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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 179 213
Rank change year-on-year +24 +34 -6
Contract jobs citing Use Case 562 435 434
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.83% 1.43% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 1.63% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 265 268
10th Percentile £375 £385 £405
25th Percentile £447 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £792 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £567 £550
% change year-on-year -9.61% +3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 7
10th Percentile £40.05 £38.45 £43.60
25th Percentile £51.75 £50.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £67.56
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -3.79% +12.60%
75th Percentile £89.00 £68.75 £88.46
90th Percentile £93.75 £70.10 £91.65
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £67.56
% change year-on-year +15.38% -3.79% +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 27,450 26,620 34,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.50% 87.73% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,481 16,323 23,332
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,780 955 1,444
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.24 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.95 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.14% +24.29%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 2 December 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 +38 324 £550 -4.35% 178
North of England -16 83 £450 -26.53% 35
Midlands -19 49 £459 -12.67% 26
South East +12 46 £525 -4.55% 259
North West -9 45 £446 -10.80% 22
West Midlands -15 41 £490 -12.26% 11
Yorkshire -15 37 £488 -26.42% 12
East of England -2 23 £550 +12.36% 63
South West -4 17 £500 -16.67% 51
East Midlands -19 8 £400 -3.15% 15
North East -6 3 £410 -49.69% 1
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 32 (5.69%) Confluence
2 23 (4.09%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.20%) Apache Spark
4 17 (3.02%) SharePoint
5 12 (2.14%) Apache
6 6 (1.07%) Appian
7 4 (0.71%) SAS
7 4 (0.71%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.53%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.53%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.36%) CMS
9 2 (0.36%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.36%) Luigi
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.38%) MS Visio
3 15 (2.67%) Chatbot
4 14 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (2.31%) Siemens NX
6 6 (1.07%) ProjectWise
7 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (3.38%) Teamcenter
2 13 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.07%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.89%) Endur
5 4 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.71%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.71%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.36%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.36%) Primavera
7 2 (0.36%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.18%) Findur
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle BRM
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.18%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.18%) PORTIA
8 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 160 (28.47%) Azure
2 102 (18.15%) AWS
3 51 (9.07%) GCP
4 44 (7.83%) Power Platform
5 27 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (4.63%) Snowflake
7 21 (3.74%) Vertex AI
8 19 (3.38%) GitHub
9 17 (3.02%) Amazon S3
9 17 (3.02%) SaaS
10 16 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (2.67%) dbt
12 14 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (2.31%) Amazon Bedrock
14 12 (2.14%) Azure AI
14 12 (2.14%) Serverless
15 11 (1.96%) Azure Machine Learning
15 11 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
15 11 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.80%) Firewall
2 8 (1.42%) Internet
3 7 (1.25%) VoIP
4 6 (1.07%) Network Security
5 5 (0.89%) CTI
5 5 (0.89%) DNS
6 3 (0.53%) Modbus
6 3 (0.53%) NAS
6 3 (0.53%) SSH
6 3 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.53%) VPN
7 2 (0.36%) Broadband
7 2 (0.36%) HTTP
7 2 (0.36%) LAN
7 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.18%) GPRS
8 1 (0.18%) GSM
8 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.58%) Power BI
2 28 (4.98%) Metadata
3 27 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.56%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.02%) Tableau
6 16 (2.85%) Big Data
6 16 (2.85%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (2.31%) Hadoop
8 13 (2.31%) SQL Server
9 12 (2.14%) Pinecone
10 11 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (1.78%) Snowflake Schema
12 9 (1.60%) BigQuery
12 9 (1.60%) Delta Lake
13 8 (1.42%) Data Vault
13 8 (1.42%) SAP HANA
14 7 (1.25%) Apache Hive
14 7 (1.25%) NoSQL
14 7 (1.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 56 (9.96%) JIRA
2 35 (6.23%) Git
3 13 (2.31%) MLflow
4 10 (1.78%) Cucumber
4 10 (1.78%) Selenium
5 7 (1.25%) ERwin
5 7 (1.25%) GitLab
5 7 (1.25%) PowerDesigner
5 7 (1.25%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.07%) Robot Framework
7 5 (0.89%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.89%) JUnit
8 4 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.71%) Postman
9 3 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.53%) PyCharm
10 2 (0.36%) Hardhat
10 2 (0.36%) Pylint
11 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
General
1 209 (37.19%) Social Skills
2 139 (24.73%) Finance
3 129 (22.95%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (9.96%) Banking
5 44 (7.83%) Public Sector
6 34 (6.05%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (4.09%) Marketing
8 20 (3.56%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (3.20%) Back Office
9 18 (3.20%) Investment Banking
9 18 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 17 (3.02%) Aerospace
10 17 (3.02%) Retail
11 15 (2.67%) Legal
12 12 (2.14%) Front Office
12 12 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (20.82%) Analyst
2 90 (16.01%) Business Analyst
3 76 (13.52%) Architect
4 47 (8.36%) Developer
5 46 (8.19%) Senior
6 38 (6.76%) Lead
7 37 (6.58%) Consultant
8 31 (5.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 27 (4.80%) Data Engineer
10 23 (4.09%) Data Scientist
11 19 (3.38%) Technical Analyst
12 17 (3.02%) Product Manager
12 17 (3.02%) Technical Business Analyst
13 15 (2.67%) Data Architect
13 15 (2.67%) Security Architect
13 15 (2.67%) Security Engineer
14 13 (2.31%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (1.96%) Programme Manager
16 10 (1.78%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.91%) PyTorch
2 20 (3.56%) .NET
3 19 (3.38%) LangChain
3 19 (3.38%) Pandas
4 18 (3.20%) REST
5 17 (3.02%) scikit-learn
6 16 (2.85%) TensorFlow
7 15 (2.67%) JSON
7 15 (2.67%) XML
8 14 (2.49%) NumPy
9 13 (2.31%) Node.js
10 12 (2.14%) HTML
10 12 (2.14%) PySpark
11 11 (1.96%) CSS
11 11 (1.96%) Faiss
12 10 (1.78%) Hugging Face
13 8 (1.42%) FastAPI
13 8 (1.42%) LangGraph
13 8 (1.42%) React
14 7 (1.25%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.43%) Product Ownership
2 52 (9.25%) Onboarding
3 26 (4.63%) Algorithms
4 24 (4.27%) AI Agents
5 23 (4.09%) Cloud Native
6 20 (3.56%) Management Information System
7 18 (3.20%) Data Centre
8 17 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.67%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
9 15 (2.67%) Security Posture
10 14 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (2.31%) Operational Technology
12 12 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (2.14%) PMI
13 11 (1.96%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.60%) Distributed Computing
15 9 (1.60%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.52%) Linux
2 25 (4.45%) Windows
3 8 (1.42%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.25%) Android
4 7 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.71%) Unix
6 3 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (30.78%) Agile
2 151 (26.87%) AI
3 143 (25.44%) Analytics
4 118 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
5 109 (19.40%) Machine Learning
6 103 (18.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 99 (17.62%) Data Modelling
8 98 (17.44%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (13.88%) User Stories
10 77 (13.70%) Data Science
10 77 (13.70%) Roadmaps
11 75 (13.35%) CI/CD
12 74 (13.17%) Business Analysis
13 72 (12.81%) LLM
13 72 (12.81%) Requirements Gathering
14 71 (12.63%) DevOps
15 68 (12.10%) Data Governance
16 66 (11.74%) Data Pipeline
17 65 (11.57%) Cybersecurity
18 63 (11.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 142 (25.27%) Python
2 98 (17.44%) SQL
3 32 (5.69%) Java
4 23 (4.09%) JavaScript
5 19 (3.38%) Bash
6 17 (3.02%) C#
7 16 (2.85%) Kusto Query Language
7 16 (2.85%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.42%) C++
8 8 (1.42%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.07%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.89%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.71%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.71%) R
11 4 (0.71%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.36%) Korn
13 2 (0.36%) PHP
13 2 (0.36%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 98 (17.44%) Degree
2 82 (14.59%) Security Cleared
3 57 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.45%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.67%) PMI Certification
7 14 (2.49%) CISSP
8 13 (2.31%) CBAP
9 12 (2.14%) MCP
10 9 (1.60%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (1.07%) GCIA
13 5 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.89%) CFA
13 5 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.89%) GCIH
14 4 (0.71%) CEH
14 4 (0.71%) ISEB
14 4 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.36%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.34%) QA
3 26 (4.63%) GDPR
3 26 (4.63%) NIST
4 18 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.49%) PCI DSS
6 13 (2.31%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.42%) EU AI Act
7 8 (1.42%) GRC
7 8 (1.42%) PSD2
8 7 (1.25%) ISO 19650
8 7 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.07%) ISO 8583
10 5 (0.89%) GxP
11 4 (0.71%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.53%) NCSC
13 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.36%) SEPA
13 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (4.45%) Docker
2 19 (3.38%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.42%) zsh
4 6 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.71%) HDFS
6 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.53%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (3.56%) Kubernetes
1 20 (3.56%) Terraform
2 12 (2.14%) Ansible
3 7 (1.25%) QRadar
4 6 (1.07%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.89%) Grafana
5 5 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.71%) Hadoop YARN
7 3 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.53%) Kibana
7 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.53%) Puppet
8 2 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.36%) logstash
9 1 (0.18%) Argo
9 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.18%) Nmap
9 1 (0.18%) SELinux
Vendors
1 84 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.87%) Databricks
3 30 (5.34%) Splunk
4 28 (4.98%) Google
5 25 (4.45%) Salesforce
6 24 (4.27%) SAP
7 18 (3.20%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.31%) Siemens
9 12 (2.14%) Oracle
10 10 (1.78%) Citrix
11 9 (1.60%) Cisco
11 9 (1.60%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.25%) Adobe
12 7 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (1.25%) GoldenSource
13 6 (1.07%) Genesys
13 6 (1.07%) UiPath
13 6 (1.07%) Veracode
14 5 (0.89%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.89%) Red Hat