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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 186 206
Rank change year-on-year +40 +20 -16
Contract jobs citing Use Case 637 378 436
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.88% 1.45% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 1.61% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 233 288
10th Percentile £385 £343 £413
25th Percentile £441 £450 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £570 £564
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.06% -1.91%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £848 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 5
10th Percentile - - £29.65
25th Percentile £41.94 £69.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £67.56
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% +3.61% +3.15%
75th Percentile £80.19 £71.00 £90.25
90th Percentile £93.28 - £92.35
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £67.56
% change year-on-year -18.14% +3.61% +3.15%

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 29,739 23,407 32,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.55% 89.77% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,003 14,473 21,878
10th Percentile £308 £310 £300
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £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 1,861 738 1,959
10th Percentile £15.09 £15.62 £13.39
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 +35 372 £550 -8.33% 156
North of England 0 98 £468 -10.86% 52
South East -6 59 £538 -0.05% 88
North West -6 47 £448 -14.76% 28
Midlands -32 47 £459 -6.43% 20
Yorkshire -23 42 £468 -2.75% 15
West Midlands -42 25 £507 -3.43% 12
South West -20 23 £495 -15.74% 9
East Midlands -10 22 £413 +16.01% 8
East of England -20 16 £550 +46.67% 11
North East - 11 £425 - 9
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 37 (5.81%) Confluence
2 25 (3.92%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (2.20%) Apache
5 12 (1.88%) Jupyter
6 7 (1.10%) Appian
7 6 (0.94%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.94%) Smallworld
8 5 (0.78%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.63%) SAS
10 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.31%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.31%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) Luigi
11 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.67%) MS Visio
3 16 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.35%) Chatbot
5 13 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.31%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.16%) CATIA
8 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.47%) Endur
4 3 (0.47%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.31%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.31%) Primavera
5 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.31%) Shopify
5 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) iTrent
6 1 (0.16%) Maximo
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 193 (30.30%) Azure
2 116 (18.21%) AWS
3 58 (9.11%) GCP
4 53 (8.32%) Power Platform
5 35 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.40%) GitHub
7 24 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (3.77%) Snowflake
8 22 (3.45%) Serverless
9 19 (2.98%) Vertex AI
10 18 (2.83%) Azure Machine Learning
11 17 (2.67%) Azure AI
11 17 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (2.51%) Entra ID
13 15 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (2.20%) dbt
14 14 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (2.04%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.88%) Amazon SageMaker
16 12 (1.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.65%) Firewall
2 15 (2.35%) Network Security
3 8 (1.26%) DNS
3 8 (1.26%) Internet
3 8 (1.26%) VPN
4 7 (1.10%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.94%) VoIP
6 5 (0.78%) BGP
6 5 (0.78%) CTI
7 3 (0.47%) Broadband
7 3 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.47%) Modbus
7 3 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.47%) RTP
7 3 (0.47%) SSL
7 3 (0.47%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.31%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.31%) NAS
8 2 (0.31%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.12%) Power BI
2 33 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (4.40%) Metadata
4 24 (3.77%) Data Lake
5 20 (3.14%) Snowflake Schema
6 18 (2.83%) Tableau
7 17 (2.67%) Big Data
8 15 (2.35%) Delta Lake
9 14 (2.20%) Pinecone
10 13 (2.04%) Hadoop
10 13 (2.04%) Weaviate
11 11 (1.73%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.73%) SQL Server
12 9 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (1.26%) Data Vault
13 8 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (1.10%) Star Schema
15 6 (0.94%) GIS
15 6 (0.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (7.85%) JIRA
2 30 (4.71%) Git
3 13 (2.04%) MLflow
4 11 (1.73%) GitLab
5 8 (1.26%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.26%) Selenium
5 8 (1.26%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.10%) ERwin
6 7 (1.10%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.94%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (0.94%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.78%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.47%) PyCharm
9 3 (0.47%) XCTest
10 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.31%) Hardhat
10 2 (0.31%) JUnit
10 2 (0.31%) Pylint
10 2 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 214 (33.59%) Social Skills
2 174 (27.32%) Finance
3 127 (19.94%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (10.20%) Banking
5 50 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.02%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.30%) Retail
8 19 (2.98%) Legal
9 18 (2.83%) Investment Banking
9 18 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.51%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.35%) Marketing
12 14 (2.20%) Back Office
12 14 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.73%) Front Office
15 9 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.26%) Aerospace
17 7 (1.10%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 133 (20.88%) Analyst
2 104 (16.33%) Business Analyst
3 84 (13.19%) Architect
4 65 (10.20%) Senior
5 57 (8.95%) Lead
6 48 (7.54%) Data Engineer
7 42 (6.59%) Developer
8 36 (5.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 29 (4.55%) Consultant
10 26 (4.08%) Project Manager
11 25 (3.92%) Data Scientist
12 22 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 20 (3.14%) Technical Analyst
14 18 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (2.83%) Senior Business Analyst
14 18 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
15 15 (2.35%) Technical Business Analyst
16 14 (2.20%) Azure Engineer
17 13 (2.04%) Data Analyst
17 13 (2.04%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.71%) PyTorch
2 28 (4.40%) TensorFlow
3 27 (4.24%) REST
4 25 (3.92%) LangChain
5 21 (3.30%) scikit-learn
6 20 (3.14%) JSON
6 20 (3.14%) Node.js
7 19 (2.98%) XML
8 17 (2.67%) Model Context Protocol
9 16 (2.51%) LangGraph
9 16 (2.51%) Pandas
10 14 (2.20%) .NET
11 13 (2.04%) Faiss
11 13 (2.04%) OAuth
11 13 (2.04%) PySpark
12 11 (1.73%) Kafka
12 11 (1.73%) Middleware
12 11 (1.73%) NumPy
12 11 (1.73%) SOAP
13 10 (1.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.95%) Product Ownership
2 43 (6.75%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.18%) AI Agents
4 26 (4.08%) Cloud Native
5 23 (3.61%) Algorithms
6 16 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.35%) PMI
8 14 (2.20%) Security Posture
9 13 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
10 12 (1.88%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.88%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.88%) Life Science
11 11 (1.73%) Beowulf
11 11 (1.73%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.41%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.71%) Linux
2 29 (4.55%) Windows
3 7 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.94%) Unix
5 3 (0.47%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (36.11%) AI
2 184 (28.89%) Agile
3 178 (27.94%) Analytics
4 132 (20.72%) Machine Learning
5 126 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
6 123 (19.31%) Data Modelling
7 122 (19.15%) CI/CD
8 114 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 107 (16.80%) Data Science
10 104 (16.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 102 (16.01%) DevOps
12 98 (15.38%) Validation
13 97 (15.23%) Generative AI
14 93 (14.60%) LLM
15 92 (14.44%) Roadmaps
16 90 (14.13%) Data Governance
16 90 (14.13%) Data Pipeline
17 89 (13.97%) User Stories
18 81 (12.72%) Migration
18 81 (12.72%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 174 (27.32%) Python
2 108 (16.95%) SQL
3 26 (4.08%) Java
4 16 (2.51%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.35%) Bash
5 15 (2.35%) C#
5 15 (2.35%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.20%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (1.57%) Bicep
9 8 (1.26%) Scala
10 6 (0.94%) R
11 5 (0.78%) C++
12 4 (0.63%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.63%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.63%) Swift
12 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.31%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 115 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 107 (16.80%) Degree
3 88 (13.81%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (5.49%) Master's Degree
6 24 (3.77%) CBAP
7 18 (2.83%) PMI Certification
8 15 (2.35%) CISSP
9 14 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (2.04%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.73%) IIBA
13 7 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.94%) PhD
15 5 (0.78%) CFA
15 5 (0.78%) CISM
15 5 (0.78%) ISEB
16 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
17 3 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (10.52%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.28%) QA
3 22 (3.45%) GDPR
3 22 (3.45%) NIST
4 17 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.88%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.73%) GRC
8 7 (1.10%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.94%) ISO 8583
9 6 (0.94%) PSD2
9 6 (0.94%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.78%) NCSC
11 4 (0.63%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.47%) GxP
12 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.47%) PMO
12 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 45 (7.06%) Docker
2 21 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.83%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.73%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 6 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.94%) zsh
7 5 (0.78%) HDFS
8 2 (0.31%) Snort
8 2 (0.31%) vCloud
9 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (7.54%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.71%) Terraform
3 19 (2.98%) Ansible
4 11 (1.73%) Podman
5 8 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.94%) QRadar
7 5 (0.78%) Grafana
8 4 (0.63%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.63%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.63%) Puppet
8 4 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.47%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.47%) Kibana
9 3 (0.47%) logstash
9 3 (0.47%) Nessus
10 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.31%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.16%) SCCM
11 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 89 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.01%) Databricks
3 39 (6.12%) OpenAI
4 31 (4.87%) Google
5 27 (4.24%) Splunk
6 23 (3.61%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.61%) SAP
7 20 (3.14%) VMware
8 11 (1.73%) Oracle
8 11 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.57%) Cisco
9 10 (1.57%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.26%) NVIDIA
11 6 (0.94%) Genesys
11 6 (0.94%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.94%) Veracode
12 5 (0.78%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.78%) Foundry
12 5 (0.78%) IBM
12 5 (0.78%) Palo Alto