XML Contract Job Trends in Telford

XML
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Telford requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -39 - -
Contract jobs citing XML 14 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 3.04% 6.84% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.73% 36.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 0
10th Percentile £360 £510 -
25th Percentile £387 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £567 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% - -
75th Percentile £448 £569 -
90th Percentile £459 £573 -
Shropshire median daily rate £430 £567 -
% change year-on-year -24.25% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 110 22 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 23.91% 18.80% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 16 3
10th Percentile £412 £434 £360
25th Percentile £449 £435 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £543 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +35.63% -32.77%
75th Percentile £517 £567 £425
90th Percentile £642 £570 £440
Shropshire median daily rate £480 £543 £400
% change year-on-year -11.52% +35.63% -32.77%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

XML job vacancy trend in Telford

XML
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing XML

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (71.43%) WebLogic
2 8 (57.14%) Apache
2 8 (57.14%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) AWS
2 8 (57.14%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (14.29%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) MongoDB
2 3 (21.43%) MySQL
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle Database
3 2 (14.29%) Pentaho
3 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Eclipse
1 8 (57.14%) Git
1 8 (57.14%) IntelliJ
1 8 (57.14%) JUnit
1 8 (57.14%) Selenium
2 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Toad
General
1 8 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Data Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Java Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Data Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Open Source Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Open Source Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (85.71%) JSON
2 8 (57.14%) EJB
2 8 (57.14%) Hibernate
2 8 (57.14%) HTML
2 8 (57.14%) HTML5
2 8 (57.14%) J2EE
2 8 (57.14%) J2SE
2 8 (57.14%) Play Framework
2 8 (57.14%) REST
2 8 (57.14%) SOAP
2 8 (57.14%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Unix
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 9 (64.29%) DevOps
3 8 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 8 (57.14%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (57.14%) Deployment Automation
3 8 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (57.14%) Infrastructure Automation
3 8 (57.14%) Lean Software Development
3 8 (57.14%) Mentoring
3 8 (57.14%) Microservices
3 8 (57.14%) Open Source
3 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (57.14%) Scrum
4 3 (21.43%) ETL
4 3 (21.43%) Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Data Extraction
5 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Java
1 14 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (57.14%) Scala
3 3 (21.43%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (14.29%) ISEB
3 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) FATCA
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (57.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) webMethods
2 6 (42.86%) Oracle
3 3 (21.43%) Talend
4 2 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.14%) Sage