Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for XAML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XAML over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 702 813
Rank change year-on-year - +111 -140
Contract jobs citing XAML 0 14 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.024% 0.056%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.068% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 39
10th Percentile - £338 £485
25th Percentile - £541 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £750
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £650 -
90th Percentile - £688 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £600 £475
% change year-on-year - +26.32% +16.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Programming Languages
UK

XAML is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,769 20,585 32,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.59% 34.85% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,080 14,839 23,447
10th Percentile £350 £394 £383
25th Percentile £425 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.04% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 487 463 509
10th Percentile £31.70 £26.15 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £49.84 £35.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +20.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £77.80 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £60.63 £49.75
% change year-on-year +3.09% +21.86% +19.16%

XAML
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for XAML in the UK

XAML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for XAML in the UK

XAML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for XAML in the UK