.89%) SAP
4 36 (10.32%) IBM
5 29 (8.31%) ServiceNow
6 28 (8.02%) MuleSoft
7 23 (6.59%) Salesforce
8 22 (6.30%) Google
8 22 (6.30%) Workday
9 10 (2.87%) Databricks
9 10 (2.87%) webMethods
10 9 (2.58%) TIBCO
11 8 (2.29%) Informatica
11 8 (2.29%) WSO2
12 5 (1.43%) Kronos
13 4 (1.15%) Intapp
13 4 (1.15%) Okta
14 3 (0.86%) Confluent
14 3 (0.86%) Dell
14 3 (0.86%) Splunk
132 XML jobs in England