Use Case Contracts in England

Use Cases
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Use Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Use Case over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 189 198
Rank change year-on-year +22 +9 +14
Contract jobs citing Use Case 536 682 1,025
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.46% 1.39% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.54% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 455 636
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £475 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £783 £750
UK median daily rate £560 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 21
10th Percentile £40.00 £57.50 £25.64
25th Percentile £43.13 £62.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +16.67% +6.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £77.50 £68.30
90th Percentile - £77.63 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year -17.86% +23.89% +7.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Use Case is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,821 44,233 63,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.48% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,850 31,044 45,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,565 1,721
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Use Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Use Case in England

Use Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Use Case in England.

Daily rate trend for Use Case in England

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Use Case in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Use Case in England

Use Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Use Case in England.

Hourly rate trend for Use Case in England

Use Case
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Use Case in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024. 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 +15 285 £600 - 102
South West +71 98 £550 +4.76% 20
North of England +9 72 £570 +8.57% 23
Midlands +37 37 £580 +3.57% 18
North West +5 37 £550 +13.17% 14
South East -26 33 £488 +3.17% 29
Yorkshire +6 32 £625 +13.64% 7
West Midlands +27 27 £538 -13.92% 14
East of England +8 15 £505 +18.82% 18
East Midlands +19 7 £613 +30.67% 4
North East +15 3 £431 - 2
Use Case
UK

Use Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (3.54%) Confluence
2 8 (1.49%) MTS
3 7 (1.31%) CMS
3 7 (1.31%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.75%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 2 (0.37%) Apache
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) nginx
6 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (2.43%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.93%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.56%) Sketch
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.19%) InVision
8 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.99%) Endur
2 9 (1.68%) Dynamics GP
2 9 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.49%) Aligne
3 8 (1.49%) EuroRunner
4 5 (0.93%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.75%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.19%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.19%) SAP LE
8 1 (0.19%) Shopify
8 1 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.19%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 98 (18.28%) Azure
2 56 (10.45%) AWS
3 34 (6.34%) GCP
3 34 (6.34%) Power Platform
4 15 (2.80%) GitHub
4 15 (2.80%) SaaS
5 13 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (2.05%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.12%) Apigee
9 6 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.12%) IaaS
9 6 (1.12%) Kong
9 6 (1.12%) PaaS
9 6 (1.12%) Vertex AI
10 5 (0.93%) Google Analytics
10 5 (0.93%) Miro
10 5 (0.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.78%) Firewall
2 12 (2.24%) HTTP
3 11 (2.05%) Network Security
4 10 (1.87%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (1.49%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.49%) VPN
6 6 (1.12%) DNS
7 5 (0.93%) DMZ
7 5 (0.93%) SSH
8 4 (0.75%) Internet
9 3 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.37%) 4G
10 2 (0.37%) 5G
10 2 (0.37%) AMQP
10 2 (0.37%) CTI
10 2 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.37%) Modbus
10 2 (0.37%) MQTT
10 2 (0.37%) VoIP
11 1 (0.19%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.97%) Power BI
2 13 (2.43%) Data Lake
3 12 (2.24%) Big Data
3 12 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.24%) Metadata
3 12 (2.24%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.05%) SAP HANA
5 10 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.49%) Tableau
8 6 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.93%) MySQL
10 4 (0.75%) Bigtable
10 4 (0.75%) Cloud Spanner
10 4 (0.75%) OLAP
10 4 (0.75%) OLTP
10 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.37%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 58 (10.82%) JIRA
2 20 (3.73%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.99%) Git
4 9 (1.68%) GitLab
5 8 (1.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.12%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.12%) Travis CI
7 5 (0.93%) JMeter
7 5 (0.93%) Selenium
8 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.56%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.56%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.37%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.19%) LSMW
10 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 181 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 129 (24.07%) Finance
3 73 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.46%) Public Sector
5 36 (6.72%) Banking
5 36 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
6 30 (5.60%) Manufacturing
7 24 (4.48%) Marketing
8 18 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.17%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.43%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (2.05%) Legal
13 10 (1.87%) Retail
14 9 (1.68%) Automotive
15 8 (1.49%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.49%) Back Office
15 8 (1.49%) Front Office
16 7 (1.31%) German Language
16 7 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 174 (32.46%) Analyst
2 83 (15.49%) Business Analyst
3 82 (15.30%) Architect
4 52 (9.70%) Consultant
5 51 (9.51%) Senior
6 39 (7.28%) Lead
7 37 (6.90%) SOC Analyst
8 27 (5.04%) Developer
9 26 (4.85%) Data Architect
9 26 (4.85%) Senior Analyst
10 25 (4.66%) Senior Business Analyst
11 19 (3.54%) Technical Analyst
12 18 (3.36%) Data Analyst
12 18 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (2.99%) Project Manager
13 16 (2.99%) Technical Architect
14 14 (2.61%) Cyber Defence Analyst
15 13 (2.43%) Security Architect
16 12 (2.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 11 (2.05%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.80%) OpenID
2 14 (2.61%) SAML
3 13 (2.43%) XML
4 11 (2.05%) CSS
4 11 (2.05%) JSON
5 10 (1.87%) HTML
6 8 (1.49%) OAuth
6 8 (1.49%) REST
6 8 (1.49%) YAML
7 6 (1.12%) ADO
7 6 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.12%) PySpark
7 6 (1.12%) React
7 6 (1.12%) SailPoint
7 6 (1.12%) Web Services
8 5 (0.93%) Kafka
8 5 (0.93%) LDAP
8 5 (0.93%) Middleware
8 5 (0.93%) Node.js
8 5 (0.93%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.63%) Management Information System
2 48 (8.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 48 (8.96%) Cyber Threat
3 47 (8.77%) Security Operations Centre
4 45 (8.40%) Product Ownership
5 42 (7.84%) Cyber Defence
6 32 (5.97%) CSOC
7 18 (3.36%) Renewable Energy
8 16 (2.99%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.61%) IoT
10 13 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (2.24%) Security Posture
12 11 (2.05%) Solar Panel
13 10 (1.87%) Onboarding
14 9 (1.68%) Cloud Native
14 9 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (1.68%) Industry 4.0
15 8 (1.49%) CMDB
15 8 (1.49%) Digital Media
15 8 (1.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.92%) Windows
2 20 (3.73%) Linux
3 7 (1.31%) Unix
4 3 (0.56%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (22.01%) Agile
2 117 (21.83%) Cybersecurity
2 117 (21.83%) SIEM
3 99 (18.47%) Incident Response
4 97 (18.10%) Analytics
5 94 (17.54%) Roadmaps
6 75 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
7 65 (12.13%) Information Security
7 65 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 59 (11.01%) Security Operations
9 58 (10.82%) Threat Intelligence
10 55 (10.26%) Data Modelling
11 54 (10.07%) Incident Management
12 53 (9.89%) CRM
12 53 (9.89%) Data Governance
13 51 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (9.51%) SOAR
14 49 (9.14%) Validation
15 48 (8.96%) Business Strategy
16 47 (8.77%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.26%) Python
2 47 (8.77%) SQL
3 30 (5.60%) Java
4 29 (5.41%) PowerShell
5 20 (3.73%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.43%) Bash
7 10 (1.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.12%) C#
8 6 (1.12%) Search Processing Language
9 5 (0.93%) Go
9 5 (0.93%) Scala
10 3 (0.56%) Clojure
10 3 (0.56%) Haskell
10 3 (0.56%) Rust
10 3 (0.56%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.37%) Perl
11 2 (0.37%) Ruby
12 1 (0.19%) C++
12 1 (0.19%) PHP
12 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 128 (23.88%) Security Cleared
2 86 (16.04%) DV Cleared
3 79 (14.74%) Degree
4 41 (7.65%) SC Cleared
5 27 (5.04%) SANS
6 14 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.87%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.49%) CISSP
9 4 (0.75%) CISM
10 3 (0.56%) CBAP
10 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.56%) MBA
10 3 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.56%) PhD
11 2 (0.37%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.37%) GIAC
12 1 (0.19%) GCIA
12 1 (0.19%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (14.93%) NIST
2 41 (7.65%) NIST 800
3 35 (6.53%) Data Quality
4 28 (5.22%) QA
5 15 (2.80%) GDPR
6 12 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.68%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.49%) NCSC
9 5 (0.93%) GRC
10 4 (0.75%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.75%) SLA
11 3 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.56%) GxP
11 3 (0.56%) WCAG
12 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (3.54%) Docker
2 7 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.37%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.19%) Snort
Systems Management
1 22 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.36%) Terraform
3 17 (3.17%) Ansible
4 11 (2.05%) Puppet
5 10 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.49%) Grafana
7 7 (1.31%) Kibana
8 6 (1.12%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (1.12%) logstash
8 6 (1.12%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.12%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.93%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.56%) Nessus
10 3 (0.56%) Packer
11 2 (0.37%) Argo
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.37%) OPNET
12 1 (0.19%) Consul
12 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 118 (22.01%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.16%) Splunk
3 27 (5.04%) SAP
4 21 (3.92%) Google
5 18 (3.36%) Informatica
6 16 (2.99%) Oracle
7 15 (2.80%) CyberArk
7 15 (2.80%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.24%) Cisco
9 11 (2.05%) Okta
10 10 (1.87%) LogRhythm
11 9 (1.68%) Databricks
12 8 (1.49%) Centrify
12 8 (1.49%) Facebook
12 8 (1.49%) Instagram
13 5 (0.93%) Adobe
13 5 (0.93%) Hyperion
14 4 (0.75%) IBM
14 4 (0.75%) OpenLink
14 4 (0.75%) Symantec