XML Contract Job Trends in West End of London

XML
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West End of London requiring XML skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -
Contract jobs citing XML 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West End of London 2.38% 1.92% 1.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.00% 9.09% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £761 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £773 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +62.63% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £784 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £475 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -9.52% -12.50% +9.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West End of London

XML 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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10 11 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 23.81% 21.15% 26.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 19
10th Percentile £350 £479 -
25th Percentile £519 £503 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £563 £495
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% +13.64% -10.00%
75th Percentile £775 £628 £688
90th Percentile £804 £656 -
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £620
% change year-on-year -4.17% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £26.98 -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.36 -
Median hourly rate £51.44 £33.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.89% - -
75th Percentile £52.16 £37.86 -
90th Percentile - £40.19 -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £38.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year +62.34% -27.36% +11.58%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Job vacancy trend for XML in West End of London

XML
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing XML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing XML

XML
Hourly Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing XML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing XML

XML
Contract Job Locations in West End of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the West End of London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Live
Jobs
Westminster -4 1 £773 +62.63% 1
XML
Central London

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West End of London 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 1 (100.00%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Jinja
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode