Rational Rhapsody Job Trends in the South East

IBM Rational Rhapsody
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Rational Rhapsody skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 293 326
Rank change year-on-year -42 +33 -
Permanent jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 8 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.042% 0.034% 0.057%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.05% 0.47% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £66,500
25th Percentile - - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £75,000
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £56,000 £77,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -27.74% +14.81% +20.00%

All Development Application Skills
South East

Rational Rhapsody falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 762 641 1,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.02% 7.17% 10.23%
Number of salaries quoted 517 356 723
10th Percentile £35,625 £32,500 £39,800
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,125 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

Rational Rhapsody
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Rational Rhapsody relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Rational Rhapsody job vacancy trend in the South East

Rational Rhapsody
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Rational Rhapsody.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Rational Rhapsody

Rational Rhapsody
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Rhapsody within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Kent - 7 £65,000 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Rational Rhapsody
England

Rational Rhapsody
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 7 (87.50%) Electronics
2 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Principal Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Principal Software Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Senior
1 7 (87.50%) Senior Software Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Validation
1 8 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 7 (87.50%) Mentoring
2 7 (87.50%) Physics
2 7 (87.50%) Software Architecture
2 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) Technical Leadership
2 7 (87.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) SysML
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C
2 5 (62.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) IBM
1 1 (12.50%) Thales