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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 191 165
Rank change year-on-year +53 -26 +22
Contract jobs citing Use Case 793 351 553
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.88% 1.45% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.59% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 218 368
10th Percentile £400 £357 £412
25th Percentile £450 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.86% +2.64%
75th Percentile £638 £749 £660
90th Percentile £746 £854 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 16
10th Percentile £41.94 £30.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £44.58 £43.74 £49.38
Median hourly rate £57.40 £56.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.25% -17.24%
75th Percentile £76.10 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £101.01 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.40 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +47.77% -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 35,884 22,080 31,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.08% 91.32% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,739 14,300 20,579
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,242 984 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.80 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.53 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.52% -23.93% +1.99%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.45 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £74.63 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.76 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.36% -23.95% +1.39%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +60 488 £550 -12.07% 394
North of England -18 116 £488 -7.14% 76
North West -19 58 £475 -13.64% 47
South East -39 55 £500 -2.44% 98
Midlands -22 49 £500 +23.46% 33
Yorkshire -35 46 £530 +14.59% 20
South West +5 43 £500 -13.04% 35
East Midlands -2 28 £500 +27.39% 10
West Midlands -46 21 £500 +21.21% 22
East of England -27 15 £550 +57.96% 9
North East -15 12 £450 - 11
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 45 (5.67%) Confluence
2 28 (3.53%) Apache Spark
3 23 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.27%) Jupyter
5 10 (1.26%) Apache
6 9 (1.13%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.76%) CMS
8 5 (0.63%) SAS
9 3 (0.38%) Kentico
9 3 (0.38%) WordPress
10 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.25%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.25%) Smallworld
11 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.13%) Appian
11 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) IIS
11 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 27 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.02%) Chatbot
3 15 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.51%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) CATIA
7 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.63%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.63%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.38%) Actimize
5 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.38%) Findur
5 3 (0.38%) Maximo
5 3 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 226 (28.50%) Azure
2 140 (17.65%) AWS
3 89 (11.22%) Power Platform
4 76 (9.58%) GCP
5 39 (4.92%) Azure AI
6 30 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (3.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 28 (3.53%) Snowflake
8 23 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 23 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (2.77%) dbt
10 21 (2.65%) Amazon Bedrock
10 21 (2.65%) Entra ID
10 21 (2.65%) Serverless
11 17 (2.14%) Amazon S3
11 17 (2.14%) GitHub
11 17 (2.14%) SaaS
12 15 (1.89%) Amazon SageMaker
13 14 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (1.77%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.53%) Firewall
2 18 (2.27%) Network Security
3 7 (0.88%) VPN
4 6 (0.76%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.63%) BGP
5 5 (0.63%) DNS
5 5 (0.63%) RTP
6 4 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.50%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.50%) SNMP
7 3 (0.38%) 5G
7 3 (0.38%) Internet
7 3 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.38%) SMS
7 3 (0.38%) Wireless
8 2 (0.25%) 4G
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (8.07%) Power BI
2 60 (7.57%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (4.16%) Metadata
4 26 (3.28%) Tableau
5 24 (3.03%) Big Data
6 21 (2.65%) Data Lake
7 19 (2.40%) BigQuery
7 19 (2.40%) Weaviate
8 18 (2.27%) Pinecone
9 16 (2.02%) Snowflake Schema
10 15 (1.89%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.77%) Delta Lake
12 12 (1.51%) Spark SQL
13 8 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.01%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.88%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.88%) Looker
15 6 (0.76%) KDB
16 5 (0.63%) Kdb+
16 5 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 59 (7.44%) JIRA
2 29 (3.66%) Git
3 14 (1.77%) MLflow
4 11 (1.39%) GitLab
5 6 (0.76%) ERwin
6 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.38%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.38%) XCTest
8 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.25%) JUnit
8 2 (0.25%) Postman
8 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.13%) Gradle
9 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 227 (28.63%) Finance
2 221 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 134 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (11.98%) Banking
5 79 (9.96%) Public Sector
6 29 (3.66%) Retail
7 27 (3.40%) Marketing
8 26 (3.28%) Legal
9 23 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.40%) Investment Banking
11 17 (2.14%) Front Office
12 16 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.77%) Financial Institution
15 12 (1.51%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (1.13%) Military
18 8 (1.01%) Law
19 6 (0.76%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 147 (18.54%) Analyst
2 110 (13.87%) Business Analyst
3 101 (12.74%) Architect
4 85 (10.72%) Senior
5 75 (9.46%) Data Engineer
5 75 (9.46%) Lead
6 55 (6.94%) Developer
7 49 (6.18%) Consultant
8 35 (4.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 28 (3.53%) Project Manager
10 27 (3.40%) Data Architect
11 24 (3.03%) Data Scientist
12 23 (2.90%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 22 (2.77%) Data Analyst
14 20 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (2.27%) Product Owner
15 18 (2.27%) Security Engineer
15 18 (2.27%) Senior Business Analyst
16 17 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
17 16 (2.02%) Pega Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.78%) PySpark
2 28 (3.53%) LangChain
3 23 (2.90%) .NET
3 23 (2.90%) REST
4 18 (2.27%) LlamaIndex
4 18 (2.27%) Pandas
4 18 (2.27%) scikit-learn
5 17 (2.14%) PyTorch
6 15 (1.89%) JSON
6 15 (1.89%) Kafka
7 14 (1.77%) TensorFlow
8 11 (1.39%) Middleware
8 11 (1.39%) Node.js
9 10 (1.26%) OAuth
9 10 (1.26%) SOAP
10 9 (1.13%) LangGraph
10 9 (1.13%) NumPy
11 8 (1.01%) XML
12 7 (0.88%) A2A Protocol
12 7 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.08%) AI Agents
2 70 (8.83%) Product Ownership
3 52 (6.56%) Cloud Native
4 40 (5.04%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
6 18 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 15 (1.89%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.64%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.64%) Beowulf
9 13 (1.64%) Life Science
10 12 (1.51%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.13%) CSOC
13 7 (0.88%) Reference Data
13 7 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.15%) Linux
2 19 (2.40%) Windows
3 8 (1.01%) Unix
4 7 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.38%) Android
7 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (41.74%) AI
2 244 (30.77%) Analytics
3 190 (23.96%) Agile
4 172 (21.69%) Machine Learning
5 161 (20.30%) Data Modelling
6 141 (17.78%) Data Pipeline
7 131 (16.52%) DevOps
8 128 (16.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 126 (15.89%) CI/CD
10 123 (15.51%) LLM
11 122 (15.38%) Data Science
12 119 (15.01%) Generative AI
13 118 (14.88%) Data Engineering
14 116 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
15 114 (14.38%) Decision-Making
16 109 (13.75%) Validation
17 108 (13.62%) Roadmaps
18 107 (13.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 104 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
19 104 (13.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 196 (24.72%) Python
2 145 (18.28%) SQL
3 24 (3.03%) C#
4 21 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
5 19 (2.40%) Java
6 16 (2.02%) R
7 15 (1.89%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.77%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.51%) Scala
10 10 (1.26%) Bash
11 9 (1.13%) Bicep
11 9 (1.13%) JavaScript
12 5 (0.63%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.63%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.50%) C++
13 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.38%) Swift
15 2 (0.25%) Go
15 2 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 180 (22.70%) Security Cleared
2 140 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.46%) Degree
4 28 (3.53%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.65%) CISSP
7 20 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.27%) Master's Degree
9 16 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.89%) CBAP
11 11 (1.39%) CISM
11 11 (1.39%) IIBA
12 9 (1.13%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.88%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.88%) SANS
14 5 (0.63%) GCIA
14 5 (0.63%) ISEB
15 4 (0.50%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (15.51%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.30%) GDPR
3 41 (5.17%) QA
4 23 (2.90%) NIST
5 12 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.39%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.01%) GRC
7 8 (1.01%) NCSC
8 6 (0.76%) EU AI Act
8 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.38%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.38%) PMO
10 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.25%) HL7
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 35 (4.41%) Docker
2 21 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.89%) VMware NSX
5 13 (1.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.50%) Snort
7 3 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.25%) vCloud
9 1 (0.13%) HDFS
9 1 (0.13%) IAG
9 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 44 (5.55%) Terraform
3 13 (1.64%) Ansible
3 13 (1.64%) Podman
4 8 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 7 (0.88%) QRadar
6 6 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.63%) Grafana
7 5 (0.63%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.63%) Nessus
7 5 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.50%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.25%) Puppet
9 2 (0.25%) SCCM
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.13%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) logstash
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 150 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.95%) Databricks
3 58 (7.31%) OpenAI
4 34 (4.29%) Splunk
5 33 (4.16%) Foundry
6 30 (3.78%) SAP
7 29 (3.66%) Google
8 26 (3.28%) Salesforce
9 20 (2.52%) Pega
10 17 (2.14%) VMware
11 16 (2.02%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.51%) Oracle
13 10 (1.26%) IBM
14 9 (1.13%) Cisco
14 9 (1.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 8 (1.01%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.01%) NVIDIA
16 7 (0.88%) Adobe
16 7 (0.88%) Informatica
16 7 (0.88%) MuleSoft