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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 168 220
Rank change year-on-year +17 +52 -20
Contract jobs citing Use Case 528 475 481
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.87% 1.49% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 1.72% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 291 296
10th Percentile £356 £388 £423
25th Percentile £439 £470 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.70% +1.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £771 £775 £736
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 9
10th Percentile £36.28 £50.00 £50.55
25th Percentile £41.94 £56.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -14.29% +28.44%
75th Percentile £77.50 £62.50 £86.66
90th Percentile £87.25 £68.75 £90.95
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £68.78
% change year-on-year -5.83% -12.77% +32.27%

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 25,696 27,604 36,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.95% 86.48% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,288 16,802 25,341
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £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 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,634 1,086 1,495
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.03 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £44.78 £67.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.43 £74.47 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £40.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -37.31% -9.60% +35.03%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 18 October 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 +32 304 £568 +1.11% 334
North of England -8 78 £475 -24.00% 73
Midlands -8 51 £425 -15.00% 49
North West +2 45 £450 -7.69% 48
South East +17 40 £525 +5.00% 344
West Midlands -11 39 £450 -18.18% 24
Yorkshire -19 32 £501 -21.10% 21
East of England -4 22 £525 +16.67% 54
South West +2 17 £498 -23.46% 46
East Midlands -7 12 £388 +8.85% 25
North East -4 1 - - 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 25 (4.73%) Confluence
2 20 (3.79%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (3.03%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.27%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.89%) Apache
6 6 (1.14%) Appian
7 5 (0.95%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.57%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.57%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.57%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.38%) CMS
9 2 (0.38%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.38%) Luigi
9 2 (0.38%) SAS
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.60%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.46%) Siemens NX
4 12 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.70%) Chatbot
6 6 (1.14%) ProjectWise
7 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.38%) Simulink
9 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.19%) InDesign
10 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (3.60%) Teamcenter
2 16 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.95%) Endur
3 5 (0.95%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.76%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.57%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.38%) Maximo
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle CRM
6 2 (0.38%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.38%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.19%) Findur
7 1 (0.19%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.19%) PORTIA
7 1 (0.19%) Primavera
7 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.19%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 148 (28.03%) Azure
2 114 (21.59%) AWS
3 54 (10.23%) GCP
4 33 (6.25%) SaaS
5 32 (6.06%) Amazon S3
6 29 (5.49%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (4.36%) Snowflake
9 22 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (3.60%) Amazon SQS
11 16 (3.03%) Vertex AI
12 14 (2.65%) GitHub
13 12 (2.27%) Amazon Bedrock
14 11 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (2.08%) dbt
14 11 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (1.70%) Serverless
17 8 (1.52%) Collibra
17 8 (1.52%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.73%) Firewall
2 6 (1.14%) Network Security
3 5 (0.95%) Internet
4 4 (0.76%) DNS
5 3 (0.57%) BGP
5 3 (0.57%) SSH
5 3 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.57%) VLAN
5 3 (0.57%) VPN
6 2 (0.38%) HTTP
6 2 (0.38%) LAN
6 2 (0.38%) MPLS
6 2 (0.38%) OSPF
6 2 (0.38%) VoIP
6 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.19%) Broadband
7 1 (0.19%) Modbus
7 1 (0.19%) NAS
7 1 (0.19%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.73%) Power BI
2 23 (4.36%) Metadata
3 16 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.84%) Data Lake
5 13 (2.46%) Big Data
5 13 (2.46%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.46%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.08%) Delta Lake
6 11 (2.08%) Hadoop
7 10 (1.89%) BigQuery
7 10 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.70%) Tableau
9 8 (1.52%) Pinecone
9 8 (1.52%) SAP HANA
10 7 (1.33%) Apache Hive
10 7 (1.33%) GIS
11 6 (1.14%) Data Vault
11 6 (1.14%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (8.14%) JIRA
2 35 (6.63%) Git
3 14 (2.65%) MLflow
4 9 (1.70%) Cucumber
4 9 (1.70%) Selenium
4 9 (1.70%) SonarQube
5 7 (1.33%) JUnit
6 6 (1.14%) GitLab
6 6 (1.14%) Robot Framework
7 5 (0.95%) ERwin
7 5 (0.95%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.76%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.57%) Postman
10 2 (0.38%) Hardhat
10 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.38%) Mockito
10 2 (0.38%) Pylint
10 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 196 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 122 (23.11%) Finance
3 114 (21.59%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 43 (8.14%) Banking
6 38 (7.20%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 22 (4.17%) Marketing
8 19 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (3.41%) Telecoms
10 17 (3.22%) Aerospace
10 17 (3.22%) Legal
11 16 (3.03%) Back Office
12 14 (2.65%) Investment Banking
12 14 (2.65%) Retail
13 13 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.70%) Front Office
15 9 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (22.16%) Analyst
2 91 (17.23%) Architect
3 84 (15.91%) Business Analyst
4 51 (9.66%) Senior
5 40 (7.58%) Developer
6 35 (6.63%) Lead
7 31 (5.87%) Consultant
8 30 (5.68%) Security Architect
9 23 (4.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 18 (3.41%) Data Analyst
10 18 (3.41%) Data Engineer
10 18 (3.41%) Product Manager
11 16 (3.03%) Data Scientist
11 16 (3.03%) Technical Analyst
12 15 (2.84%) Data Architect
12 15 (2.84%) Security Engineer
13 14 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (2.65%) Technical Business Analyst
14 13 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (2.08%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.79%) PyTorch
2 18 (3.41%) LangChain
3 16 (3.03%) Pandas
4 15 (2.84%) .NET
4 15 (2.84%) HTML
5 14 (2.65%) CSS
6 13 (2.46%) scikit-learn
7 12 (2.27%) TensorFlow
8 11 (2.08%) JSON
8 11 (2.08%) NumPy
9 10 (1.89%) PySpark
9 10 (1.89%) React
10 9 (1.70%) Hugging Face
10 9 (1.70%) REST
10 9 (1.70%) XML
11 8 (1.52%) FastAPI
11 8 (1.52%) Kafka
11 8 (1.52%) LangGraph
12 7 (1.33%) ASP.NET Web API
12 7 (1.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 64 (12.12%) Onboarding
2 47 (8.90%) Product Ownership
3 30 (5.68%) Security Operations Centre
4 25 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 22 (4.17%) CSOC
6 20 (3.79%) AI Agents
7 19 (3.60%) Algorithms
7 19 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.84%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.46%) Security Posture
11 12 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (2.08%) Operational Technology
12 11 (2.08%) PMI
13 10 (1.89%) Life Science
14 9 (1.70%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.49%) Linux
2 22 (4.17%) Windows
3 8 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.33%) Android
4 7 (1.33%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.95%) Unix
6 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (27.65%) Agile
2 125 (23.67%) AI
3 123 (23.30%) Analytics
4 103 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
5 92 (17.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 88 (16.67%) Machine Learning
7 80 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 76 (14.39%) Cybersecurity
8 76 (14.39%) User Stories
9 68 (12.88%) Data Modelling
10 66 (12.50%) Roadmaps
11 65 (12.31%) DevOps
12 62 (11.74%) CI/CD
12 62 (11.74%) SIEM
13 60 (11.36%) Business Analysis
13 60 (11.36%) Data Science
13 60 (11.36%) Requirements Gathering
14 56 (10.61%) Data Governance
14 56 (10.61%) LLM
15 51 (9.66%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 116 (21.97%) Python
2 76 (14.39%) SQL
3 28 (5.30%) Java
4 24 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 20 (3.79%) Bash
6 14 (2.65%) C#
7 12 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 12 (2.27%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.52%) C++
9 6 (1.14%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.95%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.76%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.57%) R
12 3 (0.57%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.38%) Korn
13 2 (0.38%) PHP
13 2 (0.38%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.38%) Solidity
13 2 (0.38%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 85 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 82 (15.53%) Degree
3 66 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.41%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.65%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.46%) CBAP
8 12 (2.27%) CISSP
9 10 (1.89%) MCP
10 9 (1.70%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.95%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.95%) GCIA
13 4 (0.76%) GCIH
13 4 (0.76%) ISEB
13 4 (0.76%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.87%) QA
3 27 (5.11%) GDPR
4 22 (4.17%) NIST
5 17 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.89%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.52%) EU AI Act
9 7 (1.33%) GRC
9 7 (1.33%) ISO 19650
9 7 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.14%) GxP
10 6 (1.14%) PSD2
11 4 (0.76%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.76%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.57%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.38%) FINRA
13 2 (0.38%) FIPS 140-2
13 2 (0.38%) PMO
13 2 (0.38%) SEPA
System Software
1 25 (4.73%) Docker
2 16 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.89%) zsh
4 5 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.76%) HDFS
6 3 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (3.79%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.22%) Terraform
3 11 (2.08%) Ansible
4 7 (1.33%) Kubeflow
5 6 (1.14%) QRadar
6 5 (0.95%) Grafana
7 4 (0.76%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.57%) Kibana
8 3 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.57%) Puppet
9 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.38%) logstash
10 1 (0.19%) Argo
10 1 (0.19%) Graphite
10 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.19%) SELinux
Vendors
1 76 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.52%) Splunk
3 32 (6.06%) Databricks
4 31 (5.87%) SAP
5 28 (5.30%) Google
6 19 (3.60%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.03%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.46%) Siemens
9 11 (2.08%) Cisco
10 9 (1.70%) Citrix
10 9 (1.70%) Oracle
11 7 (1.33%) Adobe
11 7 (1.33%) GoldenSource
12 6 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (1.14%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.14%) Veracode
13 5 (0.95%) IBM
14 4 (0.76%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.76%) ESRI
14 4 (0.76%) Red Hat