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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 124 143
Rank change year-on-year -46 +19 +16
Contract jobs citing UML 36 31 48
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.61% 1.03% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.13% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 27
10th Percentile £407 £340 £400
25th Percentile £443 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% -30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £719 £600 £563
90th Percentile £758 £628 £588
England median daily rate £573 £545 £650
% change year-on-year +5.14% -16.15% +22.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 12
10th Percentile £83.00 £44.95 £54.86
25th Percentile - £49.75 £59.69
Median hourly rate £88.00 £57.50 £64.76
Median % change year-on-year +53.04% -11.21% -1.64%
75th Percentile - £64.64 £70.00
90th Percentile - £68.78 £72.21
England median hourly rate £70.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% +13.04%

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 4,758 2,741 4,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.11% 91.49% 84.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,106 1,750 2,738
10th Percentile £280 £256 £250
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -0.05% -1.91%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £623
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 173 434
10th Percentile £15.32 £13.85 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.79 £15.25 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -3.06%
75th Percentile £82.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%

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 6 May 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UML in the South East over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

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 6 May 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
Thames Valley -24 27 £375 +7.14% 4
Berkshire -12 26 - - 3
Hampshire -38 6 £725 +31.82% 1
Surrey - 2 £663 - 4
Buckinghamshire -30 1 £375 -37.50%
East Sussex - 1 £459 -
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 2 (5.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 2 (5.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (69.44%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (11.11%) Git
3 3 (8.33%) JIRA
4 1 (2.78%) GitLab
4 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.78%) JUnit
4 1 (2.78%) NUnit
4 1 (2.78%) Selenium
General
1 27 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (2.78%) Billing
4 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (66.67%) Delivery Manager
1 24 (66.67%) Product Delivery Manager
1 24 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 21 (58.33%) Systems Delivery Manager
2 21 (58.33%) Systems Manager
3 2 (5.56%) Architect
3 2 (5.56%) Consultant
3 2 (5.56%) Developer
3 2 (5.56%) Java Developer
3 2 (5.56%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
3 2 (5.56%) Software Engineer
3 2 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Java Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Java Software Developer
4 1 (2.78%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared Java Developer
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Senior
4 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Hibernate
1 3 (8.33%) REST
1 3 (8.33%) RESTful
1 3 (8.33%) Spring
1 3 (8.33%) Spring Boot
2 2 (5.56%) Web Services
3 1 (2.78%) .NET
3 1 (2.78%) Flask
3 1 (2.78%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.78%) pytest
3 1 (2.78%) SOAP
3 1 (2.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 23 (63.89%) Data Structures
2 22 (61.11%) Product Ownership
3 3 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.78%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.78%) TM Forum
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (83.33%) SysML
2 28 (77.78%) Agile
3 26 (72.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 25 (69.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 24 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (66.67%) Programme Management
5 24 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 23 (63.89%) Change Control
6 23 (63.89%) Computer Science
6 23 (63.89%) Configuration Management
6 23 (63.89%) DoDAF
6 23 (63.89%) PRINCE2
6 23 (63.89%) Systems Engineering
7 22 (61.11%) Requirements Management
8 5 (13.89%) BPMN
8 5 (13.89%) Microservices
8 5 (13.89%) Test Automation
9 4 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 3 (8.33%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) Java
1 5 (13.89%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) C#
2 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.56%) SQL
3 1 (2.78%) PHP
3 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (86.11%) Security Cleared
2 23 (63.89%) Degree
3 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (69.44%) IBM
2 2 (5.56%) Blue Prism
2 2 (5.56%) Sparx
3 1 (2.78%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (2.78%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (2.78%) UiPath