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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 187 168
Rank change year-on-year +43 -19 +18
Contract jobs citing Use Case 733 340 537
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.81% 1.40% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.53% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 207 354
10th Percentile £400 £370 £418
25th Percentile £450 £463 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £748 £672
90th Percentile £750 £881 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -6.82% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 15
10th Percentile £41.94 £30.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £43.74 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £56.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -6.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £89.00 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £99.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +73.77% -35.26% -14.29%

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 34,368 22,176 31,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.22% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,897 14,509 20,833
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -2.69% -1.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 935 2,251
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.45 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.48% -21.23% +0.29%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +69 447 £538 -15.72% 361
North of England -18 107 £475 -9.52% 79
North West -17 55 £475 -11.72% 38
South East -34 55 £501 -6.74% 175
Midlands -22 47 £550 +37.50% 46
Yorkshire -33 39 £525 +13.51% 29
South West -15 34 £500 -13.04% 49
East Midlands -11 26 £550 +26.44% 23
West Midlands -53 21 £538 +34.38% 23
East of England -26 17 £545 +20.04% 54
North East -4 15 £425 - 13
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 44 (6.00%) Confluence
2 28 (3.82%) Apache Spark
3 25 (3.41%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.18%) Jupyter
5 12 (1.64%) Apache
6 7 (0.95%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.55%) CMS
7 4 (0.55%) SAS
8 3 (0.41%) Kentico
8 3 (0.41%) WordPress
9 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.27%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Appian
10 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 27 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.59%) Chatbot
3 16 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.50%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) CATIA
7 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 22 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.68%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.68%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.41%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.41%) Maximo
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.27%) Actimize
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.27%) Findur
5 2 (0.27%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.14%) Endur
6 1 (0.14%) Primavera
6 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 236 (32.20%) Azure
2 140 (19.10%) AWS
3 83 (11.32%) Power Platform
4 72 (9.82%) GCP
5 39 (5.32%) Azure AI
6 33 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.82%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (3.55%) Microsoft Copilot
8 26 (3.55%) Snowflake
9 22 (3.00%) Amazon Bedrock
9 22 (3.00%) dbt
9 22 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.00%) Serverless
10 20 (2.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 20 (2.73%) Entra ID
11 19 (2.59%) GitHub
12 18 (2.46%) Vertex AI
13 17 (2.32%) Amazon S3
13 17 (2.32%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (2.18%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.96%) Firewall
2 17 (2.32%) Network Security
3 11 (1.50%) VPN
4 6 (0.82%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.68%) DNS
5 5 (0.68%) RTP
6 4 (0.55%) BGP
6 4 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.55%) SNMP
7 3 (0.41%) 5G
7 3 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.27%) 4G
8 2 (0.27%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.27%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.27%) LTE
8 2 (0.27%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.27%) OSPF
8 2 (0.27%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (8.19%) Power BI
2 58 (7.91%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (4.23%) Metadata
4 24 (3.27%) Tableau
5 23 (3.14%) Big Data
6 21 (2.86%) Weaviate
7 20 (2.73%) Pinecone
8 19 (2.59%) Data Lake
8 19 (2.59%) Snowflake Schema
9 15 (2.05%) BigQuery
10 14 (1.91%) Delta Lake
11 13 (1.77%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.50%) Spark SQL
13 8 (1.09%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.95%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.95%) KDB
15 6 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.82%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 55 (7.50%) JIRA
2 29 (3.96%) Git
3 13 (1.77%) MLflow
4 10 (1.36%) GitLab
5 6 (0.82%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.68%) ERwin
7 3 (0.41%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.41%) XCTest
8 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.27%) JUnit
8 2 (0.27%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.14%) Gradle
9 1 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.14%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.14%) Travis CI
General
1 215 (29.33%) Finance
2 200 (27.29%) Social Skills
3 129 (17.60%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.87%) Banking
5 66 (9.00%) Public Sector
6 30 (4.09%) Retail
7 27 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (3.41%) Legal
9 17 (2.32%) Marketing
10 16 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (2.18%) Investment Banking
10 16 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.05%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.91%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.77%) Front Office
13 13 (1.77%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.82%) Law
16 5 (0.68%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.68%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 137 (18.69%) Analyst
2 109 (14.87%) Business Analyst
3 92 (12.55%) Architect
4 76 (10.37%) Data Engineer
5 72 (9.82%) Senior
6 68 (9.28%) Lead
7 46 (6.28%) Developer
8 45 (6.14%) Consultant
9 38 (5.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 29 (3.96%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.82%) Data Scientist
12 25 (3.41%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 19 (2.59%) Data Architect
14 18 (2.46%) Data Analyst
14 18 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.32%) Product Owner
16 16 (2.18%) Azure Engineer
16 16 (2.18%) Senior Business Analyst
16 16 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (2.18%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.09%) LangChain
2 26 (3.55%) PySpark
3 24 (3.27%) REST
4 23 (3.14%) PyTorch
5 22 (3.00%) scikit-learn
6 21 (2.86%) .NET
7 20 (2.73%) TensorFlow
8 17 (2.32%) Pandas
9 16 (2.18%) Node.js
10 15 (2.05%) Kafka
10 15 (2.05%) LlamaIndex
11 14 (1.91%) JSON
12 13 (1.77%) LangGraph
13 11 (1.50%) Middleware
13 11 (1.50%) OAuth
13 11 (1.50%) SOAP
13 11 (1.50%) XML
14 10 (1.36%) Faiss
14 10 (1.36%) Model Context Protocol
14 10 (1.36%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.73%) AI Agents
2 63 (8.59%) Product Ownership
3 52 (7.09%) Cloud Native
4 33 (4.50%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.27%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (2.05%) Algorithms
7 15 (2.05%) Security Operations Centre
7 15 (2.05%) Security Posture
8 14 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.77%) Beowulf
9 13 (1.77%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
10 12 (1.64%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.64%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.36%) Life Science
12 8 (1.09%) PMI
13 7 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.27%) Linux
2 18 (2.46%) Windows
3 7 (0.95%) Unix
4 6 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.41%) Android
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (40.38%) AI
2 220 (30.01%) Analytics
3 193 (26.33%) Agile
4 164 (22.37%) Machine Learning
5 149 (20.33%) Data Modelling
6 133 (18.14%) Data Pipeline
7 128 (17.46%) CI/CD
8 122 (16.64%) DevOps
9 121 (16.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 120 (16.37%) Data Science
11 115 (15.69%) Data Engineering
12 114 (15.55%) LLM
13 113 (15.42%) Generative AI
14 111 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
15 110 (15.01%) Validation
16 107 (14.60%) Roadmaps
17 102 (13.92%) Decision-Making
18 99 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
19 97 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 96 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 202 (27.56%) Python
2 128 (17.46%) SQL
3 22 (3.00%) C#
3 22 (3.00%) Java
4 15 (2.05%) PowerShell
4 15 (2.05%) R
5 14 (1.91%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (1.91%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.36%) Bash
6 10 (1.36%) Bicep
6 10 (1.36%) Scala
7 9 (1.23%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.68%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.55%) C++
10 3 (0.41%) Swift
10 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.27%) Go
11 2 (0.27%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 157 (21.42%) Security Cleared
2 123 (16.78%) SC Cleared
3 76 (10.37%) Degree
4 23 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (3.14%) Master's Degree
5 19 (2.59%) CISSP
6 18 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.32%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.18%) CBAP
9 14 (1.91%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.50%) IIBA
11 10 (1.36%) CISM
12 9 (1.23%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.68%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.68%) ISEB
16 4 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.55%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (13.10%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.32%) QA
3 33 (4.50%) GDPR
4 24 (3.27%) NIST
5 14 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.09%) GRC
7 7 (0.95%) NCSC
8 6 (0.82%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.82%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.55%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.55%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.41%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.41%) PMO
12 2 (0.27%) HL7
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.27%) MiFID
12 2 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 33 (4.50%) Docker
2 19 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.46%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 4 (0.55%) Snort
7 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.27%) vCloud
8 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.14%) HDFS
9 1 (0.14%) IAG
9 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (7.78%) Kubernetes
2 42 (5.73%) Terraform
3 15 (2.05%) Ansible
4 13 (1.77%) Podman
5 8 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.95%) QRadar
7 6 (0.82%) Grafana
8 5 (0.68%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.68%) Nessus
9 3 (0.41%) Kibana
9 3 (0.41%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.41%) logstash
9 3 (0.41%) Puppet
10 2 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.27%) SCCM
11 1 (0.14%) SCOM
Vendors
1 134 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 67 (9.14%) Databricks
3 57 (7.78%) OpenAI
4 30 (4.09%) Foundry
4 30 (4.09%) SAP
5 28 (3.82%) Google
5 28 (3.82%) Splunk
6 20 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.73%) VMware
7 18 (2.46%) Pega
8 15 (2.05%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.23%) IBM
10 8 (1.09%) Adobe
10 8 (1.09%) Cisco
10 8 (1.09%) NVIDIA
10 8 (1.09%) Oracle
10 8 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.95%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.95%) Palo Alto
11 7 (0.95%) Workday