Use Cases
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Use Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Use Case over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 254 213
Rank change year-on-year -25 -41 +129
Permanent jobs citing Use Case 1,031 1,496 3,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 1.44% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.51% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 536 759 1,101
10th Percentile £31,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £77,647 £77,715 £86,250
90th Percentile £96,539 £97,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +12.47%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £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%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Use Case over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -50 828 £55,000 -15.38% 251
UK excluding London -34 599 £50,000 -16.67% 126
Work from Home -19 445 £59,526 -12.14% 109
London -9 359 £75,000 +8.00% 123
Scotland +38 148 £62,947 -9.36% 4
South East -56 148 £55,000 -8.33% 34
South West +39 142 £47,557 -28.75% 20
North of England -21 110 £50,000 -16.00% 27
North West +17 62 £47,500 -24.60% 17
Yorkshire +11 31 £62,500 +5.00% 7
Midlands -71 30 £47,500 -13.64% 15
West Midlands -64 29 £47,500 -19.15% 11
East of England -64 20 £59,000 -18.62% 30
North East +5 17 £40,000 -27.27% 3
Wales +10 1 £37,500 -16.04% 2
East Midlands -22 1 £42,500 -19.05% 4

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
1 107 (10.38%) Confluence
2 30 (2.91%) Apache
3 16 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.26%) SharePoint
5 9 (0.87%) nginx
6 6 (0.58%) CMS
6 6 (0.58%) Mendix
7 5 (0.48%) K2 blackpearl
8 4 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.39%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.39%) SAS
9 3 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.29%) OpenZeppelin
10 2 (0.19%) Luigi
11 1 (0.097%) Drupal
Applications
1 19 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.36%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.58%) Trello
5 4 (0.39%) SPSS
6 2 (0.19%) Maya
6 2 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
7 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.16%) Endur
2 11 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.68%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.68%) thinkFolio
5 6 (0.58%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.58%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.48%) SAP FSCM
6 5 (0.48%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.29%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.097%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.097%) SAP PLM
10 1 (0.097%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.097%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 158 (15.32%) Azure
2 102 (9.89%) AWS
3 69 (6.69%) Power Platform
4 48 (4.66%) GitHub
5 44 (4.27%) SaaS
6 39 (3.78%) GCP
7 31 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (2.72%) PaaS
8 28 (2.72%) Power Automate
8 28 (2.72%) PowerApps
9 24 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 24 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 18 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (1.45%) Serverless
13 13 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 13 (1.26%) Azure Functions
13 13 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (1.26%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 184 (17.85%) Broadband
2 65 (6.30%) Kerberos
3 37 (3.59%) Firewall
4 12 (1.16%) Network Security
4 12 (1.16%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.97%) Internet
5 10 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (0.68%) LAN
6 7 (0.68%) SAN
6 7 (0.68%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.68%) Unified Communications
6 7 (0.68%) WAN
7 3 (0.29%) IPFS
7 3 (0.29%) MQTT
8 2 (0.19%) HTTP
8 2 (0.19%) VPN
9 1 (0.097%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.097%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (8.92%) Metadata
2 37 (3.59%) Power BI
3 31 (3.01%) Big Data
4 27 (2.62%) MySQL
5 25 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 22 (2.13%) SQL Server
8 18 (1.75%) Tableau
9 14 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 12 (1.16%) Redis
11 9 (0.87%) DTS
12 8 (0.78%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.78%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (0.58%) MariaDB
14 6 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.58%) Star Schema
15 5 (0.48%) Apache Hive
15 5 (0.48%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 183 (17.75%) Git
2 167 (16.20%) Bitbucket
3 145 (14.06%) JIRA
4 94 (9.12%) Visual Studio
5 89 (8.63%) Jenkins
6 65 (6.30%) Artifactory
7 59 (5.72%) Sourcetree
8 14 (1.36%) PHPUnit
9 10 (0.97%) Subversion
10 5 (0.48%) webpack
11 4 (0.39%) GitLab
12 3 (0.29%) Hardhat
13 2 (0.19%) JUnit
13 2 (0.19%) Phabricator
General
1 331 (32.10%) Marketing
2 319 (30.94%) Finance
3 209 (20.27%) Social Skills
4 188 (18.23%) Advertising
5 160 (15.52%) Presentation Skills
6 150 (14.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 150 (14.55%) Law
7 128 (12.42%) Games
8 113 (10.96%) Banking
9 110 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
10 45 (4.36%) Legal
11 30 (2.91%) Retail
12 24 (2.33%) Financial Institution
13 21 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.94%) Back Office
15 19 (1.84%) Investment Banking
16 17 (1.65%) Public Sector
17 14 (1.36%) Manufacturing
18 12 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
19 11 (1.07%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 325 (31.52%) Lead
2 204 (19.79%) Senior
3 180 (17.46%) Analyst
4 172 (16.68%) Developer
5 103 (9.99%) Software Engineer
6 89 (8.63%) Business Analyst
7 88 (8.54%) 3D Developer
7 88 (8.54%) Games Developer
7 88 (8.54%) Unity 3D Developer
8 74 (7.18%) Architect
9 66 (6.40%) Lead Software Engineer
10 59 (5.72%) Senior Developer
11 44 (4.27%) Senior Software Engineer
12 36 (3.49%) Consultant
13 35 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
14 31 (3.01%) Data Architect
15 30 (2.91%) Senior Games Developer
16 27 (2.62%) Data Scientist
17 25 (2.42%) Principal Engineer
17 25 (2.42%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (9.51%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 97 (9.41%) RESTful
3 79 (7.66%) JSON
4 76 (7.37%) Web Services
5 74 (7.18%) XML
6 65 (6.30%) JSON-LD
6 65 (6.30%) LDAP
6 65 (6.30%) OpenID
6 65 (6.30%) SAML
7 49 (4.75%) .NET
8 43 (4.17%) CSS
9 35 (3.39%) HTML
9 35 (3.39%) React
10 24 (2.33%) Pandas
10 24 (2.33%) Vue
11 22 (2.13%) Apache NiFi
12 21 (2.04%) Laravel
13 19 (1.84%) AngularJS
13 19 (1.84%) Sass
14 16 (1.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 185 (17.94%) Marketing Technology
2 95 (9.21%) Management Information System
3 88 (8.54%) Virtual Reality
4 78 (7.57%) Enterprise Cloud
5 75 (7.27%) Product Ownership
6 68 (6.60%) Reference Data
7 58 (5.63%) Cloud Native
8 38 (3.69%) Data Structures
9 34 (3.30%) Onboarding
10 31 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (3.01%) Taxonomies
11 25 (2.42%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
13 14 (1.36%) IoT
14 13 (1.26%) Cyberattack
14 13 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 13 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (1.16%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.16%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.56%) Windows
2 45 (4.36%) Linux
3 6 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.48%) Unix
5 3 (0.29%) Android
5 3 (0.29%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.097%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (34.82%) Analytics
2 348 (33.75%) Agile
3 226 (21.92%) Software Engineering
4 218 (21.14%) Data Strategy
5 213 (20.66%) Business Case
6 200 (19.40%) Process Improvement
7 193 (18.72%) Data Modelling
8 191 (18.53%) Data Collection
9 188 (18.23%) Matrix Organization
10 185 (17.94%) Digital Marketing
11 184 (17.85%) Regulatory Change
12 171 (16.59%) DevOps
13 169 (16.39%) Roadmaps
14 149 (14.45%) Scrum
15 148 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
16 132 (12.80%) CI/CD
17 119 (11.54%) SDLC
18 118 (11.45%) Data Pipeline
19 115 (11.15%) Business Analysis
20 110 (10.67%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 186 (18.04%) Python
2 150 (14.55%) SQL
3 125 (12.12%) C#
4 70 (6.79%) Go
5 65 (6.30%) Prolog
5 65 (6.30%) SPARQL
6 61 (5.92%) JavaScript
7 29 (2.81%) Java
8 24 (2.33%) C++
9 22 (2.13%) C
10 14 (1.36%) Scala
11 12 (1.16%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.16%) R
12 10 (0.97%) PHP
13 9 (0.87%) VB
14 8 (0.78%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.68%) Bash
16 6 (0.58%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.58%) VB.NET
16 6 (0.58%) VB6
Qualifications
1 197 (19.11%) Degree
2 120 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 105 (10.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 104 (10.09%) SC Cleared
5 27 (2.62%) Master's Degree
6 26 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (2.13%) CISSP
9 17 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
11 15 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 15 (1.45%) CCSP
12 14 (1.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 14 (1.36%) CompTIA CySA+
12 14 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.78%) GIAC
13 8 (0.78%) IIBA
13 8 (0.78%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.68%) CCNP
14 7 (0.68%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.78%) QA
2 35 (3.39%) Data Quality
3 29 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 24 (2.33%) NIST
5 18 (1.75%) SOC 2
6 12 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.97%) PMO
8 8 (0.78%) GDPR
9 6 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.58%) SOC 1
10 5 (0.48%) SLA
11 3 (0.29%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.29%) ISO 9000
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) MISRA
12 2 (0.19%) MISRA C
12 2 (0.19%) NCSC
13 1 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.097%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.097%) UCITS
System Software
1 74 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.49%) Docker
3 5 (0.48%) Firmware
4 3 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.097%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.42%) Terraform
3 11 (1.07%) Ansible
4 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.29%) CASB
5 3 (0.29%) Nagios
5 3 (0.29%) QRadar
6 2 (0.19%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.19%) Grafana
6 2 (0.19%) Podman
7 1 (0.097%) Argo
7 1 (0.097%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.097%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.097%) SCCM
7 1 (0.097%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 183 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.56%) Databricks
3 29 (2.81%) Google
4 19 (1.84%) SAP
5 16 (1.55%) Splunk
6 14 (1.36%) Oracle
7 13 (1.26%) Adobe
8 12 (1.16%) OpenLink
8 12 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.07%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.78%) Charles River
11 7 (0.68%) LogRhythm
11 7 (0.68%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.58%) Cisco
12 6 (0.58%) Intapp
12 6 (0.58%) McAfee
13 5 (0.48%) Automation Anywhere
13 5 (0.48%) PayPal
13 5 (0.48%) Qualys
13 5 (0.48%) WorldPay