UML Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring UML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 96 105
Rank change year-on-year -41 +9 +38
Contract jobs citing UML 8 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.31% 0.21% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.23% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £537 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.62% +36.84% -19.49%
75th Percentile £575 - £513
90th Percentile £575 - -
England median daily rate £550 £533 £633
% change year-on-year +3.29% -15.81% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 £66.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - +2.31% +13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,182 1,288 1,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.17% 88.77% 84.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,408 806 1,041
10th Percentile £291 £210 £275
25th Percentile £402 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 48 111
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.64 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.21 £15.22 £16.54
Median hourly rate £21.46 £20.12 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.66% -12.52% +29.94%
75th Percentile £26.98 £30.95 £48.75
90th Percentile £33.20 £45.13 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

UML
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

UML job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

UML
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

UML
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

UML
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 UML within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
Warwickshire -12 1 - -
Worcestershire - 1 £550 -
Coventry - 1 £573 -
Shropshire - 1 - - 4
UML
England

UML
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (12.50%) Metadata
2 1 (12.50%) Pentaho
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 1 (12.50%) Billing
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Implementation Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) XML Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SAS Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Architect
3 1 (12.50%) UML Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (12.50%) FPGA
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Line Management
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (25.00%) ArchiMate
2 2 (25.00%) BPMN
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Denodo
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Sparx