XML Contracts in Hampshire

XML
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML 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 56 90 71
Rank change year-on-year +34 -19 +17
Contract jobs citing XML 13 5 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.74% 0.31% 1.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.75% 3.47% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 18
10th Percentile £329 - -
25th Percentile £360 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £443 £475 £631
90th Percentile £513 £513 £715
South East median daily rate £400 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £68.50
25th Percentile - - £70.00
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £24.83 £70.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -64.53% -6.67% +42.86%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 102 144 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.67% 8.94% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 82 169
10th Percentile £376 £325 £406
25th Percentile £419 £460 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +6.28%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £650
90th Percentile £650 - £717
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 22
10th Percentile £51.06 £35.00 £51.63
25th Percentile £53.75 £58.13 £57.96
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -10.71% +55.56%
75th Percentile £62.00 £72.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £62.50 £77.50 -
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £61.60 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.66% -12.00% +55.56%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for XML in Hampshire

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for XML in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in Hampshire

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for XML in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Hampshire 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
Basingstoke - 5 £400 - 11
Winchester +5 3 £498 -5.24%
Fleet - 3 £340 -
Southampton +4 1 £315 -30.00% 8
Fareham - 1 £455 -
XML
South East

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (38.46%) Anypoint
1 5 (38.46%) Mule
2 4 (30.77%) Mule ESB
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LTE
1 3 (23.08%) NAS
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) JIRA
2 5 (38.46%) Jenkins
2 5 (38.46%) SoapUI
3 3 (23.08%) Bitbucket
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) MuleSoft Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) LTE Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (69.23%) SOAP
2 5 (38.46%) JSON
3 4 (30.77%) RAML
3 4 (30.77%) RESTful
4 3 (23.08%) Web Services
4 3 (23.08%) XML Schema
5 2 (15.38%) REST
6 1 (7.69%) MUnit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) API Management
2 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
2 5 (38.46%) Test Automation
2 5 (38.46%) Test Scripting
2 5 (38.46%) V-Model
2 5 (38.46%) Waterfall
3 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) API Design
4 3 (23.08%) API Development
4 3 (23.08%) Defect Management
4 3 (23.08%) Manual Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) DataWeave
1 4 (30.77%) Java
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) MuleSoft
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft