XMPP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for XMPP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XMPP over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 469 612
Rank change year-on-year +126 +143 -138
Contract jobs citing XMPP 1 2 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.008% 0.025%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.027% 0.031% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £246 £149
25th Percentile - £297 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £160
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +157.81% -70.91%
75th Percentile - £547 £438
90th Percentile - £609 £625
UK median daily rate £205 £198 £225
% change year-on-year +3.80% -12.22% -41.94%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

XMPP 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 with a WFH option and 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 3,647 6,485 13,225
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.91% 25.27% 29.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,547 4,823 9,761
10th Percentile £331 £394 £398
25th Percentile £428 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% +13.54%
75th Percentile £650 £657 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 81 120
10th Percentile £28.00 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -28.95% +31.31% +10.00%

XMPP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing XMPP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

XMPP trend for jobs with a WFH option

XMPP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing XMPP.

XMPP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

XMPP
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) MGCP
1 1 (100.00%) SCCP
1 1 (100.00%) Telepresence
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft