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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 178 157
Rank change year-on-year +42 -21 +46
Contract jobs citing Use Case 906 425 555
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 1.55% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 1.71% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 262 364
10th Percentile £413 £375 £402
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £693 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 20
10th Percentile £49.80 £33.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £56.03 £51.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £72.43 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.72% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £87.16 - -
90th Percentile £101.01 £70.50 £65.38
UK median hourly rate £72.43 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +86.47% -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 38,476 24,845 30,896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 90.65% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 15,947 20,132
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £745 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,382 1,317 2,080
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.26 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.84
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.68% -9.41%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.47 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -9.24%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +60 565 £550 -6.90% 255
North of England -33 109 £519 +9.21% 37
South East -25 84 £550 +8.64% 55
South West -1 50 £530 -3.64% 18
Yorkshire -19 50 £535 +12.63% 13
North West -47 50 £475 - 19
Midlands -33 49 £538 +19.84% 17
West Midlands -58 29 £500 +11.11% 12
East Midlands +1 20 £550 +46.67% 5
East of England -18 15 £550 +41.94% 18
North East -28 9 £463 - 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 (4.53%) Confluence
2 32 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (2.21%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.43%) Jupyter
6 10 (1.10%) Apache
7 6 (0.66%) CMS
8 5 (0.55%) 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 28 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.10%) Chatbot
3 14 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) CATIA
6 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.11%) Simulink
6 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.55%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.55%) 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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
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%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 279 (30.79%) Azure
2 172 (18.98%) AWS
3 104 (11.48%) Power Platform
4 85 (9.38%) GCP
5 51 (5.63%) Azure AI
6 49 (5.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 38 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (4.08%) Snowflake
9 35 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
10 33 (3.64%) GitHub
11 30 (3.31%) Amazon Bedrock
12 29 (3.20%) Entra ID
13 27 (2.98%) dbt
14 26 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 26 (2.87%) SaaS
15 24 (2.65%) Serverless
16 23 (2.54%) Amazon S3
17 22 (2.43%) Copilot Studio
18 21 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
18 21 (2.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.65%) Firewall
2 18 (1.99%) Network Security
3 8 (0.88%) DNS
4 7 (0.77%) BGP
4 7 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (0.77%) VPN
4 7 (0.77%) Wireless
5 6 (0.66%) SNMP
5 6 (0.66%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.55%) Cisco Wireless
6 5 (0.55%) Multicast
6 5 (0.55%) RTP
6 5 (0.55%) VLAN
7 4 (0.44%) Internet
7 4 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.33%) 5G
8 3 (0.33%) DHCP
8 3 (0.33%) HTTP
8 3 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.51%) Power BI
2 66 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (5.19%) Metadata
4 30 (3.31%) Data Lake
5 29 (3.20%) Tableau
6 21 (2.32%) Big Data
7 19 (2.10%) BigQuery
8 17 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (1.88%) Delta Lake
9 16 (1.77%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.77%) Weaviate
10 15 (1.66%) Pinecone
10 15 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
11 14 (1.55%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
13 10 (1.10%) Spark SQL
14 9 (0.99%) Looker
15 8 (0.88%) Redis
15 8 (0.88%) SQL Server
16 6 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 58 (6.40%) JIRA
2 34 (3.75%) Git
3 20 (2.21%) GitLab
4 18 (1.99%) MLflow
5 9 (0.99%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.77%) ERwin
7 5 (0.55%) Claude Code
7 5 (0.55%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.33%) XCTest
9 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.11%) Deequ
10 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 267 (29.47%) Finance
2 262 (28.92%) Social Skills
3 160 (17.66%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (11.92%) Banking
5 86 (9.49%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.19%) Marketing
7 35 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.64%) Retail
9 25 (2.76%) Legal
10 23 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.32%) Front Office
11 21 (2.32%) Investment Banking
12 19 (2.10%) Financial Institution
13 17 (1.88%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.77%) Law
15 13 (1.43%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.88%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 148 (16.34%) Analyst
2 134 (14.79%) Architect
3 97 (10.71%) Business Analyst
4 89 (9.82%) Senior
5 87 (9.60%) Data Engineer
5 87 (9.60%) Lead
6 63 (6.95%) Consultant
7 62 (6.84%) Developer
8 44 (4.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 34 (3.75%) Data Architect
10 27 (2.98%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 27 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
11 24 (2.65%) Data Analyst
12 23 (2.54%) Data Scientist
13 22 (2.43%) Project Manager
14 19 (2.10%) Product Owner
15 18 (1.99%) Azure Engineer
16 17 (1.88%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
17 16 (1.77%) Pega Developer
17 16 (1.77%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.42%) PySpark
1 31 (3.42%) REST
2 28 (3.09%) LangChain
3 24 (2.65%) .NET
4 20 (2.21%) LlamaIndex
4 20 (2.21%) Pandas
5 18 (1.99%) JSON
6 15 (1.66%) Kafka
7 13 (1.43%) scikit-learn
8 12 (1.32%) Middleware
9 10 (1.10%) NumPy
10 9 (0.99%) OAuth
10 9 (0.99%) RESTful
10 9 (0.99%) SOAP
10 9 (0.99%) YAML
11 8 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (0.88%) Node.js
11 8 (0.88%) SAML
12 7 (0.77%) GraphQL
12 7 (0.77%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.49%) AI Agents
2 74 (8.17%) Onboarding
3 69 (7.62%) Product Ownership
4 67 (7.40%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 23 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (2.21%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.21%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.21%) Security Posture
8 17 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
8 17 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (1.88%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.43%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.43%) CSOC
9 13 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
10 12 (1.32%) Taxonomies
11 11 (1.21%) Life Science
12 10 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.53%) Linux
2 29 (3.20%) Windows
3 11 (1.21%) Unix
4 8 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (46.47%) AI
2 282 (31.13%) Analytics
3 220 (24.28%) Machine Learning
4 200 (22.08%) Agile
5 169 (18.65%) Data Modelling
5 169 (18.65%) Data Pipeline
6 156 (17.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 152 (16.78%) CI/CD
8 149 (16.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 146 (16.11%) Data Engineering
9 146 (16.11%) LLM
10 141 (15.56%) DevOps
11 140 (15.45%) Generative AI
12 138 (15.23%) Roadmaps
13 136 (15.01%) Decision-Making
13 136 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
14 119 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
14 119 (13.13%) Data Science
15 111 (12.25%) Validation
16 107 (11.81%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 216 (23.84%) Python
2 166 (18.32%) SQL
3 28 (3.09%) Kusto Query Language
4 23 (2.54%) C#
5 21 (2.32%) Bash
5 21 (2.32%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.88%) Java
7 15 (1.66%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.43%) R
9 8 (0.88%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.88%) Scala
9 8 (0.88%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.77%) Apex Code
10 7 (0.77%) Bicep
11 5 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.44%) Go
12 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.44%) SPARQL
12 4 (0.44%) VBA
13 3 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 199 (21.96%) Security Cleared
2 153 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.40%) Degree
4 41 (4.53%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.31%) CISSP
6 22 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 18 (1.99%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (1.21%) CBAP
13 9 (0.99%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.99%) CISM
14 8 (0.88%) IIBA
14 8 (0.88%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.77%) SANS
16 6 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (0.66%) CCNA
16 6 (0.66%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (15.12%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.41%) GDPR
3 46 (5.08%) QA
4 24 (2.65%) NIST
5 21 (2.32%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.55%) NCSC
8 10 (1.10%) GRC
9 6 (0.66%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.33%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.33%) PMO
12 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.22%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.22%) PERC
12 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (4.08%) Docker
2 28 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.77%) IAG
4 7 (0.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 7 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.44%) Snort
6 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.11%) HDFS
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (7.62%) Kubernetes
2 60 (6.62%) Terraform
3 19 (2.10%) Ansible
4 9 (0.99%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.88%) Grafana
5 8 (0.88%) QRadar
6 7 (0.77%) Podman
6 7 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.66%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.66%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
9 4 (0.44%) OPNET
9 4 (0.44%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.33%) Nessus
11 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.22%) Puppet
12 1 (0.11%) Control-M
12 1 (0.11%) logstash
12 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 186 (20.53%) Microsoft
2 78 (8.61%) Databricks
3 61 (6.73%) OpenAI
4 41 (4.53%) Foundry
5 40 (4.42%) Splunk
6 36 (3.97%) Google
7 30 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 28 (3.09%) ServiceNow
9 27 (2.98%) SAP
10 20 (2.21%) Oracle
10 20 (2.21%) Pega
11 15 (1.66%) Cisco
11 15 (1.66%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.21%) Adobe
12 11 (1.21%) VMware
13 10 (1.10%) IBM
14 8 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 7 (0.77%) ArcSight
15 7 (0.77%) CyberArk
16 6 (0.66%) Informatica