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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 197 167
Rank change year-on-year +61 -30 +25
Contract jobs citing Use Case 858 367 546
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 1.43% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 1.57% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 231 357
10th Percentile £405 £358 £408
25th Percentile £458 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £645 £717 £650
90th Percentile £750 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £536 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 18
10th Percentile £51.44 £33.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £56.03 £51.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £72.43 £60.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.72% +4.35% -17.86%
75th Percentile £87.16 - £60.00
90th Percentile £101.01 £70.50 -
UK median hourly rate £72.43 £38.85 £57.50
% change year-on-year +86.47% -32.44% -17.86%

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 37,409 23,372 31,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.17% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,567 15,052 20,589
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.79% -4.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,348 1,165 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.97 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.93
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.81%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +52 535 £550 -8.33% 320
North of England -15 114 £506 -1.22% 56
South East -28 66 £525 - 92
North West -19 54 £475 -9.52% 34
Midlands -25 51 £525 +28.05% 20
Yorkshire -15 50 £535 +15.68% 14
South West +3 47 £530 -5.78% 32
West Midlands -38 26 £513 +17.14% 13
East Midlands +7 25 £550 +46.67% 7
East of England -23 15 £550 +71.92% 14
North East -23 10 £450 - 8
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 47 (5.48%) Confluence
2 31 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (2.80%) Apache Spark
4 17 (1.98%) Jupyter
5 11 (1.28%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.05%) Apache
7 6 (0.70%) CMS
8 5 (0.58%) SAS
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.35%) Kentico
9 3 (0.35%) WordPress
10 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.12%) Appian
11 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.12%) OpenROAD
11 1 (0.12%) Smallworld
Applications
1 31 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.21%) Chatbot
3 15 (1.75%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) CATIA
7 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.58%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.58%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.35%) Actimize
5 3 (0.35%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.35%) Findur
5 3 (0.35%) Maximo
5 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.23%) Summit
6 2 (0.23%) Workfront
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 259 (30.19%) Azure
2 167 (19.46%) AWS
3 101 (11.77%) Power Platform
4 85 (9.91%) GCP
5 44 (5.13%) Azure AI
6 40 (4.66%) Microsoft Copilot
7 36 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (3.96%) Snowflake
9 29 (3.38%) Amazon Bedrock
10 27 (3.15%) Entra ID
10 27 (3.15%) Serverless
11 26 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 26 (3.03%) dbt
11 26 (3.03%) GitHub
11 26 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
12 24 (2.80%) Amazon S3
13 22 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (2.56%) SaaS
14 17 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
15 16 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.68%) Firewall
2 17 (1.98%) Network Security
3 7 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (0.82%) VPN
4 6 (0.70%) DNS
5 5 (0.58%) BGP
5 5 (0.58%) RTP
5 5 (0.58%) SNMP
5 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.47%) Internet
6 4 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.35%) 5G
7 3 (0.35%) DHCP
7 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.35%) SMS
7 3 (0.35%) Wireless
8 2 (0.23%) 4G
8 2 (0.23%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.23%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (8.16%) Power BI
2 66 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (5.13%) Metadata
4 32 (3.73%) Data Lake
5 30 (3.50%) Tableau
6 23 (2.68%) Big Data
7 19 (2.21%) BigQuery
7 19 (2.21%) Weaviate
8 18 (2.10%) Pinecone
9 17 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (1.98%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.86%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.86%) Snowflake Schema
11 14 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.40%) Semantic Layer
13 11 (1.28%) Spark SQL
14 9 (1.05%) Looker
15 7 (0.82%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.82%) SQL Server
16 6 (0.70%) KDB
Development Applications
1 63 (7.34%) JIRA
2 34 (3.96%) Git
3 18 (2.10%) GitLab
3 18 (2.10%) MLflow
4 8 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.70%) ERwin
6 4 (0.47%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.35%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.35%) XCTest
8 2 (0.23%) Postman
8 2 (0.23%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.12%) Deequ
9 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 255 (29.72%) Finance
2 242 (28.21%) Social Skills
3 145 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (12.00%) Banking
5 82 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.85%) Retail
7 31 (3.61%) Marketing
8 29 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (2.80%) Legal
10 21 (2.45%) Front Office
10 21 (2.45%) Investment Banking
11 19 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (2.10%) Financial Institution
13 17 (1.98%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (1.17%) Law
18 8 (0.93%) Military
19 6 (0.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 138 (16.08%) Analyst
2 123 (14.34%) Architect
3 100 (11.66%) Business Analyst
4 90 (10.49%) Senior
5 83 (9.67%) Data Engineer
6 76 (8.86%) Lead
7 60 (6.99%) Consultant
8 59 (6.88%) Developer
9 43 (5.01%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 34 (3.96%) Data Architect
11 28 (3.26%) Project Manager
12 26 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 25 (2.91%) Data Scientist
14 23 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.45%) Data Analyst
16 20 (2.33%) Product Owner
17 17 (1.98%) Azure Engineer
17 17 (1.98%) Senior Analyst
18 16 (1.86%) Pega Developer
19 14 (1.63%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.61%) PySpark
2 29 (3.38%) LangChain
3 28 (3.26%) REST
4 24 (2.80%) .NET
5 19 (2.21%) LlamaIndex
5 19 (2.21%) Pandas
6 17 (1.98%) JSON
7 16 (1.86%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.75%) Kafka
9 13 (1.52%) Middleware
10 11 (1.28%) PyTorch
11 10 (1.17%) Node.js
11 10 (1.17%) NumPy
11 10 (1.17%) OAuth
11 10 (1.17%) SOAP
11 10 (1.17%) YAML
12 9 (1.05%) TensorFlow
13 8 (0.93%) OpenID
13 8 (0.93%) SAML
13 8 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (9.79%) AI Agents
2 72 (8.39%) Product Ownership
3 64 (7.46%) Cloud Native
4 48 (5.59%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.80%) Security Operations Centre
6 20 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 19 (2.21%) Data Structures
8 18 (2.10%) Management Information System
9 16 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
10 15 (1.75%) Virtual Team
11 14 (1.63%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.52%) CSOC
12 13 (1.52%) Taxonomies
13 12 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.40%) Life Science
14 11 (1.28%) Beowulf
15 9 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
15 9 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.20%) Linux
2 25 (2.91%) Windows
3 11 (1.28%) Unix
4 7 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (45.92%) AI
2 275 (32.05%) Analytics
3 208 (24.24%) Machine Learning
4 201 (23.43%) Agile
5 170 (19.81%) Data Modelling
6 165 (19.23%) Data Pipeline
7 145 (16.90%) CI/CD
7 145 (16.90%) LLM
8 141 (16.43%) DevOps
9 140 (16.32%) Generative AI
9 140 (16.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 138 (16.08%) Data Engineering
11 134 (15.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 132 (15.38%) Data Science
13 127 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
14 126 (14.69%) Roadmaps
15 124 (14.45%) Decision-Making
16 112 (13.05%) Validation
17 111 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
18 108 (12.59%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 219 (25.52%) Python
2 167 (19.46%) SQL
3 24 (2.80%) C#
4 21 (2.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 19 (2.21%) Bash
5 19 (2.21%) Java
5 19 (2.21%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.75%) R
7 14 (1.63%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.17%) Bicep
8 10 (1.17%) Scala
9 9 (1.05%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.70%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.47%) SPARQL
13 4 (0.47%) VBA
14 3 (0.35%) Go
14 3 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 187 (21.79%) Security Cleared
2 146 (17.02%) SC Cleared
3 75 (8.74%) Degree
4 35 (4.08%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.45%) CISSP
6 21 (2.45%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 20 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.40%) CBAP
9 10 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.05%) CISM
10 9 (1.05%) IIBA
10 9 (1.05%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.93%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.82%) SANS
13 6 (0.70%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.58%) GCIA
14 5 (0.58%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (16.08%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.24%) GDPR
3 44 (5.13%) QA
4 22 (2.56%) NIST
5 16 (1.86%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.17%) GRC
8 9 (1.05%) NCSC
9 6 (0.70%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.35%) PMO
11 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.23%) MiFID
12 2 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 41 (4.78%) Docker
2 24 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.52%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.47%) IAG
7 4 (0.47%) Snort
7 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.23%) vCloud
9 1 (0.12%) HDFS
9 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (8.04%) Kubernetes
2 58 (6.76%) Terraform
3 17 (1.98%) Ansible
4 11 (1.28%) Podman
5 8 (0.93%) QRadar
6 7 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.70%) Grafana
7 6 (0.70%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.47%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.35%) Nessus
10 3 (0.35%) OPNET
10 3 (0.35%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.23%) Puppet
11 2 (0.23%) SCCM
12 1 (0.12%) Kibana
12 1 (0.12%) logstash
12 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 165 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 78 (9.09%) Databricks
3 62 (7.23%) OpenAI
4 39 (4.55%) Splunk
5 37 (4.31%) Foundry
6 34 (3.96%) Google
7 31 (3.61%) Salesforce
7 31 (3.61%) SAP
8 22 (2.56%) ServiceNow
9 20 (2.33%) Pega
10 15 (1.75%) Oracle
10 15 (1.75%) VMware
11 12 (1.40%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.17%) Cisco
12 10 (1.17%) IBM
13 9 (1.05%) Adobe
14 8 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 7 (0.82%) ArcSight
15 7 (0.82%) Informatica
15 7 (0.82%) MuleSoft