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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 171 218
Rank change year-on-year +16 +47 -14
Contract jobs citing Use Case 577 443 434
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.92% 1.44% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 1.66% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 275 260
10th Percentile £369 £367 £406
25th Percentile £448 £453 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £567 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +3.09% -2.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £663
90th Percentile £750 £784 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 7
10th Percentile £39.11 £40.38 £43.60
25th Percentile £49.30 £52.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £66.15 £62.50 £67.56
Median % change year-on-year +5.84% -7.49% +13.07%
75th Percentile £81.56 £67.81 £88.46
90th Percentile £93.75 £69.88 £91.65
UK median hourly rate £66.15 £62.50 £67.56
% change year-on-year +5.84% -7.49% +13.07%

All Process and 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 27,183 26,639 35,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.25% 86.82% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,253 16,245 24,094
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 955 1,480
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £47.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.94 £74.82 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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 +40 340 £550 -4.35% 390
North of England -5 79 £460 -23.33% 54
Midlands -27 50 £450 -10.00% 46
South East +10 47 £525 - 249
North West -4 47 £450 -2.70% 33
West Midlands -20 41 £463 -11.90% 21
Yorkshire -24 31 £501 -24.45% 18
East of England -8 23 £550 +22.22% 66
South West -9 18 £495 -25.00% 39
East Midlands -17 9 £401 -2.91% 24
North East -8 1 £425 -47.85% 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 30 (5.20%) Confluence
2 23 (3.99%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (3.29%) Apache Spark
4 17 (2.95%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.91%) Apache
6 6 (1.04%) Appian
7 4 (0.69%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.52%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.52%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.52%) SAS
9 2 (0.35%) CMS
9 2 (0.35%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.35%) Luigi
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.12%) MS Visio
3 14 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.25%) Chatbot
4 13 (2.25%) Siemens NX
5 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.04%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.35%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.17%) InDesign
7 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (3.29%) Teamcenter
2 15 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.69%) Endur
4 4 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.69%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.69%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.52%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.35%) Maximo
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle CRM
6 2 (0.35%) Primavera
6 2 (0.35%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.17%) Findur
7 1 (0.17%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.17%) iTrent
7 1 (0.17%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.17%) Shopify
7 1 (0.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 171 (29.64%) Azure
2 113 (19.58%) AWS
3 54 (9.36%) GCP
4 42 (7.28%) Power Platform
5 35 (6.07%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.68%) SaaS
6 27 (4.68%) Snowflake
7 24 (4.16%) Amazon S3
8 20 (3.47%) Vertex AI
9 19 (3.29%) GitHub
10 15 (2.60%) dbt
10 15 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (2.25%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (2.08%) Amazon Bedrock
14 11 (1.91%) Azure AI
14 11 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
14 11 (1.91%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (1.91%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.03%) Firewall
2 8 (1.39%) Internet
2 8 (1.39%) Network Security
3 7 (1.21%) VoIP
4 5 (0.87%) CTI
4 5 (0.87%) DNS
4 5 (0.87%) VPN
5 3 (0.52%) BGP
5 3 (0.52%) Modbus
5 3 (0.52%) SSH
5 3 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (0.52%) VLAN
6 2 (0.35%) Broadband
6 2 (0.35%) HTTP
6 2 (0.35%) LAN
6 2 (0.35%) MPLS
6 2 (0.35%) NAS
6 2 (0.35%) OSPF
6 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.07%) Power BI
2 27 (4.68%) Metadata
3 26 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.47%) Data Lake
5 18 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (2.95%) Tableau
7 16 (2.77%) Big Data
7 16 (2.77%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.60%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.25%) Hadoop
10 12 (2.08%) Pinecone
11 11 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.73%) Snowflake Schema
13 9 (1.56%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.56%) Delta Lake
14 8 (1.39%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.39%) SAP HANA
15 7 (1.21%) Apache Hive
15 7 (1.21%) NoSQL
15 7 (1.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 52 (9.01%) JIRA
2 38 (6.59%) Git
3 13 (2.25%) MLflow
4 10 (1.73%) Cucumber
4 10 (1.73%) Selenium
5 7 (1.21%) ERwin
5 7 (1.21%) PowerDesigner
5 7 (1.21%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.04%) GitLab
6 6 (1.04%) Robot Framework
7 5 (0.87%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.87%) JUnit
8 4 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.69%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.69%) Postman
9 3 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.52%) PyCharm
9 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.35%) Hardhat
10 2 (0.35%) Pylint
General
1 207 (35.88%) Social Skills
2 136 (23.57%) Finance
3 134 (23.22%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (9.19%) Banking
5 46 (7.97%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.99%) Marketing
8 21 (3.64%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.29%) Aerospace
9 19 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (3.29%) Retail
9 19 (3.29%) Telecoms
10 17 (2.95%) Back Office
10 17 (2.95%) Investment Banking
11 16 (2.77%) Legal
12 13 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (2.08%) Front Office
13 12 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (21.66%) Analyst
2 92 (15.94%) Business Analyst
3 85 (14.73%) Architect
4 56 (9.71%) Senior
5 48 (8.32%) Developer
6 40 (6.93%) Lead
7 36 (6.24%) Consultant
8 29 (5.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 27 (4.68%) Data Engineer
10 21 (3.64%) Data Scientist
11 20 (3.47%) Security Architect
12 18 (3.12%) Data Analyst
13 17 (2.95%) Product Manager
13 17 (2.95%) Technical Analyst
14 16 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
15 15 (2.60%) Data Architect
15 15 (2.60%) Security Engineer
15 15 (2.60%) Technical Business Analyst
16 14 (2.43%) Senior Business Analyst
16 14 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.64%) PyTorch
2 19 (3.29%) .NET
3 18 (3.12%) LangChain
3 18 (3.12%) Pandas
4 16 (2.77%) scikit-learn
5 15 (2.60%) HTML
5 15 (2.60%) TensorFlow
6 14 (2.43%) CSS
6 14 (2.43%) JSON
7 13 (2.25%) Node.js
7 13 (2.25%) NumPy
7 13 (2.25%) PySpark
7 13 (2.25%) REST
7 13 (2.25%) XML
8 10 (1.73%) Faiss
9 9 (1.56%) Hugging Face
9 9 (1.56%) React
10 8 (1.39%) FastAPI
10 8 (1.39%) LangGraph
11 7 (1.21%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.40%) Onboarding
2 51 (8.84%) Product Ownership
3 26 (4.51%) Algorithms
4 23 (3.99%) AI Agents
4 23 (3.99%) Security Operations Centre
5 22 (3.81%) Cloud Native
5 22 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.95%) Data Centre
7 17 (2.95%) Security Posture
8 14 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.43%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.43%) Operational Technology
9 13 (2.25%) CSOC
10 12 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.91%) PMI
12 10 (1.73%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
13 9 (1.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.55%) Linux
2 26 (4.51%) Windows
3 8 (1.39%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.21%) Android
4 7 (1.21%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.69%) Unix
6 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (29.98%) Agile
2 148 (25.65%) AI
3 144 (24.96%) Analytics
4 119 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (18.72%) Machine Learning
6 104 (18.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 93 (16.12%) Data Modelling
7 93 (16.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 83 (14.38%) User Stories
9 77 (13.34%) Roadmaps
10 76 (13.17%) CI/CD
10 76 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
10 76 (13.17%) DevOps
11 73 (12.65%) Data Science
12 70 (12.13%) Requirements Gathering
13 69 (11.96%) Business Analysis
14 67 (11.61%) LLM
15 65 (11.27%) Data Governance
16 64 (11.09%) Data Pipeline
17 62 (10.75%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 143 (24.78%) Python
2 101 (17.50%) SQL
3 33 (5.72%) Java
4 27 (4.68%) JavaScript
5 21 (3.64%) Bash
6 16 (2.77%) C#
6 16 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
7 15 (2.60%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.56%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.39%) C++
10 6 (1.04%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.87%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.69%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.69%) R
12 4 (0.69%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.35%) Korn
14 2 (0.35%) PHP
14 2 (0.35%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 99 (17.16%) Degree
2 87 (15.08%) Security Cleared
3 64 (11.09%) SC Cleared
4 33 (5.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (4.16%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.60%) CISSP
7 14 (2.43%) PMI Certification
8 12 (2.08%) CBAP
9 10 (1.73%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.73%) MCP
10 8 (1.39%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (1.04%) GCIA
13 5 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.87%) CFA
13 5 (0.87%) GCIH
14 4 (0.69%) CEH
14 4 (0.69%) ISEB
14 4 (0.69%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.49%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.55%) QA
3 27 (4.68%) GDPR
3 27 (4.68%) NIST
4 19 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.25%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.39%) EU AI Act
6 8 (1.39%) GRC
6 8 (1.39%) PSD2
7 7 (1.21%) ISO 19650
7 7 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.04%) GxP
8 6 (1.04%) ISO 8583
9 4 (0.69%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.52%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.52%) NCSC
11 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.35%) SEPA
11 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (4.33%) Docker
2 21 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.73%) zsh
4 6 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.69%) HDFS
6 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.52%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.29%) Terraform
3 11 (1.91%) Ansible
4 7 (1.21%) QRadar
5 6 (1.04%) Kubeflow
5 6 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.87%) Grafana
7 4 (0.69%) Hadoop YARN
8 3 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.52%) Puppet
9 2 (0.35%) Kibana
10 1 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.17%) logstash
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.17%) Nmap
10 1 (0.17%) SELinux
Vendors
1 84 (14.56%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.76%) Splunk
3 34 (5.89%) Databricks
4 28 (4.85%) Google
5 26 (4.51%) SAP
6 23 (3.99%) Salesforce
7 18 (3.12%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.25%) Oracle
8 13 (2.25%) Siemens
9 11 (1.91%) Cisco
10 10 (1.73%) Citrix
11 9 (1.56%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.21%) Adobe
12 7 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (1.21%) Genesys
12 7 (1.21%) GoldenSource
13 6 (1.04%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.04%) UiPath
13 6 (1.04%) Veracode
14 5 (0.87%) Fortinet