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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 245 202
Rank change year-on-year +7 -43 -2
Contract jobs citing XML 362 275 435
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 1.02% 1.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.14% 4.64% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 172 280
10th Percentile £350 £317 £399
25th Percentile £400 £400 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -8.18% -3.34%
75th Percentile £650 £589 £613
90th Percentile £716 £649 £744
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 1 30
10th Percentile £36.00 - £44.50
25th Percentile £41.25 £91.25 -
Median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -53.51% +89.86% -32.80%
75th Percentile £48.75 £93.75 £54.37
90th Percentile £88.25 - £71.10
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -53.51% +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 7,048 5,926 7,743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.14% 21.99% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,723 3,793 5,554
10th Percentile £356 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £673
90th Percentile £738 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £510 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 70 168
10th Percentile £32.31 £26.25 £29.36
25th Percentile £44.01 £44.17 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.75 £62.50 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +14.09% -15.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.38 £75.10 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -5 190 £525 -1.87% 27
North of England -22 52 £425 -19.05% 17
North West +8 42 £402 -9.66% 12
South East -32 37 £425 +21.43% 31
East of England +10 30 £581 - 16
Midlands -34 24 £429 -24.34% 10
West Midlands -28 21 £429 -24.34% 6
South West -9 10 £400 -9.86% 11
Yorkshire -51 10 £600 +5.82% 4
East Midlands -25 3 - - 4
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 (5.25%) WebLogic
2 17 (4.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 13 (3.59%) Confluence
4 11 (3.04%) Apache
5 10 (2.76%) WebSphere
6 9 (2.49%) JBoss
7 8 (2.21%) Appian
8 7 (1.93%) MQSeries
9 6 (1.66%) Anypoint
9 6 (1.66%) Mule
9 6 (1.66%) nginx
9 6 (1.66%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (1.10%) Mule ESB
10 4 (1.10%) Oracle Service Bus
11 3 (0.83%) Documentum
11 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.28%) IIS
12 1 (0.28%) SAS
12 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (3.04%) FrameMaker
2 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.21%) SAP Payroll
2 7 (1.93%) BusinessWorks
2 7 (1.93%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.93%) SAP HCM
3 6 (1.66%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 5 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.10%) Maximo
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.55%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.55%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 73 (20.17%) Azure
2 61 (16.85%) AWS
3 25 (6.91%) OCI
4 22 (6.08%) GitHub
5 19 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.97%) SaaS
7 17 (4.70%) GCP
7 17 (4.70%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.70%) Serverless
8 15 (4.14%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (3.87%) Tricentis Tosca
10 13 (3.59%) Apigee
10 13 (3.59%) PaaS
11 12 (3.31%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (3.04%) IaaS
13 10 (2.76%) Boomi
14 9 (2.49%) Power Automate
14 9 (2.49%) SuccessFactors
15 8 (2.21%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.29%) HTTPS
2 23 (6.35%) HTTP
3 10 (2.76%) Firewall
4 8 (2.21%) SSL
5 4 (1.10%) NFC
5 4 (1.10%) PPP
6 3 (0.83%) VPN
7 2 (0.55%) 5G
7 2 (0.55%) BGP
7 2 (0.55%) DNS
7 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.55%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.55%) MPLS
7 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.28%) FTP
8 1 (0.28%) Network Security
8 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.98%) Relational Database
2 36 (9.94%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.80%) MongoDB
4 16 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.31%) Oracle Reports
6 12 (3.31%) RDBMS
7 11 (3.04%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.76%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.49%) DataStage
9 9 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (2.21%) Metadata
10 8 (2.21%) Power BI
11 7 (1.93%) DB2
11 7 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.93%) MySQL
12 6 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.38%) Big Data
14 4 (1.10%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 47 (12.98%) JIRA
2 38 (10.50%) Git
2 38 (10.50%) Postman
3 28 (7.73%) Jenkins
4 25 (6.91%) Selenium
5 20 (5.52%) JUnit
6 18 (4.97%) Cucumber
7 12 (3.31%) Eclipse
8 10 (2.76%) GitLab
9 9 (2.49%) SoapUI
10 8 (2.21%) IntelliJ
10 8 (2.21%) Maven
10 8 (2.21%) SonarQube
11 7 (1.93%) Browser DevTools
11 7 (1.93%) Firebug
11 7 (1.93%) Robot Framework
11 7 (1.93%) Toad
12 6 (1.66%) SpecFlow
12 6 (1.66%) TestRail
12 6 (1.66%) Zephyr
General
1 119 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 82 (22.65%) Finance
3 52 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (12.98%) Banking
5 42 (11.60%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.14%) Publishing
7 12 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.04%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.76%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.76%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.49%) Back Office
11 8 (2.21%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.21%) Private Banking
12 7 (1.93%) Legal
13 5 (1.38%) Automotive
13 5 (1.38%) Digital Healthcare
13 5 (1.38%) Retail
14 4 (1.10%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 116 (32.04%) Developer
2 54 (14.92%) Analyst
3 27 (7.46%) Senior
4 25 (6.91%) Business Analyst
5 24 (6.63%) Consultant
6 22 (6.08%) Lead
6 22 (6.08%) Software Engineer
7 17 (4.70%) Architect
8 15 (4.14%) Integration Developer
9 14 (3.87%) Author
9 14 (3.87%) Technical Author
10 13 (3.59%) webMethods Developer
11 12 (3.31%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.31%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.04%) Support Engineer
13 10 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.49%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.49%) Technical Analyst
15 8 (2.21%) DBA
15 8 (2.21%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (53.87%) JSON
2 116 (32.04%) REST
3 114 (31.49%) SOAP
4 47 (12.98%) OAuth
5 43 (11.88%) XSLT
6 41 (11.33%) Web Services
7 40 (11.05%) HTML
8 29 (8.01%) JMS
9 28 (7.73%) RESTful
10 23 (6.35%) JWT
10 23 (6.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 22 (6.08%) Spring
12 21 (5.80%) .NET
13 20 (5.52%) J2EE
14 19 (5.25%) CSS
15 18 (4.97%) Middleware
16 17 (4.70%) OAuth2
16 17 (4.70%) XSD
17 16 (4.42%) Hibernate
18 15 (4.14%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.59%) Cloud Native
1 13 (3.59%) Data Structures
2 11 (3.04%) Replication
3 9 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.49%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.21%) Algorithms
4 8 (2.21%) AS400
4 8 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.21%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 7 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.66%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.66%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.66%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.38%) CMDB
7 5 (1.38%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.10%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.10%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 43 (11.88%) Linux
2 20 (5.52%) Unix
3 17 (4.70%) Windows
4 5 (1.38%) AIX
4 5 (1.38%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.83%) Android
6 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (34.53%) Agile
2 122 (33.70%) DevOps
3 79 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (20.72%) CI/CD
5 47 (12.98%) ERP
5 47 (12.98%) Test Automation
6 46 (12.71%) Migration
6 46 (12.71%) Validation
7 45 (12.43%) Microservices
8 41 (11.33%) Deployment Automation
9 40 (11.05%) Scrum
10 38 (10.50%) ETL
11 36 (9.94%) Computer Science
11 36 (9.94%) Data Modelling
12 35 (9.67%) Data Migration
12 35 (9.67%) Software Engineering
13 31 (8.56%) API Management
14 30 (8.29%) Integration Patterns
15 29 (8.01%) SDLC
16 28 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 127 (35.08%) SQL
2 107 (29.56%) Java
3 57 (15.75%) Python
4 54 (14.92%) JavaScript
5 53 (14.64%) C#
6 19 (5.25%) PowerShell
7 17 (4.70%) PL/SQL
8 14 (3.87%) XPath
9 10 (2.76%) C++
10 8 (2.21%) RPG
10 8 (2.21%) Scala
10 8 (2.21%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.93%) ABAP
11 7 (1.93%) Korn
12 6 (1.66%) Groovy
13 5 (1.38%) Perl
13 5 (1.38%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.10%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.83%) C
15 3 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 92 (25.41%) Security Cleared
2 73 (20.17%) SC Cleared
3 54 (14.92%) Degree
4 29 (8.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.31%) HNC
6 12 (3.31%) HND
7 10 (2.76%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (1.38%) CCNP
9 5 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.38%) ISEB
9 5 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.38%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.38%) PMP
10 4 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.83%) CEH
11 3 (0.83%) GIAC
11 3 (0.83%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.80%) QA
2 18 (4.97%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.38%) GAAP
4 4 (1.10%) SEPA
5 3 (0.83%) IFRS
5 3 (0.83%) ISO 20022
5 3 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.55%) Basel III
6 2 (0.55%) EMIR
6 2 (0.55%) GDPR
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.55%) PSD2
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.28%) DICOM
7 1 (0.28%) HL7
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (11.33%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (4.14%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.04%) Control-M
3 10 (2.76%) Ansible
4 9 (2.49%) Puppet
5 8 (2.21%) logstash
6 7 (1.93%) Kibana
6 7 (1.93%) TIBCO Hawk
7 5 (1.38%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.83%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.55%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.55%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.55%) QRadar
9 2 (0.55%) Terraform
10 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.28%) Grafana
10 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 90 (24.86%) Oracle
2 44 (12.15%) SAP
3 39 (10.77%) IBM
4 36 (9.94%) Microsoft
5 26 (7.18%) webMethods
6 16 (4.42%) Workday
7 15 (4.14%) MuleSoft
8 12 (3.31%) TIBCO
9 11 (3.04%) Pega
9 11 (3.04%) ServiceNow
9 11 (3.04%) Software AG
9 11 (3.04%) Splunk
10 9 (2.49%) Cisco
11 8 (2.21%) Axway
11 8 (2.21%) Informatica
11 8 (2.21%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.93%) BEA
12 7 (1.93%) Veracode
13 5 (1.38%) F5
13 5 (1.38%) Solace