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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 153 166
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 +47
Contract jobs citing Use Case 917 524 485
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.98% 1.86% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.05% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 326 300
10th Percentile £405 £356 £375
25th Percentile £475 £447 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £674 £650 £658
90th Percentile £771 £771 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 11
10th Percentile £26.25 £35.33 £50.00
25th Percentile £38.63 £39.58 £56.25
Median hourly rate £77.37 £49.22 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.18% -17.97% -14.29%
75th Percentile £87.96 £65.31 £62.50
90th Percentile £100.85 £72.63 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £77.37 £41.94 £60.00
% change year-on-year +84.47% -30.10% -12.77%

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 39,199 25,531 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.87% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,678 16,181 17,100
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,975 1,587 1,157
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.79 £20.19
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.92
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +12 554 £575 - 1,844
South East +17 120 £600 +14.29% 172
North of England -47 99 £525 +10.53% 163
South West +12 57 £540 +13.68% 62
Yorkshire -11 56 £531 +5.99% 40
North West -53 42 £525 +16.67% 105
Midlands -49 41 £500 +11.48% 62
West Midlands -56 28 £500 +11.11% 34
East of England -31 19 £525 - 70
East Midlands -13 13 £500 +33.33% 28
North East -40 1 £425 - 18
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 (4.47%) Confluence
2 27 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 20 (2.18%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.42%) Apache
6 9 (0.98%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.65%) CMS
8 5 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.44%) SAS
10 3 (0.33%) Kentico
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.11%) Appian
11 1 (0.11%) Camunda
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.11%) nginx
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 11 (1.20%) Chatbot
1 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (1.20%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Simulink
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.55%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.33%) Workfront
5 2 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.22%) Summit
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) Findur
6 1 (0.11%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 266 (29.01%) Azure
2 175 (19.08%) AWS
3 96 (10.47%) Power Platform
4 71 (7.74%) GCP
5 61 (6.65%) Microsoft Copilot
6 45 (4.91%) Snowflake
7 43 (4.69%) GitHub
8 40 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (4.03%) Azure AI
10 36 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (3.93%) Copilot Studio
11 31 (3.38%) SaaS
12 30 (3.27%) dbt
13 28 (3.05%) Amazon S3
14 26 (2.84%) Power Automate
15 23 (2.51%) Azure Sentinel
16 21 (2.29%) Amazon Bedrock
16 21 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 21 (2.29%) PowerApps
16 21 (2.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.07%) Firewall
2 13 (1.42%) Network Security
3 11 (1.20%) BGP
4 10 (1.09%) Wireless
5 8 (0.87%) Cisco Wireless
5 8 (0.87%) Multicast
5 8 (0.87%) VLAN
6 7 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.65%) SNMP
8 5 (0.55%) DNS
8 5 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.44%) Broadband
9 4 (0.44%) SMS
9 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.44%) VPN
10 3 (0.33%) ATM
10 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.33%) HTTP
10 3 (0.33%) Internet
10 3 (0.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (7.85%) Metadata
2 59 (6.43%) Power BI
3 51 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (3.93%) Data Lake
5 20 (2.18%) Tableau
6 19 (2.07%) Delta Lake
7 17 (1.85%) Semantic Layer
8 16 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
9 14 (1.53%) Big Data
9 14 (1.53%) BigQuery
10 13 (1.42%) SQL Server
11 12 (1.31%) Neo4j
11 12 (1.31%) Pinecone
12 11 (1.20%) Chroma
12 11 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (1.20%) Weaviate
13 10 (1.09%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.09%) Redis
14 9 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 57 (6.22%) JIRA
2 25 (2.73%) Git
3 24 (2.62%) GitLab
4 14 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.53%) MLflow
5 10 (1.09%) ERwin
6 6 (0.65%) Claude Code
6 6 (0.65%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.22%) Postman
7 2 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.11%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.11%) Deequ
8 1 (0.11%) Snyk
General
1 276 (30.10%) Finance
2 264 (28.79%) Social Skills
3 163 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (10.47%) Banking
5 90 (9.81%) Public Sector
6 45 (4.91%) Marketing
7 35 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (3.27%) Retail
9 29 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (2.94%) Legal
12 22 (2.40%) Investment Banking
13 18 (1.96%) Front Office
14 15 (1.64%) Law
14 15 (1.64%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.53%) Military
16 11 (1.20%) Back Office
16 11 (1.20%) Financial Institution
16 11 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 159 (17.34%) Analyst
2 132 (14.39%) Architect
3 112 (12.21%) Senior
4 100 (10.91%) Business Analyst
5 84 (9.16%) Lead
6 82 (8.94%) Consultant
7 80 (8.72%) Data Engineer
8 62 (6.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 38 (4.14%) Data Architect
10 37 (4.03%) Developer
11 30 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
12 29 (3.16%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 25 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
14 23 (2.51%) SOC Analyst
15 20 (2.18%) Product Owner
16 19 (2.07%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
17 18 (1.96%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
17 18 (1.96%) Data Analyst
18 16 (1.74%) Technical Analyst
19 15 (1.64%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (6.76%) Terraform
2 37 (4.03%) PySpark
3 36 (3.93%) REST
4 23 (2.51%) LangChain
4 23 (2.51%) Model Context Protocol
5 21 (2.29%) JSON
6 17 (1.85%) Kafka
7 14 (1.53%) .NET
7 14 (1.53%) LlamaIndex
8 12 (1.31%) LangGraph
8 12 (1.31%) Pandas
9 11 (1.20%) RESTful
10 8 (0.87%) GraphQL
10 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (0.87%) scikit-learn
10 8 (0.87%) Semantic Kernel
10 8 (0.87%) vLLM
10 8 (0.87%) Web Services
11 7 (0.76%) Spring
11 7 (0.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 108 (11.78%) AI Agents
2 89 (9.71%) Onboarding
3 78 (8.51%) Product Ownership
4 61 (6.65%) Cloud Native
5 31 (3.38%) Security Operations Centre
6 27 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
6 27 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 25 (2.73%) Data Structures
8 23 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.96%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.85%) Taxonomies
12 14 (1.53%) Data Fabric
13 13 (1.42%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.42%) CSOC
14 12 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
15 11 (1.20%) Data Centre
15 11 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 42 (4.58%) Linux
2 22 (2.40%) Windows
3 8 (0.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.44%) Unix
5 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (51.15%) AI
2 261 (28.46%) Analytics
3 208 (22.68%) Machine Learning
4 201 (21.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 191 (20.83%) Agile
6 164 (17.88%) LLM
7 163 (17.78%) Roadmaps
8 161 (17.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 158 (17.23%) Generative AI
10 157 (17.12%) Data Pipeline
11 155 (16.90%) Data Modelling
12 147 (16.03%) CI/CD
13 131 (14.29%) Data Engineering
14 130 (14.18%) Data Governance
14 130 (14.18%) DevOps
15 124 (13.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 122 (13.30%) Validation
17 116 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
17 116 (12.65%) Workshop Facilitation
18 112 (12.21%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 204 (22.25%) Python
2 174 (18.97%) SQL
3 37 (4.03%) Kusto Query Language
4 28 (3.05%) Java
4 28 (3.05%) PowerShell
5 24 (2.62%) Bash
6 17 (1.85%) C#
7 13 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
8 9 (0.98%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.76%) Scala
11 6 (0.65%) Bicep
11 6 (0.65%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.65%) R
12 5 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.44%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.33%) C++
14 3 (0.33%) Go
14 3 (0.33%) Perl
14 3 (0.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 201 (21.92%) Security Cleared
2 162 (17.67%) SC Cleared
3 81 (8.83%) Degree
4 40 (4.36%) DV Cleared
5 34 (3.71%) CISSP
6 27 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.64%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.53%) GCIH
11 13 (1.42%) CBAP
12 12 (1.31%) PMI Certification
13 11 (1.20%) SANS
13 11 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (1.09%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.98%) PMP
16 8 (0.87%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (15.81%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.13%) GDPR
3 41 (4.47%) QA
4 22 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.07%) NCSC
6 17 (1.85%) NIST
7 14 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.87%) GRC
9 6 (0.65%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.55%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.44%) ISO 15022
11 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 3 (0.33%) MiFID
13 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.22%) PERC
13 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (2.40%) Docker
2 21 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.09%) IAG
4 7 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 64 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.73%) Ansible
3 8 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
3 8 (0.87%) Grafana
3 8 (0.87%) Kubeflow
3 8 (0.87%) Prometheus
3 8 (0.87%) QRadar
4 6 (0.65%) OPNET
5 4 (0.44%) CASB
5 4 (0.44%) Kustomize
5 4 (0.44%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.44%) Proxmox
6 3 (0.33%) Kibana
7 2 (0.22%) Argo
7 2 (0.22%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.22%) logstash
7 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.11%) Istio
Vendors
1 191 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 91 (9.92%) Databricks
3 49 (5.34%) OpenAI
4 47 (5.13%) Splunk
5 37 (4.03%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.71%) Google
7 33 (3.60%) ServiceNow
8 22 (2.40%) Oracle
9 20 (2.18%) Foundry
10 19 (2.07%) Cisco
10 19 (2.07%) Dynatrace
10 19 (2.07%) SAP
11 17 (1.85%) Adobe
12 10 (1.09%) Cribl.io
12 10 (1.09%) Nexthink
12 10 (1.09%) VMware
13 9 (0.98%) Informatica
14 8 (0.87%) ArcSight
15 7 (0.76%) F5
15 7 (0.76%) Pega