UML Contracts in the South West

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring UML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 131 132
Rank change year-on-year +34 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing UML 14 26 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.83% 0.81% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.98% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 11
10th Percentile £623 - £456
25th Percentile £638 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £723
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -23.88% +37.62%
75th Percentile £688 £630 £739
90th Percentile - £738 £745
England median daily rate £545 £650 £540
% change year-on-year -16.15% +20.37% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 11
10th Percentile - £65.64 £48.48
25th Percentile £65.75 £66.59 £50.63
Median hourly rate £68.00 £67.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +22.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £67.38 £64.44
90th Percentile - - £71.17
England median hourly rate £64.50 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -0.77% +13.04% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for UML in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UML in the South West.

Daily rate trend for UML in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UML in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for UML in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +20 10 - - 12
Dorset -2 3 £675 +22.73% 5
Gloucestershire +17 1 - - 7
UML
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 11 (78.57%) Ada Engineer
2 11 (78.57%) Ada Software Engineer
3 9 (64.29%) Embedded Engineer
3 9 (64.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Developer
6 1 (7.14%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Java Developer
6 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) JavaFX
2 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 11 (78.57%) SysML
3 2 (14.29%) Agile
3 2 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
3 2 (14.29%) Wireframes
4 1 (7.14%) Front End Development
4 1 (7.14%) OO
4 1 (7.14%) OOD
4 1 (7.14%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) Ada
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) C++
3 1 (7.14%) Fortran
3 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) SC Cleared
1 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Intel