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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 173 155
Rank change year-on-year +36 -18 +49
Contract jobs citing Use Case 883 454 525
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.94% 1.64% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 1.81% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 559 286 329
10th Percentile £413 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £442 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 20
10th Percentile £26.10 £36.23 £40.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £51.38 £47.50
Median hourly rate £77.37 £58.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.82% -2.92% -14.29%
75th Percentile £87.16 £60.94 -
90th Percentile £101.18 £69.38 £65.38
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 38,782 25,081 28,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 90.77% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,156 16,055 18,761
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,506 1,391 1,691
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.31 £17.87 £18.21
Median hourly rate £44.23 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.86% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.63% -5.12%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +44 556 £563 -2.17% 622
North of England -44 101 £519 +9.26% 67
South East -7 87 £575 +12.20% 69
Yorkshire -20 54 £530 +14.59% 22
South West -3 52 £540 -1.82% 34
Midlands -45 44 £550 +29.41% 23
North West -57 42 £475 - 40
West Midlands -57 29 £525 +17.06% 16
East Midlands +2 15 £550 +46.67% 7
East of England -31 12 £488 +4.84% 29
North East -36 5 £488 - 5
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 (4.87%) Confluence
2 28 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (2.15%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.81%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.13%) Apache
5 10 (1.13%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.68%) CMS
7 5 (0.57%) SAS
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.34%) Kentico
9 3 (0.34%) WordPress
10 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.11%) Appian
11 1 (0.11%) Camunda
11 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.11%) OpenROAD
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 18 (2.04%) Chatbot
1 18 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.70%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.11%) Simulink
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.57%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.57%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.34%) Actimize
5 3 (0.34%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.34%) Findur
5 3 (0.34%) Workfront
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.23%) Maximo
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.23%) Summit
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 269 (30.46%) Azure
2 164 (18.57%) AWS
3 99 (11.21%) Power Platform
4 79 (8.95%) GCP
5 52 (5.89%) Microsoft Copilot
6 50 (5.66%) Azure AI
7 39 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (3.74%) Snowflake
10 31 (3.51%) GitHub
11 29 (3.28%) Amazon Bedrock
12 28 (3.17%) SaaS
13 25 (2.83%) dbt
14 24 (2.72%) Entra ID
15 23 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
15 23 (2.60%) Copilot Studio
16 22 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 21 (2.38%) Amazon S3
18 20 (2.27%) Power Automate
19 18 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.15%) Firewall
2 13 (1.47%) Network Security
3 7 (0.79%) Wireless
4 6 (0.68%) BGP
4 6 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (0.68%) SNMP
5 5 (0.57%) Cisco Wireless
5 5 (0.57%) DNS
5 5 (0.57%) Multicast
5 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.57%) VLAN
6 4 (0.45%) SMS
6 4 (0.45%) VPN
6 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.34%) 5G
7 3 (0.34%) ATM
7 3 (0.34%) HTTP
7 3 (0.34%) Internet
7 3 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.70%) Power BI
2 62 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (5.44%) Metadata
4 30 (3.40%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.17%) Tableau
6 21 (2.38%) BigQuery
7 20 (2.27%) Big Data
8 17 (1.93%) Delta Lake
8 17 (1.93%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
10 15 (1.70%) Pinecone
10 15 (1.70%) Semantic Layer
10 15 (1.70%) Weaviate
11 14 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
12 10 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (1.13%) Spark SQL
13 9 (1.02%) Looker
14 8 (0.91%) SQL Server
15 7 (0.79%) Redis
16 6 (0.68%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 59 (6.68%) JIRA
2 29 (3.28%) Git
3 20 (2.27%) GitLab
4 16 (1.81%) MLflow
5 11 (1.25%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.02%) ERwin
7 7 (0.79%) ER Studio
8 6 (0.68%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.34%) XCTest
10 2 (0.23%) Postman
10 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.11%) Deequ
11 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 261 (29.56%) Finance
2 252 (28.54%) Social Skills
3 161 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (12.34%) Banking
5 82 (9.29%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.76%) Marketing
7 37 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.74%) Retail
9 28 (3.17%) Legal
10 25 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.38%) Front Office
11 21 (2.38%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.81%) Financial Institution
12 16 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.81%) Law
13 14 (1.59%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.47%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.02%) Military
16 7 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 150 (16.99%) Analyst
2 124 (14.04%) Architect
3 95 (10.76%) Business Analyst
4 90 (10.19%) Lead
5 83 (9.40%) Senior
6 82 (9.29%) Data Engineer
7 70 (7.93%) Consultant
8 61 (6.91%) Developer
9 46 (5.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 37 (4.19%) Data Architect
11 26 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 23 (2.60%) Data Analyst
12 23 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
13 20 (2.27%) Data Scientist
14 18 (2.04%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
14 18 (2.04%) SOC Analyst
15 16 (1.81%) Pega Developer
16 15 (1.70%) Security Engineer
16 15 (1.70%) Senior Analyst
17 14 (1.59%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.96%) PySpark
2 30 (3.40%) REST
3 26 (2.94%) LangChain
4 21 (2.38%) .NET
5 19 (2.15%) LlamaIndex
6 17 (1.93%) JSON
6 17 (1.93%) Pandas
7 12 (1.36%) Kafka
8 11 (1.25%) scikit-learn
9 10 (1.13%) Model Context Protocol
10 9 (1.02%) RESTful
11 8 (0.91%) Middleware
11 8 (0.91%) NumPy
11 8 (0.91%) YAML
12 7 (0.79%) GraphQL
12 7 (0.79%) HTML
12 7 (0.79%) LangGraph
12 7 (0.79%) OAuth
12 7 (0.79%) SOAP
12 7 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.19%) AI Agents
2 76 (8.61%) Onboarding
3 68 (7.70%) Product Ownership
4 63 (7.13%) Cloud Native
5 26 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (2.60%) Data Structures
8 21 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
9 19 (2.15%) Management Information System
10 18 (2.04%) Security Posture
11 16 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.59%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (1.47%) Taxonomies
14 12 (1.36%) CSOC
14 12 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (1.13%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.19%) Linux
2 27 (3.06%) Windows
3 8 (0.91%) Unix
3 8 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (47.11%) AI
2 268 (30.35%) Analytics
3 208 (23.56%) Machine Learning
4 196 (22.20%) Agile
5 165 (18.69%) Data Pipeline
6 163 (18.46%) Data Modelling
7 154 (17.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 152 (17.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 147 (16.65%) LLM
10 140 (15.86%) Data Engineering
11 136 (15.40%) CI/CD
12 135 (15.29%) Generative AI
13 130 (14.72%) Decision-Making
14 124 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
15 123 (13.93%) Roadmaps
16 122 (13.82%) DevOps
17 114 (12.91%) Continuous Improvement
18 112 (12.68%) Data Governance
19 111 (12.57%) Validation
20 110 (12.46%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 207 (23.44%) Python
2 165 (18.69%) SQL
3 28 (3.17%) Kusto Query Language
4 22 (2.49%) PowerShell
5 21 (2.38%) Bash
6 20 (2.27%) C#
7 17 (1.93%) Java
8 14 (1.59%) R
9 13 (1.47%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.02%) JavaScript
11 7 (0.79%) Scala
11 7 (0.79%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.57%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.45%) Bicep
14 4 (0.45%) Go
14 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.45%) SPARQL
14 4 (0.45%) VBA
15 3 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 189 (21.40%) Security Cleared
2 147 (16.65%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.47%) Degree
4 40 (4.53%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.62%) CISSP
6 19 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.93%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.70%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (1.13%) PMI Certification
13 9 (1.02%) GCIH
14 8 (0.91%) CBAP
14 8 (0.91%) CISM
15 7 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.79%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.79%) PMP
15 7 (0.79%) SANS
16 6 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (15.29%) Data Quality
2 51 (5.78%) QA
3 46 (5.21%) GDPR
4 21 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.38%) NIST
5 15 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.47%) NCSC
7 7 (0.79%) GRC
8 6 (0.68%) EU AI Act
8 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.23%) MiFID
11 2 (0.23%) PERC
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (3.17%) Docker
2 26 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.91%) IAG
4 5 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (0.34%) Snort
6 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.11%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 60 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.23%) Terraform
3 20 (2.27%) Ansible
4 8 (0.91%) Grafana
4 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.91%) QRadar
5 6 (0.68%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (0.57%) CSIRT
6 5 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.45%) OPNET
7 4 (0.45%) Podman
7 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.34%) Nessus
8 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.23%) CASB
9 2 (0.23%) Puppet
9 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.11%) Kibana
Vendors
1 174 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 81 (9.17%) Databricks
3 56 (6.34%) OpenAI
4 39 (4.42%) Foundry
4 39 (4.42%) Splunk
5 32 (3.62%) Google
5 32 (3.62%) ServiceNow
6 31 (3.51%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.60%) SAP
8 21 (2.38%) Oracle
8 21 (2.38%) Pega
9 17 (1.93%) Dynatrace
10 16 (1.81%) Adobe
11 14 (1.59%) Cisco
12 8 (0.91%) Cribl.io
12 8 (0.91%) CyberArk
12 8 (0.91%) IBM
12 8 (0.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 7 (0.79%) ArcSight
13 7 (0.79%) Nexthink