Hybrid/Remote RUP Contract Job Trends

Rational Unified Process (RUP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring RUP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 - 390
Rank change year-on-year - - +136
Contract jobs citing RUP 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% - 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
UK median daily rate £350 £416 £475
% change year-on-year -15.91% -12.37% -12.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,282 10,741 15,802
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.14% 88.53% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,142 6,773 10,840
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 222 384
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.58 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.25 £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £41.59 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

RUP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

RUP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

RUP
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

RUP
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:

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%) Procurement Business 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