XML Contracts in London

XML
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 140 170
Rank change year-on-year -74 +30 +7
Contract jobs citing XML 141 316 390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.11% 1.80% 1.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.21% 6.73% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 197 285
10th Percentile £413 £411 £406
25th Percentile £455 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -10.64% -2.08%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £725
90th Percentile £754 £753 £806
England median daily rate £488 £525 £572
% change year-on-year -7.14% -8.22% +4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £86.75 - £43.23
25th Percentile £87.50 - £53.27
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile £93.25 - -
England median hourly rate £34.75 £43.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -19.19% -38.57% +43.59%

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 3,351 4,692 6,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.39% 26.66% 26.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,348 3,460 5,013
10th Percentile £380 £375 £413
25th Percentile £429 £457 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £713 £703 £725
90th Percentile £825 £850 £819
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 28 41
10th Percentile £32.83 £16.25 £30.75
25th Percentile £33.25 £23.80 £46.25
Median hourly rate £44.75 £42.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -36.57% +45.65%
75th Percentile £58.13 £61.70 £75.00
90th Percentile £87.63 £75.00 £86.56
England median hourly rate £58.88 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.67% -13.46% +23.81%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for XML in London

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for XML in London

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in London over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in London

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for XML in London

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 26 June 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
Central London -31 16 £475 -11.63% 38
South London +11 12 £575 +33.72% 5
East London +6 4 £445 -17.58% 20
West London +6 3 £675 +36.36% 5
XML
England

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (10.64%) MQSeries
2 11 (7.80%) Confluence
3 7 (4.96%) WebLogic
4 4 (2.84%) Apache
4 4 (2.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (2.13%) Camunda
5 3 (2.13%) JBoss
6 2 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (1.42%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.42%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.71%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.71%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.71%) CMS
7 1 (0.71%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.71%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (8.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (4.96%) Oracle Assets
2 7 (4.96%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (4.96%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (4.96%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (4.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (2.84%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 3 (2.13%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (1.42%) Misys Midas
5 2 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (1.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.71%) Actimize
6 1 (0.71%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 43 (30.50%) Azure
2 24 (17.02%) AWS
3 13 (9.22%) Power Platform
3 13 (9.22%) PowerApps
4 12 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (7.80%) Serverless
6 10 (7.09%) GitHub
6 10 (7.09%) Power Automate
7 9 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (6.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (4.96%) SaaS
9 6 (4.26%) Azure Functions
9 6 (4.26%) GCP
10 5 (3.55%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.84%) Azure API Management
11 4 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.84%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (2.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.67%) HTTP
2 7 (4.96%) SSL
3 5 (3.55%) Firewall
4 4 (2.84%) Network Security
4 4 (2.84%) Wireshark
5 3 (2.13%) LAN
5 3 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (2.13%) SNMP
5 3 (2.13%) SSH
5 3 (2.13%) Telnet
5 3 (2.13%) VPN
6 2 (1.42%) BGP
6 2 (1.42%) DNS
6 2 (1.42%) Internet
6 2 (1.42%) SMS
7 1 (0.71%) DSLAM
7 1 (0.71%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.71%) MPLS
7 1 (0.71%) OSPF
7 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (19.86%) SQL Server
2 16 (11.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (8.51%) Relational Database
4 11 (7.80%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (7.09%) Redis
6 9 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (5.67%) Oracle Database
8 7 (4.96%) MongoDB
9 6 (4.26%) MySQL
9 6 (4.26%) RDBMS
10 4 (2.84%) Big Data
10 4 (2.84%) DB2
10 4 (2.84%) HPCC
10 4 (2.84%) NoSQL
11 3 (2.13%) Data Lake
11 3 (2.13%) GIS
11 3 (2.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (2.13%) Oracle Database 10g
11 3 (2.13%) Tableau
12 2 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 19 (13.48%) Git
2 13 (9.22%) JIRA
3 9 (6.38%) GitLab
4 6 (4.26%) JUnit
4 6 (4.26%) SoapUI
5 5 (3.55%) Ant
5 5 (3.55%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.84%) Maven
6 4 (2.84%) Postman
6 4 (2.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (2.13%) Bitbucket
7 3 (2.13%) Gradle
7 3 (2.13%) Toad
8 2 (1.42%) JMeter
8 2 (1.42%) Mockito
8 2 (1.42%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.42%) Subversion
9 1 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.71%) MSTest
9 1 (0.71%) Selenium
General
1 52 (36.88%) Finance
2 35 (24.82%) Banking
3 31 (21.99%) Social Skills
4 15 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (9.22%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.67%) Investment Banking
7 7 (4.96%) Front Office
7 7 (4.96%) General Ledger
8 5 (3.55%) Back Office
8 5 (3.55%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.84%) Private Banking
10 3 (2.13%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.71%) Legal
12 1 (0.71%) Marketing
12 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (45.39%) Developer
2 23 (16.31%) Architect
3 19 (13.48%) Analyst
4 15 (10.64%) Senior
5 13 (9.22%) Business Analyst
6 9 (6.38%) Java Developer
6 9 (6.38%) Senior Developer
7 8 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.96%) CRM Architect
8 7 (4.96%) Oracle Developer
9 6 (4.26%) Azure Developer
9 6 (4.26%) Integration Developer
9 6 (4.26%) Lead
10 5 (3.55%) .NET Developer
10 5 (3.55%) Automation Developer
10 5 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (3.55%) Java Engineer
10 5 (3.55%) Regulatory Business Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) Report Developer
10 5 (3.55%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (51.77%) JSON
2 35 (24.82%) HTML
2 35 (24.82%) REST
3 28 (19.86%) SOAP
4 22 (15.60%) .NET
5 21 (14.89%) CSS
6 20 (14.18%) Web Services
7 15 (10.64%) Kafka
8 13 (9.22%) .NET Framework
8 13 (9.22%) ASP.NET Web API
8 13 (9.22%) Middleware
8 13 (9.22%) Spring
8 13 (9.22%) XSLT
9 12 (8.51%) WCF
10 9 (6.38%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (6.38%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (6.38%) React
10 9 (6.38%) Spring Boot
11 8 (5.67%) RESTful
12 7 (4.96%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.67%) Fixed Income
2 7 (4.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (4.96%) Replication
3 6 (4.26%) DTCC
3 6 (4.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (3.55%) Derivative
4 5 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.55%) iSeries
4 5 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.55%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.84%) AS400
5 4 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.84%) PKI
6 3 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.13%) PACS
6 3 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.48%) Linux
2 17 (12.06%) Unix
3 15 (10.64%) Windows
4 5 (3.55%) AIX
5 4 (2.84%) Android
5 4 (2.84%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.71%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.75%) Agile
2 24 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (15.60%) CI/CD
4 21 (14.89%) DevOps
5 17 (12.06%) SDLC
6 14 (9.93%) Analytics
6 14 (9.93%) Performance Tuning
6 14 (9.93%) TDD
7 13 (9.22%) Business Analysis
7 13 (9.22%) ETL
7 13 (9.22%) Microservices
7 13 (9.22%) Test Automation
7 13 (9.22%) Workflow
8 12 (8.51%) CRM
9 11 (7.80%) Web Development
10 10 (7.09%) Migration
10 10 (7.09%) Scrum
10 10 (7.09%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (6.38%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 72 (51.06%) SQL
2 42 (29.79%) Java
3 34 (24.11%) Python
4 29 (20.57%) JavaScript
5 27 (19.15%) C#
6 20 (14.18%) PL/SQL
7 16 (11.35%) TypeScript
8 11 (7.80%) Shell Script
9 8 (5.67%) C
9 8 (5.67%) RPG
10 7 (4.96%) C++
10 7 (4.96%) PowerShell
11 6 (4.26%) Perl
12 4 (2.84%) Bicep
12 4 (2.84%) Groovy
12 4 (2.84%) Korn
13 3 (2.13%) ABAP
14 2 (1.42%) ActionScript
14 2 (1.42%) REXX
14 2 (1.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.60%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.38%) Degree
4 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.71%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.71%) CCNP
4 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.71%) OCP
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.71%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.26%) EMIR
1 6 (4.26%) MiFID
1 6 (4.26%) SEPA
2 5 (3.55%) QA
3 4 (2.84%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.13%) HL7
4 3 (2.13%) SLA
5 2 (1.42%) DICOM
5 2 (1.42%) GAAP
6 1 (0.71%) GDPR
6 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.71%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.71%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.71%) NIST
6 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (9.22%) Docker
2 6 (4.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.13%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (2.13%) iptables
4 2 (1.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 13 (9.22%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.38%) Ansible
3 7 (4.96%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (3.55%) Control-M
5 4 (2.84%) Grafana
6 3 (2.13%) Cacti
6 3 (2.13%) Nagios
6 3 (2.13%) Netcool
6 3 (2.13%) Proxmox
6 3 (2.13%) Puppet
6 3 (2.13%) ZABBIX
7 2 (1.42%) Istio
7 2 (1.42%) Kibana
7 2 (1.42%) Terraform
8 1 (0.71%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.71%) Graylog
8 1 (0.71%) logstash
8 1 (0.71%) Podman
8 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 30 (21.28%) Oracle
2 23 (16.31%) IBM
2 23 (16.31%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.51%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.38%) SAP
5 8 (5.67%) Dynatrace
6 7 (4.96%) Splunk
7 5 (3.55%) Informatica
7 5 (3.55%) TIBCO
8 4 (2.84%) Bloomberg
8 4 (2.84%) Cisco
8 4 (2.84%) CODA
8 4 (2.84%) Cognos
8 4 (2.84%) Confluent
8 4 (2.84%) Databricks
8 4 (2.84%) OpenText
8 4 (2.84%) Qualtrics
8 4 (2.84%) Sybase
9 3 (2.13%) MuleSoft
9 3 (2.13%) VMware