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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 154 171
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 +49
Contract jobs citing Use Case 921 517 480
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 1.85% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.04% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 326 297
10th Percentile £405 £356 £375
25th Percentile £475 £447 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £671 £650 £657
90th Percentile £756 £771 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 11
10th Percentile £26.25 £35.33 £50.00
25th Percentile £38.63 £39.58 £56.25
Median hourly rate £77.37 £49.22 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.18% -17.97% -14.29%
75th Percentile £87.96 £65.31 £62.50
90th Percentile £100.85 £72.63 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £77.37 £41.94 £60.00
% change year-on-year +84.47% -30.10% -12.77%

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 39,254 25,364 27,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.88% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,668 16,092 16,994
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,012 1,593 1,122
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.87 £20.14
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.81 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.45 £74.40
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -9.60%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +13 555 £575 - 1,326
South East +17 123 £600 +14.29% 138
North of England -46 99 £525 +10.53% 153
South West +10 57 £540 +8.54% 43
Yorkshire -8 56 £531 +5.99% 44
North West -48 42 £525 +16.67% 92
Midlands -45 40 £500 +11.48% 47
West Midlands -57 27 £500 +11.11% 25
East of England -25 20 £540 +2.86% 59
East Midlands -7 13 £500 +33.33% 22
North East -39 1 £425 - 17
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 41 (4.45%) Confluence
2 27 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 20 (2.17%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.41%) Apache
6 9 (0.98%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.65%) CMS
8 5 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.43%) SAS
10 3 (0.33%) Kentico
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.11%) Appian
11 1 (0.11%) Camunda
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.11%) nginx
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 12 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (1.30%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.19%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.11%) Simulink
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.54%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.33%) Workfront
5 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.22%) Summit
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) Findur
6 1 (0.11%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 268 (29.10%) Azure
2 175 (19.00%) AWS
3 97 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 71 (7.71%) GCP
5 62 (6.73%) Microsoft Copilot
6 45 (4.89%) Snowflake
7 43 (4.67%) GitHub
8 40 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (4.13%) Azure AI
9 38 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (4.02%) Copilot Studio
11 31 (3.37%) SaaS
12 30 (3.26%) dbt
13 28 (3.04%) Amazon S3
14 27 (2.93%) Power Automate
15 24 (2.61%) Azure Sentinel
16 22 (2.39%) Entra ID
16 22 (2.39%) PowerApps
17 21 (2.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 21 (2.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.06%) Firewall
2 13 (1.41%) Network Security
3 11 (1.19%) BGP
4 10 (1.09%) Wireless
5 8 (0.87%) Cisco Wireless
5 8 (0.87%) Multicast
5 8 (0.87%) VLAN
6 7 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.65%) DNS
7 6 (0.65%) SNMP
8 5 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.43%) Broadband
9 4 (0.43%) SMS
9 4 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.43%) VPN
10 3 (0.33%) ATM
10 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.33%) HTTP
10 3 (0.33%) Internet
10 3 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.82%) Metadata
2 59 (6.41%) Power BI
3 51 (5.54%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (3.91%) Data Lake
5 20 (2.17%) Tableau
6 19 (2.06%) Delta Lake
7 17 (1.85%) Semantic Layer
8 16 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
9 14 (1.52%) Big Data
9 14 (1.52%) BigQuery
10 13 (1.41%) SQL Server
11 12 (1.30%) Neo4j
11 12 (1.30%) Pinecone
11 12 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (1.19%) Chroma
12 11 (1.19%) Weaviate
13 10 (1.09%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.09%) Redis
14 9 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 57 (6.19%) JIRA
2 25 (2.71%) Git
3 24 (2.61%) GitLab
4 14 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.52%) MLflow
5 10 (1.09%) ERwin
6 6 (0.65%) Claude Code
6 6 (0.65%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.22%) Postman
7 2 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.11%) Deequ
8 1 (0.11%) Snyk
General
1 277 (30.08%) Finance
2 265 (28.77%) Social Skills
3 163 (17.70%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (10.31%) Banking
5 91 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 45 (4.89%) Marketing
7 35 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (3.15%) Retail
10 28 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (2.93%) Legal
12 22 (2.39%) Investment Banking
13 18 (1.95%) Front Office
14 15 (1.63%) Law
15 14 (1.52%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.52%) Military
16 12 (1.30%) Publishing
17 11 (1.19%) Back Office
17 11 (1.19%) Financial Institution
17 11 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 159 (17.26%) Analyst
2 132 (14.33%) Architect
3 114 (12.38%) Senior
4 100 (10.86%) Business Analyst
5 85 (9.23%) Lead
6 82 (8.90%) Consultant
7 81 (8.79%) Data Engineer
8 62 (6.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 38 (4.13%) Data Architect
10 37 (4.02%) Developer
11 30 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
12 28 (3.04%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 25 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
14 23 (2.50%) SOC Analyst
15 20 (2.17%) Product Owner
16 19 (2.06%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
17 18 (1.95%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
17 18 (1.95%) Data Analyst
18 16 (1.74%) Technical Analyst
19 15 (1.63%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.84%) Terraform
2 37 (4.02%) PySpark
2 37 (4.02%) REST
3 23 (2.50%) LangChain
3 23 (2.50%) Model Context Protocol
4 21 (2.28%) JSON
5 17 (1.85%) Kafka
6 15 (1.63%) .NET
7 14 (1.52%) LlamaIndex
8 12 (1.30%) LangGraph
8 12 (1.30%) Pandas
9 11 (1.19%) RESTful
10 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (0.87%) GraphQL
11 8 (0.87%) scikit-learn
11 8 (0.87%) Semantic Kernel
11 8 (0.87%) vLLM
11 8 (0.87%) Web Services
12 7 (0.76%) Spring
12 7 (0.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 109 (11.83%) AI Agents
2 91 (9.88%) Onboarding
3 78 (8.47%) Product Ownership
4 61 (6.62%) Cloud Native
5 31 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
6 27 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
6 27 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 25 (2.71%) Data Structures
8 23 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.95%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.85%) Taxonomies
12 14 (1.52%) Data Fabric
13 13 (1.41%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.41%) CSOC
14 12 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
15 11 (1.19%) Data Centre
15 11 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.19%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.56%) Linux
2 22 (2.39%) Windows
3 8 (0.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.43%) Unix
5 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (51.14%) AI
2 261 (28.34%) Analytics
3 209 (22.69%) Machine Learning
4 202 (21.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 191 (20.74%) Agile
6 165 (17.92%) LLM
6 165 (17.92%) Roadmaps
7 162 (17.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 159 (17.26%) Generative AI
9 157 (17.05%) Data Pipeline
10 155 (16.83%) Data Modelling
11 149 (16.18%) CI/CD
12 132 (14.33%) DevOps
13 131 (14.22%) Data Engineering
14 130 (14.12%) Data Governance
15 124 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 124 (13.46%) Validation
16 117 (12.70%) Workshop Facilitation
17 116 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
18 112 (12.16%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 205 (22.26%) Python
2 175 (19.00%) SQL
3 38 (4.13%) Kusto Query Language
4 28 (3.04%) Java
4 28 (3.04%) PowerShell
5 24 (2.61%) Bash
6 17 (1.85%) C#
7 13 (1.41%) Search Processing Language
8 9 (0.98%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.76%) Bicep
10 7 (0.76%) Scala
11 6 (0.65%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.65%) R
12 5 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.43%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.33%) Go
14 3 (0.33%) Perl
14 3 (0.33%) Ruby
14 3 (0.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 202 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 163 (17.70%) SC Cleared
3 81 (8.79%) Degree
4 40 (4.34%) DV Cleared
5 34 (3.69%) CISSP
6 27 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.63%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.52%) GCIH
11 13 (1.41%) CBAP
12 12 (1.30%) PMI Certification
13 11 (1.19%) SANS
13 11 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (1.09%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.98%) PMP
16 8 (0.87%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (15.74%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.10%) GDPR
3 41 (4.45%) QA
4 22 (2.39%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.06%) NCSC
6 17 (1.85%) NIST
7 14 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.87%) GRC
9 6 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.54%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.43%) ISO 15022
11 4 (0.43%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 3 (0.33%) MiFID
13 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.22%) EMIR
13 2 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (2.50%) Docker
2 21 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.09%) IAG
4 7 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 64 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.71%) Ansible
3 8 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
3 8 (0.87%) Grafana
3 8 (0.87%) Kubeflow
3 8 (0.87%) Prometheus
3 8 (0.87%) QRadar
4 6 (0.65%) OPNET
5 4 (0.43%) CASB
5 4 (0.43%) Kustomize
5 4 (0.43%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.43%) Proxmox
6 3 (0.33%) Kibana
7 2 (0.22%) Argo
7 2 (0.22%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.22%) logstash
7 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.11%) Istio
Vendors
1 194 (21.06%) Microsoft
2 92 (9.99%) Databricks
3 50 (5.43%) OpenAI
4 47 (5.10%) Splunk
5 37 (4.02%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.80%) Google
7 33 (3.58%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.50%) Oracle
9 21 (2.28%) Foundry
10 19 (2.06%) Cisco
10 19 (2.06%) Dynatrace
10 19 (2.06%) SAP
11 17 (1.85%) Adobe
12 10 (1.09%) Cribl.io
12 10 (1.09%) Nexthink
12 10 (1.09%) VMware
13 9 (0.98%) ArcSight
13 9 (0.98%) Informatica
14 7 (0.76%) F5
15 6 (0.65%) CyberArk