XML Contracts in England

XML
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 160 209
Rank change year-on-year -117 +49 -20
Contract jobs citing XML 218 558 644
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.90% 1.50% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.00% 7.43% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 309 444
10th Percentile £365 £406 £375
25th Percentile £428 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £663
90th Percentile £650 £744 £792
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 72 15
10th Percentile £22.73 - £55.00
25th Percentile £25.54 - £70.00
Median hourly rate £60.13 £43.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.84% -40.69% +52.63%
75th Percentile £93.75 £51.25 £75.00
90th Percentile - £84.60 -
UK median hourly rate £27.38 £43.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -40.69% +52.63%

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 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for XML in England

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in England.

Daily rate trend for XML in England

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in England

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in England.

Hourly rate trend for XML in England

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for XML in England

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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 1 May 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 -97 125 £525 -4.55% 137
North of England +8 40 £449 -15.92% 30
South East +48 39 £400 -11.11% 57
North West +16 34 £448 -16.20% 14
Midlands +15 10 £550 -8.33% 22
West Midlands +9 8 £563 -6.25% 9
Yorkshire -1 6 £550 -14.73% 14
East of England -31 4 £488 +2.63% 20
South West 0 3 £375 -31.82% 20
East Midlands +8 2 £358 +19.33% 13
XML
UK

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.96%) WebLogic
2 10 (4.59%) Confluence
3 9 (4.13%) MQSeries
4 7 (3.21%) Anypoint
5 6 (2.75%) Apache
5 6 (2.75%) Mule
6 5 (2.29%) Moodle
6 5 (2.29%) NetWeaver
6 5 (2.29%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.83%) Mule ESB
7 4 (1.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (1.38%) Camunda
9 2 (0.92%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.92%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.92%) CICS
9 2 (0.92%) IIS
9 2 (0.92%) JBoss
9 2 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.92%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Siemens NX
2 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.75%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.92%) Notepad++
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (5.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (5.50%) Teamcenter
2 7 (3.21%) Oracle Assets
2 7 (3.21%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (3.21%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (3.21%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (3.21%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.83%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 2 (0.92%) BASE24
4 2 (0.92%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.46%) Actimize
5 1 (0.46%) FastStats
5 1 (0.46%) Maximo
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (19.72%) Azure
2 25 (11.47%) AWS
3 20 (9.17%) Serverless
4 16 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.42%) SaaS
6 13 (5.96%) PowerApps
7 12 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (5.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.59%) Power Automate
10 9 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.21%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (2.75%) OCI
13 5 (2.29%) Azure API Management
13 5 (2.29%) GitHub
14 4 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (1.38%) Azure Stack
15 3 (1.38%) Entra ID
15 3 (1.38%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (10.09%) HTTP
2 9 (4.13%) SSL
3 5 (2.29%) VPN
4 4 (1.83%) BGP
4 4 (1.83%) Network Security
4 4 (1.83%) SNMP
4 4 (1.83%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.38%) DNS
5 3 (1.38%) Firewall
5 3 (1.38%) LTE
5 3 (1.38%) MPLS
5 3 (1.38%) NAS
5 3 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.38%) SSH
5 3 (1.38%) Telnet
6 2 (0.92%) ATM
6 2 (0.92%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.92%) MQTT
6 2 (0.92%) SMS
6 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (15.14%) SQL Server
2 26 (11.93%) Oracle Reports
3 25 (11.47%) Relational Database
4 23 (10.55%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (10.09%) MongoDB
6 20 (9.17%) RDBMS
7 19 (8.72%) NoSQL
8 17 (7.80%) MySQL
9 14 (6.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (3.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 8 (3.67%) Oracle Database
11 5 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.83%) DB2
12 4 (1.83%) Redis
13 3 (1.38%) Power BI
13 3 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.38%) Tableau
14 2 (0.92%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.92%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.92%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 25 (11.47%) Git
2 24 (11.01%) JIRA
3 12 (5.50%) Jenkins
4 11 (5.05%) Postman
5 10 (4.59%) SoapUI
6 8 (3.67%) GitLab
7 6 (2.75%) Bitbucket
7 6 (2.75%) JUnit
7 6 (2.75%) Selenium
7 6 (2.75%) Toad
8 5 (2.29%) PHPUnit
9 4 (1.83%) Maven
9 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.38%) Ant
10 3 (1.38%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.38%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.92%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.92%) Subversion
11 2 (0.92%) XMLSpy
General
1 55 (25.23%) Finance
2 45 (20.64%) Social Skills
3 38 (17.43%) Banking
4 25 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.13%) Front Office
6 9 (4.13%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.21%) General Ledger
8 5 (2.29%) Back Office
9 4 (1.83%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.83%) Private Banking
10 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.92%) Automotive
11 2 (0.92%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.92%) Law
11 2 (0.92%) Marketing
11 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.92%) Retail
11 2 (0.92%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 89 (40.83%) Developer
2 31 (14.22%) Senior
3 29 (13.30%) Architect
4 24 (11.01%) Analyst
5 17 (7.80%) Senior Developer
6 13 (5.96%) DBA
7 12 (5.50%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.05%) Applications Engineer
8 11 (5.05%) Configuration Engineer
8 11 (5.05%) Integration Developer
8 11 (5.05%) Oracle Developer
9 10 (4.59%) Business Analyst
9 10 (4.59%) Lead
9 10 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.13%) PostgreSQL DBA
10 9 (4.13%) SAP Developer
11 8 (3.67%) ServiceNow Architect
12 7 (3.21%) Administrator
12 7 (3.21%) MuleSoft Developer
12 7 (3.21%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (47.71%) JSON
2 56 (25.69%) SOAP
3 50 (22.94%) REST
4 44 (20.18%) HTML
5 35 (16.06%) Web Services
6 30 (13.76%) CSS
7 26 (11.93%) .NET
8 24 (11.01%) RESTful
8 24 (11.01%) XSLT
9 22 (10.09%) Kafka
10 14 (6.42%) .NET Framework
10 14 (6.42%) AngularJS
10 14 (6.42%) Middleware
10 14 (6.42%) WCF
11 13 (5.96%) ASP.NET Web API
12 12 (5.50%) EDI
13 11 (5.05%) JDBC
13 11 (5.05%) Oracle Fusion
14 9 (4.13%) Ajax
14 9 (4.13%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.13%) Virtual Team
2 8 (3.67%) Derivative
2 8 (3.67%) Fixed Income
2 8 (3.67%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.21%) CMDB
4 6 (2.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (2.29%) e-Learning
5 5 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.29%) iSeries
5 5 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.29%) PKI
5 5 (2.29%) VLE
6 4 (1.83%) AS400
6 4 (1.83%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.80%) Unix
2 16 (7.34%) Linux
3 15 (6.88%) Windows
4 3 (1.38%) AIX
5 2 (0.92%) CentOS
5 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Android
6 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (34.40%) Agile
2 36 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (14.22%) DevOps
4 23 (10.55%) CI/CD
4 23 (10.55%) Mentoring
5 22 (10.09%) Test Automation
5 22 (10.09%) User Experience
6 20 (9.17%) Analytics
6 20 (9.17%) Scrum
7 19 (8.72%) Migration
8 17 (7.80%) API Management
8 17 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (7.34%) Data Modelling
9 16 (7.34%) SDLC
9 16 (7.34%) Workflow
10 15 (6.88%) ITSM
10 15 (6.88%) Performance Optimisation
10 15 (6.88%) Performance Tuning
10 15 (6.88%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (6.42%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 95 (43.58%) SQL
2 54 (24.77%) Java
3 48 (22.02%) JavaScript
4 33 (15.14%) Python
5 32 (14.68%) C#
6 26 (11.93%) PL/SQL
7 15 (6.88%) TypeScript
8 10 (4.59%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.21%) ABAP
9 7 (3.21%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.75%) Perl
11 5 (2.29%) ActionScript
11 5 (2.29%) ActionScript 2.0
11 5 (2.29%) DataWeave
11 5 (2.29%) PHP
11 5 (2.29%) RPG
12 4 (1.83%) C
12 4 (1.83%) C++
12 4 (1.83%) COBOL
12 4 (1.83%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 42 (19.27%) Security Cleared
2 35 (16.06%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.50%) Degree
4 6 (2.75%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.83%) ISEB
5 4 (1.83%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.38%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.38%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.92%) OCP
7 2 (0.92%) Sun Certification
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.46%) CCDP
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.88%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.05%) QA
3 4 (1.83%) SEPA
4 3 (1.38%) HL7
4 3 (1.38%) SLA
5 2 (0.92%) DICOM
5 2 (0.92%) EMIR
5 2 (0.92%) GDPR
5 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.92%) MiFID
6 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) NIST
6 1 (0.46%) PSD2
6 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (6.42%) Docker
2 8 (3.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.38%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (1.38%) iptables
4 2 (0.92%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.46%) vSphere
5 1 (0.46%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 10 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.75%) CloudHub
2 6 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.83%) Ansible
3 4 (1.83%) Grafana
4 3 (1.38%) Cacti
4 3 (1.38%) Control-M
4 3 (1.38%) Nagios
4 3 (1.38%) Netcool
4 3 (1.38%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.38%) Puppet
4 3 (1.38%) ZABBIX
5 2 (0.92%) Istio
5 2 (0.92%) Kibana
5 2 (0.92%) Terraform
6 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.46%) Graylog
6 1 (0.46%) logstash
6 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.46%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (27.06%) Oracle
2 32 (14.68%) Microsoft
3 21 (9.63%) SAP
4 18 (8.26%) ServiceNow
5 17 (7.80%) IBM
6 9 (4.13%) MuleSoft
7 6 (2.75%) Splunk
8 5 (2.29%) Cisco
8 5 (2.29%) Informatica
8 5 (2.29%) Sybase
8 5 (2.29%) TIBCO
9 4 (1.83%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.83%) CODA
9 4 (1.83%) Cognos
9 4 (1.83%) Murex
9 4 (1.83%) Nokia
9 4 (1.83%) OpenText
9 4 (1.83%) Pega
9 4 (1.83%) VMware
9 4 (1.83%) webMethods