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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 234 165
Rank change year-on-year -80 -69 +26
Contract jobs citing XML 331 295 549
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.09% 1.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.90% 4.89% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 214 287
10th Percentile £332 £375 £375
25th Percentile £402 £436 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £493 £510
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -3.43% -11.30%
75th Percentile £632 £575 £613
90th Percentile £715 £625 £699
UK median daily rate £525 £485 £508
% change year-on-year +8.25% -4.43% -7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 67
10th Percentile £29.07 £25.85 -
25th Percentile £31.81 £30.00 -
Median hourly rate £40.50 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -12.79% -38.57%
75th Percentile £45.85 £63.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 £89.75 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -12.79% -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 8,481 6,028 7,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.96% 22.22% 21.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,581 4,150 5,457
10th Percentile £363 £355 £353
25th Percentile £430 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.74% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 141 259
10th Percentile £30.25 £31.25 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £46.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -8.19%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.09
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.35%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -54 165 £553 +5.33% 34
South East -56 55 £500 +5.26% 47
North of England -76 46 £390 -13.33% 39
North West -48 38 £390 -13.33% 22
Midlands -43 30 £425 -8.60% 41
West Midlands -57 22 £425 -15.00% 21
South West -29 14 £550 +46.67% 20
East of England -23 10 £450 -18.18% 30
East Midlands -7 8 £471 +50.08% 20
Yorkshire -52 8 £431 -17.86% 14
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 (6.34%) Confluence
2 13 (3.93%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.02%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.42%) IIS
4 8 (2.42%) Mule
5 7 (2.11%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.51%) CMS
7 4 (1.21%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.91%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.60%) Apache
9 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.60%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.60%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.30%) Appian
10 1 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.30%) CICS
10 1 (0.30%) JBoss
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (9.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.60%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 14 (4.23%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.93%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (3.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (2.11%) NetSuite
4 7 (2.11%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.81%) Maximo
5 6 (1.81%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (1.81%) Oracle FAH
5 6 (1.81%) Summit
6 5 (1.51%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (1.51%) Oracle Financials
6 5 (1.51%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (1.21%) Elite 3E
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle iProcurement
7 4 (1.21%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.15%) Azure
2 31 (9.37%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (9.06%) AWS
4 22 (6.65%) Boomi
5 18 (5.44%) GitHub
6 15 (4.53%) Power Platform
6 15 (4.53%) SaaS
7 13 (3.93%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (3.93%) GCP
8 12 (3.63%) Serverless
9 10 (3.02%) AtomSphere
10 9 (2.72%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (2.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (2.11%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.11%) OCI
12 7 (2.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.72%) HTTP
2 8 (2.42%) FTP
3 4 (1.21%) 3GPP
3 4 (1.21%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.91%) Network Security
4 3 (0.91%) SSL
5 2 (0.60%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.60%) Internet
5 2 (0.60%) Intranet
5 2 (0.60%) RTCP
5 2 (0.60%) RTP
5 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.60%) WAN
5 2 (0.60%) Wireless
5 2 (0.60%) XCAP
6 1 (0.30%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.30%) DNS
6 1 (0.30%) NFC
6 1 (0.30%) SAN
6 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.88%) SQL Server
2 31 (9.37%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.04%) RDBMS
4 18 (5.44%) Oracle Database
5 14 (4.23%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.93%) Metadata
6 13 (3.93%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.63%) Power BI
8 11 (3.32%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (3.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 9 (2.72%) MySQL
10 9 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (2.42%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.81%) DataStage
13 5 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.91%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 32 (9.67%) Git
2 31 (9.37%) Postman
3 30 (9.06%) JIRA
4 10 (3.02%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (2.72%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.42%) GitLab
6 8 (2.42%) SoapUI
6 8 (2.42%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (2.42%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.11%) Maven
7 7 (2.11%) Selenium
8 6 (1.81%) JDeveloper
8 6 (1.81%) JMeter
9 5 (1.51%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.51%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.51%) Gradle
9 5 (1.51%) JUnit
10 4 (1.21%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.21%) Subversion
10 4 (1.21%) TeamCity
General
1 114 (34.44%) Social Skills
2 73 (22.05%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (21.45%) Finance
4 30 (9.06%) Banking
5 26 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.02%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.72%) Legal
9 7 (2.11%) General Ledger
9 7 (2.11%) Retail
10 6 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.81%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.81%) Military
10 6 (1.81%) Publishing
11 4 (1.21%) Advertising
11 4 (1.21%) Marketing
12 3 (0.91%) Front Office
12 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 95 (28.70%) Developer
2 49 (14.80%) Consultant
3 41 (12.39%) Analyst
4 30 (9.06%) Implementation Consultant
5 29 (8.76%) Senior
6 25 (7.55%) Business Analyst
7 23 (6.95%) Architect
8 21 (6.34%) Data Engineer
9 16 (4.83%) Senior Developer
10 13 (3.93%) Payroll Consultant
11 12 (3.63%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.32%) Oracle Developer
13 10 (3.02%) C# Developer
13 10 (3.02%) Lead
14 9 (2.72%) Applications Developer
14 9 (2.72%) Integration Architect
14 9 (2.72%) Integration Developer
14 9 (2.72%) Technical Consultant
15 8 (2.42%) Software Developer
15 8 (2.42%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (49.55%) JSON
2 103 (31.12%) REST
3 92 (27.79%) SOAP
4 47 (14.20%) Web Services
5 44 (13.29%) .NET
6 38 (11.48%) Middleware
7 35 (10.57%) XSLT
8 23 (6.95%) OAuth
9 20 (6.04%) Kafka
10 19 (5.74%) HTML
11 17 (5.14%) RESTful
12 15 (4.53%) CSS
12 15 (4.53%) JWT
12 15 (4.53%) Swagger
13 14 (4.23%) EDI
13 14 (4.23%) OAuth2
14 12 (3.63%) .NET Framework
15 10 (3.02%) AngularJS
15 10 (3.02%) ASP.NET
16 9 (2.72%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.23%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (3.02%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.11%) Credit Risk
5 7 (2.11%) Derivative
5 7 (2.11%) Fixed Income
5 7 (2.11%) Market Risk
6 6 (1.81%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.81%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 6 (1.81%) Taxonomies
7 5 (1.51%) CMDB
7 5 (1.51%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (1.51%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.51%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.21%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.95%) Unix
2 19 (5.74%) Linux
3 9 (2.72%) Windows
4 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.60%) VMS
5 2 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (27.49%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (26.28%) Agile
3 68 (20.54%) DevOps
4 60 (18.13%) CI/CD
5 56 (16.92%) Workflow
6 47 (14.20%) Validation
7 44 (13.29%) Migration
8 42 (12.69%) Data Modelling
9 38 (11.48%) Integration Patterns
10 34 (10.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 30 (9.06%) Data Mapping
12 29 (8.76%) Scrum
12 29 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (8.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (8.16%) ERP
14 27 (8.16%) ETL
15 25 (7.55%) Software Engineering
16 24 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
17 23 (6.95%) AI
17 23 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 157 (47.43%) SQL
2 48 (14.50%) Java
3 46 (13.90%) Python
4 45 (13.60%) JavaScript
5 43 (12.99%) C#
6 39 (11.78%) T-SQL
7 28 (8.46%) PL/SQL
8 15 (4.53%) PowerShell
9 14 (4.23%) C++
10 11 (3.32%) Groovy
11 10 (3.02%) VB.NET
12 9 (2.72%) VB
12 9 (2.72%) VB6
13 8 (2.42%) Shell Script
13 8 (2.42%) VBA
14 6 (1.81%) Bicep
14 6 (1.81%) XPath
15 4 (1.21%) C
15 4 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.91%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (23.26%) Security Cleared
2 58 (17.52%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.16%) Degree
4 9 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (2.72%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.51%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.51%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.60%) CISSP
8 2 (0.60%) GIAC
8 2 (0.60%) HNC
8 2 (0.60%) HND
8 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.60%) SSCP
9 1 (0.30%) CISM
9 1 (0.30%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.25%) QA
2 17 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.72%) GDPR
4 7 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.81%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.51%) HL7
6 5 (1.51%) WCAG
7 3 (0.91%) FATCA
7 3 (0.91%) GRC
7 3 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.91%) PSD2
7 3 (0.91%) SLA
8 2 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.60%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.60%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.30%) DICOM
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.30%) NIST
9 1 (0.30%) SEPA
9 1 (0.30%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 10 (3.02%) Docker
2 3 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.30%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (3.02%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.42%) Ansible
3 7 (2.11%) Terraform
4 5 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.60%) Grafana
5 2 (0.60%) QRadar
5 2 (0.60%) WMI
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Ranger
6 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.30%) vRealize
6 1 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 93 (28.10%) Oracle
2 63 (19.03%) Microsoft
3 25 (7.55%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.74%) SAP
5 17 (5.14%) IBM
5 17 (5.14%) MuleSoft
5 17 (5.14%) Workday
6 11 (3.32%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.72%) Google
8 7 (2.11%) Databricks
9 6 (1.81%) Dell
9 6 (1.81%) webMethods
10 5 (1.51%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.51%) Kronos
11 4 (1.21%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.21%) Intapp
11 4 (1.21%) InterSystems
11 4 (1.21%) Pega
12 3 (0.91%) Citrix
12 3 (0.91%) OpenLink