Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring XSL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited XSL 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 | - | 678 | 824 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +146 | -104 |
| Contract jobs citing XSL | 0 | 19 | 24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.034% | 0.028% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 0.15% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £403 | £551 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £413 | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £600 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.04% | +29.63% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £625 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £650 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £600 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +58.62% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £50.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £50.00 | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK
XSL 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 | 9,217 | 12,733 | 23,425 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 21.10% | 22.93% | 26.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,352 | 9,286 | 17,244 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.73% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £670 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £756 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 265 | 153 | 227 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.20 | £31.60 | £22.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.00 | £51.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £65.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.08% | +23.81% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £75.00 | £67.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.48 | £80.85 | £76.64 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +18.18% | +22.22% |
XSL
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing XSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
XSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XSL.
XSL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XSL.