Unified Modeling Language (UML)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring UML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 462 535
Rank change year-on-year -171 +73 -2
Permanent jobs citing UML 104 204 395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.46% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.50% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 54 111 317
10th Percentile £50,025 £47,603 £31,500
25th Percentile £55,313 £49,434 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% +9.09% -21.43%
75th Percentile £79,375 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £102,675 £78,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +10.09% -5.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,776 41,096 86,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 92.88% 82.94%
Number of salaries quoted 45,490 21,754 61,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -9.09%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend

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

UML job vacancy trend in the UK

UML
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing UML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing UML

UML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UML over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for UML in the UK

UML
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
England -154 90 £69,000 +15.00% 93
UK excluding London -129 66 £67,500 +12.50% 68
Work from Home -46 37 £69,928 +21.61% 48
London -37 31 £91,500 +35.56% 31
North of England -35 20 £69,000 +19.59% 8
South East -51 20 £67,500 +12.50% 30
North West -21 13 £69,000 +19.30% 5
Midlands -43 12 £55,000 -8.33% 6
West Midlands -24 10 £51,250 -16.33% 5
Yorkshire -41 5 £51,722 -20.43% 1
Scotland +3 4 £55,625 +5.85%
East of England -30 4 £70,000 +2.19% 4
Wales -43 3 - - 3
South West -80 3 £80,000 +33.33% 17
East Midlands -31 2 £69,928 +32.96% 1
North East -42 2 £69,928 +62.62% 2

UML
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 3 (2.88%) CMS
2 2 (1.92%) Confluence
3 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.77%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.96%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 30 (28.85%) Azure
2 14 (13.46%) AWS
3 7 (6.73%) PaaS
3 7 (6.73%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.77%) Lucidchart
4 6 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.77%) SaaS
5 5 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.81%) Figma
5 5 (4.81%) iPaaS
6 4 (3.85%) GCP
7 2 (1.92%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.96%) GitHub
8 1 (0.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.92%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.69%) GIS
2 7 (6.73%) Metadata
2 7 (6.73%) Oracle Database
2 7 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.73%) RDBMS
2 7 (6.73%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.92%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (8.65%) ERwin
2 6 (5.77%) JIRA
3 5 (4.81%) Balsamiq
4 3 (2.88%) Git
4 3 (2.88%) PetaLinux
4 3 (2.88%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (2.88%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (1.92%) ER Studio
General
1 42 (40.38%) Finance
2 40 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (35.58%) Social Skills
4 22 (21.15%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (6.73%) Aerospace
5 7 (6.73%) Financial Institution
5 7 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.81%) Electronics
8 4 (3.85%) Legal
9 3 (2.88%) Military
10 2 (1.92%) Back Office
10 2 (1.92%) Law
10 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.92%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.92%) Retail
11 1 (0.96%) Billing
11 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.96%) Police
Job Titles
1 44 (42.31%) Architect
2 26 (25.00%) Senior
3 22 (21.15%) Analyst
4 21 (20.19%) Business Analyst
5 18 (17.31%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (13.46%) Consultant
7 8 (7.69%) Chief Architect
7 8 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
7 8 (7.69%) Lead
7 8 (7.69%) Lead Architect
7 8 (7.69%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 7 (6.73%) Applications Architect
8 7 (6.73%) Data Consultant
8 7 (6.73%) Data Model Consultant
8 7 (6.73%) Integration Architect
8 7 (6.73%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (6.73%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) Principal Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) Software Engineer
10 5 (4.81%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (20.19%) JSON
1 21 (20.19%) XML
2 8 (7.69%) Middleware
2 8 (7.69%) REST
3 7 (6.73%) FIX Protocol
3 7 (6.73%) FpML
3 7 (6.73%) SOAP
3 7 (6.73%) XML Schema
4 5 (4.81%) Model Context Protocol
4 5 (4.81%) React
5 4 (3.85%) .NET
5 4 (3.85%) .NET Framework
6 3 (2.88%) Yocto
7 2 (1.92%) Qt
8 1 (0.96%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.96%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.42%) Data Structures
2 10 (9.62%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 7 (6.73%) e-Learning
4 7 (6.73%) SCADA
5 5 (4.81%) Driving Licence
5 5 (4.81%) Public Cloud
5 5 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.85%) Derivative
6 4 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.85%) Fixed Income
6 4 (3.85%) OTC Derivatives
7 3 (2.88%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.88%) FPGA
7 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.88%) Robotics
8 2 (1.92%) Acoustics
8 2 (1.92%) AS400
9 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.96%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.73%) Linux
2 3 (2.88%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (2.88%) Robot Operating System
3 2 (1.92%) VxWorks
3 2 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (52.88%) Agile
2 36 (34.62%) Data Modelling
3 35 (33.65%) BPMN
4 34 (32.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 33 (31.73%) TOGAF
6 25 (24.04%) Enterprise Architecture
7 24 (23.08%) Business Analysis
7 24 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (22.12%) Decision-Making
9 22 (21.15%) ArchiMate
10 20 (19.23%) Roadmaps
11 19 (18.27%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (16.35%) Architecture Governance
12 17 (16.35%) Mentoring
12 17 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (16.35%) User Stories
13 16 (15.38%) Software Engineering
13 16 (15.38%) Technology Strategy
13 16 (15.38%) Technology Transformation
13 16 (15.38%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 27 (25.96%) Python
2 26 (25.00%) SQL
3 9 (8.65%) C++
3 9 (8.65%) Java
4 8 (7.69%) C
5 7 (6.73%) C#
5 7 (6.73%) MATLAB
5 7 (6.73%) Perl
5 7 (6.73%) VB
6 5 (4.81%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.92%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.96%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 43 (41.35%) Degree
2 13 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (8.65%) TOGAF Certification
5 8 (7.69%) AWS Certification
5 8 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 5 (4.81%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.88%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (1.92%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.92%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.96%) APMG
10 1 (0.96%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.62%) QA
2 8 (7.69%) ISO 9001
2 8 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (3.85%) MiFID
4 3 (2.88%) DO-178B
4 3 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (1.92%) ECSS
6 1 (0.96%) GDPR
6 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.96%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.88%) Firmware
2 2 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (8.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.69%) Oracle
3 7 (6.73%) Sparx
4 5 (4.81%) IBM
5 1 (0.96%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (0.96%) Guidewire
5 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow