Hybrid/Remote Rational Rhapsody Contract Job Trends

IBM Rational Rhapsody
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Rational Rhapsody skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 325 401
Rank change year-on-year +22 +76 -
Contract jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.031% 0.016% 0.005%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.19% 0.13% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £222 - -
UK median daily rate £222 - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +14.32%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,565 1,578 2,620
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.04% 12.87% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 1,023 1,915
10th Percentile £325 £341 £356
25th Percentile £406 £410 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £582 £610 £625
90th Percentile £662 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 23 82
10th Percentile £32.85 £22.46 £42.42
25th Percentile £56.75 £31.38 £56.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.00 £66.51 £88.75
90th Percentile £67.60 £74.25 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +5.69%

Rational Rhapsody
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Rational Rhapsody and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Rational Rhapsody job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Rational Rhapsody
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Rational Rhapsody.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Rational Rhapsody

Rational Rhapsody
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Rational Rhapsody.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Rational Rhapsody

Rational Rhapsody
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) FHIR
1 1 (33.33%) ODBC
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CUDA
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Tcl
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) DICOM
1 1 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) NVIDIA
1 1 (33.33%) SAP