XSD Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

XML Schema Definition (XSD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring XSD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XSD over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 344 455
Rank change year-on-year - +111 +145
Contract jobs citing XSD 0 4 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.026% 0.082%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.11% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £395
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £638 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

XSD 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 2,586 3,622 6,462
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.14% 23.90% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,887 2,541 4,803
10th Percentile £369 £331 £394
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.55%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £656
90th Percentile £825 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £43.60
Median hourly rate £66.50 £43.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.65% -31.20% +27.55%
75th Percentile £69.13 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.63 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.84 £65.00
% change year-on-year +38.77% -27.94% +30.65%

XSD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

XSD trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

XSD
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing XSD.

XSD daily rate for jobs with a WFH option