XMPP Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring XMPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XMPP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.51% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £415 £205
% change year-on-year +32.53% +102.44% -2.96%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 37 34 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 18.78% 23.29% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 26 4
10th Percentile £368 £261 £615
25th Percentile £390 £325 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% +52.94%
75th Percentile £438 £483 -
90th Percentile - £588 -
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £73.23 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year - +354.25% -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

XMPP job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

XMPP
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XMPP within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
County Antrim - 1 £175 -
XMPP
UK

XMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft