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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 244 182
Rank change year-on-year -27 -62 +14
Contract jobs citing XML 356 235 481
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 0.97% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.52% 4.29% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 167 308
10th Percentile £350 £361 £375
25th Percentile £397 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -11.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £625
90th Percentile £688 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £545
% change year-on-year - -12.84% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 40
10th Percentile £40.75 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £25.54 £43.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%
75th Percentile £54.13 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%

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 7,884 5,476 7,538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.93% 22.60% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,272 3,775 5,394
10th Percentile £360 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.92% -5.65%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 88 173
10th Percentile £35.13 £27.38 £20.78
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.19 £37.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £63.25 £48.72
% change year-on-year +2.77% +29.82% -25.05%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -40 169 £525 +1.20% 32
North of England -39 67 £397 -11.31% 24
South East -28 61 £500 +8.99% 27
North West -9 56 £391 -12.47% 15
Midlands -44 30 £450 -20.00% 17
West Midlands -42 23 £450 -21.74% 6
East of England -23 12 £700 - 10
Yorkshire -49 11 £456 -22.34% 7
East Midlands -25 7 £525 +46.65% 11
South West -19 6 £475 +26.67% 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 (4.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 16 (4.49%) Confluence
3 15 (4.21%) WebLogic
4 10 (2.81%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.97%) Apache
6 6 (1.69%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (1.40%) Anypoint
8 4 (1.12%) JBoss
8 4 (1.12%) Mule
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle Service Bus
9 3 (0.84%) CMS
9 3 (0.84%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.56%) Appian
10 2 (0.56%) Documentum
10 2 (0.56%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.56%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
11 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (8.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.81%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.53%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.97%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.97%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.40%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.40%) Summit
6 4 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.12%) Maximo
6 4 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.84%) Findur
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.84%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.66%) Azure
2 48 (13.48%) AWS
3 27 (7.58%) OCI
4 23 (6.46%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.18%) SaaS
6 20 (5.62%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.06%) GCP
7 18 (5.06%) GitHub
8 15 (4.21%) PaaS
8 15 (4.21%) Serverless
9 13 (3.65%) Boomi
9 13 (3.65%) IaaS
10 12 (3.37%) Apigee
11 11 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (2.25%) Kong
15 7 (1.97%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.90%) HTTP
2 12 (3.37%) HTTPS
3 8 (2.25%) Firewall
4 5 (1.40%) FTP
5 4 (1.12%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.56%) 5G
6 2 (0.56%) BGP
6 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.56%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (0.56%) MPLS
6 2 (0.56%) NFC
6 2 (0.56%) PPP
6 2 (0.56%) RTCP
6 2 (0.56%) RTP
6 2 (0.56%) VPN
6 2 (0.56%) XCAP
7 1 (0.28%) DNS
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.64%) Relational Database
2 39 (10.96%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.18%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (6.18%) MongoDB
4 21 (5.90%) RDBMS
5 19 (5.34%) NoSQL
6 17 (4.78%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (4.49%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.21%) Power BI
9 13 (3.65%) Oracle Database
10 12 (3.37%) Metadata
11 10 (2.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (2.53%) DataStage
13 8 (2.25%) Data Lake
13 8 (2.25%) DB2
14 7 (1.97%) MySQL
15 6 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (1.12%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 44 (12.36%) JIRA
2 42 (11.80%) Postman
3 37 (10.39%) Git
4 22 (6.18%) Jenkins
5 16 (4.49%) JUnit
6 13 (3.65%) Selenium
6 13 (3.65%) SoapUI
7 12 (3.37%) Maven
8 10 (2.81%) Eclipse
9 9 (2.53%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.97%) Toad
11 6 (1.69%) GitLab
11 6 (1.69%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.69%) TestRail
11 6 (1.69%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.40%) MSTest
13 4 (1.12%) IntelliJ
13 4 (1.12%) Subversion
14 3 (0.84%) Ant
14 3 (0.84%) JMeter
General
1 112 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.63%) Finance
3 70 (19.66%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.39%) Banking
5 35 (9.83%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.65%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.65%) Legal
8 11 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.69%) Military
10 5 (1.40%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.12%) Advertising
11 4 (1.12%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.12%) Publishing
11 4 (1.12%) Retail
12 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.84%) Back Office
12 3 (0.84%) Marketing
13 2 (0.56%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (25.00%) Developer
2 56 (15.73%) Analyst
2 56 (15.73%) Consultant
3 33 (9.27%) Implementation Consultant
4 28 (7.87%) Business Analyst
5 23 (6.46%) Senior
6 22 (6.18%) Lead
7 19 (5.34%) Architect
8 17 (4.78%) Data Engineer
8 17 (4.78%) Software Engineer
9 13 (3.65%) Payroll Consultant
10 12 (3.37%) DBA
10 12 (3.37%) Integration Developer
11 10 (2.81%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (2.53%) Java Developer
12 9 (2.53%) PostgreSQL DBA
12 9 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.25%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.25%) Tester
13 8 (2.25%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (48.88%) JSON
2 107 (30.06%) REST
3 106 (29.78%) SOAP
4 51 (14.33%) Web Services
5 38 (10.67%) XSLT
6 36 (10.11%) OAuth
7 29 (8.15%) Oracle Fusion
8 28 (7.87%) HTML
9 27 (7.58%) .NET
9 27 (7.58%) JWT
10 21 (5.90%) Middleware
11 20 (5.62%) Kafka
11 20 (5.62%) RESTful
11 20 (5.62%) Swagger
12 18 (5.06%) CSS
12 18 (5.06%) JMS
13 17 (4.78%) XSD
14 15 (4.21%) EDI
14 15 (4.21%) Spring
15 14 (3.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.65%) Data Structures
2 11 (3.09%) Public Cloud
3 10 (2.81%) Fixed Income
3 10 (2.81%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.81%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.25%) Replication
6 7 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.97%) Derivative
7 6 (1.69%) CMDB
7 6 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.40%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.40%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.40%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.40%) Digital Wallet
8 5 (1.40%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.12%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.11%) Linux
2 24 (6.74%) Unix
3 15 (4.21%) Windows
4 5 (1.40%) AIX
5 4 (1.12%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.56%) Android
6 2 (0.56%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (32.58%) Agile
2 97 (27.25%) DevOps
3 92 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (16.85%) CI/CD
5 53 (14.89%) Validation
6 45 (12.64%) ERP
7 42 (11.80%) Data Modelling
7 42 (11.80%) Integration Patterns
8 41 (11.52%) Migration
9 39 (10.96%) Requirements Gathering
10 37 (10.39%) ETL
11 31 (8.71%) SDLC
11 31 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (8.71%) Workflow
12 30 (8.43%) Scrum
13 29 (8.15%) Computer Science
13 29 (8.15%) Mentoring
13 29 (8.15%) Microservices
14 28 (7.87%) Software Engineering
14 28 (7.87%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 150 (42.13%) SQL
2 81 (22.75%) Java
3 51 (14.33%) C#
4 45 (12.64%) Python
5 39 (10.96%) JavaScript
5 39 (10.96%) T-SQL
6 17 (4.78%) PL/SQL
6 17 (4.78%) PowerShell
7 13 (3.65%) XPath
8 8 (2.25%) Groovy
9 7 (1.97%) ABAP
9 7 (1.97%) Korn
10 6 (1.69%) C++
10 6 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.40%) Perl
12 4 (1.12%) Bicep
12 4 (1.12%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.12%) Scala
13 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 87 (24.44%) Security Cleared
2 64 (17.98%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.39%) Degree
4 20 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.53%) ISTQB
7 8 (2.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.69%) ISEB
9 5 (1.40%) CCNP
9 5 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.40%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.40%) PMP
10 4 (1.12%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.56%) CCNA
11 2 (0.56%) OCP
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.46%) QA
2 12 (3.37%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.40%) GDPR
3 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.40%) PSD2
4 4 (1.12%) GAAP
5 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.84%) FATCA
5 3 (0.84%) HL7
5 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.56%) Basel III
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.56%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (5.62%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.97%) TIBCO Hawk
3 5 (1.40%) Control-M
3 5 (1.40%) logstash
3 5 (1.40%) Puppet
4 4 (1.12%) Kibana
5 3 (0.84%) Ansible
5 3 (0.84%) Grafana
6 2 (0.56%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.56%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.56%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.56%) QRadar
6 2 (0.56%) 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
7 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (28.65%) Oracle
2 39 (10.96%) Microsoft
3 33 (9.27%) SAP
4 28 (7.87%) IBM
5 15 (4.21%) MuleSoft
6 14 (3.93%) Workday
7 13 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.65%) webMethods
8 10 (2.81%) Splunk
9 9 (2.53%) Pega
9 9 (2.53%) TIBCO
10 8 (2.25%) Informatica
11 7 (1.97%) BEA
12 6 (1.69%) Bloomberg
12 6 (1.69%) Google
12 6 (1.69%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.40%) Computacenter
13 5 (1.40%) Software AG
14 4 (1.12%) Citrix
14 4 (1.12%) Dell