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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 191 179
Rank change year-on-year +47 -12 +9
Contract jobs citing Use Case 665 354 504
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.87% 1.38% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 1.53% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 227 327
10th Percentile £391 £350 £416
25th Percentile £440 £452 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £570 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.79% -1.54%
75th Percentile £638 £708 £675
90th Percentile £738 £878 £808
UK median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 10
10th Percentile - - £38.28
25th Percentile £41.94 £69.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% +47.37% -27.48%
75th Percentile £80.19 £71.00 £79.14
90th Percentile £93.28 - £90.60
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -18.14% +47.37% -27.48%

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 30,972 23,170 33,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.17% 90.22% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,848 14,569 21,913
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £617 £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 1,919 779 2,056
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.59 £13.42
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.77
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +0.68% -0.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.93
90th Percentile £72.51 £75.30 £72.17
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -2.99% -4.29%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +47 399 £540 -6.90% 141
North of England +4 102 £468 -10.86% 43
South East -13 57 £514 -17.80% 81
North West -14 46 £445 -15.24% 18
Yorkshire -25 45 £500 +3.90% 19
Midlands -38 44 £471 -3.88% 28
East Midlands -7 23 £425 +19.45% 12
South West -27 23 £495 -15.74% 14
West Midlands -46 21 £569 +8.33% 16
East of England -21 14 £550 +46.67% 6
North East - 13 £425 - 6
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 38 (5.71%) Confluence
2 24 (3.61%) Apache Spark
3 19 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.95%) Jupyter
5 10 (1.50%) Apache
6 6 (0.90%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.90%) Smallworld
7 5 (0.75%) Appian
7 5 (0.75%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.60%) SAS
9 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.30%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.30%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.01%) Chatbot
3 18 (2.71%) MS Visio
4 17 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.15%) CATIA
7 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 19 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.45%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.45%) Endur
4 3 (0.45%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.30%) Actimize
5 2 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.30%) Maximo
5 2 (0.30%) Primavera
5 2 (0.30%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.30%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle BRM
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 210 (31.58%) Azure
2 128 (19.25%) AWS
3 65 (9.77%) GCP
4 57 (8.57%) Power Platform
5 38 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.06%) GitHub
7 26 (3.91%) Azure AI
8 25 (3.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (3.61%) Snowflake
10 22 (3.31%) Serverless
11 20 (3.01%) Vertex AI
12 18 (2.71%) Azure Machine Learning
12 18 (2.71%) dbt
13 17 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (2.56%) Entra ID
13 17 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (2.41%) Amazon Bedrock
14 16 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (2.11%) Amazon SageMaker
15 14 (2.11%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.56%) Firewall
2 15 (2.26%) Network Security
3 8 (1.20%) VPN
4 7 (1.05%) Internet
4 7 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.90%) DNS
6 5 (0.75%) BGP
6 5 (0.75%) CTI
6 5 (0.75%) VoIP
7 4 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (0.45%) RTP
8 3 (0.45%) SSH
8 3 (0.45%) SSL
8 3 (0.45%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.30%) IPFIX
9 2 (0.30%) Modbus
9 2 (0.30%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
2 40 (6.02%) Power BI
3 31 (4.66%) Metadata
4 23 (3.46%) Data Lake
4 23 (3.46%) Snowflake Schema
5 21 (3.16%) Big Data
6 18 (2.71%) Delta Lake
7 15 (2.26%) Tableau
8 14 (2.11%) Pinecone
8 14 (2.11%) Weaviate
9 13 (1.95%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.80%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.50%) Data Vault
12 9 (1.35%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.35%) SQL Server
13 8 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (1.20%) Spark SQL
14 7 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (1.05%) Star Schema
15 6 (0.90%) GIS
Development Applications
1 51 (7.67%) JIRA
2 32 (4.81%) Git
3 14 (2.11%) MLflow
4 11 (1.65%) GitLab
5 8 (1.20%) ERwin
5 8 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.05%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (0.90%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.90%) ER Studio
7 6 (0.90%) Selenium
8 5 (0.75%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.60%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.45%) PyCharm
10 3 (0.45%) XCTest
11 2 (0.30%) Hardhat
11 2 (0.30%) JUnit
11 2 (0.30%) Postman
11 2 (0.30%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 220 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 186 (27.97%) Finance
3 124 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (10.38%) Banking
5 57 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (3.91%) Retail
8 20 (3.01%) Marketing
9 16 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (2.26%) Investment Banking
10 15 (2.26%) Legal
11 14 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.65%) Back Office
13 11 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.35%) Front Office
15 8 (1.20%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.20%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 143 (21.50%) Analyst
2 109 (16.39%) Business Analyst
3 83 (12.48%) Architect
4 69 (10.38%) Senior
5 65 (9.77%) Lead
6 58 (8.72%) Data Engineer
7 41 (6.17%) Developer
8 37 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 32 (4.81%) Consultant
10 28 (4.21%) Project Manager
11 26 (3.91%) Data Scientist
12 21 (3.16%) Technical Analyst
13 20 (3.01%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
14 18 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.56%) Data Analyst
16 16 (2.41%) Technical Business Analyst
17 15 (2.26%) Azure Engineer
17 15 (2.26%) Senior Business Analyst
18 14 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
19 12 (1.80%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.51%) REST
2 29 (4.36%) PyTorch
3 27 (4.06%) TensorFlow
4 26 (3.91%) LangChain
5 23 (3.46%) scikit-learn
6 20 (3.01%) Node.js
7 19 (2.86%) JSON
7 19 (2.86%) XML
8 18 (2.71%) PySpark
9 17 (2.56%) LangGraph
9 17 (2.56%) Pandas
10 16 (2.41%) .NET
11 15 (2.26%) Model Context Protocol
11 15 (2.26%) OAuth
12 13 (1.95%) Kafka
12 13 (1.95%) Middleware
12 13 (1.95%) SOAP
13 12 (1.80%) Faiss
13 12 (1.80%) NumPy
14 10 (1.50%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.32%) Product Ownership
2 41 (6.17%) AI Agents
3 37 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 34 (5.11%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.61%) Algorithms
6 14 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (2.11%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.11%) PMI
6 14 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 13 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (1.95%) Security Operations Centre
7 13 (1.95%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.80%) Beowulf
8 12 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.80%) Life Science
9 10 (1.50%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.35%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.20%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.21%) Windows
2 26 (3.91%) Linux
3 7 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.90%) Unix
5 5 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.30%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (36.84%) AI
2 197 (29.62%) Agile
3 183 (27.52%) Analytics
4 145 (21.80%) Machine Learning
5 134 (20.15%) Data Modelling
6 129 (19.40%) CI/CD
7 122 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
8 117 (17.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 116 (17.44%) Data Science
9 116 (17.44%) DevOps
10 106 (15.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 100 (15.04%) Generative AI
12 99 (14.89%) LLM
13 98 (14.74%) Validation
14 96 (14.44%) Data Pipeline
15 95 (14.29%) Roadmaps
16 94 (14.14%) Workshop Facilitation
17 92 (13.83%) User Stories
18 90 (13.53%) Data Engineering
19 86 (12.93%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 180 (27.07%) Python
2 115 (17.29%) SQL
3 27 (4.06%) Java
4 18 (2.71%) TypeScript
5 17 (2.56%) C#
6 15 (2.26%) JavaScript
7 14 (2.11%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.95%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (1.80%) Bash
10 10 (1.50%) Bicep
11 8 (1.20%) R
11 8 (1.20%) Scala
12 5 (0.75%) C++
13 4 (0.60%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.60%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.60%) Swift
13 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.30%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 125 (18.80%) Security Cleared
2 101 (15.19%) Degree
3 97 (14.59%) SC Cleared
4 35 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 23 (3.46%) CBAP
6 18 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.56%) PMI Certification
8 15 (2.26%) CISSP
9 14 (2.11%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.80%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.65%) IIBA
12 7 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (0.90%) PhD
14 5 (0.75%) CISM
14 5 (0.75%) ISEB
15 4 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.45%) GIAC
16 3 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (12.03%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.77%) QA
3 18 (2.71%) GDPR
3 18 (2.71%) NIST
4 15 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.80%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.65%) GRC
7 6 (0.90%) ISO 8583
7 6 (0.90%) PSD2
8 5 (0.75%) NCSC
9 4 (0.60%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.45%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.45%) GxP
10 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.45%) PMO
10 3 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 45 (6.77%) Docker
2 23 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.71%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.80%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.60%) Snort
8 4 (0.60%) zsh
9 2 (0.30%) vCloud
10 1 (0.15%) HDFS
10 1 (0.15%) IAG
10 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.41%) Terraform
3 15 (2.26%) Ansible
4 12 (1.80%) Podman
5 8 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.75%) CSIRT
7 5 (0.75%) QRadar
8 4 (0.60%) Grafana
8 4 (0.60%) Nessus
9 3 (0.45%) logstash
9 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.30%) Kibana
10 2 (0.30%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.15%) Nmap
11 1 (0.15%) SCCM
11 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 106 (15.94%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.97%) Databricks
3 40 (6.02%) Google
4 39 (5.86%) OpenAI
5 28 (4.21%) Splunk
6 25 (3.76%) SAP
7 20 (3.01%) Salesforce
7 20 (3.01%) VMware
8 16 (2.41%) Foundry
9 14 (2.11%) Oracle
10 12 (1.80%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.50%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.35%) Adobe
12 9 (1.35%) Cisco
13 8 (1.20%) NVIDIA
14 6 (0.90%) Genesys
14 6 (0.90%) IBM
14 6 (0.90%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.90%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.75%) CyberArk