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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 157 183
Rank change year-on-year +43 +26 -20
Contract jobs citing Use Case 378 232 238
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.48% 1.71% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 1.88% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 145 160
10th Percentile £412 £399 £450
25th Percentile £461 £487 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £659 £774 £750
90th Percentile £751 £881 £875
England median daily rate £521 £570 £563
% change year-on-year -8.55% +1.33% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £69.00 £91.25
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year - -24.32% +55.46%
75th Percentile - £71.00 £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £53.78
% change year-on-year -18.14% +30.16% -17.89%

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 13,833 12,324 16,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.63% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,202 7,872 11,677
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 152 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.03 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.56 £19.49
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.38 £51.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.88 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 13 February 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 13 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
Central London +5 48 £594 +3.26% 49
West London - 4 £523 - 1
South London -8 3 £475 -17.39% 2
East London -2 1 - - 4
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 27 (7.14%) Confluence
2 15 (3.97%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (3.70%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.06%) Apache
6 3 (0.79%) Appian
7 2 (0.53%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.53%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.26%) Luigi
Applications
1 20 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.12%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.53%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.79%) Endur
1 3 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.53%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.53%) Shopify
2 2 (0.53%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.26%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 134 (35.45%) Azure
2 83 (21.96%) AWS
3 40 (10.58%) GCP
4 33 (8.73%) Power Platform
5 30 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (5.56%) Snowflake
7 20 (5.29%) GitHub
8 19 (5.03%) Serverless
9 17 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (3.97%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (3.70%) Azure AI
11 14 (3.70%) dbt
11 14 (3.70%) Vertex AI
12 13 (3.44%) Amazon SageMaker
12 13 (3.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (3.17%) Azure Machine Learning
14 10 (2.65%) Amazon S3
14 10 (2.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 10 (2.65%) Azure Functions
14 10 (2.65%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.23%) Firewall
2 5 (1.32%) CTI
2 5 (1.32%) VoIP
3 3 (0.79%) RTP
4 2 (0.53%) NAS
4 2 (0.53%) Network Security
4 2 (0.53%) SSH
4 2 (0.53%) SSL
5 1 (0.26%) BGP
5 1 (0.26%) Broadband
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) Internet
5 1 (0.26%) IPsec
5 1 (0.26%) OSPF
5 1 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.26%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.88%) Power BI
2 24 (6.35%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (5.56%) Data Lake
4 19 (5.03%) Metadata
4 19 (5.03%) Snowflake Schema
5 15 (3.97%) Tableau
6 12 (3.17%) Big Data
6 12 (3.17%) Delta Lake
7 11 (2.91%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.12%) Data Vault
8 8 (2.12%) Pinecone
9 7 (1.85%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.85%) Weaviate
10 6 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.59%) Star Schema
11 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.06%) Kdb+
11 4 (1.06%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 38 (10.05%) JIRA
2 25 (6.61%) Git
3 14 (3.70%) MLflow
4 7 (1.85%) ERwin
5 6 (1.59%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (1.32%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.32%) ER Studio
6 5 (1.32%) GitLab
6 5 (1.32%) Selenium
7 4 (1.06%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.79%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.79%) XCTest
9 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.53%) Hardhat
9 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.53%) JUnit
9 2 (0.53%) Postman
9 2 (0.53%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.26%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 131 (34.66%) Finance
2 121 (32.01%) Social Skills
3 81 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (12.96%) Banking
5 29 (7.67%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.76%) Investment Banking
7 14 (3.70%) Back Office
7 14 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.70%) Legal
7 14 (3.70%) Retail
8 11 (2.91%) Front Office
8 11 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.91%) Marketing
9 8 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.59%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.06%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 69 (18.25%) Analyst
2 60 (15.87%) Business Analyst
3 51 (13.49%) Architect
4 48 (12.70%) Senior
5 39 (10.32%) Lead
6 38 (10.05%) Data Engineer
7 33 (8.73%) Developer
8 21 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 19 (5.03%) Data Scientist
10 16 (4.23%) Senior Business Analyst
11 13 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 13 (3.44%) Consultant
11 13 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (2.65%) Data Architect
12 10 (2.65%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.38%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.38%) Senior Data Engineer
14 8 (2.12%) Data Analyst
14 8 (2.12%) Programme Manager
14 8 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.35%) PyTorch
2 19 (5.03%) TensorFlow
3 18 (4.76%) LangChain
3 18 (4.76%) scikit-learn
4 14 (3.70%) Model Context Protocol
5 13 (3.44%) .NET
6 12 (3.17%) LangGraph
6 12 (3.17%) Pandas
7 11 (2.91%) PySpark
8 10 (2.65%) Node.js
8 10 (2.65%) REST
9 9 (2.38%) XML
10 8 (2.12%) Kafka
11 7 (1.85%) FastAPI
11 7 (1.85%) Hugging Face
11 7 (1.85%) JSON
11 7 (1.85%) LlamaIndex
11 7 (1.85%) Middleware
11 7 (1.85%) NumPy
11 7 (1.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.94%) Product Ownership
2 29 (7.67%) Onboarding
3 23 (6.08%) AI Agents
4 19 (5.03%) Cloud Native
5 16 (4.23%) Algorithms
6 14 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.91%) PMI
8 10 (2.65%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.85%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.59%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.32%) Clustering
12 5 (1.32%) IVR
12 5 (1.32%) Life Science
13 4 (1.06%) Blockchain
13 4 (1.06%) Derivative
13 4 (1.06%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.23%) Linux
2 14 (3.70%) Windows
3 5 (1.32%) Unix
4 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.26%) Android
5 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (37.57%) AI
2 118 (31.22%) Agile
3 113 (29.89%) Analytics
4 93 (24.60%) Data Modelling
5 87 (23.02%) Machine Learning
6 79 (20.90%) CI/CD
7 73 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 68 (17.99%) Data Pipeline
10 64 (16.93%) Data Science
11 63 (16.67%) LLM
12 61 (16.14%) Data Engineering
12 61 (16.14%) Data Governance
12 61 (16.14%) DevOps
13 59 (15.61%) Generative AI
14 58 (15.34%) Roadmaps
15 55 (14.55%) User Stories
16 51 (13.49%) Business Analysis
16 51 (13.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 51 (13.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 120 (31.75%) Python
2 82 (21.69%) SQL
3 16 (4.23%) Java
4 13 (3.44%) Bash
4 13 (3.44%) C#
4 13 (3.44%) TypeScript
5 10 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.12%) Scala
7 6 (1.59%) Bicep
8 4 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (1.06%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.06%) R
9 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.79%) Swift
9 3 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.53%) C++
10 2 (0.53%) Korn
10 2 (0.53%) Solidity
10 2 (0.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 71 (18.78%) Degree
2 55 (14.55%) Security Cleared
3 47 (12.43%) SC Cleared
4 26 (6.88%) Master's Degree
5 21 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (5.03%) CBAP
7 14 (3.70%) PMI Certification
8 9 (2.38%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.38%) IIBA
9 7 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.59%) PhD
11 5 (1.32%) CFA
11 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (1.06%) CISSP
12 4 (1.06%) ISEB
13 3 (0.79%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (12.17%) Data Quality
2 29 (7.67%) QA
3 14 (3.70%) GDPR
4 10 (2.65%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.59%) EU AI Act
5 6 (1.59%) NIST
6 5 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.79%) PMO
8 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.53%) ISO 19650
8 2 (0.53%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.53%) MiFID
8 2 (0.53%) PSD2
8 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.53%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (8.20%) Docker
2 11 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.65%) VMware NSX
4 7 (1.85%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.59%) zsh
6 5 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.26%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 23 (6.08%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.29%) Terraform
3 6 (1.59%) Ansible
4 5 (1.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (1.06%) Grafana
6 2 (0.53%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.26%) Kibana
7 1 (0.26%) logstash
7 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 49 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.32%) Databricks
3 27 (7.14%) OpenAI
4 15 (3.97%) Google
5 12 (3.17%) Splunk
6 11 (2.91%) VMware
7 9 (2.38%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.85%) Oracle
9 6 (1.59%) Genesys
10 5 (1.32%) Citrix
10 5 (1.32%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.32%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.06%) Adobe
11 4 (1.06%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.79%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.79%) Cisco
12 3 (0.79%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.79%) SAP
12 3 (0.79%) UiPath
12 3 (0.79%) Veracode