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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 120 126
Rank change year-on-year -35 +6 +55
Contract jobs citing UML 13 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.39% 0.14% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.16% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £539 - £364
25th Percentile £561 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £687 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% +36.84% -11.63%
75th Percentile £800 - £538
90th Percentile - - £605
England median daily rate £550 £525 £588
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% +6.82%
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 £66.50 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.91% -1.54% +10.94%

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 2,826 1,900 2,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.33% 87.72% 83.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,769 1,166 1,485
10th Percentile £243 £221 £229
25th Percentile £395 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +5.26% -3.06%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £588
90th Percentile £653 £700 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 70 151
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -3.13% +33.69%
75th Percentile £25.00 £31.65 £45.63
90th Percentile £30.00 £52.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%

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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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UML in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 January 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 26 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
West Midlands -32 9 £562 -13.62% 4
East Midlands - 4 £800 - 2
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 (7.69%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) SaaS
4 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.69%) Metadata
2 1 (7.69%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Billing
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) Lead Architect
4 2 (15.38%) XML Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Applications Support Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Chief Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SaaS Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) SAS Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Technology Architect
5 1 (7.69%) UML Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) XML
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) JSON
2 1 (7.69%) Node.js
2 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (7.69%) FPGA
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) ArchiMate
2 5 (38.46%) BPMN
3 4 (30.77%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) TOGAF
4 3 (23.08%) Architecture Governance
4 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Line Management
4 3 (23.08%) Service Design
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Prototyping
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) C++
2 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
1 3 (23.08%) ISO 9001
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Denodo
2 1 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Sparx