XMPP Contracts

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring XMPP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XMPP over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 583 697
Rank change year-on-year +71 +114 +107
Contract jobs citing XMPP 7 17 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.039% 0.027%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 12
10th Percentile - £156 -
25th Percentile £515 £203 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £205 £198
Median % change year-on-year +158.54% +3.80% -12.22%
75th Percentile £545 £314 £239
90th Percentile - £375 £430
UK excluding London median daily rate - £205 £190
% change year-on-year - +7.89% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £14.48 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £13.87 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,629 8,962 13,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.67% 20.56% 23.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,551 6,219 10,140
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £769 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 231 153
10th Percentile £27.14 £21.25 £31.60
25th Percentile £48.25 £40.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.87 £75.00 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for XMPP in the UK

XMPP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for XMPP in the UK

XMPP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for XMPP in the UK

XMPP
Top 5 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +53 7 £530 +158.54% 4
UK excluding London +53 5 - - 3
North of England +31 5 - - 2
North West - 5 - - 2
London +27 2 £530 +107.84% 1

XMPP
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 5 (71.43%) Mattermost
1 5 (71.43%) Skype for Business
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) WebEx
2 5 (71.43%) Skype
2 5 (71.43%) Softphone
2 5 (71.43%) Unified Communications
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) PBX
3 1 (14.29%) PSTN
3 1 (14.29%) SSL
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Dutch Language
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Messaging Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Messaging Support
1 5 (71.43%) Messaging Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Operations Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Operations Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Messaging Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Messaging Support Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Operational Support Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Operations Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Operations Support Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) B2B
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Problem Management
2 5 (71.43%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Server Building
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCOM
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Red Hat
3 5 (71.43%) Splunk
4 1 (14.29%) Apple
4 1 (14.29%) Zscaler