XML Contracts in England

XML
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 163 184
Rank change year-on-year -76 +21 +9
Contract jobs citing XML 284 553 660
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.07% 1.49% 1.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.77% 6.96% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 292 456
10th Percentile £375 £375 £400
25th Percentile £436 £436 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £519 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% -9.78% +4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £675
90th Percentile £629 £723 £800
UK median daily rate £485 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -5.37% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 68 21
10th Percentile £25.23 - £55.00
25th Percentile £29.28 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £43.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.79% -38.57% +43.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £51.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £90.25 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £43.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -19.19% -38.57% +47.37%

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 5,960 7,946 10,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.44% 21.35% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,103 5,536 8,047
10th Percentile £355 £350 £384
25th Percentile £413 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £780 £800 £798
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 266 143
10th Percentile £30.60 £23.80 £31.60
25th Percentile £45.31 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £57.63 £58.30 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -10.31% +19.82%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.30 £74.47 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in England.

Daily rate trend for XML in England

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in England

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in England.

Hourly rate trend for XML in England

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for XML in England

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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 July 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 -64 149 £545 +3.78% 202
North of England +12 49 £450 -18.18% 42
South East +40 46 £475 +11.76% 80
North West +28 42 £450 -11.76% 23
Midlands 0 17 £430 -22.70% 35
West Midlands -4 14 £500 -13.98% 20
South West +7 11 £375 -31.82% 48
East of England -29 10 £550 +10.00% 27
Yorkshire -7 6 £525 -16.00% 13
East Midlands 0 3 £314 -13.38% 15
North East - 1 £200 - 6
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 15 (5.28%) MQSeries
2 13 (4.58%) Apache
3 12 (4.23%) WebLogic
4 11 (3.87%) Confluence
5 10 (3.52%) IIS
5 10 (3.52%) WebSphere
6 8 (2.82%) Anypoint
7 7 (2.46%) Mule
8 5 (1.76%) Camunda
8 5 (1.76%) Moodle
9 4 (1.41%) Mule ESB
9 4 (1.41%) NetWeaver
9 4 (1.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (1.06%) Alfresco
10 3 (1.06%) JBoss
11 2 (0.70%) CICS
11 2 (0.70%) CMS
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.70%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (5.99%) Siemens NX
2 8 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 18 (6.34%) Teamcenter
2 12 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (2.46%) Maximo
3 7 (2.46%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (2.46%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (2.46%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (2.46%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.46%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.41%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 3 (1.06%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (0.70%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.35%) Actimize
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.35%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 73 (25.70%) Azure
2 37 (13.03%) AWS
3 22 (7.75%) Serverless
4 19 (6.69%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (5.63%) Power Automate
5 16 (5.63%) Power Platform
6 15 (5.28%) SaaS
7 14 (4.93%) GitHub
7 14 (4.93%) PowerApps
8 13 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (3.52%) GCP
11 9 (3.17%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (2.46%) Nutanix
13 6 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
14 5 (1.76%) Azure API Management
14 5 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.76%) Entra ID
15 4 (1.41%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.51%) HTTP
2 9 (3.17%) SSL
3 7 (2.46%) Firewall
4 5 (1.76%) NFC
4 5 (1.76%) PPP
4 5 (1.76%) VPN
5 4 (1.41%) BGP
5 4 (1.41%) DNS
5 4 (1.41%) LAN
5 4 (1.41%) Network Security
5 4 (1.41%) SNMP
5 4 (1.41%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.06%) Internet
6 3 (1.06%) MPLS
6 3 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.06%) SSH
6 3 (1.06%) Telnet
7 2 (0.70%) AMQP
7 2 (0.70%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (17.61%) SQL Server
2 34 (11.97%) Relational Database
3 24 (8.45%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (8.10%) MongoDB
5 20 (7.04%) Oracle Reports
6 17 (5.99%) MySQL
7 16 (5.63%) NoSQL
7 16 (5.63%) RDBMS
7 16 (5.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (4.23%) DB2
9 10 (3.52%) Oracle Database
9 10 (3.52%) Redis
10 7 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.41%) Big Data
12 4 (1.41%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.41%) HPCC
12 4 (1.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 3 (1.06%) DynamoDB
13 3 (1.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 43 (15.14%) Git
2 36 (12.68%) JIRA
3 22 (7.75%) Jenkins
4 18 (6.34%) SoapUI
5 13 (4.58%) GitLab
6 11 (3.87%) JUnit
7 10 (3.52%) Postman
8 8 (2.82%) Eclipse
9 7 (2.46%) Toad
10 6 (2.11%) Ant
11 5 (1.76%) Maven
11 5 (1.76%) PHPUnit
11 5 (1.76%) PVCS
11 5 (1.76%) Valgrind
11 5 (1.76%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (1.41%) Browser DevTools
12 4 (1.41%) Selenium
12 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (1.06%) REST Assured
13 3 (1.06%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 64 (22.54%) Finance
3 42 (14.79%) Banking
4 35 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.39%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.17%) Front Office
6 9 (3.17%) General Ledger
7 8 (2.82%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.11%) Back Office
9 4 (1.41%) Private Banking
10 3 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.70%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.35%) Aviation
12 1 (0.35%) Marketing
12 1 (0.35%) Police
12 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 110 (38.73%) Developer
2 46 (16.20%) Senior
3 35 (12.32%) Analyst
4 32 (11.27%) Architect
5 20 (7.04%) Senior Developer
6 19 (6.69%) Applications Engineer
7 17 (5.99%) Configuration Engineer
8 15 (5.28%) Business Analyst
9 14 (4.93%) Java Developer
10 13 (4.58%) Consultant
10 13 (4.58%) Software Engineer
11 12 (4.23%) Integration Developer
12 11 (3.87%) DBA
13 10 (3.52%) Tester
14 8 (2.82%) Lead
14 8 (2.82%) Senior Java Developer
14 8 (2.82%) Senior Tester
14 8 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.82%) Test Analyst
15 7 (2.46%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (46.48%) JSON
2 73 (25.70%) SOAP
3 60 (21.13%) REST
4 59 (20.77%) HTML
5 46 (16.20%) Web Services
6 36 (12.68%) CSS
7 31 (10.92%) .NET
8 29 (10.21%) RESTful
9 28 (9.86%) Kafka
10 20 (7.04%) AngularJS
10 20 (7.04%) XSLT
11 19 (6.69%) React
11 19 (6.69%) Spring
12 17 (5.99%) Middleware
13 14 (4.93%) .NET Framework
13 14 (4.93%) ASP.NET Web API
14 13 (4.58%) JMS
14 13 (4.58%) Spring Boot
14 13 (4.58%) WCF
15 12 (4.23%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.17%) Virtual Team
2 8 (2.82%) Fixed Income
2 8 (2.82%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (2.46%) PKI
3 7 (2.46%) Replication
4 6 (2.11%) CMDB
4 6 (2.11%) Derivative
4 6 (2.11%) DTCC
4 6 (2.11%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.76%) Data Structures
5 5 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.76%) e-Learning
5 5 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.76%) iSeries
5 5 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.76%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.32%) Windows
2 29 (10.21%) Linux
3 26 (9.15%) Unix
4 8 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.76%) AIX
5 5 (1.76%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.41%) Android
6 4 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.70%) CentOS
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (38.03%) Agile
2 53 (18.66%) DevOps
3 47 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (15.49%) CI/CD
5 41 (14.44%) Test Automation
6 32 (11.27%) User Experience
7 30 (10.56%) Scrum
8 28 (9.86%) Mentoring
9 24 (8.45%) Workflow
10 23 (8.10%) SDLC
11 21 (7.39%) Analytics
12 20 (7.04%) ETL
12 20 (7.04%) Microservices
12 20 (7.04%) Waterfall
13 19 (6.69%) Data Governance
13 19 (6.69%) Test Scripting
14 18 (6.34%) Migration
14 18 (6.34%) Software Engineering
14 18 (6.34%) TDD
14 18 (6.34%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 117 (41.20%) SQL
2 75 (26.41%) Java
3 67 (23.59%) JavaScript
4 54 (19.01%) Python
5 40 (14.08%) C#
6 24 (8.45%) PL/SQL
7 19 (6.69%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.58%) C++
9 12 (4.23%) PowerShell
10 11 (3.87%) Shell Script
11 9 (3.17%) C
12 8 (2.82%) RPG
13 7 (2.46%) ABAP
13 7 (2.46%) Perl
14 6 (2.11%) DataWeave
15 5 (1.76%) PHP
16 4 (1.41%) ActionScript
16 4 (1.41%) Groovy
16 4 (1.41%) REXX
16 4 (1.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (25.35%) Security Cleared
2 56 (19.72%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.63%) Degree
4 12 (4.23%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (1.76%) ISEB
6 5 (1.76%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.70%) OCP
8 2 (0.70%) Sun Certification
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CCDP
9 1 (0.35%) CCNP
9 1 (0.35%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.80%) Data Quality
2 20 (7.04%) QA
3 6 (2.11%) EMIR
3 6 (2.11%) MiFID
3 6 (2.11%) SEPA
4 4 (1.41%) HL7
4 4 (1.41%) SLA
5 3 (1.06%) WCAG
6 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.70%) DICOM
6 2 (0.70%) GAAP
6 2 (0.70%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.35%) GxP
7 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.35%) NIST
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (8.10%) Docker
2 7 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.06%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (1.06%) iptables
4 2 (0.70%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (6.34%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.87%) Ansible
3 7 (2.46%) Control-M
3 7 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.76%) CloudHub
5 4 (1.41%) Grafana
5 4 (1.41%) Terraform
6 3 (1.06%) Cacti
6 3 (1.06%) Nagios
6 3 (1.06%) Netcool
6 3 (1.06%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.06%) Puppet
6 3 (1.06%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.70%) Istio
7 2 (0.70%) Kibana
7 2 (0.70%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.35%) Graylog
8 1 (0.35%) logstash
8 1 (0.35%) Podman
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (20.07%) Oracle
2 53 (18.66%) Microsoft
3 31 (10.92%) IBM
4 23 (8.10%) SAP
5 22 (7.75%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.52%) MuleSoft
7 9 (3.17%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.46%) Informatica
8 7 (2.46%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.46%) Splunk
8 7 (2.46%) VMware
9 6 (2.11%) Cisco
10 5 (1.76%) Blue Prism
10 5 (1.76%) Citrix
10 5 (1.76%) Databricks
10 5 (1.76%) Sybase
10 5 (1.76%) TIBCO
10 5 (1.76%) webMethods
11 4 (1.41%) Confluent
11 4 (1.41%) Qualtrics