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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 524 585
Rank change year-on-year +17 +61 +195
Contract jobs citing XSL 2 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.007% 0.006% 0.016%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.033% 0.027% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £601 £405
25th Percentile £465 £601 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £602 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.30% +41.71% -22.73%
75th Percentile £495 £603 £650
90th Percentile - £603 £695
UK median daily rate £403 £602 £425
% change year-on-year -33.17% +41.71% -33.33%

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 6,097 7,292 9,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.28% 22.37% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,129 4,834 6,898
10th Percentile £350 £357 £375
25th Percentile £410 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £676
90th Percentile £750 £813 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 176 166
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.38 £36.40
25th Percentile £42.88 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.35 £62.93 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.63% +2.74% -2.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.47 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.77% +2.67% -

XSL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for XSL 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 15 September 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 +18 1 £480 -20.30% 2
XSL
UK

XSL
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) jQuery
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (50.00%) SAP