Rational Rhapsody Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

IBM Rational Rhapsody
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Rational Rhapsody skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 1 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.022% - 0.35%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.16% - 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £260
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.14%
75th Percentile £538 - £260
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 - £260
% change year-on-year - - -48.10%

All Development Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 638 333 280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.79% 13.92% 9.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 244 207
10th Percentile £350 £270 £275
25th Percentile £405 £368 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £452 £449
Median % change year-on-year +1.66% +0.56% -5.47%
75th Percentile £525 £508 £545
90th Percentile £579 £575 £629
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 10
10th Percentile £14.73 - £10.50
25th Percentile £25.00 - £55.31
Median hourly rate £51.08 £18.20 £56.88
Median % change year-on-year +180.63% -68.00% +58.24%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £58.75
90th Percentile - - £60.38
England median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - +4.00%

Rational Rhapsody
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Rational Rhapsody job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Rational Rhapsody
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Rational Rhapsody.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Rational Rhapsody

Rational Rhapsody
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Rational Rhapsody

Rational Rhapsody
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 1
Rational Rhapsody
England

Rational Rhapsody
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement