XML Contract Job Trends in London

XML
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 209 136
Rank change year-on-year -71 -73 +33
Contract jobs citing XML 149 141 320
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.79% 1.15% 1.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.44% 4.32% 6.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 91 199
10th Percentile £400 £409 £408
25th Percentile £450 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £533
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +2.25% -9.28%
75th Percentile £650 £603 £619
90th Percentile £716 £750 £775
England median daily rate £520 £486 £534
% change year-on-year +6.94% -8.94% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £86.75 -
25th Percentile £41.00 £87.50 -
Median hourly rate £42.00 £90.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% - -
75th Percentile £43.00 £92.50 -
90th Percentile - £93.25 -
England median hourly rate £41.75 £57.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.56% +34.02% -38.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,333 3,262 4,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.97% 26.50% 26.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,875 2,290 3,459
10th Percentile £375 £380 £375
25th Percentile £447 £431 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 19 29
10th Percentile £23.65 £32.41 £16.25
25th Percentile £33.02 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.00 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +4.71% -36.57%
75th Percentile £68.38 £61.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £93.75 £87.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +19.05% -19.23%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

XML job vacancy trend in London

XML
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing XML

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in London over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for XML in London

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing XML

XML
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London -12 23 £575 +8.49% 12
West London -21 3 - - 1
South London -17 2 £775 +34.78% 1
East London -6 1 £300 -32.60%
XML
England

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 11 (7.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (4.70%) WebSphere
3 5 (3.36%) IIS
4 4 (2.68%) Anypoint
4 4 (2.68%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (2.01%) Confluence
5 3 (2.01%) Mule
5 3 (2.01%) Oracle Service Bus
6 2 (1.34%) Appian
6 2 (1.34%) MQSeries
6 2 (1.34%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.34%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.67%) Apache
7 1 (0.67%) CICS
7 1 (0.67%) CMS
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.67%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.70%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (4.03%) Summit
3 5 (3.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (3.36%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (3.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (3.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (2.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (2.01%) Findur
6 2 (1.34%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (1.34%) Elite 3E
6 2 (1.34%) Fidessa
6 2 (1.34%) Maximo
6 2 (1.34%) NetSuite
6 2 (1.34%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.67%) ProductWriter
7 1 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (24.83%) Azure
2 21 (14.09%) AWS
3 16 (10.74%) OCI
4 14 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (8.72%) Boomi
6 11 (7.38%) SaaS
7 10 (6.71%) Power Platform
8 9 (6.04%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (6.04%) GCP
8 9 (6.04%) IaaS
8 9 (6.04%) PaaS
9 7 (4.70%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (4.70%) GitHub
10 6 (4.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (3.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (3.36%) Azure Functions
11 5 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.36%) Serverless
12 4 (2.68%) Fivetran
13 3 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.36%) FTP
2 2 (1.34%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (1.34%) HTTP
2 2 (1.34%) HTTPS
2 2 (1.34%) SSL
3 1 (0.67%) Firewall
3 1 (0.67%) Internet
3 1 (0.67%) Intranet
3 1 (0.67%) NAS
3 1 (0.67%) Network Security
3 1 (0.67%) SAN
3 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (16.78%) SQL Server
2 17 (11.41%) Relational Database
3 14 (9.40%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (6.04%) Metadata
4 9 (6.04%) Power BI
4 9 (6.04%) RDBMS
5 8 (5.37%) NoSQL
5 8 (5.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.03%) Data Lake
6 6 (4.03%) Oracle Database
6 6 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (3.36%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.68%) DataStage
8 4 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (2.01%) SAP HANA
10 2 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.34%) BigQuery
10 2 (1.34%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (10.07%) Git
2 10 (6.71%) JIRA
2 10 (6.71%) Postman
3 5 (3.36%) GitLab
3 5 (3.36%) SoapUI
4 3 (2.01%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.34%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.34%) GoCD
5 2 (1.34%) Gradle
5 2 (1.34%) Maven
5 2 (1.34%) Selenium
5 2 (1.34%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.67%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.67%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.67%) ERwin
6 1 (0.67%) MSTest
6 1 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.67%) Vite
General
1 59 (39.60%) Social Skills
2 45 (30.20%) Finance
3 34 (22.82%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (20.81%) Banking
5 13 (8.72%) Investment Banking
6 9 (6.04%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.36%) Legal
8 4 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.68%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.68%) Front Office
9 3 (2.01%) General Ledger
9 3 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.01%) Military
10 2 (1.34%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.34%) Marketing
10 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.67%) French Language
11 1 (0.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 47 (31.54%) Developer
2 20 (13.42%) Analyst
3 15 (10.07%) Senior
4 14 (9.40%) Business Analyst
5 12 (8.05%) Lead
6 10 (6.71%) Architect
7 9 (6.04%) Consultant
8 8 (5.37%) Data Engineer
8 8 (5.37%) Integration Specialist
9 7 (4.70%) C# Developer
9 7 (4.70%) Integration Architect
10 6 (4.03%) Data Analyst
10 6 (4.03%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.03%) Summit Business Analyst
11 5 (3.36%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (3.36%) Pega Developer
11 5 (3.36%) ServiceNow Developer
11 5 (3.36%) Software Engineer
12 4 (2.68%) Cloud Specialist
12 4 (2.68%) Workforce Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (48.99%) JSON
2 52 (34.90%) REST
3 48 (32.21%) SOAP
4 27 (18.12%) Middleware
5 26 (17.45%) Web Services
6 25 (16.78%) XSLT
7 18 (12.08%) .NET
7 18 (12.08%) OAuth
8 16 (10.74%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (8.72%) JWT
10 12 (8.05%) HTML
11 11 (7.38%) OAuth2
12 9 (6.04%) JMS
13 8 (5.37%) CSS
13 8 (5.37%) Kafka
14 7 (4.70%) EDI
14 7 (4.70%) RESTful
14 7 (4.70%) XSD
15 6 (4.03%) Spring
15 6 (4.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.37%) Fixed Income
1 8 (5.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (4.70%) Credit Risk
2 7 (4.70%) Derivative
2 7 (4.70%) Market Risk
3 6 (4.03%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.03%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.36%) CMDB
4 5 (3.36%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.68%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.01%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.34%) NHS
7 2 (1.34%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.38%) Unix
2 9 (6.04%) Linux
3 4 (2.68%) Windows
4 2 (1.34%) VMS
5 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (32.21%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (27.52%) Agile
3 34 (22.82%) DevOps
4 33 (22.15%) Integration Patterns
5 29 (19.46%) ERP
6 27 (18.12%) Data Modelling
7 26 (17.45%) CI/CD
8 25 (16.78%) ETL
9 22 (14.77%) Data Mapping
9 22 (14.77%) Validation
9 22 (14.77%) Workflow
10 21 (14.09%) Migration
10 21 (14.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (12.08%) Scrum
12 17 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (10.74%) SDLC
13 16 (10.74%) SOA
14 15 (10.07%) Microservices
14 15 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (9.40%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (34.90%) SQL
2 25 (16.78%) C#
3 24 (16.11%) JavaScript
4 22 (14.77%) Java
5 19 (12.75%) Python
6 7 (4.70%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.03%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.36%) C++
8 5 (3.36%) PL/SQL
8 5 (3.36%) XPath
9 3 (2.01%) Groovy
10 2 (1.34%) ActionScript
10 2 (1.34%) ActionScript 2.0
10 2 (1.34%) Bicep
10 2 (1.34%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.67%) C
11 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.67%) Korn
Qualifications
1 24 (16.11%) Security Cleared
2 19 (12.75%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.05%) Degree
4 3 (2.01%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.01%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.01%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.01%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.34%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.34%) PMP
6 1 (0.67%) CISM
6 1 (0.67%) CISSP
6 1 (0.67%) GCIA
6 1 (0.67%) GIAC
6 1 (0.67%) ISEB
6 1 (0.67%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.04%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.70%) GDPR
3 5 (3.36%) QA
4 4 (2.68%) GAAP
5 3 (2.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (2.01%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.34%) Basel III
6 2 (1.34%) GRC
6 2 (1.34%) HL7
6 2 (1.34%) IFRS
6 2 (1.34%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.34%) IFRS 9
6 2 (1.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.34%) SLA
6 2 (1.34%) WCAG
7 1 (0.67%) DICOM
7 1 (0.67%) ISO 15022
7 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.67%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 10 (6.71%) Docker
2 2 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.67%) RACF
3 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.01%) Control-M
2 3 (2.01%) Terraform
3 2 (1.34%) Ansible
3 2 (1.34%) TIBCO Hawk
4 1 (0.67%) Grafana
4 1 (0.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 48 (32.21%) Oracle
2 24 (16.11%) Microsoft
3 22 (14.77%) SAP
4 20 (13.42%) Workday
5 10 (6.71%) IBM
5 10 (6.71%) MuleSoft
5 10 (6.71%) ServiceNow
6 8 (5.37%) Pega
7 5 (3.36%) Dell
7 5 (3.36%) Informatica
8 4 (2.68%) Bloomberg
8 4 (2.68%) Charles River
8 4 (2.68%) Citrix
8 4 (2.68%) Google
8 4 (2.68%) Kronos
9 3 (2.01%) Guidewire
9 3 (2.01%) OpenLink
9 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.34%) Foundry
10 2 (1.34%) Palantir