UML Contracts in England

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for UML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UML over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 401 421
Rank change year-on-year +50 +20 -79
Contract jobs citing UML 196 259 414
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.51% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.57% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 140 282
10th Percentile £463 £406 £425
25th Percentile £500 £473 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £825 £639 £675
90th Percentile £925 £764 £774
UK median daily rate £623 £541 £550
% change year-on-year +15.01% -1.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 51 46
10th Percentile £55.63 £48.48 £41.21
25th Percentile £57.19 £53.13 £45.42
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.13 -
90th Percentile £83.75 £75.00 £65.52
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +30.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

UML is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

UML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for UML in England

UML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for UML in England

UML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UML in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UML in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for UML in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UML in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UML in England

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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 UML within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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 +96 92 £800 +39.49% 24
South East +9 50 £525 +12.00% 16
South West +3 26 £550 -23.88% 33
East of England -17 13 £550 -8.33% 10
Midlands +34 12 £360 -38.98% 18
West Midlands +29 7 £500 -15.25% 16
East Midlands - 5 £345 - 2
North West +23 4 £500 +11.11% 9
North of England +22 4 £500 -2.44% 10
UML
UK

UML
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 26 (13.27%) Confluence
2 15 (7.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
3 1 (0.51%) JBoss
Applications
1 24 (12.24%) MS Visio
2 11 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.59%) Simulink
4 5 (2.55%) Stateflow
4 5 (2.55%) TargetLink
5 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.51%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 35 (17.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (4.59%) Loan IQ
3 6 (3.06%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.51%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.65%) Azure
2 12 (6.12%) AWS
3 8 (4.08%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.04%) Lucidchart
5 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.02%) SaaS
6 1 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.51%) GCP
6 1 (0.51%) IaaS
6 1 (0.51%) OCI
6 1 (0.51%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.51%) PaaS
6 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.14%) SNMP
1 14 (7.14%) Software-Defined Radio
2 11 (5.61%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (2.55%) WAN
4 2 (1.02%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.51%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.51%) Intranet
5 1 (0.51%) IPsec
5 1 (0.51%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.51%) MQTT
5 1 (0.51%) NFC
5 1 (0.51%) PPP
5 1 (0.51%) RS-232
5 1 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (22.96%) NoSQL
2 42 (21.43%) Data Vault
2 42 (21.43%) Metadata
3 28 (14.29%) Metadata Repository
4 12 (6.12%) SQL Server
5 8 (4.08%) Pentaho
5 8 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.08%) Power BI
5 8 (4.08%) Qlik Sense
5 8 (4.08%) QlikView
5 8 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 31 (15.82%) Git
2 29 (14.80%) JIRA
3 20 (10.20%) Bitbucket
4 17 (8.67%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (8.67%) Rational Rhapsody
5 16 (8.16%) Eclipse
6 14 (7.14%) GoogleTest
7 13 (6.63%) Robot Framework
8 11 (5.61%) TeamCity
9 6 (3.06%) Jenkins
10 5 (2.55%) Subversion
11 3 (1.53%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.51%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.51%) JMeter
12 1 (0.51%) LabVIEW
12 1 (0.51%) MagicDraw
12 1 (0.51%) Maven
12 1 (0.51%) Selenium
12 1 (0.51%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.51%) Valgrind
General
1 50 (25.51%) Finance
2 33 (16.84%) Electronics
3 28 (14.29%) Marketing
4 27 (13.78%) Public Sector
5 23 (11.73%) Social Skills
6 21 (10.71%) Telecoms
7 20 (10.20%) Manufacturing
8 17 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (7.14%) Publishing
10 13 (6.63%) Aerospace
11 11 (5.61%) Front Office
12 9 (4.59%) Financial Institution
12 9 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (3.57%) Banking
14 6 (3.06%) Automotive
14 6 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (2.55%) Billing
16 4 (2.04%) Legal
17 3 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (1.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 66 (33.67%) Architect
2 40 (20.41%) Data Architect
3 36 (18.37%) Software Engineer
4 34 (17.35%) Business Analyst
5 25 (12.76%) Analyst
6 23 (11.73%) Chief Architect
6 23 (11.73%) Chief Data Architect
7 22 (11.22%) Senior
7 22 (11.22%) Systems Engineer
8 17 (8.67%) Developer
9 13 (6.63%) C++ Software Engineer
9 13 (6.63%) Embedded Engineer
9 13 (6.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 12 (6.12%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 11 (5.61%) Ada Engineer
11 11 (5.61%) Ada Software Engineer
11 11 (5.61%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
11 11 (5.61%) Front Office Business Analyst
12 10 (5.10%) Enterprise Architect
13 9 (4.59%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.18%) XML
2 15 (7.65%) CSS
2 15 (7.65%) HTML
3 11 (5.61%) FIX Protocol
4 10 (5.10%) Web Services
5 8 (4.08%) .NET
5 8 (4.08%) Apache Camel
6 7 (3.57%) JSON
6 7 (3.57%) REST
7 5 (2.55%) Blazor
7 5 (2.55%) SOAP
8 3 (1.53%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.53%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (1.53%) RESTful
9 2 (1.02%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.02%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (1.02%) Node.js
9 2 (1.02%) Spring
9 2 (1.02%) WCF
9 2 (1.02%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 35 (17.86%) Reference Data
2 12 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.61%) Derivative
3 11 (5.61%) Fixed Income
4 8 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.55%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.55%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.53%) Device Driver
6 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.02%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.02%) NHS
7 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.02%) Robotics
8 1 (0.51%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (0.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.51%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 36 (18.37%) Windows
2 32 (16.33%) Linux
3 20 (10.20%) Unix
4 4 (2.04%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.51%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (37.24%) Data Modelling
2 53 (27.04%) Software Engineering
3 49 (25.00%) Agile
4 44 (22.45%) Data Architecture
5 39 (19.90%) Validation
6 37 (18.88%) Systems Engineering
7 34 (17.35%) SysML
8 29 (14.80%) Data Integration
9 28 (14.29%) Data Design
9 28 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
10 26 (13.27%) Scrum
11 24 (12.24%) ArchiMate
11 24 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (12.24%) Data Governance
12 23 (11.73%) Data Strategy
12 23 (11.73%) Enterprise Architecture
13 22 (11.22%) Business Strategy
13 22 (11.22%) Risk Management
14 20 (10.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 20 (10.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (18.37%) SQL
2 29 (14.80%) C++
3 25 (12.76%) C
4 24 (12.24%) Java
5 20 (10.20%) JavaScript
6 14 (7.14%) C#
7 13 (6.63%) Ada
8 11 (5.61%) Python
9 8 (4.08%) MATLAB
9 8 (4.08%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.55%) Perl
11 4 (2.04%) Bash
12 2 (1.02%) Ada 95
12 2 (1.02%) C++/CLI
12 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.51%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 64 (32.65%) Security Cleared
2 54 (27.55%) SC Cleared
3 43 (21.94%) Degree
4 21 (10.71%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.55%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.02%) CBAP
8 2 (1.02%) IIBA
8 2 (1.02%) ISEB
9 1 (0.51%) APMP
9 1 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.65%) QA
2 9 (4.59%) MISRA
3 8 (4.08%) PCI DSS
4 7 (3.57%) Dodd-Frank
4 7 (3.57%) EMIR
4 7 (3.57%) MiFID
5 6 (3.06%) MISRA C
6 5 (2.55%) AUTOSAR
6 5 (2.55%) ISO 26262
6 5 (2.55%) NCSC
7 4 (2.04%) DO-178B
7 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.53%) Def Stans
8 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (1.02%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (11.22%) Firmware
2 2 (1.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Kibana
1 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.51%) logstash
Vendors
1 39 (19.90%) Sparx
2 22 (11.22%) IBM
2 22 (11.22%) SAP
3 14 (7.14%) Google
4 13 (6.63%) Atlassian
4 13 (6.63%) Microsoft
5 12 (6.12%) ION Trading
5 12 (6.12%) Oracle
6 11 (5.61%) Bloomberg
6 11 (5.61%) MarketAxess
6 11 (5.61%) Tradeweb
7 8 (4.08%) Informatica
7 8 (4.08%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.57%) BiZZdesign
9 5 (2.55%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.51%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.51%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.51%) Twitter
10 1 (0.51%) Wallstreet Suite