XML
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for XML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XML over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 213 186
Rank change year-on-year +52 -27 -40
Contract jobs citing XML 649 740 1,354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 1.28% 1.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.29% 5.52% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 478 951
10th Percentile £406 £375 £400
25th Percentile £456 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £650
90th Percentile £743 £789 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 17 24
10th Percentile - £48.00 £34.99
25th Percentile - £70.00 £41.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £72.50 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.69% +51.04% -17.24%
75th Percentile £51.25 £75.00 £65.45
90th Percentile £84.60 - £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £72.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year -40.69% +51.04% -12.73%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

XML is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,899 13,396 23,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.86% 23.24% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,168 9,771 17,471
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 157 240
10th Percentile £21.25 £30.45 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.60
90th Percentile £74.90 £81.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.36% +29.00% +11.11%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for XML in the UK

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML.

Daily rate trend for XML in the UK

XML
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML.

Hourly rate trend for XML in the UK

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing XML over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for XML in the UK

XML
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 +58 572 £538 -2.27% 185
London +48 325 £543 -5.16% 87
Work from Home +99 275 £534 +4.20% 85
UK excluding London +50 256 £513 +2.50% 105
East of England +63 69 £500 +3.90% 15
North of England +3 58 £534 -8.87% 11
South West +38 49 £550 +15.79% 16
North West +18 38 £523 -10.84% 5
South East -5 38 £450 -13.46% 35
Yorkshire +18 20 £625 +19.05% 5
Midlands +1 20 £600 +20.00% 19
Scotland +43 18 £481 -3.75% 3
West Midlands +12 15 £600 +41.18% 14
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 1
East Midlands +4 5 £331 -33.75% 5
North East +5 4 £431 -40.55% 1
Wales -2 2 £210 -12.50% 7

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (5.86%) Confluence
2 17 (2.62%) Apache
3 10 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.92%) MQSeries
6 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.62%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.46%) IIS
8 3 (0.46%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.46%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.31%) JBoss
9 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.31%) SAS
9 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.31%) WildFly
10 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.93%) MS Visio
3 14 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.85%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.31%) MadCap Flare
5 2 (0.31%) Mingle
6 1 (0.15%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.15%) Blender
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) InDesign
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (1.85%) Salesforce CRM
2 8 (1.23%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.23%) SAP CO
2 8 (1.23%) SAP FI
2 8 (1.23%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (0.92%) Endur
3 6 (0.92%) ION MarketView
4 4 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.46%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.46%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 3 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (0.46%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.31%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 227 (34.98%) Azure
2 143 (22.03%) Azure DevOps
3 73 (11.25%) Entra ID
4 53 (8.17%) GitHub
5 48 (7.40%) AWS
6 46 (7.09%) Power Platform
7 39 (6.01%) Serverless
8 34 (5.24%) Azure Logic Apps
9 29 (4.47%) GCP
10 27 (4.16%) PowerApps
11 26 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (3.85%) Azure API Management
12 25 (3.85%) Power Automate
13 24 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
14 21 (3.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 21 (3.24%) Azure Key Vault
15 20 (3.08%) Azure Functions
16 18 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (2.47%) Azure Stack
18 15 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.47%) BGP
1 29 (4.47%) MPLS
2 24 (3.70%) Firewall
2 24 (3.70%) HTTP
3 20 (3.08%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.77%) RSVP
5 17 (2.62%) DNS
5 17 (2.62%) HSRP
5 17 (2.62%) SNMP
5 17 (2.62%) VPLS
6 16 (2.47%) VPN
7 15 (2.31%) Ethernet VPN
8 14 (2.16%) IPv4
8 14 (2.16%) VRRP
9 12 (1.85%) FIX Connectivity
10 11 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
10 11 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 11 (1.69%) IOS XR
11 9 (1.39%) 5G
11 9 (1.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (26.04%) SQL Server
2 44 (6.78%) MySQL
3 42 (6.47%) Oracle Reports
4 38 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (4.62%) Power BI
6 29 (4.47%) Relational Database
7 28 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
8 24 (3.70%) NoSQL
9 22 (3.39%) MongoDB
10 20 (3.08%) RDBMS
11 17 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (2.47%) Big Data
12 16 (2.47%) Redis
12 16 (2.47%) Snowflake Schema
13 13 (2.00%) Data Lake
13 13 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.54%) SQLite
16 7 (1.08%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
16 7 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 79 (12.17%) Git
2 65 (10.02%) JIRA
3 33 (5.08%) SpecFlow
4 32 (4.93%) Jenkins
4 32 (4.93%) Visual Studio
5 21 (3.24%) GitLab
5 21 (3.24%) Selenium
6 16 (2.47%) JUnit
7 14 (2.16%) Bitbucket
7 14 (2.16%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.85%) JMeter
8 12 (1.85%) WebDriver
9 11 (1.69%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 10 (1.54%) SoapUI
11 9 (1.39%) CircleCI
11 9 (1.39%) Travis CI
11 9 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (1.23%) Maven
13 7 (1.08%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 117 (18.03%) Social Skills
2 113 (17.41%) Finance
3 69 (10.63%) Publishing
4 67 (10.32%) Public Sector
5 64 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (5.08%) Banking
7 28 (4.31%) Financial Institution
8 22 (3.39%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.93%) Front Office
10 13 (2.00%) Marketing
11 12 (1.85%) Aerospace
11 12 (1.85%) Back Office
12 11 (1.69%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.23%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.23%) Local Government
15 7 (1.08%) Retail
16 6 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 215 (33.13%) Developer
2 125 (19.26%) Senior
3 90 (13.87%) Author
3 90 (13.87%) Technical Author
4 86 (13.25%) Senior Developer
5 72 (11.09%) Architect
6 51 (7.86%) Analyst
7 45 (6.93%) Software Developer
8 38 (5.86%) Senior Software Developer
9 34 (5.24%) Backend Developer
10 30 (4.62%) Azure Developer
10 30 (4.62%) Software Engineer
11 27 (4.16%) Lead
12 26 (4.01%) Consultant
13 24 (3.70%) Business Analyst
14 23 (3.54%) Senior Backend Developer
15 22 (3.39%) Data Architect
16 21 (3.24%) Java Developer
17 19 (2.93%) C# Developer
18 15 (2.31%) SailPoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 233 (35.90%) JSON
2 136 (20.96%) .NET
3 123 (18.95%) HTML
4 110 (16.95%) SOAP
5 96 (14.79%) REST
6 86 (13.25%) Web Services
7 76 (11.71%) SGML
8 64 (9.86%) .NET Framework
8 64 (9.86%) CSS
9 53 (8.17%) AngularJS
10 50 (7.70%) LDAP
11 47 (7.24%) JSP
12 46 (7.09%) Servlets
13 43 (6.63%) .NET Core
14 41 (6.32%) SPML
15 40 (6.16%) SailPoint
16 38 (5.86%) RESTful
17 30 (4.62%) YANG
18 29 (4.47%) NETCONF
19 28 (4.31%) React
Miscellaneous
1 65 (10.02%) Product Ownership
2 37 (5.70%) Data Structures
3 30 (4.62%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.08%) Distributed Architecture
5 17 (2.62%) Reference Data
6 16 (2.47%) Derivative
7 15 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.16%) Fixed Income
9 13 (2.00%) Animation
9 13 (2.00%) Mainframe
9 13 (2.00%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.54%) CMDB
12 8 (1.23%) Contactless
13 7 (1.08%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
14 6 (0.92%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
15 5 (0.77%) Verilog
15 5 (0.77%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.93%) Unix
2 37 (5.70%) Linux
2 37 (5.70%) Windows
3 12 (1.85%) Android
4 7 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) zOS
7 1 (0.15%) AIX
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.15%) Solaris
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (39.60%) Agile
2 216 (33.28%) DevOps
3 157 (24.19%) Scrum
4 153 (23.57%) CI/CD
5 73 (11.25%) B2C
6 72 (11.09%) Data Modelling
7 69 (10.63%) Test Automation
8 64 (9.86%) Desktop Publishing
9 63 (9.71%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (7.86%) Software Engineering
11 47 (7.24%) Microservices
12 43 (6.63%) Business Intelligence
13 42 (6.47%) Continuous Integration
13 42 (6.47%) Migration
13 42 (6.47%) RBAC
14 41 (6.32%) Mentoring
14 41 (6.32%) SDLC
15 38 (5.86%) Data Management
16 35 (5.39%) Data Protection
17 34 (5.24%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 191 (29.43%) SQL
2 166 (25.58%) C#
3 147 (22.65%) JavaScript
4 130 (20.03%) PowerShell
5 113 (17.41%) Java
6 67 (10.32%) Python
7 46 (7.09%) Bicep
8 22 (3.39%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.62%) T-SQL
10 16 (2.47%) C
10 16 (2.47%) Perl
10 16 (2.47%) PL/SQL
11 13 (2.00%) Apex Code
11 13 (2.00%) C++
12 12 (1.85%) Bash
12 12 (1.85%) SOQL
13 11 (1.69%) ABAP
13 11 (1.69%) XPath
14 9 (1.39%) Go
15 7 (1.08%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 66 (10.17%) HND
2 64 (9.86%) HNC
3 59 (9.09%) Degree
4 57 (8.78%) Security Cleared
5 29 (4.47%) SC Cleared
6 17 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.08%) CCIE
9 7 (1.08%) CCIE Service Provider
10 5 (0.77%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.62%) CCNP
11 4 (0.62%) CISSP
11 4 (0.62%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.46%) CCNA
12 3 (0.46%) SANS
12 3 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (10.79%) QA
2 23 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.85%) Def Stans
4 9 (1.39%) Dodd-Frank
4 9 (1.39%) EMIR
4 9 (1.39%) GDPR
4 9 (1.39%) MiFID
5 7 (1.08%) HIPAA
6 6 (0.92%) NCSC
7 5 (0.77%) GRC
7 5 (0.77%) ISO 15022
8 4 (0.62%) GAAP
9 3 (0.46%) HL7
10 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.31%) NIST
10 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.31%) PMO
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 120 (18.49%) Active Directory
2 40 (6.16%) IAG
3 38 (5.86%) ACF2
3 38 (5.86%) RACF
4 21 (3.24%) Docker
5 18 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.62%) VirtualBox
7 3 (0.46%) vCloud
7 3 (0.46%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.46%) vSphere
8 1 (0.15%) Cronacle
8 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (3.70%) Ansible
1 24 (3.70%) Terraform
2 15 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.00%) Kibana
3 13 (2.00%) logstash
3 13 (2.00%) Progress Chef
4 12 (1.85%) Puppet
5 10 (1.54%) Grafana
5 10 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.39%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.92%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.77%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.62%) Control-M
9 4 (0.62%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.46%) Autotask
10 3 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.31%) TIBCO Hawk
12 1 (0.15%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 175 (26.96%) Microsoft
2 86 (13.25%) Oracle
3 55 (8.47%) ServiceNow
4 36 (5.55%) SAP
5 29 (4.47%) Salesforce
6 28 (4.31%) Sybase
7 27 (4.16%) Nokia
8 22 (3.39%) Adobe
9 21 (3.24%) Cisco
10 16 (2.47%) CyberArk
11 14 (2.16%) ION Trading
12 13 (2.00%) BeyondTrust
12 13 (2.00%) Bloomberg
12 13 (2.00%) Fortinet
13 12 (1.85%) MarketAxess
13 12 (1.85%) Tradeweb
14 11 (1.69%) F5
14 11 (1.69%) IBM
15 10 (1.54%) Informatica
16 9 (1.39%) Splunk