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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 179 160
Rank change year-on-year +41 -19 +45
Contract jobs citing Use Case 899 441 540
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 1.61% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 1.77% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 276 345
10th Percentile £409 £360 £400
25th Percentile £463 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -2.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £678 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £740
UK median daily rate £550 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 20
10th Percentile £26.03 £33.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £82.26 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £90.58 - -
90th Percentile £101.34 £70.50 £65.38
UK median hourly rate £82.26 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +111.77% -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 38,425 24,898 29,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.24% 90.75% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,067 15,953 19,300
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £424 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £521 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,400 1,362 1,833
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.21 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.46 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +50 561 £555 -3.48% 379
North of England -41 105 £519 +9.26% 48
South East -20 88 £550 +8.64% 64
South West +5 53 £530 -3.64% 27
Yorkshire -12 52 £535 +15.68% 14
Midlands -42 45 £550 +29.41% 24
North West -49 45 £475 - 29
West Midlands -54 28 £538 +19.84% 16
East Midlands -1 17 £550 +46.67% 8
East of England -26 16 £545 +28.24% 19
North East -34 8 £475 - 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 (4.56%) Confluence
2 28 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (2.22%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.67%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.33%) Jupyter
6 10 (1.11%) Apache
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
8 5 (0.56%) SAS
9 4 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.33%) Kentico
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
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 21 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.11%) Chatbot
3 14 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) CATIA
7 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.11%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.56%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.56%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.33%) Actimize
5 3 (0.33%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.33%) Findur
5 3 (0.33%) Maximo
5 3 (0.33%) Workfront
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
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
1 281 (31.26%) Azure
2 164 (18.24%) AWS
3 106 (11.79%) Power Platform
4 81 (9.01%) GCP
5 55 (6.12%) Azure AI
6 50 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 39 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (3.89%) Snowflake
10 32 (3.56%) GitHub
11 29 (3.23%) Amazon Bedrock
12 28 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (2.89%) Entra ID
13 26 (2.89%) SaaS
14 25 (2.78%) dbt
15 24 (2.67%) Amazon S3
15 24 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 23 (2.56%) Serverless
17 22 (2.45%) Copilot Studio
18 20 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.22%) Firewall
2 15 (1.67%) Network Security
3 7 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (0.78%) Wireless
4 6 (0.67%) BGP
4 6 (0.67%) DNS
4 6 (0.67%) SNMP
4 6 (0.67%) VPN
5 5 (0.56%) Cisco Wireless
5 5 (0.56%) Multicast
5 5 (0.56%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.56%) VLAN
6 4 (0.44%) SMS
6 4 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.33%) 5G
7 3 (0.33%) ATM
7 3 (0.33%) HTTP
7 3 (0.33%) Internet
7 3 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.33%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (8.01%) Power BI
2 65 (7.23%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (5.45%) Metadata
4 31 (3.45%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.11%) Tableau
6 21 (2.34%) BigQuery
7 20 (2.22%) Big Data
8 19 (2.11%) Delta Lake
9 17 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (1.78%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.78%) Weaviate
11 15 (1.67%) Pinecone
12 14 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.56%) Semantic Layer
13 13 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
14 11 (1.22%) Spark SQL
15 8 (0.89%) Looker
15 8 (0.89%) Redis
15 8 (0.89%) SQL Server
16 7 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 58 (6.45%) JIRA
2 31 (3.45%) Git
3 20 (2.22%) GitLab
4 16 (1.78%) MLflow
5 10 (1.11%) ERwin
6 9 (1.00%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.89%) ER Studio
8 5 (0.56%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.33%) XCTest
10 2 (0.22%) Postman
10 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.11%) Deequ
11 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.11%) Maven
11 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 260 (28.92%) Finance
2 257 (28.59%) Social Skills
3 160 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (11.90%) Banking
5 87 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 43 (4.78%) Marketing
7 35 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.89%) Retail
8 27 (3.00%) Legal
9 25 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.34%) Front Office
10 21 (2.34%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.89%) Financial Institution
12 16 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.78%) Law
12 16 (1.78%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.33%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.00%) Military
16 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 139 (15.46%) Analyst
2 127 (14.13%) Architect
3 91 (10.12%) Lead
4 90 (10.01%) Data Engineer
5 89 (9.90%) Business Analyst
6 87 (9.68%) Senior
7 67 (7.45%) Consultant
8 62 (6.90%) Developer
9 47 (5.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 36 (4.00%) Data Architect
11 28 (3.11%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 23 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.45%) Data Analyst
14 21 (2.34%) Data Scientist
15 20 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
16 19 (2.11%) Product Owner
17 18 (2.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
17 18 (2.00%) SOC Analyst
18 16 (1.78%) Pega Developer
18 16 (1.78%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.00%) PySpark
2 33 (3.67%) REST
3 28 (3.11%) LangChain
4 23 (2.56%) .NET
5 20 (2.22%) JSON
5 20 (2.22%) LlamaIndex
6 17 (1.89%) Pandas
7 13 (1.45%) Kafka
8 11 (1.22%) scikit-learn
9 10 (1.11%) Middleware
10 9 (1.00%) Model Context Protocol
10 9 (1.00%) RESTful
11 8 (0.89%) LangGraph
11 8 (0.89%) NumPy
11 8 (0.89%) SOAP
11 8 (0.89%) YAML
12 7 (0.78%) HTML
12 7 (0.78%) Node.js
12 7 (0.78%) OAuth
12 7 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.79%) AI Agents
2 77 (8.57%) Onboarding
3 68 (7.56%) Product Ownership
4 64 (7.12%) Cloud Native
5 27 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 23 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 21 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.22%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
9 17 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.78%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.45%) CSOC
11 13 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (1.33%) Taxonomies
13 11 (1.22%) Algorithms
13 11 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.22%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.56%) Linux
2 29 (3.23%) Windows
3 9 (1.00%) Unix
4 8 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (46.61%) AI
2 287 (31.92%) Analytics
3 216 (24.03%) Machine Learning
4 191 (21.25%) Agile
5 170 (18.91%) Data Pipeline
6 169 (18.80%) Data Modelling
7 156 (17.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 151 (16.80%) LLM
9 150 (16.69%) Data Engineering
10 147 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
11 143 (15.91%) CI/CD
12 140 (15.57%) Generative AI
13 136 (15.13%) Decision-Making
14 133 (14.79%) DevOps
15 131 (14.57%) Roadmaps
16 128 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
17 117 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
17 117 (13.01%) Data Governance
17 117 (13.01%) Validation
18 116 (12.90%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 213 (23.69%) Python
2 169 (18.80%) SQL
3 28 (3.11%) Kusto Query Language
4 22 (2.45%) C#
5 21 (2.34%) Bash
5 21 (2.34%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.89%) Java
7 15 (1.67%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.45%) R
9 9 (1.00%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.78%) Scala
10 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.67%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.56%) Bicep
13 4 (0.44%) Go
13 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.44%) SPARQL
13 4 (0.44%) VBA
14 3 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 194 (21.58%) Security Cleared
2 149 (16.57%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.23%) Degree
4 40 (4.45%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.34%) CISSP
6 23 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.00%) Azure Certification
8 17 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.89%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.00%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.89%) CBAP
12 8 (0.89%) CISM
13 7 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.78%) GCIH
13 7 (0.78%) SANS
14 6 (0.67%) CEH
14 6 (0.67%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (16.13%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.45%) QA
3 47 (5.23%) GDPR
4 22 (2.45%) NIST
5 21 (2.34%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.45%) NCSC
8 7 (0.78%) GRC
9 6 (0.67%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.33%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.22%) HL7
12 2 (0.22%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.22%) MiFID
12 2 (0.22%) PMO
12 2 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
12 2 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (3.56%) Docker
2 27 (3.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.78%) IAG
4 6 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.44%) Snort
6 4 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.44%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.11%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 64 (7.12%) Kubernetes
2 58 (6.45%) Terraform
3 17 (1.89%) Ansible
4 8 (0.89%) Grafana
4 8 (0.89%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.89%) QRadar
5 7 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (0.67%) CSIRT
6 6 (0.67%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.67%) Podman
7 5 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (0.44%) OPNET
8 4 (0.44%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.33%) Nessus
10 2 (0.22%) Puppet
10 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.11%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 176 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 85 (9.45%) Databricks
3 63 (7.01%) OpenAI
4 43 (4.78%) Foundry
5 38 (4.23%) Splunk
6 37 (4.12%) Google
7 31 (3.45%) Salesforce
8 29 (3.23%) ServiceNow
9 24 (2.67%) SAP
10 21 (2.34%) Oracle
11 20 (2.22%) Pega
12 16 (1.78%) Adobe
12 16 (1.78%) Dynatrace
13 14 (1.56%) Cisco
14 10 (1.11%) IBM
15 8 (0.89%) CyberArk
15 8 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 8 (0.89%) VMware
16 7 (0.78%) ArcSight
17 6 (0.67%) AppDynamics