XML Contracts in the Midlands

XML
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 118 98
Rank change year-on-year -2 -20 +3
Contract jobs citing XML 21 40 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.71% 1.24% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.73% 6.97% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 72
10th Percentile £393 £350 £383
25th Percentile £477 £434 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +14.29% +20.69%
75th Percentile £642 £600 £538
90th Percentile £666 £625 £600
England median daily rate £534 £554 £540
% change year-on-year -3.61% +2.59% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.58
Median hourly rate - - £19.67
75th Percentile - - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £43.00 £70.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -38.57% +40.00% -20.63%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 444 574 902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.06% 17.83% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 449 679
10th Percentile £296 £313 £360
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -1.04% +20.00%
75th Percentile £611 £594 £563
90th Percentile £704 £700 £625
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 9
10th Percentile £10.90 - £16.65
25th Percentile £14.16 - £18.58
Median hourly rate £26.25 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.20%
75th Percentile £51.25 - £27.50
90th Percentile £57.38 - £59.58
England median hourly rate £49.75 £65.00 £53.25
% change year-on-year -23.46% +22.07% +17.03%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for XML in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for XML in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XML in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for XML in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for XML in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XML within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands +12 17 £600 +52.77% 11
East Midlands -6 4 £363 -30.95% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (38.10%) NetSuite
2 1 (4.76%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Boomi
2 7 (33.33%) Azure
3 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 5 (23.81%) AWS
4 5 (23.81%) PowerApps
5 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (19.05%) Power Automate
6 2 (9.52%) iPaaS
6 2 (9.52%) SaaS
6 2 (9.52%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Functions
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (4.76%) Serverless
7 1 (4.76%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) MySQL
2 4 (19.05%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (19.05%) Power BI
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
3 3 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Visual Studio
2 2 (9.52%) JIRA
2 2 (9.52%) JMeter
2 2 (9.52%) SoapUI
2 2 (9.52%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Billing
3 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Power Platform Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Integration Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Integration Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Salesforce Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Billing Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Business Integration Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Functional Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Integration Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Integration Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (52.38%) JSON
2 10 (47.62%) Web Services
3 9 (42.86%) SOAP
4 8 (38.10%) HTML
5 7 (33.33%) REST
5 7 (33.33%) XSLT
6 5 (23.81%) .NET
6 5 (23.81%) .NET Framework
7 4 (19.05%) CSS
7 4 (19.05%) Entity Framework
8 3 (14.29%) Visualforce
8 3 (14.29%) WSDL
8 3 (14.29%) XSD
9 2 (9.52%) OAuth
9 2 (9.52%) SAML
10 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
10 1 (4.76%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
3 5 (23.81%) ERP
4 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (19.05%) Business Transformation
4 4 (19.05%) CRM
4 4 (19.05%) DevOps
4 4 (19.05%) Intelligent Automation
4 4 (19.05%) Scrum
4 4 (19.05%) UML
5 3 (14.29%) Data Integration
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (9.52%) Code Quality
6 2 (9.52%) Defect Tracking
6 2 (9.52%) Functional Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Integration Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Migration
6 2 (9.52%) Revenue Recognition
6 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
6 2 (9.52%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) JavaScript
2 6 (28.57%) C#
3 3 (14.29%) Apex Code
3 3 (14.29%) SOQL
3 3 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (4.76%) Groovy
4 1 (4.76%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Salesforce
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (19.05%) Oracle
4 3 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (4.76%) Ariba
5 1 (4.76%) Conga
5 1 (4.76%) Dell
5 1 (4.76%) DocuSign
5 1 (4.76%) Jitterbit
5 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft
5 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.76%) SnapLogic
5 1 (4.76%) Software AG
5 1 (4.76%) Talend
5 1 (4.76%) TIBCO