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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 159 206
Rank change year-on-year +6 +47 -2
Contract jobs citing Use Case 586 434 411
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.86% 1.59% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.79% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 260 258
10th Percentile £375 £393 £407
25th Percentile £441 £473 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.09% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -10.87% +1.77% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 6
10th Percentile - £65.25 £43.88
25th Percentile £41.94 £65.63 £65.64
Median hourly rate £56.50 £67.50 £77.11
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% -12.46% +28.52%
75th Percentile £83.13 £69.88 £89.35
90th Percentile £93.75 £70.55 £92.00
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £67.50 £77.11
% change year-on-year -16.30% -12.46% +28.52%

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 27,850 24,270 31,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.47% 88.85% 88.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,794 14,913 21,576
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,749 797 1,433
10th Percentile £15.21 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.20% +23.55%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.25
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.07% +20.71%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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 5 January 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 +22 338 £550 -8.33% 217
North of England -10 95 £450 -28.00% 80
North West -15 50 £446 -15.05% 35
South East -9 45 £525 -4.55% 147
Yorkshire -21 42 £468 -33.14% 39
Midlands -33 42 £418 -20.48% 69
West Midlands -36 31 £490 -12.26% 35
South West -5 24 £500 -16.67% 52
East of England -6 21 £563 +2.74% 64
East Midlands -24 11 £408 -1.33% 30
North East -9 5 £410 -49.69% 6
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 38 (6.48%) Confluence
2 19 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (3.24%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.05%) Apache
5 6 (1.02%) Appian
5 6 (1.02%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.85%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.68%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.68%) SAS
8 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.34%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.34%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.34%) Luigi
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 31 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.41%) MS Visio
3 16 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.39%) Chatbot
5 12 (2.05%) Siemens NX
6 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (1.02%) ProjectWise
8 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (3.07%) Teamcenter
2 15 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.68%) Endur
5 3 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.34%) Primavera
6 2 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.17%) Findur
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle BRM
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle CRM
7 1 (0.17%) PORTIA
7 1 (0.17%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.17%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 160 (27.30%) Azure
2 98 (16.72%) AWS
3 48 (8.19%) GCP
4 43 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 27 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.10%) GitHub
7 23 (3.92%) Snowflake
8 15 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (2.56%) Serverless
8 15 (2.56%) Vertex AI
9 13 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (2.22%) dbt
9 13 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
11 11 (1.88%) Amazon S3
11 11 (1.88%) Azure AI
11 11 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (1.88%) SaaS
12 10 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.46%) Firewall
2 7 (1.19%) Internet
2 7 (1.19%) Network Security
2 7 (1.19%) VoIP
3 6 (1.02%) DNS
4 5 (0.85%) CTI
4 5 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.85%) VPN
5 3 (0.51%) Modbus
5 3 (0.51%) NAS
5 3 (0.51%) SSH
6 2 (0.34%) Broadband
6 2 (0.34%) IPFIX
6 2 (0.34%) LAN
6 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.17%) GPRS
7 1 (0.17%) GSM
7 1 (0.17%) HTTP
7 1 (0.17%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.31%) Power BI
2 30 (5.12%) Metadata
3 25 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (3.92%) Data Lake
5 16 (2.73%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.73%) Tableau
6 15 (2.56%) Snowflake Schema
7 14 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (2.22%) Big Data
9 12 (2.05%) SQL Server
10 11 (1.88%) Hadoop
10 11 (1.88%) Pinecone
11 8 (1.37%) Data Vault
11 8 (1.37%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.37%) SAP HANA
11 8 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.19%) Star Schema
13 6 (1.02%) GIS
13 6 (1.02%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 55 (9.39%) JIRA
2 35 (5.97%) Git
3 11 (1.88%) MLflow
4 9 (1.54%) Cucumber
4 9 (1.54%) Selenium
5 8 (1.37%) GitLab
5 8 (1.37%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.02%) ERwin
6 6 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.02%) JUnit
6 6 (1.02%) PowerDesigner
6 6 (1.02%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.68%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.51%) Postman
8 3 (0.51%) PyCharm
9 2 (0.34%) Hardhat
9 2 (0.34%) Pylint
10 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
General
1 197 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 158 (26.96%) Finance
3 133 (22.70%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.75%) Banking
5 44 (7.51%) Public Sector
6 33 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (3.24%) Investment Banking
9 18 (3.07%) Manufacturing
9 18 (3.07%) Marketing
10 17 (2.90%) Back Office
10 17 (2.90%) Legal
10 17 (2.90%) Retail
11 16 (2.73%) Aerospace
12 15 (2.56%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.05%) Front Office
14 12 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 135 (23.04%) Analyst
2 103 (17.58%) Business Analyst
3 70 (11.95%) Architect
4 54 (9.22%) Senior
5 46 (7.85%) Lead
6 44 (7.51%) Developer
7 34 (5.80%) Consultant
8 31 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 28 (4.78%) Data Engineer
10 25 (4.27%) Technical Analyst
11 22 (3.75%) Data Scientist
12 20 (3.41%) Technical Business Analyst
13 18 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.90%) Security Engineer
15 16 (2.73%) Senior Business Analyst
16 15 (2.56%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
16 15 (2.56%) Data Analyst
16 15 (2.56%) Data Architect
17 14 (2.39%) Project Manager
18 12 (2.05%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.44%) PyTorch
2 24 (4.10%) TensorFlow
3 23 (3.92%) LangChain
3 23 (3.92%) REST
4 21 (3.58%) scikit-learn
5 19 (3.24%) XML
6 18 (3.07%) .NET
6 18 (3.07%) JSON
7 17 (2.90%) Pandas
8 15 (2.56%) LangGraph
9 14 (2.39%) Node.js
10 13 (2.22%) NumPy
11 12 (2.05%) PySpark
12 10 (1.71%) Faiss
12 10 (1.71%) OAuth
12 10 (1.71%) YAML
13 9 (1.54%) HTML
13 9 (1.54%) Hugging Face
13 9 (1.54%) SOAP
14 8 (1.37%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 44 (7.51%) Onboarding
3 29 (4.95%) AI Agents
4 23 (3.92%) Algorithms
5 21 (3.58%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.07%) PMI
7 17 (2.90%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.73%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (2.73%) Security Posture
9 15 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (2.05%) Data Centre
11 12 (2.05%) Life Science
12 11 (1.88%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
14 9 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
15 8 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.80%) Linux
2 27 (4.61%) Windows
3 9 (1.54%) Android
3 9 (1.54%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.37%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.02%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.51%) Unix
7 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (30.89%) Agile
2 176 (30.03%) AI
3 143 (24.40%) Analytics
4 120 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (18.26%) Machine Learning
6 106 (18.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 103 (17.58%) Data Modelling
8 102 (17.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 87 (14.85%) CI/CD
10 85 (14.51%) Data Science
11 84 (14.33%) User Stories
12 81 (13.82%) LLM
13 80 (13.65%) Data Governance
13 80 (13.65%) DevOps
14 79 (13.48%) Validation
15 78 (13.31%) Business Analysis
15 78 (13.31%) Roadmaps
16 73 (12.46%) Generative AI
17 72 (12.29%) Data Pipeline
17 72 (12.29%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 152 (25.94%) Python
2 96 (16.38%) SQL
3 31 (5.29%) Java
4 22 (3.75%) JavaScript
5 19 (3.24%) C#
6 17 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 16 (2.73%) Bash
7 16 (2.73%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.88%) C++
9 9 (1.54%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.02%) Bicep
10 6 (1.02%) R
11 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.68%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.51%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.34%) Scala
13 2 (0.34%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 105 (17.92%) Degree
2 92 (15.70%) Security Cleared
3 66 (11.26%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (5.12%) Master's Degree
5 23 (3.92%) CBAP
6 21 (3.58%) PMI Certification
7 17 (2.90%) MCP
8 15 (2.56%) CISSP
9 10 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (1.54%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.37%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.19%) IIBA
13 6 (1.02%) PhD
14 5 (0.85%) CFA
14 5 (0.85%) ISEB
15 4 (0.68%) GCFA
15 4 (0.68%) GCIA
15 4 (0.68%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.04%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.97%) QA
3 24 (4.10%) NIST
4 18 (3.07%) GDPR
5 17 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.39%) Accessibility
7 12 (2.05%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.37%) EU AI Act
8 8 (1.37%) PSD2
9 7 (1.19%) GRC
9 7 (1.19%) ISO 19650
10 6 (1.02%) ISO 8583
10 6 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.85%) GxP
12 4 (0.68%) NCSC
13 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.51%) JSP 440
13 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.34%) FIPS 140-2
14 2 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 31 (5.29%) Docker
2 22 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.37%) VMware NSX
3 8 (1.37%) zsh
4 5 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.68%) HDFS
5 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 26 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.92%) Terraform
3 15 (2.56%) Ansible
4 6 (1.02%) Grafana
4 6 (1.02%) QRadar
4 6 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.68%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.68%) Puppet
6 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.51%) Kibana
6 3 (0.51%) Kubeflow
6 3 (0.51%) Podman
7 2 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.34%) logstash
7 2 (0.34%) Nessus
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.17%) Nmap
8 1 (0.17%) SELinux
8 1 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 80 (13.65%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.83%) Databricks
3 28 (4.78%) Google
4 24 (4.10%) Splunk
5 23 (3.92%) OpenAI
5 23 (3.92%) SAP
6 22 (3.75%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.05%) Siemens
8 10 (1.71%) Oracle
9 9 (1.54%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.54%) VMware
10 8 (1.37%) Adobe
10 8 (1.37%) Citrix
11 7 (1.19%) Cisco
11 7 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.19%) GoldenSource
11 7 (1.19%) NVIDIA
11 7 (1.19%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.02%) MuleSoft
12 6 (1.02%) Veracode