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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 280 181
Rank change year-on-year +12 -99 +30
Contract jobs citing XML 362 207 490
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 0.85% 1.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.50% 3.77% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 147 311
10th Percentile £350 £357 £400
25th Percentile £400 £411 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £545
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -12.84% -0.91%
75th Percentile £597 £591 £625
90th Percentile £712 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £545
% change year-on-year - -12.84% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 39
10th Percentile £31.08 £22.73 £43.00
25th Percentile £44.88 £25.54 £43.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +33.62% -35.71%
75th Percentile £51.44 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.00% +33.62% -35.71%

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 8,053 5,484 7,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.53% 22.52% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,391 3,807 5,369
10th Percentile £358 £367 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 87 163
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.34 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £35.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £63.36
90th Percentile £78.88 £83.38 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
% change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -18 169 £545 +3.81% 32
North of England -46 68 £394 -12.31% 24
South East -21 64 £500 +18.34% 27
North West -5 57 £391 -12.62% 15
Midlands -43 31 £450 -18.18% 17
West Midlands -49 23 £450 -18.18% 6
East of England -25 13 £675 - 10
Yorkshire -49 11 £450 -23.40% 7
East Midlands -26 8 £525 +46.65% 11
South West -25 6 £548 +46.00% 11
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 17 (4.70%) WebLogic
2 16 (4.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 15 (4.14%) Confluence
4 11 (3.04%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.93%) Apache
6 6 (1.66%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (1.38%) Anypoint
7 5 (1.38%) JBoss
7 5 (1.38%) Mule
8 4 (1.10%) CMS
8 4 (1.10%) Oracle Service Bus
9 3 (0.83%) Mule ESB
9 3 (0.83%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.55%) Appian
10 2 (0.55%) Documentum
10 2 (0.55%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.55%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.38%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.55%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.76%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.49%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.93%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.93%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.93%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.93%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.66%) Maximo
4 6 (1.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (1.66%) Summit
5 5 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.38%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.10%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.83%) Findur
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.55%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.34%) Azure
2 45 (12.43%) AWS
3 27 (7.46%) OCI
4 22 (6.08%) SaaS
5 21 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (5.52%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.25%) GCP
7 19 (5.25%) GitHub
8 15 (4.14%) Boomi
8 15 (4.14%) PaaS
8 15 (4.14%) Serverless
9 13 (3.59%) Apigee
9 13 (3.59%) IaaS
10 11 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.49%) Kong
12 9 (2.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.52%) HTTP
2 9 (2.49%) HTTPS
3 7 (1.93%) Firewall
4 6 (1.66%) FTP
5 4 (1.10%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.55%) 5G
6 2 (0.55%) BGP
6 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.55%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (0.55%) MPLS
6 2 (0.55%) RTCP
6 2 (0.55%) RTP
6 2 (0.55%) VPN
6 2 (0.55%) XCAP
7 1 (0.28%) DNS
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) NFC
7 1 (0.28%) PPP
7 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.43%) Relational Database
2 38 (10.50%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.08%) MongoDB
3 22 (6.08%) RDBMS
4 21 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (5.52%) NoSQL
6 18 (4.97%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (4.42%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.14%) Power BI
9 13 (3.59%) Metadata
10 12 (3.31%) Oracle Database
11 9 (2.49%) DataStage
11 9 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (2.21%) Data Lake
12 8 (2.21%) DB2
13 7 (1.93%) MySQL
14 6 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (1.10%) Amazon QuickSight
16 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 43 (11.88%) Postman
2 41 (11.33%) JIRA
3 35 (9.67%) Git
4 17 (4.70%) Jenkins
5 16 (4.42%) JUnit
6 13 (3.59%) SoapUI
7 12 (3.31%) Maven
7 12 (3.31%) Selenium
8 10 (2.76%) Eclipse
9 9 (2.49%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.93%) Toad
11 6 (1.66%) GitLab
11 6 (1.66%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.66%) TestRail
11 6 (1.66%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.38%) MSTest
13 4 (1.10%) IntelliJ
13 4 (1.10%) Subversion
14 3 (0.83%) Ant
14 3 (0.83%) JMeter
General
1 116 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 75 (20.72%) Finance
3 69 (19.06%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.67%) Banking
5 34 (9.39%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.70%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.59%) Investment Banking
8 12 (3.31%) Legal
9 10 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.66%) Military
11 5 (1.38%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.10%) Advertising
12 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Publishing
12 4 (1.10%) Retail
13 3 (0.83%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.83%) Marketing
14 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.55%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (24.03%) Developer
2 61 (16.85%) Consultant
3 51 (14.09%) Analyst
4 33 (9.12%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (7.46%) Business Analyst
6 22 (6.08%) Lead
7 21 (5.80%) Architect
7 21 (5.80%) Senior
8 18 (4.97%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.70%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.59%) Payroll Consultant
11 12 (3.31%) DBA
11 12 (3.31%) Integration Developer
12 10 (2.76%) Java Developer
12 10 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.76%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.49%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 8 (2.21%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.21%) Technical Business Analyst
14 8 (2.21%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (48.62%) JSON
2 110 (30.39%) SOAP
3 107 (29.56%) REST
4 53 (14.64%) Web Services
5 39 (10.77%) XSLT
6 37 (10.22%) OAuth
7 29 (8.01%) .NET
7 29 (8.01%) JWT
7 29 (8.01%) Oracle Fusion
8 26 (7.18%) Middleware
9 25 (6.91%) HTML
10 22 (6.08%) Kafka
10 22 (6.08%) RESTful
11 21 (5.80%) Swagger
12 17 (4.70%) XSD
13 16 (4.42%) CSS
13 16 (4.42%) EDI
13 16 (4.42%) J2EE
13 16 (4.42%) JMS
13 16 (4.42%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.59%) Data Structures
2 12 (3.31%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.04%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.21%) Derivative
6 8 (2.21%) Fixed Income
6 8 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.21%) Replication
7 7 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.66%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.66%) Market Risk
8 6 (1.66%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.38%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.38%) Digital Wallet
9 5 (1.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.10%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.29%) Linux
2 24 (6.63%) Unix
3 15 (4.14%) Windows
4 5 (1.38%) AIX
5 3 (0.83%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.55%) Android
6 2 (0.55%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (31.22%) Agile
2 93 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (24.86%) DevOps
4 56 (15.47%) CI/CD
5 50 (13.81%) Validation
6 45 (12.43%) ERP
6 45 (12.43%) Integration Patterns
7 43 (11.88%) Data Modelling
8 41 (11.33%) Migration
9 39 (10.77%) Requirements Gathering
10 34 (9.39%) ETL
11 33 (9.12%) Workflow
12 31 (8.56%) Microservices
13 30 (8.29%) SDLC
13 30 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (8.01%) Computer Science
14 29 (8.01%) Mentoring
15 28 (7.73%) Scrum
15 28 (7.73%) Software Engineering
16 27 (7.46%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 149 (41.16%) SQL
2 82 (22.65%) Java
3 50 (13.81%) C#
4 42 (11.60%) Python
5 40 (11.05%) JavaScript
6 38 (10.50%) T-SQL
7 18 (4.97%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.59%) XPath
9 12 (3.31%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.21%) Groovy
11 7 (1.93%) ABAP
11 7 (1.93%) Korn
12 6 (1.66%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.38%) C++
13 5 (1.38%) Perl
14 4 (1.10%) Bicep
14 4 (1.10%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.10%) Scala
15 3 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 86 (23.76%) Security Cleared
2 63 (17.40%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.22%) Degree
4 20 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 7 (1.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.66%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.66%) ISEB
9 5 (1.38%) CCNP
9 5 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.10%) PMP
11 2 (0.55%) CCNA
11 2 (0.55%) OCP
11 2 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.80%) QA
2 13 (3.59%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.38%) GDPR
3 5 (1.38%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.38%) PSD2
4 4 (1.10%) GAAP
5 3 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.83%) FATCA
5 3 (0.83%) HL7
5 3 (0.83%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.55%) Basel III
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.55%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (6.35%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.93%) TIBCO Hawk
3 5 (1.38%) Puppet
4 4 (1.10%) Control-M
5 3 (0.83%) Ansible
5 3 (0.83%) Grafana
5 3 (0.83%) logstash
6 2 (0.55%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.55%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.55%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.55%) Kibana
6 2 (0.55%) QRadar
6 2 (0.55%) Terraform
7 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.28%) Podman
7 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 104 (28.73%) Oracle
2 41 (11.33%) Microsoft
3 37 (10.22%) SAP
4 27 (7.46%) IBM
5 17 (4.70%) Workday
6 16 (4.42%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.14%) MuleSoft
8 14 (3.87%) webMethods
9 10 (2.76%) Splunk
10 8 (2.21%) Informatica
10 8 (2.21%) Pega
10 8 (2.21%) TIBCO
11 7 (1.93%) BEA
12 6 (1.66%) Databricks
12 6 (1.66%) Dell
12 6 (1.66%) Google
12 6 (1.66%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.38%) Bloomberg
13 5 (1.38%) Computacenter
14 4 (1.10%) Charles River