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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 190 201
Rank change year-on-year +19 +11 +21
Contract jobs citing Use Case 532 697 1,030
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.43% 1.38% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.52% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 460 635
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £776 £750
UK median daily rate £555 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +0.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 24
10th Percentile - £54.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £40.00 £61.38 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +20.17% +3.10%
75th Percentile £60.00 £77.50 £68.30
90th Percentile - £78.20 £73.83
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +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 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +14 276 £600 - 124
South West +76 96 £582 +10.86% 21
North of England +17 77 £555 +0.91% 27
North West +23 41 £500 -14.89% 19
Midlands +30 38 £580 +3.57% 16
South East -19 36 £475 +1.06% 32
Yorkshire +6 32 £625 +13.64% 7
West Midlands +38 29 £538 -13.92% 12
East of England +10 13 £500 +11.11% 28
East Midlands +15 6 £613 +30.67% 4
North East +24 4 £443 - 1
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 17 (3.20%) Confluence
2 8 (1.50%) CMS
2 8 (1.50%) MTS
3 5 (0.94%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.38%) Apache
4 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (3.20%) MS Visio
2 14 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.75%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.38%) Sketch
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.19%) InVision
7 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (3.20%) Endur
2 9 (1.69%) Dynamics GP
2 9 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.50%) Aligne
3 8 (1.50%) EuroRunner
4 5 (0.94%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.75%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.38%) 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 95 (17.86%) Azure
2 56 (10.53%) AWS
3 34 (6.39%) Power Platform
4 30 (5.64%) GCP
5 15 (2.82%) GitHub
6 13 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
6 13 (2.44%) SaaS
7 12 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (1.50%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.13%) Apigee
11 6 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.13%) Kong
11 6 (1.13%) Vertex AI
12 5 (0.94%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.94%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.75%) IaaS
13 4 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.83%) Firewall
2 14 (2.63%) HTTP
3 11 (2.07%) Network Security
4 10 (1.88%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (1.50%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.50%) VPN
6 6 (1.13%) DNS
7 5 (0.94%) DMZ
8 4 (0.75%) Internet
9 3 (0.56%) ADSL
9 3 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.56%) LAN
9 3 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.56%) SSH
9 3 (0.56%) VDSL
9 3 (0.56%) WAN
10 2 (0.38%) AMQP
10 2 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.38%) Modbus
10 2 (0.38%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.02%) Power BI
2 14 (2.63%) Metadata
3 13 (2.44%) Data Lake
3 13 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.26%) Big Data
5 9 (1.69%) SAP HANA
5 9 (1.69%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.50%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.50%) Tableau
7 7 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.75%) Bigtable
9 4 (0.75%) Cloud Spanner
9 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.56%) MySQL
10 3 (0.56%) OLAP
10 3 (0.56%) OLTP
11 2 (0.38%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.19%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 60 (11.28%) JIRA
2 21 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.01%) Git
4 10 (1.88%) GitLab
5 7 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.13%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.13%) Travis CI
7 5 (0.94%) JMeter
7 5 (0.94%) Selenium
8 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.56%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.56%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.38%) IntelliJ
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 Code
10 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 187 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 121 (22.74%) Finance
3 81 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.58%) Banking
6 34 (6.39%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.14%) Marketing
9 18 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.82%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.26%) Legal
12 11 (2.07%) Financial Institution
12 11 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.88%) Retail
14 8 (1.50%) Front Office
14 8 (1.50%) German Language
15 7 (1.32%) Automotive
15 7 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.13%) Back Office
17 5 (0.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 175 (32.89%) Analyst
2 83 (15.60%) Business Analyst
3 81 (15.23%) Architect
4 52 (9.77%) Consultant
5 47 (8.83%) Senior
6 39 (7.33%) Lead
7 37 (6.95%) SOC Analyst
8 26 (4.89%) Developer
9 23 (4.32%) Data Architect
10 21 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (3.76%) Senior Business Analyst
12 19 (3.57%) Data Analyst
12 19 (3.57%) Technical Analyst
13 17 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (3.01%) Technical Architect
15 15 (2.82%) Project Manager
16 14 (2.63%) Cyber Defence Analyst
17 13 (2.44%) Security Architect
18 12 (2.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 12 (2.26%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.20%) OpenID
2 15 (2.82%) SAML
3 11 (2.07%) CSS
3 11 (2.07%) OAuth
3 11 (2.07%) XML
4 10 (1.88%) HTML
5 9 (1.69%) JSON
5 9 (1.69%) REST
6 8 (1.50%) YAML
7 7 (1.32%) Node.js
8 6 (1.13%) ADO
8 6 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.94%) Kafka
9 5 (0.94%) PySpark
9 5 (0.94%) React
9 5 (0.94%) XACML
10 4 (0.75%) LDAP
10 4 (0.75%) Middleware
10 4 (0.75%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 48 (9.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 47 (8.83%) Security Operations Centre
4 46 (8.65%) Cyber Threat
4 46 (8.65%) Product Ownership
5 42 (7.89%) Cyber Defence
6 32 (6.02%) CSOC
7 18 (3.38%) Renewable Energy
8 16 (3.01%) Data Structures
9 14 (2.63%) IoT
10 12 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.07%) Solar Panel
12 10 (1.88%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.88%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.69%) Industry 4.0
14 8 (1.50%) Algorithms
14 8 (1.50%) Market Risk
14 8 (1.50%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.95%) Windows
2 19 (3.57%) Linux
3 7 (1.32%) Unix
4 3 (0.56%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (22.37%) Cybersecurity
2 115 (21.62%) SIEM
3 114 (21.43%) Agile
4 97 (18.23%) Analytics
4 97 (18.23%) Incident Response
5 94 (17.67%) Roadmaps
6 81 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (12.59%) Information Security
8 59 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (10.90%) Data Modelling
10 57 (10.71%) Security Operations
11 54 (10.15%) Incident Management
11 54 (10.15%) Threat Intelligence
12 52 (9.77%) Data Governance
13 51 (9.59%) CRM
13 51 (9.59%) SOAR
13 51 (9.59%) User Stories
14 50 (9.40%) Workflow
15 48 (9.02%) Business Strategy
15 48 (9.02%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 58 (10.90%) Python
2 49 (9.21%) SQL
3 31 (5.83%) Java
4 28 (5.26%) PowerShell
5 21 (3.95%) JavaScript
6 12 (2.26%) Bash
7 8 (1.50%) C#
7 8 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.13%) Go
8 6 (1.13%) Scala
9 4 (0.75%) Ruby
9 4 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (0.56%) C
10 3 (0.56%) C++
10 3 (0.56%) Clojure
10 3 (0.56%) Haskell
10 3 (0.56%) PHP
10 3 (0.56%) Rust
10 3 (0.56%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 126 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 85 (15.98%) DV Cleared
3 73 (13.72%) Degree
4 39 (7.33%) SC Cleared
5 27 (5.08%) SANS
6 9 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.32%) CISSP
9 4 (0.75%) CISM
10 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.56%) MBA
10 3 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.56%) PhD
11 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.38%) CBAP
11 2 (0.38%) GIAC
12 1 (0.19%) GCIA
12 1 (0.19%) GCIH
12 1 (0.19%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (15.04%) NIST
2 41 (7.71%) NIST 800
3 36 (6.77%) Data Quality
4 35 (6.58%) QA
5 15 (2.82%) GDPR
6 12 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.50%) NCSC
9 5 (0.94%) GRC
10 4 (0.75%) SLA
11 3 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.56%) GxP
11 3 (0.56%) WCAG
12 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.19%) IFRS
13 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (3.38%) Docker
2 5 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.19%) Snort
Systems Management
1 23 (4.32%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.20%) Ansible
2 17 (3.20%) Terraform
3 11 (2.07%) Puppet
4 8 (1.50%) Grafana
4 8 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.32%) Kibana
6 6 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (1.13%) logstash
6 6 (1.13%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.13%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.75%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.56%) Nessus
9 2 (0.38%) Argo
9 2 (0.38%) OPNET
9 2 (0.38%) Packer
10 1 (0.19%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 120 (22.56%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.83%) Splunk
3 23 (4.32%) SAP
4 21 (3.95%) Google
5 18 (3.38%) Informatica
6 14 (2.63%) Cisco
7 13 (2.44%) Oracle
8 12 (2.26%) CyberArk
9 10 (1.88%) LogRhythm
9 10 (1.88%) Okta
9 10 (1.88%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.50%) Centrify
10 8 (1.50%) Databricks
10 8 (1.50%) Facebook
10 8 (1.50%) Instagram
11 6 (1.13%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.13%) Pega
12 5 (0.94%) Adobe
12 5 (0.94%) Hyperion
12 5 (0.94%) MuleSoft