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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 247 216
Rank change year-on-year +2 -31 -20
Contract jobs citing XML 353 259 413
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.06% 0.99% 1.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.83% 4.41% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 156 284
10th Percentile £351 £328 £392
25th Percentile £402 £400 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -5.68% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £589 £613
90th Percentile £715 £634 £744
UK median daily rate £495 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 24
10th Percentile £40.95 - £46.12
25th Percentile £42.13 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +89.86% -32.80%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £50.60
90th Percentile £89.60 - £77.70
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -48.65% +89.86% -35.04%

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 7,311 5,867 7,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.88% 22.33% 20.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,898 3,751 5,599
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £431 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £657
90th Percentile £738 £788 £751
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £534
% change year-on-year -4.65% +0.66% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 76 182
10th Percentile £34.40 £26.38 £25.85
25th Percentile £50.00 £49.31 £45.96
Median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69.13 £66.19 £69.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.03 £77.40
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -22 190 £525 -1.87% 37
North of England -30 52 £402 -23.43% 18
North West -4 41 £400 -10.06% 14
South East -28 38 £475 +35.71% 31
Midlands -41 26 £445 -21.52% 15
West Midlands -31 23 £440 -22.40% 12
East of England -8 20 £581 - 9
Yorkshire -54 11 £531 -6.31% 3
South West -12 8 £438 -1.41% 7
East Midlands -25 3 £525 +16.67% 3
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 (5.38%) WebLogic
2 17 (4.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 16 (4.53%) Confluence
4 11 (3.12%) Apache
5 10 (2.83%) WebSphere
6 9 (2.55%) Appian
7 8 (2.27%) JBoss
8 7 (1.98%) MQSeries
9 5 (1.42%) Anypoint
9 5 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (1.13%) Mule
10 4 (1.13%) Oracle Service Bus
11 3 (0.85%) Documentum
12 2 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
13 1 (0.28%) Alfresco
13 1 (0.28%) CMS
13 1 (0.28%) nginx
13 1 (0.28%) SAS
13 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.70%) FrameMaker
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.55%) SAP Payroll
2 8 (2.27%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (1.98%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.98%) SAP HCM
4 5 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 5 (1.42%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.13%) Maximo
5 4 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.85%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.57%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.57%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.57%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 76 (21.53%) Azure
2 59 (16.71%) AWS
3 26 (7.37%) OCI
4 21 (5.95%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.38%) SaaS
7 16 (4.53%) GCP
8 15 (4.25%) GitHub
9 14 (3.97%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (3.97%) PaaS
9 14 (3.97%) Serverless
9 14 (3.97%) Tricentis Tosca
10 13 (3.68%) Apigee
11 12 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (3.40%) IaaS
12 11 (3.12%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (3.12%) Boomi
13 8 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.27%) Kong
14 7 (1.98%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.50%) HTTPS
2 20 (5.67%) HTTP
3 10 (2.83%) Firewall
4 8 (2.27%) SSL
5 3 (0.85%) FTP
5 3 (0.85%) NFC
5 3 (0.85%) PPP
6 2 (0.57%) 5G
6 2 (0.57%) BGP
6 2 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.57%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (0.57%) MPLS
6 2 (0.57%) VPN
7 1 (0.28%) DNS
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.28%) SMS
7 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (11.33%) Relational Database
2 38 (10.76%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.23%) MongoDB
4 20 (5.67%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (3.97%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.97%) Oracle Database
6 14 (3.97%) RDBMS
7 13 (3.68%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (3.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (3.40%) Power BI
9 10 (2.83%) Metadata
10 9 (2.55%) DataStage
11 7 (1.98%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.98%) DB2
11 7 (1.98%) MySQL
12 6 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
12 6 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (12.75%) JIRA
2 44 (12.46%) Postman
3 37 (10.48%) Git
4 29 (8.22%) Jenkins
5 25 (7.08%) Selenium
6 19 (5.38%) JUnit
7 17 (4.82%) Cucumber
8 11 (3.12%) Eclipse
9 10 (2.83%) SoapUI
10 9 (2.55%) GitLab
11 8 (2.27%) IntelliJ
11 8 (2.27%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.98%) Maven
12 7 (1.98%) Robot Framework
12 7 (1.98%) Toad
13 6 (1.70%) MSTest
13 6 (1.70%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.70%) TestRail
13 6 (1.70%) Zephyr
14 5 (1.42%) Bitbucket
General
1 116 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 80 (22.66%) Finance
3 63 (17.85%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.05%) Banking
5 38 (10.76%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.67%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.12%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.55%) Publishing
8 9 (2.55%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.27%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.27%) Legal
9 8 (2.27%) Private Banking
10 6 (1.70%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.42%) Military
11 5 (1.42%) Retail
12 4 (1.13%) Back Office
13 3 (0.85%) Front Office
13 3 (0.85%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (33.14%) Developer
2 55 (15.58%) Analyst
3 28 (7.93%) Senior
4 25 (7.08%) Consultant
5 24 (6.80%) Business Analyst
6 19 (5.38%) Architect
7 18 (5.10%) Lead
7 18 (5.10%) Software Engineer
8 16 (4.53%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.53%) Integration Developer
9 13 (3.68%) webMethods Developer
10 12 (3.40%) Java Developer
11 10 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.55%) Integration Specialist
12 9 (2.55%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.55%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (2.55%) Tester
13 8 (2.27%) DBA
13 8 (2.27%) Technical Business Analyst
14 7 (1.98%) Analyst Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (55.81%) JSON
2 120 (33.99%) REST
3 119 (33.71%) SOAP
4 48 (13.60%) XSLT
5 44 (12.46%) Web Services
6 43 (12.18%) OAuth
7 31 (8.78%) HTML
8 27 (7.65%) .NET
8 27 (7.65%) JMS
9 25 (7.08%) Oracle Fusion
10 24 (6.80%) JWT
10 24 (6.80%) RESTful
11 20 (5.67%) Spring
12 19 (5.38%) Middleware
13 18 (5.10%) Swagger
14 17 (4.82%) J2EE
15 16 (4.53%) CSS
15 16 (4.53%) Hibernate
15 16 (4.53%) XSD
16 15 (4.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.68%) Data Structures
2 11 (3.12%) Replication
3 10 (2.83%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.83%) Public Cloud
4 9 (2.55%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.27%) AS400
5 8 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.98%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.98%) Fixed Income
6 7 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.70%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 6 (1.70%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.42%) CMDB
8 5 (1.42%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.18%) Linux
2 24 (6.80%) Unix
3 15 (4.25%) Windows
4 5 (1.42%) AIX
5 4 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.85%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (33.71%) DevOps
2 117 (33.14%) Agile
3 87 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (20.11%) CI/CD
5 48 (13.60%) ERP
5 48 (13.60%) Validation
6 44 (12.46%) Test Automation
7 43 (12.18%) ETL
8 41 (11.61%) Migration
9 39 (11.05%) Microservices
9 39 (11.05%) Scrum
10 36 (10.20%) Data Modelling
10 36 (10.20%) Deployment Automation
10 36 (10.20%) Integration Patterns
11 35 (9.92%) Requirements Gathering
12 34 (9.63%) Software Engineering
13 31 (8.78%) Computer Science
13 31 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (8.78%) Data Migration
13 31 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (37.39%) SQL
2 99 (28.05%) Java
3 57 (16.15%) C#
4 50 (14.16%) JavaScript
5 49 (13.88%) Python
6 22 (6.23%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.82%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.68%) XPath
9 9 (2.55%) C++
9 9 (2.55%) T-SQL
10 8 (2.27%) RPG
10 8 (2.27%) Scala
11 7 (1.98%) ABAP
11 7 (1.98%) Groovy
11 7 (1.98%) Korn
11 7 (1.98%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.42%) Perl
13 4 (1.13%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 94 (26.63%) Security Cleared
2 75 (21.25%) SC Cleared
3 43 (12.18%) Degree
4 23 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.83%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.70%) HNC
8 6 (1.70%) HND
8 6 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.42%) CCNP
9 5 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.42%) ISEB
9 5 (1.42%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.42%) PMP
10 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.85%) CEH
10 3 (0.85%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.67%) QA
2 13 (3.68%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.42%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.42%) PSD2
4 4 (1.13%) GAAP
4 4 (1.13%) GDPR
5 3 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.85%) FATCA
5 3 (0.85%) HL7
5 3 (0.85%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.57%) Basel III
6 2 (0.57%) EMIR
6 2 (0.57%) IFRS
6 2 (0.57%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.57%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.57%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) DICOM
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 37 (10.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.83%) Ansible
2 10 (2.83%) Control-M
3 9 (2.55%) Puppet
4 8 (2.27%) logstash
5 7 (1.98%) Kibana
5 7 (1.98%) TIBCO Hawk
6 5 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.57%) CloudHub
7 2 (0.57%) Fluentd
7 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.57%) QRadar
7 2 (0.57%) Terraform
8 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.28%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.28%) Podman
8 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 96 (27.20%) Oracle
2 41 (11.61%) SAP
3 39 (11.05%) IBM
4 35 (9.92%) Microsoft
5 26 (7.37%) webMethods
6 15 (4.25%) MuleSoft
6 15 (4.25%) Workday
7 12 (3.40%) TIBCO
8 11 (3.12%) Software AG
9 9 (2.55%) Cisco
9 9 (2.55%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.55%) Splunk
10 8 (2.27%) Axway
10 8 (2.27%) Informatica
10 8 (2.27%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.98%) BEA
11 7 (1.98%) Veracode
12 6 (1.70%) Pega
13 5 (1.42%) Computacenter
13 5 (1.42%) Google