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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 167 162
Rank change year-on-year +31 -5 +46
Contract jobs citing Use Case 897 452 540
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.98% 1.64% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 1.81% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 283 341
10th Percentile £412 £356 £400
25th Percentile £463 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £672 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £741
UK median daily rate £550 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 20
10th Percentile £26.03 £33.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £82.26 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £90.58 - -
90th Percentile £101.34 £70.50 £65.38
UK median hourly rate £82.26 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +111.77% -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 38,641 24,977 29,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.76% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,154 16,016 19,101
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
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 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,462 1,371 1,780
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.92 £17.98 £17.72
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +53 558 £563 -2.17% 401
North of England -46 103 £513 +7.89% 51
South East -15 89 £568 +12.10% 67
South West 0 54 £535 -2.73% 23
Yorkshire -25 54 £530 +11.58% 17
Midlands -44 44 £550 +29.41% 19
North West -60 41 £475 - 29
West Midlands -63 28 £538 +19.84% 14
East Midlands -2 16 £550 +46.67% 5
East of England -27 14 £483 +13.53% 22
North East -36 8 £475 - 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 42 (4.68%) Confluence
2 29 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.67%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.23%) Jupyter
6 10 (1.11%) Apache
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
8 5 (0.56%) SAS
9 4 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.33%) Kentico
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.11%) Appian
12 1 (0.11%) Camunda
12 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.11%) OpenROAD
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 20 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.01%) Chatbot
3 14 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) CATIA
7 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.11%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.56%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.56%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.33%) Actimize
5 3 (0.33%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.33%) Findur
5 3 (0.33%) Maximo
5 3 (0.33%) Workfront
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) Summit
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 275 (30.66%) Azure
2 166 (18.51%) AWS
3 102 (11.37%) Power Platform
4 81 (9.03%) GCP
5 51 (5.69%) Azure AI
6 50 (5.57%) Microsoft Copilot
7 37 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (4.12%) Snowflake
8 35 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (3.46%) GitHub
10 29 (3.23%) Amazon Bedrock
11 27 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
11 27 (3.01%) SaaS
12 26 (2.90%) dbt
13 25 (2.79%) Entra ID
14 23 (2.56%) Amazon S3
15 22 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 22 (2.45%) Copilot Studio
16 21 (2.34%) Serverless
17 20 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.01%) Firewall
2 11 (1.23%) Network Security
3 7 (0.78%) Wireless
4 6 (0.67%) BGP
4 6 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (0.67%) SNMP
5 5 (0.56%) Cisco Wireless
5 5 (0.56%) DNS
5 5 (0.56%) Multicast
5 5 (0.56%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.56%) VLAN
6 4 (0.45%) SMS
6 4 (0.45%) VPN
6 4 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.33%) 5G
7 3 (0.33%) ATM
7 3 (0.33%) HTTP
7 3 (0.33%) Internet
7 3 (0.33%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.33%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (8.03%) Power BI
2 66 (7.36%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (5.24%) Metadata
4 31 (3.46%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.12%) Tableau
6 21 (2.34%) BigQuery
7 20 (2.23%) Big Data
8 17 (1.90%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (1.90%) Delta Lake
9 16 (1.78%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.78%) Weaviate
10 15 (1.67%) Pinecone
10 15 (1.67%) Semantic Layer
11 14 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
13 10 (1.11%) Spark SQL
14 9 (1.00%) Looker
15 8 (0.89%) Redis
15 8 (0.89%) SQL Server
16 7 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 59 (6.58%) JIRA
2 29 (3.23%) Git
3 18 (2.01%) GitLab
4 16 (1.78%) MLflow
5 9 (1.00%) ERwin
5 9 (1.00%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.78%) ER Studio
7 6 (0.67%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.33%) XCTest
9 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.11%) Deequ
10 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.11%) Maven
10 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 264 (29.43%) Finance
2 252 (28.09%) Social Skills
3 162 (18.06%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (12.15%) Banking
5 85 (9.48%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.91%) Marketing
7 34 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (3.79%) Retail
8 28 (3.12%) Legal
9 25 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.34%) Front Office
10 21 (2.34%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.90%) Financial Institution
12 16 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.78%) Law
12 16 (1.78%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.34%) Telecoms
15 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 148 (16.50%) Analyst
2 125 (13.94%) Architect
3 94 (10.48%) Business Analyst
4 90 (10.03%) Data Engineer
4 90 (10.03%) Lead
5 86 (9.59%) Senior
6 68 (7.58%) Consultant
7 62 (6.91%) Developer
8 46 (5.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 37 (4.12%) Data Architect
10 27 (3.01%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 24 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (2.45%) Data Analyst
13 21 (2.34%) Data Scientist
14 18 (2.01%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
14 18 (2.01%) Product Owner
14 18 (2.01%) SOC Analyst
15 17 (1.90%) Azure Engineer
16 16 (1.78%) Pega Developer
17 15 (1.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.90%) PySpark
2 30 (3.34%) REST
3 28 (3.12%) LangChain
4 23 (2.56%) .NET
5 20 (2.23%) LlamaIndex
6 17 (1.90%) JSON
6 17 (1.90%) Pandas
7 12 (1.34%) Kafka
8 11 (1.23%) Model Context Protocol
8 11 (1.23%) scikit-learn
9 9 (1.00%) Middleware
9 9 (1.00%) RESTful
10 8 (0.89%) LangGraph
10 8 (0.89%) NumPy
10 8 (0.89%) YAML
11 7 (0.78%) GraphQL
11 7 (0.78%) HTML
11 7 (0.78%) OAuth
11 7 (0.78%) SOAP
11 7 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.03%) AI Agents
2 76 (8.47%) Onboarding
3 69 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 64 (7.13%) Cloud Native
5 26 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 23 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 22 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
7 22 (2.45%) Data Structures
8 20 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.23%) Security Posture
9 16 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.67%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (1.45%) Taxonomies
12 12 (1.34%) CSOC
12 12 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
13 11 (1.23%) Algorithms
13 11 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.24%) Linux
2 27 (3.01%) Windows
3 9 (1.00%) Unix
4 8 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (46.71%) AI
2 279 (31.10%) Analytics
3 211 (23.52%) Machine Learning
4 195 (21.74%) Agile
5 170 (18.95%) Data Pipeline
6 167 (18.62%) Data Modelling
7 155 (17.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 151 (16.83%) Data Engineering
8 151 (16.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 149 (16.61%) LLM
10 138 (15.38%) CI/CD
10 138 (15.38%) Generative AI
11 136 (15.16%) Decision-Making
12 129 (14.38%) Roadmaps
13 124 (13.82%) DevOps
13 124 (13.82%) Problem-Solving
14 117 (13.04%) Data Science
15 114 (12.71%) Validation
16 113 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
16 113 (12.60%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 213 (23.75%) Python
2 170 (18.95%) SQL
3 26 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
4 21 (2.34%) Bash
5 20 (2.23%) C#
5 20 (2.23%) PowerShell
6 18 (2.01%) Java
7 14 (1.56%) R
7 14 (1.56%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.00%) JavaScript
9 7 (0.78%) Scala
9 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.56%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.45%) Bicep
12 4 (0.45%) Go
12 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.45%) SPARQL
12 4 (0.45%) VBA
13 3 (0.33%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 196 (21.85%) Security Cleared
2 152 (16.95%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.25%) Degree
4 40 (4.46%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.34%) CISSP
6 23 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.00%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.89%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.89%) CBAP
13 8 (0.89%) CISM
14 7 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.78%) GCIH
14 7 (0.78%) SANS
15 6 (0.67%) CEH
15 6 (0.67%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (16.16%) Data Quality
2 51 (5.69%) QA
3 46 (5.13%) GDPR
4 21 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.34%) NIST
5 15 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.45%) NCSC
7 7 (0.78%) GRC
8 6 (0.67%) EU AI Act
8 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.33%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.22%) HL7
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.22%) PMO
11 2 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 30 (3.34%) Docker
2 26 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.78%) IAG
4 5 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.33%) Snort
5 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.11%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 61 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.13%) Terraform
3 17 (1.90%) Ansible
4 8 (0.89%) Grafana
4 8 (0.89%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.89%) QRadar
5 6 (0.67%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (0.56%) CSIRT
6 5 (0.56%) Podman
7 4 (0.45%) OPNET
7 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.33%) Nessus
9 2 (0.22%) Puppet
9 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.11%) Argo
10 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.11%) Istio
10 1 (0.11%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 171 (19.06%) Microsoft
2 83 (9.25%) Databricks
3 60 (6.69%) OpenAI
4 39 (4.35%) Foundry
5 37 (4.12%) Splunk
6 35 (3.90%) Google
7 31 (3.46%) Salesforce
8 29 (3.23%) ServiceNow
9 24 (2.68%) SAP
10 21 (2.34%) Pega
11 20 (2.23%) Oracle
12 16 (1.78%) Adobe
12 16 (1.78%) Dynatrace
13 14 (1.56%) Cisco
14 10 (1.11%) IBM
15 8 (0.89%) CyberArk
15 8 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 7 (0.78%) ArcSight
16 7 (0.78%) VMware
17 6 (0.67%) Informatica