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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 172 218
Rank change year-on-year +21 +46 -12
Contract jobs citing Use Case 559 457 458
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.88% 1.47% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 1.69% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 285 275
10th Percentile £356 £382 £413
25th Percentile £442 £456 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -3.30%
75th Percentile £650 £651 £655
90th Percentile £771 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.00% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile £37.22 £42.30 £43.60
25th Percentile £44.39 £55.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £56.90 £60.00 £67.56
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -11.19% +18.01%
75th Percentile £73.44 £66.88 £88.46
90th Percentile £85.63 £69.65 £91.65
UK median hourly rate £56.90 £60.00 £66.28
% change year-on-year -5.17% -9.47% +15.77%

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 26,934 26,984 35,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.48% 86.62% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,108 16,470 24,373
10th Percentile £298 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,747 976 1,492
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.74 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.35 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +37 332 £559 -0.18% 585
North of England -4 77 £475 -23.82% 84
Midlands -21 52 £450 -10.00% 49
North West 0 46 £450 -12.20% 50
South East +8 43 £525 - 500
West Midlands -24 40 £463 -15.91% 24
Yorkshire -23 31 £501 -19.92% 22
East of England -6 20 £550 +29.41% 34
South West -12 18 £495 -23.85% 35
East Midlands -13 12 £400 -3.15% 21
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 30 (5.37%) Confluence
2 20 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.22%) Apache Spark
4 17 (3.04%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.79%) Apache
6 6 (1.07%) Appian
7 5 (0.89%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.54%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.54%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.54%) SAS
9 2 (0.36%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.36%) Luigi
10 1 (0.18%) CMS
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.40%) MS Visio
3 14 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.33%) Siemens NX
5 10 (1.79%) Chatbot
6 6 (1.07%) ProjectWise
7 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (0.36%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.18%) InDesign
9 1 (0.18%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (3.40%) Teamcenter
2 15 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.89%) Endur
4 4 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.72%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.72%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.54%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.36%) Maximo
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle CRM
6 2 (0.36%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.18%) Findur
7 1 (0.18%) iTrent
7 1 (0.18%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.18%) Primavera
7 1 (0.18%) Shopify
7 1 (0.18%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 157 (28.09%) Azure
2 117 (20.93%) AWS
3 53 (9.48%) GCP
4 37 (6.62%) Power Platform
5 36 (6.44%) SaaS
6 33 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (5.72%) Amazon S3
8 24 (4.29%) Snowflake
9 22 (3.94%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (3.40%) Amazon SQS
11 18 (3.22%) GitHub
12 16 (2.86%) Vertex AI
13 15 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (2.15%) Amazon Bedrock
15 11 (1.97%) Azure AI
15 11 (1.97%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (1.97%) dbt
15 11 (1.97%) Entra ID
16 10 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.01%) Firewall
2 8 (1.43%) Internet
3 7 (1.25%) Network Security
3 7 (1.25%) VoIP
4 5 (0.89%) CTI
4 5 (0.89%) DNS
5 3 (0.54%) BGP
5 3 (0.54%) SSH
5 3 (0.54%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.54%) VLAN
5 3 (0.54%) VPN
6 2 (0.36%) HTTP
6 2 (0.36%) LAN
6 2 (0.36%) Modbus
6 2 (0.36%) MPLS
6 2 (0.36%) NAS
6 2 (0.36%) OSPF
6 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (5.37%) Power BI
2 24 (4.29%) Metadata
3 20 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.22%) Data Lake
4 18 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (2.86%) Relational Database
6 15 (2.68%) Big Data
6 15 (2.68%) SQL Server
7 13 (2.33%) Hadoop
7 13 (2.33%) Tableau
8 11 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.61%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.61%) Delta Lake
10 8 (1.43%) Data Vault
10 8 (1.43%) Pinecone
10 8 (1.43%) SAP HANA
10 8 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (1.25%) Apache Hive
11 7 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 53 (9.48%) JIRA
2 36 (6.44%) Git
3 13 (2.33%) MLflow
4 10 (1.79%) Cucumber
4 10 (1.79%) Selenium
5 9 (1.61%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.25%) ERwin
6 7 (1.25%) JUnit
6 7 (1.25%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (1.07%) GitLab
7 6 (1.07%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.72%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.72%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.72%) Postman
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.54%) PyCharm
9 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.36%) Mockito
10 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 204 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 129 (23.08%) Finance
3 125 (22.36%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (8.77%) Banking
5 48 (8.59%) Public Sector
6 43 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (4.11%) Marketing
8 22 (3.94%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (3.40%) Aerospace
11 18 (3.22%) Back Office
11 18 (3.22%) Telecoms
12 17 (3.04%) Investment Banking
12 17 (3.04%) Legal
13 16 (2.86%) Retail
14 12 (2.15%) Front Office
14 12 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (21.82%) Analyst
2 91 (16.28%) Architect
3 86 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 55 (9.84%) Senior
5 50 (8.94%) Developer
6 38 (6.80%) Lead
7 35 (6.26%) Consultant
8 29 (5.19%) Security Architect
9 25 (4.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 19 (3.40%) Data Analyst
10 19 (3.40%) Data Engineer
11 18 (3.22%) Data Scientist
12 17 (3.04%) Product Manager
12 17 (3.04%) Technical Analyst
13 16 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (2.68%) Data Architect
14 15 (2.68%) Security Engineer
14 15 (2.68%) Technical Business Analyst
15 14 (2.50%) Senior Business Analyst
15 14 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.40%) .NET
2 18 (3.22%) LangChain
2 18 (3.22%) Pandas
2 18 (3.22%) PyTorch
3 15 (2.68%) HTML
4 14 (2.50%) CSS
5 13 (2.33%) JSON
5 13 (2.33%) NumPy
5 13 (2.33%) scikit-learn
6 12 (2.15%) TensorFlow
7 11 (1.97%) PySpark
7 11 (1.97%) REST
7 11 (1.97%) XML
8 9 (1.61%) Hugging Face
8 9 (1.61%) Node.js
8 9 (1.61%) React
9 8 (1.43%) FastAPI
9 8 (1.43%) LangGraph
10 7 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (1.25%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.16%) Onboarding
2 49 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 32 (5.72%) Security Operations Centre
4 23 (4.11%) AI Agents
5 22 (3.94%) Algorithms
5 22 (3.94%) CSOC
5 22 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.58%) Cloud Native
7 19 (3.40%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (2.86%) Security Posture
9 15 (2.68%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (2.33%) Data Structures
11 13 (2.33%) Operational Technology
12 12 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.97%) Distributed Computing
14 10 (1.79%) PMI
14 10 (1.79%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.61%) Life Science
15 9 (1.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.72%) Linux
2 26 (4.65%) Windows
3 8 (1.43%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.25%) Android
4 7 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.89%) Unix
6 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (29.16%) Agile
2 135 (24.15%) AI
3 125 (22.36%) Analytics
4 112 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
5 102 (18.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 93 (16.64%) Machine Learning
7 90 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 85 (15.21%) Data Modelling
9 82 (14.67%) Cybersecurity
10 79 (14.13%) User Stories
11 73 (13.06%) DevOps
12 71 (12.70%) CI/CD
13 69 (12.34%) Roadmaps
14 68 (12.16%) SIEM
15 67 (11.99%) Business Analysis
16 66 (11.81%) Requirements Gathering
17 65 (11.63%) Data Science
18 62 (11.09%) LLM
19 60 (10.73%) Data Governance
20 54 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 128 (22.90%) Python
2 90 (16.10%) SQL
3 30 (5.37%) Java
4 27 (4.83%) JavaScript
5 21 (3.76%) Bash
6 16 (2.86%) C#
6 16 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
7 15 (2.68%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.43%) C++
10 6 (1.07%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.89%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.72%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.72%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.54%) R
14 2 (0.36%) Korn
14 2 (0.36%) PHP
14 2 (0.36%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (16.82%) Degree
2 89 (15.92%) Security Cleared
3 69 (12.34%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (4.11%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.50%) CISSP
6 14 (2.50%) PMI Certification
7 12 (2.15%) CBAP
8 10 (1.79%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.79%) MCP
9 7 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.07%) GCIA
11 5 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.89%) CFA
11 5 (0.89%) GCIH
12 4 (0.72%) CEH
12 4 (0.72%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.59%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.08%) QA
3 25 (4.47%) GDPR
3 25 (4.47%) NIST
4 17 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.79%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.43%) EU AI Act
8 7 (1.25%) GRC
8 7 (1.25%) ISO 19650
9 6 (1.07%) GxP
9 6 (1.07%) PSD2
9 6 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.72%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.72%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.54%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.54%) PMO
12 2 (0.36%) FINRA
12 2 (0.36%) FIPS 140-2
12 2 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 25 (4.47%) Docker
2 21 (3.76%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.79%) zsh
4 6 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.72%) HDFS
6 3 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (3.58%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.86%) Terraform
3 11 (1.97%) Ansible
4 7 (1.25%) QRadar
5 6 (1.07%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.89%) Grafana
7 4 (0.72%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.54%) Puppet
9 2 (0.36%) Kibana
10 1 (0.18%) Argo
10 1 (0.18%) Graphite
10 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.18%) logstash
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.18%) Nmap
10 1 (0.18%) SELinux
Vendors
1 82 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.59%) Splunk
3 29 (5.19%) Databricks
4 28 (5.01%) Google
5 27 (4.83%) SAP
6 24 (4.29%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.22%) OpenAI
8 14 (2.50%) Oracle
9 13 (2.33%) Siemens
10 11 (1.97%) Cisco
11 10 (1.79%) Citrix
12 9 (1.61%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.25%) Adobe
13 7 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (1.25%) Genesys
13 7 (1.25%) GoldenSource
14 6 (1.07%) CyberArk
14 6 (1.07%) Veracode
15 5 (0.89%) IBM
15 5 (0.89%) UiPath