XMPP Contract Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 183 161 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs citing XMPP 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.26% 0.025% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.18% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 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%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 £16.19 -
Median % change year-on-year +358.68% - -
England median hourly rate £74.26 £16.19 -
% change year-on-year +358.68% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 936 673 1,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 21.72% 17.02% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 677 431 816
10th Percentile £345 £350 £375
25th Percentile £400 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £613
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 37
10th Percentile £28.80 £26.50 £45.88
25th Percentile £40.88 £41.09 -
Median hourly rate £67.25 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +45.63% - -38.43%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.63 £62.00
90th Percentile £81.16 £74.50 £69.25
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 of England

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

XMPP job vacancy trend in the North of England

XMPP
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

XMPP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing XMPP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing XMPP

XMPP
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
North West - 10 £550 - 5
North East - 2 £550 -
XMPP
England

XMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (36.36%) Mattermost
3 4 (36.36%) Skype for Business
4 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Entra ID
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) WebEx
2 4 (36.36%) Skype
2 4 (36.36%) Softphone
2 4 (36.36%) Unified Communications
3 1 (9.09%) SSL
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 6 (54.55%) Legal
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Italian Language
4 1 (9.09%) Polish Language
4 1 (9.09%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Platform Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Support Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Messaging Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Messaging Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Messaging Support
2 4 (36.36%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Messaging Support Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Operational Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Operations Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Operations Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Operations Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Operations Support Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Product Ownership
2 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Linux
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
3 6 (54.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) Acceptance Criteria
2 6 (54.55%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 6 (54.55%) Identity Access Management
2 6 (54.55%) Product Requirements
2 6 (54.55%) Service Management
2 6 (54.55%) User Stories
3 5 (45.45%) Change Control
3 5 (45.45%) ITSM
3 5 (45.45%) Knowledge Management
3 5 (45.45%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (45.45%) Performance Monitoring
3 5 (45.45%) Platform Engineering
4 4 (36.36%) B2B
4 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 4 (36.36%) Problem Management
4 4 (36.36%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
6 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) PowerShell
2 6 (54.55%) Bash
2 6 (54.55%) Perl
2 6 (54.55%) Python
3 4 (36.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CCDP
1 5 (45.45%) CCNA
1 5 (45.45%) CCNP
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (36.36%) SCOM
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (90.91%) Red Hat
3 6 (54.55%) Citrix
3 6 (54.55%) VMware
4 4 (36.36%) Splunk
5 1 (9.09%) Apple
5 1 (9.09%) Zscaler