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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 236 193
Rank change year-on-year -3 -43 -1
Contract jobs citing XML 352 327 535
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.17% 1.05% 1.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.10% 4.84% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 199 336
10th Percentile £342 £211 £386
25th Percentile £405 £405 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £630 £750
UK median daily rate £478 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -4.40% -9.09% -2.44%
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 6,906 6,756 8,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.86% 21.67% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,664 4,314 6,421
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.97%
75th Percentile £634 £666 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 99 182
10th Percentile £30.68 £26.25 £36.31
25th Percentile £43.00 £41.88 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.35 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.47%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -31 170 £525 - 87
South East -12 41 £475 +95.88% 25
North of England -27 39 £550 - 32
East of England +16 38 £550 - 17
North West -6 29 £550 +23.60% 23
Midlands -32 27 £429 -14.20% 18
West Midlands -28 25 £429 -23.60% 5
South West +12 18 £375 -20.00% 7
Yorkshire -31 10 £575 +1.41% 9
East Midlands -13 2 - - 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 19 (5.40%) WebLogic
2 17 (4.83%) Apache
3 14 (3.98%) MQSeries
4 12 (3.41%) Confluence
4 12 (3.41%) WebSphere
5 11 (3.13%) IIS
6 10 (2.84%) JBoss
7 8 (2.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (1.99%) Anypoint
8 7 (1.99%) Appian
8 7 (1.99%) Mule
9 6 (1.70%) nginx
10 3 (0.85%) Alfresco
10 3 (0.85%) Documentum
10 3 (0.85%) Mule ESB
11 2 (0.57%) Camunda
11 2 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.57%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.13%) FrameMaker
3 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.14%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Maximo
2 7 (1.99%) SAP HCM
2 7 (1.99%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (1.42%) BusinessWorks
4 4 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.14%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
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 EBS
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.28%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 86 (24.43%) Azure
2 61 (17.33%) AWS
3 28 (7.95%) GitHub
4 26 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.11%) GCP
6 16 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 16 (4.55%) Serverless
7 14 (3.98%) Azure Logic Apps
7 14 (3.98%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.98%) Tricentis Tosca
8 12 (3.41%) SaaS
8 12 (3.41%) SuccessFactors
9 10 (2.84%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.56%) Boomi
10 9 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.56%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.99%) AtomSphere
11 7 (1.99%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.95%) HTTPS
2 24 (6.82%) HTTP
3 10 (2.84%) Firewall
4 9 (2.56%) NFC
4 9 (2.56%) PPP
5 8 (2.27%) SSL
6 4 (1.14%) VPN
7 3 (0.85%) BGP
7 3 (0.85%) MPLS
8 2 (0.57%) AMQP
8 2 (0.57%) DNS
8 2 (0.57%) DSL
8 2 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.57%) LAN
9 1 (0.28%) DHCP
9 1 (0.28%) FTP
9 1 (0.28%) Internet
9 1 (0.28%) SMS
9 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (13.92%) SQL Server
2 47 (13.35%) Relational Database
3 16 (4.55%) MongoDB
4 13 (3.69%) DB2
4 13 (3.69%) MySQL
5 12 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.13%) DataStage
7 9 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (2.56%) Oracle Database
8 8 (2.27%) Amazon QuickSight
8 8 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.99%) Big Data
9 7 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (1.70%) MariaDB
10 6 (1.70%) Metadata
10 6 (1.70%) Power BI
11 5 (1.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 52 (14.77%) Git
2 50 (14.20%) JIRA
3 31 (8.81%) Jenkins
4 24 (6.82%) Selenium
5 22 (6.25%) JUnit
5 22 (6.25%) Postman
6 19 (5.40%) Eclipse
7 18 (5.11%) Cucumber
8 17 (4.83%) GitLab
9 10 (2.84%) IntelliJ
9 10 (2.84%) SoapUI
10 9 (2.56%) Browser DevTools
10 9 (2.56%) Firebug
10 9 (2.56%) Maven
10 9 (2.56%) Valgrind
11 8 (2.27%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.99%) Robot Framework
12 7 (1.99%) Toad
13 6 (1.70%) Gradle
13 6 (1.70%) PVCS
General
1 109 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.61%) Finance
3 56 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.08%) Banking
5 35 (9.94%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.98%) Publishing
7 12 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.84%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.56%) Back Office
11 8 (2.27%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.27%) Private Banking
12 6 (1.70%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.42%) Automotive
13 5 (1.42%) Digital Healthcare
13 5 (1.42%) Front Office
13 5 (1.42%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.42%) Retail
14 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 126 (35.80%) Developer
2 48 (13.64%) Analyst
3 36 (10.23%) Senior
4 27 (7.67%) Consultant
5 25 (7.10%) Software Engineer
6 18 (5.11%) Business Analyst
7 17 (4.83%) Data Engineer
7 17 (4.83%) Integration Developer
8 16 (4.55%) Java Developer
8 16 (4.55%) Support Engineer
9 14 (3.98%) Author
9 14 (3.98%) Technical Author
10 13 (3.69%) Architect
10 13 (3.69%) webMethods Developer
11 12 (3.41%) Applications Engineer
12 11 (3.13%) Lead
12 11 (3.13%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.13%) Tester
13 10 (2.84%) Development Engineer
13 10 (2.84%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (51.42%) JSON
2 108 (30.68%) SOAP
3 100 (28.41%) REST
4 48 (13.64%) HTML
5 46 (13.07%) Web Services
6 32 (9.09%) RESTful
7 30 (8.52%) Spring
8 29 (8.24%) JMS
8 29 (8.24%) OAuth
9 27 (7.67%) XSLT
10 24 (6.82%) .NET
11 21 (5.97%) CSS
12 20 (5.68%) Hibernate
13 18 (5.11%) J2EE
14 17 (4.83%) Kafka
15 16 (4.55%) AngularJS
15 16 (4.55%) Spring Boot
15 16 (4.55%) XSD
16 14 (3.98%) OAuth2
16 14 (3.98%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.83%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.26%) Replication
3 11 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.56%) Smartcard
5 8 (2.27%) AS400
5 8 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.99%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.99%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.70%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.70%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.42%) Derivative
8 5 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.14%) iSeries
9 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 39 (11.08%) Linux
2 32 (9.09%) Windows
3 26 (7.39%) Unix
4 9 (2.56%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.85%) AIX
5 3 (0.85%) Android
6 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.57%) CentOS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (36.08%) Agile
2 114 (32.39%) DevOps
3 87 (24.72%) CI/CD
4 69 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (17.61%) Test Automation
6 45 (12.78%) Migration
7 43 (12.22%) Microservices
8 40 (11.36%) Deployment Automation
8 40 (11.36%) ETL
8 40 (11.36%) Scrum
9 37 (10.51%) Software Engineering
10 33 (9.38%) Data Migration
11 32 (9.09%) Data Modelling
12 31 (8.81%) Validation
13 30 (8.52%) Workflow
14 29 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (7.10%) API Management
15 25 (7.10%) Computer Science
15 25 (7.10%) OO
15 25 (7.10%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 142 (40.34%) SQL
2 124 (35.23%) Java
3 74 (21.02%) JavaScript
4 73 (20.74%) Python
5 55 (15.63%) C#
6 23 (6.53%) PowerShell
7 18 (5.11%) C++
8 13 (3.69%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.69%) T-SQL
9 11 (3.13%) RPG
10 10 (2.84%) XPath
11 9 (2.56%) ABAP
12 8 (2.27%) C
12 8 (2.27%) Scala
13 7 (1.99%) Groovy
13 7 (1.99%) VBA
14 4 (1.14%) DataWeave
14 4 (1.14%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.85%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.85%) Korn
Qualifications
1 99 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 82 (23.30%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.50%) Degree
4 20 (5.68%) 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 8 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.27%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.99%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.70%) ISEB
11 3 (0.85%) CEH
11 3 (0.85%) GIAC
11 3 (0.85%) GWAPT
11 3 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.85%) PMP
12 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.24%) QA
2 26 (7.39%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.14%) SEPA
4 3 (0.85%) HL7
4 3 (0.85%) ISO 20022
4 3 (0.85%) SLA
5 2 (0.57%) EMIR
5 2 (0.57%) GAAP
6 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) DICOM
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) GxP
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (13.64%) Docker
2 3 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.98%) Ansible
3 11 (3.13%) Control-M
4 8 (2.27%) Puppet
5 7 (1.99%) Kibana
5 7 (1.99%) logstash
6 5 (1.42%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (1.42%) TIBCO Hawk
7 4 (1.14%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.85%) Terraform
9 2 (0.57%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.28%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 57 (16.19%) Oracle
2 55 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 43 (12.22%) IBM
4 41 (11.65%) SAP
5 27 (7.67%) webMethods
6 15 (4.26%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.13%) Cisco
7 11 (3.13%) Software AG
8 10 (2.84%) MuleSoft
8 10 (2.84%) TIBCO
9 9 (2.56%) Splunk
10 8 (2.27%) Axway
10 8 (2.27%) Blue Prism
10 8 (2.27%) Workday
11 7 (1.99%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.99%) Veracode
12 6 (1.70%) Pega
13 5 (1.42%) BEA
13 5 (1.42%) EMC
13 5 (1.42%) Solace