RUP Contract Job Trends in the South East

Rational Unified Process (RUP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring RUP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RUP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
England median daily rate £350 £670 £475
% change year-on-year -47.76% +41.05% -11.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

RUP 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,701 3,302 4,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.55% 87.73% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,414 2,048 2,946
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 131 234
10th Percentile £14.69 £18.75 £16.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £25.06
Median hourly rate £22.23 £50.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.55% -5.66% +41.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.73 £65.71
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

RUP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing RUP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

RUP job vacancy trend in the South East

RUP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing RUP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing RUP

RUP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing RUP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing RUP

RUP
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RUP within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £375 -
Thames Valley - 1 £375 -
RUP
England

RUP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Product Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO
1 1 (100.00%) webMethods