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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 176 228
Rank change year-on-year +25 +52 -20
Contract jobs citing Use Case 586 451 435
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.94% 1.45% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 1.67% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 283 261
10th Percentile £363 £377 £413
25th Percentile £449 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £644 £665 £655
90th Percentile £756 £784 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 7
10th Percentile £39.11 £40.38 £43.60
25th Percentile £49.30 £52.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £66.15 £62.50 £67.56
Median % change year-on-year +5.84% -7.49% +12.60%
75th Percentile £81.56 £67.81 £88.46
90th Percentile £93.75 £69.88 £91.65
UK median hourly rate £66.15 £62.50 £67.56
% change year-on-year +5.84% -7.49% +12.60%

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 27,298 27,047 35,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.35% 86.76% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,334 16,519 24,217
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -3.85% -0.73%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,792 976 1,481
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%
75th Percentile £46.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.98 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.38% +24.04%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +38 347 £552 -3.03% 386
North of England -9 78 £468 -22.08% 63
Midlands -22 51 £450 -10.00% 40
South East +14 49 £525 - 256
North West -3 46 £450 -10.00% 38
West Midlands -20 41 £463 -15.91% 17
Yorkshire -19 31 £501 -19.92% 19
East of England -10 23 £550 +22.22% 66
South West -11 18 £495 -23.85% 41
East Midlands -12 10 £400 -3.15% 22
North East -12 1 £425 -47.85% 6
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 31 (5.29%) Confluence
2 23 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 17 (2.90%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.88%) Apache
6 6 (1.02%) Appian
7 5 (0.85%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.51%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.51%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.51%) SAS
9 2 (0.34%) CMS
9 2 (0.34%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.34%) Luigi
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.07%) MS Visio
3 14 (2.39%) Chatbot
3 14 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.22%) Siemens NX
5 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.02%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.17%) InDesign
7 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (3.24%) Teamcenter
2 15 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.68%) Endur
4 4 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.68%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.68%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.51%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.34%) Maximo
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle CRM
6 2 (0.34%) Primavera
6 2 (0.34%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.17%) Findur
7 1 (0.17%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.17%) iTrent
7 1 (0.17%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.17%) PORTIA
7 1 (0.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 170 (29.01%) Azure
2 120 (20.48%) AWS
3 54 (9.22%) GCP
4 42 (7.17%) Power Platform
5 36 (6.14%) SaaS
6 34 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (5.46%) Amazon S3
8 26 (4.44%) Snowflake
9 22 (3.75%) Amazon EC2
10 20 (3.41%) Vertex AI
11 19 (3.24%) Amazon SQS
12 18 (3.07%) GitHub
13 15 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (2.39%) dbt
15 13 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (2.05%) Amazon Bedrock
17 11 (1.88%) Azure AI
17 11 (1.88%) Azure Sentinel
17 11 (1.88%) Entra ID
18 10 (1.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.95%) Firewall
2 8 (1.37%) Internet
2 8 (1.37%) Network Security
3 7 (1.19%) VoIP
4 5 (0.85%) CTI
4 5 (0.85%) DNS
4 5 (0.85%) VPN
5 3 (0.51%) BGP
5 3 (0.51%) Modbus
5 3 (0.51%) SSH
5 3 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.51%) VLAN
6 2 (0.34%) Broadband
6 2 (0.34%) HTTP
6 2 (0.34%) LAN
6 2 (0.34%) MPLS
6 2 (0.34%) NAS
6 2 (0.34%) OSPF
6 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.97%) Power BI
2 27 (4.61%) Metadata
3 25 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.41%) Data Lake
5 18 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (2.90%) Tableau
7 16 (2.73%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.56%) Big Data
8 15 (2.56%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.22%) Hadoop
10 12 (2.05%) Pinecone
11 11 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.54%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.54%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (1.37%) Data Vault
13 8 (1.37%) SAP HANA
14 7 (1.19%) Apache Hive
14 7 (1.19%) NoSQL
14 7 (1.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 53 (9.04%) JIRA
2 38 (6.48%) Git
3 13 (2.22%) MLflow
4 10 (1.71%) Cucumber
4 10 (1.71%) Selenium
5 7 (1.19%) ERwin
5 7 (1.19%) PowerDesigner
5 7 (1.19%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.02%) GitLab
6 6 (1.02%) Robot Framework
7 5 (0.85%) JUnit
8 4 (0.68%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.68%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.68%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.68%) Postman
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.51%) PyCharm
9 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.34%) Hardhat
10 2 (0.34%) Pylint
General
1 208 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 134 (22.87%) Finance
3 133 (22.70%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (9.04%) Banking
5 51 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 47 (8.02%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.92%) Marketing
8 21 (3.58%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.24%) Aerospace
9 19 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (3.24%) Retail
9 19 (3.24%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.07%) Back Office
11 17 (2.90%) Investment Banking
11 17 (2.90%) Legal
12 13 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (2.05%) Front Office
13 12 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (21.50%) Analyst
2 94 (16.04%) Architect
3 92 (15.70%) Business Analyst
4 56 (9.56%) Senior
5 48 (8.19%) Developer
6 41 (7.00%) Lead
7 36 (6.14%) Consultant
8 29 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 29 (4.95%) Security Architect
9 26 (4.44%) Data Engineer
10 21 (3.58%) Data Scientist
11 18 (3.07%) Data Analyst
12 17 (2.90%) Product Manager
13 16 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (2.73%) Technical Analyst
14 15 (2.56%) Data Architect
14 15 (2.56%) Security Engineer
15 14 (2.39%) Senior Business Analyst
15 14 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (2.39%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.58%) PyTorch
2 19 (3.24%) .NET
3 18 (3.07%) LangChain
3 18 (3.07%) Pandas
4 16 (2.73%) scikit-learn
5 15 (2.56%) HTML
5 15 (2.56%) TensorFlow
6 14 (2.39%) CSS
7 13 (2.22%) JSON
7 13 (2.22%) Node.js
7 13 (2.22%) NumPy
8 12 (2.05%) PySpark
8 12 (2.05%) REST
8 12 (2.05%) XML
9 10 (1.71%) Faiss
10 9 (1.54%) Hugging Face
10 9 (1.54%) React
11 8 (1.37%) FastAPI
11 8 (1.37%) LangGraph
12 7 (1.19%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.77%) Onboarding
2 51 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 32 (5.46%) Security Operations Centre
4 26 (4.44%) Algorithms
5 23 (3.92%) AI Agents
6 22 (3.75%) CSOC
6 22 (3.75%) Management Information System
7 21 (3.58%) Cloud Native
8 19 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (2.90%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.90%) Security Posture
10 14 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (2.39%) Data Structures
10 14 (2.39%) Operational Technology
11 12 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.88%) PMI
13 10 (1.71%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.54%) Distributed Computing
14 9 (1.54%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.46%) Linux
2 26 (4.44%) Windows
3 8 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.19%) Android
4 7 (1.19%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.68%) Unix
6 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (29.35%) Agile
2 148 (25.26%) AI
3 142 (24.23%) Analytics
4 119 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (18.26%) Machine Learning
6 105 (17.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 93 (15.87%) Data Modelling
8 92 (15.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 85 (14.51%) Cybersecurity
10 82 (13.99%) User Stories
11 77 (13.14%) Roadmaps
12 74 (12.63%) DevOps
13 73 (12.46%) CI/CD
13 73 (12.46%) Data Science
14 71 (12.12%) SIEM
15 69 (11.77%) Requirements Gathering
16 67 (11.43%) Business Analysis
16 67 (11.43%) LLM
17 63 (10.75%) Data Governance
18 62 (10.58%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 141 (24.06%) Python
2 99 (16.89%) SQL
3 33 (5.63%) Java
4 27 (4.61%) JavaScript
5 21 (3.58%) Bash
6 16 (2.73%) C#
6 16 (2.73%) Kusto Query Language
7 15 (2.56%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.54%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.37%) C++
10 6 (1.02%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.85%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.68%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.68%) R
12 4 (0.68%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.34%) PHP
14 2 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.34%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 98 (16.72%) Degree
2 94 (16.04%) Security Cleared
3 71 (12.12%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (4.10%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.56%) CISSP
6 15 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.22%) CBAP
8 10 (1.71%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.71%) MCP
9 8 (1.37%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (1.02%) GCIA
12 5 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.85%) CFA
12 5 (0.85%) GCIH
13 4 (0.68%) CEH
13 4 (0.68%) ISEB
13 4 (0.68%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.19%) Data Quality
2 34 (5.80%) QA
3 27 (4.61%) GDPR
3 27 (4.61%) NIST
4 19 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.22%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.37%) EU AI Act
6 8 (1.37%) GRC
6 8 (1.37%) PSD2
7 7 (1.19%) ISO 19650
7 7 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.02%) GxP
8 6 (1.02%) ISO 8583
9 4 (0.68%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.51%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.51%) NCSC
11 2 (0.34%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.34%) MiFID
11 2 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 25 (4.27%) Docker
2 21 (3.58%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.71%) zsh
4 6 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.68%) HDFS
6 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.07%) Terraform
3 11 (1.88%) Ansible
4 7 (1.19%) QRadar
5 6 (1.02%) Kubeflow
5 6 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.85%) Grafana
7 4 (0.68%) Hadoop YARN
8 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.51%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.51%) Puppet
9 2 (0.34%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.17%) logstash
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.17%) Nmap
10 1 (0.17%) SELinux
Vendors
1 84 (14.33%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.19%) Splunk
3 32 (5.46%) Databricks
4 28 (4.78%) Google
5 26 (4.44%) SAP
6 24 (4.10%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.07%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.22%) Oracle
8 13 (2.22%) Siemens
9 11 (1.88%) Cisco
10 10 (1.71%) Citrix
11 9 (1.54%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.19%) Adobe
12 7 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (1.19%) Genesys
12 7 (1.19%) GoldenSource
13 6 (1.02%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.02%) UiPath
13 6 (1.02%) Veracode
14 5 (0.85%) Fortinet