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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 257 154
Rank change year-on-year -57 -103 +38
Contract jobs citing XML 318 248 570
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 1.01% 1.52%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.89% 4.49% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 177 303
10th Percentile £350 £382 £401
25th Percentile £409 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £485 £534
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% -9.18% -2.91%
75th Percentile £623 £586 £622
90th Percentile £713 £638 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £534
% change year-on-year +5.26% -11.05% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 69
10th Percentile £29.37 £22.73 -
25th Percentile £33.63 £25.54 -
Median hourly rate £42.00 £57.63 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.12% +34.02% -38.57%
75th Percentile £48.75 £90.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £55.20 £92.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £27.38 £43.00
% change year-on-year +53.40% -36.33% -38.57%

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 8,184 5,528 7,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.19% 22.55% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,400 3,838 5,503
10th Percentile £363 £360 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £745 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £536
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.94% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 105 248
10th Percentile £31.18 £31.07 £22.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%
75th Percentile £73.34 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.22 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year +10.40% +18.94% -23.85%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -57 149 £550 +0.92% 26
South East -57 58 £525 +10.53% 22
North of England -65 49 £394 -12.50% 7
North West -26 42 £391 -13.06% 3
Midlands -46 27 £425 -15.00% 7
West Midlands -46 19 £425 -22.73% 1
South West -17 13 £600 +26.32% 7
East of England -18 9 £450 -18.18% 5
East Midlands -17 8 £471 +50.08% 6
Yorkshire -50 7 £463 -9.76% 2
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 (5.66%) Confluence
2 12 (3.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 9 (2.83%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.52%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (2.52%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.89%) IIS
6 5 (1.57%) CMS
6 5 (1.57%) Mule
6 5 (1.57%) WebLogic
7 4 (1.26%) Anypoint
7 4 (1.26%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.94%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.63%) Appian
9 2 (0.63%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.63%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.63%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.31%) Apache
10 1 (0.31%) CICS
10 1 (0.31%) JBoss
Applications
1 29 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.89%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.63%) FrameMaker
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.83%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (2.20%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (2.20%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (2.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 6 (1.89%) Maximo
3 6 (1.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (1.89%) Summit
4 5 (1.57%) Oracle Cash Management
4 5 (1.57%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.57%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (1.26%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.94%) Findur
6 3 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.63%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.63%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.63%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.92%) Azure
2 31 (9.75%) AWS
3 20 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.35%) OCI
5 16 (5.03%) GitHub
6 15 (4.72%) Boomi
6 15 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.40%) SaaS
8 12 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (3.77%) GCP
8 12 (3.77%) Serverless
9 10 (3.14%) PaaS
10 9 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (2.83%) IaaS
11 8 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 7 (2.20%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.20%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.52%) FTP
2 6 (1.89%) HTTP
3 4 (1.26%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.63%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.63%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.63%) RTCP
4 2 (0.63%) RTP
4 2 (0.63%) SSL
4 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.63%) XCAP
5 1 (0.31%) DNS
5 1 (0.31%) Firewall
5 1 (0.31%) Internet
5 1 (0.31%) Intranet
5 1 (0.31%) NAS
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) SAN
5 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.32%) SQL Server
2 32 (10.06%) Relational Database
3 21 (6.60%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (5.66%) RDBMS
5 17 (5.35%) Oracle Database
6 15 (4.72%) NoSQL
7 14 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (4.09%) MongoDB
9 12 (3.77%) Power BI
10 11 (3.46%) Metadata
10 11 (3.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (3.14%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (2.83%) Data Lake
12 9 (2.83%) MySQL
13 8 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 4 (1.26%) DataStage
15 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 3 (0.94%) Db2
Development Applications
1 29 (9.12%) Postman
2 27 (8.49%) JIRA
3 26 (8.18%) Git
4 9 (2.83%) GitLab
5 8 (2.52%) Maven
5 8 (2.52%) SoapUI
6 7 (2.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (2.20%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.57%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.26%) Gradle
8 4 (1.26%) Jenkins
8 4 (1.26%) JMeter
8 4 (1.26%) JUnit
8 4 (1.26%) Subversion
9 3 (0.94%) ClearCase
9 3 (0.94%) MSTest
9 3 (0.94%) Newman
9 3 (0.94%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.63%) JDeveloper
General
1 110 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 70 (22.01%) Finance
3 65 (20.44%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (11.64%) Banking
5 22 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.09%) Investment Banking
7 11 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.46%) Legal
7 11 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.20%) General Ledger
8 7 (2.20%) Military
9 5 (1.57%) Front Office
9 5 (1.57%) Marketing
10 4 (1.26%) Advertising
10 4 (1.26%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.26%) Publishing
11 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.63%) Aviation
12 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (24.84%) Developer
2 51 (16.04%) Consultant
3 44 (13.84%) Analyst
4 30 (9.43%) Implementation Consultant
5 27 (8.49%) Business Analyst
6 23 (7.23%) Senior
7 21 (6.60%) Data Engineer
8 18 (5.66%) Lead
9 17 (5.35%) Architect
10 13 (4.09%) Payroll Consultant
10 13 (4.09%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.14%) C# Developer
12 9 (2.83%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.52%) Integration Architect
13 8 (2.52%) Integration Engineer
13 8 (2.52%) Integration Specialist
13 8 (2.52%) Technical Consultant
13 8 (2.52%) Workflow Consultant
14 7 (2.20%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 7 (2.20%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (45.91%) JSON
2 90 (28.30%) REST
3 89 (27.99%) SOAP
4 45 (14.15%) Web Services
5 37 (11.64%) .NET
6 36 (11.32%) Middleware
7 33 (10.38%) XSLT
8 23 (7.23%) OAuth
9 22 (6.92%) HTML
10 21 (6.60%) Oracle Fusion
11 17 (5.35%) Kafka
12 16 (5.03%) CSS
12 16 (5.03%) JWT
12 16 (5.03%) RESTful
12 16 (5.03%) Swagger
13 15 (4.72%) EDI
14 13 (4.09%) XSD
15 12 (3.77%) OAuth2
15 12 (3.77%) YAML
16 11 (3.46%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.09%) Product Ownership
2 9 (2.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (2.52%) Fixed Income
4 7 (2.20%) Credit Risk
4 7 (2.20%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.20%) Derivative
4 7 (2.20%) Market Risk
5 6 (1.89%) CMDB
5 6 (1.89%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.89%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.57%) Digital Wallet
6 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.26%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.94%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.92%) Linux
2 17 (5.35%) Unix
3 7 (2.20%) Windows
4 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.63%) VMS
5 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (27.04%) Agile
2 84 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (19.18%) DevOps
4 48 (15.09%) Validation
5 47 (14.78%) CI/CD
5 47 (14.78%) Integration Patterns
6 41 (12.89%) Workflow
7 38 (11.95%) ERP
7 38 (11.95%) Migration
8 36 (11.32%) Data Modelling
8 36 (11.32%) ETL
9 32 (10.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (8.81%) Data Mapping
10 28 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
11 27 (8.49%) Scrum
12 26 (8.18%) Requirements Gathering
13 25 (7.86%) Software Engineering
14 23 (7.23%) AI
14 23 (7.23%) SDLC
15 22 (6.92%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 138 (43.40%) SQL
2 48 (15.09%) Java
3 42 (13.21%) C#
4 40 (12.58%) JavaScript
4 40 (12.58%) Python
5 36 (11.32%) T-SQL
6 19 (5.97%) PL/SQL
7 11 (3.46%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.83%) C++
8 9 (2.83%) VB
8 9 (2.83%) VB6
9 7 (2.20%) VBA
10 5 (1.57%) Groovy
10 5 (1.57%) VB.NET
10 5 (1.57%) XPath
11 4 (1.26%) Bicep
12 3 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.63%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.63%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 73 (22.96%) Security Cleared
2 55 (17.30%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.12%) Degree
4 12 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.26%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.26%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.26%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.63%) CCNP
9 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.63%) HNC
9 2 (0.63%) HND
9 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.29%) QA
2 17 (5.35%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.20%) GDPR
4 5 (1.57%) HL7
4 5 (1.57%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.57%) PSD2
5 4 (1.26%) GAAP
5 4 (1.26%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.94%) FATCA
6 3 (0.94%) GRC
6 3 (0.94%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.63%) Basel III
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.63%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.63%) SLA
7 2 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (3.46%) Docker
2 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.31%) RACF
Systems Management
1 9 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.89%) Terraform
3 5 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.94%) Ansible
4 3 (0.94%) Control-M
5 2 (0.63%) Grafana
5 2 (0.63%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.31%) QRadar
6 1 (0.31%) vRealize
6 1 (0.31%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 88 (27.67%) Oracle
2 52 (16.35%) Microsoft
3 26 (8.18%) Workday
4 24 (7.55%) SAP
5 23 (7.23%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.72%) MuleSoft
7 13 (4.09%) IBM
8 9 (2.83%) Pega
9 8 (2.52%) Google
10 7 (2.20%) Databricks
10 7 (2.20%) Dell
11 6 (1.89%) webMethods
12 5 (1.57%) Informatica
12 5 (1.57%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.26%) Bloomberg
13 4 (1.26%) Charles River
13 4 (1.26%) Citrix
13 4 (1.26%) InterSystems
13 4 (1.26%) Kronos
13 4 (1.26%) Salesforce