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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 219 155
Rank change year-on-year -85 -64 +46
Contract jobs citing XML 350 322 530
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.17% 1.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.12% 5.23% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 233 271
10th Percentile £325 £358 £363
25th Percentile £400 £415 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £613
90th Percentile £713 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 67
10th Percentile £28.60 £29.71 -
25th Percentile £29.30 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £42.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% -2.33% -38.57%
75th Percentile £45.85 £43.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 £66.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £41.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -4.82% -3.49% -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 6,154 7,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.60% 22.31% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,559 4,231 5,050
10th Percentile £365 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £643 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 151 228
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £23.94
25th Percentile £47.60 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -1.12% -11.00%
75th Percentile £73.34 £67.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £51.25
% change year-on-year +18.45% +7.07% -14.58%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -56 177 £548 +4.29% 70
South East -60 57 £460 -3.16% 22
North of England -85 42 £390 -13.33% 13
Midlands -37 39 £415 -3.49% 15
North West -52 34 £390 -13.33% 5
West Midlands -49 29 £408 -18.50% 8
South West -32 15 £550 +46.67% 9
East Midlands -8 9 £494 +57.32% 7
East of England -35 9 £450 -18.18% 5
Yorkshire -38 8 £399 -24.05% 7
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 (5.43%) Confluence
2 12 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.86%) Mule
3 10 (2.86%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (2.57%) Anypoint
5 8 (2.29%) IIS
6 5 (1.43%) CMS
6 5 (1.43%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.43%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.57%) Apache
8 2 (0.57%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.57%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.29%) CICS
9 1 (0.29%) JBoss
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.43%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.29%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 19 (5.43%) Oracle EBS
2 15 (4.29%) NetSuite
2 15 (4.29%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (3.71%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (2.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (1.71%) Maximo
6 6 (1.71%) Oracle FAH
7 5 (1.43%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (1.14%) Elite 3E
8 4 (1.14%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (1.14%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (1.14%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (1.14%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (1.14%) Summit
9 3 (0.86%) Findur
10 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.57%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 82 (23.43%) Azure
2 36 (10.29%) AWS
2 36 (10.29%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (9.43%) Boomi
4 22 (6.29%) GCP
5 19 (5.43%) GitHub
6 18 (5.14%) AtomSphere
7 17 (4.86%) SaaS
8 16 (4.57%) Azure Service Bus
9 13 (3.71%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (3.71%) Serverless
10 11 (3.14%) Power Platform
11 10 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.57%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.57%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.57%) iPaaS
13 8 (2.29%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.29%) IaaS
13 8 (2.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.29%) HTTP
2 6 (1.71%) FTP
2 6 (1.71%) SSL
3 4 (1.14%) 3GPP
3 4 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.86%) Network Security
5 2 (0.57%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.57%) Internet
5 2 (0.57%) Intranet
5 2 (0.57%) RTCP
5 2 (0.57%) RTP
5 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.57%) WAN
5 2 (0.57%) Wireless
5 2 (0.57%) XCAP
6 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) NAS
6 1 (0.29%) SAN
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.71%) SQL Server
2 28 (8.00%) Relational Database
3 19 (5.43%) RDBMS
4 16 (4.57%) Oracle Database
5 12 (3.43%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 12 (3.43%) Oracle Reports
5 12 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.14%) Metadata
6 11 (3.14%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.29%) Power BI
7 8 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (2.00%) MySQL
8 7 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.71%) DataStage
10 5 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.86%) Db2
11 3 (0.86%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 37 (10.57%) Git
2 31 (8.86%) JIRA
3 22 (6.29%) Postman
4 15 (4.29%) Team Foundation Server
4 15 (4.29%) Visual Studio
5 13 (3.71%) Selenium
6 10 (2.86%) Jenkins
6 10 (2.86%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (2.29%) Maven
8 7 (2.00%) GitLab
8 7 (2.00%) Gradle
8 7 (2.00%) JMeter
9 6 (1.71%) JDeveloper
9 6 (1.71%) REST Assured
9 6 (1.71%) SoapUI
9 6 (1.71%) WebDriver
10 5 (1.43%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.43%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.14%) JUnit
11 4 (1.14%) TeamCity
General
1 118 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 81 (23.14%) Finance
3 68 (19.43%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.86%) Public Sector
5 30 (8.57%) Banking
6 12 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.57%) Legal
8 8 (2.29%) General Ledger
8 8 (2.29%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.29%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.00%) Retail
10 6 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.14%) Advertising
11 4 (1.14%) Front Office
11 4 (1.14%) Marketing
11 4 (1.14%) Military
11 4 (1.14%) Publishing
12 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 102 (29.14%) Developer
2 48 (13.71%) Consultant
3 40 (11.43%) Senior
4 37 (10.57%) Analyst
5 31 (8.86%) Architect
6 30 (8.57%) Implementation Consultant
7 20 (5.71%) Senior Developer
8 18 (5.14%) Business Analyst
9 16 (4.57%) Data Engineer
10 14 (4.00%) Software Engineer
11 13 (3.71%) Payroll Consultant
12 12 (3.43%) Lead
13 11 (3.14%) Oracle Developer
14 10 (2.86%) C# Developer
14 10 (2.86%) Integration Architect
15 9 (2.57%) Integration Specialist
15 9 (2.57%) Software Developer
15 9 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
15 9 (2.57%) Technical Consultant
15 9 (2.57%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (49.71%) JSON
2 121 (34.57%) REST
3 106 (30.29%) SOAP
4 46 (13.14%) Middleware
5 45 (12.86%) .NET
6 44 (12.57%) Web Services
7 32 (9.14%) OAuth
8 30 (8.57%) Kafka
8 30 (8.57%) XSLT
9 23 (6.57%) HTML
10 22 (6.29%) OAuth2
11 20 (5.71%) CSS
11 20 (5.71%) JWT
12 19 (5.43%) EDI
13 18 (5.14%) RESTful
14 13 (3.71%) ActiveX
14 13 (3.71%) Swagger
15 12 (3.43%) XSD
16 11 (3.14%) .NET Framework
17 10 (2.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.71%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.14%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 8 (2.29%) CMDB
8 7 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (1.71%) Taxonomies
10 5 (1.43%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.43%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.43%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.43%) Derivative
10 5 (1.43%) Market Risk
10 5 (1.43%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.43%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.29%) Linux
2 18 (5.14%) Unix
3 17 (4.86%) Windows
4 4 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.57%) VMS
7 1 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (24.86%) Agile
3 78 (22.29%) DevOps
4 77 (22.00%) CI/CD
5 61 (17.43%) Validation
6 56 (16.00%) Workflow
7 46 (13.14%) Migration
8 43 (12.29%) Integration Patterns
9 42 (12.00%) Data Modelling
10 37 (10.57%) Test Automation
11 35 (10.00%) Data Mapping
11 35 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 34 (9.71%) Scrum
13 32 (9.14%) API Management
13 32 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (8.86%) Event-Driven
14 31 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 28 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (7.71%) ERP
17 26 (7.43%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 157 (44.86%) SQL
2 62 (17.71%) JavaScript
3 61 (17.43%) Java
4 55 (15.71%) Python
5 40 (11.43%) C#
6 37 (10.57%) T-SQL
7 28 (8.00%) PL/SQL
8 18 (5.14%) C++
8 18 (5.14%) Groovy
9 16 (4.57%) VB
9 16 (4.57%) VB6
10 15 (4.29%) VBA
11 12 (3.43%) PowerShell
12 10 (2.86%) VB.NET
13 7 (2.00%) Bicep
14 6 (1.71%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.71%) XPath
15 5 (1.43%) ABAP
15 5 (1.43%) R
15 5 (1.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (25.14%) Security Cleared
2 68 (19.43%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.86%) Degree
4 11 (3.14%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.14%) ISTQB
5 10 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 6 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.71%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.43%) ISEB
8 4 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CISSP
10 2 (0.57%) GIAC
10 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.57%) SSCP
11 1 (0.29%) CEH
11 1 (0.29%) CISM
11 1 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.71%) QA
2 20 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.14%) ISO 20022
4 7 (2.00%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.00%) GDPR
5 5 (1.43%) WCAG
6 4 (1.14%) GRC
6 4 (1.14%) HL7
7 3 (0.86%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.57%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) COREP
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) DICOM
9 1 (0.29%) FINREP
9 1 (0.29%) IFRS
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) NIST
9 1 (0.29%) PMO
9 1 (0.29%) SEPA
9 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 9 (2.57%) Docker
2 4 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.29%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (3.14%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.57%) Ansible
2 9 (2.57%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.29%) Terraform
4 3 (0.86%) WMI
5 2 (0.57%) Grafana
5 2 (0.57%) QRadar
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Ranger
6 1 (0.29%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.29%) vRealize
6 1 (0.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 99 (28.29%) Oracle
2 76 (21.71%) Microsoft
3 32 (9.14%) ServiceNow
4 27 (7.71%) SAP
5 24 (6.86%) IBM
6 23 (6.57%) MuleSoft
7 21 (6.00%) Salesforce
8 15 (4.29%) Workday
9 14 (4.00%) Google
10 10 (2.86%) webMethods
11 9 (2.57%) Databricks
12 6 (1.71%) TIBCO
13 5 (1.43%) Informatica
13 5 (1.43%) Kronos
13 5 (1.43%) WSO2
14 4 (1.14%) Atlassian
14 4 (1.14%) Dell
14 4 (1.14%) Intapp
14 4 (1.14%) Okta
14 4 (1.14%) Pega