Rational Rhapsody Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

IBM Rational Rhapsody
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Rational Rhapsody skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 47 57
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 4 1 12
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.57% 0.25% 1.60%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.82% 2.08% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 10
10th Percentile - - £62.00
25th Percentile £66.25 £66.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year - +0.75% +16.52%
75th Percentile £69.38 £68.75 £69.00
90th Percentile £69.75 - £69.10
East of England median hourly rate £68.75 £67.50 £67.00
% change year-on-year +1.85% +0.75% +16.52%

All Development Application Skills
Hertfordshire

Rational Rhapsody falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 83 48 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 11.84% 12.21% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 21 30
10th Percentile £401 £306 £350
25th Percentile £425 £310 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -0.13% -30.43%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £488
90th Percentile £681 £575 £594
East of England median daily rate £478 £438 £471
% change year-on-year +9.26% -7.16% -14.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 9 48
10th Percentile - £63.25 £65.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £68.64
Median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £78.73
Median % change year-on-year - -14.26% +21.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £90.00
90th Percentile - £75.05 -
East of England median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £78.73
% change year-on-year - -14.26% +21.12%

Rational Rhapsody
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Rational Rhapsody relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Rational Rhapsody job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Rational Rhapsody
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Rational Rhapsody.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Rational Rhapsody

Rational Rhapsody
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Rhapsody within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. 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
Stevenage -7 4 - - 14
Rational Rhapsody
East of England

Rational Rhapsody
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Validation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Verification Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
1 4 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Ada
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Def Stans