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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 146 204
Rank change year-on-year +18 +58 -39
Contract jobs citing Use Case 325 265 212
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.28% 1.75% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 1.94% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 171 134
10th Percentile £400 £400 £457
25th Percentile £463 £474 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £675 £682
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
England median daily rate £515 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -10.43% +2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £34.43 £66.53 -
25th Percentile £37.31 £66.94 £91.25
Median hourly rate £45.75 £68.75 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.45% -25.68% +61.57%
75th Percentile £55.31 £70.44 £93.75
90th Percentile £58.88 £70.78 -
England median hourly rate £66.90 £66.25 £77.11
% change year-on-year +0.98% -14.08% +28.52%

All Process and 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 13,036 13,640 17,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.47% 89.99% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,595 8,770 12,218
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £765 £800 £792
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 164 234
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.65 £18.52
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.31
Median hourly rate £29.50 £36.65 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.51% +6.23% -12.66%
75th Percentile £47.94 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

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 15 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Use Case in London over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Use Case in London

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 15 December 2025. 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 -6 40 £573 +1.78% 13
South London -3 3 £475 -17.39%
East London -3 1 - - 6
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 22 (6.77%) Confluence
2 14 (4.31%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.69%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.23%) Apache
6 3 (0.92%) Appian
7 2 (0.62%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.62%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.62%) Luigi
8 1 (0.31%) CMS
8 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.38%) MS Visio
3 10 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.54%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.54%) ProjectWise
5 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Endur
1 5 (1.54%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.62%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 2 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Findur
4 1 (0.31%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.31%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.31%) Shopify
4 1 (0.31%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 106 (32.62%) Azure
2 65 (20.00%) AWS
3 34 (10.46%) GCP
4 28 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.77%) Snowflake
6 20 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.31%) GitHub
8 13 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (3.69%) dbt
10 11 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (3.08%) Azure AI
11 10 (3.08%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (2.77%) SaaS
12 9 (2.77%) Vertex AI
13 7 (2.15%) Amazon S3
13 7 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.15%) Collibra
13 7 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.46%) Firewall
2 5 (1.54%) CTI
2 5 (1.54%) VoIP
3 3 (0.92%) SSH
3 3 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.62%) NAS
5 1 (0.31%) HTTP
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.31%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.46%) Metadata
1 21 (6.46%) Power BI
2 17 (5.23%) Data Lake
3 14 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.31%) Tableau
4 13 (4.00%) SQL Server
5 12 (3.69%) Snowflake Schema
6 9 (2.77%) Delta Lake
6 9 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.46%) Data Vault
8 7 (2.15%) Big Data
8 7 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.15%) Star Schema
9 5 (1.54%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.23%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.92%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.92%) Redis
11 3 (0.92%) Weaviate
12 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 35 (10.77%) JIRA
2 19 (5.85%) Git
3 7 (2.15%) MLflow
4 6 (1.85%) Cucumber
4 6 (1.85%) ERwin
4 6 (1.85%) PowerDesigner
4 6 (1.85%) Selenium
5 5 (1.54%) JUnit
6 4 (1.23%) ER Studio
6 4 (1.23%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.92%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.92%) GitLab
7 3 (0.92%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.92%) Postman
7 3 (0.92%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.62%) Hardhat
9 1 (0.31%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (34.46%) Social Skills
2 110 (33.85%) Finance
3 83 (25.54%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (15.08%) Banking
5 21 (6.46%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.85%) Investment Banking
7 16 (4.92%) Back Office
8 15 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.69%) Front Office
9 12 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.38%) Marketing
11 10 (3.08%) Legal
11 10 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (3.08%) Retail
12 9 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.23%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (18.77%) Analyst
2 48 (14.77%) Business Analyst
3 36 (11.08%) Developer
4 34 (10.46%) Architect
5 30 (9.23%) Senior
6 23 (7.08%) Lead
7 22 (6.77%) Consultant
8 21 (6.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 15 (4.62%) Data Engineer
10 13 (4.00%) Data Scientist
11 12 (3.69%) Security Engineer
12 11 (3.38%) Data Analyst
13 10 (3.08%) Data Architect
14 9 (2.77%) Product Manager
15 8 (2.46%) Programme Manager
15 8 (2.46%) Risk Analyst
15 8 (2.46%) Software Engineer
16 7 (2.15%) Data Modeller
16 7 (2.15%) SIEM Engineer
17 6 (1.85%) Functional Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.54%) PyTorch
2 17 (5.23%) LangChain
3 13 (4.00%) TensorFlow
4 11 (3.38%) .NET
5 10 (3.08%) LangGraph
6 9 (2.77%) Hugging Face
6 9 (2.77%) Pandas
6 9 (2.77%) scikit-learn
6 9 (2.77%) XML
7 8 (2.46%) Node.js
8 7 (2.15%) REST
9 6 (1.85%) Faiss
9 6 (1.85%) PySpark
9 6 (1.85%) YAML
10 5 (1.54%) Android SDK
10 5 (1.54%) iOS SDK
10 5 (1.54%) JSON
10 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (1.54%) NumPy
10 5 (1.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.15%) Onboarding
2 31 (9.54%) Product Ownership
3 21 (6.46%) AI Agents
4 14 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (4.00%) Algorithms
5 13 (4.00%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.38%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.08%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (2.77%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.77%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.46%) PMI
10 7 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.85%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.54%) Augmented Reality
12 5 (1.54%) Blockchain
12 5 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 5 (1.54%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (1.54%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.08%) Linux
2 16 (4.92%) Windows
3 5 (1.54%) Android
3 5 (1.54%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.54%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.92%) Unix
5 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (32.31%) AI
2 88 (27.08%) Agile
3 87 (26.77%) Analytics
4 72 (22.15%) Machine Learning
5 70 (21.54%) Data Modelling
5 70 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (18.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 56 (17.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 51 (15.69%) Data Governance
9 50 (15.38%) CI/CD
9 50 (15.38%) LLM
10 47 (14.46%) Roadmaps
11 46 (14.15%) Data Pipeline
12 45 (13.85%) Data Science
12 45 (13.85%) Requirements Gathering
13 42 (12.92%) User Stories
14 41 (12.62%) Generative AI
15 39 (12.00%) DevOps
16 37 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (10.77%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 95 (29.23%) Python
2 70 (21.54%) SQL
3 25 (7.69%) Java
4 16 (4.92%) Bash
5 10 (3.08%) C#
5 10 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (2.77%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.15%) C++
7 7 (2.15%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.23%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.23%) R
9 3 (0.92%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.92%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.62%) Bicep
10 2 (0.62%) Korn
10 2 (0.62%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.62%) Solidity
10 2 (0.62%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (19.38%) Degree
2 38 (11.69%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.92%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.46%) Master's Degree
5 19 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.69%) MCP
7 11 (3.38%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.46%) CBAP
9 7 (2.15%) CISSP
10 6 (1.85%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.85%) PhD
11 5 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (1.54%) CFA
11 5 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.92%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.92%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.92%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.00%) Data Quality
2 24 (7.38%) QA
3 14 (4.31%) GDPR
4 10 (3.08%) NIST
5 9 (2.77%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.46%) EU AI Act
7 7 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.85%) ISO 19650
9 4 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.23%) PSD2
10 3 (0.92%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.62%) HL7
11 2 (0.62%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.62%) MiFID
11 2 (0.62%) PMO
11 2 (0.62%) SEPA
11 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.62%) WCAG
12 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.85%) Docker
2 11 (3.38%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.46%) zsh
4 5 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (4.00%) Terraform
2 12 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.54%) Ansible
3 5 (1.54%) Grafana
4 3 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.31%) Argo
6 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.31%) Kibana
6 1 (0.31%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.85%) Databricks
3 15 (4.62%) Splunk
4 13 (4.00%) OpenAI
5 11 (3.38%) Google
5 11 (3.38%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.77%) Oracle
7 7 (2.15%) Citrix
7 7 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.85%) Genesys
9 5 (1.54%) Adobe
9 5 (1.54%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.23%) SAP
10 4 (1.23%) UiPath
11 3 (0.92%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.92%) Cisco
11 3 (0.92%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.92%) Tenable
11 3 (0.92%) Veracode