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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 284 174
Rank change year-on-year +13 -110 +36
Contract jobs citing XML 357 213 509
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 0.87% 1.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.48% 3.88% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 152 307
10th Percentile £350 £360 £400
25th Percentile £400 £412 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £588 £596 £638
90th Percentile £692 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 50
10th Percentile £31.08 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £44.88 £25.54 £43.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +33.62% -35.71%
75th Percentile £51.44 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £81.40
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £27.76 £45.00
% change year-on-year +71.11% -38.31% -35.71%

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 7,965 5,484 7,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.29% 22.47% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,337 3,806 5,331
10th Percentile £358 £365 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 89 176
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.42 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £36.82
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.93 £83.17 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -7 169 £525 - 22
North of England -41 68 £394 -12.50% 19
South East -26 61 £513 +28.13% 27
North West -10 57 £391 -12.67% 11
Midlands -46 31 £450 -18.18% 8
West Midlands -44 23 £450 -18.18% 2
East of England -26 12 £675 - 3
Yorkshire -50 11 £450 -23.40% 8
East Midlands -26 8 £525 +46.65% 6
South West -24 6 £548 +46.00% 13
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 17 (4.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 17 (4.76%) WebLogic
2 14 (3.92%) Confluence
3 11 (3.08%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.96%) Apache
5 6 (1.68%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (1.40%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.40%) JBoss
6 5 (1.40%) Mule
7 4 (1.12%) CMS
7 4 (1.12%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.84%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.84%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.84%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.56%) Appian
9 2 (0.56%) Documentum
9 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.56%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.56%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.80%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.52%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.96%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.96%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.68%) Maximo
4 6 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.68%) Summit
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.40%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.12%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.84%) Findur
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.56%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 69 (19.33%) Azure
2 47 (13.17%) AWS
3 27 (7.56%) OCI
4 20 (5.60%) GCP
4 20 (5.60%) Power Platform
4 20 (5.60%) SaaS
5 19 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.32%) GitHub
6 15 (4.20%) PaaS
7 14 (3.92%) Serverless
8 13 (3.64%) Apigee
8 13 (3.64%) IaaS
9 12 (3.36%) Boomi
10 11 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.52%) Kong
12 9 (2.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.32%) HTTP
2 9 (2.52%) HTTPS
3 8 (2.24%) FTP
4 7 (1.96%) Firewall
5 4 (1.12%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.56%) 5G
6 2 (0.56%) BGP
6 2 (0.56%) DNS
6 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.56%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (0.56%) MPLS
6 2 (0.56%) RTCP
6 2 (0.56%) RTP
6 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.56%) VPN
6 2 (0.56%) XCAP
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.61%) Relational Database
2 36 (10.08%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.16%) MongoDB
3 22 (6.16%) RDBMS
4 21 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (5.60%) NoSQL
6 19 (5.32%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (4.48%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.20%) Power BI
9 13 (3.64%) Metadata
10 12 (3.36%) Oracle Database
11 9 (2.52%) DataStage
11 9 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (2.24%) Data Lake
12 8 (2.24%) DB2
13 7 (1.96%) MySQL
14 6 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (1.12%) Amazon QuickSight
16 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 42 (11.76%) Postman
2 39 (10.92%) JIRA
3 33 (9.24%) Git
4 17 (4.76%) Jenkins
5 14 (3.92%) JUnit
6 12 (3.36%) Selenium
6 12 (3.36%) SoapUI
7 10 (2.80%) Maven
8 9 (2.52%) Cucumber
8 9 (2.52%) Eclipse
9 7 (1.96%) Toad
10 6 (1.68%) GitLab
10 6 (1.68%) SpecFlow
10 6 (1.68%) TestRail
10 6 (1.68%) Zephyr
11 5 (1.40%) MSTest
12 4 (1.12%) IntelliJ
12 4 (1.12%) Subversion
13 3 (0.84%) Ant
13 3 (0.84%) JMeter
General
1 117 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.73%) Finance
3 67 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.80%) Banking
5 34 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.64%) Investment Banking
8 11 (3.08%) Legal
8 11 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.68%) Military
10 5 (1.40%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.12%) Advertising
11 4 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.12%) Publishing
11 4 (1.12%) Retail
12 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.84%) Marketing
13 2 (0.56%) Front Office
13 2 (0.56%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 84 (23.53%) Developer
2 62 (17.37%) Consultant
3 50 (14.01%) Analyst
4 33 (9.24%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (7.56%) Business Analyst
6 22 (6.16%) Lead
7 21 (5.88%) Architect
8 19 (5.32%) Senior
9 18 (5.04%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.76%) Software Engineer
11 13 (3.64%) Payroll Consultant
12 12 (3.36%) DBA
13 10 (2.80%) Integration Developer
13 10 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.80%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (2.52%) PostgreSQL DBA
15 8 (2.24%) Applications Developer
15 8 (2.24%) Java Developer
15 8 (2.24%) Tester
15 8 (2.24%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (48.18%) JSON
2 106 (29.69%) SOAP
3 102 (28.57%) REST
4 55 (15.41%) Web Services
5 41 (11.48%) XSLT
6 37 (10.36%) OAuth
7 29 (8.12%) JWT
7 29 (8.12%) Oracle Fusion
8 27 (7.56%) .NET
9 26 (7.28%) Middleware
10 24 (6.72%) HTML
11 23 (6.44%) Kafka
12 21 (5.88%) Swagger
13 20 (5.60%) RESTful
14 17 (4.76%) EDI
14 17 (4.76%) XSD
15 16 (4.48%) J2EE
16 15 (4.20%) CSS
16 15 (4.20%) JMS
16 15 (4.20%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.64%) Data Structures
2 12 (3.36%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.08%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.52%) Replication
6 8 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.24%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.96%) Derivative
7 7 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.68%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.68%) Market Risk
9 5 (1.40%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.40%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.40%) Digital Wallet
9 5 (1.40%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.12%) Linux
2 25 (7.00%) Unix
3 17 (4.76%) Windows
4 5 (1.40%) AIX
5 2 (0.56%) Android
5 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (30.81%) Agile
2 89 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (23.81%) DevOps
4 53 (14.85%) CI/CD
5 47 (13.17%) Validation
6 46 (12.89%) ERP
7 44 (12.32%) Data Modelling
8 43 (12.04%) Integration Patterns
9 41 (11.48%) Migration
10 38 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
11 33 (9.24%) ETL
12 32 (8.96%) Workflow
13 31 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (8.40%) Microservices
14 30 (8.40%) SDLC
15 29 (8.12%) Mentoring
16 28 (7.84%) Computer Science
16 28 (7.84%) Scrum
16 28 (7.84%) Software Engineering
17 27 (7.56%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 149 (41.74%) SQL
2 79 (22.13%) Java
3 43 (12.04%) C#
4 41 (11.48%) Python
5 37 (10.36%) JavaScript
6 35 (9.80%) T-SQL
7 18 (5.04%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.64%) XPath
9 12 (3.36%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.96%) ABAP
10 7 (1.96%) Korn
11 6 (1.68%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.40%) Groovy
12 5 (1.40%) Perl
13 4 (1.12%) Bicep
13 4 (1.12%) C++
13 4 (1.12%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.12%) Scala
14 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 63 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.08%) Degree
4 20 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.24%) ISTQB
7 7 (1.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.68%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.68%) ISEB
9 5 (1.40%) CCNP
9 5 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.12%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.84%) PMP
12 2 (0.56%) CCNA
12 2 (0.56%) OCP
12 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.88%) QA
2 13 (3.64%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.40%) GDPR
3 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.40%) PSD2
4 4 (1.12%) GAAP
5 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.84%) FATCA
5 3 (0.84%) HL7
5 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.56%) Basel III
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.56%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (6.16%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.96%) TIBCO Hawk
3 5 (1.40%) Puppet
4 4 (1.12%) Control-M
5 3 (0.84%) Grafana
5 3 (0.84%) logstash
6 2 (0.56%) Ansible
6 2 (0.56%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.56%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.56%) QRadar
6 2 (0.56%) Terraform
7 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.28%) Kibana
7 1 (0.28%) Podman
7 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) vRealize
7 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 105 (29.41%) Oracle
2 41 (11.48%) Microsoft
3 36 (10.08%) SAP
4 26 (7.28%) IBM
5 18 (5.04%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.04%) Workday
6 15 (4.20%) MuleSoft
7 14 (3.92%) webMethods
8 9 (2.52%) Splunk
9 8 (2.24%) Informatica
9 8 (2.24%) Pega
9 8 (2.24%) TIBCO
10 7 (1.96%) BEA
10 7 (1.96%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.68%) Databricks
11 6 (1.68%) Dell
11 6 (1.68%) Google
12 5 (1.40%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.40%) Computacenter
13 4 (1.12%) Software AG