UML Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring UML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 135 122
Rank change year-on-year -44 -13 +15
Contract jobs citing UML 8 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.17% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.32% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £353 £599 £373
25th Percentile £404 £599 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £600 £430
Median % change year-on-year -24.19% +39.42% -28.33%
75th Percentile £484 £600 £474
90th Percentile £626 £600 £497
England median daily rate £551 £552 £550
% change year-on-year -0.18% +0.36% -6.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.35% -12.69% +1.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,906 2,214 2,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.27% 87.44% 81.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,309 1,431 1,469
10th Percentile £306 £235 £263
25th Percentile £404 £358 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £562 £612
90th Percentile £670 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 177 94
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.62 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.35 £14.78
Median hourly rate £22.81 £21.39 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.64% +4.34% -25.45%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.51 £37.50
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £51.96
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

UML job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing UML

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UML in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for UML in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing UML

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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 UML within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 August 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 -49 8 £455 -24.19% 4
UML
England

UML
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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Metadata
2 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (25.00%) NoSQL
3 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
4 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (25.00%) OpenAPI
1 2 (25.00%) Swagger
2 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) ArchiMate
1 5 (62.50%) Metadata Management
2 4 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Validation
3 3 (37.50%) BPMN
3 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (37.50%) Generative AI
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Data Lineage
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Domain Models
4 2 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
4 2 (25.00%) ERD
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Sequence Diagram
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Sparx
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Databricks