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

 6 months to
3 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 269 179
Rank change year-on-year -4 -90 +26
Contract jobs citing XML 355 217 482
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 0.90% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.46% 3.99% 6.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 153 313
10th Percentile £350 £358 £394
25th Percentile £400 £409 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -12.84% -0.91%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £630
90th Percentile £689 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 31
10th Percentile £40.75 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £25.54 £43.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -32.14%
75th Percentile £54.13 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -32.14%

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 7,960 5,444 7,492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.76% 22.46% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,336 3,762 5,389
10th Percentile £358 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 87 156
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.76 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.16 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £83.38 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -29 168 £525 +2.44% 32
North of England -36 67 £393 -12.20% 24
South East -32 60 £500 +8.99% 27
North West -20 56 £390 -12.80% 15
Midlands -42 30 £450 -20.00% 17
West Midlands -48 23 £450 -21.74% 6
East of England -26 13 £675 - 10
Yorkshire -56 11 £450 -23.40% 7
East Midlands -24 7 £525 +46.65% 11
South West -24 6 £548 +46.00% 11
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 (4.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 16 (4.51%) WebLogic
3 15 (4.23%) Confluence
4 11 (3.10%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.97%) Apache
6 6 (1.69%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (1.41%) Anypoint
8 4 (1.13%) JBoss
8 4 (1.13%) Mule
8 4 (1.13%) Oracle Service Bus
9 3 (0.85%) CMS
9 3 (0.85%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.56%) Appian
10 2 (0.56%) Documentum
10 2 (0.56%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.56%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.56%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.13%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.82%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.54%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.97%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.97%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.69%) Maximo
4 6 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (1.41%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.41%) Summit
6 4 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.85%) Findur
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.85%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 69 (19.44%) Azure
2 44 (12.39%) AWS
3 27 (7.61%) OCI
4 22 (6.20%) SaaS
5 21 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (5.63%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.35%) GCP
8 18 (5.07%) GitHub
9 15 (4.23%) PaaS
9 15 (4.23%) Serverless
10 13 (3.66%) Apigee
10 13 (3.66%) Boomi
10 13 (3.66%) IaaS
11 11 (3.10%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.54%) Kong
14 8 (2.25%) Azure API Management
14 8 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.63%) HTTP
2 10 (2.82%) HTTPS
3 7 (1.97%) Firewall
4 5 (1.41%) FTP
5 4 (1.13%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.56%) 5G
6 2 (0.56%) BGP
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%) VPN
6 2 (0.56%) XCAP
7 1 (0.28%) DNS
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) NFC
7 1 (0.28%) PPP
7 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.68%) Relational Database
2 39 (10.99%) SQL Server
3 22 (6.20%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (6.20%) MongoDB
4 21 (5.92%) RDBMS
5 20 (5.63%) NoSQL
6 17 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (4.51%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.23%) Power BI
9 13 (3.66%) Oracle Database
10 12 (3.38%) Metadata
11 10 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (2.54%) DataStage
13 8 (2.25%) Data Lake
13 8 (2.25%) DB2
14 7 (1.97%) MySQL
15 6 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (1.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (12.11%) Postman
2 40 (11.27%) JIRA
3 34 (9.58%) Git
4 17 (4.79%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.23%) JUnit
6 13 (3.66%) SoapUI
7 12 (3.38%) Maven
7 12 (3.38%) Selenium
8 9 (2.54%) Eclipse
9 8 (2.25%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.97%) Toad
11 6 (1.69%) GitLab
11 6 (1.69%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.69%) TestRail
11 6 (1.69%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.41%) MSTest
13 4 (1.13%) IntelliJ
13 4 (1.13%) Subversion
14 3 (0.85%) Ant
14 3 (0.85%) JMeter
General
1 112 (31.55%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.69%) Finance
3 69 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.42%) Banking
5 34 (9.58%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.66%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.66%) Legal
8 11 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.69%) Military
10 5 (1.41%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.13%) Advertising
11 4 (1.13%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.13%) Publishing
11 4 (1.13%) Retail
12 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.85%) Back Office
12 3 (0.85%) Marketing
13 2 (0.56%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (25.07%) Developer
2 57 (16.06%) Consultant
3 54 (15.21%) Analyst
4 33 (9.30%) Implementation Consultant
5 28 (7.89%) Business Analyst
6 22 (6.20%) Lead
6 22 (6.20%) Senior
7 21 (5.92%) Architect
8 17 (4.79%) Data Engineer
9 16 (4.51%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.66%) Payroll Consultant
11 12 (3.38%) DBA
11 12 (3.38%) Integration Developer
12 10 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.82%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.54%) Java Developer
13 9 (2.54%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 8 (2.25%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.25%) Technical Business Analyst
14 8 (2.25%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (48.17%) JSON
2 104 (29.30%) SOAP
3 102 (28.73%) REST
4 51 (14.37%) Web Services
5 38 (10.70%) OAuth
5 38 (10.70%) XSLT
6 29 (8.17%) JWT
6 29 (8.17%) Oracle Fusion
7 28 (7.89%) .NET
8 24 (6.76%) HTML
9 23 (6.48%) Middleware
10 22 (6.20%) RESTful
11 21 (5.92%) Kafka
11 21 (5.92%) Swagger
12 17 (4.79%) JMS
12 17 (4.79%) XSD
13 16 (4.51%) EDI
14 15 (4.23%) J2EE
14 15 (4.23%) OAuth2
14 15 (4.23%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.66%) Data Structures
2 11 (3.10%) Public Cloud
3 10 (2.82%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.25%) Fixed Income
5 8 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.97%) Derivative
6 7 (1.97%) Replication
7 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.41%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.41%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.41%) Digital Wallet
8 5 (1.41%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.13%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.13%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.01%) Linux
2 23 (6.48%) Unix
3 15 (4.23%) Windows
4 5 (1.41%) AIX
5 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.56%) Android
6 2 (0.56%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (31.55%) Agile
2 92 (25.92%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (25.63%) DevOps
4 56 (15.77%) CI/CD
5 50 (14.08%) Validation
6 45 (12.68%) ERP
7 43 (12.11%) Data Modelling
7 43 (12.11%) Integration Patterns
8 41 (11.55%) Migration
9 39 (10.99%) Requirements Gathering
10 36 (10.14%) ETL
11 30 (8.45%) Microservices
11 30 (8.45%) SDLC
11 30 (8.45%) Workflow
12 29 (8.17%) Computer Science
12 29 (8.17%) Mentoring
13 28 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (7.61%) Data Migration
14 27 (7.61%) Scrum
14 27 (7.61%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 150 (42.25%) SQL
2 82 (23.10%) Java
3 51 (14.37%) C#
4 40 (11.27%) Python
5 39 (10.99%) T-SQL
6 36 (10.14%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.79%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.66%) XPath
9 12 (3.38%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.25%) Groovy
11 7 (1.97%) ABAP
11 7 (1.97%) Korn
12 6 (1.69%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.41%) C++
13 5 (1.41%) Perl
14 4 (1.13%) Bicep
14 4 (1.13%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.13%) Scala
15 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (23.94%) Security Cleared
2 63 (17.75%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.42%) Degree
4 20 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.25%) ISTQB
7 7 (1.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.69%) ISEB
9 5 (1.41%) CCNP
9 5 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.41%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.41%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.41%) PMP
10 4 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.13%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.56%) CCNA
11 2 (0.56%) OCP
11 2 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.48%) QA
2 13 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.41%) GDPR
3 5 (1.41%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.41%) PSD2
4 4 (1.13%) GAAP
5 3 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.85%) FATCA
5 3 (0.85%) HL7
5 3 (0.85%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.56%) Basel III
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.56%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (5.92%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.97%) TIBCO Hawk
3 5 (1.41%) Control-M
3 5 (1.41%) Puppet
4 3 (0.85%) Ansible
4 3 (0.85%) Grafana
4 3 (0.85%) logstash
5 2 (0.56%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.56%) Fluentd
5 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.56%) Kibana
5 2 (0.56%) QRadar
5 2 (0.56%) Terraform
6 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.28%) Podman
6 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 104 (29.30%) Oracle
2 37 (10.42%) Microsoft
3 33 (9.30%) SAP
4 28 (7.89%) IBM
5 15 (4.23%) MuleSoft
6 14 (3.94%) webMethods
6 14 (3.94%) Workday
7 11 (3.10%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.82%) Splunk
9 9 (2.54%) Pega
10 8 (2.25%) Informatica
10 8 (2.25%) TIBCO
11 7 (1.97%) BEA
12 6 (1.69%) Bloomberg
12 6 (1.69%) Google
12 6 (1.69%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.41%) Computacenter
13 5 (1.41%) Databricks
14 4 (1.13%) Atlassian
14 4 (1.13%) Talend
111 XML jobs in England