UML Contract Job Trends in England

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring UML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 398 334
Rank change year-on-year -4 -64 +78
Contract jobs citing UML 141 108 243
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.37% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.42% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 42 136
10th Percentile £357 £363 £478
25th Percentile £482 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £586
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -5.33% +2.85%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £670
90th Percentile £674 £793 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £588
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 53
10th Percentile £61.60 £54.14 £48.32
25th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £54.00
Median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% - +6.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.31% - +8.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,858 25,665 33,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.92% 88.40% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,750 15,857 22,569
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,813 863 1,402
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.34 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UML relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

UML job vacancy trend in England

UML
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UML

UML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UML in England over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UML in England

UML
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UML

UML
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UML in England over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for UML in England

UML
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 16 December 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
London +13 46 £575 +2.68% 15
North of England -20 39 £537 +29.87% 14
Yorkshire -23 22 £537 -17.38% 1
South East -22 18 £550 - 21
North West -31 16 £550 +37.50% 13
Midlands -27 12 £800 +23.08% 5
East of England -16 11 - - 20
South West -29 10 £550 -18.52% 20
West Midlands -24 8 £550 -15.38% 5
East Midlands - 4 £800 -
North East - 1 £450 -
UML
UK

UML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (12.06%) Confluence
2 5 (3.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (3.55%) WebLogic
2 5 (3.55%) WebSphere
3 3 (2.13%) Apache
3 3 (2.13%) CMS
4 1 (0.71%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (7.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (3.55%) BusinessWorks
2 5 (3.55%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (2.13%) Maximo
4 2 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.71%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.71%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.77%) AWS
1 18 (12.77%) Azure
2 8 (5.67%) GCP
3 6 (4.26%) SaaS
4 4 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.13%) GitHub
5 3 (2.13%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.71%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.71%) Boomi
7 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.55%) FIX Connectivity
2 4 (2.84%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.13%) Kerberos
4 2 (1.42%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.42%) SNMP
4 2 (1.42%) SSH
4 2 (1.42%) WAN
5 1 (0.71%) HTTP
5 1 (0.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.80%) Metadata
2 10 (7.09%) Relational Database
3 6 (4.26%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.55%) DB2
5 3 (2.13%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.13%) DataStage
5 3 (2.13%) Power BI
6 2 (1.42%) Apache Hive
6 2 (1.42%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (1.42%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.42%) Pentaho
6 2 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.42%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.71%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.71%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (25.53%) JIRA
2 20 (14.18%) Rational DOORS
3 16 (11.35%) Git
4 15 (10.64%) Jenkins
5 6 (4.26%) Rational Rhapsody
6 4 (2.84%) Artifactory
7 3 (2.13%) Eclipse
7 3 (2.13%) ERwin
7 3 (2.13%) Gradle
7 3 (2.13%) IntelliJ
7 3 (2.13%) Maven
7 3 (2.13%) Postman
8 2 (1.42%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.71%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.71%) JMeter
9 1 (0.71%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.71%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.71%) SonarQube
General
1 47 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.44%) Finance
3 24 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.64%) Banking
5 10 (7.09%) Electronics
6 8 (5.67%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.96%) Aerospace
8 6 (4.26%) Front Office
9 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.84%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.13%) Back Office
10 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.13%) Law
10 3 (2.13%) Retail
11 2 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.42%) Marketing
11 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (34.75%) Architect
2 31 (21.99%) Software Engineer
3 30 (21.28%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (13.48%) Embedded Engineer
4 19 (13.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 16 (11.35%) Analyst
5 16 (11.35%) Developer
6 12 (8.51%) Business Analyst
6 12 (8.51%) Lead
6 12 (8.51%) Lead Architect
7 11 (7.80%) C++ Software Engineer
8 10 (7.09%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 9 (6.38%) Security Architect
9 9 (6.38%) Security Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.96%) Java Developer
11 6 (4.26%) Ada Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Ada Software Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
11 6 (4.26%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.06%) XML
2 8 (5.67%) JSON
2 8 (5.67%) Spring
2 8 (5.67%) Spring Boot
2 8 (5.67%) Web Services
2 8 (5.67%) XSLT
3 7 (4.96%) J2EE
4 6 (4.26%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (4.26%) JMS
4 6 (4.26%) XSD
5 5 (3.55%) OC4J
5 5 (3.55%) SOAP
5 5 (3.55%) TIBCO EMS
5 5 (3.55%) WSDL
6 4 (2.84%) OAuth
6 4 (2.84%) REST
7 3 (2.13%) CSS
7 3 (2.13%) EDI
7 3 (2.13%) HTML
7 3 (2.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.22%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (5.67%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.26%) CAN bus
4 6 (4.26%) CUDA
5 5 (3.55%) Derivative
5 5 (3.55%) Equities
5 5 (3.55%) PCIe
5 5 (3.55%) TWAP
5 5 (3.55%) VWAP
6 4 (2.84%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.84%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.13%) Contract for Difference
7 3 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.13%) Smart Meter
8 2 (1.42%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.51%) Linux
2 7 (4.96%) Windows
3 4 (2.84%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.71%) Android
4 1 (0.71%) Debian
4 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (35.46%) Software Engineering
2 43 (30.50%) Agile
3 27 (19.15%) Data Modelling
4 23 (16.31%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (16.31%) Identity Access Management
4 23 (16.31%) TOGAF
5 21 (14.89%) SysML
6 20 (14.18%) Architectural Patterns
6 20 (14.18%) BPMN
6 20 (14.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 19 (13.48%) Design Patterns
8 18 (12.77%) Computer Science
8 18 (12.77%) DevOps
8 18 (12.77%) Privileged Access Management
9 16 (11.35%) Visualisation
10 15 (10.64%) Validation
11 14 (9.93%) Decision-Making
11 14 (9.93%) Microservices
12 13 (9.22%) CI/CD
12 13 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.73%) Java
2 23 (16.31%) C++
3 15 (10.64%) SQL
4 11 (7.80%) C
5 10 (7.09%) C#
6 8 (5.67%) Embedded C++
7 7 (4.96%) Ada
7 7 (4.96%) Python
8 6 (4.26%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.55%) XPath
10 4 (2.84%) Bash
10 4 (2.84%) Embedded C
11 2 (1.42%) PHP
11 2 (1.42%) Rust
11 2 (1.42%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.71%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.71%) Perl
12 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 29 (20.57%) SC Cleared
3 21 (14.89%) Degree
4 17 (12.06%) CISM
4 17 (12.06%) CISSP
5 12 (8.51%) Master's Degree
6 11 (7.80%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (7.09%) PhD
8 7 (4.96%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.71%) ISEB
11 1 (0.71%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.96%) ISO 20022
2 6 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.84%) IEC 61508
3 4 (2.84%) ISO 26262
3 4 (2.84%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.13%) IEC 62304
4 3 (2.13%) ISO 9001
4 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.42%) COBIT
6 1 (0.71%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.93%) Docker
2 6 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.55%) TIBCO Hawk
2 3 (2.13%) Ansible
2 3 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.13%) Podman
2 3 (2.13%) SELinux
2 3 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.71%) Kibana
3 1 (0.71%) logstash
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (12.06%) BiZZdesign
2 12 (8.51%) Centrify
2 12 (8.51%) CyberArk
2 12 (8.51%) Sparx
3 11 (7.80%) Oracle
4 10 (7.09%) IBM
5 7 (4.96%) Microsoft
6 6 (4.26%) TIBCO
7 5 (3.55%) BEA
7 5 (3.55%) Google
7 5 (3.55%) Thycotic
8 3 (2.13%) Atlassian
8 3 (2.13%) Guidewire
8 3 (2.13%) SAP
9 2 (1.42%) Palantir
10 1 (0.71%) Databricks
10 1 (0.71%) Denodo
10 1 (0.71%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.71%) Talend
10 1 (0.71%) Xamarin