The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring XPath skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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
10,811
12,334
15,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
32.81%
32.02%
32.07%
Number of daily rates quoted
7,155
8,334
11,188
10th Percentile
£344
£350
£363
25th Percentile
£413
£425
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£503
£525
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-4.29%
-4.55%
-2.22%
75th Percentile
£625
£650
£675
90th Percentile
£738
£775
£777
UK excluding London median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
295
344
453
10th Percentile
£29.00
£27.00
£35.00
25th Percentile
£41.25
£46.18
£48.40
Median hourly rate
£55.00
£65.00
£63.00
Median % change year-on-year
-15.38%
+3.17%
+12.50%
75th Percentile
£67.75
£70.00
£70.25
90th Percentile
£80.00
£78.38
£82.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£65.00
£65.00
£65.00
% change year-on-year
-
-
+13.04%
XPath Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing XPath as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
XPath Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing XPath.
XPath Hourly Rate Trend
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 18 September 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
For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing XPath also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for XPath.
XPath 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:
