XMPP Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring XMPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XMPP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.049% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £484 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 - -
75th Percentile £501 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £350 £451 £205
% change year-on-year -22.44% +120.12% +3.80%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 381 377 429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.54% 23.61% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 254 289
10th Percentile £313 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.83% -6.15%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £658 £600 £658
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £536
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.94% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile £35.63 - £36.10
25th Percentile £41.40 £52.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £61.36 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £64.00 £57.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £64.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year +10.40% +18.94% -23.85%

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

XMPP job vacancy trend in Scotland

XMPP
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing XMPP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing XMPP

XMPP
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing XMPP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing XMPP

XMPP
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 XMPP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Glasgow - 1 £493 -
XMPP
UK

XMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (100.00%) H.323
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) ISDN
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Voice Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Voice Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow