XML Contracts in the West Midlands

XML
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for XML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XML over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 107 81
Rank change year-on-year +10 -26 -11
Contract jobs citing XML 12 32 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.62% 1.34% 2.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.65% 8.91% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 65
10th Percentile £432 £350 £383
25th Percentile £530 £355 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £484 £432
Median % change year-on-year +23.97% +12.04% +20.00%
75th Percentile £656 £519 £500
90th Percentile £673 £565 £551
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

XML is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 258 359 610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.40% 15.08% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 246 454
10th Percentile £311 £360 £363
25th Percentile £375 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +23.75%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £558
90th Percentile £750 £700 £638
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £29.60 - -
25th Percentile £39.92 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £55.63 - -
90th Percentile £56.25 - -
England median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for XML in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for XML in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for XML in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for XML in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +12 12 £600 +71.43% 6
XML
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (66.67%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Boomi
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) iPaaS
2 2 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (8.33%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) MySQL
1 3 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Billing
2 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Salesforce Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Integration Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) JSON
2 6 (50.00%) HTML
2 6 (50.00%) SOAP
3 5 (41.67%) REST
4 4 (33.33%) CSS
4 4 (33.33%) Web Services
5 3 (25.00%) WSDL
5 3 (25.00%) XSD
5 3 (25.00%) XSLT
6 2 (16.67%) OAuth
6 2 (16.67%) SAML
6 2 (16.67%) Visualforce
7 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Integration Patterns
2 5 (41.67%) Scrum
3 4 (33.33%) Business Transformation
3 4 (33.33%) CRM
3 4 (33.33%) ERP
4 3 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 3 (25.00%) Release Management
5 2 (16.67%) Code Quality
5 2 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Revenue Recognition
5 2 (16.67%) TDD
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 1 (8.33%) API Management
6 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
6 1 (8.33%) Clean Code
6 1 (8.33%) Conversational UI
6 1 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) Apex Code
3 2 (16.67%) SOQL
4 1 (8.33%) C#
4 1 (8.33%) Groovy
4 1 (8.33%) PL/SQL
4 1 (8.33%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Salesforce
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Dell
3 1 (8.33%) Jitterbit
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) MuleSoft
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) SnapLogic
3 1 (8.33%) Software AG
3 1 (8.33%) Talend
3 1 (8.33%) TIBCO
3 1 (8.33%) UiPath