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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 224 189
Rank change year-on-year -8 -35 -1
Contract jobs citing XML 352 342 537
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 1.10% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.19% 5.04% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 208 333
10th Percentile £350 £218 £392
25th Percentile £413 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £635
90th Percentile £700 £625 £768
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -3.80% -9.09% -3.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 35
10th Percentile £31.25 - £45.88
25th Percentile £40.75 - -
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £48.72
75th Percentile £43.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 - £78.25
UK median hourly rate £43.00 - £48.72
% change year-on-year - - -2.56%

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 6,787 6,781 8,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.80% 21.77% 22.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,590 4,326 6,483
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £733 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.34% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 100 179
10th Percentile £30.08 £26.48 £37.29
25th Percentile £42.50 £45.51 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £73.78 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.29% +15.91% -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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 -20 168 £528 +0.48% 147
South East -13 42 £475 +49.61% 129
North of England -23 41 £525 -4.55% 35
East of England +20 37 £550 +10.00% 20
North West -4 31 £525 +17.98% 24
Midlands -32 27 £427 -14.60% 27
West Midlands -32 24 £429 -23.60% 6
South West +10 18 £375 -6.25% 6
Yorkshire -36 10 £575 +1.41% 11
East Midlands -15 3 £270 -40.00% 17
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 (4.83%) Apache
1 17 (4.83%) WebLogic
2 14 (3.98%) MQSeries
3 13 (3.69%) Confluence
4 11 (3.13%) IIS
5 10 (2.84%) JBoss
5 10 (2.84%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.99%) Appian
6 7 (1.99%) Mule
6 7 (1.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (1.70%) Anypoint
7 6 (1.70%) nginx
8 3 (0.85%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.85%) Documentum
8 3 (0.85%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.57%) Camunda
9 2 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.57%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.28%) CMS
10 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.13%) FrameMaker
3 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.99%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Maximo
2 7 (1.99%) Teamcenter
3 6 (1.70%) SAP HCM
3 6 (1.70%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.85%) BusinessWorks
5 3 (0.85%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.57%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.28%) Endur
7 1 (0.28%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MRS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 81 (23.01%) Azure
2 59 (16.76%) AWS
3 27 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (7.39%) GitHub
5 16 (4.55%) Serverless
6 15 (4.26%) GCP
7 14 (3.98%) Azure Logic Apps
7 14 (3.98%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.98%) Tricentis Tosca
8 13 (3.69%) Power Automate
9 12 (3.41%) SaaS
10 11 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (2.84%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (2.56%) Boomi
12 9 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.56%) Nutanix
13 8 (2.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.39%) HTTPS
2 18 (5.11%) HTTP
3 9 (2.56%) NFC
3 9 (2.56%) PPP
4 8 (2.27%) Firewall
4 8 (2.27%) SSL
5 3 (0.85%) BGP
5 3 (0.85%) MPLS
5 3 (0.85%) VPN
6 2 (0.57%) AMQP
6 2 (0.57%) DNS
6 2 (0.57%) DSL
6 2 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.57%) LAN
7 1 (0.28%) 5G
7 1 (0.28%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.28%) NAS
7 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (14.49%) SQL Server
2 44 (12.50%) Relational Database
3 17 (4.83%) MongoDB
4 13 (3.69%) MySQL
5 12 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.13%) DataStage
6 11 (3.13%) DB2
7 9 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.27%) Amazon QuickSight
8 8 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.99%) Redis
9 7 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.70%) Big Data
10 6 (1.70%) MariaDB
10 6 (1.70%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.42%) HPCC
11 5 (1.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 51 (14.49%) JIRA
2 49 (13.92%) Git
3 29 (8.24%) Jenkins
4 23 (6.53%) Selenium
5 20 (5.68%) JUnit
5 20 (5.68%) Postman
6 19 (5.40%) Eclipse
7 17 (4.83%) GitLab
8 16 (4.55%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.84%) IntelliJ
10 9 (2.56%) Browser DevTools
10 9 (2.56%) Firebug
10 9 (2.56%) SoapUI
10 9 (2.56%) Valgrind
11 8 (2.27%) Maven
11 8 (2.27%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.99%) Robot Framework
13 6 (1.70%) Gradle
13 6 (1.70%) PVCS
13 6 (1.70%) Toad
General
1 103 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.61%) Finance
3 55 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.80%) Banking
5 37 (10.51%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.98%) Publishing
7 12 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.84%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.56%) Back Office
10 9 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.27%) Private Banking
12 7 (1.99%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.70%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.42%) Automotive
14 5 (1.42%) Digital Healthcare
14 5 (1.42%) Front Office
14 5 (1.42%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.42%) Retail
15 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 122 (34.66%) Developer
2 50 (14.20%) Analyst
3 37 (10.51%) Senior
4 25 (7.10%) Consultant
4 25 (7.10%) Software Engineer
5 20 (5.68%) Business Analyst
6 17 (4.83%) Architect
6 17 (4.83%) Data Engineer
7 16 (4.55%) Integration Developer
7 16 (4.55%) Java Developer
7 16 (4.55%) Support Engineer
8 15 (4.26%) Applications Engineer
9 14 (3.98%) Author
9 14 (3.98%) Technical Author
10 12 (3.41%) Lead
10 12 (3.41%) webMethods Developer
11 11 (3.13%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.84%) Development Engineer
12 10 (2.84%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (2.84%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (51.42%) JSON
2 103 (29.26%) SOAP
3 101 (28.69%) REST
4 50 (14.20%) HTML
5 46 (13.07%) Web Services
6 31 (8.81%) RESTful
7 30 (8.52%) Spring
8 28 (7.95%) OAuth
9 26 (7.39%) .NET
9 26 (7.39%) JMS
10 25 (7.10%) XSLT
11 23 (6.53%) CSS
12 20 (5.68%) Hibernate
13 17 (4.83%) J2EE
14 16 (4.55%) AngularJS
14 16 (4.55%) React
15 15 (4.26%) Spring Boot
16 14 (3.98%) Kafka
16 14 (3.98%) SGML
16 14 (3.98%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.83%) Cloud Native
2 14 (3.98%) Replication
3 12 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.56%) Smartcard
4 9 (2.56%) Virtual Team
5 8 (2.27%) AS400
5 8 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.99%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.70%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.70%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.70%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.42%) Derivative
8 5 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.51%) Linux
2 30 (8.52%) Windows
3 23 (6.53%) Unix
4 9 (2.56%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.42%) Android
6 4 (1.14%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.57%) CentOS
8 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (37.50%) Agile
2 115 (32.67%) DevOps
3 87 (24.72%) CI/CD
4 70 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (17.61%) Test Automation
6 45 (12.78%) Migration
7 43 (12.22%) Scrum
8 42 (11.93%) Microservices
9 41 (11.65%) ETL
10 39 (11.08%) Deployment Automation
11 36 (10.23%) Software Engineering
12 33 (9.38%) Data Migration
13 30 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (8.52%) Workflow
14 29 (8.24%) Data Modelling
14 29 (8.24%) Validation
15 28 (7.95%) User Experience
16 25 (7.10%) OO
17 23 (6.53%) ERP
17 23 (6.53%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 139 (39.49%) SQL
2 119 (33.81%) Java
3 76 (21.59%) JavaScript
4 70 (19.89%) Python
5 55 (15.63%) C#
6 25 (7.10%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.83%) C++
8 13 (3.69%) T-SQL
9 11 (3.13%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.13%) RPG
10 8 (2.27%) ABAP
10 8 (2.27%) C
10 8 (2.27%) Scala
11 7 (1.99%) Groovy
11 7 (1.99%) VBA
12 6 (1.70%) XPath
13 4 (1.14%) DataWeave
13 4 (1.14%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.85%) Bicep
14 3 (0.85%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 102 (28.98%) Security Cleared
2 84 (23.86%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.65%) Degree
4 19 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.41%) HNC
5 12 (3.41%) HND
6 11 (3.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (2.84%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.56%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.99%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.70%) ISEB
12 3 (0.85%) CEH
12 3 (0.85%) GIAC
12 3 (0.85%) GWAPT
12 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.85%) PMP
13 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.24%) Data Quality
1 29 (8.24%) QA
2 4 (1.14%) EMIR
3 3 (0.85%) GAAP
3 3 (0.85%) HL7
3 3 (0.85%) ISO 20022
3 3 (0.85%) SEPA
3 3 (0.85%) SLA
4 2 (0.57%) MiFID
5 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) DICOM
5 1 (0.28%) GxP
5 1 (0.28%) IFRS
5 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (13.35%) Docker
2 5 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.26%) Ansible
3 12 (3.41%) Control-M
4 8 (2.27%) Puppet
5 7 (1.99%) Kibana
6 6 (1.70%) logstash
7 5 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (1.14%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.85%) Terraform
9 3 (0.85%) TIBCO Hawk
10 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.28%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.28%) Podman
Vendors
1 57 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 54 (15.34%) Oracle
3 39 (11.08%) SAP
4 38 (10.80%) IBM
5 26 (7.39%) webMethods
6 16 (4.55%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.13%) Cisco
8 10 (2.84%) Software AG
9 9 (2.56%) MuleSoft
10 8 (2.27%) Axway
10 8 (2.27%) Blue Prism
10 8 (2.27%) Dynatrace
10 8 (2.27%) TIBCO
10 8 (2.27%) Workday
11 7 (1.99%) Splunk
11 7 (1.99%) Veracode
12 6 (1.70%) Pega
12 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.70%) Solace
13 5 (1.42%) EMC