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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 197 160
Rank change year-on-year +61 -37 +28
Contract jobs citing Use Case 848 359 556
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 1.44% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 1.58% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 225 365
10th Percentile £405 £357 £405
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £725 £650
90th Percentile £750 £845 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 17
10th Percentile £41.94 £33.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £54.23 £51.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £87.16 - -
90th Percentile £100.85 £70.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +73.77% -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 36,870 22,791 32,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.27% 91.38% 85.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,302 14,736 20,792
10th Percentile £325 £300 £302
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.99% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,305 1,085 2,404
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.38 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.52% -27.96% +7.04%
75th Percentile £68.75 £55.25 £61.45
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +73.07% -32.27% +7.14%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 21 June 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 +59 532 £550 -8.33% 181
North of England -9 116 £496 -4.39% 30
South East -32 63 £508 -0.98% 86
North West -15 58 £475 -9.52% 19
South West +5 49 £525 -6.67% 26
Midlands -25 49 £500 +23.46% 22
Yorkshire -23 48 £535 +15.68% 8
East Midlands +3 26 £525 +40.00% 10
West Midlands -44 23 £500 +17.65% 12
East of England -29 14 £545 +70.36% 15
North East -27 10 £450 - 4
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 43 (5.07%) Confluence
2 28 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (3.30%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.12%) Jupyter
4 11 (1.30%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.18%) Apache
6 6 (0.71%) CMS
7 5 (0.59%) SAS
8 3 (0.35%) Kentico
8 3 (0.35%) WordPress
9 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.24%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.24%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 29 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.24%) Chatbot
3 15 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.30%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) CATIA
7 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.59%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.59%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.35%) Actimize
5 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.35%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.35%) Findur
5 3 (0.35%) Maximo
5 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.24%) Summit
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 251 (29.60%) Azure
2 165 (19.46%) AWS
3 96 (11.32%) Power Platform
4 84 (9.91%) GCP
5 41 (4.83%) Azure AI
6 35 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (4.13%) Microsoft Copilot
7 34 (4.01%) Snowflake
8 30 (3.54%) Amazon Bedrock
8 30 (3.54%) Serverless
9 26 (3.07%) Amazon S3
10 25 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
11 24 (2.83%) dbt
11 24 (2.83%) Entra ID
12 23 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (2.71%) GitHub
13 20 (2.36%) SaaS
14 17 (2.00%) Amazon SageMaker
15 14 (1.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.18%) Firewall
2 18 (2.12%) Network Security
3 7 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (0.83%) VPN
4 6 (0.71%) DNS
4 6 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.59%) BGP
5 5 (0.59%) RTP
6 4 (0.47%) Internet
6 4 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.47%) SNMP
7 3 (0.35%) 5G
7 3 (0.35%) DHCP
7 3 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.35%) SMS
7 3 (0.35%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) 4G
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.14%) Power BI
2 66 (7.78%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (4.83%) Metadata
4 30 (3.54%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.30%) Tableau
6 25 (2.95%) Big Data
7 19 (2.24%) BigQuery
7 19 (2.24%) Weaviate
8 18 (2.12%) Pinecone
9 17 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (1.89%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.89%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
11 14 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.42%) Spark SQL
13 9 (1.06%) Looker
13 9 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
14 7 (0.83%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.83%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.71%) KDB
Development Applications
1 62 (7.31%) JIRA
2 32 (3.77%) Git
3 17 (2.00%) MLflow
4 16 (1.89%) GitLab
5 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.71%) ERwin
7 4 (0.47%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.35%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.35%) XCTest
9 2 (0.24%) Postman
9 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) Deequ
10 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.12%) Gradle
10 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 251 (29.60%) Finance
2 237 (27.95%) Social Skills
3 144 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (12.26%) Banking
5 83 (9.79%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.89%) Retail
7 30 (3.54%) Marketing
8 28 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (2.95%) Legal
10 21 (2.48%) Front Office
10 21 (2.48%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (2.00%) Financial Institution
12 17 (2.00%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.18%) Law
16 9 (1.06%) Military
17 6 (0.71%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 145 (17.10%) Analyst
2 117 (13.80%) Architect
3 107 (12.62%) Business Analyst
4 96 (11.32%) Senior
5 83 (9.79%) Data Engineer
6 78 (9.20%) Lead
7 61 (7.19%) Developer
8 57 (6.72%) Consultant
9 39 (4.60%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 29 (3.42%) Data Architect
10 29 (3.42%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.30%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 25 (2.95%) Data Scientist
13 22 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.48%) Data Analyst
15 20 (2.36%) Product Owner
15 20 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
16 18 (2.12%) Senior Business Analyst
17 16 (1.89%) Azure Engineer
17 16 (1.89%) Pega Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.89%) PySpark
2 29 (3.42%) LangChain
3 27 (3.18%) REST
4 23 (2.71%) .NET
5 19 (2.24%) Pandas
5 19 (2.24%) scikit-learn
6 18 (2.12%) LlamaIndex
7 17 (2.00%) JSON
7 17 (2.00%) Kafka
8 14 (1.65%) PyTorch
9 13 (1.53%) Middleware
10 12 (1.42%) OAuth
10 12 (1.42%) SOAP
10 12 (1.42%) TensorFlow
11 10 (1.18%) Node.js
11 10 (1.18%) NumPy
12 9 (1.06%) XML
12 9 (1.06%) YAML
13 8 (0.94%) OpenID
13 8 (0.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.67%) AI Agents
2 75 (8.84%) Product Ownership
3 58 (6.84%) Cloud Native
4 43 (5.07%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
6 21 (2.48%) Security Posture
7 20 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
8 19 (2.24%) Management Information System
9 18 (2.12%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.65%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.53%) CSOC
12 13 (1.53%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.42%) Beowulf
13 12 (1.42%) Life Science
14 11 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.30%) Taxonomies
15 9 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.89%) Linux
2 25 (2.95%) Windows
3 10 (1.18%) Unix
4 8 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (45.17%) AI
2 268 (31.60%) Analytics
3 203 (23.94%) Machine Learning
4 202 (23.82%) Agile
5 166 (19.58%) Data Modelling
6 157 (18.51%) Data Pipeline
7 150 (17.69%) CI/CD
8 145 (17.10%) Generative AI
9 144 (16.98%) LLM
10 141 (16.63%) DevOps
11 138 (16.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 136 (16.04%) Data Engineering
12 136 (16.04%) Data Science
13 124 (14.62%) Decision-Making
13 124 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
13 124 (14.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 118 (13.92%) Roadmaps
15 113 (13.33%) Validation
16 109 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
17 105 (12.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 219 (25.83%) Python
2 167 (19.69%) SQL
3 23 (2.71%) C#
4 20 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
5 18 (2.12%) Java
5 18 (2.12%) PowerShell
6 17 (2.00%) R
7 16 (1.89%) Bash
7 16 (1.89%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.42%) Scala
9 11 (1.30%) Bicep
10 10 (1.18%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.71%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.47%) VBA
14 3 (0.35%) Perl
14 3 (0.35%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 186 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 141 (16.63%) SC Cleared
3 77 (9.08%) Degree
4 33 (3.89%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.59%) CISSP
8 20 (2.36%) Master's Degree
9 17 (2.00%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.77%) CBAP
11 11 (1.30%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.18%) CISM
13 9 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.06%) IIBA
14 8 (0.94%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.83%) SANS
16 6 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.71%) ISTQB
17 5 (0.59%) GCIA
18 4 (0.47%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (15.80%) Data Quality
2 42 (4.95%) GDPR
2 42 (4.95%) QA
3 22 (2.59%) NIST
4 15 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.42%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.18%) GRC
7 9 (1.06%) NCSC
8 6 (0.71%) EU AI Act
8 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.47%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.35%) PMO
10 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.24%) MiFID
11 2 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 42 (4.95%) Docker
2 22 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.77%) VMware NSX
5 12 (1.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.47%) Snort
7 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.35%) IAG
9 2 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.24%) vCloud
10 1 (0.12%) HDFS
10 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (8.49%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.49%) Terraform
3 15 (1.77%) Ansible
4 12 (1.42%) Podman
5 7 (0.83%) QRadar
5 7 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (0.71%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.59%) Grafana
7 5 (0.59%) Nessus
7 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.47%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.24%) OPNET
9 2 (0.24%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.24%) Puppet
9 2 (0.24%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) logstash
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 159 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 76 (8.96%) Databricks
3 64 (7.55%) OpenAI
4 35 (4.13%) Foundry
5 34 (4.01%) Splunk
6 33 (3.89%) Salesforce
7 32 (3.77%) Google
7 32 (3.77%) SAP
8 20 (2.36%) Pega
9 18 (2.12%) ServiceNow
9 18 (2.12%) VMware
10 14 (1.65%) Oracle
11 10 (1.18%) Cisco
11 10 (1.18%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.18%) IBM
12 9 (1.06%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.83%) Adobe
14 7 (0.83%) Informatica
14 7 (0.83%) Red Hat