Use Case Contracts

Use Cases
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Use Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Use Case 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 171 194 213
Rank change year-on-year +23 +19 0
Contract jobs citing Use Case 618 829 1,237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.43% 1.39% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.54% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 523 741
10th Percentile £412 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £506
% change year-on-year +7.60% -1.23% +6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 29
10th Percentile - £54.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £61.38 £25.64
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +23.89% +7.77%
75th Percentile £60.00 £77.50 £65.00
90th Percentile - £78.20 £70.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +23.89% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Use Case.

Daily rate trend for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Use Case over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Use Case.

Hourly rate trend for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Use Case over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +36 529 £570 +3.64% 244
London +14 274 £600 - 122
UK excluding London +33 259 £538 +7.60% 124
Work from Home +63 233 £575 +4.55% 113
South West +73 96 £582 +10.86% 21
North of England +23 77 £555 +0.91% 25
North West +20 41 £500 -13.98% 17
Midlands +25 38 £580 +3.57% 15
South East -19 35 £475 +1.06% 32
Yorkshire +5 32 £625 +13.64% 7
West Midlands +37 29 £538 -13.92% 11
Scotland +18 25 £515 +17.18% 6
East of England +14 13 £500 +11.11% 29
East Midlands +11 6 £613 +30.67% 4
North East +23 4 £443 - 1
Wales +4 1 £175 -64.19% 3

Use Case
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 21 (3.40%) Confluence
2 8 (1.29%) CMS
2 8 (1.29%) MTS
3 6 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.65%) Apache
5 3 (0.49%) IIS
5 3 (0.49%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (4.05%) MS Visio
2 20 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.65%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.32%) Sketch
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.16%) InVision
7 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (3.07%) Endur
2 10 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.46%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (1.29%) Aligne
4 8 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.29%) EuroRunner
5 6 (0.97%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.65%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.49%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
9 1 (0.16%) Shopify
9 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 112 (18.12%) Azure
2 73 (11.81%) AWS
3 41 (6.63%) Power Platform
4 37 (5.99%) GCP
5 17 (2.75%) GitHub
6 15 (2.43%) SaaS
7 14 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
7 14 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.46%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.46%) Serverless
11 8 (1.29%) IaaS
11 8 (1.29%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.29%) PaaS
11 8 (1.29%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.29%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.13%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.66%) Firewall
2 15 (2.43%) HTTP
3 11 (1.78%) Network Security
3 11 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.62%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (1.29%) VPN
6 7 (1.13%) DNS
7 6 (0.97%) DMZ
8 5 (0.81%) Internet
8 5 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (0.65%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.65%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.49%) ADSL
10 3 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.49%) LAN
10 3 (0.49%) SSH
10 3 (0.49%) VDSL
10 3 (0.49%) WAN
11 2 (0.32%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.15%) Power BI
2 15 (2.43%) Metadata
3 13 (2.10%) Big Data
3 13 (2.10%) Data Lake
4 12 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.78%) Tableau
6 10 (1.62%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.46%) SAP HANA
8 8 (1.29%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.65%) Apache Hive
12 4 (0.65%) Bigtable
12 4 (0.65%) Cloud Spanner
12 4 (0.65%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.49%) DB2
13 3 (0.49%) MySQL
13 3 (0.49%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 73 (11.81%) JIRA
2 28 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 27 (4.37%) Git
4 15 (2.43%) GitLab
5 12 (1.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (0.97%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.97%) Travis CI
7 5 (0.81%) JMeter
7 5 (0.81%) Selenium
8 4 (0.65%) IDA Disassembler
9 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.49%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.32%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.16%) LSMW
11 1 (0.16%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.16%) Subversion
11 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 210 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 132 (21.36%) Finance
3 95 (15.37%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.19%) Public Sector
5 38 (6.15%) Banking
5 38 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
6 33 (5.34%) Manufacturing
7 24 (3.88%) Marketing
8 22 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (2.43%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.27%) Legal
11 12 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (1.94%) Retail
12 11 (1.78%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.62%) Back Office
13 10 (1.62%) German Language
14 8 (1.29%) Front Office
15 7 (1.13%) Automotive
15 7 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.81%) Law
Job Titles
1 208 (33.66%) Analyst
2 103 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 92 (14.89%) Architect
4 62 (10.03%) Consultant
5 58 (9.39%) Senior
6 39 (6.31%) Lead
7 37 (5.99%) SOC Analyst
8 29 (4.69%) Developer
8 29 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
9 23 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (3.56%) Data Architect
11 21 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 21 (3.40%) Senior Business Analyst
12 20 (3.24%) Data Analyst
12 20 (3.24%) Technical Analyst
13 17 (2.75%) Data Engineer
14 16 (2.59%) Technical Architect
15 15 (2.43%) Project Manager
15 15 (2.43%) Security Analyst
16 14 (2.27%) Cyber Defence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.91%) OpenID
2 15 (2.43%) SAML
3 13 (2.10%) CSS
3 13 (2.10%) XML
4 12 (1.94%) HTML
4 12 (1.94%) OAuth
5 10 (1.62%) PySpark
6 9 (1.46%) JSON
6 9 (1.46%) Node.js
6 9 (1.46%) REST
7 8 (1.29%) YAML
8 7 (1.13%) .NET
8 7 (1.13%) LDAP
8 7 (1.13%) React
9 6 (0.97%) ADO
9 6 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (0.97%) Kafka
9 6 (0.97%) Web Services
10 5 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.81%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.68%) Management Information System
2 52 (8.41%) Product Ownership
3 51 (8.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 47 (7.61%) Security Operations Centre
5 46 (7.44%) Cyber Threat
6 42 (6.80%) Cyber Defence
7 32 (5.18%) CSOC
8 22 (3.56%) Renewable Energy
9 20 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (2.91%) Data Structures
11 14 (2.27%) IoT
12 13 (2.10%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.78%) Solar Panel
14 10 (1.62%) Security Posture
15 9 (1.46%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (1.46%) Industry 4.0
15 9 (1.46%) Onboarding
16 8 (1.29%) Market Risk
16 8 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.05%) Windows
2 22 (3.56%) Linux
3 8 (1.29%) Unix
4 3 (0.49%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (22.49%) Agile
2 138 (22.33%) Cybersecurity
3 128 (20.71%) SIEM
4 108 (17.48%) Analytics
5 101 (16.34%) Incident Response
6 99 (16.02%) Roadmaps
7 91 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (12.62%) Information Security
9 74 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 66 (10.68%) Incident Management
10 66 (10.68%) User Stories
11 64 (10.36%) Data Modelling
12 61 (9.87%) Security Operations
13 58 (9.39%) DevOps
14 57 (9.22%) Business Analysis
15 56 (9.06%) CRM
16 54 (8.74%) Threat Intelligence
17 53 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
17 53 (8.58%) Data Governance
17 53 (8.58%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 70 (11.33%) Python
2 51 (8.25%) SQL
3 36 (5.83%) Java
4 28 (4.53%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.75%) Bash
7 11 (1.78%) Go
8 9 (1.46%) C#
9 8 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.97%) Perl
10 6 (0.97%) Scala
10 6 (0.97%) Search Processing Language
11 5 (0.81%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.65%) Ruby
13 3 (0.49%) C
13 3 (0.49%) C++
13 3 (0.49%) Clojure
13 3 (0.49%) Haskell
13 3 (0.49%) PHP
13 3 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 130 (21.04%) Security Cleared
2 86 (13.92%) Degree
3 85 (13.75%) DV Cleared
4 42 (6.80%) SC Cleared
5 29 (4.69%) SANS
6 14 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.46%) CISSP
7 9 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
9 5 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.65%) CISM
10 4 (0.65%) MBA
11 3 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.49%) PhD
12 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.32%) CBAP
12 2 (0.32%) GIAC
13 1 (0.16%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (13.43%) NIST
2 41 (6.63%) NIST 800
3 38 (6.15%) Data Quality
4 37 (5.99%) QA
5 20 (3.24%) GDPR
6 12 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.62%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (1.29%) NCSC
10 7 (1.13%) GRC
11 4 (0.65%) SLA
12 3 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.49%) GxP
12 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.49%) WCAG
13 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.32%) PSD2
13 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (3.40%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.65%) Snort
4 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (5.66%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.88%) Terraform
3 19 (3.07%) Ansible
4 13 (2.10%) Puppet
5 10 (1.62%) Kibana
6 8 (1.29%) Grafana
6 8 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (0.97%) logstash
7 6 (0.97%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.97%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.65%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.49%) Nessus
10 2 (0.32%) Argo
10 2 (0.32%) OPNET
10 2 (0.32%) Packer
11 1 (0.16%) CASB
11 1 (0.16%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 133 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.99%) Splunk
3 27 (4.37%) Google
3 27 (4.37%) SAP
4 18 (2.91%) CyberArk
4 18 (2.91%) Informatica
4 18 (2.91%) Oracle
5 14 (2.27%) Cisco
6 11 (1.78%) Centrify
7 10 (1.62%) Databricks
7 10 (1.62%) LogRhythm
7 10 (1.62%) Okta
7 10 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.29%) Facebook
8 8 (1.29%) Instagram
9 7 (1.13%) OpenLink
9 7 (1.13%) Pega
10 6 (0.97%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.97%) Hyperion
11 5 (0.81%) Adobe