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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 161 172
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 +53
Contract jobs citing Use Case 866 484 490
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.89% 1.75% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 1.93% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 303 303
10th Percentile £411 £350 £400
25th Percentile £463 £439 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £665 £671 £670
90th Percentile £750 £775 £748
UK median daily rate £550 £520 £568
% change year-on-year +5.77% -8.37% +3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 14
10th Percentile £26.10 £27.98 £50.75
25th Percentile £26.25 £41.88 £54.38
Median hourly rate £77.37 £56.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.93% -5.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £87.16 £60.63 -
90th Percentile £101.18 £67.75 £63.50
UK median hourly rate £77.37 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +99.16% -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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +34 535 £575 -2.13% 1,308
North of England -50 100 £518 +9.05% 128
South East -5 92 £575 +12.20% 143
South West +4 56 £540 +48.97% 93
Yorkshire -20 55 £531 +14.81% 23
North West -55 43 £475 - 92
Midlands -54 42 £500 +14.68% 48
West Midlands -59 27 £500 +11.11% 31
East Midlands -6 15 £500 +33.33% 17
East of England -33 12 £488 -2.50% 43
North East -40 2 £425 - 13
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 40 (4.62%) Confluence
2 26 (3.00%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (2.19%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.73%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.04%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.81%) Apache
7 6 (0.69%) CMS
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.46%) SAS
9 3 (0.35%) Kentico
9 3 (0.35%) WordPress
10 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.12%) Appian
11 1 (0.12%) Camunda
11 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.12%) nginx
11 1 (0.12%) OpenROAD
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 15 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (1.73%) MS Visio
2 12 (1.39%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.12%) Simulink
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.58%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.58%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.35%) Findur
4 3 (0.35%) Workfront
5 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.23%) Summit
6 1 (0.12%) Actimize
6 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.12%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.12%) Maximo
6 1 (0.12%) Primavera
6 1 (0.12%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 254 (29.33%) Azure
2 158 (18.24%) AWS
3 96 (11.09%) Power Platform
4 69 (7.97%) GCP
5 55 (6.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 41 (4.73%) Azure AI
6 41 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
7 39 (4.50%) Snowflake
8 37 (4.27%) GitHub
9 35 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
10 33 (3.81%) SaaS
11 28 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
12 24 (2.77%) Power Automate
13 23 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (2.66%) dbt
14 22 (2.54%) Amazon Bedrock
14 22 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 21 (2.42%) Amazon S3
15 21 (2.42%) Entra ID
16 20 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.08%) Firewall
2 15 (1.73%) Network Security
3 9 (1.04%) BGP
4 8 (0.92%) Wireless
5 6 (0.69%) Cisco Wireless
5 6 (0.69%) Multicast
5 6 (0.69%) SNMP
5 6 (0.69%) VLAN
6 5 (0.58%) DNS
6 5 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.46%) SMS
7 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.46%) VPN
8 3 (0.35%) ATM
8 3 (0.35%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.35%) HTTP
8 3 (0.35%) Internet
8 3 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.39%) Power BI
2 55 (6.35%) Metadata
3 53 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (3.58%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.23%) Tableau
6 18 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
6 18 (2.08%) BigQuery
7 16 (1.85%) Big Data
8 15 (1.73%) Amazon Athena
8 15 (1.73%) Semantic Layer
9 14 (1.62%) Delta Lake
10 12 (1.39%) Pinecone
10 12 (1.39%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.39%) Weaviate
11 10 (1.15%) SQL Server
12 9 (1.04%) Looker
12 9 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (1.04%) Redis
13 7 (0.81%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.81%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 55 (6.35%) JIRA
2 23 (2.66%) Git
3 21 (2.42%) GitLab
4 14 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.62%) MLflow
5 9 (1.04%) ERwin
6 7 (0.81%) Claude Code
6 7 (0.81%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.23%) Postman
7 2 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.12%) Deequ
8 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 246 (28.41%) Finance
2 240 (27.71%) Social Skills
3 161 (18.59%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (12.01%) Banking
5 71 (8.20%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
6 37 (4.27%) Marketing
7 30 (3.46%) Retail
8 28 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (3.00%) Legal
10 21 (2.42%) Front Office
11 20 (2.31%) Investment Banking
12 19 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.85%) Law
14 15 (1.73%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.73%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.50%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.15%) Military
17 8 (0.92%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 143 (16.51%) Analyst
2 118 (13.63%) Architect
3 92 (10.62%) Business Analyst
4 80 (9.24%) Lead
5 78 (9.01%) Consultant
5 78 (9.01%) Senior
6 70 (8.08%) Data Engineer
7 55 (6.35%) Developer
8 48 (5.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 37 (4.27%) Data Architect
10 25 (2.89%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 21 (2.42%) Data Scientist
11 21 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (2.31%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
12 20 (2.31%) Data Analyst
13 19 (2.19%) SOC Analyst
14 17 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
15 15 (1.73%) Pega Developer
15 15 (1.73%) Product Owner
16 14 (1.62%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.47%) Terraform
2 36 (4.16%) PySpark
3 31 (3.58%) REST
4 23 (2.66%) LangChain
5 19 (2.19%) .NET
6 18 (2.08%) JSON
7 16 (1.85%) Pandas
8 15 (1.73%) Model Context Protocol
9 14 (1.62%) LlamaIndex
10 11 (1.27%) Kafka
11 10 (1.15%) RESTful
12 9 (1.04%) scikit-learn
13 8 (0.92%) YAML
14 7 (0.81%) GraphQL
14 7 (0.81%) HTML
14 7 (0.81%) LangGraph
14 7 (0.81%) NumPy
14 7 (0.81%) OAuth
15 6 (0.69%) SLSA
15 6 (0.69%) vLLM
Miscellaneous
1 91 (10.51%) AI Agents
2 81 (9.35%) Onboarding
3 69 (7.97%) Product Ownership
4 57 (6.58%) Cloud Native
5 28 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 21 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
7 21 (2.42%) Data Structures
7 21 (2.42%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.85%) Security Posture
9 15 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (1.50%) Taxonomies
11 12 (1.39%) CSOC
12 10 (1.15%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.15%) CMDB
13 9 (1.04%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.04%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.50%) Linux
2 23 (2.66%) Windows
3 8 (0.92%) Unix
3 8 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (48.27%) AI
2 257 (29.68%) Analytics
3 195 (22.52%) Machine Learning
4 184 (21.25%) Agile
5 163 (18.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 157 (18.13%) Data Pipeline
7 150 (17.32%) Data Modelling
8 148 (17.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 147 (16.97%) LLM
10 134 (15.47%) Generative AI
11 130 (15.01%) CI/CD
12 128 (14.78%) Roadmaps
13 125 (14.43%) Data Engineering
14 124 (14.32%) DevOps
15 115 (13.28%) Decision-Making
16 113 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
17 108 (12.47%) Validation
18 107 (12.36%) Data Governance
19 106 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
20 99 (11.43%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 197 (22.75%) Python
2 165 (19.05%) SQL
3 33 (3.81%) Kusto Query Language
4 25 (2.89%) PowerShell
5 23 (2.66%) Bash
5 23 (2.66%) Java
6 21 (2.42%) C#
7 12 (1.39%) R
8 9 (1.04%) JavaScript
9 8 (0.92%) Search Processing Language
10 7 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.81%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.69%) Scala
12 5 (0.58%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.46%) Bicep
13 4 (0.46%) Go
13 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.46%) SPARQL
13 4 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 190 (21.94%) Security Cleared
2 145 (16.74%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.74%) Degree
4 41 (4.73%) DV Cleared
5 35 (4.04%) CISSP
6 17 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.39%) GCIH
9 12 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
10 11 (1.27%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.15%) CBAP
11 10 (1.15%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.04%) CISM
12 9 (1.04%) SANS
13 8 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.81%) CEH
14 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (14.78%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.12%) GDPR
3 44 (5.08%) QA
4 24 (2.77%) NIST
5 20 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.96%) NCSC
7 16 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.92%) GRC
9 6 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.58%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.35%) SLA
13 2 (0.23%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.23%) MiFID
13 2 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (2.77%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.54%) Docker
3 10 (1.15%) IAG
4 4 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (6.00%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.66%) Ansible
3 8 (0.92%) Grafana
3 8 (0.92%) Prometheus
3 8 (0.92%) QRadar
4 6 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
4 6 (0.69%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.58%) OPNET
6 4 (0.46%) CASB
6 4 (0.46%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.46%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.35%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.23%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.23%) Istio
8 2 (0.23%) Puppet
8 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.12%) Control-M
9 1 (0.12%) Kibana
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 164 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 81 (9.35%) Databricks
3 50 (5.77%) OpenAI
4 41 (4.73%) Splunk
5 33 (3.81%) Salesforce
5 33 (3.81%) ServiceNow
6 28 (3.23%) Foundry
7 22 (2.54%) Google
7 22 (2.54%) SAP
8 20 (2.31%) Dynatrace
9 19 (2.19%) Oracle
9 19 (2.19%) Pega
10 18 (2.08%) Cisco
11 12 (1.39%) Adobe
12 10 (1.15%) Cribl.io
12 10 (1.15%) Nexthink
13 8 (0.92%) CyberArk
14 7 (0.81%) ArcSight
14 7 (0.81%) Informatica
15 6 (0.69%) IBM