XML Contract Job Trends in Leeds

XML
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 57 56
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 +48
Contract jobs citing XML 3 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.40% 1.33% 1.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.51% 4.85% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 6
10th Percentile - £556 £325
25th Percentile - £564 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £567 £383
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +48.24% -4.67%
75th Percentile - £573 £518
90th Percentile - £596 £569
West Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £567 £483
% change year-on-year -3.00% +17.51% +14.20%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 199 165 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 26.82% 27.41% 25.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 100 168
10th Percentile £375 £420 £400
25th Percentile £426 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £504
Median % change year-on-year - -0.74% -8.41%
75th Percentile £592 £589 £600
90th Percentile £675 £739 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £96.21 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - +55.17% -11.43%
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £96.21 £44.39
% change year-on-year - +116.73% -36.59%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

XML job vacancy trend in Leeds

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing XML

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing XML

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AtomSphere
1 2 (66.67%) Boomi
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) PVCS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Intelligent Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Groovy
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk
XML jobs