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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 191 169
Rank change year-on-year +55 -22 +25
Contract jobs citing Use Case 862 379 541
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 1.44% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 1.58% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 236 354
10th Percentile £406 £360 £411
25th Percentile £458 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £638 £716 £650
90th Percentile £750 £825 £738
UK median daily rate £536 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 18
10th Percentile £55.26 £33.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £77.37 £60.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.94% +4.35% -17.86%
75th Percentile £87.16 - £60.00
90th Percentile £101.18 £70.50 -
UK median hourly rate £77.37 £38.85 £57.50
% change year-on-year +99.16% -32.44% -17.86%

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 37,549 23,970 31,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 91.01% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,634 15,421 20,733
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,193 2,304
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +67 540 £550 -8.33% 427
North of England -21 109 £516 -1.81% 60
South East -14 72 £525 - 107
North West -26 50 £475 -9.52% 31
Midlands -29 50 £538 +26.47% 24
Yorkshire -21 49 £536 +12.84% 22
South West +1 47 £528 -6.22% 42
West Midlands -55 26 £513 +14.27% 18
East Midlands +3 24 £550 +46.67% 6
East of England -31 15 £550 +71.92% 15
North East -26 10 £450 - 7
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 46 (5.34%) Confluence
2 32 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (2.55%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.86%) Jupyter
5 11 (1.28%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.16%) Apache
7 6 (0.70%) CMS
8 5 (0.58%) SAS
9 4 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.35%) Kentico
10 3 (0.35%) WordPress
11 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.12%) Appian
12 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.12%) IIS
12 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.12%) OpenROAD
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 30 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.20%) Chatbot
3 15 (1.74%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) CATIA
7 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.58%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.58%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.35%) Actimize
5 3 (0.35%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.35%) Findur
5 3 (0.35%) Maximo
5 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.35%) Workfront
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.23%) Summit
7 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.12%) Primavera
7 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 258 (29.93%) Azure
2 169 (19.61%) AWS
3 100 (11.60%) Power Platform
4 86 (9.98%) GCP
5 45 (5.22%) Azure AI
6 41 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 35 (4.06%) Snowflake
8 34 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (3.25%) Amazon Bedrock
10 27 (3.13%) Entra ID
10 27 (3.13%) GitHub
11 26 (3.02%) dbt
11 26 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
12 25 (2.90%) SaaS
13 24 (2.78%) Serverless
14 23 (2.67%) Amazon S3
15 21 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (1.97%) Copilot Studio
17 16 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.44%) Firewall
2 19 (2.20%) Network Security
3 7 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (0.81%) VPN
4 6 (0.70%) BGP
4 6 (0.70%) DNS
5 5 (0.58%) RTP
5 5 (0.58%) SNMP
6 4 (0.46%) Internet
6 4 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.46%) Wireless
7 3 (0.35%) 5G
7 3 (0.35%) DHCP
7 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.35%) SMS
8 2 (0.23%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.00%) Power BI
2 65 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (4.99%) Metadata
4 30 (3.48%) Data Lake
4 30 (3.48%) Tableau
5 23 (2.67%) Big Data
6 19 (2.20%) BigQuery
6 19 (2.20%) Weaviate
7 18 (2.09%) Pinecone
8 17 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (1.97%) Delta Lake
9 16 (1.86%) Relational Database
10 15 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
11 14 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.39%) Semantic Layer
13 10 (1.16%) Spark SQL
14 9 (1.04%) Looker
15 7 (0.81%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.81%) SQL Server
16 6 (0.70%) KDB
Development Applications
1 63 (7.31%) JIRA
2 33 (3.83%) Git
3 19 (2.20%) GitLab
3 19 (2.20%) MLflow
4 8 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.70%) ERwin
6 4 (0.46%) Claude Code
6 4 (0.46%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.35%) XCTest
8 2 (0.23%) Postman
8 2 (0.23%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.12%) Deequ
9 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.12%) Maven
9 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 262 (30.39%) Finance
2 250 (29.00%) Social Skills
3 148 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (11.95%) Banking
5 83 (9.63%) Public Sector
6 33 (3.83%) Marketing
6 33 (3.83%) Retail
7 32 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (3.13%) Legal
9 21 (2.44%) Front Office
9 21 (2.44%) Investment Banking
10 18 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (1.97%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.51%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.28%) Law
16 7 (0.81%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.81%) Military
Job Titles
1 139 (16.13%) Analyst
2 120 (13.92%) Architect
3 99 (11.48%) Business Analyst
4 87 (10.09%) Senior
5 83 (9.63%) Data Engineer
6 76 (8.82%) Lead
7 61 (7.08%) Consultant
8 58 (6.73%) Developer
9 46 (5.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 34 (3.94%) Data Architect
11 26 (3.02%) Data Scientist
11 26 (3.02%) Project Manager
12 25 (2.90%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 24 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (2.55%) Data Analyst
15 21 (2.44%) Product Owner
16 16 (1.86%) Azure Engineer
16 16 (1.86%) Pega Developer
17 15 (1.74%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
18 14 (1.62%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.48%) PySpark
2 29 (3.36%) LangChain
3 27 (3.13%) REST
4 23 (2.67%) .NET
5 20 (2.32%) LlamaIndex
5 20 (2.32%) Pandas
6 16 (1.86%) JSON
7 15 (1.74%) scikit-learn
8 14 (1.62%) Kafka
9 12 (1.39%) Middleware
10 10 (1.16%) NumPy
10 10 (1.16%) OAuth
10 10 (1.16%) PyTorch
10 10 (1.16%) YAML
11 9 (1.04%) Node.js
11 9 (1.04%) SAML
11 9 (1.04%) SOAP
12 8 (0.93%) OpenID
12 8 (0.93%) TensorFlow
13 7 (0.81%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.51%) AI Agents
2 72 (8.35%) Product Ownership
3 67 (7.77%) Cloud Native
4 50 (5.80%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 21 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (2.32%) Security Posture
8 19 (2.20%) Data Structures
9 18 (2.09%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.74%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.51%) CSOC
12 13 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.39%) Life Science
13 12 (1.39%) Taxonomies
14 11 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
15 10 (1.16%) Beowulf
15 10 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.18%) Linux
2 24 (2.78%) Windows
3 11 (1.28%) Unix
4 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (46.17%) AI
2 277 (32.13%) Analytics
3 214 (24.83%) Machine Learning
4 201 (23.32%) Agile
5 168 (19.49%) Data Modelling
6 164 (19.03%) Data Pipeline
7 144 (16.71%) CI/CD
7 144 (16.71%) LLM
8 141 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 140 (16.24%) Generative AI
10 137 (15.89%) Data Engineering
11 136 (15.78%) DevOps
11 136 (15.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 130 (15.08%) Data Science
13 129 (14.97%) Decision-Making
13 129 (14.97%) Roadmaps
14 126 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
15 115 (13.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 109 (12.65%) Validation
17 107 (12.41%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 219 (25.41%) Python
2 165 (19.14%) SQL
3 22 (2.55%) C#
4 21 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
5 20 (2.32%) Bash
6 19 (2.20%) Java
7 18 (2.09%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.74%) R
9 14 (1.62%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.16%) Scala
11 8 (0.93%) Bicep
11 8 (0.93%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.93%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.70%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.46%) SPARQL
14 4 (0.46%) VBA
15 3 (0.35%) Go
15 3 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 187 (21.69%) Security Cleared
2 146 (16.94%) SC Cleared
3 72 (8.35%) Degree
4 36 (4.18%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (2.55%) Master's Degree
6 20 (2.32%) CISSP
6 20 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.16%) CBAP
8 10 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.04%) CISM
10 8 (0.93%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.93%) IIBA
10 8 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.81%) SANS
12 6 (0.70%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.58%) GCIA
13 5 (0.58%) GIAC
13 5 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (15.78%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.68%) GDPR
3 45 (5.22%) QA
4 24 (2.78%) NIST
5 18 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.39%) NCSC
8 10 (1.16%) GRC
9 6 (0.70%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.35%) PMO
11 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.23%) HL7
12 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
12 2 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (4.76%) Docker
2 24 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.28%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (0.58%) IAG
6 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.46%) Snort
7 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.23%) vCloud
9 1 (0.12%) HDFS
9 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 70 (8.12%) Kubernetes
2 57 (6.61%) Terraform
3 17 (1.97%) Ansible
4 10 (1.16%) Podman
5 8 (0.93%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.93%) QRadar
6 7 (0.81%) Grafana
6 7 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.70%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.70%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.35%) Nessus
9 3 (0.35%) OPNET
9 3 (0.35%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.23%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.23%) Puppet
10 2 (0.23%) SCCM
11 1 (0.12%) logstash
11 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 166 (19.26%) Microsoft
2 77 (8.93%) Databricks
3 60 (6.96%) OpenAI
4 39 (4.52%) Splunk
5 38 (4.41%) Foundry
6 36 (4.18%) Google
7 31 (3.60%) Salesforce
8 29 (3.36%) SAP
9 24 (2.78%) ServiceNow
10 20 (2.32%) Pega
11 17 (1.97%) Oracle
12 13 (1.51%) Dynatrace
12 13 (1.51%) VMware
13 11 (1.28%) Cisco
14 10 (1.16%) Adobe
14 10 (1.16%) IBM
15 8 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 7 (0.81%) ArcSight
16 7 (0.81%) Informatica
17 6 (0.70%) MuleSoft