XML Contracts with Work from Home Options

XML
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 122 193 192
Rank change year-on-year +71 -1 -48
Contract jobs citing XML 264 299 651
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.79% 1.25% 1.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.09% 5.00% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 195 458
10th Percentile £375 £406 £380
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -2.78% +13.68%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £758
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -3.09% +1.85% +11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 16 8
10th Percentile - £64.38 £43.50
25th Percentile - £70.00 £45.94
Median hourly rate £43.00 £72.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.69% +34.88% -17.94%
75th Percentile £51.25 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £70.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% +47.37% -24.60%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 3,723 5,975 13,044
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.23% 25.03% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,616 4,481 9,688
10th Percentile £350 £388 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £825 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 79 111
10th Percentile £23.88 £25.10 £22.50
25th Percentile - £48.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% +21.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61.50 £73.75 £67.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.05 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%

XML
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing XML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

XML trend for jobs with a WFH option

XML
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing XML.

XML daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

XML
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing XML over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

XML daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

XML
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing XML.

XML hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

XML
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing XML over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

XML hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

XML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (7.20%) Confluence
2 7 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.89%) Apache
4 4 (1.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (0.76%) IIS
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.76%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.76%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.76%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) JBoss
6 1 (0.38%) Jetty
6 1 (0.38%) Moodle
6 1 (0.38%) StreamWeaver
6 1 (0.38%) WildFly
Applications
1 17 (6.44%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.79%) MS Visio
3 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.38%) Blender
5 1 (0.38%) EngageOne
5 1 (0.38%) InDesign
5 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.14%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.14%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.76%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.76%) Eloqua
3 2 (0.76%) Endur
3 2 (0.76%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.76%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.76%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 101 (38.26%) Azure
2 69 (26.14%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (10.61%) GitHub
4 25 (9.47%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (8.71%) Azure Logic Apps
6 22 (8.33%) Entra ID
7 19 (7.20%) Azure API Management
8 16 (6.06%) Power Platform
9 15 (5.68%) AWS
10 14 (5.30%) PowerApps
11 12 (4.55%) Power Automate
12 11 (4.17%) Azure Stack
12 11 (4.17%) Serverless
13 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 8 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
16 5 (1.89%) GCP
17 4 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
17 4 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.03%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.65%) HTTP
3 5 (1.89%) DNS
4 4 (1.52%) Firewall
4 4 (1.52%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (1.52%) VPN
5 1 (0.38%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.38%) FTP
5 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.38%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.38%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.38%) SMS
5 1 (0.38%) SSH
5 1 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (26.89%) SQL Server
2 28 (10.61%) Oracle Reports
3 21 (7.95%) MySQL
4 20 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (4.55%) Relational Database
6 11 (4.17%) MongoDB
6 11 (4.17%) Snowflake Schema
7 10 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (3.41%) RDBMS
9 8 (3.03%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.65%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.27%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.89%) Big Data
12 5 (1.89%) Power BI
12 5 (1.89%) Redis
12 5 (1.89%) SQLite
13 4 (1.52%) DB2
13 4 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.52%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 26 (9.85%) JIRA
2 24 (9.09%) Git
3 14 (5.30%) SpecFlow
4 11 (4.17%) Visual Studio
5 10 (3.79%) Jenkins
6 9 (3.41%) Selenium
7 7 (2.65%) GitLab
8 5 (1.89%) JMeter
8 5 (1.89%) MSI
8 5 (1.89%) SoapUI
8 5 (1.89%) WiX
9 4 (1.52%) JUnit
9 4 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (1.52%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.52%) WebDriver
10 3 (1.14%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (1.14%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.14%) Travis CI
10 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 53 (20.08%) Finance
2 48 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 38 (14.39%) Publishing
4 29 (10.98%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.17%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.41%) Banking
8 7 (2.65%) Front Office
8 7 (2.65%) Retail
8 7 (2.65%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.27%) Marketing
10 4 (1.52%) Back Office
10 4 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Arabic Language
12 2 (0.76%) French Language
12 2 (0.76%) German Language
12 2 (0.76%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.76%) Korean Language
12 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (33.71%) Developer
2 55 (20.83%) Senior
3 46 (17.42%) Author
3 46 (17.42%) Technical Author
4 44 (16.67%) Senior Developer
5 24 (9.09%) Architect
6 21 (7.95%) Analyst
6 21 (7.95%) Software Developer
7 20 (7.58%) Lead
8 17 (6.44%) Senior Software Developer
9 16 (6.06%) Software Engineer
10 15 (5.68%) Azure Developer
11 12 (4.55%) Data Architect
12 11 (4.17%) Backend Developer
12 11 (4.17%) C# Developer
12 11 (4.17%) Consultant
13 9 (3.41%) Business Analyst
13 9 (3.41%) SailPoint Developer
13 9 (3.41%) Senior Backend Developer
14 8 (3.03%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (29.17%) JSON
2 57 (21.59%) HTML
3 55 (20.83%) .NET
4 45 (17.05%) SOAP
5 40 (15.15%) REST
6 35 (13.26%) SGML
7 31 (11.74%) Web Services
8 30 (11.36%) CSS
9 24 (9.09%) .NET Framework
10 22 (8.33%) JSP
11 21 (7.95%) Servlets
12 19 (7.20%) LDAP
13 17 (6.44%) RESTful
13 17 (6.44%) SailPoint
13 17 (6.44%) SPML
14 15 (5.68%) JDBC
15 13 (4.92%) .NET Core
16 12 (4.55%) AngularJS
16 12 (4.55%) YAML
17 11 (4.17%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.58%) Product Ownership
2 19 (7.20%) Data Structures
3 16 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.79%) Reference Data
5 7 (2.65%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.27%) Contactless
7 5 (1.89%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.89%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.89%) Web 2.0
8 4 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.52%) Derivative
9 3 (1.14%) CMDB
9 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.14%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.14%) Verilog
9 3 (1.14%) VHDL
9 3 (1.14%) Wiki
10 2 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.76%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.68%) Unix
1 15 (5.68%) Windows
2 7 (2.65%) Linux
3 6 (2.27%) Android
4 3 (1.14%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (40.53%) Agile
2 93 (35.23%) DevOps
3 55 (20.83%) CI/CD
4 49 (18.56%) Scrum
5 35 (13.26%) Desktop Publishing
6 31 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (10.98%) Mentoring
8 24 (9.09%) B2C
8 24 (9.09%) Microservices
9 23 (8.71%) Data Modelling
9 23 (8.71%) Software Engineering
10 22 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
11 20 (7.58%) Data Transformation
12 19 (7.20%) Data Protection
12 19 (7.20%) RBAC
13 18 (6.82%) Test Strategy
14 16 (6.06%) Integration Patterns
14 16 (6.06%) Test Automation
15 15 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (5.68%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 78 (29.55%) SQL
2 74 (28.03%) C#
3 63 (23.86%) JavaScript
4 46 (17.42%) PowerShell
5 43 (16.29%) Java
6 18 (6.82%) Bicep
6 18 (6.82%) Python
7 12 (4.55%) C++
8 10 (3.79%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.65%) C
10 6 (2.27%) ABAP
10 6 (2.27%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.89%) Bash
11 5 (1.89%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.89%) Perl
11 5 (1.89%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.52%) X++
12 4 (1.52%) XPath
13 3 (1.14%) Go
13 3 (1.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 36 (13.64%) HND
2 35 (13.26%) HNC
3 31 (11.74%) Degree
4 22 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 9 (3.41%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.14%) CISSP
9 3 (1.14%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.76%) CCNA
10 2 (0.76%) ISEB
10 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.76%) SANS
10 2 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.85%) QA
2 11 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.76%) GAAP
3 2 (0.76%) GRC
3 2 (0.76%) HIPAA
3 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.76%) PMO
3 2 (0.76%) WCAG
4 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.38%) GDPR
4 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 38 (14.39%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.44%) IAG
3 16 (6.06%) ACF2
3 16 (6.06%) RACF
4 9 (3.41%) Docker
5 8 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.14%) vCloud
6 3 (1.14%) VirtualBox
6 3 (1.14%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (3.79%) Terraform
2 6 (2.27%) Ansible
2 6 (2.27%) Progress Chef
2 6 (2.27%) Puppet
3 5 (1.89%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.52%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.52%) Kibana
4 4 (1.52%) logstash
4 4 (1.52%) PingFederate
5 3 (1.14%) Autotask
5 3 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.14%) Grafana
5 3 (1.14%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.76%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.38%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 71 (26.89%) Microsoft
2 47 (17.80%) Oracle
3 23 (8.71%) ServiceNow
4 16 (6.06%) Sybase
5 11 (4.17%) SAP
6 7 (2.65%) Adobe
7 6 (2.27%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.89%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.52%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.52%) HP
9 4 (1.52%) IBM
9 4 (1.52%) Informatica
9 4 (1.52%) ION Trading
9 4 (1.52%) MarketAxess
9 4 (1.52%) Ping Identity
9 4 (1.52%) Remedy
9 4 (1.52%) TIBCO
9 4 (1.52%) Tradeweb
10 3 (1.14%) Arista
10 3 (1.14%) CyberArk