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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 177 195
Rank change year-on-year -82 +18 -7
Contract jobs citing XML 218 485 717
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.90% 1.29% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.00% 6.46% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 315 492
10th Percentile £359 £384 £375
25th Percentile £410 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% -0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £675
90th Percentile £650 £744 £760
UK median daily rate £475 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -13.24% -0.45% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 33 10
10th Percentile £22.73 - £61.25
25th Percentile £25.54 £43.75 £70.00
Median hourly rate £60.13 £47.50 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year +26.59% -33.33% +48.44%
75th Percentile £93.75 £51.25 £75.00
90th Percentile - £66.25 £75.17
UK median hourly rate £60.13 £47.50 £71.25
% change year-on-year +26.59% -33.33% +50.00%

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 5,454 7,503 12,591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.49% 19.94% 23.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,769 5,389 9,309
10th Percentile £363 £344 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £695
90th Percentile £798 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 160 148
10th Percentile £26.85 £20.77 £25.60
25th Percentile £51.20 £36.31 £45.00
Median hourly rate £64.50 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.79% -26.92% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.06 £73.75
90th Percentile £83.27 £74.50 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +31.58% -26.92% +32.65%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -82 129 £513 -10.87% 203
South East +50 38 £459 +1.94% 49
North of England +5 38 £448 -16.04% 31
North West -6 32 £447 -16.14% 19
Midlands +16 8 £563 -6.25% 19
West Midlands +10 7 £575 -4.17% 9
Yorkshire +10 6 £588 +41.57% 12
East of England +30 3 - - 14
South West -10 3 £375 -28.57% 16
East Midlands +14 1 £358 -22.59% 10
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 13 (5.96%) WebLogic
2 10 (4.59%) MQSeries
3 8 (3.67%) Anypoint
4 7 (3.21%) Confluence
4 7 (3.21%) Mule
5 6 (2.75%) Apache
6 4 (1.83%) Moodle
6 4 (1.83%) Mule ESB
6 4 (1.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (1.83%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.38%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (1.38%) Camunda
7 3 (1.38%) CMS
7 3 (1.38%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.92%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.92%) Drupal
8 2 (0.92%) IIS
8 2 (0.92%) JBoss
8 2 (0.92%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.46%) JCAPS
Applications
1 9 (4.13%) Siemens NX
2 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.92%) Notepad++
4 2 (0.92%) Trello
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (4.59%) Teamcenter
3 7 (3.21%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (3.21%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (3.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (3.21%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (3.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.83%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 3 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.92%) BASE24
6 2 (0.92%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.46%) Actimize
7 1 (0.46%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 42 (19.27%) Azure
2 22 (10.09%) AWS
2 22 (10.09%) Serverless
3 15 (6.88%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.42%) SaaS
5 13 (5.96%) Azure Logic Apps
6 11 (5.05%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (5.05%) Power Automate
7 10 (4.59%) PowerApps
8 8 (3.67%) Azure Functions
9 7 (3.21%) Azure API Management
10 6 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.75%) GitHub
11 5 (2.29%) OCI
12 4 (1.83%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (1.38%) iPaaS
13 3 (1.38%) PaaS
14 2 (0.92%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.55%) HTTP
2 8 (3.67%) SSL
3 4 (1.83%) SNMP
3 4 (1.83%) VPN
4 3 (1.38%) BGP
4 3 (1.38%) LTE
4 3 (1.38%) MPLS
4 3 (1.38%) NAS
4 3 (1.38%) Network Security
4 3 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (1.38%) SSH
4 3 (1.38%) Telnet
4 3 (1.38%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.92%) ATM
5 2 (0.92%) DWDM
5 2 (0.92%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.92%) Firewall
5 2 (0.92%) MQTT
5 2 (0.92%) SMS
5 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.30%) Relational Database
2 28 (12.84%) Oracle Reports
3 27 (12.39%) SQL Server
4 25 (11.47%) MongoDB
4 25 (11.47%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (10.55%) NoSQL
5 23 (10.55%) RDBMS
6 21 (9.63%) MySQL
7 13 (5.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (3.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (2.29%) Redis
10 3 (1.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 3 (1.38%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.92%) Big Data
11 2 (0.92%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.92%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.92%) Parquet
11 2 (0.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 26 (11.93%) Git
2 21 (9.63%) JIRA
3 10 (4.59%) GitLab
4 7 (3.21%) Postman
5 6 (2.75%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.75%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.83%) JUnit
6 4 (1.83%) Maven
6 4 (1.83%) PHPUnit
6 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.83%) Toad
7 3 (1.38%) Ant
7 3 (1.38%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.92%) ERwin
8 2 (0.92%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.92%) MagicDraw
8 2 (0.92%) Selenium
8 2 (0.92%) Subversion
8 2 (0.92%) XMLSpy
General
1 61 (27.98%) Finance
2 39 (17.89%) Social Skills
3 37 (16.97%) Banking
4 27 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.50%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.13%) Front Office
7 9 (4.13%) Retail
8 5 (2.29%) General Ledger
8 5 (2.29%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.83%) Back Office
9 4 (1.83%) Private Banking
10 3 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Marketing
11 2 (0.92%) Automotive
11 2 (0.92%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.92%) Law
11 2 (0.92%) Local Government
11 2 (0.92%) Military
11 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (42.66%) Developer
2 33 (15.14%) Architect
3 27 (12.39%) Senior
4 17 (7.80%) Senior Developer
5 16 (7.34%) Analyst
5 16 (7.34%) DBA
6 15 (6.88%) Java Developer
7 12 (5.50%) PostgreSQL DBA
8 11 (5.05%) Oracle Developer
9 9 (4.13%) Applications Engineer
9 9 (4.13%) Configuration Engineer
9 9 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.67%) Consultant
10 8 (3.67%) MuleSoft Developer
10 8 (3.67%) ServiceNow Architect
11 7 (3.21%) Administrator
11 7 (3.21%) CRM Architect
11 7 (3.21%) Lead
12 6 (2.75%) Senior Java Developer
12 6 (2.75%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (49.08%) JSON
2 56 (25.69%) SOAP
3 47 (21.56%) REST
4 44 (20.18%) HTML
5 39 (17.89%) Web Services
6 32 (14.68%) CSS
7 30 (13.76%) Kafka
8 24 (11.01%) .NET
9 23 (10.55%) XSLT
10 21 (9.63%) RESTful
11 16 (7.34%) Middleware
12 14 (6.42%) .NET Framework
12 14 (6.42%) AngularJS
12 14 (6.42%) WCF
13 12 (5.50%) ASP.NET Web API
14 11 (5.05%) Ajax
14 11 (5.05%) Oracle Fusion
14 11 (5.05%) Spring Boot
15 10 (4.59%) Spring
16 9 (4.13%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.13%) CMDB
1 9 (4.13%) Derivative
2 7 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (3.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 7 (3.21%) Virtual Team
3 6 (2.75%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.75%) Fixed Income
3 6 (2.75%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.75%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.29%) iSeries
4 5 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.29%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.29%) PKI
4 5 (2.29%) Replication
5 4 (1.83%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.83%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.83%) TM Forum
5 4 (1.83%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.80%) Unix
1 17 (7.80%) Windows
2 16 (7.34%) Linux
3 2 (0.92%) CentOS
3 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Android
4 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.11%) Agile
2 35 (16.06%) DevOps
3 34 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (11.01%) Analytics
4 24 (11.01%) CI/CD
5 23 (10.55%) Migration
6 22 (10.09%) User Experience
7 20 (9.17%) Microservices
8 19 (8.72%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (8.72%) Data Modelling
8 19 (8.72%) Mentoring
9 17 (7.80%) User Acceptance Testing
10 16 (7.34%) API Management
10 16 (7.34%) Data Migration
10 16 (7.34%) Database Security
10 16 (7.34%) ITSM
10 16 (7.34%) Test Automation
11 15 (6.88%) Configuration Management
11 15 (6.88%) Data Management
11 15 (6.88%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 99 (45.41%) SQL
2 53 (24.31%) Java
3 42 (19.27%) JavaScript
4 33 (15.14%) Python
5 25 (11.47%) C#
6 24 (11.01%) PL/SQL
7 14 (6.42%) TypeScript
8 10 (4.59%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.75%) ABAP
9 6 (2.75%) DataWeave
9 6 (2.75%) Perl
10 5 (2.29%) ActionScript
10 5 (2.29%) ActionScript 2.0
10 5 (2.29%) C
10 5 (2.29%) C++
10 5 (2.29%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.29%) RPG
11 4 (1.83%) PHP
12 3 (1.38%) Korn
12 3 (1.38%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 33 (15.14%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.67%) Degree
4 4 (1.83%) ISEB
4 4 (1.83%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.92%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.92%) OCP
6 2 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.92%) Sun Certification
7 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.46%) CCDP
7 1 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.80%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.50%) QA
3 5 (2.29%) SEPA
4 3 (1.38%) SLA
5 2 (0.92%) HL7
5 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.46%) GDPR
6 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) NIST
6 1 (0.46%) PSD2
6 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (5.05%) Docker
2 7 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.38%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (1.38%) iptables
4 2 (0.92%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.46%) vSphere
5 1 (0.46%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 8 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.21%) CloudHub
3 6 (2.75%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.83%) Ansible
4 4 (1.83%) Grafana
5 3 (1.38%) Cacti
5 3 (1.38%) Control-M
5 3 (1.38%) Nagios
5 3 (1.38%) Netcool
5 3 (1.38%) Proxmox
5 3 (1.38%) Puppet
5 3 (1.38%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.92%) Istio
6 2 (0.92%) Terraform
7 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.46%) Graylog
7 1 (0.46%) logstash
7 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.46%) SCOM
Vendors
1 55 (25.23%) Oracle
2 35 (16.06%) Microsoft
3 23 (10.55%) SAP
4 19 (8.72%) IBM
5 18 (8.26%) ServiceNow
6 10 (4.59%) MuleSoft
7 6 (2.75%) Splunk
8 5 (2.29%) TIBCO
9 4 (1.83%) Cisco
9 4 (1.83%) CODA
9 4 (1.83%) Cognos
9 4 (1.83%) Murex
9 4 (1.83%) Nokia
9 4 (1.83%) OpenText
9 4 (1.83%) Qualtrics
9 4 (1.83%) Sybase
9 4 (1.83%) VMware
9 4 (1.83%) webMethods
10 3 (1.38%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.92%) Salesforce