XML Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

XML
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 18 22
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing XML 1 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.53% 0.80% 2.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.29% 7.14% 24.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £113
25th Percentile - £255 £120
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £260 £335
Median % change year-on-year - -22.39% -0.74%
75th Percentile - £265 £575
90th Percentile - - £581
South East median daily rate £425 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +21.43% -30.00% +11.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Oxfordshire

XML 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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7 14 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 3.70% 11.20% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 17
10th Percentile £294 £255 £120
25th Percentile £341 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £475 £509 £575
90th Percentile £486 £575 £615
South East median daily rate £480 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +270.37%
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -2.09%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

XML job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing XML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing XML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing XML

XML
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Oxford -5 1 - - 1
XML
South East

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification