XML Contracts in Lancashire

XML
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing XML 13 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 7.39% - 1.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 48.15% - 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - £400
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile £496 - -
North West median daily rate £450 £528 £583
% change year-on-year -14.81% -9.35% +11.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 27 25 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 15.34% 11.52% 11.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 12
10th Percentile £413 £431 £453
25th Percentile £442 £472 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £563
90th Percentile £627 - £597
North West median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 3
10th Percentile - £37.63 £37.76
25th Percentile - £45.88 £37.77
Median hourly rate - £46.03 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year - +13.40% +5.43%
75th Percentile - £46.18 £44.78
90th Percentile - £48.43 £45.62
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £48.43 £40.59
% change year-on-year +44.54% +19.32% -42.01%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for XML in Lancashire

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for XML in Lancashire

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in Lancashire

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for XML in Lancashire

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Preston - 9 £447 - 20
XML
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (7.69%) Apache
1 1 (7.69%) IIS
1 1 (7.69%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (84.62%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (92.31%) Teamcenter
2 1 (7.69%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (7.69%) DB2
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Applications Engineer
1 11 (84.62%) Configuration Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) CAD Designer
2 1 (7.69%) Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Designer
2 1 (7.69%) Maximo Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SOAP
1 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) CAD
1 11 (84.62%) Data Governance
1 11 (84.62%) PLM
1 11 (84.62%) User Experience
2 1 (7.69%) CAFM
2 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
2 1 (7.69%) DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) Facilities Management
2 1 (7.69%) ITSM
2 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (7.69%) Service Design
2 1 (7.69%) Service Management
2 1 (7.69%) System Testing
2 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (84.62%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) IBM
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft