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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 161 205
Rank change year-on-year -66 +44 -13
Contract jobs citing XML 312 499 534
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.12% 1.53% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.02% 6.82% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 268 339
10th Percentile £355 £362 £413
25th Percentile £421 £431 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% -
75th Percentile £575 £609 £650
90th Percentile £688 £666 £800
UK median daily rate £485 £510 £550
% change year-on-year -4.90% -7.27% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 44 22
10th Percentile £31.25 - £38.38
25th Percentile £38.38 - £48.16
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -38.57% +48.97%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £74.69
90th Percentile £93.13 £85.00 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £42.75 £43.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -0.58% -38.57% +59.16%

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 6,219 7,320 9,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.40% 22.39% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,216 4,831 6,797
10th Percentile £350 £357 £380
25th Percentile £413 £446 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -0.45% -3.91%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 176 164
10th Percentile £31.29 £27.38 £36.84
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.85 £62.93 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +2.74% -2.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.47 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.34% +2.67% -3.23%

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
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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -60 151 £525 - 68
North of England -2 43 £475 -16.23% 20
South East +8 42 £475 +49.61% 40
North West +9 35 £452 -2.38% 10
East of England -27 30 £488 -2.50% 3
Midlands -35 23 £430 -23.42% 12
West Midlands -30 19 £430 -24.16% 7
South West +17 13 £375 -27.71% 12
Yorkshire -25 7 £550 -8.10% 7
East Midlands -8 4 £270 -33.54% 5
North East - 1 £200 - 3
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 12 (3.85%) Apache
2 11 (3.53%) Confluence
2 11 (3.53%) IIS
2 11 (3.53%) MQSeries
3 9 (2.88%) WebSphere
4 8 (2.56%) Mule
5 7 (2.24%) Anypoint
5 7 (2.24%) WebLogic
6 6 (1.92%) JBoss
6 6 (1.92%) nginx
7 5 (1.60%) Mule ESB
7 5 (1.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (1.28%) Appian
8 4 (1.28%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.96%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.96%) Moodle
10 2 (0.64%) CMS
10 2 (0.64%) NetWeaver
10 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.64%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
1 14 (4.49%) Siemens NX
2 11 (3.53%) FrameMaker
3 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 14 (4.49%) Teamcenter
2 7 (2.24%) Maximo
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle 11i
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.32%) Endur
5 1 (0.32%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.32%) FastStats
5 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.32%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.32%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 79 (25.32%) Azure
2 46 (14.74%) AWS
3 22 (7.05%) GitHub
4 20 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (5.45%) Serverless
6 13 (4.17%) Power Automate
7 12 (3.85%) Power Platform
8 11 (3.53%) GCP
9 10 (3.21%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (2.88%) Nutanix
10 9 (2.88%) SaaS
11 8 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.56%) Entra ID
11 8 (2.56%) PowerApps
12 7 (2.24%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.92%) Amazon EventBridge
13 6 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.69%) HTTP
2 16 (5.13%) HTTPS
3 7 (2.24%) Firewall
3 7 (2.24%) NFC
3 7 (2.24%) PPP
3 7 (2.24%) SSL
4 4 (1.28%) VPN
5 3 (0.96%) BGP
5 3 (0.96%) DNS
5 3 (0.96%) LAN
6 2 (0.64%) AMQP
6 2 (0.64%) DSL
6 2 (0.64%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.64%) Internet
6 2 (0.64%) MPLS
6 2 (0.64%) SMS
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.32%) NAS
7 1 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (15.06%) SQL Server
2 39 (12.50%) Relational Database
3 16 (5.13%) MongoDB
4 15 (4.81%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.85%) MySQL
5 12 (3.85%) Oracle Database
6 11 (3.53%) DB2
7 10 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.56%) Redis
9 7 (2.24%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.92%) Big Data
10 6 (1.92%) MariaDB
10 6 (1.92%) RDBMS
10 6 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.60%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.60%) DataStage
11 5 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.60%) HPCC
Development Applications
1 41 (13.14%) Git
1 41 (13.14%) JIRA
2 25 (8.01%) Jenkins
3 18 (5.77%) SoapUI
4 15 (4.81%) JUnit
4 15 (4.81%) Postman
5 14 (4.49%) GitLab
6 13 (4.17%) Eclipse
6 13 (4.17%) Selenium
7 9 (2.88%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (2.24%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.24%) Firebug
8 7 (2.24%) Valgrind
9 6 (1.92%) Ant
9 6 (1.92%) IntelliJ
9 6 (1.92%) Maven
10 5 (1.60%) Gradle
10 5 (1.60%) PVCS
10 5 (1.60%) SonarQube
11 4 (1.28%) Robot Framework
General
1 88 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 62 (19.87%) Finance
3 43 (13.78%) Banking
4 36 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.17%) Publishing
7 11 (3.53%) Back Office
7 11 (3.53%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.24%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.24%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.92%) Front Office
10 6 (1.92%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.60%) Automotive
11 5 (1.60%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (1.60%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.60%) Private Banking
12 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (34.94%) Developer
2 44 (14.10%) Analyst
3 36 (11.54%) Senior
4 24 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 21 (6.73%) Software Engineer
6 18 (5.77%) Applications Engineer
6 18 (5.77%) Architect
7 17 (5.45%) Integration Developer
8 16 (5.13%) Consultant
8 16 (5.13%) Senior Developer
9 14 (4.49%) Author
9 14 (4.49%) Support Engineer
9 14 (4.49%) Technical Author
10 13 (4.17%) Configuration Engineer
11 12 (3.85%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.53%) Lead
13 10 (3.21%) Data Engineer
13 10 (3.21%) Tester
14 8 (2.56%) Senior Software Engineer
14 8 (2.56%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (49.68%) JSON
2 82 (26.28%) SOAP
3 77 (24.68%) REST
4 52 (16.67%) HTML
5 43 (13.78%) Web Services
6 31 (9.94%) RESTful
7 24 (7.69%) Spring
8 23 (7.37%) CSS
9 22 (7.05%) OAuth
10 21 (6.73%) JMS
11 19 (6.09%) Kafka
12 18 (5.77%) .NET
12 18 (5.77%) React
13 16 (5.13%) XSLT
14 15 (4.81%) Hibernate
15 14 (4.49%) SGML
15 14 (4.49%) Spring Boot
16 13 (4.17%) AngularJS
17 12 (3.85%) J2EE
18 11 (3.53%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.49%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.56%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.24%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.24%) Replication
6 7 (2.24%) Smartcard
7 6 (1.92%) DTCC
7 6 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.60%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.60%) AS400
8 5 (1.60%) Derivative
8 5 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.60%) PACS
9 4 (1.28%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.28%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.62%) Linux
2 28 (8.97%) Windows
3 22 (7.05%) Unix
4 9 (2.88%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.24%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.60%) AIX
6 5 (1.60%) Android
6 5 (1.60%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.64%) CentOS
9 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (38.14%) Agile
2 81 (25.96%) DevOps
3 66 (21.15%) CI/CD
4 54 (17.31%) Test Automation
5 51 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (12.18%) ETL
6 38 (12.18%) Migration
7 36 (11.54%) Scrum
8 30 (9.62%) Microservices
9 28 (8.97%) Software Engineering
10 27 (8.65%) Workflow
11 25 (8.01%) User Experience
12 24 (7.69%) Data Migration
12 24 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
12 24 (7.69%) Mentoring
12 24 (7.69%) SDLC
13 22 (7.05%) OO
13 22 (7.05%) Waterfall
14 21 (6.73%) API Management
15 20 (6.41%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 118 (37.82%) SQL
2 89 (28.53%) Java
3 67 (21.47%) Python
4 65 (20.83%) JavaScript
5 39 (12.50%) C#
6 20 (6.41%) PowerShell
7 18 (5.77%) PL/SQL
8 16 (5.13%) C++
9 9 (2.88%) C
10 8 (2.56%) RPG
10 8 (2.56%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.24%) VBA
12 6 (1.92%) ABAP
12 6 (1.92%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.92%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.28%) Bicep
13 4 (1.28%) DataWeave
13 4 (1.28%) Perl
13 4 (1.28%) PHP
13 4 (1.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 86 (27.56%) Security Cleared
2 69 (22.12%) SC Cleared
3 41 (13.14%) Degree
4 16 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.85%) HNC
5 12 (3.85%) HND
6 10 (3.21%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.60%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.64%) CEH
9 2 (0.64%) GIAC
9 2 (0.64%) GWAPT
9 2 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.32%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.90%) Data Quality
2 24 (7.69%) QA
3 8 (2.56%) EMIR
4 6 (1.92%) MiFID
4 6 (1.92%) SEPA
5 5 (1.60%) HL7
6 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.96%) DICOM
6 3 (0.96%) GAAP
6 3 (0.96%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.96%) SLA
6 3 (0.96%) WCAG
7 1 (0.32%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.32%) GDPR
7 1 (0.32%) GxP
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 39 (12.50%) Docker
2 5 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.53%) Ansible
3 10 (3.21%) Control-M
4 6 (1.92%) Kibana
5 4 (1.28%) logstash
5 4 (1.28%) Puppet
5 4 (1.28%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.96%) CloudHub
6 3 (0.96%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.96%) Terraform
7 1 (0.32%) Podman
7 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (16.35%) Oracle
2 50 (16.03%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.97%) IBM
4 24 (7.69%) SAP
5 16 (5.13%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.85%) webMethods
7 11 (3.53%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.56%) Cisco
8 8 (2.56%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.56%) Pega
8 8 (2.56%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.24%) Blue Prism
9 7 (2.24%) Workday
10 6 (1.92%) Axway
10 6 (1.92%) Informatica
10 6 (1.92%) Splunk
11 5 (1.60%) Databricks
11 5 (1.60%) EMC
11 5 (1.60%) Software AG
11 5 (1.60%) VMware