Use Case Contract Job Trends in London

Use Cases
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Use Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 164 156
Rank change year-on-year +66 -8 +40
Contract jobs citing Use Case 565 235 290
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.84% 1.73% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 1.88% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 148 193
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £461 £500 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £591 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.02% +2.27%
75th Percentile £668 £748 £650
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.18 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £77.37 - £67.50
75th Percentile £78.55 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.43 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +20.72% - -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,703 12,488 15,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.09% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,731 8,359 10,820
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 238 265
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.25 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -3.22% -21.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.40 £69.20
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Use Case relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Use Case job vacancy trend in London

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Use Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Use Case

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Use Case in London over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Use Case in London

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Use Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Use Case

Use Case
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Central London +17 66 £544 -5.43% 19
West London - 15 £523 - 2
South London -12 3 £550 -26.67% 3
East London +2 2 £717 +21.63% 2
Use Case
England

Use Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 24 (4.25%) Confluence
2 19 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.59%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.06%) Jupyter
4 6 (1.06%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.88%) Apache
5 5 (0.88%) CMS
5 5 (0.88%) SAS
6 3 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.35%) Kentico
7 2 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.35%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 22 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.19%) Chatbot
3 12 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.53%) Actimize
3 3 (0.53%) Findur
3 3 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.53%) Workfront
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.35%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.35%) Summit
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.18%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 185 (32.74%) Azure
2 115 (20.35%) AWS
3 57 (10.09%) Power Platform
4 50 (8.85%) GCP
5 39 (6.90%) Azure AI
6 28 (4.96%) Microsoft Copilot
6 28 (4.96%) Snowflake
7 25 (4.42%) GitHub
8 24 (4.25%) Amazon Bedrock
8 24 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.89%) dbt
10 18 (3.19%) Entra ID
10 18 (3.19%) SaaS
10 18 (3.19%) Serverless
11 17 (3.01%) Amazon S3
12 16 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 15 (2.65%) Amazon SageMaker
13 15 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (2.48%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.36%) Firewall
2 7 (1.24%) Network Security
3 6 (1.06%) BGP
4 5 (0.88%) Cisco Wireless
4 5 (0.88%) Multicast
4 5 (0.88%) RTP
4 5 (0.88%) VLAN
4 5 (0.88%) Wireless
5 4 (0.71%) DNS
5 4 (0.71%) Internet
5 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.53%) 5G
6 3 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.53%) SMS
7 2 (0.35%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.35%) 4G
7 2 (0.35%) DHCP
7 2 (0.35%) HTTP
7 2 (0.35%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.96%) Power BI
2 43 (7.61%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (6.55%) Metadata
4 24 (4.25%) Tableau
5 17 (3.01%) BigQuery
5 17 (3.01%) Data Lake
6 15 (2.65%) Weaviate
7 14 (2.48%) Pinecone
8 12 (2.12%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.95%) Delta Lake
9 11 (1.95%) Semantic Layer
9 11 (1.95%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (1.77%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.77%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.59%) Big Data
12 7 (1.24%) Redis
12 7 (1.24%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.06%) KDB
13 6 (1.06%) Looker
14 5 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (6.73%) JIRA
2 26 (4.60%) Git
3 10 (1.77%) MLflow
4 8 (1.42%) GitLab
4 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.06%) ERwin
6 4 (0.71%) Claude Code
6 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.53%) XCTest
8 2 (0.35%) Postman
8 2 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.18%) Ant
9 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.18%) JUnit
9 1 (0.18%) Maven
9 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
General
1 210 (37.17%) Finance
2 151 (26.73%) Social Skills
3 93 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (13.63%) Banking
5 55 (9.73%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.96%) Retail
7 23 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (4.07%) Marketing
8 21 (3.72%) Front Office
8 21 (3.72%) Investment Banking
9 19 (3.36%) Legal
10 17 (3.01%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.30%) Law
13 12 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.12%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.06%) French Language
17 5 (0.88%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 93 (16.46%) Architect
2 78 (13.81%) Analyst
3 70 (12.39%) Data Engineer
4 62 (10.97%) Business Analyst
5 59 (10.44%) Senior
6 56 (9.91%) Lead
7 42 (7.43%) Developer
8 35 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 27 (4.78%) Consultant
10 22 (3.89%) Data Architect
10 22 (3.89%) Data Scientist
11 20 (3.54%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 18 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.65%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.30%) Azure Engineer
15 11 (1.95%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
16 9 (1.59%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (1.59%) Cybersecurity Specialist
16 9 (1.59%) Senior Developer
16 9 (1.59%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.60%) PySpark
1 26 (4.60%) REST
2 25 (4.42%) LangChain
3 20 (3.54%) .NET
3 20 (3.54%) LlamaIndex
4 19 (3.36%) Pandas
5 12 (2.12%) JSON
5 12 (2.12%) scikit-learn
6 10 (1.77%) NumPy
7 9 (1.59%) Middleware
8 8 (1.42%) RESTful
9 7 (1.24%) GraphQL
9 7 (1.24%) Kafka
9 7 (1.24%) Node.js
10 6 (1.06%) LangGraph
10 6 (1.06%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.06%) SOAP
11 5 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
11 5 (0.88%) Model Context Protocol
11 5 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (11.68%) AI Agents
2 46 (8.14%) Product Ownership
3 44 (7.79%) Cloud Native
4 39 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.83%) Data Structures
5 16 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (2.30%) Algorithms
6 13 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.12%) Taxonomies
7 12 (2.12%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.59%) Life Science
10 8 (1.42%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.24%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.88%) Digital Signage
13 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.19%) Linux
2 13 (2.30%) Windows
3 11 (1.95%) Unix
4 7 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (49.03%) AI
2 191 (33.81%) Analytics
3 145 (25.66%) Machine Learning
4 136 (24.07%) Agile
5 120 (21.24%) Data Modelling
6 118 (20.88%) Data Pipeline
7 109 (19.29%) Data Engineering
8 106 (18.76%) LLM
9 93 (16.46%) CI/CD
9 93 (16.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 92 (16.28%) Generative AI
11 91 (16.11%) DevOps
12 82 (14.51%) Decision-Making
13 79 (13.98%) Data Science
13 79 (13.98%) Roadmaps
14 75 (13.27%) Data Governance
15 73 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
16 72 (12.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 66 (11.68%) Validation
18 63 (11.15%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 157 (27.79%) Python
2 118 (20.88%) SQL
3 21 (3.72%) C#
4 14 (2.48%) Java
4 14 (2.48%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.48%) TypeScript
5 13 (2.30%) R
6 8 (1.42%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.24%) Scala
8 5 (0.88%) Bash
8 5 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.71%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.71%) Go
9 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.71%) SPARQL
9 4 (0.71%) VBA
10 3 (0.53%) Bicep
10 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.53%) SHACL
10 3 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 98 (17.35%) Security Cleared
2 82 (14.51%) SC Cleared
3 45 (7.96%) Degree
4 17 (3.01%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.01%) Master's Degree
5 14 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.30%) CISSP
7 10 (1.77%) CBAP
7 10 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.24%) IIBA
9 7 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (0.88%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.71%) GCIA
11 4 (0.71%) GCIH
11 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (15.93%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.02%) GDPR
3 30 (5.31%) QA
4 17 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.48%) NIST
6 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.88%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.71%) NCSC
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) GRC
10 2 (0.35%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.35%) MiFID
10 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.35%) PMO
10 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 25 (4.42%) Docker
2 17 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.06%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.53%) IAG
6 2 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) HDFS
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (6.73%) Terraform
2 33 (5.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (1.06%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.88%) Ansible
5 5 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.53%) QRadar
7 2 (0.35%) Grafana
7 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.18%) Istio
8 1 (0.18%) logstash
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 113 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.38%) OpenAI
3 52 (9.20%) Databricks
4 27 (4.78%) Foundry
5 20 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.36%) Google
7 15 (2.65%) Splunk
8 12 (2.12%) Pega
8 12 (2.12%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.77%) Cisco
9 10 (1.77%) Oracle
9 10 (1.77%) SAP
10 9 (1.59%) VMware
11 7 (1.24%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.88%) F5
12 5 (0.88%) Informatica
12 5 (0.88%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.88%) Workday
13 4 (0.71%) Red Hat