The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring XML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
89
98
106
Rank change year-on-year
+9
+8
-26
Contract jobs citing XML
8
13
33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands
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 the West Midlands.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
228
258
360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands
16.95%
13.25%
15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted
155
189
247
10th Percentile
£384
£310
£360
25th Percentile
£422
£375
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£507
£500
£525
Median % change year-on-year
+1.49%
-4.76%
+6.06%
75th Percentile
£619
£645
£650
90th Percentile
£700
£750
£700
England median daily rate
£530
£550
£563
% change year-on-year
-3.64%
-2.22%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
5
7
0
10th Percentile
-
£29.60
-
25th Percentile
£26.25
£39.92
-
Median hourly rate
£33.91
£40.00
-
Median % change year-on-year
-15.23%
-
-
75th Percentile
-
£55.63
-
90th Percentile
-
£56.25
-
England median hourly rate
£65.00
£46.18
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+40.75%
-28.95%
+32.65%
XML Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
XML Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in the West Midlands.
XML Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
XML Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in the West Midlands.
XML 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 1 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
XML Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing XML 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 across the West Midlands region with a requirement for XML.
XML 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:
