Use Case Contract Job Trends in England

Use Cases
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Use Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 186 165
Rank change year-on-year +46 -21 +27
Contract jobs citing Use Case 786 349 547
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.88% 1.46% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.60% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 217 362
10th Percentile £400 £361 £413
25th Percentile £450 £450 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.18% +2.32%
75th Percentile £638 £745 £650
90th Percentile £750 £855 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 16
10th Percentile £41.94 £30.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £44.58 £43.74 £49.38
Median hourly rate £57.40 £56.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.25% -17.24%
75th Percentile £76.10 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £101.01 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.40 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +47.77% -35.26% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Use Case falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,462 21,869 31,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.04% 91.35% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,467 14,201 20,640
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 965 2,327
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.91 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Use Case relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Use Case job vacancy trend in England

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Use Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Use Case

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Use Case in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Use Case in England

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Use Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Use Case

Use Case
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Use Case in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Use Case in England

Use Case
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +57 485 £550 -12.07% 445
North of England -24 113 £475 -9.52% 75
North West -15 57 £475 -13.64% 44
South East -38 55 £500 -2.44% 117
Midlands -22 49 £500 +23.46% 35
Yorkshire -33 44 £525 +13.51% 20
South West 0 43 £500 -13.04% 32
East Midlands -5 28 £500 +27.39% 12
West Midlands -46 21 £500 +21.21% 22
East of England -29 15 £550 +46.67% 13
North East -19 12 £450 - 13
Use Case
UK

Use Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 45 (5.73%) Confluence
2 28 (3.56%) Apache Spark
3 22 (2.80%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.29%) Jupyter
5 10 (1.27%) Apache
6 9 (1.15%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.64%) CMS
8 4 (0.51%) SAS
9 3 (0.38%) Kentico
9 3 (0.38%) WordPress
10 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.25%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.25%) Smallworld
11 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.13%) Appian
11 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) IIS
11 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 27 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.04%) Chatbot
3 15 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.53%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) CATIA
7 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.64%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.64%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.38%) Findur
4 3 (0.38%) Maximo
4 3 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.25%) Actimize
5 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Shopify
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 225 (28.63%) Azure
2 139 (17.68%) AWS
3 87 (11.07%) Power Platform
4 76 (9.67%) GCP
5 38 (4.83%) Azure AI
6 31 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 27 (3.44%) Snowflake
9 24 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (2.67%) Amazon Bedrock
11 21 (2.67%) dbt
11 21 (2.67%) Entra ID
11 21 (2.67%) Serverless
12 18 (2.29%) GitHub
13 17 (2.16%) Amazon S3
14 16 (2.04%) SaaS
15 15 (1.91%) Amazon SageMaker
15 15 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (1.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.69%) Firewall
2 17 (2.16%) Network Security
3 8 (1.02%) VPN
4 6 (0.76%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.64%) BGP
5 5 (0.64%) DNS
5 5 (0.64%) RTP
6 4 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.51%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.51%) SNMP
7 3 (0.38%) 5G
7 3 (0.38%) Internet
7 3 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.38%) Wireless
8 2 (0.25%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.25%) HTTP
8 2 (0.25%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.25%) OSPF
8 2 (0.25%) SMS
8 2 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (8.14%) Power BI
2 57 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (4.20%) Metadata
4 25 (3.18%) Tableau
5 24 (3.05%) Big Data
6 20 (2.54%) Data Lake
7 19 (2.42%) Weaviate
8 18 (2.29%) BigQuery
8 18 (2.29%) Pinecone
9 17 (2.16%) Snowflake Schema
10 15 (1.91%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.78%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.53%) Spark SQL
13 8 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.02%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.89%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.89%) Looker
15 6 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.76%) KDB
16 5 (0.64%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 59 (7.51%) JIRA
2 30 (3.82%) Git
3 14 (1.78%) MLflow
4 12 (1.53%) GitLab
5 6 (0.76%) ERwin
6 5 (0.64%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.38%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.38%) XCTest
8 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.25%) JUnit
8 2 (0.25%) Postman
8 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.13%) Ant
9 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.13%) Travis CI
9 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 225 (28.63%) Finance
2 216 (27.48%) Social Skills
3 133 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (11.83%) Banking
5 76 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 28 (3.56%) Retail
7 25 (3.18%) Legal
7 25 (3.18%) Marketing
8 23 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (2.42%) Investment Banking
10 17 (2.16%) Front Office
11 16 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.78%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.15%) Military
16 6 (0.76%) Back Office
16 6 (0.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 146 (18.58%) Analyst
2 108 (13.74%) Business Analyst
3 101 (12.85%) Architect
4 84 (10.69%) Senior
5 75 (9.54%) Data Engineer
5 75 (9.54%) Lead
6 52 (6.62%) Developer
7 48 (6.11%) Consultant
8 35 (4.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 28 (3.56%) Project Manager
10 27 (3.44%) Data Architect
11 26 (3.31%) Data Scientist
12 23 (2.93%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 22 (2.80%) Data Analyst
14 20 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (2.29%) Product Owner
15 18 (2.29%) Security Engineer
15 18 (2.29%) Senior Business Analyst
16 17 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
17 16 (2.04%) Pega Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.82%) PySpark
2 29 (3.69%) LangChain
3 23 (2.93%) .NET
3 23 (2.93%) REST
4 19 (2.42%) Pandas
4 19 (2.42%) scikit-learn
5 18 (2.29%) LlamaIndex
5 18 (2.29%) PyTorch
6 15 (1.91%) JSON
6 15 (1.91%) TensorFlow
7 14 (1.78%) Kafka
8 11 (1.40%) Middleware
8 11 (1.40%) Node.js
9 10 (1.27%) LangGraph
9 10 (1.27%) NumPy
9 10 (1.27%) OAuth
9 10 (1.27%) SOAP
10 8 (1.02%) XML
10 8 (1.02%) YAML
11 7 (0.89%) A2A Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.03%) AI Agents
2 69 (8.78%) Product Ownership
3 52 (6.62%) Cloud Native
4 40 (5.09%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.54%) Security Operations Centre
6 18 (2.29%) Security Posture
7 16 (2.04%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.91%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.78%) Management Information System
10 13 (1.65%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.65%) Beowulf
10 13 (1.65%) Life Science
11 12 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.15%) CSOC
14 7 (0.89%) Reference Data
14 7 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.18%) Linux
2 18 (2.29%) Windows
3 8 (1.02%) Unix
4 6 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.38%) Android
7 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (41.60%) AI
2 241 (30.66%) Analytics
3 185 (23.54%) Agile
4 172 (21.88%) Machine Learning
5 160 (20.36%) Data Modelling
6 142 (18.07%) Data Pipeline
7 132 (16.79%) DevOps
8 127 (16.16%) CI/CD
8 127 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 123 (15.65%) Data Science
9 123 (15.65%) LLM
10 119 (15.14%) Generative AI
11 116 (14.76%) Data Engineering
12 115 (14.63%) Decision-Making
13 114 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
14 108 (13.74%) Validation
15 107 (13.61%) Roadmaps
15 107 (13.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 102 (12.98%) Workshop Facilitation
17 101 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 195 (24.81%) Python
2 140 (17.81%) SQL
3 24 (3.05%) C#
4 20 (2.54%) Kusto Query Language
5 19 (2.42%) Java
6 15 (1.91%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.91%) R
7 14 (1.78%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.53%) Scala
9 11 (1.40%) Bash
10 9 (1.15%) Bicep
10 9 (1.15%) JavaScript
11 5 (0.64%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.51%) C++
12 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.38%) Swift
14 2 (0.25%) Go
14 2 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 175 (22.26%) Security Cleared
2 136 (17.30%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.67%) Degree
4 26 (3.31%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.67%) CISSP
7 20 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.91%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.91%) CBAP
10 11 (1.40%) CISM
10 11 (1.40%) IIBA
11 9 (1.15%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.89%) SANS
13 5 (0.64%) GCIA
13 5 (0.64%) ISEB
14 4 (0.51%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (15.01%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.22%) GDPR
3 39 (4.96%) QA
4 23 (2.93%) NIST
5 13 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.15%) NCSC
8 8 (1.02%) GRC
9 6 (0.76%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.38%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.38%) PMO
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.25%) MiFID
12 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (4.45%) Docker
2 20 (2.54%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.91%) VMware NSX
5 13 (1.65%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.51%) Snort
7 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.25%) vCloud
8 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.13%) HDFS
9 1 (0.13%) IAG
9 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (7.63%) Kubernetes
2 44 (5.60%) Terraform
3 14 (1.78%) Ansible
4 13 (1.65%) Podman
5 8 (1.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.89%) QRadar
7 6 (0.76%) Grafana
8 5 (0.64%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.64%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.64%) Nessus
8 5 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.38%) Puppet
10 2 (0.25%) Kibana
10 2 (0.25%) logstash
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.25%) SCCM
11 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 147 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.03%) Databricks
3 58 (7.38%) OpenAI
4 34 (4.33%) Splunk
5 31 (3.94%) Foundry
6 30 (3.82%) Google
7 29 (3.69%) SAP
8 24 (3.05%) Salesforce
9 19 (2.42%) Pega
10 17 (2.16%) VMware
11 15 (1.91%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.53%) Oracle
13 10 (1.27%) IBM
14 9 (1.15%) Cisco
15 8 (1.02%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.02%) NVIDIA
15 8 (1.02%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 7 (0.89%) Adobe
16 7 (0.89%) Informatica
16 7 (0.89%) Red Hat