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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 253 194
Rank change year-on-year -16 -59 -10
Contract jobs citing XML 352 255 469
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 1.01% 1.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.53% 4.47% 6.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 165 289
10th Percentile £350 £353 £375
25th Percentile £400 £428 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £613
90th Percentile £706 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 46
10th Percentile £40.75 £22.73 £43.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £25.54 £44.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%
75th Percentile £54.13 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £63.13
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%

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 7,767 5,703 7,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.49% 22.64% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,226 3,788 5,434
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £427 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £544
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.15% -5.43%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 85 205
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.26 £20.99
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.06 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +31.36% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £78.55 £81.80 £75.92
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 8 March 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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -35 172 £525 -1.87% 40
North of England -36 59 £400 -13.32% 27
South East -28 55 £500 +29.53% 32
North West -8 49 £400 -10.66% 20
Midlands -48 33 £445 -21.52% 18
West Midlands -42 27 £440 -22.40% 15
East of England -17 13 £675 - 15
Yorkshire -61 10 £463 -18.43% 5
South West -14 6 £475 +2.70% 20
East Midlands -24 6 £525 +46.65% 3
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 (5.97%) Confluence
2 19 (5.40%) WebLogic
3 17 (4.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 11 (3.13%) Apache
5 10 (2.84%) WebSphere
6 8 (2.27%) JBoss
7 6 (1.70%) Appian
8 5 (1.42%) Anypoint
8 5 (1.42%) MQSeries
8 5 (1.42%) Mule
8 5 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (1.14%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.57%) CMS
10 2 (0.57%) Documentum
10 2 (0.57%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.57%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.14%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
1 9 (2.56%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.99%) BusinessWorks
2 7 (1.99%) SAP HCM
3 6 (1.70%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.70%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (1.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 5 (1.42%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.14%) Maximo
5 4 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.85%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.57%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.57%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (19.60%) Azure
2 55 (15.63%) AWS
3 26 (7.39%) OCI
4 22 (6.25%) SaaS
5 20 (5.68%) Power Platform
6 19 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.40%) GCP
7 16 (4.55%) GitHub
8 15 (4.26%) Serverless
9 14 (3.98%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (3.98%) PaaS
10 13 (3.69%) Boomi
11 12 (3.41%) Apigee
11 12 (3.41%) IaaS
12 11 (3.13%) Tricentis Tosca
13 10 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.27%) Kong
16 7 (1.99%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.53%) HTTP
2 17 (4.83%) HTTPS
3 8 (2.27%) Firewall
4 5 (1.42%) FTP
5 4 (1.14%) 3GPP
5 4 (1.14%) SSL
6 3 (0.85%) NFC
6 3 (0.85%) PPP
7 2 (0.57%) 5G
7 2 (0.57%) BGP
7 2 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.57%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.57%) MPLS
7 2 (0.57%) RTCP
7 2 (0.57%) RTP
7 2 (0.57%) VPN
7 2 (0.57%) XCAP
8 1 (0.28%) SMS
8 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.22%) Relational Database
2 36 (10.23%) SQL Server
3 25 (7.10%) MongoDB
4 22 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (5.40%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (5.11%) NoSQL
6 18 (5.11%) RDBMS
7 16 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
8 14 (3.98%) Power BI
9 12 (3.41%) Oracle Database
10 10 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (2.56%) DataStage
11 9 (2.56%) Metadata
12 8 (2.27%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.99%) DB2
13 7 (1.99%) MySQL
14 6 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (1.14%) Amazon QuickSight
16 4 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 49 (13.92%) JIRA
2 43 (12.22%) Postman
3 41 (11.65%) Git
4 26 (7.39%) Jenkins
5 23 (6.53%) Selenium
6 22 (6.25%) JUnit
7 15 (4.26%) Cucumber
7 15 (4.26%) Eclipse
8 12 (3.41%) Maven
8 12 (3.41%) SoapUI
9 8 (2.27%) GitLab
9 8 (2.27%) IntelliJ
10 7 (1.99%) Toad
11 6 (1.70%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.70%) TestRail
11 6 (1.70%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.42%) MSTest
12 5 (1.42%) SonarQube
13 4 (1.14%) Firebug
13 4 (1.14%) Subversion
General
1 114 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 76 (21.59%) Finance
3 65 (18.47%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.51%) Banking
5 34 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.84%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.56%) Legal
9 8 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.70%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.42%) Military
11 5 (1.42%) Private Banking
11 5 (1.42%) Retail
12 4 (1.14%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.14%) Publishing
13 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.85%) Back Office
14 2 (0.57%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 102 (28.98%) Developer
2 52 (14.77%) Analyst
3 43 (12.22%) Consultant
4 25 (7.10%) Business Analyst
5 24 (6.82%) Senior
6 20 (5.68%) Implementation Consultant
6 20 (5.68%) Software Engineer
7 19 (5.40%) Lead
8 18 (5.11%) Architect
9 16 (4.55%) Data Engineer
10 12 (3.41%) DBA
11 11 (3.13%) Integration Developer
12 10 (2.84%) Java Developer
13 9 (2.56%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 9 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.56%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.56%) Tester
14 8 (2.27%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.27%) Technical Business Analyst
15 7 (1.99%) Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (53.13%) JSON
2 116 (32.95%) SOAP
3 115 (32.67%) REST
4 50 (14.20%) Web Services
5 38 (10.80%) OAuth
5 38 (10.80%) XSLT
6 33 (9.38%) HTML
7 28 (7.95%) .NET
8 27 (7.67%) Oracle Fusion
9 25 (7.10%) JWT
10 22 (6.25%) RESTful
11 21 (5.97%) Middleware
12 20 (5.68%) JMS
13 19 (5.40%) Kafka
13 19 (5.40%) Swagger
14 18 (5.11%) CSS
14 18 (5.11%) J2EE
14 18 (5.11%) Spring
14 18 (5.11%) XSD
15 14 (3.98%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.69%) Data Structures
2 10 (2.84%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.84%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.84%) Public Cloud
3 9 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.56%) Replication
4 8 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.99%) Fixed Income
6 6 (1.70%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.70%) CMDB
6 6 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.42%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.42%) AS400
7 5 (1.42%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.42%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.14%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.14%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.93%) Linux
2 26 (7.39%) Unix
3 15 (4.26%) Windows
4 5 (1.42%) AIX
4 5 (1.42%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.85%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (36.36%) Agile
2 106 (30.11%) DevOps
3 92 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (19.32%) CI/CD
5 48 (13.64%) Validation
6 43 (12.22%) ERP
7 40 (11.36%) Data Modelling
7 40 (11.36%) Integration Patterns
8 39 (11.08%) Scrum
9 38 (10.80%) Migration
10 37 (10.51%) ETL
11 36 (10.23%) Requirements Gathering
12 35 (9.94%) Microservices
13 34 (9.66%) Software Engineering
14 33 (9.38%) Mentoring
15 32 (9.09%) Test Automation
16 31 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
17 30 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
18 29 (8.24%) Computer Science
19 27 (7.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 138 (39.20%) SQL
2 95 (26.99%) Java
3 53 (15.06%) C#
4 48 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 48 (13.64%) Python
5 26 (7.39%) T-SQL
6 18 (5.11%) PowerShell
7 16 (4.55%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.69%) XPath
9 8 (2.27%) Groovy
9 8 (2.27%) Scala
10 7 (1.99%) ABAP
10 7 (1.99%) C++
10 7 (1.99%) Korn
11 6 (1.70%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.42%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.42%) Perl
12 5 (1.42%) RPG
13 4 (1.14%) Bicep
14 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 86 (24.43%) Security Cleared
2 65 (18.47%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.51%) Degree
4 20 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.13%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.70%) ISEB
9 5 (1.42%) CCNP
9 5 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.42%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.42%) PMP
10 4 (1.14%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.57%) CCNA
11 2 (0.57%) HNC
11 2 (0.57%) OCP
11 2 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.39%) QA
2 12 (3.41%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.42%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.42%) PSD2
4 4 (1.14%) GAAP
4 4 (1.14%) GDPR
5 3 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.85%) FATCA
5 3 (0.85%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.57%) Basel III
6 2 (0.57%) HL7
6 2 (0.57%) IFRS
6 2 (0.57%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.57%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.57%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (8.52%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.56%) Puppet
3 8 (2.27%) Control-M
4 7 (1.99%) Ansible
4 7 (1.99%) TIBCO Hawk
5 6 (1.70%) logstash
6 5 (1.42%) Kibana
7 3 (0.85%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.57%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.57%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.57%) Grafana
8 2 (0.57%) QRadar
8 2 (0.57%) Terraform
9 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.28%) Podman
9 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 96 (27.27%) Oracle
2 36 (10.23%) Microsoft
3 32 (9.09%) SAP
4 31 (8.81%) IBM
5 19 (5.40%) webMethods
6 15 (4.26%) MuleSoft
6 15 (4.26%) Workday
7 14 (3.98%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.84%) Splunk
8 10 (2.84%) TIBCO
9 8 (2.27%) Informatica
9 8 (2.27%) Pega
10 7 (1.99%) BEA
10 7 (1.99%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.70%) Cisco
11 6 (1.70%) Software AG
12 5 (1.42%) Computacenter
12 5 (1.42%) Google
13 4 (1.14%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.14%) Axway