Rational Rhapsody Job Trends

IBM Rational Rhapsody
UK

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 758 668 819
Rank change year-on-year -90 +151 +29
Permanent jobs citing Rational Rhapsody 16 13 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.016% 0.026% 0.057%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.37% 0.31% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 48
10th Percentile £34,613 £53,875 £45,498
25th Percentile £53,625 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +4.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £61,813
90th Percentile - - £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +7.32%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,328 4,226 8,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.38% 8.58% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,880 2,679 6,087
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,418 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Rational Rhapsody
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Rational Rhapsody job vacancy trend in the UK

Rational Rhapsody
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Rational Rhapsody

Rational Rhapsody
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rational Rhapsody over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Rational Rhapsody in the UK

Rational Rhapsody
Top 9 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Work from Home +1 11 £62,500 +13.64% 17
England -65 11 £54,750 -2.23% 27
UK excluding London -68 9 £55,000 -1.79% 26
South West -63 4 £57,000 +3.64% 14
South East - 3 - - 3
London -25 2 £35,000 -58.82% 1
East of England -18 1 £54,750 -3.95% 7
North West - 1 £54,750 - 2
North of England - 1 £54,750 - 2

Rational Rhapsody
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Aerospace
1 5 (31.25%) Electronics
1 5 (31.25%) Health Technology
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Military
4 2 (12.50%) Automotive
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
1 5 (31.25%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Principal Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Product Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Applications Support
5 1 (6.25%) Healthcare Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Support
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Validation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Validation
2 5 (31.25%) Data Migration
2 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
2 5 (31.25%) Migration
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (18.75%) Physics
3 3 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (18.75%) Software Architecture
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
3 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (18.75%) UML
4 2 (12.50%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) SDLC
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) User Experience
5 1 (6.25%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C
2 2 (12.50%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 6 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) APMP
4 1 (6.25%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Data Quality
2 3 (18.75%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Blue Prism
2 2 (12.50%) EMC
2 2 (12.50%) InterSystems
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow