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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 142 151
Rank change year-on-year +34 +9 +68
Contract jobs citing Use Case 535 268 278
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.66% 2.00% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 2.16% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 177 180
10th Percentile £413 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £585
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +0.43% +6.36%
75th Percentile £678 £710 £650
90th Percentile £788 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
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 17,897 12,384 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.53% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,693 8,242 9,970
10th Percentile £360 £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 £688
90th Percentile £775 £787 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 255 193
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -10.03% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.63 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -4 56 £500 -13.04% 60
West London - 13 £800 - 44
South London -8 6 £689 -8.13% 1
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 21 (3.93%) Confluence
2 17 (3.18%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.50%) Jupyter
5 7 (1.31%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.93%) Apache
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%) OpenStack
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%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 12 (2.24%) Chatbot
2 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.56%) Findur
3 3 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.56%) Workfront
4 2 (0.37%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.37%) Summit
5 1 (0.19%) Actimize
5 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.19%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 157 (29.35%) Azure
2 97 (18.13%) AWS
3 51 (9.53%) Power Platform
4 38 (7.10%) GCP
5 32 (5.98%) Azure AI
5 32 (5.98%) Snowflake
6 31 (5.79%) Microsoft Copilot
7 24 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (4.11%) GitHub
9 19 (3.55%) dbt
10 17 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (3.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 17 (3.18%) SaaS
11 16 (2.99%) Amazon Bedrock
11 16 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
11 16 (2.99%) Entra ID
12 15 (2.80%) Amazon S3
13 14 (2.62%) Copilot Studio
13 14 (2.62%) Power Automate
14 12 (2.24%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.24%) Firewall
2 9 (1.68%) BGP
3 6 (1.12%) Cisco Wireless
3 6 (1.12%) Multicast
3 6 (1.12%) Network Security
3 6 (1.12%) VLAN
3 6 (1.12%) Wireless
4 5 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.75%) SMS
6 3 (0.56%) 5G
6 3 (0.56%) DNS
6 3 (0.56%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.56%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (0.56%) InfiniBand
6 3 (0.56%) Internet
6 3 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.56%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.37%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.04%) Metadata
2 37 (6.92%) Power BI
3 36 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (3.74%) Tableau
5 19 (3.55%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 13 (2.43%) BigQuery
7 12 (2.24%) Delta Lake
7 12 (2.24%) Pinecone
7 12 (2.24%) Weaviate
8 11 (2.06%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.06%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (1.31%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.12%) Redis
12 5 (0.93%) Big Data
12 5 (0.93%) Looker
12 5 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (0.75%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 35 (6.54%) JIRA
2 16 (2.99%) Git
3 9 (1.68%) ERwin
4 7 (1.31%) ER Studio
4 7 (1.31%) 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
1 195 (36.45%) Finance
2 136 (25.42%) Social Skills
3 96 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (14.02%) Banking
5 45 (8.41%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.67%) Retail
7 24 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (4.30%) Marketing
9 21 (3.93%) Front Office
10 20 (3.74%) Investment Banking
11 19 (3.55%) Legal
12 17 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.80%) Financial Institution
14 13 (2.43%) Law
15 12 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (2.06%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (1.31%) Manufacturing
19 6 (1.12%) Back Office
19 6 (1.12%) French Language
Job Titles
1 80 (14.95%) Architect
2 79 (14.77%) Analyst
3 62 (11.59%) Business Analyst
4 57 (10.65%) Data Engineer
5 53 (9.91%) Senior
6 45 (8.41%) Lead
7 42 (7.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 38 (7.10%) Consultant
9 36 (6.73%) Developer
10 22 (4.11%) Data Architect
11 21 (3.93%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 17 (3.18%) Data Scientist
13 15 (2.80%) Data Analyst
14 14 (2.62%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
14 14 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.06%) Senior Analyst
16 10 (1.87%) Enterprise Architect
16 10 (1.87%) SOC Engineer
17 9 (1.68%) Senior Developer
17 9 (1.68%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (6.54%) Terraform
2 28 (5.23%) PySpark
3 24 (4.49%) REST
4 21 (3.93%) LangChain
5 16 (2.99%) .NET
6 14 (2.62%) LlamaIndex
6 14 (2.62%) Pandas
7 12 (2.24%) Model Context Protocol
8 11 (2.06%) JSON
9 9 (1.68%) RESTful
10 8 (1.50%) scikit-learn
11 7 (1.31%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.31%) LangGraph
11 7 (1.31%) NumPy
12 6 (1.12%) vLLM
13 5 (0.93%) Kafka
13 5 (0.93%) OAuth
13 5 (0.93%) Semantic Kernel
14 4 (0.75%) Node.js
14 4 (0.75%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 72 (13.46%) AI Agents
2 50 (9.35%) Product Ownership
3 39 (7.29%) Onboarding
4 38 (7.10%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.55%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.24%) Taxonomies
9 11 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.68%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.50%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.50%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.50%) Life Science
12 8 (1.50%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.12%) Digital Signage
14 6 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
15 5 (0.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 5 (0.93%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.18%) Linux
2 14 (2.62%) Windows
3 8 (1.50%) Unix
3 8 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (52.34%) AI
2 171 (31.96%) Analytics
3 131 (24.49%) Machine Learning
4 126 (23.55%) Agile
5 109 (20.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (20.00%) LLM
7 106 (19.81%) Data Pipeline
8 102 (19.07%) Data Modelling
9 91 (17.01%) Generative AI
10 86 (16.07%) Data Engineering
11 76 (14.21%) Data Governance
11 76 (14.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 75 (14.02%) DevOps
13 72 (13.46%) CI/CD
13 72 (13.46%) Roadmaps
14 68 (12.71%) Data Science
15 67 (12.52%) Data Architecture
15 67 (12.52%) Validation
16 65 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
17 64 (11.96%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 131 (24.49%) Python
2 111 (20.75%) SQL
3 17 (3.18%) C#
4 16 (2.99%) Java
5 14 (2.62%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.24%) R
7 9 (1.68%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.31%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.93%) Bash
9 5 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.93%) Scala
10 4 (0.75%) Go
10 4 (0.75%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.75%) SPARQL
10 4 (0.75%) VBA
11 3 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.56%) Bicep
11 3 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.56%) SHACL
12 2 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 91 (17.01%) Security Cleared
2 77 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.66%) Degree
4 16 (2.99%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.43%) CISSP
5 13 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.68%) CBAP
9 9 (1.68%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.31%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.12%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.93%) GCIH
12 5 (0.93%) IIBA
12 5 (0.93%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.93%) PMP
13 4 (0.75%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (17.01%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.98%) GDPR
3 27 (5.05%) QA
4 15 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.80%) NIST
5 8 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.75%) EU AI Act
6 4 (0.75%) NCSC
7 3 (0.56%) GRC
7 3 (0.56%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.37%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.37%) MiFID
8 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 1 (0.19%) PERC
9 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (2.80%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.62%) Docker
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 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
2 6 (1.12%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.56%) Ansible
3 3 (0.56%) QRadar
4 2 (0.37%) Grafana
4 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) Control-M
5 1 (0.19%) Istio
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (17.01%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.21%) Databricks
3 45 (8.41%) OpenAI
4 25 (4.67%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.74%) Foundry
6 16 (2.99%) Splunk
7 14 (2.62%) Cisco
8 12 (2.24%) Oracle
8 12 (2.24%) SAP
8 12 (2.24%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.87%) Pega
10 8 (1.50%) Adobe
10 8 (1.50%) CyberArk
11 7 (1.31%) Google
12 6 (1.12%) Informatica
13 5 (0.93%) F5
13 5 (0.93%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.93%) Workday
14 4 (0.75%) BeyondTrust
14 4 (0.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud