XMLA Contract Job Trends in London

XML for Analysis (XMLA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring XMLA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XMLA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.005% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.016% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £375 £350 -
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -

All Programming Languages
London

XMLA falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,248 5,255 6,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.13% 38.63% 39.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,184 3,710 4,880
10th Percentile £385 £370 £375
25th Percentile £450 £428 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £713
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £523 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.46% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 50 42
10th Percentile £34.50 £26.31 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £31.71
Median hourly rate £53.50 £44.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.55% -5.79% -20.83%
75th Percentile £73.00 £63.06 £57.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.25 £74.69
England median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +9.24% -8.46% +5.94%

XMLA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

XMLA job vacancy trend in London

XMLA
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing XMLA

XMLA
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 XMLA within the London region over the 6 months to 31 July 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 - 1 £375 -
XMLA
England

XMLA
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) SQL