XML Contracts in Scotland

XML
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 106 152
Rank change year-on-year +8 +46 -42
Contract jobs citing XML 18 23 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.11% 1.04% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.66% 4.93% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 8
10th Percentile £424 £440 £360
25th Percentile £450 £478 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £600 £488
Median % change year-on-year -17.67% +23.08% +1.30%
75th Percentile £572 £638 £581
90th Percentile £685 £663 £615
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% +3.81%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 386 467 691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 23.75% 21.06% 24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 302 527
10th Percentile £348 £328 £406
25th Percentile £408 £411 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £549
90th Percentile £600 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £33.58 £49.99
25th Percentile - £44.94 £53.38
Median hourly rate - £53.75 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - -8.94% +24.93%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £64.52
90th Percentile - - £67.81
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for XML in Scotland

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for XML in Scotland

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in Scotland

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for XML in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh +6 10 £494 -3.61% 4
Glasgow -3 6 £559 -10.64% 7
Argyll and Bute - 1 £400 -
XML
UK

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
1 2 (11.11%) SoapUI
2 1 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) JUnit
2 1 (5.56%) MSTest
2 1 (5.56%) NUnit
2 1 (5.56%) Postman
2 1 (5.56%) Ranorex
2 1 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Developer
1 12 (66.67%) ServiceNow Developer
2 5 (27.78%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Migration Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Java Developer
5 1 (5.56%) QA Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (77.78%) JSON
2 9 (50.00%) CSS
2 9 (50.00%) HTML
3 7 (38.89%) SOAP
4 5 (27.78%) REST
5 4 (22.22%) Web Services
6 1 (5.56%) .NET
6 1 (5.56%) Playwright
6 1 (5.56%) WebSockets
6 1 (5.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) CMDB
2 3 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (11.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Agile
2 10 (55.56%) Coaching
2 10 (55.56%) ITSM
3 9 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 5 (27.78%) Asset Management
5 4 (22.22%) IT Asset Management
5 4 (22.22%) Security Operations
5 4 (22.22%) Thought Leadership
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (16.67%) Manual Testing
6 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 3 (16.67%) Service Management
6 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
7 2 (11.11%) Migration
7 2 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (11.11%) Project Management
7 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) GRC
2 3 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (11.11%) ISO 20022
4 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) SAP