XMPP Contracts in England

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring XMPP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XMPP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 525 637
Rank change year-on-year +47 +112 +100
Contract jobs citing XMPP 7 17 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.046% 0.032%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.13% 0.23% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 12
10th Percentile - £156 -
25th Percentile £515 £203 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £205 £198
Median % change year-on-year +158.54% +3.80% -12.22%
75th Percentile £545 £314 £239
90th Percentile - £375 £430
UK median daily rate £530 £205 £198
% change year-on-year +158.54% +3.80% -12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £14.48 -
UK median hourly rate - £14.48 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

XMPP 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 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for XMPP in England

XMPP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for XMPP in England

XMPP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for XMPP in England

XMPP
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 XMPP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +22 5 - - 2
North West - 5 - - 2
London +30 2 £530 +107.84% 1
XMPP
UK

XMPP
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 5 (71.43%) Mattermost
1 5 (71.43%) Skype for Business
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) WebEx
2 5 (71.43%) Skype
2 5 (71.43%) Softphone
2 5 (71.43%) Unified Communications
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) PBX
3 1 (14.29%) PSTN
3 1 (14.29%) SSL
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Dutch Language
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Messaging Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Messaging Support
1 5 (71.43%) Messaging Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Operations Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Operations Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Messaging Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Operational Support Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Operations Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Operations Support Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) B2B
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Problem Management
2 5 (71.43%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Server Building
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCOM
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Red Hat
3 5 (71.43%) Splunk
4 1 (14.29%) Apple
4 1 (14.29%) Zscaler