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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 145 155
Rank change year-on-year +37 +10 +58
Contract jobs citing Use Case 543 262 281
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.70% 1.95% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 2.11% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 174 189
10th Percentile £413 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £573 £585
Median % change year-on-year +0.44% -2.14% +6.36%
75th Percentile £675 £708 £650
90th Percentile £775 £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 17,902 12,422 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.40% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,269 10,048
10th Percentile £361 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 197
10th Percentile £17.18 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.29 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.22% -16.33% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.44 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%

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 19 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 19 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 +9 56 £525 -8.70% 17
West London - 13 £800 - 7
South London -2 6 £689 -8.13% 1
East London -1 2 £717 +21.63% 5
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 23 (4.24%) Confluence
2 16 (2.95%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.66%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.29%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.92%) Apache
6 5 (0.92%) CMS
6 5 (0.92%) SAS
7 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.37%) Kentico
8 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) Appian
9 1 (0.18%) Camunda
9 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 14 (2.58%) Chatbot
2 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Actimize
3 3 (0.55%) Findur
3 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.55%) Workfront
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
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 (0.18%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 164 (30.20%) Azure
2 100 (18.42%) AWS
3 50 (9.21%) Power Platform
4 40 (7.37%) GCP
5 36 (6.63%) Azure AI
6 30 (5.52%) Microsoft Copilot
7 29 (5.34%) Snowflake
8 23 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (4.05%) GitHub
10 19 (3.50%) dbt
11 18 (3.31%) Amazon Bedrock
11 18 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (3.13%) Entra ID
12 17 (3.13%) SaaS
13 15 (2.76%) Amazon S3
13 15 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (2.58%) Anthropic Claude
15 13 (2.39%) Copilot Studio
15 13 (2.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.21%) Firewall
2 7 (1.29%) BGP
3 6 (1.10%) Network Security
4 5 (0.92%) Cisco Wireless
4 5 (0.92%) Multicast
4 5 (0.92%) VLAN
4 5 (0.92%) Wireless
5 4 (0.74%) SMS
5 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.55%) 5G
6 3 (0.55%) DNS
6 3 (0.55%) Internet
6 3 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.37%) DHCP
7 2 (0.37%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.37%) InfiniBand
7 2 (0.37%) RTP
7 2 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.37%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.55%) Metadata
2 39 (7.18%) Power BI
3 37 (6.81%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (3.87%) Tableau
5 18 (3.31%) Data Lake
6 15 (2.76%) BigQuery
7 12 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (2.21%) Delta Lake
7 12 (2.21%) Pinecone
7 12 (2.21%) Weaviate
8 11 (2.03%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.84%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.29%) Big Data
11 6 (1.10%) Redis
11 6 (1.10%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.92%) Looker
12 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.92%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 37 (6.81%) JIRA
2 17 (3.13%) Git
3 8 (1.47%) ERwin
3 8 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.10%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.92%) Claude Code
5 5 (0.92%) GitLab
5 5 (0.92%) MLflow
6 2 (0.37%) Postman
6 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 202 (37.20%) Finance
2 141 (25.97%) Social Skills
3 98 (18.05%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (14.00%) Banking
5 49 (9.02%) Public Sector
6 26 (4.79%) Retail
7 24 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (4.24%) Marketing
9 21 (3.87%) Investment Banking
9 21 (3.87%) Legal
10 19 (3.50%) Front Office
11 16 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (2.76%) Financial Institution
13 13 (2.39%) Law
14 11 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (2.03%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.29%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.10%) Back Office
17 6 (1.10%) French Language
Job Titles
1 79 (14.55%) Architect
2 78 (14.36%) Analyst
3 62 (11.42%) Data Engineer
4 61 (11.23%) Business Analyst
5 55 (10.13%) Senior
6 52 (9.58%) Lead
7 43 (7.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 38 (7.00%) Developer
9 36 (6.63%) Consultant
10 21 (3.87%) Data Architect
11 20 (3.68%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 18 (3.31%) Data Scientist
13 15 (2.76%) Data Analyst
14 14 (2.58%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
15 13 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
16 11 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
17 10 (1.84%) Azure Engineer
17 10 (1.84%) SOC Engineer
17 10 (1.84%) Technical Analyst
18 9 (1.66%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.34%) PySpark
2 26 (4.79%) REST
3 22 (4.05%) LangChain
4 17 (3.13%) .NET
5 15 (2.76%) LlamaIndex
6 14 (2.58%) Pandas
7 12 (2.21%) JSON
8 10 (1.84%) Model Context Protocol
9 9 (1.66%) RESTful
9 9 (1.66%) scikit-learn
10 8 (1.47%) LangGraph
11 7 (1.29%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.29%) NumPy
12 5 (0.92%) Kafka
12 5 (0.92%) OAuth
12 5 (0.92%) Semantic Kernel
12 5 (0.92%) vLLM
12 5 (0.92%) XML
13 4 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
13 4 (0.74%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 72 (13.26%) AI Agents
2 49 (9.02%) Product Ownership
3 42 (7.73%) Cloud Native
4 39 (7.18%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.31%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.39%) Taxonomies
8 11 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.66%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.47%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.47%) Life Science
11 7 (1.29%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.10%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.10%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.10%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.13%) Linux
2 14 (2.58%) Windows
3 8 (1.47%) Unix
3 8 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (51.75%) AI
2 173 (31.86%) Analytics
3 138 (25.41%) Machine Learning
4 132 (24.31%) Agile
5 109 (20.07%) Data Pipeline
5 109 (20.07%) LLM
6 103 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 102 (18.78%) Data Modelling
8 92 (16.94%) Data Engineering
9 91 (16.76%) Generative AI
10 79 (14.55%) CI/CD
11 77 (14.18%) DevOps
12 75 (13.81%) Data Governance
12 75 (13.81%) Data Science
12 75 (13.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 72 (13.26%) Decision-Making
14 70 (12.89%) Roadmaps
15 68 (12.52%) Validation
16 66 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
17 65 (11.97%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 141 (25.97%) Python
2 114 (20.99%) SQL
3 18 (3.31%) C#
4 16 (2.95%) Java
5 14 (2.58%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.58%) R
6 10 (1.84%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.84%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.92%) Bash
7 5 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (0.92%) Scala
8 4 (0.74%) Go
8 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
8 4 (0.74%) VBA
9 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.55%) Bicep
9 3 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.55%) SHACL
10 2 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 91 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 77 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 43 (7.92%) Degree
4 17 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.58%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.39%) CISSP
7 11 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.66%) CBAP
8 9 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.66%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.47%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.92%) GCIH
11 5 (0.92%) IIBA
11 5 (0.92%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.92%) PMP
12 4 (0.74%) CEH
12 4 (0.74%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (17.31%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.89%) GDPR
3 30 (5.52%) QA
4 15 (2.76%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.76%) NIST
5 8 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.74%) EU AI Act
6 4 (0.74%) NCSC
7 3 (0.55%) GRC
7 3 (0.55%) 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
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) PERC
9 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.58%) Docker
3 3 (0.55%) IAG
4 2 (0.37%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (6.63%) Terraform
2 28 (5.16%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.92%) Cisco Prime
3 5 (0.92%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.74%) Ansible
5 3 (0.55%) QRadar
6 2 (0.37%) Grafana
6 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Control-M
7 1 (0.18%) Istio
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 59 (10.87%) Databricks
3 46 (8.47%) OpenAI
4 24 (4.42%) Foundry
5 23 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.95%) Splunk
7 13 (2.39%) Cisco
7 13 (2.39%) Pega
7 13 (2.39%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.21%) Oracle
9 11 (2.03%) Google
9 11 (2.03%) SAP
10 8 (1.47%) Adobe
10 8 (1.47%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.92%) F5
11 5 (0.92%) Informatica
11 5 (0.92%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.92%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.92%) Workday
12 4 (0.74%) Juniper