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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 187 166
Rank change year-on-year +34 -21 +24
Contract jobs citing Use Case 694 351 523
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.43% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 1.57% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 215 348
10th Percentile £400 £375 £412
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% +0.88% +3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £734 £675
90th Percentile £750 £881 £779
UK median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 10
10th Percentile £41.94 £30.22 -
25th Percentile £49.86 £43.74 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.40 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +2.27% -16.03%
75th Percentile £77.57 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.95 - £62.30
UK median hourly rate £57.40 £38.85 £55.00
% change year-on-year +47.77% -29.37% -16.03%

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 33,684 22,303 32,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.31% 91.07% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,561 14,661 21,238
10th Percentile £314 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 892 2,221
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.29% -9.60% -6.17%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.23 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -2.78%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 19 April 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 +63 427 £525 -15.32% 213
North of England -22 105 £475 -9.52% 45
North West -21 55 £475 -11.63% 24
South East -44 49 £513 -10.87% 57
Midlands -31 46 £525 +3.96% 26
Yorkshire -35 38 £475 +5.56% 18
South West -20 26 £500 -13.04% 15
East Midlands -12 23 £525 -26.06% 13
West Midlands -44 23 £525 +79.79% 13
East of England -30 14 £550 +32.69% 11
North East - 14 £425 - 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 41 (5.91%) Confluence
2 26 (3.75%) Apache Spark
3 22 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (2.16%) Jupyter
5 12 (1.73%) Apache
6 9 (1.30%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.72%) SAS
8 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.29%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.14%) Appian
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.03%) Chatbot
3 17 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.87%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.14%) CATIA
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.72%) BambooHR
3 4 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.43%) Maximo
4 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.29%) Actimize
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.29%) Endur
5 2 (0.29%) Findur
5 2 (0.29%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.29%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.29%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 211 (30.40%) Azure
2 128 (18.44%) AWS
3 75 (10.81%) Power Platform
4 64 (9.22%) GCP
5 39 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (5.33%) Azure AI
7 28 (4.03%) Snowflake
8 27 (3.89%) Azure Data Factory
9 23 (3.31%) dbt
9 23 (3.31%) GitHub
10 22 (3.17%) Entra ID
11 21 (3.03%) Amazon Bedrock
11 21 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (3.03%) Serverless
12 20 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (2.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (2.74%) Vertex AI
14 17 (2.45%) Azure Machine Learning
15 16 (2.31%) Amazon SageMaker
15 16 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.61%) Firewall
2 16 (2.31%) Network Security
3 9 (1.30%) VPN
4 6 (0.86%) DNS
4 6 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.72%) CTI
5 5 (0.72%) RTP
5 5 (0.72%) VoIP
6 4 (0.58%) BGP
6 4 (0.58%) Internet
6 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.43%) 5G
7 3 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.29%) 4G
8 2 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.29%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.29%) Modbus
8 2 (0.29%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (8.07%) Data Warehouse
2 55 (7.93%) Power BI
3 30 (4.32%) Metadata
4 25 (3.60%) Tableau
5 21 (3.03%) Big Data
5 21 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
6 20 (2.88%) Data Lake
7 17 (2.45%) Weaviate
8 16 (2.31%) Pinecone
9 14 (2.02%) Delta Lake
10 13 (1.87%) BigQuery
11 12 (1.73%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.59%) NoSQL
13 9 (1.30%) Spark SQL
14 8 (1.15%) Hadoop
15 7 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (1.01%) Data Vault
15 7 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (1.01%) KDB
16 6 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 53 (7.64%) JIRA
2 27 (3.89%) Git
3 12 (1.73%) MLflow
4 9 (1.30%) GitLab
4 9 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.01%) ERwin
6 5 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.43%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.43%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.43%) XCTest
8 2 (0.29%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.29%) JUnit
8 2 (0.29%) PyCharm
8 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.14%) Travis CI
General
1 199 (28.67%) Social Skills
2 195 (28.10%) Finance
3 133 (19.16%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (11.96%) Banking
5 62 (8.93%) Public Sector
6 30 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (3.89%) Retail
8 20 (2.88%) Legal
9 17 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.31%) Marketing
11 15 (2.16%) Financial Institution
12 14 (2.02%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.87%) Investment Banking
14 12 (1.73%) Front Office
15 9 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.15%) Back Office
17 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
18 5 (0.72%) Aerospace
18 5 (0.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 137 (19.74%) Analyst
2 103 (14.84%) Business Analyst
3 90 (12.97%) Architect
4 68 (9.80%) Data Engineer
5 64 (9.22%) Senior
6 63 (9.08%) Lead
7 50 (7.20%) Developer
8 34 (4.90%) Consultant
9 33 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 29 (4.18%) Data Scientist
11 28 (4.03%) Project Manager
12 26 (3.75%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 19 (2.74%) Data Architect
14 18 (2.59%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (2.59%) Security Engineer
14 18 (2.59%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.31%) Data Analyst
15 16 (2.31%) Senior Business Analyst
15 16 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.31%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.60%) LangChain
1 25 (3.60%) REST
2 23 (3.31%) PySpark
2 23 (3.31%) PyTorch
3 22 (3.17%) TensorFlow
4 21 (3.03%) scikit-learn
5 19 (2.74%) Node.js
6 18 (2.59%) .NET
7 17 (2.45%) Pandas
8 15 (2.16%) JSON
9 14 (2.02%) OAuth
10 13 (1.87%) Kafka
10 13 (1.87%) LangGraph
10 13 (1.87%) Middleware
11 12 (1.73%) NumPy
11 12 (1.73%) SOAP
11 12 (1.73%) XML
11 12 (1.73%) YAML
12 11 (1.59%) LlamaIndex
12 11 (1.59%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.21%) AI Agents
2 54 (7.78%) Product Ownership
3 44 (6.34%) Cloud Native
4 36 (5.19%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.59%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.02%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.87%) Beowulf
9 13 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.73%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.73%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.59%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
12 10 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.44%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.30%) Life Science
13 9 (1.30%) PMI
14 7 (1.01%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.75%) Linux
2 21 (3.03%) Windows
3 8 (1.15%) Unix
4 6 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (39.19%) AI
2 203 (29.25%) Analytics
3 186 (26.80%) Agile
4 155 (22.33%) Machine Learning
5 152 (21.90%) Data Modelling
6 128 (18.44%) CI/CD
7 121 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (17.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 119 (17.15%) DevOps
9 116 (16.71%) Data Science
10 114 (16.43%) Data Pipeline
11 109 (15.71%) Data Engineering
12 108 (15.56%) Validation
13 105 (15.13%) Generative AI
14 100 (14.41%) LLM
15 99 (14.27%) Workshop Facilitation
16 97 (13.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 93 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
18 92 (13.26%) Decision-Making
19 90 (12.97%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 187 (26.95%) Python
2 126 (18.16%) SQL
3 24 (3.46%) Java
4 20 (2.88%) C#
5 17 (2.45%) TypeScript
6 16 (2.31%) Kusto Query Language
6 16 (2.31%) PowerShell
7 15 (2.16%) R
8 12 (1.73%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.44%) Bicep
10 9 (1.30%) Scala
11 7 (1.01%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.86%) Bash
13 5 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.58%) C++
14 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.43%) Swift
15 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.29%) Go
16 2 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 141 (20.32%) Security Cleared
2 108 (15.56%) SC Cleared
3 89 (12.82%) Degree
4 32 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.03%) Master's Degree
6 20 (2.88%) CISSP
7 19 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (2.45%) CBAP
9 15 (2.16%) DV Cleared
10 14 (2.02%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.44%) IIBA
11 10 (1.44%) PMI Certification
12 8 (1.15%) CISM
12 8 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.72%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.72%) PhD
16 4 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.58%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (13.11%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.91%) QA
3 27 (3.89%) GDPR
4 24 (3.46%) NIST
5 15 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.15%) GRC
7 7 (1.01%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.01%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.86%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.58%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.58%) NCSC
10 4 (0.58%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.43%) HL7
11 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.43%) PMO
11 3 (0.43%) PSD2
12 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.29%) GxP
12 2 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 33 (4.76%) Docker
2 23 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.59%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.87%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.58%) Snort
7 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.29%) vCloud
8 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.14%) HDFS
9 1 (0.14%) IAG
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (8.07%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.04%) Terraform
3 13 (1.87%) Podman
4 10 (1.44%) Ansible
5 8 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (0.86%) QRadar
7 5 (0.72%) CSIRT
7 5 (0.72%) Nessus
8 3 (0.43%) logstash
9 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.29%) Kibana
9 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.29%) Puppet
10 1 (0.14%) Argo
10 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.14%) Istio
Vendors
1 123 (17.72%) Microsoft
2 62 (8.93%) Databricks
3 53 (7.64%) OpenAI
4 29 (4.18%) Google
5 27 (3.89%) Foundry
6 26 (3.75%) SAP
6 26 (3.75%) Splunk
7 24 (3.46%) Salesforce
8 20 (2.88%) VMware
9 18 (2.59%) Pega
10 16 (2.31%) ServiceNow
11 14 (2.02%) Oracle
12 8 (1.15%) Adobe
12 8 (1.15%) IBM
12 8 (1.15%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.15%) NVIDIA
12 8 (1.15%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.01%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.01%) Workday
14 6 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud