XML Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

XML
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 78 86
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +22
Contract jobs citing XML 6 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.51% 0.46% 1.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.77% 4.42% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £468 £334 £415
25th Percentile £475 £340 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £525 £443 £544
90th Percentile - £499 £548
South East median daily rate £475 £295 £449
% change year-on-year +61.02% -34.26% -2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £67.00
25th Percentile - - £68.13
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +143.56%

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 159 113 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.42% 10.46% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 70 84
10th Percentile £360 £374 £440
25th Percentile £404 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £662 £623
90th Percentile £640 £695 £700
South East median daily rate £475 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -12.84% +3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 20
10th Percentile £45.00 - £51.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £62.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile £55.00 - £70.80
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

XML job vacancy trend in Hampshire

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing XML

XML
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 20 November 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 0 5 £500 -1.48% 1
XML
South East

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (16.67%) Azure
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Jenkins
1 5 (83.33%) JIRA
1 5 (83.33%) SoapUI
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) SOAP
2 1 (16.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
1 5 (83.33%) Programme Delivery
1 5 (83.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
1 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
1 5 (83.33%) Test Strategy
1 5 (83.33%) V-Model
1 5 (83.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) DV Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Databricks