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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 179 174
Rank change year-on-year +30 -5 +21
Contract jobs citing Use Case 693 351 520
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.43% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 1.57% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 215 345
10th Percentile £390 £375 £413
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 £783
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -
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 33,718 22,322 32,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.24% 91.07% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,550 14,669 21,082
10th Percentile £315 £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 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,104 894 2,218
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.32 £18.51 £15.86
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.55% -9.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.31 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.18 £72.33
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -6.67%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +56 428 £525 -15.32% 230
North of England -11 105 £475 -9.52% 41
North West -25 55 £475 -11.63% 21
South East -51 49 £508 -11.74% 88
Midlands -31 45 £538 +6.44% 30
Yorkshire -43 38 £475 +5.56% 16
South West -23 26 £500 -13.04% 25
East Midlands -15 23 £525 -26.06% 15
West Midlands -45 22 £538 +84.08% 15
East of England -30 14 £550 +32.69% 29
North East - 14 £425 - 4
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 (5.92%) Confluence
2 26 (3.75%) Apache Spark
3 22 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (2.16%) Jupyter
5 12 (1.73%) Apache
6 8 (1.15%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.58%) 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%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 12 (1.73%) 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 (2.89%) 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
1 212 (30.59%) Azure
2 129 (18.61%) AWS
3 74 (10.68%) Power Platform
4 64 (9.24%) GCP
5 38 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (5.34%) Azure AI
7 28 (4.04%) Snowflake
8 27 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 23 (3.32%) dbt
9 23 (3.32%) 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 (2.89%) 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 (4.62%) Firewall
2 16 (2.31%) Network Security
3 9 (1.30%) VPN
4 6 (0.87%) DNS
4 6 (0.87%) 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 (8.08%) Data Warehouse
2 54 (7.79%) Power BI
3 29 (4.18%) Metadata
4 24 (3.46%) Tableau
5 21 (3.03%) Big Data
5 21 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
6 20 (2.89%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.60%) Weaviate
8 17 (2.45%) Pinecone
9 14 (2.02%) Delta Lake
10 13 (1.88%) 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 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 51 (7.36%) JIRA
2 26 (3.75%) Git
3 12 (1.73%) MLflow
4 9 (1.30%) GitLab
5 8 (1.15%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.01%) ERwin
7 5 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.43%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.43%) XCTest
9 2 (0.29%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.29%) JUnit
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.29%) PyCharm
9 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Gradle
10 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 198 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 197 (28.43%) Finance
3 131 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (12.12%) Banking
5 61 (8.80%) Public Sector
6 29 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (3.90%) Retail
8 20 (2.89%) Legal
9 17 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.31%) Marketing
11 15 (2.16%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.16%) Investment Banking
12 14 (2.02%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.88%) Front Office
13 13 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.15%) Back Office
15 8 (1.15%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.72%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 136 (19.62%) Analyst
2 104 (15.01%) Business Analyst
3 91 (13.13%) Architect
4 67 (9.67%) Data Engineer
5 65 (9.38%) Senior
6 63 (9.09%) Lead
7 50 (7.22%) Developer
8 34 (4.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 34 (4.91%) Consultant
9 29 (4.18%) Data Scientist
10 28 (4.04%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.90%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 19 (2.74%) Data Architect
12 19 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (2.60%) Azure Engineer
13 18 (2.60%) Security Engineer
14 17 (2.45%) Senior Business Analyst
15 16 (2.31%) Pega Developer
15 16 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.31%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.75%) LangChain
2 25 (3.61%) REST
3 23 (3.32%) PySpark
3 23 (3.32%) PyTorch
4 22 (3.17%) TensorFlow
5 21 (3.03%) scikit-learn
6 19 (2.74%) .NET
7 18 (2.60%) Node.js
8 17 (2.45%) Pandas
9 15 (2.16%) JSON
10 14 (2.02%) OAuth
11 13 (1.88%) Kafka
11 13 (1.88%) LangGraph
12 12 (1.73%) LlamaIndex
12 12 (1.73%) Middleware
12 12 (1.73%) NumPy
12 12 (1.73%) SOAP
12 12 (1.73%) XML
13 11 (1.59%) Model Context Protocol
13 11 (1.59%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (8.23%) AI Agents
2 55 (7.94%) Product Ownership
3 44 (6.35%) Cloud Native
4 34 (4.91%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.60%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.02%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.88%) Beowulf
9 13 (1.88%) 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%) Life Science
12 10 (1.44%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.30%) PMI
14 7 (1.01%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.46%) Linux
2 20 (2.89%) Windows
3 8 (1.15%) Unix
4 6 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (39.39%) AI
2 201 (29.00%) Analytics
3 184 (26.55%) Agile
4 155 (22.37%) Machine Learning
5 149 (21.50%) Data Modelling
6 126 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 120 (17.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 119 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
9 117 (16.88%) DevOps
10 115 (16.59%) Data Science
11 114 (16.45%) Data Pipeline
12 108 (15.58%) Validation
13 107 (15.44%) Data Engineering
14 104 (15.01%) Generative AI
15 101 (14.57%) LLM
16 99 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
17 96 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 92 (13.28%) Decision-Making
19 91 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
20 90 (12.99%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 187 (26.98%) Python
2 124 (17.89%) SQL
3 24 (3.46%) Java
4 21 (3.03%) 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 6 (0.87%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.87%) Bash
12 5 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.58%) C++
14 3 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.43%) Swift
14 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.29%) Go
15 2 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 140 (20.20%) Security Cleared
2 107 (15.44%) SC Cleared
3 87 (12.55%) Degree
4 32 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.04%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.74%) CISSP
7 17 (2.45%) CBAP
8 15 (2.16%) DV Cleared
9 14 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.44%) IIBA
10 10 (1.44%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.15%) CISM
12 7 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.72%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.72%) PhD
15 4 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (12.99%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.92%) QA
3 27 (3.90%) GDPR
4 23 (3.32%) 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 (0.87%) 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 32 (4.62%) Docker
2 22 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.60%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.88%) 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 55 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.05%) Terraform
3 13 (1.88%) Podman
4 10 (1.44%) Ansible
5 8 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (0.87%) 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%) Istio
10 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 122 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 62 (8.95%) Databricks
3 54 (7.79%) OpenAI
4 28 (4.04%) Google
5 27 (3.90%) Foundry
6 26 (3.75%) SAP
7 25 (3.61%) Splunk
8 23 (3.32%) Salesforce
9 20 (2.89%) VMware
10 18 (2.60%) Pega
11 15 (2.16%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.59%) Oracle
13 9 (1.30%) Adobe
14 8 (1.15%) IBM
14 8 (1.15%) MuleSoft
14 8 (1.15%) NVIDIA
14 8 (1.15%) Red Hat
15 7 (1.01%) Palo Alto
15 7 (1.01%) Workday
16 6 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud