Rational Rhapsody Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

IBM Rational Rhapsody
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Rational Rhapsody skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 - 101
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 1 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.030% - 0.68%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.18% - 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £260
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.14%
75th Percentile £538 - £260
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 - £260
% change year-on-year - - -1.14%

All Development Application Skills
West Midlands

Rational Rhapsody falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 542 200 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.14% 13.40% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 135 155
10th Percentile £350 £385 £260
25th Percentile £408 £425 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +7.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £525 £537 £538
90th Percentile £575 £622 £582
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 12
10th Percentile £25.00 - £10.50
25th Percentile £34.54 - £43.88
Median hourly rate £66.75 - £56.88
Median % change year-on-year - - +70.36%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £58.75
90th Percentile £75.25 - -
England median hourly rate £68.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.80% -3.85% +4.84%

Rational Rhapsody
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Rational Rhapsody relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Rational Rhapsody job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Rational Rhapsody.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Rational Rhapsody

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Rational Rhapsody.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Rational Rhapsody

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Rhapsody within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Shropshire - 1 £525 -
Rational Rhapsody
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement