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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 258 151
Rank change year-on-year -43 -107 +51
Contract jobs citing XML 324 236 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 0.99% 1.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.06% 4.44% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 166 308
10th Percentile £363 £369 £400
25th Percentile £412 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £534
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -11.05% -2.91%
75th Percentile £614 £588 £625
90th Percentile £689 £668 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £534
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.05% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 70
10th Percentile £29.45 £22.10 -
25th Percentile £35.44 £23.98 -
Median hourly rate £47.15 £27.76 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.85% -35.44% -40.69%
75th Percentile £48.75 £61.08 £51.25
90th Percentile £54.13 £80.68 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £47.15 £27.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.63% -37.21% -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 7,978 5,315 7,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.33% 20.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,268 3,680 5,354
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £421 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £792
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 95 235
10th Percentile £30.77 £28.13 £22.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £40.42 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.38 £66.50
90th Percentile £78.88 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -57 146 £550 +4.76% 32
South East -42 61 £513 +7.89% 24
North of England -57 59 £401 -11.00% 10
North West -22 51 £400 -11.06% 5
Midlands -45 27 £447 -10.60% 10
West Midlands -48 20 £436 -20.73% 4
South West -21 13 £600 +60.00% 10
East of England -34 8 £450 -18.18% 3
Yorkshire -53 8 £463 -9.76% 4
East Midlands -25 7 £525 +67.20% 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 19 (5.86%) Confluence
2 12 (3.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.47%) Oracle Workflow
5 7 (2.16%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.54%) CMS
6 5 (1.54%) IIS
6 5 (1.54%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.23%) Mule
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.93%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.93%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.62%) Appian
9 2 (0.62%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.62%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.31%) Apache
10 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.31%) JBoss
Applications
1 29 (8.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.62%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.09%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.78%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.16%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (2.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (1.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.85%) Summit
5 5 (1.54%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (1.54%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.23%) Maximo
6 4 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.23%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.93%) Findur
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.62%) BusinessWorks
8 2 (0.62%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.62%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.83%) Azure
2 30 (9.26%) AWS
3 24 (7.41%) OCI
4 21 (6.48%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.56%) GitHub
6 16 (4.94%) Serverless
7 15 (4.63%) Power Platform
8 14 (4.32%) PaaS
8 14 (4.32%) SaaS
9 12 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (3.70%) GCP
9 12 (3.70%) IaaS
10 11 (3.40%) Boomi
11 10 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (2.16%) Apigee
14 7 (2.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (2.16%) Azure Functions
14 7 (2.16%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.40%) HTTP
2 7 (2.16%) FTP
3 4 (1.23%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.93%) Firewall
4 3 (0.93%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.62%) DNS
5 2 (0.62%) FIX Connectivity
5 2 (0.62%) Network Security
5 2 (0.62%) RTCP
5 2 (0.62%) RTP
5 2 (0.62%) SSL
5 2 (0.62%) VPN
5 2 (0.62%) XCAP
6 1 (0.31%) 5G
6 1 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.31%) NAS
6 1 (0.31%) SAN
6 1 (0.31%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.35%) Relational Database
2 31 (9.57%) SQL Server
3 24 (7.41%) RDBMS
4 21 (6.48%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.48%) NoSQL
4 21 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (5.56%) Oracle Database
6 17 (5.25%) MongoDB
7 16 (4.94%) Oracle Reports
8 12 (3.70%) Power BI
9 11 (3.40%) MySQL
10 10 (3.09%) Metadata
11 9 (2.78%) Data Lake
11 9 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 6 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.93%) DB2
15 3 (0.93%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 37 (11.42%) Postman
2 28 (8.64%) Git
3 27 (8.33%) JIRA
4 10 (3.09%) GitLab
4 10 (3.09%) SoapUI
5 8 (2.47%) Maven
6 7 (2.16%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (2.16%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.54%) Eclipse
7 5 (1.54%) JUnit
8 4 (1.23%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.23%) Selenium
8 4 (1.23%) Subversion
9 3 (0.93%) ClearCase
9 3 (0.93%) Firebug
9 3 (0.93%) JMeter
9 3 (0.93%) MSTest
9 3 (0.93%) Newman
9 3 (0.93%) REST Assured
General
1 107 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 67 (20.68%) Finance
3 58 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.73%) Banking
5 23 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.32%) Investment Banking
7 11 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.09%) Legal
9 8 (2.47%) Military
10 7 (2.16%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.23%) Advertising
11 4 (1.23%) Front Office
11 4 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.23%) Publishing
12 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.93%) Marketing
13 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.62%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 71 (21.91%) Developer
2 52 (16.05%) Consultant
3 42 (12.96%) Analyst
4 31 (9.57%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (8.33%) Business Analyst
6 20 (6.17%) Senior
7 19 (5.86%) Lead
8 17 (5.25%) Data Engineer
9 16 (4.94%) Architect
10 15 (4.63%) Software Engineer
11 13 (4.01%) Payroll Consultant
12 12 (3.70%) DBA
13 11 (3.40%) Integration Specialist
13 11 (3.40%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 9 (2.78%) Integration Engineer
15 8 (2.47%) Applications Developer
15 8 (2.47%) Integration Developer
15 8 (2.47%) Technical Consultant
15 8 (2.47%) Workflow Consultant
16 7 (2.16%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (46.60%) JSON
2 85 (26.23%) SOAP
3 83 (25.62%) REST
4 41 (12.65%) Web Services
5 33 (10.19%) Middleware
6 31 (9.57%) .NET
7 29 (8.95%) OAuth
7 29 (8.95%) XSLT
8 27 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
9 26 (8.02%) HTML
10 23 (7.10%) Kafka
11 22 (6.79%) JWT
12 19 (5.86%) CSS
13 18 (5.56%) RESTful
14 16 (4.94%) Swagger
15 15 (4.63%) YAML
16 13 (4.01%) EDI
16 13 (4.01%) OAuth2
16 13 (4.01%) XSD
17 10 (3.09%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.32%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.40%) Data Structures
3 9 (2.78%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.47%) Fixed Income
4 8 (2.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.16%) Derivative
5 7 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.85%) Credit Risk
6 6 (1.85%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.54%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.93%) IoT
9 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.41%) Linux
2 17 (5.25%) Unix
3 9 (2.78%) Windows
4 2 (0.62%) AIX
4 2 (0.62%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.62%) VMS
5 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.09%) Agile
2 79 (24.38%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (21.30%) DevOps
4 48 (14.81%) Validation
5 42 (12.96%) Integration Patterns
6 41 (12.65%) CI/CD
7 40 (12.35%) ERP
8 35 (10.80%) Workflow
9 33 (10.19%) Data Modelling
9 33 (10.19%) Migration
10 30 (9.26%) ETL
11 29 (8.95%) User Acceptance Testing
12 28 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (8.02%) Requirements Gathering
14 25 (7.72%) SDLC
15 24 (7.41%) Scrum
15 24 (7.41%) Software Engineering
15 24 (7.41%) Unit Testing
16 23 (7.10%) Data Mapping
16 23 (7.10%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 134 (41.36%) SQL
2 53 (16.36%) Java
3 45 (13.89%) Python
4 43 (13.27%) C#
5 38 (11.73%) JavaScript
6 32 (9.88%) T-SQL
7 19 (5.86%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.40%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.78%) VB
9 9 (2.78%) VB6
10 7 (2.16%) C++
11 6 (1.85%) VBA
12 5 (1.54%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.54%) XPath
13 4 (1.23%) Bicep
13 4 (1.23%) Groovy
13 4 (1.23%) Korn
14 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.62%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (24.38%) Security Cleared
2 59 (18.21%) SC Cleared
3 29 (8.95%) Degree
4 13 (4.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.16%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.23%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.23%) CCNP
7 4 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.23%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.62%) HNC
9 2 (0.62%) HND
9 2 (0.62%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.62%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.62%) PMP
10 1 (0.31%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.48%) QA
2 13 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.16%) GDPR
4 5 (1.54%) HL7
4 5 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.54%) PSD2
5 4 (1.23%) GAAP
6 3 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.93%) FATCA
6 3 (0.93%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.93%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.62%) Basel III
7 2 (0.62%) IFRS
7 2 (0.62%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.62%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.62%) SLA
7 2 (0.62%) WCAG
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (4.32%) Docker
2 2 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.62%) 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 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.16%) Terraform
3 5 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.23%) Control-M
5 3 (0.93%) Grafana
6 2 (0.62%) Ansible
6 2 (0.62%) 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 96 (29.63%) Oracle
2 49 (15.12%) Microsoft
3 25 (7.72%) Workday
4 23 (7.10%) SAP
5 19 (5.86%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.01%) MuleSoft
7 11 (3.40%) IBM
8 8 (2.47%) Databricks
8 8 (2.47%) Pega
9 7 (2.16%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.85%) Dell
10 6 (1.85%) Informatica
11 5 (1.54%) Google
11 5 (1.54%) webMethods
12 4 (1.23%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.23%) Bloomberg
12 4 (1.23%) Charles River
12 4 (1.23%) Citrix
12 4 (1.23%) InterSystems
12 4 (1.23%) Kronos