XML Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

XML
South West > Gloucestershire

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 52 38
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +16
Contract jobs citing XML 2 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.63% 0.95% 3.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.08% 4.55% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £372 £531 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £538 £266
Median % change year-on-year -27.91% +102.07% -45.46%
75th Percentile £397 £544 -
90th Percentile £399 - -
South West median daily rate £375 £400 £463
% change year-on-year -6.25% -13.51% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
Median hourly rate - - £48.72
South West median hourly rate £90.00 £80.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year +12.50% +64.20% -11.42%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 65 88 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 20.31% 20.85% 22.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 40 68
10th Percentile £407 £485 £360
25th Percentile £463 £536 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £615 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +11.82% -1.35%
75th Percentile £700 £693 £700
90th Percentile £750 £734 £775
South West median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +43.68% -
75th Percentile £68.50 - £74.13
90th Percentile £69.40 - £78.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £63.75
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.80% -1.92%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

XML job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing XML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing XML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing XML

XML
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Gloucester - 2 £388 - 2
XML
South West

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Automation Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow