XMPP Contract Job Trends in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring XMPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 518 586
Rank change year-on-year +16 +68 +158
Contract jobs citing XMPP 22 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.077% 0.016% 0.017%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.34% 0.072% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 5
10th Percentile £275 £300 £150
25th Percentile £334 £338 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% - +41.84%
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - £430
UK median daily rate £373 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -6.88% - +41.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 £16.19 -
Median % change year-on-year +358.68% - -
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £16.19 £13.16
% change year-on-year +358.68% +23.02% -

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 6,523 6,934 9,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.87% 22.03% 22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,388 4,419 6,657
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £506 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.16% -1.00% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 130 187
10th Percentile £31.05 £27.68 £37.67
25th Percentile £42.50 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.70 £65.00 £55.56
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +16.99% -14.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.56 £73.78 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% +16.07% -13.85%

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing XMPP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

XMPP job vacancy trend in England

XMPP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XMPP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XMPP

XMPP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XMPP in England over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XMPP in England

XMPP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XMPP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XMPP

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 25 October 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 -21 11 £550 - 5
North West - 10 £550 - 5
London +10 9 £373 -6.88%
North East - 2 £550 -
South West +10 1 £200 -
South East - 1 £286 - 1
XMPP
UK

XMPP
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 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (22.73%) Mattermost
3 5 (22.73%) Skype for Business
4 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (86.36%) WebEx
2 5 (22.73%) MGCP
2 5 (22.73%) SCCP
2 5 (22.73%) Skype
2 5 (22.73%) Softphone
2 5 (22.73%) Telepresence
2 5 (22.73%) Unified Communications
2 5 (22.73%) VoIP
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (13.64%) IP Telephony
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (4.55%) SSL
4 1 (4.55%) VPN
General
1 10 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Legal
4 5 (22.73%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Italian Language
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Polish Language
5 1 (4.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Support Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Messaging Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Messaging Support
2 5 (22.73%) Messaging Support Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Messaging Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Messaging Support Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Operational Support Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Operations Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Operations Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Operations Support Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Operations Support Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Support Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Audio Visual Technician
5 1 (4.55%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (27.27%) Product Ownership
3 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
4 3 (13.64%) Blackberry
4 3 (13.64%) Handset
4 3 (13.64%) iPhone
5 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.55%) FMCG
5 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Linux
2 8 (36.36%) Windows
3 6 (27.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (27.27%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.55%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (45.45%) Problem Management
3 9 (40.91%) Mobile Device Management
4 6 (27.27%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (27.27%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 6 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 6 (27.27%) Product Requirements
4 6 (27.27%) Service Management
4 6 (27.27%) User Stories
5 5 (22.73%) B2B
5 5 (22.73%) Change Control
5 5 (22.73%) Change Management
5 5 (22.73%) Computer Science
5 5 (22.73%) Incident Management
5 5 (22.73%) ITIL
5 5 (22.73%) ITSM
5 5 (22.73%) Knowledge Management
5 5 (22.73%) Performance Monitoring
5 5 (22.73%) Platform Engineering
5 5 (22.73%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (27.27%) Bash
2 6 (27.27%) Perl
2 6 (27.27%) Python
3 5 (22.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) CCDP
2 5 (22.73%) CCNA
2 5 (22.73%) CCNP
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (22.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (22.73%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 18 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 5 (22.73%) SCOM
2 1 (4.55%) AirWatch
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 11 (50.00%) Red Hat
4 7 (31.82%) Citrix
5 6 (27.27%) VMware
6 5 (22.73%) Splunk
7 3 (13.64%) Samsung
8 2 (9.09%) Apple
9 1 (4.55%) HP
9 1 (4.55%) SAP
9 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
9 1 (4.55%) Zscaler