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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 243 184
Rank change year-on-year -14 -59 +10
Contract jobs citing XML 365 246 479
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.00% 1.27%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.67% 4.41% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 167 302
10th Percentile £350 £361 £375
25th Percentile £395 £412 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -8.33% -1.82%
75th Percentile £597 £588 £613
90th Percentile £700 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £540
% change year-on-year - -12.04% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 44
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% -33.33%
75th Percentile £54.13 £93.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £59.50 - £65.88
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £60.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year -21.00% +26.59% -33.33%

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 7,820 5,580 7,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.92% 22.60% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,255 3,804 5,371
10th Percentile £358 £363 £344
25th Percentile £420 £425 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £795 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 86 181
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.30 £20.82
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.56 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.75 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.40 £82.53 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -20 174 £525 - 35
North of England -38 67 £400 -10.61% 27
South East -33 63 £500 +8.99% 24
North West -4 56 £393 -12.05% 16
Midlands -39 30 £450 -18.18% 17
West Midlands -40 23 £450 -20.00% 9
East of England -17 13 £675 - 9
Yorkshire -57 11 £456 -29.81% 9
East Midlands -29 7 £525 +46.65% 8
South West -20 6 £475 +26.67% 15
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 18 (4.93%) Confluence
2 17 (4.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 15 (4.11%) WebLogic
4 10 (2.74%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.92%) Apache
6 6 (1.64%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.64%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (1.37%) Appian
7 5 (1.37%) Mule
8 4 (1.10%) JBoss
8 4 (1.10%) Oracle Service Bus
9 3 (0.82%) CMS
9 3 (0.82%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.82%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.55%) Documentum
10 2 (0.55%) Mule ESB
10 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.27%) SAS
11 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.74%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (2.47%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.92%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (1.92%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (1.37%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.37%) Summit
6 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.10%) Maximo
6 4 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.82%) Findur
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.82%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.55%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 69 (18.90%) Azure
2 50 (13.70%) AWS
3 27 (7.40%) OCI
4 23 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.03%) SaaS
6 20 (5.48%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.21%) GitHub
8 18 (4.93%) GCP
9 15 (4.11%) PaaS
9 15 (4.11%) Serverless
10 13 (3.56%) Boomi
10 13 (3.56%) IaaS
11 12 (3.29%) Apigee
12 11 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (2.74%) Tricentis Tosca
14 9 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (2.19%) Kong
16 7 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.75%) HTTP
2 13 (3.56%) HTTPS
3 8 (2.19%) Firewall
4 5 (1.37%) FTP
5 4 (1.10%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.55%) 5G
6 2 (0.55%) BGP
6 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.55%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (0.55%) MPLS
6 2 (0.55%) NFC
6 2 (0.55%) PPP
6 2 (0.55%) RTCP
6 2 (0.55%) RTP
6 2 (0.55%) VPN
6 2 (0.55%) XCAP
7 1 (0.27%) DNS
7 1 (0.27%) Network Security
7 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.88%) Relational Database
2 39 (10.68%) SQL Server
3 23 (6.30%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (6.03%) MongoDB
4 22 (6.03%) RDBMS
5 19 (5.21%) NoSQL
6 18 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (4.38%) Oracle Reports
8 15 (4.11%) Power BI
9 13 (3.56%) Oracle Database
10 12 (3.29%) Metadata
11 10 (2.74%) DataStage
11 10 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (2.19%) Data Lake
12 8 (2.19%) DB2
13 7 (1.92%) MySQL
14 6 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (1.37%) Amazon QuickSight
15 5 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 46 (12.60%) JIRA
2 44 (12.05%) Postman
3 36 (9.86%) Git
4 23 (6.30%) Jenkins
5 17 (4.66%) JUnit
5 17 (4.66%) Selenium
6 13 (3.56%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.56%) SoapUI
7 12 (3.29%) Maven
8 10 (2.74%) Eclipse
9 9 (2.47%) GitLab
10 7 (1.92%) Toad
11 6 (1.64%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.64%) TestRail
11 6 (1.64%) Zephyr
12 5 (1.37%) MSTest
13 4 (1.10%) IntelliJ
13 4 (1.10%) Subversion
14 3 (0.82%) Ant
14 3 (0.82%) JMeter
General
1 113 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 79 (21.64%) Finance
3 72 (19.73%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.41%) Banking
5 35 (9.59%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.56%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.56%) Legal
8 11 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.64%) Military
10 5 (1.37%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.37%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.10%) Advertising
11 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Publishing
11 4 (1.10%) Retail
12 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.82%) Back Office
12 3 (0.82%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (25.21%) Developer
2 57 (15.62%) Analyst
3 56 (15.34%) Consultant
4 33 (9.04%) Implementation Consultant
5 29 (7.95%) Business Analyst
6 23 (6.30%) Senior
7 22 (6.03%) Lead
8 19 (5.21%) Architect
9 18 (4.93%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.66%) Software Engineer
11 13 (3.56%) Payroll Consultant
12 12 (3.29%) DBA
12 12 (3.29%) Integration Developer
13 10 (2.74%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (2.47%) Java Developer
14 9 (2.47%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 9 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.47%) Tester
15 8 (2.19%) Applications Developer
15 8 (2.19%) Workflow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (49.59%) JSON
2 108 (29.59%) REST
2 108 (29.59%) SOAP
3 51 (13.97%) Web Services
4 38 (10.41%) XSLT
5 36 (9.86%) OAuth
6 29 (7.95%) HTML
6 29 (7.95%) Oracle Fusion
7 27 (7.40%) JWT
8 26 (7.12%) .NET
9 21 (5.75%) Middleware
9 21 (5.75%) RESTful
10 20 (5.48%) Kafka
10 20 (5.48%) Swagger
11 19 (5.21%) CSS
11 19 (5.21%) JMS
12 17 (4.66%) XSD
13 15 (4.11%) Spring
14 14 (3.84%) J2EE
14 14 (3.84%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.84%) Data Structures
2 11 (3.01%) Public Cloud
3 10 (2.74%) Fixed Income
3 10 (2.74%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.19%) Replication
6 7 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.92%) Derivative
7 6 (1.64%) CMDB
7 6 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.37%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.37%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.37%) Digital Wallet
8 5 (1.37%) Market Risk
9 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.14%) Linux
2 24 (6.58%) Unix
3 15 (4.11%) Windows
4 5 (1.37%) AIX
5 4 (1.10%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.55%) Android
7 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.27%) VMS
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (32.60%) Agile
2 99 (27.12%) DevOps
3 92 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (17.81%) CI/CD
5 53 (14.52%) Validation
6 45 (12.33%) ERP
7 43 (11.78%) Data Modelling
8 42 (11.51%) Integration Patterns
8 42 (11.51%) Migration
9 40 (10.96%) Requirements Gathering
10 38 (10.41%) ETL
11 34 (9.32%) Workflow
12 32 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (8.49%) Microservices
13 31 (8.49%) Scrum
13 31 (8.49%) SDLC
14 30 (8.22%) Test Automation
15 29 (7.95%) Computer Science
15 29 (7.95%) Mentoring
16 28 (7.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 153 (41.92%) SQL
2 86 (23.56%) Java
3 50 (13.70%) C#
4 47 (12.88%) Python
5 44 (12.05%) JavaScript
6 39 (10.68%) T-SQL
7 17 (4.66%) PL/SQL
7 17 (4.66%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.56%) XPath
9 8 (2.19%) Groovy
10 7 (1.92%) ABAP
10 7 (1.92%) Korn
11 6 (1.64%) C++
11 6 (1.64%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.37%) Perl
13 4 (1.10%) Bicep
13 4 (1.10%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.10%) Scala
14 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.82%) RPG
Qualifications
1 88 (24.11%) Security Cleared
2 65 (17.81%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.14%) Degree
4 20 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.74%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.64%) ISEB
10 5 (1.37%) CCNP
10 5 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.37%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.37%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.37%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.37%) PMP
11 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.55%) CCNA
12 2 (0.55%) OCP
12 2 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.85%) QA
2 13 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.37%) GDPR
3 5 (1.37%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.37%) PSD2
4 4 (1.10%) GAAP
5 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.82%) FATCA
5 3 (0.82%) HL7
5 3 (0.82%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.55%) Basel III
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.55%) SEPA
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (6.03%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (3.29%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.92%) TIBCO Hawk
3 6 (1.64%) Ansible
3 6 (1.64%) Control-M
4 5 (1.37%) logstash
4 5 (1.37%) Puppet
5 4 (1.10%) Kibana
6 3 (0.82%) Grafana
7 2 (0.55%) CloudHub
7 2 (0.55%) Fluentd
7 2 (0.55%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.55%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.55%) QRadar
7 2 (0.55%) Terraform
8 1 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.27%) Podman
8 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (27.95%) Oracle
2 38 (10.41%) Microsoft
3 34 (9.32%) SAP
4 30 (8.22%) IBM
5 16 (4.38%) MuleSoft
6 14 (3.84%) webMethods
6 14 (3.84%) Workday
7 13 (3.56%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.74%) Splunk
9 9 (2.47%) Pega
9 9 (2.47%) TIBCO
10 8 (2.19%) Informatica
11 7 (1.92%) BEA
11 7 (1.92%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.64%) Bloomberg
12 6 (1.64%) Google
12 6 (1.64%) Software AG
13 5 (1.37%) Cisco
13 5 (1.37%) Computacenter
14 4 (1.10%) Citrix