RUP Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Rational Unified Process (RUP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring RUP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RUP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.045% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £350 £670 £475
% change year-on-year -47.76% +41.05% -11.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,944 1,424 1,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.41% 85.63% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,234 899 1,076
10th Percentile £263 £225 £266
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £587 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 47 50
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.03 £16.88 £17.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.60 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.04% +2.61% +29.80%
75th Percentile £27.21 £34.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £39.61 £52.50 £67.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

RUP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

RUP 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 RUP.

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

RUP
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

RUP
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 RUP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Shropshire - 1 - -
RUP
England

RUP
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis