XML Developer Contract Job Trends

XML Developer
UK

The median XML Developer daily rate in the UK is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 - 617
Rank change year-on-year - - +200
Contract jobs requiring an XML Developer 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £525
75th Percentile £338 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 31,989 33,651 43,674
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 92.86% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,308 20,292 29,666
10th Percentile £279 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,833 1,257 1,539
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.10 £14.99
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +60.48%
75th Percentile £51.80 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.92 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +87.37%

XML Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'XML Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

XML Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

XML Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for XML Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for XML Developer job vacancies in the UK

XML Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for XML Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for XML Developer job vacancies in the UK

XML Developer
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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
England - 1 £325 -
Work from Home - 1 £325 -

XML Developer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, XML Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring XML Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) DataStage
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Talend
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT

XML Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (100.00%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DataStage
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Talend