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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 164 156
Rank change year-on-year +24 -8 +56
Contract jobs citing Use Case 893 466 520
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.95% 1.68% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 1.85% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 296 331
10th Percentile £413 £357 £400
25th Percentile £463 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £560
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -4.91% +1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £671 £664
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 19
10th Percentile £26.10 £27.98 £40.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £41.88 £51.25
Median hourly rate £77.37 £56.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.93% -5.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £87.16 £60.63 -
90th Percentile £101.18 £67.75 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £77.37 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +99.16% -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 39,011 25,247 28,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.77% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,277 16,138 18,662
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,415 1,657
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £14.13
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.87 £18.32
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +1.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +72.96% -38.57% -3.67%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +35 562 £575 - 637
North of England -38 103 £519 +9.26% 69
South East -18 87 £575 +12.20% 69
Yorkshire -9 57 £525 +13.51% 25
South West -2 52 £540 -4.00% 35
Midlands -43 46 £550 +29.41% 26
North West -53 42 £475 - 39
West Midlands -52 29 £525 +17.06% 19
East Midlands +1 17 £550 +46.67% 7
East of England -31 12 £488 +4.84% 27
North East -40 4 £425 - 5
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 43 (4.82%) Confluence
2 28 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (2.02%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.90%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.12%) Jupyter
6 9 (1.01%) Apache
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
8 5 (0.56%) SAS
9 4 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.34%) Kentico
10 3 (0.34%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.11%) Appian
12 1 (0.11%) Camunda
12 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.11%) OpenROAD
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 18 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.90%) Chatbot
3 15 (1.68%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.11%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.56%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.56%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.34%) Actimize
5 3 (0.34%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.34%) Findur
5 3 (0.34%) Workfront
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.22%) Maximo
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) Summit
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 273 (30.57%) Azure
2 164 (18.37%) AWS
3 101 (11.31%) Power Platform
4 79 (8.85%) GCP
5 55 (6.16%) Microsoft Copilot
6 52 (5.82%) Azure AI
7 42 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
8 38 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (3.81%) GitHub
9 34 (3.81%) Snowflake
10 29 (3.25%) Amazon Bedrock
10 29 (3.25%) SaaS
11 26 (2.91%) Copilot Studio
11 26 (2.91%) dbt
12 24 (2.69%) Entra ID
13 23 (2.58%) Power Automate
14 22 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (2.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 21 (2.35%) Amazon S3
16 18 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.13%) Firewall
2 14 (1.57%) Network Security
3 7 (0.78%) Wireless
4 6 (0.67%) BGP
4 6 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (0.67%) SNMP
5 5 (0.56%) Cisco Wireless
5 5 (0.56%) DNS
5 5 (0.56%) Multicast
5 5 (0.56%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.56%) VLAN
6 4 (0.45%) SMS
6 4 (0.45%) VPN
6 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.34%) 5G
7 3 (0.34%) ATM
7 3 (0.34%) HTTP
7 3 (0.34%) Internet
7 3 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.22%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.61%) Power BI
2 60 (6.72%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (5.49%) Metadata
4 30 (3.36%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.14%) Tableau
6 21 (2.35%) Big Data
6 21 (2.35%) BigQuery
7 17 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (1.79%) Delta Lake
8 16 (1.79%) Pinecone
8 16 (1.79%) Semantic Layer
8 16 (1.79%) Weaviate
9 14 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (1.12%) Spark SQL
11 9 (1.01%) Looker
12 8 (0.90%) SQL Server
13 7 (0.78%) Redis
14 6 (0.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 59 (6.61%) JIRA
2 29 (3.25%) Git
3 21 (2.35%) GitLab
4 16 (1.79%) MLflow
5 13 (1.46%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.01%) ERwin
7 7 (0.78%) Claude Code
7 7 (0.78%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.34%) XCTest
9 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.11%) Deequ
10 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 261 (29.23%) Finance
2 252 (28.22%) Social Skills
3 163 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (12.32%) Banking
5 82 (9.18%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.70%) Marketing
7 37 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (3.58%) Retail
9 28 (3.14%) Legal
10 26 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.35%) Front Office
11 21 (2.35%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.79%) Financial Institution
12 16 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.79%) Law
13 14 (1.57%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.46%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.01%) Military
16 7 (0.78%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 151 (16.91%) Analyst
2 124 (13.89%) Architect
3 96 (10.75%) Business Analyst
4 92 (10.30%) Lead
5 83 (9.29%) Senior
6 81 (9.07%) Data Engineer
7 70 (7.84%) Consultant
8 62 (6.94%) Developer
9 50 (5.60%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 37 (4.14%) Data Architect
11 27 (3.02%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 24 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (2.58%) Data Analyst
14 20 (2.24%) Data Scientist
15 18 (2.02%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
15 18 (2.02%) SOC Analyst
16 16 (1.79%) Pega Developer
17 15 (1.68%) Security Engineer
17 15 (1.68%) Senior Analyst
18 14 (1.57%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.92%) PySpark
2 30 (3.36%) REST
3 28 (3.14%) LangChain
4 21 (2.35%) .NET
5 19 (2.13%) LlamaIndex
6 17 (1.90%) JSON
6 17 (1.90%) Pandas
7 12 (1.34%) Model Context Protocol
8 11 (1.23%) Kafka
8 11 (1.23%) scikit-learn
9 10 (1.12%) RESTful
10 9 (1.01%) LangGraph
11 8 (0.90%) Middleware
11 8 (0.90%) NumPy
11 8 (0.90%) YAML
12 7 (0.78%) GraphQL
12 7 (0.78%) HTML
12 7 (0.78%) OAuth
12 7 (0.78%) SOAP
12 7 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (10.41%) AI Agents
2 75 (8.40%) Onboarding
3 69 (7.73%) Product Ownership
4 66 (7.39%) Cloud Native
5 26 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (2.58%) Data Structures
8 21 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
9 19 (2.13%) Management Information System
10 18 (2.02%) Security Posture
11 16 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.57%) Taxonomies
13 13 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (1.46%) Virtual Team
14 12 (1.34%) CSOC
14 12 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (1.12%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.37%) Linux
2 27 (3.02%) Windows
3 8 (0.90%) Unix
3 8 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (48.15%) AI
2 272 (30.46%) Analytics
3 212 (23.74%) Machine Learning
4 195 (21.84%) Agile
5 167 (18.70%) Data Pipeline
6 164 (18.37%) Data Modelling
7 154 (17.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 153 (17.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 151 (16.91%) LLM
10 139 (15.57%) CI/CD
11 138 (15.45%) Data Engineering
11 138 (15.45%) Generative AI
12 129 (14.45%) Decision-Making
13 126 (14.11%) DevOps
14 123 (13.77%) Roadmaps
15 121 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
16 114 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 112 (12.54%) Data Governance
18 111 (12.43%) Data Science
19 109 (12.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 214 (23.96%) Python
2 167 (18.70%) SQL
3 31 (3.47%) Kusto Query Language
4 25 (2.80%) PowerShell
5 23 (2.58%) Bash
5 23 (2.58%) C#
6 20 (2.24%) Java
7 14 (1.57%) R
7 14 (1.57%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.12%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.78%) Scala
9 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.56%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.45%) Bicep
12 4 (0.45%) Go
12 4 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.45%) SPARQL
12 4 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 189 (21.16%) Security Cleared
2 146 (16.35%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.39%) Degree
4 40 (4.48%) DV Cleared
5 33 (3.70%) CISSP
6 19 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.90%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.68%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (1.12%) GCIH
12 10 (1.12%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.90%) CBAP
13 8 (0.90%) CISM
14 7 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.78%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.78%) PMP
14 7 (0.78%) SANS
15 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (15.23%) Data Quality
2 51 (5.71%) QA
3 47 (5.26%) GDPR
4 21 (2.35%) NIST
5 20 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.46%) NCSC
8 8 (0.90%) GRC
9 6 (0.67%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.22%) HL7
13 2 (0.22%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.22%) SLA
13 2 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 29 (3.25%) Docker
2 26 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.90%) IAG
4 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.34%) Snort
6 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.11%) HDFS
8 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 61 (6.83%) Kubernetes
2 58 (6.49%) Terraform
3 21 (2.35%) Ansible
4 8 (0.90%) Grafana
4 8 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.90%) QRadar
5 6 (0.67%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (0.56%) CSIRT
7 4 (0.45%) OPNET
7 4 (0.45%) Podman
7 4 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.34%) CASB
8 3 (0.34%) Nessus
9 2 (0.22%) Puppet
9 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.11%) Istio
Vendors
1 178 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 81 (9.07%) Databricks
3 59 (6.61%) OpenAI
4 40 (4.48%) Splunk
5 39 (4.37%) Foundry
6 32 (3.58%) Google
6 32 (3.58%) Salesforce
6 32 (3.58%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.58%) SAP
8 21 (2.35%) Oracle
8 21 (2.35%) Pega
9 17 (1.90%) Dynatrace
10 16 (1.79%) Adobe
11 14 (1.57%) Cisco
12 9 (1.01%) Cribl.io
13 8 (0.90%) CyberArk
13 8 (0.90%) IBM
13 8 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.78%) ArcSight
14 7 (0.78%) Nexthink