UML Contract Job Trends in the South East

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring UML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 143 147
Rank change year-on-year -23 +4 +32
Contract jobs citing UML 17 19 54
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.39% 0.57% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.64% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 36
10th Percentile £375 £413 £469
25th Percentile £463 £431 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £531 £575
90th Percentile £619 £558 £672
England median daily rate £550 £525 £580
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% +5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 14
10th Percentile - £51.90 £52.38
25th Percentile £56.75 £54.81 £55.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £61.50 £64.76
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -5.03% -7.49%
75th Percentile £60.25 £64.69 £70.00
90th Percentile - £69.98 -
England median hourly rate £66.50 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.91% -1.54% +6.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,702 2,981 4,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.14% 89.30% 88.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,436 1,847 2,846
10th Percentile £238 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -1.51% +1.03%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 112 284
10th Percentile £14.50 £19.37 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £24.41
Median hourly rate £23.58 £43.94 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.35% -17.87% +18.89%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.55 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.57 £76.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

UML job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UML in the South East over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for UML in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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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 UML within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Hampshire -25 8 £671 +22.05% 6
Thames Valley - 7 £550 - 7
Buckinghamshire - 4 £375 - 1
Oxfordshire - 3 £550 - 2
West Sussex - 2 £513 - 1
UML
England

UML
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (52.94%) JIRA
2 7 (41.18%) Git
2 7 (41.18%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
4 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.88%) Billing
5 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Software Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Business Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Applications Developer
6 1 (5.88%) C++ Applications Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Procurement Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Supply Chain Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) CAN bus
2 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (17.65%) Smart Meter
4 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.88%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Linux
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Agile
2 9 (52.94%) DevOps
3 7 (41.18%) Software Engineering
3 7 (41.18%) SysML
4 6 (35.29%) BPMN
4 6 (35.29%) Configuration Management
4 6 (35.29%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
5 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (23.53%) High Availability
6 4 (23.53%) ITIL
6 4 (23.53%) TOGAF
7 3 (17.65%) Analytics
7 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
7 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (17.65%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (17.65%) Presales
7 3 (17.65%) System Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Technology Strategy
7 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) C#
1 7 (41.18%) C++
2 6 (35.29%) Embedded C++
3 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) Python
5 1 (5.88%) Bash
5 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.88%) Perl
5 1 (5.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (35.29%) Docker
1 6 (35.29%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Sparx
1 1 (5.88%) TIBCO
1 1 (5.88%) webMethods