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 citing Use Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	109	122	150
Rank change year-on-year	+13	+28	+68
Contract jobs citing Use Case	581	306	281
As % of all contract jobs in London	2.84%	2.29%	1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.18%	2.47%	1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted	343	201	174
10^th Percentile	£406	£375	£402
25^th Percentile	£469	£469	£477
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£577	£575	£569
Median % change year-on-year	+0.35%	+1.10%	+3.41%
75^th Percentile	£685	£676	£650
90^th Percentile	£798	£775	£775
England median daily rate	£569	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	+8.38%	-4.55%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	2	2
10^th Percentile	-	£34.43	£66.53
25^th Percentile	£30.67	£37.31	£66.94
Median hourly rate	£31.35	£45.75	£68.75
Median % change year-on-year	-31.49%	-33.45%	-25.68%
75^th Percentile	£32.02	£55.31	£70.44
90^th Percentile	-	£58.88	£70.78
England median hourly rate	£75.00	£56.90	£60.00
% change year-on-year	+31.81%	-5.17%	-11.19%

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	18,287	12,366	14,202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	89.39%	92.44%	89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted	12,009	8,145	9,168
10^th Percentile	£360	£331	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£540	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+1.85%	-1.82%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£668	£663	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£800
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	365	245	174
10^th Percentile	£15.56	£18.09	£17.65
25^th Percentile	£18.50	£25.00	£24.26
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£30.00	£38.29
Median % change year-on-year	+8.33%	-21.64%	-3.88%
75^th Percentile	£58.75	£47.50	£57.50
90^th Percentile	£80.75	£64.90	£78.75
England median hourly rate	£37.50	£25.15	£41.16
% change year-on-year	+49.11%	-38.89%	-7.52%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 23 October 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.

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 23 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	+5	63	£531	-7.61%	125
West London	-	13	£638	-	22
South London	-6	3	£698	-6.93%	3
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Use Case Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Use Case also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing Use Case.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	55.8%	324
2	Analytics	29.8%	173
2	Azure	29.8%	173
4	Python	25.5%	148
5	Stakeholder Management	25.0%	145
6	Machine Learning	24.3%	141
7	Agile	22.7%	132
8	LLM	22.5%	131
9	SQL	20.1%	117
10	Microsoft	20.0%	116
11	Generative AI	19.8%	115
12	AWS	19.6%	114
13	Data Modelling	18.2%	106
14	Data Pipeline	18.1%	105
15	Data Quality	17.2%	100
16	Roadmaps	15.7%	91
16	Stakeholder Engagement	15.7%	91
18	CI/CD	15.3%	89
19	Data Engineering	15.1%	88
20	Data Governance	15.0%	87
21	Security Cleared	14.8%	86
22	Workshop Facilitation	13.6%	79
23	DevOps	13.3%	77
23	SC Cleared	13.3%	77
25	Validation	12.6%	73
26	Business Analysis	12.0%	70
27	Data Architecture	11.9%	69
27	Databricks	11.9%	69
27	Problem-Solving	11.9%	69
30	Data Science	11.5%	67

Use Case Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	55.8%	324
2	Analytics	29.8%	173
3	Stakeholder Management	25.0%	145
4	Machine Learning	24.3%	141
5	Agile	22.7%	132
6	LLM	22.5%	131
7	Generative AI	19.8%	115
8	Data Modelling	18.2%	106
9	Data Pipeline	18.1%	105
10	Roadmaps	15.7%	91
10	Stakeholder Engagement	15.7%	91
12	CI/CD	15.3%	89
13	Data Engineering	15.1%	88
14	Data Governance	15.0%	87
15	Workshop Facilitation	13.6%	79
16	DevOps	13.3%	77
17	Validation	12.6%	73
18	Business Analysis	12.0%	70
19	Data Architecture	11.9%	69
19	Problem-Solving	11.9%	69