XML Contract Job Trends in Leicester

XML
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XML 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 6.76% - 1.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 55.56% - 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £409 - £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 - £363
75th Percentile £426 - £364
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £418 - £363
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9 17 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 12.16% 21.25% 24.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 19
10th Percentile £371 £364 £273
25th Percentile £395 £456 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £463 £350
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% +32.14% -15.66%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £499
90th Percentile - £556 £625
Leicestershire median daily rate £525 £463 £356
% change year-on-year +13.51% +29.82% -14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £15.18 - -
25th Percentile £17.65 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £22.24 - £25.00
75th Percentile £26.35 - £28.13
90th Percentile £28.54 - £28.50
Leicestershire median hourly rate £22.24 - £25.00

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

XML job vacancy trend in Leicester

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing XML

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) FrameMaker
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) JMeter
1 1 (20.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Content Coordinator
1 3 (60.00%) Coordinator
1 3 (60.00%) Web Content Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Customer Experience
1 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (60.00%) Optimization Problems
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) SEO
2 1 (20.00%) Biometrics
2 1 (20.00%) Content Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP