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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 190 166
Rank change year-on-year +48 -24 +28
Contract jobs citing Use Case 709 343 530
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.41% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.55% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 211 354
10th Percentile £400 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £675
90th Percentile £750 £881 £775
UK median daily rate £510 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -7.27% -1.79% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 11
10th Percentile £41.94 £30.22 -
25th Percentile £47.22 £43.74 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £77.90 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £89.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £38.85 £55.00
% change year-on-year +48.02% -29.37% -21.43%

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 34,200 22,151 32,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.97% 91.14% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,858 14,510 20,977
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,144 918 2,231
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.74 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.50% -14.23% -5.33%
75th Percentile £67.31 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.66 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.87% -16.94% -6.17%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +57 437 £540 -13.63% 169
North of England -21 107 £475 -9.62% 42
North West -9 57 £475 -11.72% 20
South East -51 49 £501 -12.83% 61
Midlands -31 44 £550 +57.14% 18
Yorkshire -40 38 £475 +5.56% 17
South West -21 29 £500 -13.04% 18
East Midlands -19 24 £550 -22.54% 14
West Midlands -45 20 £550 +83.33% 4
East of England -32 18 £550 +32.69% 11
North East - 14 £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 41 (5.78%) Confluence
2 26 (3.67%) Apache Spark
3 24 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (2.12%) Jupyter
5 12 (1.69%) Apache
6 8 (1.13%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.56%) SAS
8 3 (0.42%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.28%) Kentico
9 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.28%) Smallworld
9 2 (0.28%) WordPress
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Appian
10 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.96%) Chatbot
3 16 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.69%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.14%) CATIA
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.71%) BambooHR
3 4 (0.56%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.42%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.42%) Maximo
4 3 (0.42%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.42%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.28%) Actimize
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.28%) Endur
5 2 (0.28%) Findur
5 2 (0.28%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.28%) Shopify
6 1 (0.14%) Primavera
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 217 (30.61%) Azure
2 133 (18.76%) AWS
3 73 (10.30%) Power Platform
4 68 (9.59%) GCP
5 36 (5.08%) Azure AI
5 36 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (3.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (3.81%) Snowflake
8 22 (3.10%) dbt
8 22 (3.10%) GitHub
9 21 (2.96%) Amazon Bedrock
9 21 (2.96%) Entra ID
9 21 (2.96%) Serverless
10 20 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (2.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 19 (2.68%) Microsoft Copilot
11 19 (2.68%) Vertex AI
12 17 (2.40%) Azure Machine Learning
13 16 (2.26%) Amazon S3
13 16 (2.26%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.37%) Firewall
2 17 (2.40%) Network Security
3 11 (1.55%) VPN
4 6 (0.85%) DNS
4 6 (0.85%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.71%) CTI
5 5 (0.71%) RTP
5 5 (0.71%) VoIP
6 4 (0.56%) BGP
6 4 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.56%) SNMP
7 3 (0.42%) 5G
7 3 (0.42%) Internet
7 3 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.28%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.28%) Modbus
8 2 (0.28%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.28%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (7.90%) Data Warehouse
2 54 (7.62%) Power BI
3 29 (4.09%) Metadata
4 22 (3.10%) Tableau
5 20 (2.82%) Big Data
5 20 (2.82%) Snowflake Schema
6 19 (2.68%) Weaviate
7 18 (2.54%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.54%) Pinecone
8 15 (2.12%) BigQuery
9 14 (1.97%) Delta Lake
10 12 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.41%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.27%) Spark SQL
13 7 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.99%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.99%) KDB
14 6 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.85%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 52 (7.33%) JIRA
2 29 (4.09%) Git
3 12 (1.69%) MLflow
4 9 (1.27%) GitLab
5 8 (1.13%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.85%) ERwin
7 4 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.42%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.42%) XCTest
9 2 (0.28%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.28%) JUnit
9 2 (0.28%) PyCharm
9 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.14%) Gradle
10 1 (0.14%) Travis CI
General
1 200 (28.21%) Finance
2 195 (27.50%) Social Skills
3 129 (18.19%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (12.13%) Banking
5 63 (8.89%) Public Sector
6 29 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
6 29 (4.09%) Retail
7 21 (2.96%) Legal
8 17 (2.40%) Marketing
9 16 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (2.12%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.97%) Investment Banking
11 14 (1.97%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.69%) Front Office
14 10 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.27%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.85%) Back Office
17 4 (0.56%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 135 (19.04%) Analyst
2 108 (15.23%) Business Analyst
3 93 (13.12%) Architect
4 70 (9.87%) Data Engineer
5 66 (9.31%) Senior
6 61 (8.60%) Lead
7 51 (7.19%) Developer
8 40 (5.64%) Consultant
9 35 (4.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 29 (4.09%) Data Scientist
11 28 (3.95%) Project Manager
12 27 (3.81%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 18 (2.54%) Data Architect
13 18 (2.54%) Security Engineer
13 18 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.40%) Azure Engineer
14 17 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (2.40%) Technical Analyst
15 16 (2.26%) Pega Developer
15 16 (2.26%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.81%) LangChain
2 24 (3.39%) REST
3 23 (3.24%) PySpark
3 23 (3.24%) PyTorch
4 22 (3.10%) TensorFlow
5 21 (2.96%) .NET
5 21 (2.96%) scikit-learn
6 17 (2.40%) Node.js
6 17 (2.40%) Pandas
7 15 (2.12%) JSON
8 14 (1.97%) Kafka
9 13 (1.83%) LangGraph
9 13 (1.83%) LlamaIndex
9 13 (1.83%) OAuth
10 12 (1.69%) NumPy
10 12 (1.69%) SOAP
11 11 (1.55%) Middleware
11 11 (1.55%) Model Context Protocol
11 11 (1.55%) XML
12 10 (1.41%) Faiss
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.60%) Product Ownership
2 59 (8.32%) AI Agents
3 50 (7.05%) Cloud Native
4 35 (4.94%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (2.40%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.97%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.83%) Beowulf
10 12 (1.69%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.41%) Life Science
12 10 (1.41%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.27%) PMI
13 9 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.99%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.10%) Linux
2 17 (2.40%) Windows
3 8 (1.13%) Unix
4 6 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (39.49%) AI
2 209 (29.48%) Analytics
3 186 (26.23%) Agile
4 161 (22.71%) Machine Learning
5 147 (20.73%) Data Modelling
6 129 (18.19%) CI/CD
7 125 (17.63%) DevOps
8 123 (17.35%) Data Pipeline
9 121 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 118 (16.64%) Data Science
11 117 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
12 111 (15.66%) Generative AI
13 109 (15.37%) Validation
14 108 (15.23%) Data Engineering
15 107 (15.09%) LLM
16 102 (14.39%) Roadmaps
17 100 (14.10%) Workshop Facilitation
18 97 (13.68%) Decision-Making
19 96 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 93 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 191 (26.94%) Python
2 121 (17.07%) SQL
3 23 (3.24%) Java
4 22 (3.10%) C#
5 16 (2.26%) TypeScript
6 15 (2.12%) Kusto Query Language
6 15 (2.12%) R
7 14 (1.97%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.55%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.41%) Bicep
9 10 (1.41%) Scala
10 9 (1.27%) Bash
11 6 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.71%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.56%) C++
14 3 (0.42%) Swift
14 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.28%) Go
15 2 (0.28%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 150 (21.16%) Security Cleared
2 116 (16.36%) SC Cleared
3 87 (12.27%) Degree
4 31 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.81%) Master's Degree
6 18 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.54%) CISSP
7 17 (2.40%) CBAP
8 15 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.12%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.55%) IIBA
10 9 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.13%) CISM
12 7 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.71%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.56%) ISEB
15 4 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (12.83%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.78%) QA
3 28 (3.95%) GDPR
4 26 (3.67%) NIST
5 15 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.13%) GRC
7 7 (0.99%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.85%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.56%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.56%) NCSC
10 4 (0.56%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.42%) HL7
11 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.42%) PMO
11 3 (0.42%) PSD2
12 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 32 (4.51%) Docker
2 21 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.54%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.83%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.56%) Snort
7 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.28%) vCloud
9 1 (0.14%) HDFS
9 1 (0.14%) IAG
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (7.76%) Kubernetes
2 39 (5.50%) Terraform
3 14 (1.97%) Ansible
4 13 (1.83%) Podman
5 8 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (0.99%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.85%) Grafana
8 5 (0.71%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.71%) Nessus
8 5 (0.71%) QRadar
9 3 (0.42%) Kibana
9 3 (0.42%) logstash
10 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.28%) Puppet
11 1 (0.14%) Argo
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
Vendors
1 121 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.03%) Databricks
3 54 (7.62%) OpenAI
4 28 (3.95%) Google
4 28 (3.95%) SAP
4 28 (3.95%) Splunk
5 27 (3.81%) Foundry
6 21 (2.96%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.82%) VMware
8 18 (2.54%) Pega
9 16 (2.26%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.27%) Adobe
10 9 (1.27%) Oracle
11 8 (1.13%) Cisco
11 8 (1.13%) IBM
11 8 (1.13%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.13%) NVIDIA
11 8 (1.13%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.99%) Palo Alto
12 7 (0.99%) Workday