XML Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

XML
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing XML 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 3.40% - 1.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 23.81% - 6.90%
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 - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £471 £314 £363
% change year-on-year +50.08% -13.38% -27.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21 25 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 14.29% 22.94% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 21 20
10th Percentile £415 £308 £274
25th Percentile £472 £363 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £356
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +29.82% -14.16%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £578
90th Percentile £623 £538 £634
East Midlands median daily rate £500 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -5.56%
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
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.24 £23.41 £21.73
% change year-on-year -5.01% +7.73% -

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

XML job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing XML

XML
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 4 June 2026. 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
Leicester - 5 £418 - 1
XML
East Midlands

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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