XSL Contract Job Trends in England

Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring XSL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 499 559
Rank change year-on-year -40 +60 +190
Contract jobs citing XSL 3 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% 0.017% 0.011%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.043% 0.079% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile - £601 £530
25th Percentile £465 £602 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.61% +3.38% -
75th Percentile £495 £661 £750
90th Percentile - £669 £840
UK median daily rate £480 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -22.61% +3.38% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

XSL 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 6,961 6,325 8,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.28% 21.83% 21.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,644 4,051 5,940
10th Percentile £351 £358 £375
25th Percentile £413 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £770
UK median daily rate £505 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -7.68% -0.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 81 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.75 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

XSL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

XSL job vacancy trend in England

XSL
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XSL

XSL
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing XSL

XSL
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 XSL within the England region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 -1 2 £480 -20.30%
XSL
UK

XSL
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (33.33%) SAP ERP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) SAP