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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 182 203
Rank change year-on-year +15 +21 +15
Contract jobs citing Use Case 543 683 1,039
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.49% 1.42% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.57% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 462 656
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £475 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -1.35% +11.50%
75th Percentile £658 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £560 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 20
10th Percentile £40.00 £60.55 £24.65
25th Percentile £46.25 £62.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.29% +8.41%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £68.41
90th Percentile - £77.70 £76.15
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -14.29% +26.70% +5.39%

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 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +22 286 £600 - 108
South West +72 101 £550 -5.98% 18
North of England +7 75 £570 +8.57% 24
North West +7 37 £550 +13.17% 16
Midlands +30 36 £580 +3.57% 24
Yorkshire +7 36 £624 +13.36% 6
South East -41 32 £488 -2.50% 39
West Midlands +31 26 £550 -12.00% 22
East of England +10 17 £505 +12.22% 20
East Midlands +9 7 £613 +30.67% 2
North East +12 2 £641 - 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 22 (4.05%) Confluence
2 8 (1.47%) MTS
3 7 (1.29%) CMS
3 7 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.92%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 2 (0.37%) Apache
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.18%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (2.39%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.92%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.55%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.95%) Endur
2 9 (1.66%) Dynamics GP
2 9 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.47%) Aligne
3 8 (1.47%) EuroRunner
4 5 (0.92%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.74%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.55%) 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 (0.18%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.18%) SAP LE
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
8 1 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 101 (18.60%) Azure
2 58 (10.68%) AWS
3 38 (7.00%) GCP
4 34 (6.26%) Power Platform
5 17 (3.13%) GitHub
6 16 (2.95%) SaaS
7 13 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.66%) Kong
9 9 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (1.10%) Apigee
11 6 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.10%) IaaS
11 6 (1.10%) Vertex AI
12 5 (0.92%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.92%) Miro
12 5 (0.92%) PaaS
13 4 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 33 (6.08%) Firewall
2 16 (2.95%) HTTP
3 13 (2.39%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.03%) DNS
4 11 (2.03%) Network Security
4 11 (2.03%) VPN
5 10 (1.84%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (1.10%) Reverse Proxy
6 6 (1.10%) SSH
7 4 (0.74%) DMZ
7 4 (0.74%) Internet
8 3 (0.55%) 4G
8 3 (0.55%) 5G
8 3 (0.55%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.55%) SSL
9 2 (0.37%) 5G NR
9 2 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.37%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.89%) Power BI
2 14 (2.58%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.39%) Data Lake
4 12 (2.21%) Big Data
4 12 (2.21%) Metadata
5 11 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (2.03%) SAP HANA
6 10 (1.84%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.29%) Tableau
9 6 (1.10%) MySQL
10 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.74%) Bigtable
11 4 (0.74%) Cloud Spanner
11 4 (0.74%) OLAP
11 4 (0.74%) OLTP
12 3 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.37%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.37%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 63 (11.60%) JIRA
2 23 (4.24%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.68%) Git
4 12 (2.21%) GitLab
5 11 (2.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (1.66%) CircleCI
6 9 (1.66%) Travis CI
7 5 (0.92%) JMeter
7 5 (0.92%) Selenium
8 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.55%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.55%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.37%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.18%) LSMW
10 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 184 (33.89%) Social Skills
2 132 (24.31%) Finance
3 77 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (7.18%) Public Sector
5 37 (6.81%) Banking
6 36 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (5.71%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.24%) Marketing
9 19 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (3.31%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.58%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (2.03%) Legal
14 10 (1.84%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.66%) Automotive
15 9 (1.66%) Retail
16 8 (1.47%) Back Office
16 8 (1.47%) Front Office
16 8 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (1.10%) German Language
Job Titles
1 176 (32.41%) Analyst
2 86 (15.84%) Business Analyst
3 81 (14.92%) Architect
4 52 (9.58%) Senior
5 51 (9.39%) Consultant
6 40 (7.37%) Lead
7 37 (6.81%) SOC Analyst
8 27 (4.97%) Senior Analyst
9 26 (4.79%) Developer
9 26 (4.79%) Senior Business Analyst
10 25 (4.60%) Data Architect
11 18 (3.31%) Data Analyst
11 18 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (3.31%) Technical Analyst
12 17 (3.13%) Project Manager
13 16 (2.95%) Technical Architect
14 14 (2.58%) Cyber Defence Analyst
14 14 (2.58%) Security Architect
15 12 (2.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 12 (2.21%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.95%) XML
2 15 (2.76%) OpenID
3 14 (2.58%) SAML
4 13 (2.39%) JSON
5 11 (2.03%) CSS
6 10 (1.84%) HTML
6 10 (1.84%) YAML
7 9 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (1.47%) SailPoint
9 7 (1.29%) OAuth
9 7 (1.29%) REST
10 6 (1.10%) ADO
10 6 (1.10%) LDAP
10 6 (1.10%) Middleware
10 6 (1.10%) PySpark
10 6 (1.10%) React
11 5 (0.92%) Kafka
11 5 (0.92%) Web Services
11 5 (0.92%) XACML
12 4 (0.74%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.50%) Management Information System
2 48 (8.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 48 (8.84%) Cyber Threat
3 46 (8.47%) Security Operations Centre
4 43 (7.92%) Product Ownership
5 42 (7.73%) Cyber Defence
6 32 (5.89%) CSOC
7 19 (3.50%) Data Structures
8 18 (3.31%) Renewable Energy
9 13 (2.39%) IoT
9 13 (2.39%) Security Posture
9 13 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.03%) Solar Panel
11 10 (1.84%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.66%) Industry 4.0
13 8 (1.47%) Cloud Native
13 8 (1.47%) Digital Media
13 8 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (1.47%) Market Risk
13 8 (1.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.87%) Linux
1 21 (3.87%) Windows
2 7 (1.29%) Unix
3 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (22.28%) Agile
2 116 (21.36%) SIEM
3 115 (21.18%) Cybersecurity
4 98 (18.05%) Incident Response
5 96 (17.68%) Analytics
6 92 (16.94%) Roadmaps
7 78 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
8 69 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 65 (11.97%) Information Security
10 59 (10.87%) Threat Intelligence
11 58 (10.68%) Security Operations
12 57 (10.50%) Data Modelling
13 54 (9.94%) CRM
13 54 (9.94%) Incident Management
14 53 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
15 52 (9.58%) Data Governance
16 51 (9.39%) SOAR
16 51 (9.39%) Validation
17 50 (9.21%) Workflow
18 49 (9.02%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 56 (10.31%) Python
2 49 (9.02%) SQL
3 32 (5.89%) Java
4 30 (5.52%) PowerShell
5 20 (3.68%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.95%) Bash
7 11 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.29%) Search Processing Language
9 5 (0.92%) Go
9 5 (0.92%) Scala
10 4 (0.74%) C#
11 3 (0.55%) ActionScript
11 3 (0.55%) Clojure
11 3 (0.55%) Haskell
11 3 (0.55%) Rust
11 3 (0.55%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.37%) Perl
12 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.18%) C++
13 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 129 (23.76%) Security Cleared
2 86 (15.84%) DV Cleared
3 80 (14.73%) Degree
4 42 (7.73%) SC Cleared
5 27 (4.97%) SANS
6 14 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.66%) CISSP
9 4 (0.74%) CISM
10 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.55%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.55%) CBAP
10 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.55%) MBA
10 3 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.55%) PhD
11 2 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.37%) GIAC
12 1 (0.18%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (14.73%) NIST
2 41 (7.55%) NIST 800
3 34 (6.26%) Data Quality
4 31 (5.71%) QA
5 15 (2.76%) GDPR
6 12 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (1.66%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.47%) NCSC
9 4 (0.74%) GRC
9 4 (0.74%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.74%) SLA
10 3 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (0.55%) GxP
10 3 (0.55%) WCAG
11 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (3.87%) Docker
2 9 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.37%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.18%) Snort
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.50%) Ansible
2 19 (3.50%) Terraform
3 14 (2.58%) Puppet
4 12 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.84%) Grafana
5 10 (1.84%) Kibana
6 9 (1.66%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (1.66%) logstash
6 9 (1.66%) Progress Chef
6 9 (1.66%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.10%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.55%) Nessus
8 3 (0.55%) Packer
9 2 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.37%) OPNET
10 1 (0.18%) Argo
10 1 (0.18%) Consul
10 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 117 (21.55%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.45%) Splunk
3 27 (4.97%) SAP
4 22 (4.05%) Google
5 18 (3.31%) Informatica
5 18 (3.31%) Oracle
6 17 (3.13%) CyberArk
7 15 (2.76%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.21%) Okta
9 10 (1.84%) Cisco
9 10 (1.84%) LogRhythm
10 9 (1.66%) Databricks
11 8 (1.47%) Centrify
11 8 (1.47%) Facebook
11 8 (1.47%) Instagram
12 5 (0.92%) Adobe
12 5 (0.92%) Hyperion
13 4 (0.74%) IBM
13 4 (0.74%) OpenLink
13 4 (0.74%) Symantec