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

 6 months to
16 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 245 164
Rank change year-on-year -70 -81 +27
Contract jobs citing XML 333 296 547
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 1.09% 1.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.92% 4.89% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 214 288
10th Percentile £325 £375 £375
25th Percentile £401 £436 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £493 £510
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -3.43% -11.30%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £613
90th Percentile £715 £625 £699
UK median daily rate £519 £485 £508
% change year-on-year +7.01% -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 8,486 6,048 7,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.96% 22.25% 21.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,581 4,154 5,423
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% -4.70% -2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 140 256
10th Percentile £30.20 £31.20 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.94 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £57.13
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +9.41% -10.04%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.22
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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -61 165 £550 +4.76% 21
South East -51 56 £500 +5.26% 17
North of England -84 47 £390 -13.33% 6
North West -55 38 £390 -13.33% 4
Midlands -48 30 £425 -8.60% 17
West Midlands -49 22 £425 -15.00% 9
South West -25 14 £550 +46.67% 11
East of England -23 10 £450 -18.18% 4
Yorkshire -49 9 £400 -23.81% 2
East Midlands -6 8 £471 +50.08% 8
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 22 (6.61%) Confluence
2 13 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.40%) IIS
4 8 (2.40%) Mule
5 7 (2.10%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.50%) CMS
7 4 (1.20%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.90%) WebLogic
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%) Apache
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 (9.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.10%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.60%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 15 (4.50%) Oracle EBS
2 14 (4.20%) Oracle Payables
3 12 (3.60%) Oracle Receivables
4 9 (2.70%) NetSuite
5 7 (2.10%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (1.80%) Maximo
6 6 (1.80%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (1.80%) Oracle FAH
6 6 (1.80%) Summit
7 5 (1.50%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (1.50%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (1.20%) Elite 3E
8 4 (1.20%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (1.20%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (1.20%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (1.20%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (1.20%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 72 (21.62%) Azure
2 31 (9.31%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (8.71%) AWS
4 25 (7.51%) Boomi
5 18 (5.41%) GitHub
6 15 (4.50%) Power Platform
6 15 (4.50%) SaaS
7 13 (3.90%) AtomSphere
7 13 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (3.90%) GCP
8 12 (3.60%) Serverless
9 9 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (2.40%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (2.10%) Azure Functions
11 7 (2.10%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.70%) HTTP
2 8 (2.40%) FTP
3 4 (1.20%) 3GPP
3 4 (1.20%) SSL
3 4 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.90%) Network Security
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 38 (11.41%) SQL Server
2 31 (9.31%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.01%) RDBMS
4 18 (5.41%) Oracle Database
5 14 (4.20%) NoSQL
6 13 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.90%) Metadata
6 13 (3.90%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.60%) Power BI
8 11 (3.30%) Oracle Reports
8 11 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (3.00%) MySQL
9 10 (3.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 9 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (2.40%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.80%) DataStage
13 5 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 3 (0.90%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 32 (9.61%) Git
2 30 (9.01%) JIRA
3 29 (8.71%) Postman
4 10 (3.00%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (2.40%) GitLab
5 8 (2.40%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (2.40%) Visual Studio
6 7 (2.10%) Selenium
6 7 (2.10%) SoapUI
7 6 (1.80%) JDeveloper
7 6 (1.80%) JMeter
7 6 (1.80%) Maven
8 5 (1.50%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.50%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.50%) Gradle
8 5 (1.50%) JUnit
9 4 (1.20%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.20%) Subversion
9 4 (1.20%) TeamCity
General
1 116 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 74 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 74 (22.22%) Finance
3 30 (9.01%) Banking
4 27 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.00%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.70%) Legal
8 7 (2.10%) General Ledger
8 7 (2.10%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.10%) Retail
9 6 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.80%) Publishing
10 5 (1.50%) Military
11 4 (1.20%) Advertising
11 4 (1.20%) Front Office
11 4 (1.20%) Marketing
12 3 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 98 (29.43%) Developer
2 49 (14.71%) Consultant
3 41 (12.31%) Analyst
4 32 (9.61%) Senior
5 30 (9.01%) Implementation Consultant
6 25 (7.51%) Business Analyst
7 24 (7.21%) Architect
8 21 (6.31%) Data Engineer
9 18 (5.41%) Senior Developer
10 13 (3.90%) Payroll Consultant
11 11 (3.30%) C# Developer
12 10 (3.00%) Lead
12 10 (3.00%) Oracle Developer
12 10 (3.00%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.70%) Applications Developer
13 9 (2.70%) Integration Architect
13 9 (2.70%) Integration Developer
13 9 (2.70%) Technical Consultant
14 8 (2.40%) Integration Engineer
14 8 (2.40%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (49.85%) JSON
2 106 (31.83%) REST
3 92 (27.63%) SOAP
4 46 (13.81%) .NET
4 46 (13.81%) Web Services
5 40 (12.01%) Middleware
6 32 (9.61%) XSLT
7 24 (7.21%) OAuth
8 20 (6.01%) Kafka
9 19 (5.71%) HTML
9 19 (5.71%) RESTful
10 16 (4.80%) OAuth2
11 15 (4.50%) CSS
11 15 (4.50%) EDI
11 15 (4.50%) Swagger
12 13 (3.90%) .NET Framework
12 13 (3.90%) JWT
13 11 (3.30%) ASP.NET
14 10 (3.00%) AngularJS
14 10 (3.00%) EDIFACT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.20%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.30%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.10%) Credit Risk
5 7 (2.10%) Derivative
5 7 (2.10%) Fixed Income
5 7 (2.10%) Market Risk
6 6 (1.80%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 6 (1.80%) Taxonomies
7 5 (1.50%) CMDB
7 5 (1.50%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (1.50%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.91%) Unix
2 18 (5.41%) Linux
3 10 (3.00%) Windows
4 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.60%) VMS
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (26.43%) Agile
3 67 (20.12%) DevOps
4 63 (18.92%) CI/CD
5 57 (17.12%) Workflow
6 47 (14.11%) Validation
7 44 (13.21%) Migration
8 43 (12.91%) Data Modelling
9 38 (11.41%) Integration Patterns
10 34 (10.21%) User Acceptance Testing
11 32 (9.61%) Data Mapping
12 30 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (8.41%) Scrum
15 27 (8.11%) ETL
16 26 (7.81%) ERP
17 25 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
18 24 (7.21%) Business Intelligence
18 24 (7.21%) Software Engineering
19 23 (6.91%) AI
Programming Languages
1 159 (47.75%) SQL
2 48 (14.41%) JavaScript
3 46 (13.81%) Java
3 46 (13.81%) Python
4 45 (13.51%) C#
5 39 (11.71%) T-SQL
6 28 (8.41%) PL/SQL
7 16 (4.80%) PowerShell
8 14 (4.20%) C++
8 14 (4.20%) Groovy
9 10 (3.00%) VB.NET
10 9 (2.70%) VB
10 9 (2.70%) VB6
11 8 (2.40%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.40%) VBA
12 6 (1.80%) Bicep
12 6 (1.80%) XPath
13 4 (1.20%) C
13 4 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.90%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (22.52%) Security Cleared
2 58 (17.42%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.11%) Degree
4 9 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.40%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.50%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.50%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.50%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CISSP
9 2 (0.60%) GIAC
9 2 (0.60%) HNC
9 2 (0.60%) HND
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.60%) SSCP
10 1 (0.30%) CISM
10 1 (0.30%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.21%) QA
2 17 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.70%) GDPR
4 7 (2.10%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.80%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.50%) HL7
6 5 (1.50%) WCAG
7 3 (0.90%) FATCA
7 3 (0.90%) GRC
7 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.90%) PSD2
7 3 (0.90%) 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%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.30%) DICOM
9 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.30%) NIST
9 1 (0.30%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 10 (3.00%) Docker
2 4 (1.20%) 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 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.70%) Ansible
3 7 (2.10%) Terraform
4 5 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.90%) WMI
6 2 (0.60%) Grafana
6 2 (0.60%) QRadar
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Ranger
7 1 (0.30%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.30%) vRealize
7 1 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 94 (28.23%) Oracle
2 64 (19.22%) Microsoft
3 26 (7.81%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.71%) SAP
5 17 (5.11%) IBM
5 17 (5.11%) MuleSoft
5 17 (5.11%) Workday
6 13 (3.90%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.70%) Google
8 7 (2.10%) Databricks
9 6 (1.80%) Dell
9 6 (1.80%) webMethods
10 5 (1.50%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.50%) Kronos
11 4 (1.20%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.20%) Intapp
11 4 (1.20%) InterSystems
11 4 (1.20%) Okta
11 4 (1.20%) Pega
12 3 (0.90%) OpenLink
74 XML jobs in England