XMPP Contract Job Trends in the South West

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring XMPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 122 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing XMPP 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.042% 0.048% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.29% 0.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
England median daily rate £461 £400 £215
% change year-on-year +15.31% +86.05% -19.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 339 390 512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.33% 18.71% 17.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 229 373
10th Percentile £335 £399 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £734 £720
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 24 44
10th Percentile £61.55 £61.25 £48.32
25th Percentile - - £48.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year - +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.60 £72.80 £75.60
England median hourly rate £58.00 £62.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -7.20% +20.45% -20.17%

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

XMPP job vacancy trend in the South West

XMPP
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XMPP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XMPP

XMPP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XMPP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing XMPP

XMPP
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XMPP within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Wiltshire - 1 £200 -
XMPP
England

XMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow