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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 189 212
Rank change year-on-year +15 +23 0
Contract jobs citing Use Case 629 829 1,229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.45% 1.39% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.55% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 526 737
10th Percentile £410 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £658 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £506
% change year-on-year +7.60% -1.23% +6.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 29
10th Percentile - £53.88 £17.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £62.75 £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 - £78.43 £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 37,562 53,490 80,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.88% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 37,115 56,434
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% +7.69%
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% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 1,742 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +34 539 £570 +3.64% 329
London +14 281 £600 - 182
UK excluding London +15 263 £538 +7.60% 147
Work from Home +64 237 £569 +3.41% 153
South West +74 98 £550 +4.76% 23
North of England +18 77 £555 +0.91% 33
North West +25 41 £500 -7.41% 22
Midlands +32 39 £580 +3.57% 21
South East -28 35 £475 +1.06% 40
Yorkshire +12 32 £625 +13.64% 7
West Midlands +35 29 £538 -13.92% 15
Scotland +24 26 £515 +17.18% 4
East of England +6 13 £500 +11.11% 30
East Midlands +12 7 £613 +30.67% 6
North East +25 4 £443 - 4
Wales +6 1 £175 -64.19% 2

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 22 (3.50%) Confluence
2 8 (1.27%) CMS
2 8 (1.27%) MTS
2 8 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.64%) Apache
4 3 (0.48%) IIS
4 3 (0.48%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (4.13%) MS Visio
2 21 (3.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.64%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.64%) 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 20 (3.18%) Endur
2 10 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.43%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (1.27%) Aligne
4 8 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.27%) EuroRunner
5 6 (0.95%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.64%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.48%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.48%) 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
1 113 (17.97%) Azure
2 72 (11.45%) AWS
3 42 (6.68%) Power Platform
4 37 (5.88%) GCP
5 17 (2.70%) GitHub
6 16 (2.54%) SaaS
7 14 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
7 14 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.43%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.43%) IaaS
10 9 (1.43%) PaaS
10 9 (1.43%) Serverless
11 8 (1.27%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.27%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.27%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.11%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.41%) Firewall
2 14 (2.23%) HTTP
3 11 (1.75%) Network Security
3 11 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (1.27%) VPN
6 6 (0.95%) DMZ
6 6 (0.95%) DNS
7 5 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (0.64%) Internet
8 4 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.64%) tcpdump
8 4 (0.64%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.48%) ADSL
9 3 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.48%) LAN
9 3 (0.48%) SSH
9 3 (0.48%) VDSL
9 3 (0.48%) WAN
10 2 (0.32%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.20%) Power BI
2 15 (2.38%) Metadata
3 14 (2.23%) Big Data
3 14 (2.23%) Data Lake
4 13 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.75%) Tableau
6 10 (1.59%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.43%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.43%) SAP HANA
8 7 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.79%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.64%) Apache Hive
11 4 (0.64%) Bigtable
11 4 (0.64%) Cloud Spanner
11 4 (0.64%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.64%) OLAP
11 4 (0.64%) OLTP
12 3 (0.48%) DB2
Development Applications
1 74 (11.76%) JIRA
2 28 (4.45%) Jenkins
3 27 (4.29%) Git
4 15 (2.38%) GitLab
5 12 (1.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (0.95%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.95%) Travis CI
7 5 (0.79%) JMeter
7 5 (0.79%) Selenium
8 4 (0.64%) IDA Disassembler
9 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.48%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.48%) 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
1 217 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 137 (21.78%) Finance
3 97 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.02%) Public Sector
5 40 (6.36%) Banking
6 39 (6.20%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (5.25%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.82%) Marketing
9 22 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.23%) Legal
12 12 (1.91%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.91%) Retail
13 11 (1.75%) German Language
14 10 (1.59%) Back Office
15 8 (1.27%) Automotive
15 8 (1.27%) Front Office
16 7 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 212 (33.70%) Analyst
2 107 (17.01%) Business Analyst
3 93 (14.79%) Architect
4 62 (9.86%) Consultant
5 60 (9.54%) Senior
6 39 (6.20%) Lead
7 37 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
8 31 (4.93%) Senior Analyst
9 29 (4.61%) Developer
10 23 (3.66%) Data Architect
10 23 (3.66%) Senior Business Analyst
10 23 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
11 21 (3.34%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 21 (3.34%) Technical Analyst
12 20 (3.18%) Data Analyst
13 17 (2.70%) Data Engineer
14 16 (2.54%) Project Manager
14 16 (2.54%) Technical Architect
15 15 (2.38%) Security Analyst
16 14 (2.23%) Cyber Defence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.86%) OpenID
2 15 (2.38%) SAML
3 13 (2.07%) CSS
3 13 (2.07%) XML
4 12 (1.91%) HTML
4 12 (1.91%) OAuth
5 10 (1.59%) PySpark
6 9 (1.43%) JSON
6 9 (1.43%) Node.js
6 9 (1.43%) REST
7 8 (1.27%) YAML
8 7 (1.11%) .NET
8 7 (1.11%) LDAP
8 7 (1.11%) React
9 6 (0.95%) ADO
9 6 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (0.95%) Kafka
9 6 (0.95%) Web Services
10 5 (0.79%) Middleware
10 5 (0.79%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (10.65%) Management Information System
2 52 (8.27%) Product Ownership
3 51 (8.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 48 (7.63%) Cyber Threat
5 47 (7.47%) Security Operations Centre
6 42 (6.68%) Cyber Defence
7 32 (5.09%) CSOC
8 22 (3.50%) Renewable Energy
9 21 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (2.86%) Data Structures
11 14 (2.23%) IoT
12 13 (2.07%) Cloud Native
13 12 (1.91%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.75%) Solar Panel
15 9 (1.43%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
15 9 (1.43%) Industry 4.0
15 9 (1.43%) Onboarding
16 8 (1.27%) Data Centre
16 8 (1.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.13%) Windows
2 22 (3.50%) Linux
3 8 (1.27%) Unix
4 3 (0.48%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (23.37%) Agile
2 138 (21.94%) Cybersecurity
3 127 (20.19%) SIEM
4 112 (17.81%) Analytics
5 101 (16.06%) Incident Response
6 100 (15.90%) Roadmaps
7 93 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (12.40%) Information Security
9 77 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 68 (10.81%) User Stories
11 66 (10.49%) Incident Management
12 65 (10.33%) Data Modelling
13 60 (9.54%) Business Analysis
13 60 (9.54%) Security Operations
14 59 (9.38%) DevOps
15 56 (8.90%) CRM
15 56 (8.90%) Threat Intelligence
16 55 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
16 55 (8.74%) Decision-Making
17 54 (8.59%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 69 (10.97%) Python
2 51 (8.11%) SQL
3 36 (5.72%) Java
4 29 (4.61%) PowerShell
5 24 (3.82%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.70%) Bash
7 11 (1.75%) Go
8 10 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (1.43%) C#
10 8 (1.27%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (0.95%) Perl
11 6 (0.95%) Scala
12 5 (0.79%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.64%) Ruby
14 3 (0.48%) C
14 3 (0.48%) C++
14 3 (0.48%) Clojure
14 3 (0.48%) Haskell
14 3 (0.48%) PHP
14 3 (0.48%) Rust
Qualifications
1 130 (20.67%) Security Cleared
2 90 (14.31%) Degree
3 86 (13.67%) DV Cleared
4 42 (6.68%) SC Cleared
5 29 (4.61%) SANS
6 15 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.43%) CISSP
9 8 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.64%) CISM
11 4 (0.64%) MBA
12 3 (0.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.48%) CBAP
12 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.48%) PhD
13 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.32%) GIAC
14 1 (0.16%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (13.20%) NIST
2 41 (6.52%) NIST 800
3 39 (6.20%) Data Quality
4 37 (5.88%) QA
5 20 (3.18%) GDPR
6 12 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.59%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (1.27%) NCSC
10 7 (1.11%) GRC
11 4 (0.64%) SLA
12 3 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.48%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.48%) GxP
12 3 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.48%) WCAG
13 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.32%) PSD2
13 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 20 (3.18%) Docker
2 5 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.64%) Snort
4 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.82%) Terraform
3 19 (3.02%) Ansible
4 13 (2.07%) Puppet
5 10 (1.59%) Kibana
6 8 (1.27%) Grafana
6 8 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.95%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (0.95%) logstash
7 6 (0.95%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.95%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.64%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.48%) 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
1 140 (22.26%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.20%) Splunk
3 28 (4.45%) SAP
4 27 (4.29%) Google
5 18 (2.86%) CyberArk
5 18 (2.86%) Informatica
5 18 (2.86%) Oracle
6 14 (2.23%) Cisco
7 12 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.75%) Centrify
8 11 (1.75%) Databricks
9 10 (1.59%) LogRhythm
9 10 (1.59%) Okta
10 8 (1.27%) Facebook
10 8 (1.27%) Instagram
10 8 (1.27%) OpenLink
11 7 (1.11%) Pega
12 6 (0.95%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.95%) Hyperion
13 5 (0.79%) Adobe