Unified Modeling Language (UML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 445 416
Rank change year-on-year +56 -29 -37
Contract jobs citing UML 215 289 529
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.48% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.54% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 156 343
10th Percentile £415 £406 £413
25th Percentile £500 £473 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £546 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.96% -0.68% -
75th Percentile £825 £656 £668
90th Percentile £925 £781 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 54 56
10th Percentile £55.63 £48.93 £41.25
25th Percentile £57.19 £52.81 £49.08
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +30.43%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £83.75 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +13.04% - +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UML in the UK

UML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for UML in the UK

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UML over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UML in the UK

UML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for UML in the UK

UML
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UML over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UML in the UK

UML
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +67 195 £638 +18.06% 102
UK excluding London +17 115 £525 +5.00% 87
London +90 92 £800 +39.49% 23
Work from Home +100 60 £550 -6.38% 41
South East +18 50 £525 +12.00% 15
South West +13 26 £550 -23.88% 32
East of England -14 13 £550 -8.33% 9
Scotland +40 12 £463 +2.78% 7
Midlands +28 11 £360 -38.98% 18
West Midlands +31 7 £500 -15.25% 16
North of England +25 4 £500 -4.76% 8
North West +14 4 £500 +2.56% 6
East Midlands - 4 £345 - 2
Wales +9 1 £200 -69.23% 1

UML
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:

Application Platforms
1 29 (13.49%) Confluence
2 15 (6.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.40%) JBoss
4 2 (0.93%) Apache
4 2 (0.93%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.93%) WildFly
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (11.16%) MS Visio
2 11 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.19%) Simulink
4 5 (2.33%) Stateflow
4 5 (2.33%) TargetLink
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.47%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 36 (16.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (4.19%) Loan IQ
3 6 (2.79%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.47%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.84%) Azure
2 13 (6.05%) AWS
3 9 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.86%) Lucidchart
5 2 (0.93%) PaaS
5 2 (0.93%) SaaS
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Storage
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.47%) GCP
6 1 (0.47%) IaaS
6 1 (0.47%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.51%) SNMP
1 14 (6.51%) Software-Defined Radio
2 11 (5.12%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (2.33%) WAN
4 2 (0.93%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.47%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.47%) Intranet
5 1 (0.47%) IPsec
5 1 (0.47%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.47%) MQTT
5 1 (0.47%) NFC
5 1 (0.47%) PPP
5 1 (0.47%) RS-232
5 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (20.93%) NoSQL
2 42 (19.53%) Data Vault
2 42 (19.53%) Metadata
3 28 (13.02%) Metadata Repository
4 12 (5.58%) SQL Server
5 9 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (3.72%) Pentaho
6 8 (3.72%) Power BI
6 8 (3.72%) Qlik Sense
6 8 (3.72%) QlikView
6 8 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 32 (14.88%) JIRA
2 31 (14.42%) Git
3 20 (9.30%) Bitbucket
4 17 (7.91%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (7.91%) Rational Rhapsody
5 16 (7.44%) Eclipse
6 14 (6.51%) GoogleTest
7 13 (6.05%) Robot Framework
8 11 (5.12%) TeamCity
9 7 (3.26%) Subversion
10 6 (2.79%) Jenkins
11 3 (1.40%) JUnit
11 3 (1.40%) Maven
11 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.47%) Gradle
12 1 (0.47%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.47%) JMeter
12 1 (0.47%) LabVIEW
12 1 (0.47%) MagicDraw
12 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 52 (24.19%) Finance
2 34 (15.81%) Public Sector
3 33 (15.35%) Electronics
4 30 (13.95%) Social Skills
5 28 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (13.02%) Marketing
6 21 (9.77%) Telecoms
7 20 (9.30%) Manufacturing
8 14 (6.51%) Publishing
9 13 (6.05%) Aerospace
9 13 (6.05%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (5.12%) Front Office
11 9 (4.19%) Financial Institution
12 7 (3.26%) Banking
13 6 (2.79%) Automotive
13 6 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.33%) Billing
15 4 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.86%) Legal
16 3 (1.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (33.49%) Architect
2 43 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 40 (18.60%) Data Architect
4 37 (17.21%) Software Engineer
5 34 (15.81%) Analyst
6 24 (11.16%) Senior
7 23 (10.70%) Chief Architect
7 23 (10.70%) Chief Data Architect
8 22 (10.23%) Systems Engineer
9 19 (8.84%) Developer
10 13 (6.05%) C++ Software Engineer
10 13 (6.05%) Embedded Engineer
10 13 (6.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 12 (5.58%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
12 11 (5.12%) Ada Engineer
12 11 (5.12%) Ada Software Engineer
12 11 (5.12%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
12 11 (5.12%) Enterprise Architect
12 11 (5.12%) Front Office Business Analyst
13 10 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.77%) XML
2 15 (6.98%) CSS
2 15 (6.98%) HTML
3 11 (5.12%) FIX Protocol
4 10 (4.65%) Web Services
5 9 (4.19%) .NET
6 8 (3.72%) Apache Camel
6 8 (3.72%) JSON
6 8 (3.72%) REST
7 5 (2.33%) Blazor
7 5 (2.33%) SOAP
8 4 (1.86%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.86%) Hibernate
8 4 (1.86%) Spring
9 3 (1.40%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.40%) Java EE
9 3 (1.40%) JPA
9 3 (1.40%) Razor View Engine
9 3 (1.40%) RESTful
10 2 (0.93%) JSTL
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.28%) Reference Data
2 12 (5.58%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.12%) Derivative
3 11 (5.12%) Fixed Income
4 9 (4.19%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.40%) Device Driver
6 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.40%) NHS
6 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.93%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.93%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.93%) Robotics
7 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.47%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 36 (16.74%) Windows
2 33 (15.35%) Linux
3 22 (10.23%) Unix
4 4 (1.86%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.47%) AIX
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (35.35%) Data Modelling
2 56 (26.05%) Agile
3 54 (25.12%) Software Engineering
4 45 (20.93%) Data Architecture
5 39 (18.14%) Validation
6 37 (17.21%) Systems Engineering
7 35 (16.28%) SysML
8 30 (13.95%) Data Integration
9 29 (13.49%) ArchiMate
10 28 (13.02%) Data Design
10 28 (13.02%) Scrum
10 28 (13.02%) Verification and Validation
11 25 (11.63%) Data Governance
11 25 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (11.16%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (10.70%) Business Analysis
13 23 (10.70%) Data Strategy
13 23 (10.70%) Enterprise Architecture
14 22 (10.23%) Business Strategy
14 22 (10.23%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.21%) SQL
2 29 (13.49%) C++
3 26 (12.09%) Java
4 25 (11.63%) C
5 20 (9.30%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.98%) C#
7 13 (6.05%) Ada
8 11 (5.12%) Python
9 8 (3.72%) MATLAB
9 8 (3.72%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.33%) Perl
11 4 (1.86%) Bash
12 2 (0.93%) Ada 95
12 2 (0.93%) C++/CLI
12 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.47%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 65 (30.23%) Security Cleared
2 55 (25.58%) SC Cleared
3 45 (20.93%) Degree
4 22 (10.23%) Master's Degree
5 11 (5.12%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) APMP
8 1 (0.47%) CBAP
8 1 (0.47%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.47%) CSPO
8 1 (0.47%) IIBA
8 1 (0.47%) ISEB
8 1 (0.47%) MBA
8 1 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.98%) QA
2 9 (4.19%) MISRA
3 8 (3.72%) PCI DSS
4 7 (3.26%) Dodd-Frank
4 7 (3.26%) EMIR
4 7 (3.26%) MiFID
5 6 (2.79%) MISRA C
5 6 (2.79%) NCSC
6 5 (2.33%) AUTOSAR
6 5 (2.33%) ISO 26262
7 4 (1.86%) DO-178B
7 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.40%) Def Stans
8 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.93%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (10.23%) Firmware
2 2 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Kibana
1 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.47%) logstash
Vendors
1 41 (19.07%) Sparx
2 23 (10.70%) SAP
3 22 (10.23%) IBM
4 14 (6.51%) Google
4 14 (6.51%) Oracle
5 13 (6.05%) Atlassian
5 13 (6.05%) Microsoft
6 12 (5.58%) ION Trading
7 11 (5.12%) Bloomberg
7 11 (5.12%) MarketAxess
7 11 (5.12%) Tradeweb
8 8 (3.72%) Informatica
8 8 (3.72%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.26%) BiZZdesign
10 5 (2.33%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.47%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.47%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.47%) Twitter
11 1 (0.47%) Wallstreet Suite
11 1 (0.47%) Workday