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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 235 169
Rank change year-on-year -81 -66 +34
Contract jobs citing XML 358 310 486
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.77% 1.11% 1.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.62% 4.34% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 219 256
10th Percentile £315 £342 £332
25th Percentile £400 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -1.96% -9.89%
75th Percentile £623 £586 £598
90th Percentile £713 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £504
% change year-on-year - -0.74% -8.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 44
10th Percentile - £31.25 -
25th Percentile £29.07 £38.38 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.23% - -36.06%
75th Percentile £42.38 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £46.80 £93.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £42.75 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.82% -0.58% -36.30%

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 9,900 7,138 8,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.27% 25.55% 24.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,515 4,847 5,356
10th Percentile £380 £353 £363
25th Percentile £446 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.35%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 173 180
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.32 £27.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.93
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.60% +4.88%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £74.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -10.71% +2.67%

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 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -46 194 £538 +2.38% 193
South East -63 48 £460 -3.16% 52
Midlands -25 42 £418 -2.79% 26
West Midlands -28 35 £415 -3.49% 19
North of England -77 29 £381 -23.80% 35
South West -35 18 £575 +53.33% 22
North West -55 18 £416 -12.46% 19
East of England -53 12 £509 +4.41% 19
Yorkshire -35 11 £380 -41.54% 14
East Midlands -13 6 £494 +82.96% 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 28 (7.82%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.47%) Confluence
3 9 (2.51%) Mule
3 9 (2.51%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.23%) Anypoint
4 8 (2.23%) IIS
4 8 (2.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (1.68%) Apache
5 6 (1.68%) WebSphere
6 5 (1.40%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.84%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.56%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) JBoss
9 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.28%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.23%) MS Visio
1 8 (2.23%) Windchill
2 7 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.28%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 20 (5.59%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (5.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (4.75%) NetSuite
4 15 (4.19%) Oracle Payables
5 12 (3.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (2.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (1.96%) Oracle FAH
7 7 (1.96%) Workday HCM
8 6 (1.68%) Maximo
8 6 (1.68%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (1.68%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (1.12%) Elite 3E
9 4 (1.12%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 4 (1.12%) Oracle Internet Expenses
9 4 (1.12%) Oracle iProcurement
10 3 (0.84%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.84%) Teamcenter
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 107 (29.89%) Azure
2 51 (14.25%) AWS
3 46 (12.85%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (11.45%) Boomi
5 30 (8.38%) GCP
6 22 (6.15%) Power Platform
7 21 (5.87%) Azure Service Bus
8 20 (5.59%) AtomSphere
8 20 (5.59%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (5.31%) GitHub
10 18 (5.03%) Azure Functions
10 18 (5.03%) Serverless
11 17 (4.75%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (4.75%) Power Automate
12 16 (4.47%) SaaS
13 14 (3.91%) iPaaS
14 10 (2.79%) Entra ID
14 10 (2.79%) PowerApps
15 8 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.87%) HTTP
2 8 (2.23%) FTP
3 6 (1.68%) SSL
4 4 (1.12%) Network Security
4 4 (1.12%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.84%) Wireless
6 2 (0.56%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.56%) Internet
6 2 (0.56%) Intranet
6 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.56%) WAN
6 2 (0.56%) X.509
7 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.28%) DNS
7 1 (0.28%) Firewall
7 1 (0.28%) MQTT
7 1 (0.28%) NAS
7 1 (0.28%) NFC
7 1 (0.28%) SAN
7 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (11.73%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.82%) Relational Database
3 21 (5.87%) Oracle Database
4 15 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.35%) MySQL
6 11 (3.07%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 11 (3.07%) RDBMS
7 10 (2.79%) Metadata
7 10 (2.79%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (2.51%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (2.23%) NoSQL
9 8 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.68%) Parquet
11 5 (1.40%) DataStage
11 5 (1.40%) GIS
11 5 (1.40%) MS Access
11 5 (1.40%) Power BI
11 5 (1.40%) Tableau
12 4 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 55 (15.36%) Git
2 34 (9.50%) JIRA
3 24 (6.70%) Postman
4 19 (5.31%) Team Foundation Server
5 18 (5.03%) Jenkins
5 18 (5.03%) Visual Studio
6 16 (4.47%) Selenium
7 11 (3.07%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (2.79%) JMeter
8 10 (2.79%) SonarQube
9 9 (2.51%) eggPlant
9 9 (2.51%) Gradle
10 8 (2.23%) SoapUI
10 8 (2.23%) WebDriver
11 7 (1.96%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.96%) GitLab
11 7 (1.96%) Maven
12 6 (1.68%) JDeveloper
12 6 (1.68%) JUnit
12 6 (1.68%) LoadRunner
General
1 130 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 85 (23.74%) Finance
3 74 (20.67%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 33 (9.22%) Banking
6 14 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.63%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.96%) Retail
10 6 (1.68%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.68%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.68%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.68%) Legal
10 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.40%) Front Office
11 5 (1.40%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.12%) Aviation
12 4 (1.12%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.12%) Law
12 4 (1.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 125 (34.92%) Developer
2 52 (14.53%) Senior
3 41 (11.45%) Architect
4 31 (8.66%) Analyst
5 26 (7.26%) Consultant
5 26 (7.26%) Senior Developer
6 22 (6.15%) Lead
7 17 (4.75%) Data Engineer
8 15 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (3.63%) Business Analyst
9 13 (3.63%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 13 (3.63%) Integration Developer
10 12 (3.35%) Software Developer
10 12 (3.35%) Software Engineer
11 11 (3.07%) Test Analyst
12 10 (2.79%) C# Developer
13 9 (2.51%) Integration Architect
13 9 (2.51%) Oracle Developer
13 9 (2.51%) ServiceNow Developer
14 8 (2.23%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (54.47%) JSON
2 139 (38.83%) REST
3 131 (36.59%) SOAP
4 63 (17.60%) Middleware
5 60 (16.76%) Web Services
6 58 (16.20%) .NET
7 48 (13.41%) XSLT
8 38 (10.61%) Kafka
9 37 (10.34%) OAuth
10 36 (10.06%) HTML
11 28 (7.82%) RESTful
12 23 (6.42%) CSS
13 22 (6.15%) OAuth2
14 21 (5.87%) EDI
14 21 (5.87%) JWT
15 17 (4.75%) Swagger
16 15 (4.19%) SAML
17 14 (3.91%) ActiveX
17 14 (3.91%) GraphQL
18 13 (3.63%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.03%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.75%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.75%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.63%) Taxonomies
5 12 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.07%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.07%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 9 (2.51%) CMDB
8 7 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
8 7 (1.96%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.40%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.40%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.40%) SCADA
11 4 (1.12%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 33 (9.22%) Linux
2 24 (6.70%) Unix
3 17 (4.75%) Windows
4 4 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.56%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (31.84%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (27.37%) Agile
3 92 (25.70%) DevOps
4 86 (24.02%) CI/CD
5 61 (17.04%) Validation
6 53 (14.80%) Test Automation
7 47 (13.13%) Data Modelling
7 47 (13.13%) Workflow
8 46 (12.85%) Integration Patterns
8 46 (12.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 42 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (11.73%) Migration
10 38 (10.61%) Event-Driven
10 38 (10.61%) Scrum
10 38 (10.61%) User Acceptance Testing
11 37 (10.34%) Data Mapping
12 36 (10.06%) API Management
13 35 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 34 (9.50%) Technical Leadership
15 33 (9.22%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 143 (39.94%) SQL
2 89 (24.86%) JavaScript
3 81 (22.63%) Java
4 66 (18.44%) Python
5 51 (14.25%) C#
6 27 (7.54%) PL/SQL
7 19 (5.31%) C++
7 19 (5.31%) Groovy
8 18 (5.03%) VB
8 18 (5.03%) VB6
9 16 (4.47%) VBA
10 15 (4.19%) VB.NET
11 14 (3.91%) PowerShell
12 12 (3.35%) TypeScript
13 10 (2.79%) Shell Script
14 9 (2.51%) T-SQL
15 8 (2.23%) XPath
16 7 (1.96%) C
17 6 (1.68%) Bicep
18 5 (1.40%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 104 (29.05%) Security Cleared
2 83 (23.18%) SC Cleared
3 43 (12.01%) Degree
4 17 (4.75%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.91%) ISTQB
6 13 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (3.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 11 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.23%) ISEB
10 6 (1.68%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.56%) CISSP
13 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.56%) GIAC
13 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.56%) SSCP
14 1 (0.28%) CISM
14 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.22%) QA
2 24 (6.70%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.47%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.91%) GDPR
4 14 (3.91%) WCAG
5 13 (3.63%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.40%) GRC
7 4 (1.12%) HL7
7 4 (1.12%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.56%) NCSC
8 2 (0.56%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.28%) COREP
9 1 (0.28%) FINREP
9 1 (0.28%) GMP
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.28%) NIST
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 16 (4.47%) Docker
2 5 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) RACF
4 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (4.47%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.07%) Ansible
3 10 (2.79%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.40%) HP Fortify
5 4 (1.12%) Control-M
6 3 (0.84%) WMI
7 2 (0.56%) Netcool
7 2 (0.56%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 2 (0.56%) QRadar
7 2 (0.56%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.56%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.28%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.28%) Kibana
8 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.28%) vRealize
8 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 105 (29.33%) Oracle
2 90 (25.14%) Microsoft
3 41 (11.45%) IBM
4 39 (10.89%) SAP
5 33 (9.22%) ServiceNow
6 29 (8.10%) MuleSoft
7 24 (6.70%) Google
7 24 (6.70%) Salesforce
7 24 (6.70%) Workday
8 12 (3.35%) Databricks
9 10 (2.79%) TIBCO
9 10 (2.79%) webMethods
10 9 (2.51%) Informatica
10 9 (2.51%) WSO2
11 8 (2.23%) PTC
12 5 (1.40%) Kronos
13 4 (1.12%) Intapp
13 4 (1.12%) Okta
14 3 (0.84%) Confluent
14 3 (0.84%) Splunk