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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 195 167
Rank change year-on-year +58 -28 +23
Contract jobs citing Use Case 849 368 548
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.95% 1.45% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 1.58% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 230 358
10th Percentile £405 £358 £405
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £649 £718 £650
90th Percentile £750 £826 £738
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +0.95% -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 37,130 23,233 31,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.37% 91.23% 85.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,419 14,972 20,715
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 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +2.23% -4.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,147 2,335
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.55
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +2.63%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +59 532 £550 -8.33% 275
North of England -11 110 £500 -2.44% 39
South East -23 66 £525 - 82
North West -29 53 £475 -9.52% 22
Midlands -26 51 £525 +28.05% 20
South West -3 47 £528 -6.22% 32
Yorkshire -16 47 £535 +15.68% 11
West Midlands -45 26 £513 +17.14% 14
East Midlands +6 25 £550 +46.67% 6
East of England -28 15 £550 +71.92% 14
North East -27 10 £450 - 7
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 45 (5.30%) Confluence
2 31 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (2.94%) Apache Spark
4 17 (2.00%) Jupyter
5 11 (1.30%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.06%) Apache
7 6 (0.71%) CMS
8 5 (0.59%) SAS
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.35%) Kentico
9 3 (0.35%) WordPress
10 2 (0.24%) 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 30 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.24%) Chatbot
3 14 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) CATIA
6 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.59%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.59%) 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 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.24%) Summit
6 2 (0.24%) Workfront
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
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
1 254 (29.92%) Azure
2 169 (19.91%) AWS
3 98 (11.54%) Power Platform
4 86 (10.13%) GCP
5 42 (4.95%) Azure AI
6 37 (4.36%) Microsoft Copilot
7 36 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (4.00%) Snowflake
9 29 (3.42%) Amazon Bedrock
10 27 (3.18%) Serverless
11 26 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 26 (3.06%) Entra ID
11 26 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (2.94%) Amazon S3
12 25 (2.94%) dbt
13 23 (2.71%) GitHub
14 22 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (2.47%) SaaS
16 16 (1.88%) Amazon SageMaker
16 16 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.83%) Firewall
2 17 (2.00%) Network Security
3 7 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (0.82%) VPN
4 6 (0.71%) DNS
5 5 (0.59%) BGP
5 5 (0.59%) RTP
5 5 (0.59%) SNMP
5 5 (0.59%) 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%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.35%) SMS
7 3 (0.35%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) 4G
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (8.24%) Power BI
2 66 (7.77%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (5.06%) Metadata
4 31 (3.65%) Data Lake
5 30 (3.53%) Tableau
6 24 (2.83%) Big Data
7 19 (2.24%) BigQuery
7 19 (2.24%) Weaviate
8 18 (2.12%) Pinecone
9 17 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (1.88%) Delta Lake
10 16 (1.88%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.88%) Snowflake Schema
11 14 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.41%) Semantic Layer
13 11 (1.30%) Spark SQL
14 9 (1.06%) Looker
15 7 (0.82%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.82%) NoSQL
16 6 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 62 (7.30%) JIRA
2 33 (3.89%) Git
3 18 (2.12%) GitLab
3 18 (2.12%) MLflow
4 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.71%) 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 (0.24%) Postman
8 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.24%) 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
1 249 (29.33%) Finance
2 240 (28.27%) Social Skills
3 143 (16.84%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (11.90%) Banking
5 85 (10.01%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.89%) Retail
7 31 (3.65%) Marketing
8 27 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (2.94%) Legal
10 21 (2.47%) Front Office
10 21 (2.47%) Investment Banking
11 17 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 16 (1.88%) Financial Institution
13 14 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.18%) Law
17 8 (0.94%) Military
18 6 (0.71%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 137 (16.14%) Analyst
2 120 (14.13%) Architect
3 99 (11.66%) Business Analyst
4 91 (10.72%) Senior
5 83 (9.78%) Data Engineer
6 77 (9.07%) Lead
7 59 (6.95%) Consultant
7 59 (6.95%) Developer
8 42 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 33 (3.89%) Data Architect
10 28 (3.30%) Project Manager
11 26 (3.06%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 25 (2.94%) Data Scientist
13 23 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (2.47%) Data Analyst
15 20 (2.36%) Product Owner
16 17 (2.00%) Azure Engineer
16 17 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
17 16 (1.88%) Pega Developer
18 15 (1.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.65%) PySpark
2 29 (3.42%) LangChain
3 24 (2.83%) REST
4 23 (2.71%) .NET
5 19 (2.24%) LlamaIndex
5 19 (2.24%) Pandas
6 17 (2.00%) JSON
6 17 (2.00%) scikit-learn
7 15 (1.77%) Kafka
8 12 (1.41%) Middleware
8 12 (1.41%) PyTorch
9 10 (1.18%) NumPy
9 10 (1.18%) OAuth
9 10 (1.18%) SOAP
9 10 (1.18%) TensorFlow
9 10 (1.18%) YAML
10 9 (1.06%) Node.js
11 8 (0.94%) OpenID
11 8 (0.94%) SAML
11 8 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.66%) AI Agents
2 73 (8.60%) Product Ownership
3 64 (7.54%) Cloud Native
4 46 (5.42%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
6 20 (2.36%) Security Posture
7 19 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 18 (2.12%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
9 15 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.77%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.53%) CSOC
12 12 (1.41%) Life Science
12 12 (1.41%) Taxonomies
13 11 (1.30%) Beowulf
13 11 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.00%) Linux
2 24 (2.83%) Windows
3 10 (1.18%) 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%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (45.94%) AI
2 274 (32.27%) Analytics
3 211 (24.85%) Machine Learning
4 201 (23.67%) Agile
5 169 (19.91%) Data Modelling
6 163 (19.20%) Data Pipeline
7 149 (17.55%) CI/CD
8 143 (16.84%) LLM
9 142 (16.73%) DevOps
10 141 (16.61%) Generative AI
11 137 (16.14%) Data Engineering
12 135 (15.90%) Data Science
12 135 (15.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 129 (15.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 125 (14.72%) Decision-Making
14 125 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
15 124 (14.61%) Roadmaps
16 111 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 111 (13.07%) Validation
17 108 (12.72%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 221 (26.03%) Python
2 166 (19.55%) SQL
3 22 (2.59%) C#
4 20 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
5 19 (2.24%) Bash
6 18 (2.12%) Java
6 18 (2.12%) PowerShell
7 17 (2.00%) R
8 15 (1.77%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.41%) Scala
10 10 (1.18%) Bicep
11 9 (1.06%) JavaScript
12 7 (0.82%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.47%) SPARQL
15 4 (0.47%) VBA
16 3 (0.35%) Perl
16 3 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 187 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 144 (16.96%) SC Cleared
3 74 (8.72%) Degree
4 34 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.47%) CISSP
6 21 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (2.47%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.30%) CBAP
9 9 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.06%) CISM
10 8 (0.94%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.94%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.82%) IIBA
11 7 (0.82%) SANS
12 6 (0.71%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (0.59%) GCIA
13 5 (0.59%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (15.78%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.30%) GDPR
3 44 (5.18%) QA
4 22 (2.59%) NIST
5 15 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.65%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.18%) GRC
8 9 (1.06%) NCSC
9 6 (0.71%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.71%) 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%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.35%) PMO
11 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.24%) MiFID
12 2 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 43 (5.06%) Docker
2 22 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.53%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.47%) IAG
6 4 (0.47%) Snort
6 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.24%) vCloud
8 1 (0.12%) HDFS
8 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.48%) Terraform
3 16 (1.88%) Ansible
4 11 (1.30%) Podman
5 8 (0.94%) QRadar
6 7 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.71%) Grafana
7 6 (0.71%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.47%) CSIRT
9 4 (0.47%) Nessus
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.24%) OPNET
10 2 (0.24%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.24%) Puppet
10 2 (0.24%) SCCM
11 1 (0.12%) Argo
11 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.12%) Istio
Vendors
1 160 (18.85%) Microsoft
2 78 (9.19%) Databricks
3 62 (7.30%) OpenAI
4 36 (4.24%) Splunk
5 35 (4.12%) Foundry
6 34 (4.00%) Google
7 31 (3.65%) Salesforce
7 31 (3.65%) SAP
8 20 (2.36%) Pega
8 20 (2.36%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.88%) VMware
10 14 (1.65%) Oracle
11 12 (1.41%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.18%) Cisco
12 10 (1.18%) IBM
13 9 (1.06%) Adobe
14 8 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 7 (0.82%) ArcSight
15 7 (0.82%) Informatica
15 7 (0.82%) MuleSoft