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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 246 217
Rank change year-on-year -1 -29 -19
Contract jobs citing XML 359 267 403
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.00% 1.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.94% 4.49% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 160 277
10th Percentile £350 £323 £392
25th Percentile £400 £400 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £519 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.66% -5.68% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £596 £615
90th Percentile £715 £639 £750
UK median daily rate £479 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -4.20% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 24
10th Percentile £41.15 - £46.12
25th Percentile £42.13 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +89.86% -32.80%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £50.60
90th Percentile £95.00 - £77.70
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £92.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -48.65% +89.86% -35.04%

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 7,266 5,944 7,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.11% 22.34% 20.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,862 3,776 5,577
10th Percentile £356 £363 £358
25th Percentile £415 £430 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £663 £662
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 77 181
10th Percentile £34.80 £26.25 £26.78
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.20 £75.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -11 192 £525 -1.87% 36
North of England -35 54 £414 -21.24% 11
North West +2 43 £402 -9.66% 7
South East -31 36 £450 +28.57% 33
Midlands -44 24 £429 -24.34% 13
East of England +7 23 £581 - 9
West Midlands -24 21 £429 -24.34% 10
Yorkshire -51 11 £531 -6.31% 4
South West -9 10 £400 -9.86% 5
East Midlands -26 3 - - 3
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 20 (5.57%) WebLogic
2 17 (4.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 15 (4.18%) Confluence
4 11 (3.06%) Apache
5 10 (2.79%) WebSphere
6 9 (2.51%) Appian
6 9 (2.51%) JBoss
7 7 (1.95%) MQSeries
8 6 (1.67%) nginx
8 6 (1.67%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (1.39%) Anypoint
9 5 (1.39%) Mule
10 4 (1.11%) Oracle Service Bus
11 3 (0.84%) Documentum
11 3 (0.84%) Mule ESB
12 2 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.56%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.28%) Alfresco
13 1 (0.28%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (2.23%) FrameMaker
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) SAP Payroll
2 8 (2.23%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (1.95%) BusinessWorks
3 7 (1.95%) SAP HCM
4 6 (1.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.11%) Maximo
6 4 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (1.11%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle 11i
8 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
8 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle FAH
8 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.56%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 76 (21.17%) Azure
2 64 (17.83%) AWS
3 26 (7.24%) OCI
4 21 (5.85%) GitHub
5 20 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (5.57%) Power Platform
6 19 (5.29%) SaaS
7 17 (4.74%) GCP
7 17 (4.74%) Serverless
8 14 (3.90%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (3.90%) PaaS
8 14 (3.90%) Tricentis Tosca
9 13 (3.62%) Apigee
9 13 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (3.34%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (3.34%) Boomi
10 12 (3.34%) IaaS
11 10 (2.79%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.23%) Kong
13 7 (1.95%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.36%) HTTPS
2 23 (6.41%) HTTP
3 10 (2.79%) Firewall
4 8 (2.23%) SSL
5 3 (0.84%) NFC
5 3 (0.84%) PPP
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%) FTP
6 2 (0.56%) MPLS
6 2 (0.56%) VPN
7 1 (0.28%) DNS
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.28%) SMS
7 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.09%) Relational Database
2 36 (10.03%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.85%) MongoDB
4 18 (5.01%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (3.90%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.90%) RDBMS
7 12 (3.34%) Oracle Reports
8 10 (2.79%) Metadata
8 10 (2.79%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.79%) Power BI
8 10 (2.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (2.51%) DataStage
10 7 (1.95%) DB2
10 7 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.67%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.39%) MySQL
13 4 (1.11%) Big Data
13 4 (1.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (13.93%) JIRA
2 42 (11.70%) Postman
3 38 (10.58%) Git
4 29 (8.08%) Jenkins
5 25 (6.96%) Selenium
6 20 (5.57%) JUnit
7 18 (5.01%) Cucumber
8 11 (3.06%) Eclipse
9 10 (2.79%) SoapUI
10 9 (2.51%) GitLab
11 8 (2.23%) IntelliJ
11 8 (2.23%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.95%) Maven
12 7 (1.95%) Robot Framework
12 7 (1.95%) Toad
13 6 (1.67%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.67%) TestRail
13 6 (1.67%) Zephyr
14 5 (1.39%) Bitbucket
14 5 (1.39%) Browser DevTools
General
1 120 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 81 (22.56%) Finance
3 57 (15.88%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (12.26%) Public Sector
5 42 (11.70%) Banking
6 18 (5.01%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.34%) Investment Banking
8 11 (3.06%) Publishing
8 11 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.23%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.23%) Private Banking
10 7 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.95%) Legal
11 5 (1.39%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (1.39%) Military
11 5 (1.39%) Retail
12 4 (1.11%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 121 (33.70%) Developer
2 55 (15.32%) Analyst
3 28 (7.80%) Senior
4 24 (6.69%) Business Analyst
4 24 (6.69%) Consultant
5 20 (5.57%) Lead
6 18 (5.01%) Architect
6 18 (5.01%) Software Engineer
7 16 (4.46%) Integration Developer
8 13 (3.62%) webMethods Developer
9 12 (3.34%) Data Engineer
9 12 (3.34%) Java Developer
10 10 (2.79%) Senior Developer
10 10 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.51%) Author
11 9 (2.51%) Integration Specialist
11 9 (2.51%) Technical Analyst
11 9 (2.51%) Technical Author
11 9 (2.51%) Tester
12 8 (2.23%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (54.32%) JSON
2 124 (34.54%) REST
3 123 (34.26%) SOAP
4 48 (13.37%) OAuth
5 46 (12.81%) XSLT
6 43 (11.98%) Web Services
7 38 (10.58%) HTML
8 29 (8.08%) JMS
9 28 (7.80%) RESTful
10 25 (6.96%) Oracle Fusion
11 24 (6.69%) .NET
11 24 (6.69%) JWT
12 21 (5.85%) Middleware
12 21 (5.85%) Spring
13 18 (5.01%) J2EE
13 18 (5.01%) XSD
14 17 (4.74%) CSS
14 17 (4.74%) OAuth2
15 16 (4.46%) Hibernate
15 16 (4.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.90%) Data Structures
2 12 (3.34%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.06%) Replication
4 10 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (2.79%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.23%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.23%) AS400
6 8 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.23%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.95%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.95%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.67%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (1.67%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.39%) CMDB
9 5 (1.39%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.70%) Linux
2 21 (5.85%) Unix
3 15 (4.18%) Windows
4 5 (1.39%) AIX
5 4 (1.11%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.84%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (34.82%) Agile
1 125 (34.82%) DevOps
2 82 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (21.17%) CI/CD
4 49 (13.65%) ERP
5 47 (13.09%) Test Automation
5 47 (13.09%) Validation
6 45 (12.53%) Microservices
7 43 (11.98%) Migration
8 41 (11.42%) Deployment Automation
8 41 (11.42%) Scrum
9 39 (10.86%) Data Modelling
9 39 (10.86%) ETL
10 34 (9.47%) Computer Science
10 34 (9.47%) Integration Patterns
11 31 (8.64%) API Management
11 31 (8.64%) Data Migration
11 31 (8.64%) Software Engineering
11 31 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (8.36%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 131 (36.49%) SQL
2 104 (28.97%) Java
3 56 (15.60%) Python
4 55 (15.32%) C#
5 51 (14.21%) JavaScript
6 19 (5.29%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.74%) PL/SQL
8 13 (3.62%) XPath
9 10 (2.79%) C++
10 8 (2.23%) RPG
10 8 (2.23%) Scala
11 7 (1.95%) ABAP
11 7 (1.95%) Korn
11 7 (1.95%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.67%) Groovy
13 5 (1.39%) Perl
13 5 (1.39%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.11%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.56%) BeanShell
15 2 (0.56%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 95 (26.46%) Security Cleared
2 75 (20.89%) SC Cleared
3 49 (13.65%) Degree
4 26 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.79%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (2.23%) HNC
8 8 (2.23%) HND
9 6 (1.67%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.67%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.39%) CCNP
10 5 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.39%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.39%) ISEB
10 5 (1.39%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.39%) PMP
11 3 (0.84%) CEH
11 3 (0.84%) GIAC
11 3 (0.84%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.85%) QA
2 13 (3.62%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.39%) GAAP
4 4 (1.11%) GDPR
4 4 (1.11%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.11%) PSD2
5 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.84%) IFRS
5 3 (0.84%) ISO 8583
5 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.56%) Basel III
6 2 (0.56%) EMIR
6 2 (0.56%) HL7
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.56%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) DICOM
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (11.42%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.79%) Ansible
2 10 (2.79%) Control-M
3 9 (2.51%) Puppet
4 8 (2.23%) logstash
5 7 (1.95%) Kibana
5 7 (1.95%) TIBCO Hawk
6 5 (1.39%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.84%) CloudHub
8 2 (0.56%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.56%) QRadar
8 2 (0.56%) Terraform
9 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.28%) Grafana
9 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.28%) Podman
9 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (25.91%) Oracle
2 43 (11.98%) SAP
3 39 (10.86%) IBM
4 36 (10.03%) Microsoft
5 26 (7.24%) webMethods
6 16 (4.46%) MuleSoft
7 14 (3.90%) Workday
8 12 (3.34%) TIBCO
9 11 (3.06%) Pega
9 11 (3.06%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.06%) Software AG
10 10 (2.79%) Splunk
11 9 (2.51%) Cisco
12 8 (2.23%) Axway
12 8 (2.23%) Informatica
12 8 (2.23%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.95%) BEA
13 7 (1.95%) Veracode
14 5 (1.39%) Charles River
14 5 (1.39%) Solace