UML Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring UML skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 111 136
Rank change year-on-year +1 +25 +37
Contract jobs citing UML 7 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.44% 0.27% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.31% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £408 £420 -
25th Percentile £409 £431 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -46.88% +14.29% +60.92%
75th Percentile £463 - £725
90th Percentile £478 £830 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £55.13 - £58.11
25th Percentile £57.19 - -
Median hourly rate £63.75 - £59.03
75th Percentile £69.69 - £62.50
90th Percentile £71.38 - £69.25
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,459 1,617 2,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.24% 86.42% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 984 1,462
10th Percentile £263 £213 £250
25th Percentile £391 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £603 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 46 58
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.63 £13.43
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.94 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +6.88% -8.88%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £58.96
90th Percentile £37.00 £51.50 £75.03
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +48.28%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing UML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for UML in Scotland

UML
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing UML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing UML

UML
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing UML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing UML

UML
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UML in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for UML in Scotland

UML
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Edinburgh +9 5 £413 -10.81% 5
Glasgow - 1 £425 - 1
UML
UK

UML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Confluence
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (28.57%) Bitbucket
2 2 (28.57%) GitLab
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) Postman
General
1 3 (42.86%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) OpenAPI
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) OO
3 2 (28.57%) OOD
3 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Use Case
3 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
4 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Design Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Fintech
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) MISRA
1 2 (28.57%) MISRA C
2 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft