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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 268 171
Rank change year-on-year -17 -97 +40
Contract jobs citing XML 356 215 525
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 0.88% 1.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.46% 3.91% 7.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 152 307
10th Percentile £350 £360 £406
25th Percentile £400 £412 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £588 £589 £638
90th Percentile £692 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £478 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +0.63% -13.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 57
10th Percentile £31.08 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £44.88 £25.54 £43.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +33.62% -35.71%
75th Percentile £51.44 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £27.76 £45.00
% change year-on-year +71.11% -38.31% -35.71%

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 7,978 5,496 7,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.17% 22.43% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,330 3,813 5,329
10th Percentile £358 £367 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -3.51%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £799 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 92 188
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.19 £20.81
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.19 £39.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.83 £82.87 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 20 April 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 -11 166 £525 - 26
North of England -34 68 £394 -12.50% 17
South East -31 61 £513 +28.13% 25
North West -20 57 £391 -12.67% 11
Midlands -47 31 £450 -18.18% 6
West Midlands -49 23 £450 -18.18% 1
East of England -23 12 £675 - 3
Yorkshire -53 11 £450 -18.18% 6
East Midlands -23 8 £525 +46.65% 5
South West -24 7 £548 +46.00% 8
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
1 17 (4.78%) WebLogic
2 13 (3.65%) Confluence
3 11 (3.09%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.97%) Apache
5 6 (1.69%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (1.40%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.40%) JBoss
6 5 (1.40%) Mule
7 4 (1.12%) CMS
7 4 (1.12%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.84%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.84%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.84%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.56%) Appian
9 2 (0.56%) Documentum
9 2 (0.56%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (8.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.56%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 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%) Maximo
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
4 6 (1.69%) Summit
5 5 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.40%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (1.12%) Workday HCM
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%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 69 (19.38%) Azure
2 46 (12.92%) AWS
3 26 (7.30%) OCI
4 20 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (5.62%) GCP
4 20 (5.62%) Power Platform
4 20 (5.62%) SaaS
5 19 (5.34%) GitHub
6 15 (4.21%) Serverless
7 14 (3.93%) PaaS
8 13 (3.65%) Apigee
9 12 (3.37%) Boomi
9 12 (3.37%) IaaS
10 11 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.53%) Kong
12 9 (2.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.34%) HTTP
2 9 (2.53%) HTTPS
3 8 (2.25%) FTP
4 7 (1.97%) Firewall
5 4 (1.12%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.56%) 5G
6 2 (0.56%) BGP
6 2 (0.56%) DNS
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%) RTCP
6 2 (0.56%) RTP
6 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.56%) VPN
6 2 (0.56%) XCAP
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.36%) Relational Database
2 37 (10.39%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.18%) MongoDB
3 22 (6.18%) RDBMS
4 21 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (5.62%) NoSQL
6 19 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (4.21%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (4.21%) Power BI
8 13 (3.65%) Metadata
9 12 (3.37%) Oracle Database
10 9 (2.53%) DataStage
10 9 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (2.25%) Data Lake
11 8 (2.25%) DB2
12 7 (1.97%) MySQL
13 6 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 41 (11.52%) Postman
2 38 (10.67%) JIRA
3 34 (9.55%) Git
4 16 (4.49%) Jenkins
5 13 (3.65%) JUnit
6 12 (3.37%) SoapUI
7 11 (3.09%) Selenium
8 10 (2.81%) Maven
9 9 (2.53%) Eclipse
10 8 (2.25%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.97%) Toad
12 6 (1.69%) GitLab
12 6 (1.69%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.69%) TestRail
12 6 (1.69%) Zephyr
13 5 (1.40%) MSTest
14 4 (1.12%) IntelliJ
14 4 (1.12%) Subversion
15 3 (0.84%) Ant
15 3 (0.84%) JMeter
General
1 117 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 73 (20.51%) Finance
3 66 (18.54%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.55%) Banking
4 34 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.65%) Investment Banking
7 11 (3.09%) Legal
7 11 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.69%) Military
9 5 (1.40%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.12%) Advertising
10 4 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.12%) Publishing
10 4 (1.12%) Retail
11 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.84%) Marketing
12 2 (0.56%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (23.60%) Developer
2 62 (17.42%) Consultant
3 50 (14.04%) Analyst
4 33 (9.27%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (7.58%) Business Analyst
6 22 (6.18%) Lead
7 21 (5.90%) Architect
8 19 (5.34%) Senior
9 18 (5.06%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.78%) Software Engineer
11 13 (3.65%) Payroll Consultant
12 12 (3.37%) DBA
13 10 (2.81%) Integration Developer
13 10 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.81%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (2.53%) PostgreSQL DBA
15 8 (2.25%) Applications Developer
15 8 (2.25%) Java Developer
15 8 (2.25%) Tester
15 8 (2.25%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (48.31%) JSON
2 104 (29.21%) SOAP
3 100 (28.09%) REST
4 54 (15.17%) Web Services
5 41 (11.52%) XSLT
6 36 (10.11%) OAuth
7 28 (7.87%) JWT
7 28 (7.87%) Oracle Fusion
8 27 (7.58%) .NET
8 27 (7.58%) Middleware
9 23 (6.46%) HTML
9 23 (6.46%) Kafka
10 21 (5.90%) Swagger
11 20 (5.62%) RESTful
12 17 (4.78%) EDI
12 17 (4.78%) XSD
13 16 (4.49%) J2EE
14 15 (4.21%) JMS
14 15 (4.21%) OAuth2
14 15 (4.21%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.65%) Data Structures
2 12 (3.37%) Product Ownership
3 10 (2.81%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.81%) Public Cloud
4 9 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.53%) Replication
5 8 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.25%) Fixed Income
6 7 (1.97%) Derivative
6 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.69%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.69%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.40%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.40%) Digital Wallet
8 5 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.12%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.12%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.87%) Linux
2 24 (6.74%) Unix
3 17 (4.78%) Windows
4 5 (1.40%) AIX
5 2 (0.56%) Android
5 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (30.62%) Agile
2 89 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (23.60%) DevOps
4 52 (14.61%) CI/CD
5 48 (13.48%) Validation
6 45 (12.64%) Data Modelling
6 45 (12.64%) ERP
7 43 (12.08%) Integration Patterns
8 41 (11.52%) Migration
9 38 (10.67%) Requirements Gathering
10 33 (9.27%) ETL
11 32 (8.99%) Workflow
12 31 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (8.15%) Mentoring
13 29 (8.15%) Microservices
13 29 (8.15%) SDLC
14 28 (7.87%) Computer Science
14 28 (7.87%) Scrum
14 28 (7.87%) Software Engineering
15 27 (7.58%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 147 (41.29%) SQL
2 78 (21.91%) Java
3 44 (12.36%) C#
4 41 (11.52%) Python
5 37 (10.39%) JavaScript
6 35 (9.83%) T-SQL
7 18 (5.06%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.65%) XPath
9 12 (3.37%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.25%) ABAP
11 7 (1.97%) Korn
12 6 (1.69%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.40%) Groovy
13 5 (1.40%) Perl
14 4 (1.12%) Bicep
14 4 (1.12%) C++
14 4 (1.12%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.12%) Scala
15 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (23.88%) Security Cleared
2 63 (17.70%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.11%) Degree
4 20 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.97%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.69%) ISEB
7 6 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 5 (1.40%) CCNP
8 5 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.84%) PMP
11 2 (0.56%) CCNA
11 2 (0.56%) OCP
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.62%) QA
2 13 (3.65%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.69%) GDPR
4 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.40%) PSD2
5 4 (1.12%) GAAP
6 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.84%) FATCA
6 3 (0.84%) HL7
6 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
6 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.56%) Basel III
7 2 (0.56%) IFRS
7 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.56%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.56%) SEPA
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.28%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (6.18%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.97%) TIBCO Hawk
3 5 (1.40%) Puppet
4 4 (1.12%) Control-M
5 3 (0.84%) Grafana
5 3 (0.84%) logstash
6 2 (0.56%) Ansible
6 2 (0.56%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.56%) Fluentd
6 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
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%) Kibana
7 1 (0.28%) Podman
7 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.28%) vRealize
7 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 104 (29.21%) Oracle
2 42 (11.80%) Microsoft
3 37 (10.39%) SAP
4 27 (7.58%) IBM
5 18 (5.06%) Workday
6 17 (4.78%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.21%) MuleSoft
7 15 (4.21%) webMethods
8 9 (2.53%) Splunk
9 8 (2.25%) Informatica
9 8 (2.25%) Pega
9 8 (2.25%) TIBCO
10 7 (1.97%) BEA
10 7 (1.97%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.69%) Databricks
11 6 (1.69%) Dell
11 6 (1.69%) Google
12 5 (1.40%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.40%) Computacenter
13 4 (1.12%) Software AG