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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 115 125
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 +22
Contract jobs citing UML 14 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.91% 0.12% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.14% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 6
10th Percentile £530 £463 £413
25th Percentile £653 £519 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £683 £613 £463
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +32.43% +6.32%
75th Percentile £686 £706 £642
90th Percentile £711 £763 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £595
% change year-on-year +4.76% -11.76% +8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £54.78 - £60.25
25th Percentile £56.31 - £62.09
Median hourly rate £60.75 - £65.77
75th Percentile £63.31 - £70.07
90th Percentile £63.73 - £72.28
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.13% -1.54% +13.04%

All Process & 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 1,318 1,475 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 85.70% 91.05% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 875 1,303
10th Percentile £235 £229 £263
25th Percentile £388 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £487
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -7.60% +2.53%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £663 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 43 79
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £11.97
25th Percentile £17.23 £20.62 £16.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +10.05%
75th Percentile £31.50 £24.18 £60.38
90th Percentile £62.25 £40.90 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +12.38%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

UML job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UML in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for UML in Scotland

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
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 31 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
Edinburgh +10 13 £683 +60.59% 2
UML
UK

UML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (42.86%) Confluence
2 2 (14.29%) Apache
2 2 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (14.29%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 12 (85.71%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Snowflake
3 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) GitHub
3 3 (21.43%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (14.29%) AWS
4 2 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Network Security
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Data Lake
2 2 (14.29%) Big Data
2 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (14.29%) Hadoop
2 2 (14.29%) Metadata
2 2 (14.29%) MySQL
2 2 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) JIRA
2 4 (28.57%) ER Studio
2 4 (28.57%) ERwin
2 4 (28.57%) GitLab
3 3 (21.43%) Jenkins
3 3 (21.43%) Snyk
4 1 (7.14%) Bitbucket
4 1 (7.14%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Design Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Data Modeller
3 3 (21.43%) Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Data Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Software Design Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) ETL Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) SLSA
2 2 (14.29%) Kafka
3 1 (7.14%) XML
3 1 (7.14%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Data Modelling
2 7 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (42.86%) Data Architecture
3 6 (42.86%) Data Governance
3 6 (42.86%) Logical Data Model
3 6 (42.86%) Physical Data Model
3 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 6 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 5 (35.71%) Agile
4 5 (35.71%) Architectural Patterns
4 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (35.71%) Microservices
4 5 (35.71%) SABSA
5 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
5 4 (28.57%) Coaching
5 4 (28.57%) Data Strategy
6 3 (21.43%) OWASP
6 3 (21.43%) Remediation Plan
6 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) C
3 1 (7.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) CISM
2 5 (35.71%) CISSP
2 5 (35.71%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) NIST
2 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 1 (7.14%) MISRA
3 1 (7.14%) MISRA C
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) BiZZdesign
2 3 (21.43%) Black Duck
2 3 (21.43%) Checkmarx
2 3 (21.43%) Tenable
3 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 2 (14.29%) Informatica
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (14.29%) Talend
4 1 (7.14%) Google
4 1 (7.14%) IBM