Hybrid/Remote XML Messaging Contract Job Trends

XML Messaging
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring XML Messaging skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XML Messaging 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.038% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £450 £394
% change year-on-year +27.78% +14.29% +5.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,613 3,255 5,043
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.09% 25.95% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,777 2,189 3,756
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £788 £850 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.95% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 62 53
10th Percentile £31.25 £36.30 £42.25
25th Percentile £41.13 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -31.20% -1.19%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.95 £77.35
UK median hourly rate £54.70 £61.60 £59.03
% change year-on-year -11.20% +4.35% -5.80%

XML Messaging
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing XML Messaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

XML Messaging trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

XML Messaging
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing XML Messaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing XML Messaging

XML Messaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP EWM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Travel Management
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP EWM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) SAP TM
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP