Hybrid/Remote XML Contract Job Trends

XML
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring XML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 172 173
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 +38
Contract jobs citing XML 164 150 240
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.61% 1.24% 1.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.14% 5.03% 5.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 99 158
10th Percentile £315 £203 £318
25th Percentile £400 £324 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £495 £533
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -7.09% -6.37%
75th Percentile £613 £579 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 10
10th Percentile - - £63.63
25th Percentile £31.25 £91.25 £70.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £92.50 £74.75
Median % change year-on-year -54.05% +23.75% +70.27%
75th Percentile £43.75 £93.75 £78.75
90th Percentile - - £90.60
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £92.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -53.51% +89.86% -2.56%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 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 2,671 2,983 4,341
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.23% 24.59% 24.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,743 1,962 3,140
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 28 48
10th Percentile £31.00 £21.78 £40.22
25th Percentile £40.56 £32.88 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.25 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -7.55% +1.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £77.50
90th Percentile - £89.38 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -12.00% +14.09% -15.72%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing XML and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

XML job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

XML
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

XML
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing XML over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

XML daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

XML
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing XML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing XML

XML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.88%) WebLogic
2 5 (3.05%) Apache
2 5 (3.05%) nginx
2 5 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (2.44%) Oracle Service Bus
4 3 (1.83%) JBoss
5 2 (1.22%) Appian
6 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.61%) Confluence
6 1 (0.61%) IIS
6 1 (0.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (6.10%) FrameMaker
2 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.22%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (3.05%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.83%) SAP HCM
2 3 (1.83%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (1.22%) Maximo
3 2 (1.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.22%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.22%) Teamcenter
3 2 (1.22%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.61%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.61%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.61%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 35 (21.34%) Azure
2 24 (14.63%) AWS
3 16 (9.76%) GitHub
4 11 (6.71%) SaaS
5 10 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.88%) Serverless
6 8 (4.88%) SuccessFactors
7 7 (4.27%) Boomi
7 7 (4.27%) Power Automate
8 6 (3.66%) AtomSphere
9 5 (3.05%) Amazon EventBridge
9 5 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
9 5 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.05%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.44%) Entra ID
10 4 (2.44%) GCP
10 4 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (14.02%) HTTPS
2 17 (10.37%) HTTP
3 7 (4.27%) Firewall
3 7 (4.27%) SSL
4 2 (1.22%) BGP
4 2 (1.22%) MPLS
4 2 (1.22%) VPN
5 1 (0.61%) 5G
5 1 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.61%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.61%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.61%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.59%) Relational Database
2 9 (5.49%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.88%) DataStage
4 7 (4.27%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.05%) Apache Cassandra
5 5 (3.05%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.44%) Amazon QuickSight
6 4 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.83%) Big Data
7 3 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.83%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.83%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.22%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.22%) Metadata
8 2 (1.22%) MySQL
8 2 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (14.02%) JIRA
2 20 (12.20%) Git
3 14 (8.54%) Postman
4 9 (5.49%) Cucumber
4 9 (5.49%) Jenkins
4 9 (5.49%) Selenium
5 8 (4.88%) JUnit
6 6 (3.66%) SpecFlow
6 6 (3.66%) TestRail
6 6 (3.66%) Zephyr
7 3 (1.83%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (1.83%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.83%) Firebug
7 3 (1.83%) GitLab
7 3 (1.83%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.83%) Maven
7 3 (1.83%) MSTest
7 3 (1.83%) PVCS
8 2 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (35.98%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (12.20%) Finance
4 17 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.71%) Publishing
6 9 (5.49%) Banking
7 6 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.05%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.05%) Automotive
8 5 (3.05%) Digital Healthcare
8 5 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.44%) Front Office
9 4 (2.44%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.83%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.22%) Back Office
11 2 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.61%) Electronics
12 1 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 65 (39.63%) Developer
2 20 (12.20%) Analyst
2 20 (12.20%) Consultant
3 13 (7.93%) Senior
4 12 (7.32%) Integration Developer
4 12 (7.32%) webMethods Developer
5 10 (6.10%) Author
5 10 (6.10%) Business Analyst
5 10 (6.10%) Senior Developer
5 10 (6.10%) Technical Author
6 9 (5.49%) Data Engineer
6 9 (5.49%) Software Engineer
7 8 (4.88%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) SAP Consultant
9 6 (3.66%) Administrator
9 6 (3.66%) Junior
10 5 (3.05%) Junior Support Engineer
10 5 (3.05%) Oracle Developer
10 5 (3.05%) Support Specialist
10 5 (3.05%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (57.93%) JSON
2 61 (37.20%) SOAP
3 59 (35.98%) REST
4 21 (12.80%) OAuth
5 16 (9.76%) JMS
6 15 (9.15%) HTML
7 14 (8.54%) XSLT
8 13 (7.93%) Swagger
9 12 (7.32%) Web Services
10 11 (6.71%) OAuth2
11 10 (6.10%) .NET
11 10 (6.10%) SGML
12 9 (5.49%) XSD
13 8 (4.88%) jQuery
13 8 (4.88%) Middleware
13 8 (4.88%) RESTful
14 7 (4.27%) .NET Framework
14 7 (4.27%) EDI
14 7 (4.27%) Spring
15 6 (3.66%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.49%) Data Protection Act
1 9 (5.49%) Virtual Team
2 8 (4.88%) Data Structures
3 7 (4.27%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (3.05%) Low-Code
5 5 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.05%) Replication
6 4 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.83%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.22%) Life Science
8 2 (1.22%) NHS
8 2 (1.22%) PACS
8 2 (1.22%) YARA
9 1 (0.61%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.54%) Linux
2 9 (5.49%) Windows
3 6 (3.66%) Unix
4 2 (1.22%) AIX
5 1 (0.61%) CentOS
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (37.80%) DevOps
2 58 (35.37%) Agile
3 41 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 38 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (21.95%) CI/CD
6 27 (16.46%) Deployment Automation
7 25 (15.24%) Validation
8 19 (11.59%) Migration
9 18 (10.98%) Scrum
10 16 (9.76%) API Management
10 16 (9.76%) ETL
10 16 (9.76%) SDLC
11 15 (9.15%) Computer Science
11 15 (9.15%) Data Migration
12 14 (8.54%) Data Modelling
12 14 (8.54%) User Stories
13 13 (7.93%) API Development
14 12 (7.32%) API Testing
14 12 (7.32%) Data Mapping
14 12 (7.32%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 58 (35.37%) SQL
2 48 (29.27%) Java
3 31 (18.90%) C#
4 26 (15.85%) JavaScript
5 23 (14.02%) Python
6 12 (7.32%) PowerShell
7 10 (6.10%) PL/SQL
8 8 (4.88%) T-SQL
9 7 (4.27%) XPath
10 6 (3.66%) Groovy
11 3 (1.83%) ABAP
11 3 (1.83%) BeanShell
11 3 (1.83%) Scala
12 2 (1.22%) Korn
12 2 (1.22%) Perl
13 1 (0.61%) PHP
13 1 (0.61%) Tcl
13 1 (0.61%) VB
13 1 (0.61%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (27.44%) Security Cleared
2 41 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 25 (15.24%) Degree
4 14 (8.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.10%) HNC
5 10 (6.10%) HND
6 4 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.44%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.83%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.83%) CEH
7 3 (1.83%) GIAC
7 3 (1.83%) GWAPT
7 3 (1.83%) ISEB
8 1 (0.61%) CBAP
8 1 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.61%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.88%) QA
3 6 (3.66%) SEPA
4 3 (1.83%) HL7
5 2 (1.22%) GxP
5 2 (1.22%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.61%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.61%) AIFMD
6 1 (0.61%) DICOM
6 1 (0.61%) EMIR
6 1 (0.61%) GMP
6 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (12.20%) Docker
2 2 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.44%) Ansible
1 4 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.44%) logstash
2 3 (1.83%) Puppet
3 2 (1.22%) Fluentd
3 2 (1.22%) ITRS Geneos
3 2 (1.22%) Kibana
3 2 (1.22%) QRadar
4 1 (0.61%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (17.68%) SAP
2 26 (15.85%) Oracle
3 17 (10.37%) webMethods
4 14 (8.54%) IBM
5 11 (6.71%) Microsoft
6 8 (4.88%) Software AG
6 8 (4.88%) Workday
7 7 (4.27%) Axway
8 5 (3.05%) Pega
8 5 (3.05%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.44%) Blue Prism
9 4 (2.44%) Charles River
9 4 (2.44%) Cisco
9 4 (2.44%) F5
10 3 (1.83%) Imperva
10 3 (1.83%) OneLogin
10 3 (1.83%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.83%) Splunk
11 2 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 2 (1.22%) Solace