XML Contracts in England

XML
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 197 195
Rank change year-on-year +36 -2 -45
Contract jobs citing XML 559 642 1,081
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.51% 1.34% 1.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.29% 5.93% 5.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 452 790
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £743 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -2.91% +1.85% +10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 16 12
10th Percentile - £56.25 £30.58
25th Percentile - £70.00 £37.09
Median hourly rate £43.00 £71.25 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.65% +46.15% -22.00%
75th Percentile £51.25 £75.00 £65.45
90th Percentile £85.00 - £75.85
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £71.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -39.65% +50.00% -24.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

XML 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 advertised in England with 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 7,671 10,826 18,840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.77% 22.68% 26.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,416 8,064 14,174
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £800 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 131 200
10th Percentile £22.53 £30.75 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.22% +11.94%
75th Percentile £66.94 £75.00 £67.63
90th Percentile £74.95 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%

XML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for XML in England

XML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for XML in England

XML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for XML in England

XML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for XML in England

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing XML in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for XML in England

XML
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
London +40 323 £538 -8.39% 70
East of England +52 69 £500 +2.56% 14
North of England 0 54 £537 -8.36% 21
South West +35 47 £550 +15.79% 18
North West -1 34 £522 -10.42% 18
South East -24 33 £431 -17.86% 29
Midlands +3 21 £600 +20.00% 22
Yorkshire +12 20 £625 +8.70% 2
West Midlands +8 17 £600 +52.77% 16
North East +9 4 £431 -40.55% 1
East Midlands -5 4 £363 -27.50% 6
XML
UK

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 36 (6.44%) Confluence
2 12 (2.15%) Apache
3 7 (1.25%) MQSeries
4 6 (1.07%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (1.07%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.36%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 20 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.86%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.15%) Acrobat
4 12 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.36%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 8 (1.43%) NetSuite
1 8 (1.43%) SAP CO
1 8 (1.43%) SAP FI
1 8 (1.43%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (1.07%) Endur
2 6 (1.07%) ION MarketView
3 5 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.54%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.54%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.54%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.36%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.36%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 205 (36.67%) Azure
2 140 (25.04%) Azure DevOps
3 73 (13.06%) Entra ID
4 45 (8.05%) Power Platform
5 39 (6.98%) AWS
6 38 (6.80%) GitHub
7 32 (5.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 30 (5.37%) Serverless
9 28 (5.01%) PowerApps
10 26 (4.65%) Power Automate
11 25 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (4.11%) Azure API Management
12 23 (4.11%) Azure Service Bus
12 23 (4.11%) GCP
13 21 (3.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 19 (3.40%) Azure Key Vault
15 17 (3.04%) Azure Functions
16 15 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
18 11 (1.97%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.76%) BGP
1 21 (3.76%) MPLS
2 19 (3.40%) Firewall
3 18 (3.22%) HTTP
4 14 (2.50%) RSVP
4 14 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.50%) VPN
5 12 (2.15%) HSRP
5 12 (2.15%) SNMP
5 12 (2.15%) VPLS
6 11 (1.97%) DNS
6 11 (1.97%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (1.97%) FIX Connectivity
7 10 (1.79%) IPv4
7 10 (1.79%) SSH
7 10 (1.79%) VRRP
8 9 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (1.61%) IOS XR
9 8 (1.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 6 (1.07%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (27.73%) SQL Server
2 38 (6.80%) MySQL
3 31 (5.55%) Power BI
4 29 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (5.01%) Oracle Reports
6 25 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (4.47%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.22%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.04%) MongoDB
9 15 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (2.68%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.68%) Redis
10 13 (2.33%) Data Lake
10 13 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (2.15%) Big Data
12 11 (1.97%) Snowflake Schema
13 10 (1.79%) SQLite
14 8 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (1.25%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
15 7 (1.25%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 65 (11.63%) Git
2 59 (10.55%) JIRA
3 32 (5.72%) SpecFlow
4 30 (5.37%) Visual Studio
5 24 (4.29%) Jenkins
6 18 (3.22%) Selenium
7 15 (2.68%) JUnit
8 13 (2.33%) Cucumber
8 13 (2.33%) TeamCity
9 12 (2.15%) WebDriver
10 10 (1.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 10 (1.79%) GitLab
11 9 (1.61%) CircleCI
11 9 (1.61%) Travis CI
12 8 (1.43%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.43%) JMeter
13 7 (1.25%) Maven
14 6 (1.07%) Gradle
14 6 (1.07%) SoapUI
14 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 103 (18.43%) Social Skills
2 100 (17.89%) Finance
3 65 (11.63%) Publishing
4 57 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.87%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.44%) Banking
7 20 (3.58%) Financial Institution
8 19 (3.40%) Front Office
9 17 (3.04%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.15%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.15%) Back Office
11 10 (1.79%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.43%) Local Government
13 8 (1.43%) Retail
14 7 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.25%) Marketing
15 6 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.89%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 189 (33.81%) Developer
2 112 (20.04%) Senior
3 91 (16.28%) Author
3 91 (16.28%) Technical Author
4 76 (13.60%) Senior Developer
5 57 (10.20%) Architect
6 44 (7.87%) Analyst
7 43 (7.69%) Software Developer
8 36 (6.44%) Senior Software Developer
9 34 (6.08%) Backend Developer
10 31 (5.55%) Azure Developer
11 30 (5.37%) Software Engineer
12 26 (4.65%) Lead
13 23 (4.11%) Business Analyst
13 23 (4.11%) Senior Backend Developer
14 22 (3.94%) Consultant
15 20 (3.58%) Java Developer
16 19 (3.40%) C# Developer
17 16 (2.86%) Data Architect
18 13 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (32.92%) JSON
2 129 (23.08%) .NET
3 107 (19.14%) HTML
4 85 (15.21%) REST
5 84 (15.03%) SOAP
6 76 (13.60%) SGML
7 69 (12.34%) Web Services
8 64 (11.45%) .NET Framework
9 58 (10.38%) CSS
10 50 (8.94%) AngularJS
11 43 (7.69%) .NET Core
12 30 (5.37%) JSP
12 30 (5.37%) React
13 28 (5.01%) LDAP
13 28 (5.01%) RESTful
14 27 (4.83%) Servlets
14 27 (4.83%) SPML
15 26 (4.65%) ASP.NET
15 26 (4.65%) SailPoint
16 22 (3.94%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.73%) Product Ownership
2 37 (6.62%) Data Structures
3 21 (3.76%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (2.86%) Distributed Architecture
6 15 (2.68%) Derivative
6 15 (2.68%) Reference Data
7 13 (2.33%) Fixed Income
7 13 (2.33%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.15%) Animation
9 9 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.43%) Contactless
10 8 (1.43%) Mainframe
11 7 (1.25%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.07%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.89%) AS400
13 5 (0.89%) CMDB
13 5 (0.89%) Verilog
13 5 (0.89%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.69%) Unix
2 38 (6.80%) Linux
3 33 (5.90%) Windows
4 12 (2.15%) Android
5 6 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.36%) zOS
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.18%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (42.22%) Agile
2 201 (35.96%) DevOps
3 156 (27.91%) Scrum
4 145 (25.94%) CI/CD
5 71 (12.70%) B2C
6 64 (11.45%) Desktop Publishing
7 55 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (9.84%) Test Automation
8 51 (9.12%) Data Modelling
8 51 (9.12%) Software Engineering
9 40 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (6.62%) Migration
10 37 (6.62%) SDLC
11 36 (6.44%) Microservices
12 35 (6.26%) Continuous Integration
12 35 (6.26%) TDD
13 33 (5.90%) Data Management
14 32 (5.72%) Mentoring
15 31 (5.55%) Analytics
16 28 (5.01%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 160 (28.62%) C#
2 158 (28.26%) SQL
3 126 (22.54%) PowerShell
4 120 (21.47%) JavaScript
5 98 (17.53%) Java
6 61 (10.91%) Python
7 47 (8.41%) Bicep
8 23 (4.11%) TypeScript
9 18 (3.22%) C++
10 16 (2.86%) T-SQL
11 14 (2.50%) Perl
12 13 (2.33%) PL/SQL
13 11 (1.97%) ABAP
13 11 (1.97%) Bash
13 11 (1.97%) C
13 11 (1.97%) XPath
14 7 (1.25%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.25%) XQuery
15 5 (0.89%) RPG
15 5 (0.89%) X++
Qualifications
1 67 (11.99%) HND
2 64 (11.45%) HNC
3 47 (8.41%) Degree
3 47 (8.41%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.40%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.07%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.89%) CCIE
8 5 (0.89%) CCIE Service Provider
9 4 (0.72%) CCNP
10 3 (0.54%) CCNA
10 3 (0.54%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CISSP
12 1 (0.18%) Siebel Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (11.99%) QA
2 17 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.15%) Def Stans
4 8 (1.43%) Dodd-Frank
4 8 (1.43%) EMIR
5 7 (1.25%) GDPR
5 7 (1.25%) MiFID
6 6 (1.07%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.89%) ISO 15022
8 4 (0.72%) GAAP
8 4 (0.72%) NCSC
9 3 (0.54%) WCAG
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 2 (0.36%) HL7
10 2 (0.36%) NIST
10 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) PMO
11 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 101 (18.07%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.65%) IAG
3 25 (4.47%) ACF2
3 25 (4.47%) RACF
4 21 (3.76%) Docker
5 18 (3.22%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.72%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.18%) Cronacle
7 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (3.40%) Ansible
1 19 (3.40%) Terraform
2 16 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.33%) Kibana
3 13 (2.33%) logstash
4 10 (1.79%) Grafana
4 10 (1.79%) Progress Chef
4 10 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.61%) Docker Swarm
5 9 (1.61%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.61%) Puppet
6 5 (0.89%) Control-M
6 5 (0.89%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.72%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.54%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.36%) TIBCO Hawk
10 1 (0.18%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 167 (29.87%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.27%) Oracle
3 36 (6.44%) ServiceNow
4 34 (6.08%) SAP
5 21 (3.76%) Adobe
6 20 (3.58%) Nokia
7 19 (3.40%) Salesforce
7 19 (3.40%) Sybase
8 15 (2.68%) Cisco
9 13 (2.33%) ION Trading
10 12 (2.15%) Bloomberg
11 11 (1.97%) MarketAxess
11 11 (1.97%) Tradeweb
12 10 (1.79%) Informatica
13 9 (1.61%) Fortinet
13 9 (1.61%) IBM
13 9 (1.61%) MuleSoft
13 9 (1.61%) Splunk
14 8 (1.43%) CyberArk
14 8 (1.43%) F5