RUP Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Rational Unified Process (RUP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring RUP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RUP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
South East median daily rate £375 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

RUP 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,526 1,904 2,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.32% 84.92% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 1,088 1,704
10th Percentile £293 £266 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £524
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.24% +4.85%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £520
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.87% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 97 84
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £15.12 £26.03 £24.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £58.30 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.83% +16.60% +163.16%
75th Percentile £38.42 £70.18 £66.00
90th Percentile £76.30 £86.63 £74.94
South East median hourly rate £22.75 £57.35 £51.42
% change year-on-year -60.33% +11.53% +85.43%

RUP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing RUP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for RUP in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing RUP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing RUP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing RUP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing RUP

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RUP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £375 -
RUP
South East

RUP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Product Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO
1 1 (100.00%) webMethods