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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 177 159
Rank change year-on-year +43 -18 +46
Contract jobs citing Use Case 902 430 544
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 1.58% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 1.74% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 266 356
10th Percentile £413 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £546 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% -0.68% -
75th Percentile £650 £689 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £731
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 20
10th Percentile £49.95 £33.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £71.22 £51.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £87.16 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.27% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £94.00 - -
90th Percentile £101.51 £70.50 £65.38
UK median hourly rate £87.16 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +124.38% -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 38,278 24,745 30,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.65% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,038 15,865 19,799
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,361 1,324 1,984
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.95 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +56 561 £553 -5.76% 439
North of England -39 105 £519 +9.26% 47
South East -13 88 £550 +8.64% 76
South West +1 50 £530 -3.64% 26
Yorkshire -18 50 £537 +13.05% 13
Midlands -38 49 £550 +22.63% 23
North West -45 47 £475 - 29
West Midlands -52 30 £513 +13.89% 15
East Midlands +1 19 £550 +46.67% 8
East of England -22 15 £550 +41.94% 16
North East -29 8 £475 - 5
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 (4.55%) Confluence
2 29 (3.22%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (2.22%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.44%) Jupyter
6 10 (1.11%) Apache
7 6 (0.67%) CMS
8 5 (0.55%) SAS
9 4 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.33%) Kentico
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.11%) OpenROAD
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 23 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.11%) Chatbot
3 14 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) CATIA
6 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.11%) Simulink
6 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.55%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.55%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.33%) Actimize
5 3 (0.33%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.33%) Findur
5 3 (0.33%) Maximo
5 3 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.33%) Workfront
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.22%) Summit
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 280 (31.04%) Azure
2 167 (18.51%) AWS
3 104 (11.53%) Power Platform
4 82 (9.09%) GCP
5 54 (5.99%) Azure AI
6 49 (5.43%) Microsoft Copilot
7 39 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (3.99%) Snowflake
10 32 (3.55%) GitHub
11 29 (3.22%) Amazon Bedrock
11 29 (3.22%) Entra ID
12 27 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
13 26 (2.88%) dbt
13 26 (2.88%) SaaS
14 23 (2.55%) Amazon S3
14 23 (2.55%) Serverless
15 22 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 22 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
16 20 (2.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.66%) Firewall
2 17 (1.88%) Network Security
3 8 (0.89%) DNS
4 7 (0.78%) BGP
4 7 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (0.78%) VPN
4 7 (0.78%) Wireless
5 6 (0.67%) SNMP
5 6 (0.67%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.55%) Cisco Wireless
6 5 (0.55%) Multicast
6 5 (0.55%) RTP
6 5 (0.55%) VLAN
7 4 (0.44%) Internet
7 4 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.33%) 5G
8 3 (0.33%) DHCP
8 3 (0.33%) HTTP
8 3 (0.33%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.65%) Power BI
2 65 (7.21%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (5.32%) Metadata
4 31 (3.44%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.10%) Tableau
6 21 (2.33%) BigQuery
7 20 (2.22%) Big Data
8 18 (2.00%) Delta Lake
9 17 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (1.77%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.77%) Weaviate
11 15 (1.66%) Pinecone
12 14 (1.55%) Amazon Athena
13 13 (1.44%) Semantic Layer
13 13 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
14 11 (1.22%) Spark SQL
15 8 (0.89%) Looker
15 8 (0.89%) Redis
15 8 (0.89%) SQL Server
16 6 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 58 (6.43%) JIRA
2 32 (3.55%) Git
3 20 (2.22%) GitLab
4 17 (1.88%) MLflow
5 9 (1.00%) ERwin
5 9 (1.00%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.78%) ER Studio
7 5 (0.55%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.33%) XCTest
9 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.11%) Deequ
10 1 (0.11%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.11%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 266 (29.49%) Finance
2 257 (28.49%) Social Skills
3 163 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (12.08%) Banking
5 86 (9.53%) Public Sector
6 39 (4.32%) Marketing
7 35 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (3.88%) Retail
8 26 (2.88%) Legal
9 23 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.33%) Front Office
10 21 (2.33%) Investment Banking
11 20 (2.22%) Financial Institution
12 16 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.77%) Law
12 16 (1.77%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.33%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 145 (16.08%) Analyst
2 134 (14.86%) Architect
3 93 (10.31%) Business Analyst
4 91 (10.09%) Senior
5 88 (9.76%) Data Engineer
5 88 (9.76%) Lead
6 63 (6.98%) Consultant
7 61 (6.76%) Developer
8 47 (5.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 37 (4.10%) Data Architect
10 27 (2.99%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 25 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (2.66%) Data Analyst
13 23 (2.55%) Data Scientist
14 19 (2.11%) Azure Engineer
14 19 (2.11%) Product Owner
15 18 (2.00%) SOC Analyst
16 17 (1.88%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
16 17 (1.88%) Project Manager
17 16 (1.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.88%) PySpark
2 31 (3.44%) REST
3 28 (3.10%) LangChain
4 23 (2.55%) .NET
5 20 (2.22%) LlamaIndex
6 19 (2.11%) Pandas
7 18 (2.00%) JSON
8 14 (1.55%) Kafka
9 12 (1.33%) scikit-learn
10 10 (1.11%) Middleware
11 9 (1.00%) Model Context Protocol
11 9 (1.00%) NumPy
11 9 (1.00%) RESTful
11 9 (1.00%) SOAP
12 8 (0.89%) LangGraph
12 8 (0.89%) OAuth
12 8 (0.89%) YAML
13 7 (0.78%) GraphQL
13 7 (0.78%) Node.js
13 7 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.65%) AI Agents
2 75 (8.31%) Onboarding
3 70 (7.76%) Product Ownership
4 65 (7.21%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
6 23 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
7 22 (2.44%) Data Structures
8 21 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.22%) Security Posture
10 17 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
10 17 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.88%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.44%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.44%) CSOC
11 13 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.33%) Taxonomies
13 10 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.11%) Life Science
14 9 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.77%) Linux
2 31 (3.44%) Windows
3 11 (1.22%) Unix
4 9 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (46.34%) AI
2 282 (31.26%) Analytics
3 218 (24.17%) Machine Learning
4 192 (21.29%) Agile
5 169 (18.74%) Data Modelling
5 169 (18.74%) Data Pipeline
6 157 (17.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 149 (16.52%) Data Engineering
8 147 (16.30%) LLM
8 147 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 146 (16.19%) CI/CD
10 138 (15.30%) Generative AI
11 136 (15.08%) DevOps
12 135 (14.97%) Decision-Making
13 134 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
14 133 (14.75%) Roadmaps
15 118 (13.08%) Data Science
16 117 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 112 (12.42%) Validation
18 109 (12.08%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 215 (23.84%) Python
2 166 (18.40%) SQL
3 28 (3.10%) Kusto Query Language
4 22 (2.44%) C#
4 22 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 21 (2.33%) Bash
6 17 (1.88%) Java
7 15 (1.66%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.44%) R
9 8 (0.89%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.78%) Scala
10 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.67%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.67%) Bicep
12 5 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.44%) Go
13 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.44%) SPARQL
13 4 (0.44%) VBA
14 3 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 195 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 150 (16.63%) SC Cleared
3 63 (6.98%) Degree
4 41 (4.55%) DV Cleared
5 31 (3.44%) CISSP
6 22 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.11%) Azure Certification
8 17 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.88%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.00%) CISM
11 9 (1.00%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.89%) CBAP
13 7 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.78%) GCIH
13 7 (0.78%) SANS
14 6 (0.67%) CEH
14 6 (0.67%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (15.52%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.32%) GDPR
3 46 (5.10%) QA
4 23 (2.55%) NIST
5 21 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.55%) NCSC
8 9 (1.00%) GRC
9 6 (0.67%) EU AI Act
9 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.33%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.33%) PMO
11 2 (0.22%) HL7
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.22%) MiFID
11 2 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (3.77%) Docker
2 29 (3.22%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.78%) IAG
3 7 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 7 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.44%) Snort
5 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.11%) HDFS
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (7.32%) Kubernetes
2 58 (6.43%) Terraform
3 18 (2.00%) Ansible
4 9 (1.00%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.89%) Grafana
5 8 (0.89%) QRadar
6 7 (0.78%) Podman
6 7 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (0.67%) CSIRT
7 6 (0.67%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
9 4 (0.44%) OPNET
9 4 (0.44%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.33%) Nessus
10 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.22%) Puppet
12 1 (0.11%) Kibana
12 1 (0.11%) logstash
12 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 183 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 82 (9.09%) Databricks
3 63 (6.98%) OpenAI
4 43 (4.77%) Foundry
5 38 (4.21%) Google
5 38 (4.21%) Splunk
6 30 (3.33%) Salesforce
7 29 (3.22%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.88%) SAP
9 21 (2.33%) Oracle
10 20 (2.22%) Pega
11 16 (1.77%) Cisco
11 16 (1.77%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.22%) Adobe
12 11 (1.22%) VMware
13 10 (1.11%) IBM
14 8 (0.89%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 7 (0.78%) ArcSight
16 6 (0.67%) AppDynamics