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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 228 200
Rank change year-on-year 0 -28 -3
Contract jobs citing XML 355 324 491
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 1.04% 1.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.11% 4.78% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 198 307
10th Percentile £341 £210 £371
25th Percentile £400 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -9.09% -3.34%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £630 £750
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 1 35
10th Percentile £31.25 - £45.88
25th Percentile £40.75 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -53.51% +89.86% -2.56%
75th Percentile £43.75 £93.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 - £78.25
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -53.51% +89.86% -2.56%

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 6,951 6,776 8,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.66% 21.84% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,681 4,305 6,202
10th Percentile £350 £360 £369
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £630 £669 £675
90th Percentile £726 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 107 178
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £35.52
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.40 £65.00 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +19.20% -16.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.43 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -12.70%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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 -25 172 £525 -0.47% 40
South East -21 41 £475 +61.02% 36
North of England -33 41 £463 -15.91% 22
East of England +20 36 £550 - 11
North West -5 32 £450 +1.69% 12
Midlands -30 29 £429 -19.17% 20
West Midlands -19 26 £429 -23.97% 11
South West +8 17 £375 -30.23% 11
Yorkshire -35 9 £650 +14.64% 6
East Midlands -12 3 - - 9
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 18 (5.07%) WebLogic
2 15 (4.23%) Apache
3 12 (3.38%) Confluence
3 12 (3.38%) MQSeries
4 10 (2.82%) JBoss
5 9 (2.54%) WebSphere
6 8 (2.25%) IIS
7 7 (1.97%) Anypoint
7 7 (1.97%) Appian
7 7 (1.97%) Mule
7 7 (1.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (1.69%) nginx
9 3 (0.85%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.85%) Documentum
9 3 (0.85%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.56%) Camunda
10 2 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.56%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.28%) CMS
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.10%) FrameMaker
3 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.13%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.25%) Maximo
2 7 (1.97%) SAP HCM
2 7 (1.97%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (1.41%) BusinessWorks
4 4 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.13%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.28%) Endur
7 1 (0.28%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MRS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.28%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 86 (24.23%) Azure
2 64 (18.03%) AWS
3 28 (7.89%) GitHub
4 25 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.35%) GCP
6 16 (4.51%) Power Platform
7 15 (4.23%) Serverless
8 14 (3.94%) Tricentis Tosca
9 13 (3.66%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (3.66%) Power Automate
9 13 (3.66%) SaaS
10 12 (3.38%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (2.82%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.54%) Boomi
12 9 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.54%) Nutanix
13 7 (1.97%) Apigee
13 7 (1.97%) AtomSphere
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.89%) HTTPS
2 24 (6.76%) HTTP
3 11 (3.10%) Firewall
4 8 (2.25%) NFC
4 8 (2.25%) PPP
4 8 (2.25%) SSL
5 4 (1.13%) VPN
6 3 (0.85%) BGP
6 3 (0.85%) MPLS
7 2 (0.56%) AMQP
7 2 (0.56%) DNS
7 2 (0.56%) DSL
7 2 (0.56%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.56%) LAN
8 1 (0.28%) 5G
8 1 (0.28%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.28%) NAS
8 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.80%) Relational Database
2 43 (12.11%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.07%) MongoDB
4 14 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.66%) DataStage
5 13 (3.66%) MySQL
6 11 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (2.82%) DB2
8 9 (2.54%) Big Data
9 8 (2.25%) Amazon QuickSight
9 8 (2.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (2.25%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.97%) Power BI
10 7 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (1.69%) MariaDB
11 6 (1.69%) Metadata
12 5 (1.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 52 (14.65%) Git
2 51 (14.37%) JIRA
3 30 (8.45%) Jenkins
4 24 (6.76%) Selenium
5 23 (6.48%) JUnit
5 23 (6.48%) Postman
6 18 (5.07%) Cucumber
6 18 (5.07%) Eclipse
7 16 (4.51%) GitLab
8 10 (2.82%) IntelliJ
8 10 (2.82%) Maven
9 9 (2.54%) Browser DevTools
9 9 (2.54%) Firebug
9 9 (2.54%) SoapUI
10 8 (2.25%) SonarQube
10 8 (2.25%) Valgrind
11 7 (1.97%) Robot Framework
11 7 (1.97%) Toad
12 6 (1.69%) Gradle
12 6 (1.69%) PVCS
General
1 113 (31.83%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.03%) Finance
3 59 (16.62%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 35 (9.86%) Banking
6 14 (3.94%) Publishing
7 12 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.10%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.82%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.82%) Back Office
10 8 (2.25%) Private Banking
11 6 (1.69%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.69%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.41%) Automotive
12 5 (1.41%) Digital Healthcare
12 5 (1.41%) Front Office
12 5 (1.41%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.41%) Retail
13 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 123 (34.65%) Developer
2 51 (14.37%) Analyst
3 35 (9.86%) Senior
4 27 (7.61%) Consultant
5 25 (7.04%) Software Engineer
6 21 (5.92%) Business Analyst
7 17 (4.79%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.51%) Integration Developer
8 16 (4.51%) Java Developer
8 16 (4.51%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.23%) Architect
10 14 (3.94%) Author
10 14 (3.94%) Technical Author
11 13 (3.66%) webMethods Developer
12 12 (3.38%) Applications Engineer
12 12 (3.38%) Senior Developer
13 10 (2.82%) Java Engineer
13 10 (2.82%) Lead
14 9 (2.54%) Development Engineer
14 9 (2.54%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (52.68%) JSON
2 108 (30.42%) SOAP
3 105 (29.58%) REST
4 47 (13.24%) HTML
5 43 (12.11%) Web Services
6 33 (9.30%) RESTful
7 32 (9.01%) OAuth
8 31 (8.73%) XSLT
9 30 (8.45%) Spring
10 29 (8.17%) JMS
11 22 (6.20%) .NET
12 20 (5.63%) CSS
12 20 (5.63%) Hibernate
13 18 (5.07%) J2EE
13 18 (5.07%) Kafka
14 17 (4.79%) XSD
15 16 (4.51%) AngularJS
15 16 (4.51%) Spring Boot
16 14 (3.94%) OAuth2
16 14 (3.94%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.79%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.23%) Replication
3 10 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.54%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.25%) AS400
5 8 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.25%) Smartcard
6 7 (1.97%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.97%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.97%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.97%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.41%) Derivative
8 5 (1.41%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.41%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.13%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 38 (10.70%) Linux
2 28 (7.89%) Windows
3 25 (7.04%) Unix
4 8 (2.25%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.85%) AIX
6 3 (0.85%) Android
7 2 (0.56%) CentOS
8 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (37.46%) Agile
2 113 (31.83%) DevOps
3 84 (23.66%) CI/CD
4 73 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (16.62%) Test Automation
6 47 (13.24%) Migration
7 45 (12.68%) Microservices
8 41 (11.55%) Scrum
9 40 (11.27%) Deployment Automation
10 39 (10.99%) ETL
11 37 (10.42%) Software Engineering
12 35 (9.86%) Data Migration
13 34 (9.58%) Validation
14 33 (9.30%) Data Modelling
15 29 (8.17%) Computer Science
15 29 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (7.61%) Workflow
17 26 (7.32%) API Management
18 25 (7.04%) OO
19 24 (6.76%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 141 (39.72%) SQL
2 123 (34.65%) Java
3 69 (19.44%) JavaScript
4 68 (19.15%) Python
5 52 (14.65%) C#
6 22 (6.20%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.79%) C++
8 13 (3.66%) T-SQL
9 12 (3.38%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.82%) XPath
11 9 (2.54%) ABAP
11 9 (2.54%) RPG
12 8 (2.25%) C
12 8 (2.25%) Scala
13 7 (1.97%) Groovy
13 7 (1.97%) VBA
14 4 (1.13%) DataWeave
14 4 (1.13%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.85%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.85%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 97 (27.32%) Security Cleared
2 79 (22.25%) SC Cleared
3 48 (13.52%) Degree
4 24 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.38%) HNC
5 12 (3.38%) HND
6 10 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 9 (2.54%) ISTQB
8 8 (2.25%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.97%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.69%) ISEB
11 3 (0.85%) CEH
11 3 (0.85%) GIAC
11 3 (0.85%) GWAPT
11 3 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.85%) PMP
12 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.61%) Data Quality
2 26 (7.32%) QA
3 4 (1.13%) SEPA
4 3 (0.85%) HL7
4 3 (0.85%) ISO 20022
4 3 (0.85%) SLA
5 2 (0.56%) EMIR
6 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) DICOM
6 1 (0.28%) GAAP
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) GxP
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (13.52%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (6.20%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.66%) Ansible
3 10 (2.82%) Control-M
4 8 (2.25%) logstash
4 8 (2.25%) Puppet
5 7 (1.97%) Kibana
6 5 (1.41%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (1.41%) TIBCO Hawk
7 4 (1.13%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.85%) Terraform
9 2 (0.56%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.56%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.56%) QRadar
9 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
Vendors
1 60 (16.90%) Oracle
2 52 (14.65%) Microsoft
3 41 (11.55%) SAP
4 39 (10.99%) IBM
5 27 (7.61%) webMethods
6 14 (3.94%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.38%) MuleSoft
8 11 (3.10%) Cisco
8 11 (3.10%) Software AG
9 10 (2.82%) Splunk
9 10 (2.82%) TIBCO
10 8 (2.25%) Axway
10 8 (2.25%) Blue Prism
10 8 (2.25%) Workday
11 7 (1.97%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.97%) Veracode
12 6 (1.69%) Pega
13 5 (1.41%) BEA
13 5 (1.41%) Computacenter
13 5 (1.41%) EMC