Unified Modeling Language (UML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for UML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited UML over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 524 591
Rank change year-on-year +12 +67 -165
Permanent jobs citing UML 425 538 822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.51% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.54% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 334 342 564
10th Percentile £31,500 £45,125 £43,750
25th Percentile £44,250 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -3.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

UML is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

UML
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing UML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for UML in the UK

UML
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UML.

Salary trend for UML in the UK

UML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UML over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +55 400 £55,000 -15.38% 102
UK excluding London +54 347 £52,500 -4.55% 87
South West +105 180 £50,000 -9.09% 32
Work from Home -17 103 £57,500 -9.80% 41
London +14 74 £80,000 -5.88% 23
Midlands -23 50 £45,000 -5.26% 18
North of England +49 42 £62,500 +19.05% 8
North West +31 38 £62,500 +19.05% 6
East Midlands +8 31 £42,500 - 2
East of England +5 30 £65,000 +13.04% 9
South East -20 23 £56,250 - 15
West Midlands -29 19 £51,250 +7.89% 16
Scotland -46 18 £65,000 -27.78% 7
Yorkshire +77 4 - - 2
Wales +10 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1

UML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 125 (29.41%) Confluence
2 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.94%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.94%) CMS
4 2 (0.47%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.24%) Drupal
5 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Mule
Applications
1 32 (7.53%) MS Visio
2 21 (4.94%) Simulink
3 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) CATIA
5 1 (0.24%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 35 (8.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (16.00%) Azure
2 34 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (6.59%) AWS
5 23 (5.41%) Miro
6 17 (4.00%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.76%) PaaS
8 15 (3.53%) IaaS
8 15 (3.53%) Serverless
9 14 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.29%) SaaS
10 7 (1.65%) GitHub
10 7 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.65%) npm
10 7 (1.65%) Yarn
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.71%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.06%) Ethernet
2 6 (1.41%) 5G
2 6 (1.41%) 5G NR
2 6 (1.41%) 802.11
2 6 (1.41%) LTE
2 6 (1.41%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (1.41%) Wireless
3 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.94%) Internet
4 4 (0.94%) RS-232
5 2 (0.47%) RFID
6 1 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.24%) IPsec
6 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.24%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.53%) Power BI
3 12 (2.82%) Oracle Database
4 10 (2.35%) Redis
5 9 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.94%) Data Vault
7 4 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.94%) GIS
7 4 (0.94%) OLAP
8 3 (0.71%) Big Data
8 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.47%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.47%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.47%) MySQL
9 2 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 132 (31.06%) JIRA
2 111 (26.12%) Visual Studio
3 106 (24.94%) Git
4 89 (20.94%) Bitbucket
5 59 (13.88%) Sourcetree
6 43 (10.12%) Rational Rhapsody
7 39 (9.18%) Rational DOORS
8 15 (3.53%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (2.59%) LabVIEW
10 8 (1.88%) NetBeans
11 7 (1.65%) Moq
12 4 (0.94%) Subversion
13 3 (0.71%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
13 3 (0.71%) Rational Team Concert
14 2 (0.47%) MSTest
14 2 (0.47%) NUnit
15 1 (0.24%) ERwin
General
1 94 (22.12%) Presentation Skills
2 88 (20.71%) Games
3 69 (16.24%) Social Skills
4 50 (11.76%) Finance
5 20 (4.71%) Military
5 20 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.47%) Electronics
7 17 (4.00%) Banking
8 13 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.06%) Marketing
9 12 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (2.82%) Automotive
9 12 (2.82%) Law
9 12 (2.82%) Retail
10 8 (1.88%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.65%) Private Banking
12 5 (1.18%) Legal
12 5 (1.18%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 116 (27.29%) Developer
2 98 (23.06%) Architect
3 91 (21.41%) Senior
4 88 (20.71%) 3D Developer
4 88 (20.71%) Games Developer
4 88 (20.71%) Unity 3D Developer
5 71 (16.71%) Software Engineer
6 68 (16.00%) Analyst
7 64 (15.06%) Solutions Architect
8 61 (14.35%) Business Analyst
9 32 (7.53%) Senior Analyst
10 30 (7.06%) Senior Developer
10 30 (7.06%) Senior Games Developer
10 30 (7.06%) Systems Engineer
11 28 (6.59%) Senior Business Analyst
12 19 (4.47%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (3.53%) Consultant
14 14 (3.29%) Senior Software Engineer
15 13 (3.06%) Technical Analyst
15 13 (3.06%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (20.71%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 80 (18.82%) .NET
3 22 (5.18%) HTML
3 22 (5.18%) Web Services
4 20 (4.71%) ASP.NET
5 19 (4.47%) LINQ
6 17 (4.00%) Node.js
7 16 (3.76%) .NET Framework
7 16 (3.76%) REST
7 16 (3.76%) WinForms
8 14 (3.29%) JSON
9 10 (2.35%) .NET Core
9 10 (2.35%) Spring
10 9 (2.12%) Entity Framework
10 9 (2.12%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (2.12%) HTML5
10 9 (2.12%) XML
11 8 (1.88%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (1.88%) CSS
11 8 (1.88%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 88 (20.71%) Virtual Reality
2 23 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.06%) Algorithms
4 13 (3.06%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.06%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.12%) PCIe
6 9 (2.12%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.88%) PMI
7 8 (1.88%) Robotics
8 5 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.94%) IoT
10 3 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.47%) Acoustics
11 2 (0.47%) Derivative
11 2 (0.47%) GNSS
11 2 (0.47%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.82%) Linux
2 10 (2.35%) Windows
3 3 (0.71%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.47%) Android
4 2 (0.47%) CentOS
4 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.24%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (46.12%) Software Engineering
2 133 (31.29%) Scrum
3 123 (28.94%) Agile
4 118 (27.76%) Design Patterns
5 111 (26.12%) DevOps
6 105 (24.71%) Use Case
7 57 (13.41%) ArchiMate
8 55 (12.94%) Analytics
9 54 (12.71%) TOGAF
10 53 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (12.24%) Microservices
12 51 (12.00%) ITIL
13 50 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
13 50 (11.76%) BPMN
13 50 (11.76%) Business Case
14 47 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 46 (10.82%) Data Analytics
16 45 (10.59%) Enterprise Architecture
17 44 (10.35%) Business Analysis
17 44 (10.35%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 143 (33.65%) C#
2 67 (15.76%) C
3 47 (11.06%) JavaScript
4 44 (10.35%) C++
4 44 (10.35%) SQL
5 34 (8.00%) Java
6 31 (7.29%) Ada
7 30 (7.06%) MATLAB
8 15 (3.53%) Python
9 12 (2.82%) Delphi
10 7 (1.65%) Go
10 7 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.41%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.18%) Bash
12 5 (1.18%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.18%) Fortran
13 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.71%) Rust
14 2 (0.47%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 230 (54.12%) Security Cleared
2 219 (51.53%) Degree
3 175 (41.18%) SC Cleared
4 153 (36.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (7.53%) TOGAF Certification
6 11 (2.59%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.65%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (1.65%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.71%) PMP
9 2 (0.47%) CBAP
9 2 (0.47%) CISM
9 2 (0.47%) CISSP
9 2 (0.47%) ISEB
10 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) MCSA
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 18 (4.24%) Def Stans
3 16 (3.76%) QA
4 12 (2.82%) IEC 61508
5 7 (1.65%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.41%) ISO 9001
6 6 (1.41%) MISRA
7 5 (1.18%) TickIT
8 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.94%) PMO
9 3 (0.71%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.71%) ISO 9000
9 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.47%) GDPR
10 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 31 (7.29%) Firmware
2 17 (4.00%) Docker
3 12 (2.82%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.47%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.24%) RACF
Systems Management
1 8 (1.88%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.47%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.47%) Kibana
Vendors
1 141 (33.18%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.24%) Sparx
3 16 (3.76%) IBM
4 12 (2.82%) Oracle
5 8 (1.88%) Atlassian
6 4 (0.94%) ESRI
7 3 (0.71%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.47%) Adobe
8 2 (0.47%) Informatica
8 2 (0.47%) Interwoven
9 1 (0.24%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.24%) Coverity
9 1 (0.24%) EMC
9 1 (0.24%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.24%) Google
9 1 (0.24%) Klocwork
9 1 (0.24%) Marketo
9 1 (0.24%) mParticle
9 1 (0.24%) SAP
9 1 (0.24%) Thales