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 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 141 149 164
Rank change year-on-year +8 +15 +51
Contract jobs citing UML 21 33 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.60% 0.71% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.86% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 17
10th Percentile £350 £488 £406
25th Percentile £356 £494 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £675
90th Percentile £575 £563 £703
England median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 17
10th Percentile £52.25 £52.80 £54.75
25th Percentile £55.00 £54.63 £56.25
Median hourly rate £56.25 £70.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +3.70% +3.32%
75th Percentile £62.50 - £71.28
90th Percentile £65.35 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +8.33%

All Process and 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 3,108 3,819 4,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.11% 82.59% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,283 3,316
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 254 252
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.08 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.44 £23.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.38% +9.24% +64.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.86 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing UML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for UML 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 September 2025.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for UML in the South East

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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 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
Hampshire +7 10 £568 - 5
Thames Valley +23 8 £375 -42.31% 3
Oxfordshire -3 3 £550 -15.38% 1
Berkshire - 3 £350 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 £375 -
West Sussex - 2 £513 -
UML
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) HTTPS
2 3 (14.29%) HTTP
2 3 (14.29%) SNMP
2 3 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 10 (47.62%) JIRA
2 7 (33.33%) Git
3 3 (14.29%) GoogleTest
3 3 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 3 (14.29%) Robot Framework
4 2 (9.52%) Bitbucket
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Billing
3 3 (14.29%) Retail
3 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Architect
2 4 (19.05%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Designer
3 3 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
3 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Operations Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Procurement Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Supply Chain Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) REST
1 7 (33.33%) Web Services
2 4 (19.05%) Hibernate
2 4 (19.05%) RESTful
2 4 (19.05%) Spring
2 4 (19.05%) Spring Boot
3 3 (14.29%) CSS
3 3 (14.29%) HTML
3 3 (14.29%) JSON
3 3 (14.29%) Node.js
4 1 (4.76%) JSF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (19.05%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (14.29%) Frameworx
3 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 3 (14.29%) Smart Meter
3 3 (14.29%) TM Forum
4 2 (9.52%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
5 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) Agile
2 10 (47.62%) SysML
3 7 (33.33%) Microservices
3 7 (33.33%) Scrum
4 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 5 (23.81%) BPMN
5 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
5 5 (23.81%) Validation
6 4 (19.05%) Business Case
6 4 (19.05%) Data Modelling
6 4 (19.05%) Design Patterns
6 4 (19.05%) High Availability
6 4 (19.05%) Issue Tracking
6 4 (19.05%) Requirements Workshops
6 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
6 4 (19.05%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (14.29%) DevOps
7 3 (14.29%) Presales
7 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) C++
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
1 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.76%) Google
2 1 (4.76%) TIBCO
2 1 (4.76%) webMethods