XML Messaging Contracts in Wales

XML Messaging
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring XML Messaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML Messaging over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XML Messaging 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.34% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 - £388
% change year-on-year - - -29.55%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

XML Messaging 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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 46 90 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 15.81% 24.52% 27.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 72 131
10th Percentile £289 £314 £313
25th Percentile £363 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £538 £533 £594
90th Percentile £598 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £31.58 £15.38 -
25th Percentile £35.06 £15.66 -
Median hourly rate £42.13 £18.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +132.22% - -
75th Percentile £50.44 £21.29 -
90th Percentile £54.68 £22.77 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.00%

XML Messaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for XML Messaging in Wales

XML Messaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for XML Messaging in Wales

XML Messaging
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML Messaging within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
South Wales - 1 £413 -
XML Messaging
UK

XML Messaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SEPA