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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 138 145
Rank change year-on-year +25 +7 +75
Contract jobs citing Use Case 537 285 298
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.64% 2.11% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.28% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 186 187
10th Percentile £413 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £650
90th Percentile £799 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £574
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.50% +4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £34.43 -
25th Percentile £76.18 £37.31 £66.25
Median hourly rate £77.37 £45.75 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.10% -32.22% -25.00%
75th Percentile £78.55 £55.31 £68.75
90th Percentile - £58.88 -
England median hourly rate £77.37 £56.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +36.93% -5.83% -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 18,084 12,490 14,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.58% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,813 8,262 9,757
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 257 180
10th Percentile £16.71 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.38 £48.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.15 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 54 £500 -12.66% 107
West London - 13 £800 - 40
South London -5 5 £698 -6.93% 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 20 (3.72%) Confluence
2 18 (3.35%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.86%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.68%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.49%) Apache
5 8 (1.49%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.93%) CMS
7 3 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.56%) SAS
8 2 (0.37%) Kentico
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) Appian
9 1 (0.19%) Camunda
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (2.05%) Chatbot
2 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Findur
2 3 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.56%) Workfront
3 2 (0.37%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.37%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.37%) Summit
4 1 (0.19%) Actimize
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.19%) Endur
4 1 (0.19%) OpenLink RightAngle
Cloud Services
1 155 (28.86%) Azure
2 97 (18.06%) AWS
3 52 (9.68%) Power Platform
4 39 (7.26%) GCP
5 34 (6.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 34 (6.33%) Snowflake
6 28 (5.21%) Azure AI
7 25 (4.66%) GitHub
8 23 (4.28%) dbt
9 21 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (3.72%) Amazon S3
11 17 (3.17%) Entra ID
11 17 (3.17%) SaaS
12 16 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (2.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (2.98%) Copilot Studio
13 15 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (2.79%) Azure Databricks
13 15 (2.79%) Power Automate
14 14 (2.61%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.23%) Firewall
2 11 (2.05%) BGP
3 8 (1.49%) Cisco Wireless
3 8 (1.49%) Multicast
3 8 (1.49%) VLAN
3 8 (1.49%) Wireless
4 7 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.12%) Network Security
6 4 (0.74%) SMS
7 3 (0.56%) DNS
7 3 (0.56%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.56%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.56%) HTTP
7 3 (0.56%) InfiniBand
7 3 (0.56%) Internet
7 3 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.56%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.37%) 5G
8 2 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.82%) Metadata
2 37 (6.89%) Power BI
3 34 (6.33%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (4.28%) Data Lake
5 15 (2.79%) Tableau
6 14 (2.61%) Delta Lake
7 13 (2.42%) Pinecone
7 13 (2.42%) Weaviate
8 12 (2.23%) BigQuery
8 12 (2.23%) Chroma
9 11 (2.05%) Semantic Layer
10 10 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.68%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.49%) SQL Server
13 7 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (1.12%) Redis
15 5 (0.93%) Big Data
15 5 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (0.93%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 34 (6.33%) JIRA
2 18 (3.35%) Git
3 9 (1.68%) ERwin
4 7 (1.30%) ER Studio
5 6 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.12%) MLflow
6 5 (0.93%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.93%) GitLab
7 2 (0.37%) Postman
7 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 207 (38.55%) Finance
2 130 (24.21%) Social Skills
3 96 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (13.97%) Banking
5 41 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.66%) Marketing
6 25 (4.66%) Retail
7 24 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (3.91%) Front Office
9 20 (3.72%) Investment Banking
10 17 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (3.17%) Legal
11 14 (2.61%) Financial Institution
12 13 (2.42%) Law
13 11 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.49%) Back Office
15 7 (1.30%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.30%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.12%) French Language
Job Titles
1 85 (15.83%) Analyst
2 80 (14.90%) Architect
3 64 (11.92%) Business Analyst
4 62 (11.55%) Data Engineer
5 61 (11.36%) Senior
6 48 (8.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 48 (8.94%) Lead
7 38 (7.08%) Consultant
8 32 (5.96%) Developer
9 22 (4.10%) Data Architect
10 18 (3.35%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 15 (2.79%) Data Scientist
12 14 (2.61%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
12 14 (2.61%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.05%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
14 11 (2.05%) Enterprise Architect
15 10 (1.86%) Senior Business Analyst
15 10 (1.86%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.08%) Terraform
2 32 (5.96%) PySpark
3 24 (4.47%) REST
4 22 (4.10%) LangChain
5 16 (2.98%) Model Context Protocol
6 15 (2.79%) LlamaIndex
7 14 (2.61%) .NET
8 13 (2.42%) Pandas
9 10 (1.86%) JSON
9 10 (1.86%) RESTful
10 8 (1.49%) scikit-learn
11 7 (1.30%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.30%) Kafka
11 7 (1.30%) LangGraph
11 7 (1.30%) NumPy
12 6 (1.12%) Semantic Kernel
12 6 (1.12%) vLLM
13 4 (0.74%) Node.js
13 4 (0.74%) pytest
13 4 (0.74%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.85%) AI Agents
2 54 (10.06%) Product Ownership
3 40 (7.45%) Cloud Native
4 38 (7.08%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.72%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.23%) Taxonomies
9 11 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.86%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.68%) Life Science
12 8 (1.49%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.49%) Digital Signage
12 8 (1.49%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
13 7 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.93%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.79%) Linux
2 12 (2.23%) Windows
3 7 (1.30%) Unix
3 7 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (52.89%) AI
2 171 (31.84%) Analytics
3 133 (24.77%) Machine Learning
4 125 (23.28%) Agile
5 119 (22.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 111 (20.67%) LLM
7 107 (19.93%) Data Pipeline
8 104 (19.37%) Data Modelling
9 100 (18.62%) Generative AI
10 90 (16.76%) Data Engineering
11 81 (15.08%) Data Governance
12 79 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 76 (14.15%) CI/CD
13 76 (14.15%) Roadmaps
14 71 (13.22%) DevOps
15 69 (12.85%) Data Architecture
16 68 (12.66%) Data Science
17 67 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
18 65 (12.10%) Validation
19 63 (11.73%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 135 (25.14%) Python
2 114 (21.23%) SQL
3 18 (3.35%) Java
4 15 (2.79%) C#
5 13 (2.42%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.42%) R
6 7 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.30%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.93%) Scala
8 4 (0.74%) Bash
8 4 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
9 3 (0.56%) Bicep
9 3 (0.56%) Go
9 3 (0.56%) SHACL
9 3 (0.56%) VBA
10 2 (0.37%) Elixir
10 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 90 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 77 (14.34%) SC Cleared
3 43 (8.01%) Degree
4 15 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.42%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.23%) CISSP
7 11 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.05%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.68%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.68%) CBAP
8 9 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.49%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.30%) PMP
11 6 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.12%) GIAC
12 5 (0.93%) CCSP
12 5 (0.93%) IIBA
12 5 (0.93%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (17.32%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.21%) GDPR
3 27 (5.03%) QA
4 16 (2.98%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.23%) NIST
6 6 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.74%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.74%) GRC
8 4 (0.74%) ISO 15022
8 4 (0.74%) NCSC
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.37%) MiFID
9 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 16 (2.98%) Docker
2 12 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.37%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.37%) IAG
3 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.49%) Cisco Prime
3 6 (1.12%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.56%) Ansible
4 3 (0.56%) QRadar
5 2 (0.37%) Grafana
5 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 63 (11.73%) Databricks
3 41 (7.64%) OpenAI
4 25 (4.66%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.72%) Splunk
6 15 (2.79%) Cisco
6 15 (2.79%) Foundry
6 15 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.42%) SAP
8 12 (2.23%) Oracle
9 10 (1.86%) Google
10 9 (1.68%) Adobe
11 8 (1.49%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.30%) Pega
13 6 (1.12%) F5
13 6 (1.12%) Informatica
14 4 (0.74%) OpenLink
14 4 (0.74%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.74%) VMware