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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 184 201
Rank change year-on-year +37 +17 -7
Contract jobs citing Use Case 644 366 458
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.89% 1.41% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 1.57% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 222 298
10th Percentile £386 £340 £413
25th Percentile £441 £450 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £569 £561
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% +1.29% -2.39%
75th Percentile £638 £695 £675
90th Percentile £748 £873 £825
UK median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 8
10th Percentile - - £34.83
25th Percentile £41.94 £69.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% +75.00% -38.93%
75th Percentile £80.19 £71.00 £73.23
90th Percentile £93.28 - £91.30
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.14% +75.00% -38.93%

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 29,784 23,344 33,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.41% 89.82% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,034 14,461 22,141
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,874 730 1,983
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.23 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% - -
75th Percentile £60.41 £64.73 £60.32
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.03 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.28
% change year-on-year -22.62% -2.35% -1.12%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +58 382 £545 -6.44% 106
North of England -2 99 £468 -10.86% 53
South East -7 57 £525 -12.50% 82
North West -12 47 £450 -14.29% 25
Midlands -34 46 £467 -4.69% 25
Yorkshire -29 42 £468 -2.75% 20
West Midlands -38 24 £510 -2.90% 13
South West -23 23 £495 -17.50% 12
East Midlands -13 22 £413 +16.01% 12
East of England -19 15 £550 +46.67% 11
North East - 12 £425 - 8
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 39 (6.06%) Confluence
2 25 (3.88%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.02%) Apache
5 12 (1.86%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.93%) Appian
6 6 (0.93%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.93%) Smallworld
7 5 (0.78%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.62%) SAS
9 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.31%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.31%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.16%) CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 34 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 17 (2.64%) Chatbot
3 17 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.16%) CATIA
6 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.16%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.47%) Endur
4 3 (0.47%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.31%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.31%) Primavera
5 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.31%) Shopify
6 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.16%) iTrent
6 1 (0.16%) Maximo
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.16%) Summit
6 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 198 (30.75%) Azure
2 121 (18.79%) AWS
3 59 (9.16%) GCP
4 56 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 35 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (4.50%) GitHub
7 24 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (3.73%) Snowflake
8 22 (3.42%) Serverless
9 20 (3.11%) Azure AI
10 19 (2.95%) Vertex AI
11 18 (2.80%) Azure Machine Learning
11 18 (2.80%) Entra ID
11 18 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (2.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (2.48%) dbt
13 16 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (2.02%) Amazon S3
14 13 (2.02%) Amazon SageMaker
15 12 (1.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.59%) Firewall
2 15 (2.33%) Network Security
3 8 (1.24%) DNS
3 8 (1.24%) VPN
4 7 (1.09%) Internet
4 7 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.93%) VoIP
6 5 (0.78%) BGP
6 5 (0.78%) CTI
7 3 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.47%) RTP
7 3 (0.47%) SSL
7 3 (0.47%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.31%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.31%) Modbus
8 2 (0.31%) NAS
8 2 (0.31%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.52%) Power BI
2 37 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (4.50%) Metadata
4 24 (3.73%) Data Lake
5 21 (3.26%) Snowflake Schema
6 18 (2.80%) Big Data
6 18 (2.80%) Tableau
7 17 (2.64%) Delta Lake
8 14 (2.17%) Pinecone
9 13 (2.02%) Hadoop
9 13 (2.02%) Weaviate
10 11 (1.71%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.71%) SQL Server
11 9 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.24%) Data Vault
12 8 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (1.09%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.93%) GIS
14 6 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 53 (8.23%) JIRA
2 33 (5.12%) Git
3 14 (2.17%) MLflow
4 12 (1.86%) GitLab
5 7 (1.09%) Cucumber
5 7 (1.09%) ERwin
5 7 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.09%) Selenium
5 7 (1.09%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (0.78%) ER Studio
7 5 (0.78%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.47%) PyCharm
8 3 (0.47%) XCTest
9 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.31%) Hardhat
9 2 (0.31%) JUnit
9 2 (0.31%) Pylint
9 2 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 214 (33.23%) Social Skills
2 176 (27.33%) Finance
3 128 (19.88%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (10.25%) Banking
5 53 (8.23%) Public Sector
6 32 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.57%) Retail
8 19 (2.95%) Legal
9 18 (2.80%) Investment Banking
9 18 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.48%) Marketing
11 15 (2.33%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.17%) Back Office
12 14 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (1.86%) Front Office
14 11 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.24%) Aerospace
17 7 (1.09%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 132 (20.50%) Analyst
2 104 (16.15%) Business Analyst
3 86 (13.35%) Architect
4 69 (10.71%) Senior
5 60 (9.32%) Lead
6 52 (8.07%) Data Engineer
7 42 (6.52%) Developer
8 36 (5.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 29 (4.50%) Consultant
10 26 (4.04%) Data Scientist
10 26 (4.04%) Project Manager
11 23 (3.57%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 20 (3.11%) Technical Analyst
13 19 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (2.80%) Senior Business Analyst
15 15 (2.33%) Technical Business Analyst
16 14 (2.17%) Azure Engineer
17 13 (2.02%) Data Analyst
17 13 (2.02%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.66%) PyTorch
2 28 (4.35%) TensorFlow
3 27 (4.19%) REST
4 25 (3.88%) LangChain
5 22 (3.42%) scikit-learn
6 20 (3.11%) Node.js
7 19 (2.95%) JSON
8 18 (2.80%) XML
9 17 (2.64%) Model Context Protocol
9 17 (2.64%) Pandas
10 16 (2.48%) LangGraph
11 15 (2.33%) PySpark
12 14 (2.17%) .NET
13 13 (2.02%) Faiss
13 13 (2.02%) OAuth
14 12 (1.86%) Kafka
14 12 (1.86%) Middleware
14 12 (1.86%) NumPy
15 11 (1.71%) SOAP
16 10 (1.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.16%) Product Ownership
2 42 (6.52%) Onboarding
3 35 (5.43%) AI Agents
4 27 (4.19%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.73%) Algorithms
6 15 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (2.33%) PMI
7 14 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.17%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
9 12 (1.86%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.86%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.86%) Life Science
10 11 (1.71%) Beowulf
10 11 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.55%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.55%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.24%) Clustering
12 8 (1.24%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.66%) Linux
2 29 (4.50%) Windows
3 7 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.93%) Unix
5 3 (0.47%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (36.34%) AI
2 186 (28.88%) Agile
3 183 (28.42%) Analytics
4 136 (21.12%) Machine Learning
5 127 (19.72%) Data Modelling
6 125 (19.41%) CI/CD
7 124 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
8 117 (18.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 109 (16.93%) Data Science
10 106 (16.46%) DevOps
11 103 (15.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 100 (15.53%) Validation
13 98 (15.22%) Generative AI
14 95 (14.75%) Data Pipeline
15 93 (14.44%) LLM
16 92 (14.29%) Data Governance
16 92 (14.29%) Roadmaps
17 89 (13.82%) User Stories
18 84 (13.04%) Data Engineering
18 84 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 178 (27.64%) Python
2 113 (17.55%) SQL
3 27 (4.19%) Java
4 15 (2.33%) C#
4 15 (2.33%) PowerShell
4 15 (2.33%) TypeScript
5 14 (2.17%) Bash
5 14 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (1.55%) Bicep
8 8 (1.24%) Scala
9 6 (0.93%) R
10 5 (0.78%) C++
11 4 (0.62%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.62%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.62%) Swift
11 4 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.31%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 118 (18.32%) Security Cleared
2 106 (16.46%) Degree
3 91 (14.13%) SC Cleared
4 37 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (5.59%) Master's Degree
6 24 (3.73%) CBAP
7 18 (2.80%) PMI Certification
8 17 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (2.33%) CISSP
10 14 (2.17%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.86%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.71%) IIBA
13 7 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.93%) PhD
15 5 (0.78%) CFA
15 5 (0.78%) CISM
15 5 (0.78%) ISEB
16 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (10.87%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.21%) QA
3 22 (3.42%) GDPR
3 22 (3.42%) NIST
4 17 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.86%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.71%) GRC
8 6 (0.93%) EU AI Act
8 6 (0.93%) ISO 8583
8 6 (0.93%) PSD2
8 6 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.78%) NCSC
10 4 (0.62%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.47%) GxP
11 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.47%) PMO
11 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 46 (7.14%) Docker
2 22 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.80%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 6 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.93%) zsh
7 5 (0.78%) HDFS
8 2 (0.31%) Snort
8 2 (0.31%) vCloud
9 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (7.61%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.12%) Terraform
3 18 (2.80%) Ansible
4 11 (1.71%) Podman
5 8 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 5 (0.78%) Grafana
7 5 (0.78%) QRadar
8 4 (0.62%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.62%) Nessus
8 4 (0.62%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.62%) Puppet
9 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.47%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.47%) Kibana
9 3 (0.47%) logstash
10 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.31%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.16%) SCCM
11 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 94 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.07%) Databricks
3 41 (6.37%) OpenAI
4 34 (5.28%) Google
5 26 (4.04%) Splunk
6 24 (3.73%) SAP
7 23 (3.57%) Salesforce
8 20 (3.11%) VMware
9 11 (1.71%) Oracle
9 11 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.40%) Cisco
10 9 (1.40%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.24%) NVIDIA
12 7 (1.09%) Foundry
13 6 (0.93%) Genesys
13 6 (0.93%) IBM
13 6 (0.93%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.78%) Adobe
14 5 (0.78%) Citrix
14 5 (0.78%) ESRI