XMPP Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring XMPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 368 416
Rank change year-on-year -15 +48 +88
Contract jobs citing XMPP 13 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.079% 0.012% 0.019%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.41% 0.069% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £252 - -
25th Percentile £418 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.93%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £373 £400 £225
% change year-on-year -6.88% +77.78% -20.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £74.26 £16.19 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year +358.68% +23.02% -
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £16.19 £13.16
% change year-on-year +358.68% +23.02% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,189 2,894 3,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.41% 17.25% 18.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,105 1,765 2,680
10th Percentile £318 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -7.00% -1.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 105 148
10th Percentile £31.25 £25.60 £45.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.25 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £66.38 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.90 £77.65
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £55.56
% change year-on-year -16.92% +16.99% -14.52%

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

XMPP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

XMPP
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing XMPP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing XMPP

XMPP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XMPP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XMPP in the UK excluding London

XMPP
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing XMPP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing XMPP

XMPP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XMPP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
North of England -25 11 £550 - 4
North West - 10 £550 - 4
North East - 2 £550 -
South West +13 1 £200 -
South East - 1 £286 - 1
XMPP
UK

XMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (53.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (30.77%) Mattermost
2 4 (30.77%) Skype for Business
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Entra ID
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) WebEx
2 4 (30.77%) Skype
2 4 (30.77%) Softphone
2 4 (30.77%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (7.69%) MGCP
3 1 (7.69%) SCCP
3 1 (7.69%) SSL
3 1 (7.69%) Telepresence
3 1 (7.69%) VoIP
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (46.15%) Legal
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Italian Language
3 1 (7.69%) Polish Language
3 1 (7.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Support Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Messaging Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Messaging Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Messaging Support
3 4 (30.77%) Messaging Support Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Messaging Support Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Operational Support Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Operations Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Operations Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Operations Support Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Operations Support Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Product Ownership
2 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) FMCG
3 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Linux
2 8 (61.54%) Windows
3 6 (46.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) Acceptance Criteria
2 6 (46.15%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 6 (46.15%) Identity Access Management
2 6 (46.15%) Mobile Device Management
2 6 (46.15%) Product Requirements
2 6 (46.15%) Service Management
2 6 (46.15%) User Stories
3 5 (38.46%) Change Control
3 5 (38.46%) ITSM
3 5 (38.46%) Knowledge Management
3 5 (38.46%) Performance Monitoring
3 5 (38.46%) Platform Engineering
3 5 (38.46%) Problem Management
4 4 (30.77%) B2B
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) PowerShell
2 6 (46.15%) Bash
2 6 (46.15%) Perl
2 6 (46.15%) Python
3 4 (30.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CCDP
1 5 (38.46%) CCNA
1 5 (38.46%) CCNP
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (30.77%) SCOM
3 1 (7.69%) AirWatch
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (76.92%) Red Hat
3 7 (53.85%) Citrix
4 6 (46.15%) VMware
5 4 (30.77%) Splunk
6 2 (15.38%) Apple
7 1 (7.69%) HP
7 1 (7.69%) SAP
7 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
7 1 (7.69%) Zscaler