XQuery Contract Job Trends in the South East

XQuery
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring XQuery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 200
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs citing XQuery 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - - 0.020%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £500
% change year-on-year - - -28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £86.75
Median hourly rate - - £88.50
75th Percentile - - £90.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £90.50

All Programming Languages
South East

XQuery falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 925 944 1,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.08% 28.14% 22.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 599 773
10th Percentile £260 £350 £325
25th Percentile £381 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% -4.29% -1.87%
75th Percentile £575 £631 £613
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 33 71
10th Percentile £40.97 £27.00 £44.60
25th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £49.87
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.25 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -2.97% -1.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £60.20 £70.40 £76.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -3.85%

XQuery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing XQuery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

XQuery job vacancy trend in the South East

XQuery
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing XQuery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing XQuery

XQuery
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing XQuery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing XQuery