XML Contracts in England

XML
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 164 209
Rank change year-on-year -104 +45 -20
Contract jobs citing XML 217 546 651
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.89% 1.47% 1.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.96% 7.26% 5.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 312 446
10th Percentile £361 £408 £375
25th Percentile £415 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £675
90th Percentile £650 £744 £788
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 65 15
10th Percentile £22.73 - £55.00
25th Percentile £25.54 £43.00 £70.00
Median hourly rate £60.13 £45.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.62% -37.93% +51.04%
75th Percentile £93.75 £51.25 £75.00
90th Percentile - £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £27.38 £45.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year -39.16% -37.93% +52.63%

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 5,483 7,520 11,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.40% 20.20% 23.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,807 5,358 8,703
10th Percentile £370 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £428 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -2.31% +0.09%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 203 141
10th Percentile £30.01 £21.35 £25.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £40.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.38 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.27 £75.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for XML in England

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in England.

Daily rate trend for XML in England

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in England

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in England.

Hourly rate trend for XML in England

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for XML in England

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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 26 April 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 -87 126 £525 -4.59% 231
South East +60 39 £400 -11.11% 49
North of England +3 38 £450 -15.73% 38
North West +11 32 £448 -16.10% 13
Midlands +16 10 £550 -8.33% 30
West Midlands +13 9 £550 -8.33% 12
Yorkshire +2 6 £550 -14.73% 23
East of England -19 4 £488 +2.63% 15
South West -7 3 £375 -31.82% 23
East Midlands +13 1 £358 +19.33% 17
XML
UK

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.99%) WebLogic
2 10 (4.61%) Confluence
3 9 (4.15%) MQSeries
4 7 (3.23%) Anypoint
5 6 (2.76%) Apache
5 6 (2.76%) Mule
6 5 (2.30%) Moodle
6 5 (2.30%) NetWeaver
6 5 (2.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (1.84%) Mule ESB
8 3 (1.38%) Camunda
8 3 (1.38%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.92%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.92%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.92%) IIS
9 2 (0.92%) JBoss
9 2 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.92%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (5.07%) Siemens NX
2 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.92%) Notepad++
Business Applications
1 12 (5.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (5.53%) Teamcenter
2 7 (3.23%) Oracle Assets
2 7 (3.23%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (3.23%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (3.23%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.84%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 2 (0.92%) BASE24
4 2 (0.92%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.92%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.46%) Actimize
5 1 (0.46%) FastStats
5 1 (0.46%) Maximo
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 41 (18.89%) Azure
2 25 (11.52%) AWS
3 20 (9.22%) Serverless
4 15 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.45%) SaaS
6 13 (5.99%) PowerApps
7 12 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (5.07%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.61%) Power Automate
10 7 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.23%) Azure Functions
11 6 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (2.76%) GitHub
11 6 (2.76%) OCI
12 5 (2.30%) Azure API Management
13 4 (1.84%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (1.38%) Azure Stack
14 3 (1.38%) iPaaS
14 3 (1.38%) PaaS
15 2 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.60%) HTTP
2 9 (4.15%) SSL
3 5 (2.30%) VPN
4 4 (1.84%) BGP
4 4 (1.84%) Network Security
4 4 (1.84%) SNMP
4 4 (1.84%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.38%) DNS
5 3 (1.38%) Firewall
5 3 (1.38%) LTE
5 3 (1.38%) MPLS
5 3 (1.38%) NAS
5 3 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.38%) SSH
5 3 (1.38%) Telnet
6 2 (0.92%) ATM
6 2 (0.92%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.92%) MQTT
6 2 (0.92%) SMS
6 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (14.75%) SQL Server
2 27 (12.44%) Relational Database
3 26 (11.98%) Oracle Reports
4 23 (10.60%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (10.14%) MongoDB
6 21 (9.68%) RDBMS
7 19 (8.76%) NoSQL
8 18 (8.29%) MySQL
9 14 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (3.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 8 (3.69%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.38%) Redis
12 3 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.38%) Tableau
13 2 (0.92%) DB2
13 2 (0.92%) GIS
13 2 (0.92%) IMS/DB
13 2 (0.92%) NonStop SQL
13 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 25 (11.52%) Git
2 23 (10.60%) JIRA
3 11 (5.07%) Postman
4 10 (4.61%) Jenkins
5 9 (4.15%) SoapUI
6 8 (3.69%) GitLab
7 6 (2.76%) Bitbucket
7 6 (2.76%) JUnit
7 6 (2.76%) Toad
8 5 (2.30%) PHPUnit
9 4 (1.84%) Maven
9 4 (1.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.38%) Ant
10 3 (1.38%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.38%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.38%) Selenium
11 2 (0.92%) ERwin
11 2 (0.92%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.92%) XMLSpy
General
1 57 (26.27%) Finance
2 45 (20.74%) Social Skills
3 38 (17.51%) Banking
4 24 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.91%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.15%) Front Office
6 9 (4.15%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.30%) Back Office
7 5 (2.30%) General Ledger
8 4 (1.84%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.84%) Private Banking
9 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.38%) Retail
10 2 (0.92%) Automotive
10 2 (0.92%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.92%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.92%) Law
10 2 (0.92%) Marketing
10 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Legal
Job Titles
1 88 (40.55%) Developer
2 29 (13.36%) Senior
3 27 (12.44%) Architect
4 25 (11.52%) Analyst
5 16 (7.37%) Senior Developer
6 13 (5.99%) DBA
7 12 (5.53%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.07%) Applications Engineer
8 11 (5.07%) Configuration Engineer
8 11 (5.07%) Oracle Developer
9 10 (4.61%) Business Analyst
9 10 (4.61%) Integration Developer
9 10 (4.61%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.15%) Lead
10 9 (4.15%) PostgreSQL DBA
11 8 (3.69%) SAP Developer
11 8 (3.69%) ServiceNow Architect
11 8 (3.69%) Test Analyst
12 7 (3.23%) Administrator
12 7 (3.23%) CRM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (46.08%) JSON
2 56 (25.81%) SOAP
3 49 (22.58%) REST
4 45 (20.74%) HTML
5 35 (16.13%) Web Services
6 30 (13.82%) CSS
7 24 (11.06%) .NET
7 24 (11.06%) RESTful
7 24 (11.06%) XSLT
8 22 (10.14%) Kafka
9 14 (6.45%) .NET Framework
9 14 (6.45%) AngularJS
9 14 (6.45%) Middleware
9 14 (6.45%) WCF
10 13 (5.99%) ASP.NET Web API
11 11 (5.07%) JDBC
11 11 (5.07%) Oracle Fusion
12 10 (4.61%) Ajax
12 10 (4.61%) EDI
12 10 (4.61%) FpML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.15%) Virtual Team
2 8 (3.69%) CMDB
2 8 (3.69%) Derivative
2 8 (3.69%) Fixed Income
2 8 (3.69%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (2.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (2.30%) e-Learning
4 5 (2.30%) iSeries
4 5 (2.30%) Legacy Applications
4 5 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.30%) PKI
4 5 (2.30%) VLE
5 4 (1.84%) AS400
5 4 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.84%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.84%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.84%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.37%) Linux
1 16 (7.37%) Unix
1 16 (7.37%) Windows
2 3 (1.38%) AIX
3 2 (0.92%) CentOS
3 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Android
4 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (32.72%) Agile
2 35 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (13.82%) DevOps
4 23 (10.60%) CI/CD
5 22 (10.14%) User Experience
6 21 (9.68%) Analytics
7 20 (9.22%) Mentoring
7 20 (9.22%) Test Automation
8 18 (8.29%) Migration
8 18 (8.29%) Scrum
9 17 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (7.83%) Data Modelling
10 16 (7.37%) ITSM
10 16 (7.37%) SDLC
10 16 (7.37%) Workflow
11 15 (6.91%) API Management
11 15 (6.91%) Performance Tuning
12 14 (6.45%) ITIL
12 14 (6.45%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (5.99%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 96 (44.24%) SQL
2 53 (24.42%) Java
3 48 (22.12%) JavaScript
4 34 (15.67%) Python
5 30 (13.82%) C#
6 26 (11.98%) PL/SQL
7 14 (6.45%) TypeScript
8 11 (5.07%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.76%) ABAP
9 6 (2.76%) Perl
9 6 (2.76%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.30%) ActionScript
10 5 (2.30%) ActionScript 2.0
10 5 (2.30%) DataWeave
10 5 (2.30%) PHP
10 5 (2.30%) RPG
11 4 (1.84%) C
11 4 (1.84%) C++
12 3 (1.38%) Korn
12 3 (1.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (18.89%) Security Cleared
2 35 (16.13%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.53%) Degree
4 5 (2.30%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.84%) ISEB
5 4 (1.84%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.38%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.38%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.92%) OCP
7 2 (0.92%) Sun Certification
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.46%) CCDP
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.91%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.69%) QA
3 4 (1.84%) SEPA
4 3 (1.38%) HL7
4 3 (1.38%) SLA
5 2 (0.92%) DICOM
5 2 (0.92%) EMIR
5 2 (0.92%) GDPR
5 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.92%) MiFID
6 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) NIST
6 1 (0.46%) PSD2
6 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (6.45%) Docker
2 7 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.38%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (1.38%) iptables
4 2 (0.92%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.46%) vSphere
5 1 (0.46%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 10 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.76%) CloudHub
2 6 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.84%) Ansible
3 4 (1.84%) Grafana
4 3 (1.38%) Cacti
4 3 (1.38%) Control-M
4 3 (1.38%) Nagios
4 3 (1.38%) Netcool
4 3 (1.38%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.38%) Puppet
4 3 (1.38%) ZABBIX
5 2 (0.92%) Istio
5 2 (0.92%) Kibana
5 2 (0.92%) Terraform
6 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.46%) Graylog
6 1 (0.46%) logstash
6 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.46%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (27.19%) Oracle
2 32 (14.75%) Microsoft
3 20 (9.22%) SAP
4 19 (8.76%) ServiceNow
5 17 (7.83%) IBM
6 9 (4.15%) MuleSoft
7 7 (3.23%) Splunk
8 5 (2.30%) Cisco
8 5 (2.30%) Sybase
8 5 (2.30%) TIBCO
9 4 (1.84%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.84%) CODA
9 4 (1.84%) Cognos
9 4 (1.84%) Murex
9 4 (1.84%) Nokia
9 4 (1.84%) OpenText
9 4 (1.84%) Pega
9 4 (1.84%) Qualtrics
9 4 (1.84%) VMware
9 4 (1.84%) webMethods