XPath (XML Path Language)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for XPath skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XPath over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 564 | 657 | 809 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +93 | +152 | -168 |
| Contract jobs citing XPath | 12 | 27 | 40 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.028% | 0.047% | 0.046% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.095% | 0.14% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 16 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £376 | £328 | £394 |
| 25th Percentile | £416 | £383 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.89% | -14.29% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £591 | £563 | £566 |
| 90th Percentile | £619 | £620 | £633 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £405 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -22.86% | +16.67% |
All Programming Languages
UK
XPath 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 | 12,689 | 19,768 | 31,684 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.70% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,018 | 14,250 | 23,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £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 | 493 | 448 | 510 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.21 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.13% | +18.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +25.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing XPath as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XPath.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XPath over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing XPath.
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Top 3 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XPath within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +107 | 12 | £513 | +13.89% | 1 |
| London | +101 | 10 | £513 | -6.82% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +108 | 4 | £625 | +64.47% |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: