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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 197 178
Rank change year-on-year +46 -19 +12
Contract jobs citing Use Case 680 330 513
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.84% 1.33% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.46% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 218 332
10th Percentile £386 £375 £413
25th Percentile £442 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £675
90th Percentile £750 £881 £800
UK median daily rate £517 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.94 £69.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% +27.27% -16.03%
75th Percentile £80.19 £71.00 £75.28
90th Percentile £93.28 - £90.25
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.14% +27.27% -16.03%

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 31,916 22,554 32,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.61% 86.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,413 14,598 21,798
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £639 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,990 810 2,146
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.50 £34.06 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.44% +4.78% -12.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 15 March 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 15 March 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 15 March 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 +71 418 £540 -13.60% 186
North of England -3 99 £468 -14.91% 53
South East -39 56 £513 -10.87% 77
North West -10 45 £446 -19.00% 27
Midlands -34 45 £475 -13.64% 26
Yorkshire -22 43 £468 +4.00% 24
East Midlands -12 23 £438 -38.38% 12
South West -29 23 £500 -13.04% 19
West Midlands -59 22 £550 +4.76% 14
North East - 13 £425 - 2
East of England -24 12 £550 +46.67% 11
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 36 (5.29%) Confluence
2 25 (3.68%) Apache Spark
3 23 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (2.06%) Jupyter
5 11 (1.62%) Apache
6 7 (1.03%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.88%) Smallworld
8 5 (0.74%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.59%) SAS
10 3 (0.44%) Appian
11 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.29%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.29%) Hyperledger
11 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.15%) CMS
12 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
12 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.09%) Chatbot
3 18 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.21%) MS Visio
5 14 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.15%) CATIA
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 18 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.44%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.44%) Endur
4 3 (0.44%) Maximo
4 3 (0.44%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.29%) Actimize
5 2 (0.29%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.29%) Primavera
5 2 (0.29%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.29%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.15%) iTrent
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 218 (32.06%) Azure
2 140 (20.59%) AWS
3 69 (10.15%) GCP
4 61 (8.97%) Power Platform
5 40 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (4.85%) Azure AI
7 28 (4.12%) GitHub
8 27 (3.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 27 (3.97%) Snowflake
9 21 (3.09%) Amazon Bedrock
9 21 (3.09%) dbt
9 21 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (3.09%) Vertex AI
10 20 (2.94%) Entra ID
10 20 (2.94%) Serverless
11 19 (2.79%) Azure Machine Learning
12 18 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (2.06%) Amazon SageMaker
14 14 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.44%) Firewall
2 15 (2.21%) Network Security
3 8 (1.18%) VPN
4 7 (1.03%) Internet
4 7 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.88%) DNS
6 5 (0.74%) CTI
6 5 (0.74%) VoIP
7 4 (0.59%) BGP
7 4 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (0.59%) RTP
8 3 (0.44%) 5G
8 3 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (0.44%) SSH
8 3 (0.44%) SSL
9 2 (0.29%) IPFIX
9 2 (0.29%) Modbus
9 2 (0.29%) NX-OS
9 2 (0.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.91%) Data Warehouse
2 44 (6.47%) Power BI
3 35 (5.15%) Metadata
4 22 (3.24%) Data Lake
4 22 (3.24%) Snowflake Schema
5 20 (2.94%) Big Data
5 20 (2.94%) Tableau
6 18 (2.65%) Delta Lake
7 14 (2.06%) Pinecone
7 14 (2.06%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.06%) Weaviate
8 13 (1.91%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.32%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.32%) Hadoop
10 8 (1.18%) Data Vault
10 8 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.18%) Spark SQL
11 7 (1.03%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.03%) Star Schema
12 6 (0.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 51 (7.50%) JIRA
2 32 (4.71%) Git
3 14 (2.06%) MLflow
4 9 (1.32%) GitLab
4 9 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.18%) ERwin
6 6 (0.88%) ER Studio
6 6 (0.88%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.59%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.59%) Selenium
8 3 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.44%) PyCharm
8 3 (0.44%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.44%) XCTest
9 2 (0.29%) Hardhat
9 2 (0.29%) JUnit
9 2 (0.29%) Postman
9 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 216 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 190 (27.94%) Finance
3 127 (18.68%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.29%) Banking
5 63 (9.26%) Public Sector
6 26 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (3.82%) Retail
7 20 (2.94%) Legal
8 18 (2.65%) Marketing
9 16 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (2.35%) Telecoms
10 13 (1.91%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.62%) Back Office
13 10 (1.47%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.32%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.32%) Front Office
15 7 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 140 (20.59%) Analyst
2 109 (16.03%) Business Analyst
3 89 (13.09%) Architect
4 68 (10.00%) Senior
5 65 (9.56%) Lead
6 64 (9.41%) Data Engineer
7 44 (6.47%) Developer
8 37 (5.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 32 (4.71%) Consultant
10 28 (4.12%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.97%) Data Scientist
12 25 (3.68%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 21 (3.09%) Technical Analyst
14 18 (2.65%) Data Analyst
14 18 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
15 17 (2.50%) Technical Business Analyst
16 16 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
17 15 (2.21%) Security Engineer
17 15 (2.21%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.26%) PyTorch
1 29 (4.26%) REST
2 27 (3.97%) TensorFlow
3 25 (3.68%) LangChain
4 23 (3.38%) scikit-learn
5 21 (3.09%) PySpark
6 20 (2.94%) Node.js
7 18 (2.65%) JSON
8 17 (2.50%) .NET
8 17 (2.50%) Pandas
8 17 (2.50%) XML
9 16 (2.35%) LangGraph
10 15 (2.21%) OAuth
11 14 (2.06%) Model Context Protocol
12 13 (1.91%) Middleware
12 13 (1.91%) SOAP
13 12 (1.76%) Faiss
13 12 (1.76%) Kafka
13 12 (1.76%) NumPy
13 12 (1.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 50 (7.35%) AI Agents
3 41 (6.03%) Cloud Native
4 38 (5.59%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.38%) Algorithms
6 17 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (2.21%) Security Posture
9 14 (2.06%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.06%) PMI
10 13 (1.91%) Beowulf
10 13 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
11 12 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.76%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.62%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.47%) Data Centre
14 9 (1.32%) Life Science
15 8 (1.18%) Clustering
15 8 (1.18%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.12%) Linux
1 28 (4.12%) Windows
2 9 (1.32%) Unix
3 7 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (37.79%) AI
2 202 (29.71%) Agile
3 191 (28.09%) Analytics
4 152 (22.35%) Machine Learning
5 143 (21.03%) Data Modelling
6 131 (19.26%) CI/CD
7 124 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (17.65%) DevOps
9 117 (17.21%) Data Science
10 116 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
11 106 (15.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 105 (15.44%) Data Pipeline
13 104 (15.29%) Validation
14 103 (15.15%) Generative AI
15 100 (14.71%) Workshop Facilitation
16 98 (14.41%) Data Engineering
16 98 (14.41%) LLM
17 91 (13.38%) Roadmaps
18 88 (12.94%) Data Governance
18 88 (12.94%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 183 (26.91%) Python
2 120 (17.65%) SQL
3 29 (4.26%) Java
4 18 (2.65%) C#
4 18 (2.65%) TypeScript
5 15 (2.21%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
7 13 (1.91%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.62%) Bash
9 10 (1.47%) Bicep
10 9 (1.32%) R
11 8 (1.18%) Scala
12 6 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.74%) C++
14 4 (0.59%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
15 3 (0.44%) Swift
15 3 (0.44%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.29%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 131 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 104 (15.29%) Degree
3 103 (15.15%) SC Cleared
4 36 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.24%) CBAP
7 18 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.65%) CISSP
8 17 (2.50%) PMI Certification
9 15 (2.21%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.91%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.62%) IIBA
12 8 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.88%) CISM
14 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.88%) PhD
15 5 (0.74%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.74%) ISEB
16 4 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.47%) QA
3 24 (3.53%) GDPR
4 18 (2.65%) NIST
5 15 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.76%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.47%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.18%) GRC
9 6 (0.88%) ISO 8583
9 6 (0.88%) PSD2
10 4 (0.59%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.59%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.59%) NCSC
10 4 (0.59%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.44%) HL7
11 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.44%) PMO
12 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.29%) MiFID
12 2 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 45 (6.62%) Docker
2 26 (3.82%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.50%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.91%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.59%) Snort
7 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.29%) vCloud
8 2 (0.29%) zsh
9 1 (0.15%) HDFS
9 1 (0.15%) IAG
9 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.29%) Terraform
3 13 (1.91%) Ansible
3 13 (1.91%) Podman
4 8 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 7 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.74%) CSIRT
6 5 (0.74%) QRadar
7 4 (0.59%) Grafana
7 4 (0.59%) Nessus
8 3 (0.44%) logstash
8 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.29%) Kibana
9 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.15%) Nmap
10 1 (0.15%) SCCM
10 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 111 (16.32%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.09%) Databricks
3 49 (7.21%) OpenAI
4 40 (5.88%) Google
5 26 (3.82%) Splunk
6 25 (3.68%) SAP
7 22 (3.24%) Foundry
7 22 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 19 (2.79%) VMware
9 14 (2.06%) Oracle
10 12 (1.76%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.47%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.32%) Adobe
13 8 (1.18%) Cisco
13 8 (1.18%) MuleSoft
13 8 (1.18%) NVIDIA
13 8 (1.18%) Pega
14 7 (1.03%) IBM
15 6 (0.88%) Genesys
15 6 (0.88%) Palo Alto