SAX Contracts

Simple API for XML (SAX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAX over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 833
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing SAX 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - - 0.004%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £460
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.64%
75th Percentile - - £490
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SAX 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,986 10,577 21,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.83% 22.43% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,052 7,589 15,589
10th Percentile £350 £363 £405
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 189 218
10th Percentile £24.06 £36.13 £19.43
25th Percentile £41.25 £46.18 £47.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.56 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.99% -14.52% +32.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £78.00 £75.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +32.65%

SAX
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAX in the UK

SAX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAX.

Daily rate trend for SAX in the UK

SAX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAX.

Hourly rate trend for SAX in the UK