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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 177 212
Rank change year-on-year +28 +35 -6
Contract jobs citing Use Case 564 442 434
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.82% 1.46% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 1.66% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 266 268
10th Percentile £375 £391 £405
25th Percentile £447 £468 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £672 £669
90th Percentile £750 £784 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £556 £550
% change year-on-year -7.87% +1.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 7
10th Percentile £40.05 £38.45 £43.60
25th Percentile £51.75 £50.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £67.56
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -3.79% +12.60%
75th Percentile £89.00 £68.75 £88.46
90th Percentile £93.75 £70.10 £91.65
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £67.56
% change year-on-year +15.38% -3.79% +12.60%

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 27,655 26,658 34,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.31% 87.92% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,614 16,424 23,309
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 941 1,445
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +27 326 £550 -4.35% 126
North of England -6 85 £450 -20.00% 125
Midlands -24 49 £459 -8.30% 93
South East -1 47 £525 -4.55% 171
North West -2 45 £446 -10.80% 65
West Midlands -14 41 £490 -10.91% 45
Yorkshire -19 39 £488 -26.42% 52
East of England -4 21 £550 +12.36% 102
South West -17 17 £500 -20.00% 70
East Midlands -21 8 £400 -3.15% 40
North East -3 3 £410 -49.69% 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 33 (5.85%) Confluence
2 20 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (3.01%) SharePoint
4 15 (2.66%) Apache Spark
5 12 (2.13%) Apache
6 6 (1.06%) Appian
7 4 (0.71%) SAS
7 4 (0.71%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.53%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.53%) Hyperledger
9 2 (0.35%) CMS
9 2 (0.35%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.35%) Luigi
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.55%) MS Visio
3 16 (2.84%) Chatbot
4 15 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (2.30%) Siemens NX
6 6 (1.06%) ProjectWise
7 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (3.37%) Teamcenter
2 12 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.89%) Endur
5 4 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.71%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.71%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.35%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.35%) Primavera
7 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.18%) Findur
8 1 (0.18%) iTrent
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle BRM
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.18%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.18%) PORTIA
8 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.18%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 161 (28.55%) Azure
2 100 (17.73%) AWS
3 49 (8.69%) GCP
4 44 (7.80%) Power Platform
5 28 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.79%) Snowflake
7 21 (3.72%) GitHub
8 18 (3.19%) Vertex AI
9 16 (2.84%) Amazon S3
9 16 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (2.84%) SaaS
10 15 (2.66%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (2.30%) Amazon Bedrock
11 13 (2.30%) Azure AI
11 13 (2.30%) dbt
11 13 (2.30%) Serverless
12 12 (2.13%) Azure Machine Learning
13 11 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.79%) Firewall
2 8 (1.42%) Internet
3 7 (1.24%) VoIP
4 6 (1.06%) DNS
5 5 (0.89%) CTI
5 5 (0.89%) Network Security
5 5 (0.89%) VPN
6 3 (0.53%) HTTP
6 3 (0.53%) Modbus
6 3 (0.53%) NAS
6 3 (0.53%) SSH
6 3 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.35%) Broadband
7 2 (0.35%) LAN
7 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.18%) GPRS
8 1 (0.18%) GSM
8 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.56%) Power BI
2 28 (4.96%) Metadata
3 22 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.19%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.01%) Tableau
6 16 (2.84%) Big Data
6 16 (2.84%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (2.30%) SQL Server
9 12 (2.13%) Pinecone
9 12 (2.13%) Snowflake Schema
10 11 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (1.77%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.60%) Delta Lake
13 8 (1.42%) Data Vault
13 8 (1.42%) SAP HANA
14 7 (1.24%) NoSQL
14 7 (1.24%) Star Schema
15 6 (1.06%) BigQuery
15 6 (1.06%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 57 (10.11%) JIRA
2 36 (6.38%) Git
3 10 (1.77%) Cucumber
3 10 (1.77%) MLflow
3 10 (1.77%) Selenium
4 8 (1.42%) GitLab
5 7 (1.24%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.06%) ERwin
6 6 (1.06%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.06%) PowerDesigner
6 6 (1.06%) Robot Framework
7 5 (0.89%) JUnit
8 4 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.71%) Postman
9 3 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.53%) PyCharm
10 2 (0.35%) Hardhat
10 2 (0.35%) Pylint
11 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
General
1 202 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 141 (25.00%) Finance
3 130 (23.05%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.28%) Banking
5 43 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 35 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (3.55%) Manufacturing
7 20 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (3.37%) Investment Banking
8 19 (3.37%) Marketing
9 18 (3.19%) Back Office
9 18 (3.19%) Retail
10 17 (3.01%) Aerospace
10 17 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.66%) Legal
12 13 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (2.13%) Front Office
14 11 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 120 (21.28%) Analyst
2 90 (15.96%) Business Analyst
3 77 (13.65%) Architect
4 47 (8.33%) Developer
5 46 (8.16%) Senior
6 40 (7.09%) Lead
7 34 (6.03%) Consultant
8 32 (5.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 26 (4.61%) Data Scientist
10 25 (4.43%) Data Engineer
11 19 (3.37%) Technical Analyst
12 17 (3.01%) Technical Business Analyst
13 15 (2.66%) Data Architect
13 15 (2.66%) Security Engineer
14 14 (2.48%) Data Analyst
14 14 (2.48%) Security Architect
15 13 (2.30%) Product Manager
15 13 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.13%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
17 11 (1.95%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.26%) PyTorch
2 22 (3.90%) LangChain
3 21 (3.72%) Pandas
4 20 (3.55%) .NET
5 19 (3.37%) scikit-learn
6 18 (3.19%) TensorFlow
7 17 (3.01%) REST
8 16 (2.84%) JSON
8 16 (2.84%) NumPy
8 16 (2.84%) XML
9 13 (2.30%) Node.js
10 12 (2.13%) Hugging Face
11 11 (1.95%) Faiss
11 11 (1.95%) LangGraph
12 9 (1.60%) HTML
12 9 (1.60%) PySpark
13 8 (1.42%) CSS
13 8 (1.42%) FastAPI
13 8 (1.42%) React
14 7 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.22%) Product Ownership
2 51 (9.04%) Onboarding
3 26 (4.61%) Algorithms
4 25 (4.43%) AI Agents
5 20 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.37%) Data Centre
7 17 (3.01%) Data Structures
7 17 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (2.66%) Security Posture
10 14 (2.48%) Operational Technology
10 14 (2.48%) Security Operations Centre
11 13 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (2.13%) PMI
13 10 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.60%) Life Science
15 8 (1.42%) PKI
15 8 (1.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.32%) Linux
2 25 (4.43%) Windows
3 8 (1.42%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.24%) Android
4 7 (1.24%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.71%) Unix
6 3 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (30.14%) Agile
2 153 (27.13%) AI
3 139 (24.65%) Analytics
4 116 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (19.15%) Machine Learning
6 104 (18.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 99 (17.55%) Data Modelling
8 95 (16.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (13.83%) LLM
10 75 (13.30%) Data Science
10 75 (13.30%) Roadmaps
10 75 (13.30%) User Stories
11 74 (13.12%) CI/CD
12 73 (12.94%) Business Analysis
12 73 (12.94%) DevOps
13 72 (12.77%) Requirements Gathering
14 69 (12.23%) Data Governance
15 67 (11.88%) Data Pipeline
16 65 (11.52%) Cybersecurity
16 65 (11.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 144 (25.53%) Python
2 96 (17.02%) SQL
3 31 (5.50%) Java
4 20 (3.55%) Bash
4 20 (3.55%) JavaScript
5 17 (3.01%) C#
6 16 (2.84%) Kusto Query Language
6 16 (2.84%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.42%) C++
7 8 (1.42%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.06%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.89%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.71%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.71%) R
10 4 (0.71%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.35%) Korn
12 2 (0.35%) PHP
12 2 (0.35%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 98 (17.38%) Degree
2 81 (14.36%) Security Cleared
3 57 (10.11%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (4.79%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.66%) MCP
6 15 (2.66%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.30%) CBAP
7 13 (2.30%) CISSP
8 8 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (0.89%) CFA
10 5 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.89%) GCIA
10 5 (0.89%) GCIH
10 5 (0.89%) PhD
11 4 (0.71%) CEH
11 4 (0.71%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.32%) QA
3 25 (4.43%) GDPR
4 24 (4.26%) NIST
5 18 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.30%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.42%) EU AI Act
8 8 (1.42%) GRC
8 8 (1.42%) PSD2
9 7 (1.24%) ISO 19650
9 7 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.06%) ISO 8583
11 5 (0.89%) GxP
12 4 (0.71%) NCSC
13 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.35%) PMO
14 2 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 26 (4.61%) Docker
2 18 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.42%) zsh
4 5 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.71%) HDFS
5 4 (0.71%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (3.55%) Terraform
2 17 (3.01%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.30%) Ansible
4 6 (1.06%) Grafana
4 6 (1.06%) QRadar
4 6 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.71%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.71%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.71%) Puppet
6 3 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.53%) Kibana
6 3 (0.53%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.35%) logstash
8 1 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.18%) Nmap
8 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.18%) SELinux
Vendors
1 82 (14.54%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.38%) Databricks
3 31 (5.50%) Google
4 29 (5.14%) Splunk
5 26 (4.61%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.90%) SAP
7 19 (3.37%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.30%) Siemens
9 12 (2.13%) Oracle
10 9 (1.60%) Cisco
10 9 (1.60%) Citrix
10 9 (1.60%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.24%) Adobe
11 7 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.24%) GoldenSource
12 6 (1.06%) Genesys
12 6 (1.06%) Veracode
13 5 (0.89%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.89%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.89%) Sage