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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 160 161
Rank change year-on-year +53 +1 +15
Contract jobs citing Use Case 502 204 284
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.67% 1.67% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% 1.80% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 128 188
10th Percentile £412 £400 £409
25th Percentile £450 £503 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -2.13%
75th Percentile £650 £775 £679
90th Percentile £771 £881 £853
England median daily rate £525 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.18% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.18 - -
Median hourly rate £77.37 - -
75th Percentile £78.55 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -17.24%

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 16,682 11,302 15,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.76% 92.31% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,119 7,563 11,181
10th Percentile £358 £347 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 199 318
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.16 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.89 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +16.42% -28.34%
75th Percentile £58.88 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +4.17%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 64 £563 -16.67% 67
West London - 11 £523 - 5
South London -10 3 £550 -26.67%
East London -5 2 £717 +22.56% 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 28 (5.58%) Confluence
2 16 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (3.19%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.20%) Jupyter
4 5 (1.00%) CMS
4 5 (1.00%) SAS
4 5 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.80%) Apache
6 2 (0.40%) Kentico
6 2 (0.40%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.40%) WordPress
7 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 23 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.99%) Chatbot
3 14 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.00%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.60%) Actimize
3 3 (0.60%) Findur
3 3 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.20%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 158 (31.47%) Azure
2 105 (20.92%) AWS
3 51 (10.16%) Power Platform
4 47 (9.36%) GCP
5 31 (6.18%) Azure AI
6 24 (4.78%) Amazon Bedrock
6 24 (4.78%) Serverless
7 22 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.18%) Snowflake
9 20 (3.98%) Amazon S3
10 19 (3.78%) dbt
10 19 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (3.78%) Microsoft Copilot
11 17 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (3.19%) Amazon SageMaker
13 15 (2.99%) GitHub
14 14 (2.79%) Entra ID
14 14 (2.79%) WhatsApp
15 12 (2.39%) SaaS
16 11 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.39%) Firewall
2 6 (1.20%) Network Security
3 5 (1.00%) RTP
4 4 (0.80%) Internet
5 3 (0.60%) 5G
5 3 (0.60%) DNS
5 3 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.60%) SMS
5 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.40%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.40%) 4G
6 2 (0.40%) BGP
6 2 (0.40%) DHCP
6 2 (0.40%) LTE
7 1 (0.20%) Broadband
7 1 (0.20%) DMZ
7 1 (0.20%) HTTP
7 1 (0.20%) OSPF
7 1 (0.20%) SAN
7 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.96%) Data Warehouse
2 43 (8.57%) Power BI
3 25 (4.98%) Metadata
4 22 (4.38%) Tableau
5 17 (3.39%) BigQuery
5 17 (3.39%) Data Lake
6 15 (2.99%) Weaviate
7 14 (2.79%) Pinecone
8 12 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (2.39%) Snowflake Schema
9 11 (2.19%) Big Data
10 10 (1.99%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.99%) Delta Lake
11 9 (1.79%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.79%) Spark SQL
12 6 (1.20%) KDB
12 6 (1.20%) Looker
13 5 (1.00%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.00%) Kdb+
13 5 (1.00%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 40 (7.97%) JIRA
2 25 (4.98%) Git
3 14 (2.79%) MLflow
4 6 (1.20%) GitLab
5 5 (1.00%) ERwin
5 5 (1.00%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.60%) XCTest
7 2 (0.40%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.40%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.40%) JUnit
7 2 (0.40%) Postman
7 2 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.40%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) Ant
8 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.20%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.20%) Maven
8 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 176 (35.06%) Finance
2 132 (26.29%) Social Skills
3 77 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (13.55%) Banking
5 54 (10.76%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.98%) Retail
7 22 (4.38%) Investment Banking
8 21 (4.18%) Marketing
9 19 (3.78%) Front Office
9 19 (3.78%) Legal
10 13 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.59%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.99%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.39%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.20%) Back Office
16 5 (1.00%) Law
17 3 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 82 (16.33%) Analyst
2 72 (14.34%) Architect
3 71 (14.14%) Business Analyst
4 64 (12.75%) Data Engineer
5 62 (12.35%) Senior
6 53 (10.56%) Lead
7 40 (7.97%) Developer
8 29 (5.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 22 (4.38%) Data Scientist
10 19 (3.78%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 17 (3.39%) Data Architect
12 16 (3.19%) Consultant
13 15 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (2.99%) Senior Business Analyst
14 13 (2.59%) Data Analyst
15 12 (2.39%) Azure Engineer
15 12 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
16 9 (1.79%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 9 (1.79%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (1.79%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.58%) PySpark
2 21 (4.18%) .NET
3 20 (3.98%) LangChain
4 18 (3.59%) LlamaIndex
4 18 (3.59%) Pandas
5 17 (3.39%) scikit-learn
6 16 (3.19%) REST
7 13 (2.59%) PyTorch
8 11 (2.19%) TensorFlow
9 10 (1.99%) NumPy
10 9 (1.79%) Middleware
11 8 (1.59%) JSON
12 7 (1.39%) Kafka
13 6 (1.20%) FastAPI
13 6 (1.20%) Flask
13 6 (1.20%) LangGraph
13 6 (1.20%) Node.js
13 6 (1.20%) React
14 5 (1.00%) SOAP
15 4 (0.80%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.35%) AI Agents
2 41 (8.17%) Product Ownership
3 34 (6.77%) Cloud Native
4 23 (4.58%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.59%) Data Structures
5 13 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.39%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.19%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.59%) Life Science
9 8 (1.59%) PMI
10 7 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.20%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.00%) Taxonomies
13 4 (0.80%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.80%) Reference Data
14 3 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.59%) Linux
2 10 (1.99%) Unix
3 7 (1.39%) Windows
4 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (48.01%) AI
2 168 (33.47%) Analytics
3 131 (26.10%) Agile
4 130 (25.90%) Machine Learning
5 112 (22.31%) Data Modelling
6 104 (20.72%) Data Pipeline
7 99 (19.72%) LLM
8 98 (19.52%) Data Engineering
9 91 (18.13%) CI/CD
10 90 (17.93%) DevOps
11 85 (16.93%) Generative AI
12 84 (16.73%) Data Science
13 78 (15.54%) Stakeholder Management
14 71 (14.14%) Decision-Making
15 70 (13.94%) Data Governance
15 70 (13.94%) Roadmaps
16 65 (12.95%) Validation
17 62 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
18 57 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
18 57 (11.35%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 154 (30.68%) Python
2 113 (22.51%) SQL
3 22 (4.38%) C#
4 14 (2.79%) R
4 14 (2.79%) TypeScript
5 13 (2.59%) Java
6 11 (2.19%) Scala
7 9 (1.79%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.59%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.00%) Bicep
10 4 (0.80%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.80%) Bash
10 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.60%) Swift
12 2 (0.40%) C++
12 2 (0.40%) Go
12 2 (0.40%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.40%) SOQL
12 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (18.33%) Security Cleared
2 76 (15.14%) SC Cleared
3 51 (10.16%) Degree
4 16 (3.19%) CBAP
5 15 (2.99%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.79%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.39%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.99%) IIBA
9 10 (1.99%) PMI Certification
10 9 (1.79%) CISSP
10 9 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.39%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.80%) ISEB
14 3 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.60%) CISM
14 3 (0.60%) GCIA
14 3 (0.60%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (17.53%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.98%) QA
3 27 (5.38%) GDPR
4 12 (2.39%) NIST
5 8 (1.59%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.00%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.40%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.40%) PMO
10 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) MiFID
10 1 (0.20%) NCSC
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) PSD2
10 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 26 (5.18%) Docker
2 12 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.99%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) IAG
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (6.97%) Terraform
2 34 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (1.20%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.40%) Ansible
5 2 (0.40%) QRadar
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.20%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.20%) Istio
6 1 (0.20%) logstash
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 96 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.76%) OpenAI
3 46 (9.16%) Databricks
4 22 (4.38%) Foundry
5 20 (3.98%) Google
6 16 (3.19%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.39%) Pega
8 11 (2.19%) VMware
9 10 (1.99%) Splunk
10 8 (1.59%) Oracle
11 7 (1.39%) SAP
12 6 (1.20%) Informatica
12 6 (1.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 6 (1.20%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.00%) Workday
14 4 (0.80%) IBM
14 4 (0.80%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.60%) Ariba
15 3 (0.60%) OpenLink
15 3 (0.60%) Red Hat