UML Contracts in Dorset

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring UML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 19 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 0
Contract jobs citing UML 3 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 3.06% 5.45% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 6.38% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 0
10th Percentile £623 - -
25th Percentile £638 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% - -
75th Percentile £688 £630 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £675 £550 £723
% change year-on-year +22.73% -23.88% +37.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £50.77
25th Percentile - - £54.21
Median hourly rate - - £64.46
75th Percentile - - £75.48
90th Percentile - - £79.38
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £67.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.12% +22.27% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

UML falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90 141 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 91.84% 85.45% 82.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 91 103
10th Percentile £203 £175 £160
25th Percentile £363 £175 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -12.82% +2.63%
75th Percentile £563 £630 £610
90th Percentile £675 £825 £638
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 35 36
10th Percentile £14.47 £11.87 £17.50
25th Percentile £14.99 £13.69 £48.86
Median hourly rate £21.63 £15.31 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year +41.25% -72.80% +5.28%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.49 £62.72
90th Percentile - £61.25 £70.77
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for UML in Dorset

UML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for UML in Dorset

UML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for UML in Dorset

UML
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Dorchester - 2 £675 -
UML
South West

UML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) JavaFX
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
1 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOD
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Fortran
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intel