XSD Contract Job Trends in London

XML Schema Definition (XSD)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring XSD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 371 431
Rank change year-on-year +1 +60 +117
Contract jobs citing XSD 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.030% 0.019% 0.034%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.071% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £383 £527 £506
25th Percentile £394 £549 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £585 £670
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% -12.69% +11.67%
75th Percentile £431 £755 -
90th Percentile £443 £857 -
England median daily rate £375 £525 £670
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.64% +27.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £87.50 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

XSD 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 3,517 4,196 5,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.20% 26.83% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,388 2,755 4,033
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £713 £710
90th Percentile £788 £850 £810
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 20 34
10th Percentile £31.52 £35.16 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.67 £38.44 £40.20
Median hourly rate £52.72 £47.25 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -22.86% -5.77%
75th Percentile £62.19 £63.13 £74.66
90th Percentile £87.63 £75.50 £90.00
England median hourly rate £54.85 £65.00 £55.53
% change year-on-year -15.62% +17.05% -14.57%

XSD
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

XSD job vacancy trend in London

XSD
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing XSD

XSD
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing XSD

XSD
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 XSD within the London region over the 6 months to 27 October 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 - 1 - -
XSD
England

XSD
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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Payments Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Payments Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Lambda Expressions
1 3 (75.00%) OpenAPI
2 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (25.00%) PACS
2 1 (25.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Programming
1 3 (75.00%) OO
1 3 (75.00%) Secure Coding
1 3 (75.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (25.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) MuleSoft