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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 162 204
Rank change year-on-year -93 +42 -17
Contract jobs citing XML 234 563 628
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.98% 1.53% 1.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.37% 7.39% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 303 443
10th Percentile £369 £400 £400
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.05% -2.91% +2.33%
75th Percentile £583 £625 £675
90th Percentile £659 £743 £800
UK median daily rate £475 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -11.05% -2.91% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 70 15
10th Percentile £22.10 - £55.00
25th Percentile £23.98 - £70.00
Median hourly rate £27.76 £43.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.44% -40.69% +50.26%
75th Percentile £61.08 £51.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.68 £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £43.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year -37.21% -40.69% +52.63%

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 5,355 7,617 10,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.37% 20.75% 22.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,716 5,406 8,049
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £419 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £557
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.26% -2.28%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £791 £788
UK median daily rate £523 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 236 129
10th Percentile £29.66 £22.63 £29.15
25th Percentile £47.90 £43.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.38 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £75.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% +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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -69 131 £525 -2.33% 113
South East +52 42 £475 +10.14% 268
North of England -9 42 £450 -15.73% 193
North West +2 36 £450 -14.81% 89
Midlands +1 10 £500 -16.67% 170
West Midlands +5 7 £550 -8.33% 86
East of England -28 6 £550 +10.00% 145
South West +1 5 £375 -31.82% 118
Yorkshire -6 5 £513 -18.00% 84
East Midlands +6 3 £314 -13.38% 71
North East -4 1 £200 -53.60% 22
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 14 (5.98%) WebLogic
2 12 (5.13%) Confluence
3 10 (4.27%) MQSeries
4 9 (3.85%) Apache
5 7 (2.99%) WebSphere
6 6 (2.56%) Anypoint
6 6 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (2.14%) IIS
7 5 (2.14%) Moodle
7 5 (2.14%) Mule
8 4 (1.71%) Camunda
8 4 (1.71%) Mule ESB
8 4 (1.71%) NetWeaver
9 3 (1.28%) JBoss
10 2 (0.85%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.85%) CICS
10 2 (0.85%) CMS
10 2 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.85%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 14 (5.98%) Siemens NX
2 6 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.85%) Notepad++
6 1 (0.43%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 15 (6.41%) Teamcenter
2 12 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (2.99%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (2.99%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (2.99%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (2.99%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (2.99%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.71%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.71%) Maximo
5 3 (1.28%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (0.85%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.85%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.43%) Actimize
7 1 (0.43%) FastStats
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 52 (22.22%) Azure
2 31 (13.25%) AWS
3 20 (8.55%) SaaS
3 20 (8.55%) Serverless
4 15 (6.41%) Power Platform
5 14 (5.98%) PowerApps
6 13 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (4.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (4.70%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.42%) Azure Functions
9 8 (3.42%) GitHub
10 6 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (2.56%) OCI
11 5 (2.14%) Azure API Management
11 5 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.14%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.14%) GCP
11 5 (2.14%) PaaS
12 4 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.83%) HTTP
2 9 (3.85%) SSL
3 4 (1.71%) Network Security
3 4 (1.71%) SNMP
3 4 (1.71%) Wireshark
4 3 (1.28%) DNS
4 3 (1.28%) Firewall
4 3 (1.28%) Internet
4 3 (1.28%) LAN
4 3 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (1.28%) SSH
4 3 (1.28%) Telnet
4 3 (1.28%) VPN
5 2 (0.85%) BGP
5 2 (0.85%) DWDM
5 2 (0.85%) MQTT
5 2 (0.85%) OSPF
5 2 (0.85%) SMS
5 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.43%) DSLAM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (17.95%) SQL Server
2 27 (11.54%) Relational Database
3 24 (10.26%) Oracle Reports
4 20 (8.55%) MongoDB
4 20 (8.55%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (7.69%) RDBMS
6 16 (6.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (6.41%) NoSQL
8 14 (5.98%) MySQL
9 9 (3.85%) DB2
9 9 (3.85%) Oracle Database
10 8 (3.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 6 (2.56%) Redis
12 5 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.28%) DynamoDB
13 3 (1.28%) GIS
13 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database 10g
13 3 (1.28%) Tableau
14 2 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (13.68%) Git
2 24 (10.26%) JIRA
3 15 (6.41%) Jenkins
4 13 (5.56%) SoapUI
5 11 (4.70%) Postman
6 8 (3.42%) JUnit
7 7 (2.99%) GitLab
7 7 (2.99%) Toad
8 6 (2.56%) Selenium
9 5 (2.14%) PHPUnit
10 4 (1.71%) Ant
10 4 (1.71%) Maven
10 4 (1.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (1.71%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (1.28%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.28%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.28%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.28%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.85%) SOAtest
12 2 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (25.21%) Finance
2 47 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 40 (17.09%) Banking
4 25 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.85%) General Ledger
6 9 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.42%) Front Office
8 6 (2.56%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.14%) Back Office
10 4 (1.71%) Private Banking
11 3 (1.28%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.85%) Automotive
12 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Retail
12 2 (0.85%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.43%) Aviation
13 1 (0.43%) Law
13 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 100 (42.74%) Developer
2 34 (14.53%) Senior
3 32 (13.68%) Architect
4 27 (11.54%) Analyst
5 17 (7.26%) Senior Developer
6 14 (5.98%) Applications Engineer
6 14 (5.98%) Configuration Engineer
7 12 (5.13%) Business Analyst
7 12 (5.13%) Java Developer
8 11 (4.70%) DBA
8 11 (4.70%) Integration Developer
8 11 (4.70%) Oracle Developer
9 10 (4.27%) Lead
9 10 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.42%) SAP Developer
10 8 (3.42%) ServiceNow Architect
11 7 (2.99%) Administrator
11 7 (2.99%) CRM Architect
11 7 (2.99%) PostgreSQL DBA
11 7 (2.99%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (45.30%) JSON
2 59 (25.21%) SOAP
3 53 (22.65%) HTML
3 53 (22.65%) REST
4 40 (17.09%) Web Services
5 34 (14.53%) CSS
6 28 (11.97%) .NET
7 23 (9.83%) RESTful
8 21 (8.97%) Kafka
8 21 (8.97%) XSLT
9 16 (6.84%) Middleware
9 16 (6.84%) React
10 14 (5.98%) AngularJS
11 13 (5.56%) .NET Framework
11 13 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
11 13 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
11 13 (5.56%) WCF
12 12 (5.13%) Spring
13 11 (4.70%) Ajax
13 11 (4.70%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.85%) Virtual Team
2 8 (3.42%) Fixed Income
2 8 (3.42%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.99%) CMDB
3 7 (2.99%) Derivative
3 7 (2.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 6 (2.56%) DTCC
4 6 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (2.56%) PKI
5 5 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.14%) e-Learning
5 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.14%) iSeries
5 5 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.14%) VLE
6 4 (1.71%) AS400
6 4 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.97%) Linux
1 21 (8.97%) Windows
2 18 (7.69%) Unix
3 5 (2.14%) AIX
4 4 (1.71%) Android
4 4 (1.71%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (36.32%) Agile
2 40 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (16.67%) DevOps
4 35 (14.96%) CI/CD
5 29 (12.39%) Test Automation
6 28 (11.97%) User Experience
7 23 (9.83%) Mentoring
8 20 (8.55%) Analytics
8 20 (8.55%) Scrum
9 19 (8.12%) Migration
10 18 (7.69%) SDLC
11 17 (7.26%) API Management
11 17 (7.26%) Workflow
12 16 (6.84%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (6.84%) Data Governance
12 16 (6.84%) ITSM
12 16 (6.84%) User Acceptance Testing
13 15 (6.41%) Performance Tuning
14 14 (5.98%) Microservices
14 14 (5.98%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 98 (41.88%) SQL
2 56 (23.93%) Java
3 55 (23.50%) JavaScript
4 34 (14.53%) Python
5 33 (14.10%) C#
6 28 (11.97%) PL/SQL
7 19 (8.12%) TypeScript
8 11 (4.70%) Shell Script
9 10 (4.27%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.99%) Perl
10 7 (2.99%) RPG
11 6 (2.56%) ABAP
11 6 (2.56%) C++
12 5 (2.14%) C
12 5 (2.14%) PHP
13 4 (1.71%) ActionScript
13 4 (1.71%) ActionScript 2.0
13 4 (1.71%) DataWeave
13 4 (1.71%) Korn
13 4 (1.71%) REXX
Qualifications
1 50 (21.37%) Security Cleared
2 39 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.27%) Degree
4 8 (3.42%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.14%) ISTQB
5 5 (2.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 4 (1.71%) ISEB
7 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.43%) CCDP
8 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.43%) OCP
8 1 (0.43%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.41%) QA
3 6 (2.56%) EMIR
3 6 (2.56%) MiFID
4 5 (2.14%) SEPA
5 3 (1.28%) HL7
5 3 (1.28%) SLA
6 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.85%) DICOM
6 2 (0.85%) GAAP
6 2 (0.85%) GDPR
6 2 (0.85%) WCAG
7 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.43%) NIST
7 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (5.98%) Docker
2 10 (4.27%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.28%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (1.28%) iptables
4 2 (0.85%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.99%) Ansible
2 7 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.14%) CloudHub
3 5 (2.14%) Control-M
4 4 (1.71%) Grafana
5 3 (1.28%) Cacti
5 3 (1.28%) Nagios
5 3 (1.28%) Netcool
5 3 (1.28%) Proxmox
5 3 (1.28%) Puppet
5 3 (1.28%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.85%) Istio
6 2 (0.85%) Kibana
6 2 (0.85%) Terraform
7 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.43%) Graylog
7 1 (0.43%) logstash
7 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (24.79%) Oracle
2 38 (16.24%) Microsoft
3 27 (11.54%) IBM
4 19 (8.12%) SAP
5 18 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.85%) Dynatrace
7 8 (3.42%) MuleSoft
7 8 (3.42%) Splunk
8 7 (2.99%) Informatica
9 6 (2.56%) Salesforce
10 5 (2.14%) Sybase
10 5 (2.14%) TIBCO
11 4 (1.71%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.71%) CODA
11 4 (1.71%) Cognos
11 4 (1.71%) Nokia
11 4 (1.71%) OpenText
11 4 (1.71%) Qualtrics
11 4 (1.71%) VMware
11 4 (1.71%) webMethods