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 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 153 158
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 +52
Contract jobs citing UML 20 29 53
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.56% 0.67% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.81% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 26
10th Percentile £435 £453 £491
25th Percentile £500 £494 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £563 £531 £672
90th Percentile £576 £598 £694
England median daily rate £550 £525 £588
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 17
10th Percentile £53.00 £53.40 £53.12
25th Percentile - £56.08 £55.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +3.70% -0.37%
75th Percentile £62.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £64.25 - £74.25
England median hourly rate £56.75 £64.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.02% -0.77% +2.77%

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 3,153 3,598 4,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.74% 83.50% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,970 2,167 3,294
10th Percentile £213 £255 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £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 328 185 259
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.10 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £24.75
Median hourly rate £21.02 £58.49 £54.39
Median % change year-on-year -64.06% +7.55% +67.13%
75th Percentile £42.93 £70.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.34 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +38.38%

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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 12 October 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 12 October 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 12 October 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 12 £568 - 8
Thames Valley +16 6 £550 -15.38% 2
Oxfordshire -5 3 £550 -15.38%
Buckinghamshire - 3 £375 -
West Sussex - 2 £513 - 2
UML
England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
1 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 12 (60.00%) JIRA
2 9 (45.00%) Git
3 5 (25.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (15.00%) Retail
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Architect
2 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Developer
3 4 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Software Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Procurement Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Hibernate
1 4 (20.00%) REST
1 4 (20.00%) RESTful
1 4 (20.00%) Spring
1 4 (20.00%) Spring Boot
1 4 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) JSF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (25.00%) CAN bus
3 4 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (15.00%) Smart Meter
5 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
6 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
6 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Agile
2 12 (60.00%) SysML
3 8 (40.00%) DevOps
4 5 (25.00%) BPMN
4 5 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 5 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) Business Case
5 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 4 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 4 (20.00%) High Availability
5 4 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
5 4 (20.00%) Microservices
5 4 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (15.00%) Analytics
6 3 (15.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (15.00%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) C#
1 5 (25.00%) C++
1 5 (25.00%) Embedded C++
2 4 (20.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Docker
1 5 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) TIBCO
1 1 (5.00%) webMethods