Rational Rhapsody Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM Rational Rhapsody
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Rational Rhapsody skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 555 550
Rank change year-on-year +57 -5 +139
Permanent jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 8 17 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.047% 0.049%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.37% 0.48% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 12
10th Percentile £49,063 £43,000 £47,750
25th Percentile £50,136 £45,326 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,048 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.89% +22.73% +17.02%
75th Percentile £53,836 £75,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £54,833 - -
UK median annual salary £66,499 £68,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.27% +25.00% +10.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,178 3,539 3,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.16% 9.87% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,371 1,983 3,075
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

Rational Rhapsody
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Rational Rhapsody job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Rational Rhapsody
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Rational Rhapsody.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Rational Rhapsody

Rational Rhapsody
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Rhapsody within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
East of England +24 3 - - 24
South East +20 3 - - 11
Scotland - 2 £52,048 -
Rational Rhapsody
UK

Rational Rhapsody
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (25.00%) Rational Statemate
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) e-Learning
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 6 (75.00%) SysML
2 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Architectural Design
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (37.50%) Digital Signal Processing
3 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (37.50%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
3 3 (37.50%) Physics
3 3 (37.50%) Product Backlog
3 3 (37.50%) Signal Processing
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) User Stories
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
3 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (37.50%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (25.00%) Ada
2 2 (25.00%) C
2 2 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Green Hills