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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 235 169
Rank change year-on-year -89 -66 +30
Contract jobs citing XML 363 315 474
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 1.13% 1.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.70% 4.45% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 222 250
10th Percentile £314 £343 £324
25th Percentile £400 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -10.91%
75th Percentile £613 £577 £575
90th Percentile £713 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 42
10th Percentile - £31.25 -
25th Percentile - £38.38 -
Median hourly rate £29.07 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.40% - -15.04%
75th Percentile £42.06 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £46.42 £93.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £42.75 £43.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% -0.58% -18.10%

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 9,819 7,073 7,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.20% 25.48% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,457 4,774 5,204
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £449 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £526 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.54% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 173 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.60 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £70.00 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +20.37% -13.60% +4.17%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -59 194 £538 +2.38% 193
South East -48 50 £460 -3.16% 56
Midlands -18 44 £418 -2.68% 24
West Midlands -25 38 £415 -3.38% 19
North of England -81 27 £381 -23.80% 33
South West -31 20 £575 +53.33% 24
North West -59 17 £416 -12.46% 19
East of England -44 12 £525 +7.69% 17
Yorkshire -32 10 £380 -43.70% 12
East Midlands -7 5 £494 +82.96% 5
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 (7.71%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.68%) Confluence
3 9 (2.48%) Mule
3 9 (2.48%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.20%) Anypoint
4 8 (2.20%) IIS
4 8 (2.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (1.65%) Apache
6 5 (1.38%) WebLogic
6 5 (1.38%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.83%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.28%) CICS
8 1 (0.28%) CMS
8 1 (0.28%) JBoss
8 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.28%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.28%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (2.75%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.20%) Windchill
3 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 21 (5.79%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (4.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (4.96%) NetSuite
3 15 (4.13%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (3.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (2.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (2.20%) Workday HCM
6 7 (1.93%) Oracle FAH
7 6 (1.65%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (1.65%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
8 4 (1.10%) Elite 3E
8 4 (1.10%) Maximo
8 4 (1.10%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (1.10%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 4 (1.10%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (1.10%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.83%) Teamcenter
10 2 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.55%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 107 (29.48%) Azure
2 53 (14.60%) AWS
3 45 (12.40%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (11.85%) Boomi
5 30 (8.26%) GCP
6 22 (6.06%) AtomSphere
6 22 (6.06%) Power Platform
7 20 (5.51%) Azure Service Bus
7 20 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (5.51%) GitHub
8 18 (4.96%) Azure Functions
8 18 (4.96%) Serverless
9 17 (4.68%) Azure Logic Apps
9 17 (4.68%) Power Automate
10 16 (4.41%) SaaS
11 14 (3.86%) iPaaS
12 10 (2.75%) Entra ID
12 10 (2.75%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.79%) HTTP
2 9 (2.48%) FTP
3 6 (1.65%) SSL
4 4 (1.10%) Network Security
4 4 (1.10%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.83%) Wireless
6 2 (0.55%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.55%) Internet
6 2 (0.55%) Intranet
6 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.55%) WAN
6 2 (0.55%) 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 43 (11.85%) SQL Server
2 30 (8.26%) Relational Database
3 21 (5.79%) Oracle Database
4 17 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (3.86%) MySQL
6 11 (3.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 11 (3.03%) RDBMS
7 10 (2.75%) Metadata
7 10 (2.75%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.75%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.93%) MS Access
9 7 (1.93%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.65%) Parquet
11 5 (1.38%) DataStage
11 5 (1.38%) GIS
11 5 (1.38%) Power BI
11 5 (1.38%) Tableau
12 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 57 (15.70%) Git
2 39 (10.74%) JIRA
3 24 (6.61%) Postman
4 21 (5.79%) Team Foundation Server
5 19 (5.23%) Jenkins
5 19 (5.23%) Visual Studio
6 16 (4.41%) Selenium
7 11 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (3.03%) SonarQube
8 10 (2.75%) Gradle
8 10 (2.75%) JMeter
9 9 (2.48%) eggPlant
10 8 (2.20%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.20%) Maven
10 8 (2.20%) SoapUI
10 8 (2.20%) WebDriver
11 7 (1.93%) GitLab
11 7 (1.93%) JUnit
12 6 (1.65%) JDeveloper
12 6 (1.65%) LoadRunner
General
1 131 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 86 (23.69%) Finance
3 76 (20.94%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.57%) Public Sector
5 33 (9.09%) Banking
6 14 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.58%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.20%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.93%) Retail
11 6 (1.65%) Aviation
11 6 (1.65%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.65%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.65%) Legal
12 5 (1.38%) Front Office
12 5 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.10%) Law
13 4 (1.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 130 (35.81%) Developer
2 53 (14.60%) Senior
3 39 (10.74%) Architect
4 34 (9.37%) Analyst
5 26 (7.16%) Consultant
5 26 (7.16%) Senior Developer
6 22 (6.06%) Lead
7 17 (4.68%) Data Engineer
8 15 (4.13%) Integration Developer
9 14 (3.86%) Business Analyst
9 14 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 13 (3.58%) Test Analyst
11 12 (3.31%) Software Developer
11 12 (3.31%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.03%) C# Developer
13 9 (2.48%) Java Developer
13 9 (2.48%) Oracle Developer
13 9 (2.48%) ServiceNow Developer
14 8 (2.20%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (54.27%) JSON
2 139 (38.29%) REST
3 134 (36.91%) SOAP
4 64 (17.63%) Web Services
5 63 (17.36%) Middleware
6 58 (15.98%) .NET
7 49 (13.50%) XSLT
8 39 (10.74%) HTML
9 38 (10.47%) Kafka
10 36 (9.92%) OAuth
11 29 (7.99%) RESTful
12 25 (6.89%) CSS
13 21 (5.79%) EDI
13 21 (5.79%) OAuth2
14 19 (5.23%) JWT
15 18 (4.96%) Swagger
16 15 (4.13%) ActiveX
16 15 (4.13%) SAML
17 14 (3.86%) GraphQL
18 13 (3.58%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.23%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (4.96%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.68%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.58%) Taxonomies
6 12 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.03%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 9 (2.48%) CMDB
9 7 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (1.93%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.38%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.38%) SCADA
10 5 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.10%) Derivative
11 4 (1.10%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.64%) Linux
2 25 (6.89%) Unix
3 19 (5.23%) Windows
4 4 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.83%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (31.68%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (27.55%) Agile
3 93 (25.62%) DevOps
4 87 (23.97%) CI/CD
5 65 (17.91%) Validation
6 56 (15.43%) Test Automation
7 46 (12.67%) Data Modelling
7 46 (12.67%) Integration Patterns
8 45 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 45 (12.40%) Workflow
9 42 (11.57%) Migration
10 40 (11.02%) User Acceptance Testing
11 38 (10.47%) Data Mapping
11 38 (10.47%) Event-Driven
11 38 (10.47%) Scrum
12 35 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 34 (9.37%) API Management
13 34 (9.37%) ERP
13 34 (9.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 144 (39.67%) SQL
2 92 (25.34%) JavaScript
3 83 (22.87%) Java
4 68 (18.73%) Python
5 51 (14.05%) C#
6 27 (7.44%) PL/SQL
7 20 (5.51%) Groovy
8 19 (5.23%) C++
8 19 (5.23%) VB
8 19 (5.23%) VB6
9 17 (4.68%) VBA
10 15 (4.13%) VB.NET
11 14 (3.86%) PowerShell
12 13 (3.58%) TypeScript
13 12 (3.31%) Shell Script
14 10 (2.75%) T-SQL
15 8 (2.20%) XPath
16 7 (1.93%) C
17 6 (1.65%) Bicep
18 5 (1.38%) R
Qualifications
1 108 (29.75%) Security Cleared
2 86 (23.69%) SC Cleared
3 43 (11.85%) Degree
4 19 (5.23%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.13%) ISTQB
6 14 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 11 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.48%) ISEB
10 6 (1.65%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.83%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.55%) CISSP
13 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.55%) GIAC
13 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.55%) SSCP
14 1 (0.28%) CEH
14 1 (0.28%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.37%) QA
2 23 (6.34%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.41%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.86%) GDPR
4 14 (3.86%) WCAG
5 13 (3.58%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.38%) GRC
7 4 (1.10%) HL7
7 4 (1.10%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.55%) NCSC
8 2 (0.55%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.28%) COREP
9 1 (0.28%) DICOM
9 1 (0.28%) GMP
9 1 (0.28%) GxP
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.28%) PMO
9 1 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 16 (4.41%) Docker
2 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.28%) RACF
4 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.31%) Ansible
3 11 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.38%) HP Fortify
5 4 (1.10%) Control-M
6 3 (0.83%) WMI
7 2 (0.55%) Netcool
7 2 (0.55%) Netcool/OMNIbus
7 2 (0.55%) QRadar
7 2 (0.55%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.55%) 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
1 106 (29.20%) Oracle
2 92 (25.34%) Microsoft
3 40 (11.02%) IBM
4 39 (10.74%) SAP
5 32 (8.82%) ServiceNow
6 29 (7.99%) MuleSoft
7 27 (7.44%) Google
8 25 (6.89%) Salesforce
8 25 (6.89%) Workday
9 11 (3.03%) Databricks
10 9 (2.48%) Informatica
10 9 (2.48%) TIBCO
10 9 (2.48%) webMethods
10 9 (2.48%) WSO2
11 8 (2.20%) PTC
12 5 (1.38%) Kronos
13 4 (1.10%) Dell
13 4 (1.10%) Intapp
14 3 (0.83%) Okta
14 3 (0.83%) VMware