XML Schema Contract Job Trends

XML Schema
UK

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 620 521 590
Rank change year-on-year -99 +69 +112
Contract jobs citing XML Schema 6 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.010% 0.016%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.064% 0.045% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £383 £332 £515
25th Percentile £394 £335 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £340 £575
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -40.87% +5.50%
75th Percentile £444 £345 -
90th Percentile £448 £348 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £340 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.50 - -
Median hourly rate £58.00 - -
75th Percentile £59.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

XML Schema 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,364 6,695 8,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.69% 22.69% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,242 4,482 6,268
10th Percentile £358 £363 £335
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 96 214
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.75 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.75 £64.69
90th Percentile £81.00 £83.48 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

XML Schema
Job Vacancy Trend

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

XML Schema job vacancy trend in the UK

XML Schema
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XML Schema.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XML Schema

XML Schema
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XML Schema.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XML Schema

XML Schema
Top 5 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 Schema within the UK over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
UK excluding London -76 4 £425 +25.00%
England -90 4 £425 +25.00% 1
Midlands - 4 £425 -
West Midlands - 4 £425 -
Work from Home - 2 £425 - 1

XML Schema
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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) 3GPP
2 4 (66.67%) HTTP
2 4 (66.67%) RTCP
2 4 (66.67%) RTP
2 4 (66.67%) XCAP
General
1 2 (33.33%) Police
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 2 (33.33%) C# Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 6 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) .NET Core
2 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET Web API
2 4 (66.67%) Entity Framework
2 4 (66.67%) SignalR
2 4 (66.67%) WCF
2 4 (66.67%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) OOP
2 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
3 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) Key Management
3 4 (66.67%) SOLID
4 2 (33.33%) CRUD
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared