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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 168 223
Rank change year-on-year +14 +55 -10
Contract jobs citing Use Case 567 435 407
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.79% 1.51% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.70% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 262 252
10th Percentile £375 £394 £413
25th Percentile £447 £473 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £562
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +2.40% -0.18%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £748 £810 £750
UK median daily rate £511 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -11.09% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 6
10th Percentile £40.05 £41.03 £43.88
25th Percentile £41.94 £56.44 £65.64
Median hourly rate £57.30 £66.25 £77.11
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -14.08% +28.52%
75th Percentile £89.00 £69.31 £89.35
90th Percentile £93.75 £70.33 £92.00
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £66.25 £77.11
% change year-on-year -13.51% -14.08% +28.52%

All Process and 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 28,018 25,529 32,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.67% 88.68% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,807 15,764 21,976
10th Percentile £300 £312 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,812 837 1,391
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.63 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 +23 321 £550 -5.98% 248
North of England -17 89 £450 -28.00% 170
Midlands -36 49 £450 -18.18% 145
South East +3 47 £525 -4.55% 238
North West -19 46 £450 -14.29% 88
West Midlands -14 40 £483 -13.61% 74
Yorkshire -14 40 £488 -30.36% 72
East of England -6 21 £563 +2.74% 123
South West -5 20 £498 -17.08% 104
East Midlands -20 9 £401 -14.68% 60
North East -5 5 £410 -49.69% 10
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 (6.35%) Confluence
2 20 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (2.65%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.65%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.29%) Apache
5 6 (1.06%) Appian
6 4 (0.71%) SAS
6 4 (0.71%) Smallworld
7 3 (0.53%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.35%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.35%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.35%) Luigi
9 1 (0.18%) CMS
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.53%) MS Visio
3 16 (2.82%) Chatbot
4 14 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (2.12%) Siemens NX
6 6 (1.06%) ProjectWise
7 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (3.17%) Teamcenter
2 14 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.88%) Endur
5 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.71%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.71%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.35%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.35%) Primavera
7 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.18%) Findur
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle BRM
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.18%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.18%) PORTIA
8 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.18%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
8 1 (0.18%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 163 (28.75%) Azure
2 97 (17.11%) AWS
3 49 (8.64%) GCP
4 43 (7.58%) Power Platform
5 27 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.41%) Snowflake
7 22 (3.88%) GitHub
8 18 (3.17%) Vertex AI
9 15 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (2.47%) Azure AI
10 14 (2.47%) dbt
11 13 (2.29%) Amazon Bedrock
11 13 (2.29%) Azure Machine Learning
11 13 (2.29%) SaaS
11 13 (2.29%) Serverless
12 12 (2.12%) Amazon S3
12 12 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.11%) Firewall
2 7 (1.23%) Internet
2 7 (1.23%) VoIP
3 6 (1.06%) DNS
4 5 (0.88%) CTI
4 5 (0.88%) Network Security
4 5 (0.88%) VPN
5 3 (0.53%) HTTP
5 3 (0.53%) Modbus
5 3 (0.53%) NAS
5 3 (0.53%) SSH
5 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.35%) Broadband
6 2 (0.35%) LAN
6 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) DMZ
7 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.18%) GPRS
7 1 (0.18%) GSM
7 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.53%) Power BI
2 28 (4.94%) Metadata
3 24 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (3.35%) Data Lake
5 16 (2.82%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.82%) Tableau
6 15 (2.65%) Big Data
6 15 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (2.29%) Snowflake Schema
7 13 (2.29%) SQL Server
8 12 (2.12%) Pinecone
9 11 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.76%) Hadoop
11 9 (1.59%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.41%) Data Vault
12 8 (1.41%) NoSQL
12 8 (1.41%) SAP HANA
13 7 (1.23%) Star Schema
14 6 (1.06%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.06%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 58 (10.23%) JIRA
2 34 (6.00%) Git
3 11 (1.94%) MLflow
4 9 (1.59%) Cucumber
4 9 (1.59%) Selenium
5 8 (1.41%) GitLab
5 8 (1.41%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.06%) ERwin
6 6 (1.06%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.06%) JUnit
6 6 (1.06%) PowerDesigner
6 6 (1.06%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.53%) Postman
8 3 (0.53%) PyCharm
9 2 (0.35%) Hardhat
9 2 (0.35%) Pylint
10 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
General
1 198 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 148 (26.10%) Finance
3 131 (23.10%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.23%) Banking
5 40 (7.05%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.35%) Investment Banking
7 19 (3.35%) Retail
8 18 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.17%) Marketing
8 18 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (2.82%) Aerospace
9 16 (2.82%) Back Office
9 16 (2.82%) Legal
10 15 (2.65%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (2.12%) Front Office
12 12 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (21.52%) Analyst
2 90 (15.87%) Business Analyst
3 70 (12.35%) Architect
4 44 (7.76%) Senior
5 43 (7.58%) Developer
5 43 (7.58%) Lead
6 33 (5.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 33 (5.82%) Consultant
7 26 (4.59%) Data Engineer
7 26 (4.59%) Data Scientist
8 20 (3.53%) Technical Analyst
9 19 (3.35%) Security Engineer
10 17 (3.00%) Technical Business Analyst
11 15 (2.65%) Data Analyst
11 15 (2.65%) Data Architect
12 12 (2.12%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 11 (1.94%) Product Manager
13 11 (1.94%) Programme Manager
13 11 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (1.76%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.94%) PyTorch
2 25 (4.41%) LangChain
3 22 (3.88%) scikit-learn
3 22 (3.88%) TensorFlow
4 21 (3.70%) Pandas
5 19 (3.35%) .NET
6 18 (3.17%) REST
7 17 (3.00%) NumPy
8 16 (2.82%) JSON
8 16 (2.82%) XML
9 14 (2.47%) Hugging Face
9 14 (2.47%) LangGraph
9 14 (2.47%) Node.js
10 11 (1.94%) Faiss
11 10 (1.76%) PySpark
12 9 (1.59%) HTML
13 8 (1.41%) CSS
13 8 (1.41%) React
13 8 (1.41%) YAML
14 7 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.35%) Product Ownership
2 48 (8.47%) Onboarding
3 27 (4.76%) AI Agents
4 24 (4.23%) Algorithms
5 20 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.35%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (3.00%) Data Structures
7 17 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.65%) Data Centre
8 15 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.65%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.12%) Life Science
9 12 (2.12%) Operational Technology
9 12 (2.12%) PMI
10 10 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.76%) Security Operations Centre
11 8 (1.41%) Replication
12 7 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.64%) Linux
2 25 (4.41%) Windows
3 9 (1.59%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.41%) Android
4 8 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.53%) Unix
7 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (29.98%) Agile
2 160 (28.22%) AI
3 143 (25.22%) Analytics
4 118 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (19.58%) Machine Learning
6 104 (18.34%) Data Modelling
7 100 (17.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 96 (16.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 82 (14.46%) LLM
10 80 (14.11%) Data Science
11 76 (13.40%) User Stories
12 75 (13.23%) CI/CD
12 75 (13.23%) Roadmaps
13 74 (13.05%) Business Analysis
14 73 (12.87%) Data Governance
15 71 (12.52%) DevOps
16 69 (12.17%) Requirements Gathering
17 68 (11.99%) Continuous Improvement
17 68 (11.99%) Data Pipeline
18 67 (11.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 152 (26.81%) Python
2 97 (17.11%) SQL
3 33 (5.82%) Java
4 20 (3.53%) JavaScript
5 19 (3.35%) Kusto Query Language
6 18 (3.17%) Bash
6 18 (3.17%) PowerShell
7 17 (3.00%) C#
8 10 (1.76%) C++
9 9 (1.59%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.06%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.71%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.71%) R
11 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.53%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.35%) Korn
13 2 (0.35%) PHP
13 2 (0.35%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 100 (17.64%) Degree
2 84 (14.81%) Security Cleared
3 60 (10.58%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (5.11%) Master's Degree
5 17 (3.00%) MCP
6 15 (2.65%) CBAP
6 15 (2.65%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.29%) CISSP
8 8 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.06%) GCIA
9 6 (1.06%) GCIH
9 6 (1.06%) ISEB
9 6 (1.06%) PhD
10 5 (0.88%) CFA
10 5 (0.88%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.99%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.47%) QA
3 26 (4.59%) GDPR
4 25 (4.41%) NIST
5 18 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.47%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.47%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.41%) EU AI Act
7 8 (1.41%) PSD2
8 7 (1.23%) GRC
8 7 (1.23%) ISO 19650
9 6 (1.06%) ISO 8583
9 6 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.88%) GxP
11 4 (0.71%) NCSC
12 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.35%) PMO
13 2 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 27 (4.76%) Docker
2 20 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.41%) zsh
4 5 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.71%) HDFS
5 4 (0.71%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 20 (3.53%) Terraform
2 19 (3.35%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.29%) Ansible
4 6 (1.06%) Grafana
4 6 (1.06%) QRadar
4 6 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.71%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.71%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.71%) Puppet
6 3 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.53%) Kibana
6 3 (0.53%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.35%) logstash
8 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.18%) Nessus
8 1 (0.18%) Nmap
8 1 (0.18%) SELinux
8 1 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 79 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.88%) Databricks
3 32 (5.64%) Google
4 24 (4.23%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.23%) Splunk
5 23 (4.06%) SAP
6 20 (3.53%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.12%) Siemens
8 11 (1.94%) Oracle
9 9 (1.59%) Cisco
10 8 (1.41%) Adobe
10 8 (1.41%) Citrix
10 8 (1.41%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.23%) GoldenSource
12 6 (1.06%) Genesys
12 6 (1.06%) Veracode
13 5 (0.88%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.88%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.88%) Sage