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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 184 166
Rank change year-on-year +51 -18 +22
Contract jobs citing Use Case 829 362 561
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.93% 1.46% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 1.60% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 227 369
10th Percentile £403 £357 £405
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £650
90th Percentile £738 £843 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 17
10th Percentile £41.94 £33.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £54.23 £51.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £87.16 - -
90th Percentile £100.85 £70.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +73.77% -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 36,618 22,657 32,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.33% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,120 14,657 20,816
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,297 1,070 2,391
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.11 £16.04
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%

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 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 18 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 18 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 +72 518 £550 -8.33% 192
North of England -10 116 £496 -5.52% 39
South East -29 60 £500 -2.44% 92
North West -15 58 £475 -11.63% 26
Midlands -19 51 £500 +23.46% 23
Yorkshire -29 48 £535 +15.68% 11
South West +8 47 £500 -11.11% 27
East Midlands +1 28 £500 +33.33% 10
West Midlands -39 23 £500 +17.65% 12
East of England -33 13 £540 +55.09% 16
North East -27 10 £450 - 3
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 43 (5.19%) Confluence
2 28 (3.38%) Apache Spark
3 25 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (2.29%) Jupyter
5 10 (1.21%) Apache
5 10 (1.21%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.72%) CMS
7 5 (0.60%) SAS
8 3 (0.36%) Kentico
8 3 (0.36%) WordPress
9 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.24%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.24%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 29 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.29%) Chatbot
3 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) CATIA
6 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.60%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.60%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.48%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.36%) Actimize
5 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.36%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.36%) Findur
5 3 (0.36%) Maximo
5 3 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.24%) Summit
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 245 (29.55%) Azure
2 159 (19.18%) AWS
3 95 (11.46%) Power Platform
4 82 (9.89%) GCP
5 40 (4.83%) Azure AI
6 34 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (3.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 33 (3.98%) Snowflake
8 30 (3.62%) Amazon Bedrock
8 30 (3.62%) Serverless
9 26 (3.14%) Amazon S3
10 24 (2.90%) dbt
10 24 (2.90%) Entra ID
10 24 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (2.65%) GitHub
13 18 (2.17%) SaaS
14 17 (2.05%) Amazon SageMaker
15 14 (1.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.14%) Firewall
2 18 (2.17%) Network Security
3 7 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (0.84%) VPN
4 6 (0.72%) DNS
4 6 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.60%) BGP
5 5 (0.60%) RTP
6 4 (0.48%) Internet
6 4 (0.48%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.48%) SNMP
7 3 (0.36%) 5G
7 3 (0.36%) DHCP
7 3 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.36%) SMS
7 3 (0.36%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) 4G
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (8.44%) Power BI
2 66 (7.96%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (4.58%) Metadata
4 29 (3.50%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.38%) Tableau
6 24 (2.90%) Big Data
7 19 (2.29%) BigQuery
7 19 (2.29%) Weaviate
8 18 (2.17%) Pinecone
9 17 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (1.93%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.93%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.93%) Snowflake Schema
11 14 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.45%) Spark SQL
13 9 (1.09%) Looker
13 9 (1.09%) Semantic Layer
14 7 (0.84%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.84%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.72%) KDB
Development Applications
1 60 (7.24%) JIRA
2 32 (3.86%) Git
3 14 (1.69%) MLflow
4 13 (1.57%) GitLab
5 8 (0.97%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.72%) ERwin
7 4 (0.48%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.36%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.36%) XCTest
9 2 (0.24%) Postman
9 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.12%) Deequ
10 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.12%) Gradle
10 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 245 (29.55%) Finance
2 227 (27.38%) Social Skills
3 139 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (11.94%) Banking
5 82 (9.89%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.98%) Retail
7 29 (3.50%) Marketing
8 27 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (3.02%) Legal
10 21 (2.53%) Front Office
10 21 (2.53%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (2.05%) Manufacturing
13 16 (1.93%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.57%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.21%) Law
17 9 (1.09%) Military
18 6 (0.72%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 145 (17.49%) Analyst
2 109 (13.15%) Architect
3 107 (12.91%) Business Analyst
4 94 (11.34%) Senior
5 81 (9.77%) Data Engineer
6 77 (9.29%) Lead
7 61 (7.36%) Developer
8 56 (6.76%) Consultant
9 39 (4.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 29 (3.50%) Data Architect
10 29 (3.50%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.26%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 24 (2.90%) Data Scientist
13 22 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.53%) Data Analyst
15 20 (2.41%) Product Owner
16 18 (2.17%) Senior Business Analyst
16 18 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
17 16 (1.93%) Azure Engineer
17 16 (1.93%) Pega Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.98%) PySpark
2 29 (3.50%) LangChain
3 27 (3.26%) REST
4 23 (2.77%) .NET
5 18 (2.17%) LlamaIndex
5 18 (2.17%) Pandas
5 18 (2.17%) scikit-learn
6 17 (2.05%) JSON
6 17 (2.05%) Kafka
7 14 (1.69%) PyTorch
8 13 (1.57%) Middleware
9 12 (1.45%) OAuth
9 12 (1.45%) SOAP
9 12 (1.45%) TensorFlow
10 10 (1.21%) Node.js
11 9 (1.09%) NumPy
11 9 (1.09%) XML
12 8 (0.97%) LangGraph
13 7 (0.84%) A2A Protocol
13 7 (0.84%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.89%) AI Agents
2 74 (8.93%) Product Ownership
3 56 (6.76%) Cloud Native
4 42 (5.07%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.77%) Security Operations Centre
6 20 (2.41%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.41%) Security Posture
7 19 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (2.17%) Data Structures
9 16 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.69%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.57%) Beowulf
12 12 (1.45%) CSOC
12 12 (1.45%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.33%) Life Science
13 11 (1.33%) Taxonomies
14 10 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.50%) Linux
2 23 (2.77%) Windows
3 10 (1.21%) Unix
4 7 (0.84%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (45.11%) AI
2 261 (31.48%) Analytics
3 197 (23.76%) Agile
4 196 (23.64%) Machine Learning
5 163 (19.66%) Data Modelling
6 156 (18.82%) Data Pipeline
7 146 (17.61%) CI/CD
8 144 (17.37%) Generative AI
9 142 (17.13%) LLM
10 139 (16.77%) DevOps
11 135 (16.28%) Data Science
11 135 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
12 133 (16.04%) Data Engineering
13 123 (14.84%) Decision-Making
14 121 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
15 118 (14.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 116 (13.99%) Roadmaps
17 111 (13.39%) Validation
18 106 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
19 102 (12.30%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 214 (25.81%) Python
2 164 (19.78%) SQL
3 23 (2.77%) C#
4 20 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
5 18 (2.17%) Java
5 18 (2.17%) PowerShell
6 17 (2.05%) R
7 16 (1.93%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.57%) Bash
9 12 (1.45%) Scala
10 11 (1.33%) Bicep
11 10 (1.21%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.72%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.72%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.48%) VBA
15 3 (0.36%) Perl
15 3 (0.36%) SOQL
15 3 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 181 (21.83%) Security Cleared
2 137 (16.53%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.05%) Degree
4 31 (3.74%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.53%) CISSP
6 21 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.17%) Master's Degree
8 17 (2.05%) Azure Certification
9 15 (1.81%) CBAP
10 11 (1.33%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.21%) CISM
12 9 (1.09%) IIBA
13 8 (0.97%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.84%) SANS
15 6 (0.72%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
17 4 (0.48%) CEH
17 4 (0.48%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (16.04%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.07%) GDPR
3 41 (4.95%) QA
4 21 (2.53%) NIST
5 14 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.45%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.21%) GRC
8 8 (0.97%) NCSC
9 6 (0.72%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.36%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.36%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.36%) PMO
11 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.24%) HL7
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 40 (4.83%) Docker
2 21 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.81%) VMware NSX
5 13 (1.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.48%) Snort
6 4 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.24%) vCloud
8 1 (0.12%) HDFS
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.63%) Terraform
3 14 (1.69%) Ansible
4 13 (1.57%) Podman
5 7 (0.84%) QRadar
5 7 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (0.72%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.72%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.60%) Grafana
7 5 (0.60%) Nessus
7 5 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.48%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.24%) Puppet
9 2 (0.24%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) Kibana
10 1 (0.12%) logstash
10 1 (0.12%) OPNET
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 156 (18.82%) Microsoft
2 73 (8.81%) Databricks
3 63 (7.60%) OpenAI
4 34 (4.10%) Foundry
4 34 (4.10%) Splunk
5 32 (3.86%) SAP
6 30 (3.62%) Salesforce
7 28 (3.38%) Google
8 20 (2.41%) Pega
9 17 (2.05%) ServiceNow
9 17 (2.05%) VMware
10 13 (1.57%) Oracle
11 10 (1.21%) IBM
12 9 (1.09%) Cisco
12 9 (1.09%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.09%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.97%) NVIDIA
13 8 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.84%) Adobe
14 7 (0.84%) Informatica