XML Contracts in Central London

XML
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 85 98
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 +24
Contract jobs citing XML 26 46 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.32% 1.81% 2.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.01% 8.53% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 42
10th Percentile £370 £398 £343
25th Percentile £463 £456 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £571 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% +8.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £618 £714 £634
90th Percentile £675 £775 £796
London median daily rate £513 £575 £569
% change year-on-year -10.87% +1.05% -1.81%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 519 539 1,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.33% 21.18% 29.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 378 786
10th Percentile £409 £400 £414
25th Percentile £463 £456 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £561 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% -10.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile £684 £686 £738
90th Percentile £770 £788 £825
London median daily rate £572 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.52% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £46.25 £58.25
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year - -20.17% +25.26%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £60.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £54.00 £44.85 £65.40
% change year-on-year +20.41% -31.42% +30.79%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for XML in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XML in Central London.

Daily rate trend for XML in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in Central London over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for XML in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XML in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for XML in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 April 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
Live
Jobs
City of London -6 23 £535 -6.35% 4
XML
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (11.54%) Anypoint
1 3 (11.54%) WebLogic
2 2 (7.69%) Confluence
2 2 (7.69%) Mule
3 1 (3.85%) Apache
3 1 (3.85%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (3.85%) BASE24
2 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) AWS
2 2 (7.69%) Azure API Management
2 2 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.85%) Apple Pay
3 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) HTTP
2 1 (3.85%) ATM
2 1 (3.85%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (7.69%) MongoDB
2 2 (7.69%) NoSQL
2 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.85%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (3.85%) Data Mart
3 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.85%) DynamoDB
3 1 (3.85%) MySQL
3 1 (3.85%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.85%) Power BI
3 1 (3.85%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.85%) SAP HANA
3 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
1 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
2 2 (7.69%) Bitbucket
2 2 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) Maven
3 1 (3.85%) Appium
3 1 (3.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (3.85%) Bundler
3 1 (3.85%) Crucible
3 1 (3.85%) Cucumber
General
1 10 (38.46%) Banking
2 9 (34.62%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) General Ledger
4 3 (11.54%) Retail
5 2 (7.69%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Front Office
6 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) MuleSoft Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Report Developer
3 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Banking Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Data Migration Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Middle Office Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Migration Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Payments Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Test Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) DBA
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (50.00%) JSON
2 8 (30.77%) SOAP
3 6 (23.08%) REST
3 6 (23.08%) Web Services
4 5 (19.23%) XSLT
5 4 (15.38%) HTML
6 3 (11.54%) Ajax
6 3 (11.54%) FpML
6 3 (11.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (11.54%) RAML
7 2 (7.69%) .NET
8 1 (3.85%) BAPI
8 1 (3.85%) CSS
8 1 (3.85%) EDI
8 1 (3.85%) jQuery
8 1 (3.85%) Middleware
8 1 (3.85%) OAuth
8 1 (3.85%) React
8 1 (3.85%) WCF
8 1 (3.85%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) CMDB
1 3 (11.54%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.85%) Derivative
3 1 (3.85%) Equities
3 1 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.85%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Android
1 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Agile
2 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
2 5 (19.23%) System Integration Testing
2 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
3 4 (15.38%) API Management
3 4 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (15.38%) ITSM
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
4 3 (11.54%) Accounts Payable
4 3 (11.54%) Accounts Receivable
4 3 (11.54%) Cash Management
4 3 (11.54%) Data Extraction
4 3 (11.54%) Data Management
4 3 (11.54%) Incident Response
4 3 (11.54%) Integration Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Task Automation
4 3 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (11.54%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) SQL
2 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 5 (19.23%) Python
4 4 (15.38%) Java
5 3 (11.54%) PL/SQL
6 2 (7.69%) C#
6 2 (7.69%) DataWeave
7 1 (3.85%) ABAP
7 1 (3.85%) Bicep
7 1 (3.85%) C
7 1 (3.85%) C++
7 1 (3.85%) COBOL
7 1 (3.85%) Groovy
7 1 (3.85%) Perl
7 1 (3.85%) Ruby
7 1 (3.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) ISO 9001
1 2 (7.69%) SEPA
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) ISO 8583
2 1 (3.85%) PSD2
2 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) CloudHub
2 1 (3.85%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) MuleSoft
3 3 (11.54%) Splunk
4 2 (7.69%) SAP
5 1 (3.85%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.85%) Calypso
5 1 (3.85%) HP
5 1 (3.85%) IBM
5 1 (3.85%) Murex
5 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.85%) TIBCO