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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 110 129
Rank change year-on-year -60 +19 +34
Contract jobs citing UML 12 5 10
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 0.26% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.30% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £485 £599 £329
25th Percentile £492 £600 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £625 £418
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +49.70% -29.24%
75th Percentile £573 £650 £513
90th Percentile £574 - -
England median daily rate £550 £599 £640
% change year-on-year -8.18% -6.41% +11.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £80.00 £65.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.61% +0.38% +13.04%

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 3,412 1,670 2,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.02% 87.89% 82.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,168 1,117 1,502
10th Percentile £300 £200 £235
25th Percentile £400 £360 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.04%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £697
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 78 181
10th Percentile £13.54 £12.62 £11.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.53 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.17 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.57% -4.39% +7.22%
75th Percentile £30.88 £27.42 £35.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £35.68 £55.00
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%

UML
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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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 16 April 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 -53 10 £513 -18.00% 7
East Midlands - 2 - - 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) SaaS
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) NoSQL
1 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
1 2 (16.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Metadata
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Billing
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) XML Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) .NET Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Applications Support
5 1 (8.33%) Applications Support Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Chief Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Chief Enterprise Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Integration Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes Architect
5 1 (8.33%) SaaS Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Support Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Architect
5 1 (8.33%) UML Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) XML
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (8.33%) JSON
3 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (8.33%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile
1 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
2 4 (33.33%) ArchiMate
2 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 3 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (25.00%) BPMN
3 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) Line Management
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) CRM
4 2 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
4 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Sparx