XMPP Contract Job Trends in the North East

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring XMPP 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 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XMPP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.62% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
England median daily rate £373 £400 £225
% change year-on-year -6.88% +77.78% -20.21%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North East

XMPP 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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 68 56 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 21.18% 20.14% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 27 40
10th Percentile £388 £333 £323
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £625
90th Percentile £600 £618 £720
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £34.37 -
25th Percentile £44.50 - -
Median hourly rate £48.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% - -
75th Percentile £51.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.85 £65.00 £55.53
% change year-on-year -15.62% +17.05% -14.57%

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing XMPP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

XMPP job vacancy trend in the North East

XMPP
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing XMPP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing XMPP

XMPP
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XMPP within the North East 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
Northumberland - 2 £550 -
XMPP
England

XMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCDP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) VMware