UML Job Trends in the North West

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring UML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 182 158
Rank change year-on-year +33 -24 +121
Permanent jobs citing UML 27 28 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.43% 0.56% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.61% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 17 25 32
10th Percentile - - £52,875
25th Percentile £54,793 £37,574 £63,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £50,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -31.03% +38.10%
75th Percentile £72,500 £56,029 £86,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £59,081 £94,500
England median annual salary £72,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

UML falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,124 4,598 3,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.28% 91.14% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,497 2,248 3,064
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,113 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,285 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

UML job vacancy trend in the North West

UML
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing UML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing UML

UML
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing UML in the North West over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for UML in the North West

UML
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +34 17 £69,500 +46.32% 8
Lancashire +6 10 £54,793 +9.57% 2
UML
England

UML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) IaaS
2 9 (33.33%) PaaS
2 9 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Military
4 1 (3.70%) Games
4 1 (3.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Architect
2 15 (55.56%) Solutions Architect
3 10 (37.04%) Lead
3 10 (37.04%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 10 (37.04%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Azure Architect
5 4 (14.81%) Radar Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.70%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Games Developer
7 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.70%) GraphQL
1 1 (3.70%) REST
1 1 (3.70%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 6 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
3 11 (40.74%) Agile
4 10 (37.04%) ArchiMate
4 10 (37.04%) Microservices
4 10 (37.04%) MODAF
4 10 (37.04%) SysML
4 10 (37.04%) Systems Engineering
5 9 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 8 (29.63%) BPMN
6 8 (29.63%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 8 (29.63%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (22.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 6 (22.22%) Design Patterns
8 6 (22.22%) Digital Innovation
8 6 (22.22%) TOGAF
9 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (11.11%) Information Architecture
9 3 (11.11%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.70%) C#
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Degree
2 10 (37.04%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow