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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 258 167
Rank change year-on-year -53 -91 +26
Contract jobs citing XML 316 239 556
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 1.00% 1.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.94% 4.42% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 171 297
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £534
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -11.05% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £580 £625
90th Percentile £691 £638 £743
UK median daily rate £510 £475 £534
% change year-on-year +7.42% -11.05% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 69
10th Percentile £29.37 £22.10 -
25th Percentile £33.63 £23.98 -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £27.76 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.59% -35.44% -39.65%
75th Percentile £48.75 £61.08 £51.25
90th Percentile £55.20 £80.68 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £27.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.33% -37.21% -39.65%

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 8,012 5,403 7,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.18% 22.52% 20.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,287 3,737 5,386
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £790 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £521 £536
% change year-on-year +0.86% -2.85% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 106 239
10th Percentile £31.03 £31.28 £22.50
25th Percentile £52.00 £43.70 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -58 147 £550 +4.76% 54
South East -43 59 £525 +10.53% 36
North of England -64 51 £397 -11.81% 15
North West -22 43 £393 -12.78% 7
Midlands -44 27 £436 -12.80% 11
West Midlands -47 19 £436 -20.73% 6
South West -26 13 £600 +60.00% 10
East of England -28 9 £450 -18.18% 6
East Midlands -20 8 £471 +50.08% 5
Yorkshire -57 8 £463 -9.76% 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 (6.01%) Confluence
2 12 (3.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (2.85%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.53%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.53%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.90%) IIS
6 5 (1.58%) CMS
6 5 (1.58%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.27%) Mule
7 4 (1.27%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.95%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.95%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.95%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.63%) Appian
9 2 (0.63%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.63%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.32%) Apache
10 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.32%) JBoss
Applications
1 29 (9.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.16%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.85%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.22%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (2.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (1.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.90%) Summit
5 5 (1.58%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (1.58%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.58%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.27%) Maximo
6 4 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.27%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.95%) Findur
7 3 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.63%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.63%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 57 (18.04%) Azure
2 28 (8.86%) AWS
3 21 (6.65%) OCI
4 20 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (5.06%) GitHub
6 15 (4.75%) Power Platform
7 13 (4.11%) PaaS
7 13 (4.11%) SaaS
8 12 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (3.80%) Boomi
8 12 (3.80%) Serverless
9 11 (3.48%) IaaS
10 10 (3.16%) GCP
11 9 (2.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (2.22%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.90%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.22%) FTP
1 7 (2.22%) HTTP
2 4 (1.27%) 3GPP
3 3 (0.95%) Firewall
3 3 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.63%) DNS
4 2 (0.63%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.63%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.63%) Network Security
4 2 (0.63%) RTCP
4 2 (0.63%) RTP
4 2 (0.63%) SSL
4 2 (0.63%) VPN
4 2 (0.63%) XCAP
5 1 (0.32%) 5G
5 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.32%) NAS
5 1 (0.32%) SAN
5 1 (0.32%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.44%) Relational Database
1 33 (10.44%) SQL Server
2 21 (6.65%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (6.01%) RDBMS
4 17 (5.38%) Oracle Database
5 15 (4.75%) NoSQL
6 14 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.80%) Power BI
8 11 (3.48%) MongoDB
9 10 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (2.85%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.85%) Metadata
10 9 (2.85%) MySQL
10 9 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.95%) DB2
14 3 (0.95%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (10.44%) Postman
2 27 (8.54%) JIRA
3 26 (8.23%) Git
4 11 (3.48%) SoapUI
5 10 (3.16%) GitLab
6 8 (2.53%) Maven
7 7 (2.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (2.22%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.58%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.58%) Jenkins
9 4 (1.27%) JMeter
9 4 (1.27%) JUnit
9 4 (1.27%) Subversion
10 3 (0.95%) ClearCase
10 3 (0.95%) MSTest
10 3 (0.95%) Newman
10 3 (0.95%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
11 2 (0.63%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.63%) Gradle
General
1 106 (33.54%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.52%) Finance
3 61 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.03%) Banking
5 22 (6.96%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.11%) Investment Banking
7 11 (3.48%) Legal
7 11 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.53%) Military
10 7 (2.22%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.58%) Front Office
12 4 (1.27%) Advertising
12 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.27%) Marketing
12 4 (1.27%) Publishing
13 3 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.63%) Aviation
14 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (22.15%) Developer
2 52 (16.46%) Consultant
3 43 (13.61%) Analyst
4 30 (9.49%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (8.54%) Business Analyst
6 22 (6.96%) Senior
7 19 (6.01%) Lead
8 18 (5.70%) Data Engineer
9 16 (5.06%) Architect
10 14 (4.43%) Software Engineer
11 13 (4.11%) Payroll Consultant
12 11 (3.48%) Integration Specialist
13 10 (3.16%) C# Developer
14 9 (2.85%) Technical Consultant
15 8 (2.53%) Integration Engineer
15 8 (2.53%) Senior Developer
15 8 (2.53%) Workflow Consultant
16 7 (2.22%) Cloud Specialist
16 7 (2.22%) Oracle Specialist
16 7 (2.22%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (45.25%) JSON
2 86 (27.22%) SOAP
3 83 (26.27%) REST
4 45 (14.24%) Web Services
5 34 (10.76%) .NET
6 33 (10.44%) Middleware
7 30 (9.49%) XSLT
8 27 (8.54%) OAuth
9 25 (7.91%) Oracle Fusion
10 24 (7.59%) HTML
11 20 (6.33%) JWT
12 18 (5.70%) CSS
13 17 (5.38%) Kafka
13 17 (5.38%) RESTful
14 16 (5.06%) Swagger
15 14 (4.43%) YAML
16 13 (4.11%) XSD
17 12 (3.80%) EDI
17 12 (3.80%) OAuth2
18 11 (3.48%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.43%) Product Ownership
2 9 (2.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (2.53%) Fixed Income
3 8 (2.53%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.22%) Credit Risk
4 7 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (2.22%) Derivative
4 7 (2.22%) Market Risk
5 6 (1.90%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.58%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.58%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.58%) Digital Wallet
6 5 (1.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.27%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.95%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.95%) CMDB
8 3 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.28%) Linux
2 17 (5.38%) Unix
3 7 (2.22%) Windows
4 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.63%) VMS
5 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (26.58%) Agile
2 78 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (19.94%) DevOps
4 46 (14.56%) Validation
5 41 (12.97%) Integration Patterns
6 40 (12.66%) CI/CD
7 38 (12.03%) ERP
8 37 (11.71%) Workflow
9 34 (10.76%) Migration
10 33 (10.44%) Data Modelling
11 31 (9.81%) ETL
12 29 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (9.18%) User Acceptance Testing
13 26 (8.23%) Requirements Gathering
14 24 (7.59%) SDLC
14 24 (7.59%) Software Engineering
14 24 (7.59%) Unit Testing
15 23 (7.28%) Data Mapping
15 23 (7.28%) Scrum
16 21 (6.65%) AI
Programming Languages
1 137 (43.35%) SQL
2 47 (14.87%) Java
3 43 (13.61%) C#
4 42 (13.29%) Python
5 37 (11.71%) JavaScript
6 33 (10.44%) T-SQL
7 20 (6.33%) PL/SQL
8 11 (3.48%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.85%) VB
9 9 (2.85%) VB6
10 8 (2.53%) C++
11 7 (2.22%) VBA
12 4 (1.27%) Bicep
12 4 (1.27%) Groovy
12 4 (1.27%) XPath
13 3 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.95%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.95%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.63%) Korn
14 2 (0.63%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 77 (24.37%) Security Cleared
2 58 (18.35%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.18%) Degree
4 13 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.53%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.27%) CCNP
7 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.95%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.63%) HNC
9 2 (0.63%) HND
9 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.96%) QA
2 12 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.22%) GDPR
4 5 (1.58%) HL7
4 5 (1.58%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.58%) PSD2
5 4 (1.27%) GAAP
5 4 (1.27%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.95%) FATCA
6 3 (0.95%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.63%) Basel III
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.63%) SLA
7 2 (0.63%) WCAG
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (3.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.32%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.22%) Terraform
3 5 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.27%) Control-M
5 3 (0.95%) Grafana
6 2 (0.63%) Ansible
6 2 (0.63%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Kibana
7 1 (0.32%) logstash
7 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.32%) Puppet
7 1 (0.32%) QRadar
7 1 (0.32%) vRealize
7 1 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 88 (27.85%) Oracle
2 49 (15.51%) Microsoft
3 24 (7.59%) Workday
4 23 (7.28%) SAP
5 19 (6.01%) ServiceNow
6 13 (4.11%) MuleSoft
7 11 (3.48%) IBM
8 8 (2.53%) Databricks
8 8 (2.53%) Pega
9 6 (1.90%) Dell
9 6 (1.90%) Informatica
9 6 (1.90%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.58%) Google
10 5 (1.58%) webMethods
11 4 (1.27%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.27%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.27%) Charles River
11 4 (1.27%) Citrix
11 4 (1.27%) InterSystems
11 4 (1.27%) Kronos