XPath Contract Job Trends

XPath (XML Path Language)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring XPath skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 685 548 565
Rank change year-on-year -137 +17 +61
Contract jobs citing XPath 17 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.015% 0.011%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.12% 0.046% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £493 - -
25th Percentile £529 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.84%
75th Percentile £654 - £475
90th Percentile £988 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - -

All Programming Languages
UK

XPath falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14,313 10,910 12,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.09% 32.92% 32.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,293 7,179 8,104
10th Percentile £363 £344 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% -3.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £648
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £492
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.36% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 548 298 331
10th Percentile £24.10 £29.00 £26.25
25th Percentile £46.66 £41.25 £46.09
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

XPath
Job Vacancy Trend

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

XPath job vacancy trend in the UK

XPath
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XPath

XPath
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XPath over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for XPath in the UK

XPath
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XPath

XPath
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XPath within the UK over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Work from Home -61 11 £590 - 14
England -120 8 £625 - 25
London -71 6 £655 - 18
UK excluding London - 3 £600 - 8
South East - 2 £600 - 3
Scotland - 1 £475 - 1

XPath
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 7 (41.18%) IIS
2 6 (35.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.88%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Elite 3E
2 2 (11.76%) Workday HCM
3 1 (5.88%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Azure
2 7 (41.18%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) Boomi
3 2 (11.76%) iPaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (76.47%) SQL Server
2 7 (41.18%) MS Access
3 6 (35.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (29.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (11.76%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Git
1 6 (35.29%) Jenkins
1 6 (35.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (29.41%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.88%) GitLab
3 1 (5.88%) TeamCity
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Lead
2 5 (29.41%) Software Developer
3 4 (23.53%) .NET Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Lead Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Lead Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) .NET Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Applications Developer
4 2 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (11.76%) C# Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Lead .NET Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Workday Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Workday Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Web Developer
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Developer
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (5.88%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (94.12%) XML
2 15 (88.24%) XSLT
3 13 (76.47%) .NET
4 9 (52.94%) JSON
4 9 (52.94%) SOAP
4 9 (52.94%) Web Services
5 8 (47.06%) ASP.NET
5 8 (47.06%) HTML
5 8 (47.06%) REST
6 7 (41.18%) WinForms
7 6 (35.29%) ASP.NET Web API
7 6 (35.29%) WCF
8 5 (29.41%) Apache FOP
9 3 (17.65%) Middleware
10 2 (11.76%) .NET Framework
10 2 (11.76%) OAuth
10 2 (11.76%) OAuth2
11 1 (5.88%) Autofac
11 1 (5.88%) CSS3
11 1 (5.88%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Replication
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) DevOps
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (29.41%) Workflow
2 5 (29.41%) Workflow Development
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Runbook
4 2 (11.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (5.88%) CRM
5 1 (5.88%) Design Patterns
5 1 (5.88%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.88%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (5.88%) ERP
5 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (5.88%) OOP
5 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SQL
1 12 (70.59%) T-SQL
1 12 (70.59%) VB.NET
2 8 (47.06%) C#
3 7 (41.18%) PL/SQL
3 7 (41.18%) VBA
4 5 (29.41%) VBScript
5 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Oracle
2 5 (29.41%) Intapp
3 3 (17.65%) Workday
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) MuleSoft