XML Contracts in Preston

XML
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing XML 13 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 16.67% - 3.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 59.09% - 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - -
75th Percentile £622 - -
90th Percentile £684 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £450 £440 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -26.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £39.21
25th Percentile - - £41.71
Median hourly rate - - £45.88
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate - - £45.88
% change year-on-year - - +21.38%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Preston

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 Preston.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 22 5 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 28.21% 9.09% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile £402 £423 £213
25th Percentile £425 £456 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £275
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +90.91% -35.29%
75th Percentile £625 £594 £331
90th Percentile £680 £628 £358
Lancashire median daily rate £450 £426 £641
% change year-on-year +5.57% -33.53% +38.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £37.71
25th Percentile - - £45.88
Median hourly rate - - £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.62%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year - - +44.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for XML in Preston

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Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing XML

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Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in Preston over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in Preston

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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing XML

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (84.62%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) HTTPS
2 1 (7.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Apache Cassandra
General
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Applications Engineer
1 10 (76.92%) Configuration Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) CAD Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Designer
3 1 (7.69%) webMethods Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) JSON
1 2 (15.38%) SOAP
2 1 (7.69%) JMS
2 1 (7.69%) OAuth
2 1 (7.69%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) CAD
1 10 (76.92%) Data Governance
1 10 (76.92%) PLM
1 10 (76.92%) User Experience
2 2 (15.38%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (15.38%) DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.69%) API Development
3 1 (7.69%) API Management
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Axway
1 1 (7.69%) IBM
1 1 (7.69%) SAP
1 1 (7.69%) Software AG
1 1 (7.69%) webMethods