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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 184 164
Rank change year-on-year +45 -20 +22
Contract jobs citing Use Case 755 355 552
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.82% 1.48% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 1.62% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 222 366
10th Percentile £400 £356 £412
25th Percentile £450 £450 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £736 £650
90th Percentile £750 £875 £771
UK median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 16
10th Percentile £41.94 £30.22 £40.00
25th Percentile £44.58 £43.74 £49.38
Median hourly rate £57.40 £56.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £76.10 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £101.01 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.40 £38.85 £60.00
% change year-on-year +47.77% -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 35,064 21,889 31,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 91.30% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,297 14,308 20,582
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,170 926 2,283
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.35 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.39 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -22.79% -2.46%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £80.28 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £27.59 £36.05
% change year-on-year +52.71% -23.47% -0.22%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +59 464 £550 -12.00% 338
North of England -31 108 £475 -9.52% 92
North West -24 54 £475 -13.64% 43
South East -43 51 £500 -5.88% 99
Midlands -29 48 £513 +28.13% 33
South West -5 42 £500 -13.04% 41
Yorkshire -37 42 £519 +12.11% 35
East Midlands -1 28 £500 +33.33% 13
West Midlands -53 20 £525 +31.25% 19
East of England -30 16 £550 +21.15% 15
North East -12 14 £425 - 16
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 43 (5.70%) Confluence
2 27 (3.58%) Apache Spark
3 22 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.38%) Jupyter
5 10 (1.32%) Apache
6 8 (1.06%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.53%) CMS
8 3 (0.40%) Kentico
8 3 (0.40%) SAS
8 3 (0.40%) WordPress
9 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Appian
10 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 27 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.38%) Chatbot
3 16 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.72%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) CATIA
7 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.66%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.66%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.40%) Findur
4 3 (0.40%) Maximo
5 2 (0.26%) Actimize
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.13%) Endur
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.13%) Shopify
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 226 (29.93%) Azure
2 138 (18.28%) AWS
3 82 (10.86%) Power Platform
4 75 (9.93%) GCP
5 39 (5.17%) Azure AI
6 31 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.71%) Microsoft Copilot
8 25 (3.31%) Snowflake
9 24 (3.18%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (2.91%) Amazon Bedrock
12 21 (2.78%) Serverless
13 20 (2.65%) Entra ID
14 18 (2.38%) dbt
14 18 (2.38%) GitHub
15 16 (2.12%) Amazon S3
15 16 (2.12%) Amazon SageMaker
16 15 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 14 (1.85%) WhatsApp
18 13 (1.72%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.84%) Firewall
2 16 (2.12%) Network Security
3 9 (1.19%) VPN
4 6 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.66%) BGP
5 5 (0.66%) DNS
5 5 (0.66%) RTP
6 4 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.53%) SNMP
7 3 (0.40%) 5G
7 3 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.40%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.40%) Wireless
8 2 (0.26%) 4G
8 2 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.26%) HTTP
8 2 (0.26%) IPFIX
8 2 (0.26%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (7.81%) Power BI
2 54 (7.15%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (4.11%) Metadata
4 25 (3.31%) Tableau
5 23 (3.05%) Big Data
6 20 (2.65%) Data Lake
7 18 (2.38%) Weaviate
8 17 (2.25%) BigQuery
8 17 (2.25%) Pinecone
8 17 (2.25%) Snowflake Schema
9 15 (1.99%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.85%) Delta Lake
11 11 (1.46%) Spark SQL
12 8 (1.06%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.93%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.93%) Looker
14 6 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.79%) KDB
15 5 (0.66%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 54 (7.15%) JIRA
2 28 (3.71%) Git
3 13 (1.72%) MLflow
4 10 (1.32%) GitLab
5 6 (0.79%) ERwin
6 5 (0.66%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.40%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.40%) XCTest
8 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.26%) JUnit
8 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.13%) Gradle
9 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.13%) Travis CI
General
1 213 (28.21%) Finance
2 209 (27.68%) Social Skills
3 129 (17.09%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.52%) Banking
5 70 (9.27%) Public Sector
6 29 (3.84%) Retail
7 25 (3.31%) Legal
8 23 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.91%) Marketing
10 19 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.52%) Investment Banking
11 16 (2.12%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.99%) Front Office
12 15 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.85%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.72%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.19%) Military
17 6 (0.79%) Back Office
17 6 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 142 (18.81%) Analyst
2 104 (13.77%) Business Analyst
3 94 (12.45%) Architect
4 76 (10.07%) Senior
5 72 (9.54%) Data Engineer
6 69 (9.14%) Lead
7 51 (6.75%) Developer
8 47 (6.23%) Consultant
9 34 (4.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 29 (3.84%) Project Manager
11 26 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 26 (3.44%) Data Scientist
12 21 (2.78%) Data Analyst
13 20 (2.65%) Data Architect
14 19 (2.52%) Product Owner
15 18 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
16 17 (2.25%) Security Engineer
17 16 (2.12%) Pega Developer
17 16 (2.12%) Senior Business Analyst
17 16 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.11%) LangChain
2 25 (3.31%) PySpark
3 23 (3.05%) .NET
3 23 (3.05%) REST
4 20 (2.65%) Pandas
4 20 (2.65%) PyTorch
4 20 (2.65%) scikit-learn
5 17 (2.25%) LlamaIndex
5 17 (2.25%) TensorFlow
6 14 (1.85%) JSON
6 14 (1.85%) Kafka
7 13 (1.72%) LangGraph
8 12 (1.59%) Middleware
9 11 (1.46%) Node.js
9 11 (1.46%) NumPy
9 11 (1.46%) SOAP
10 10 (1.32%) OAuth
11 9 (1.19%) Model Context Protocol
12 8 (1.06%) A2A Protocol
12 8 (1.06%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.14%) Product Ownership
2 67 (8.87%) AI Agents
3 50 (6.62%) Cloud Native
4 37 (4.90%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
7 16 (2.12%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.12%) Security Posture
8 15 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.72%) Beowulf
10 13 (1.72%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.59%) Life Science
11 12 (1.59%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.19%) CSOC
14 8 (1.06%) PMI
15 7 (0.93%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.31%) Linux
2 17 (2.25%) Windows
3 8 (1.06%) Unix
4 5 (0.66%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.66%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.40%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (40.66%) AI
2 227 (30.07%) Analytics
3 181 (23.97%) Agile
4 163 (21.59%) Machine Learning
5 151 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 132 (17.48%) Data Pipeline
7 126 (16.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 125 (16.56%) DevOps
9 121 (16.03%) Data Science
10 120 (15.89%) CI/CD
10 120 (15.89%) LLM
11 113 (14.97%) Generative AI
12 112 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
13 111 (14.70%) Data Engineering
14 110 (14.57%) Decision-Making
15 104 (13.77%) Roadmaps
16 101 (13.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 100 (13.25%) Workshop Facilitation
18 97 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
18 97 (12.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 191 (25.30%) Python
2 127 (16.82%) SQL
3 24 (3.18%) C#
4 19 (2.52%) Java
5 17 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
6 14 (1.85%) PowerShell
6 14 (1.85%) R
6 14 (1.85%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.59%) Scala
8 11 (1.46%) Bash
9 9 (1.19%) Bicep
9 9 (1.19%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.53%) C++
11 4 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.40%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.40%) Swift
12 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.26%) Go
13 2 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 169 (22.38%) Security Cleared
2 131 (17.35%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.93%) Degree
4 24 (3.18%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.52%) CISSP
6 19 (2.52%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (2.12%) CBAP
9 14 (1.85%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.46%) IIBA
11 10 (1.32%) CISM
12 9 (1.19%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.93%) SANS
14 5 (0.66%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.66%) ISEB
14 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (14.17%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.17%) QA
3 35 (4.64%) GDPR
4 23 (3.05%) NIST
5 12 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.06%) GRC
6 8 (1.06%) NCSC
7 7 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.79%) EU AI Act
9 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.40%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.40%) JSP 440
10 3 (0.40%) PMO
11 2 (0.26%) HL7
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.26%) MiFID
11 2 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 33 (4.37%) Docker
2 19 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.12%) VMware NSX
4 13 (1.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 4 (0.53%) Snort
6 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.26%) vCloud
7 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.13%) HDFS
8 1 (0.13%) IAG
8 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 58 (7.68%) Kubernetes
2 40 (5.30%) Terraform
3 14 (1.85%) Ansible
4 13 (1.72%) Podman
5 8 (1.06%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.93%) QRadar
7 6 (0.79%) Grafana
7 6 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.66%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.66%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.66%) Nessus
9 3 (0.40%) Kibana
9 3 (0.40%) logstash
9 3 (0.40%) Puppet
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.26%) SCCM
11 1 (0.13%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 140 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.61%) Databricks
3 59 (7.81%) OpenAI
4 32 (4.24%) Splunk
5 31 (4.11%) Foundry
5 31 (4.11%) Google
6 29 (3.84%) SAP
7 24 (3.18%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.38%) Pega
8 18 (2.38%) VMware
9 15 (1.99%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.32%) Oracle
11 9 (1.19%) Cisco
12 8 (1.06%) Adobe
12 8 (1.06%) IBM
12 8 (1.06%) NVIDIA
13 7 (0.93%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.93%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 7 (0.93%) Workday