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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 191 196
Rank change year-on-year +39 +5 -9
Contract jobs citing Use Case 651 353 468
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.86% 1.37% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.52% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 218 303
10th Percentile £400 £335 £414
25th Percentile £440 £450 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £559 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% -0.71% -2.17%
75th Percentile £638 £699 £675
90th Percentile £750 £877 £824
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 9
10th Percentile - - £36.55
25th Percentile £41.94 £69.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% +75.00% -38.93%
75th Percentile £80.19 £71.00 £67.56
90th Percentile £93.28 - £90.95
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.14% +75.00% -38.93%

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 30,524 23,282 33,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.36% 90.06% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,511 14,543 22,029
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £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 1,903 748 2,025
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.28 £21.25 £16.30
Median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.99% - -
75th Percentile £63.05 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.08 £73.35
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -7.14% -

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +43 381 £525 -8.70% 159
North of England +8 103 £468 -10.86% 37
South East -5 60 £514 -17.80% 83
North West -11 47 £450 -14.29% 14
Yorkshire -24 45 £500 +3.90% 14
Midlands -35 45 £475 -3.06% 24
East Midlands -10 23 £425 +19.45% 11
South West -21 22 £498 -15.32% 15
West Midlands -49 22 £550 +4.76% 13
East of England -19 15 £550 +46.67% 9
North East - 13 £425 - 9
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 (5.84%) Confluence
2 22 (3.38%) Apache Spark
3 19 (2.92%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.00%) Jupyter
5 10 (1.54%) Apache
6 6 (0.92%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.92%) Smallworld
7 5 (0.77%) Appian
7 5 (0.77%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.77%) SAS
8 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.31%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.92%) Chatbot
3 18 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 17 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.92%) 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 18 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.46%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.46%) Endur
4 3 (0.46%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.31%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.31%) Primavera
5 2 (0.31%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.31%) Shopify
6 1 (0.15%) Actimize
6 1 (0.15%) Maximo
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
1 201 (30.88%) Azure
2 123 (18.89%) AWS
3 64 (9.83%) GCP
4 55 (8.45%) Power Platform
5 35 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.30%) GitHub
7 24 (3.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (3.69%) Snowflake
8 22 (3.38%) Serverless
9 21 (3.23%) Azure AI
10 20 (3.07%) Vertex AI
11 18 (2.76%) Azure Machine Learning
12 17 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 17 (2.61%) dbt
12 17 (2.61%) Entra ID
12 17 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (2.00%) Amazon Bedrock
14 13 (2.00%) Amazon S3
14 13 (2.00%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.53%) Firewall
2 15 (2.30%) Network Security
3 8 (1.23%) VPN
4 7 (1.08%) Internet
4 7 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.92%) DNS
6 5 (0.77%) BGP
6 5 (0.77%) CTI
6 5 (0.77%) VoIP
7 4 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (0.46%) RTP
8 3 (0.46%) SSL
8 3 (0.46%) VXLAN
9 2 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.31%) IPFIX
9 2 (0.31%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.31%) Modbus
9 2 (0.31%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
2 39 (5.99%) Power BI
3 30 (4.61%) Metadata
4 22 (3.38%) Data Lake
4 22 (3.38%) Snowflake Schema
5 19 (2.92%) Big Data
6 17 (2.61%) Delta Lake
7 16 (2.46%) Tableau
8 15 (2.30%) Pinecone
9 14 (2.15%) Weaviate
10 12 (1.84%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.69%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.38%) Data Vault
12 9 (1.38%) Hadoop
12 9 (1.38%) SQL Server
13 8 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.92%) GIS
15 6 (0.92%) OLAP
15 6 (0.92%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 51 (7.83%) JIRA
2 32 (4.92%) Git
3 14 (2.15%) MLflow
4 11 (1.69%) GitLab
5 8 (1.23%) ERwin
5 8 (1.23%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.08%) PowerDesigner
7 6 (0.92%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.92%) ER Studio
7 6 (0.92%) Selenium
7 6 (0.92%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.61%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.46%) PyCharm
9 3 (0.46%) XCTest
10 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.31%) Hardhat
10 2 (0.31%) JUnit
10 2 (0.31%) Postman
10 2 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 211 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 179 (27.50%) Finance
3 125 (19.20%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (10.14%) Banking
5 52 (7.99%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.53%) Retail
8 20 (3.07%) Marketing
9 19 (2.92%) Legal
10 18 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.30%) Investment Banking
12 14 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (2.00%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.69%) Back Office
14 11 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.38%) Front Office
16 8 (1.23%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.23%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 142 (21.81%) Analyst
2 109 (16.74%) Business Analyst
3 86 (13.21%) Architect
4 66 (10.14%) Senior
5 63 (9.68%) Lead
6 55 (8.45%) Data Engineer
7 39 (5.99%) Developer
8 35 (5.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 30 (4.61%) Consultant
10 27 (4.15%) Project Manager
11 26 (3.99%) Data Scientist
12 24 (3.69%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 20 (3.07%) Technical Analyst
14 19 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
16 17 (2.61%) Data Analyst
17 15 (2.30%) Senior Business Analyst
17 15 (2.30%) Technical Business Analyst
18 13 (2.00%) Azure Engineer
19 12 (1.84%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.61%) PyTorch
2 28 (4.30%) TensorFlow
3 27 (4.15%) REST
4 26 (3.99%) LangChain
5 22 (3.38%) scikit-learn
6 20 (3.07%) Node.js
7 17 (2.61%) JSON
7 17 (2.61%) Pandas
7 17 (2.61%) XML
8 16 (2.46%) LangGraph
8 16 (2.46%) Model Context Protocol
9 15 (2.30%) PySpark
10 14 (2.15%) .NET
11 13 (2.00%) Faiss
11 13 (2.00%) Kafka
11 13 (2.00%) OAuth
12 12 (1.84%) Middleware
12 12 (1.84%) NumPy
13 11 (1.69%) SOAP
14 10 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.06%) Product Ownership
2 39 (5.99%) Onboarding
3 38 (5.84%) AI Agents
4 29 (4.45%) Cloud Native
5 24 (3.69%) Algorithms
6 15 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (2.30%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.30%) PMI
6 15 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
7 14 (2.15%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.84%) Beowulf
9 12 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.84%) Life Science
10 11 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.54%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.38%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.30%) Windows
2 26 (3.99%) Linux
3 7 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.92%) Unix
5 5 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) 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
1 243 (37.33%) AI
2 189 (29.03%) Agile
3 183 (28.11%) Analytics
4 138 (21.20%) Machine Learning
5 133 (20.43%) Data Modelling
6 123 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (18.43%) CI/CD
8 118 (18.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 112 (17.20%) Data Science
10 106 (16.28%) DevOps
11 102 (15.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 100 (15.36%) Generative AI
12 100 (15.36%) Validation
13 95 (14.59%) LLM
14 93 (14.29%) Roadmaps
14 93 (14.29%) User Stories
15 92 (14.13%) Data Pipeline
16 90 (13.82%) Data Governance
16 90 (13.82%) Workshop Facilitation
17 85 (13.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 175 (26.88%) Python
2 114 (17.51%) SQL
3 27 (4.15%) Java
4 16 (2.46%) TypeScript
5 15 (2.30%) C#
6 14 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.15%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (1.84%) Bash
9 10 (1.54%) Bicep
10 8 (1.23%) Scala
11 6 (0.92%) R
12 5 (0.77%) C++
13 4 (0.61%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.61%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.61%) Swift
13 4 (0.61%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.31%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 121 (18.59%) Security Cleared
2 102 (15.67%) Degree
3 95 (14.59%) SC Cleared
4 37 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (5.68%) Master's Degree
5 24 (3.69%) CBAP
6 18 (2.76%) PMI Certification
7 17 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (2.30%) CISSP
9 12 (1.84%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.69%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.69%) IIBA
11 7 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (0.92%) PhD
13 5 (0.77%) CISM
13 5 (0.77%) ISEB
14 4 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.46%) GIAC
15 3 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (11.67%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.14%) QA
3 20 (3.07%) GDPR
4 19 (2.92%) NIST
5 16 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.84%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.84%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.69%) GRC
8 6 (0.92%) ISO 8583
8 6 (0.92%) PSD2
9 5 (0.77%) NCSC
9 5 (0.77%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.61%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.61%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.46%) GxP
11 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.46%) PMO
11 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (6.91%) Docker
2 22 (3.38%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.76%) VMware NSX
4 16 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.84%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 6 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.61%) Snort
8 4 (0.61%) zsh
9 2 (0.31%) vCloud
10 1 (0.15%) HDFS
10 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (7.99%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.22%) Terraform
3 14 (2.15%) Ansible
4 12 (1.84%) Podman
5 8 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 5 (0.77%) CSIRT
7 5 (0.77%) Grafana
7 5 (0.77%) QRadar
8 4 (0.61%) Nessus
8 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.46%) logstash
10 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.31%) Kibana
10 2 (0.31%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.15%) Nmap
11 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.15%) SCCM
11 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 97 (14.90%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.83%) Databricks
3 42 (6.45%) OpenAI
4 38 (5.84%) Google
5 28 (4.30%) Splunk
6 25 (3.84%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.84%) SAP
7 20 (3.07%) VMware
8 14 (2.15%) Oracle
9 11 (1.69%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.54%) Foundry
11 9 (1.38%) Adobe
11 9 (1.38%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.23%) Cisco
12 8 (1.23%) NVIDIA
13 6 (0.92%) Genesys
13 6 (0.92%) IBM
13 6 (0.92%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.77%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.77%) Palo Alto