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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 145 185
Rank change year-on-year +27 +40 -23
Contract jobs citing Use Case 351 242 228
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.39% 1.77% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 1.96% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 152 151
10th Percentile £402 £400 £450
25th Percentile £463 £500 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £607 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +1.17% -
75th Percentile £667 £738 £738
90th Percentile £750 £881 £875
England median daily rate £525 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.50 £69.00 £91.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £70.00 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -24.32% +55.46%
75th Percentile £37.50 £71.00 £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £78.03
% change year-on-year -18.14% -10.29% +20.05%

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 13,329 12,378 16,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.91% 90.52% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,842 7,830 11,851
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 153 348
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.23 £19.34
Median hourly rate £34.38 £35.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% +18.33% -19.70%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £51.94
90th Percentile £71.75 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -1 44 £594 -1.04% 82
South London -2 3 £475 -17.39% 21
West London - 3 £523 - 17
East London -7 1 - - 13
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 (7.98%) Confluence
2 14 (3.99%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.70%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.42%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.14%) Apache
6 3 (0.85%) Appian
7 2 (0.57%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.57%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.57%) Luigi
8 1 (0.28%) CMS
8 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 19 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.42%) Chatbot
6 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.85%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Endur
1 3 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 3 (0.85%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.57%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 2 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.57%) Shopify
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.28%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 117 (33.33%) Azure
2 69 (19.66%) AWS
3 32 (9.12%) GCP
3 32 (9.12%) Power Platform
4 27 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (6.27%) Snowflake
6 18 (5.13%) GitHub
7 16 (4.56%) Serverless
8 15 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.42%) dbt
10 11 (3.13%) Azure AI
10 11 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (2.85%) Azure Functions
12 9 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
13 8 (2.28%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.28%) Amazon SageMaker
13 8 (2.28%) SaaS
13 8 (2.28%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.99%) Firewall
2 5 (1.42%) CTI
2 5 (1.42%) VoIP
3 2 (0.57%) NAS
3 2 (0.57%) RTP
3 2 (0.57%) SSH
4 1 (0.28%) Broadband
4 1 (0.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
4 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.28%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.12%) Power BI
2 20 (5.70%) Data Lake
3 19 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (5.41%) Metadata
4 17 (4.84%) Snowflake Schema
5 16 (4.56%) Tableau
6 11 (3.13%) Big Data
6 11 (3.13%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.56%) Delta Lake
8 8 (2.28%) Data Vault
9 7 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.71%) Hadoop
10 6 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.71%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.42%) Pinecone
12 4 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.85%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.85%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (11.40%) JIRA
2 22 (6.27%) Git
3 11 (3.13%) MLflow
4 7 (1.99%) ERwin
5 6 (1.71%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (1.42%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.42%) ER Studio
6 5 (1.42%) Selenium
7 4 (1.14%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.85%) GitLab
8 3 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.85%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.57%) Hardhat
9 2 (0.57%) Postman
10 1 (0.28%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.28%) JUnit
10 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (35.90%) Finance
2 116 (33.05%) Social Skills
3 81 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (14.25%) Banking
5 21 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.13%) Investment Banking
7 15 (4.27%) Back Office
8 14 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.99%) Legal
9 11 (3.13%) Front Office
9 11 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.13%) Marketing
9 11 (3.13%) Retail
10 9 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.14%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (21.65%) Analyst
2 64 (18.23%) Business Analyst
3 41 (11.68%) Senior
4 39 (11.11%) Architect
5 32 (9.12%) Lead
6 29 (8.26%) Developer
7 26 (7.41%) Data Engineer
8 21 (5.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 18 (5.13%) Data Scientist
10 15 (4.27%) Senior Business Analyst
11 14 (3.99%) Consultant
12 12 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (2.85%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 10 (2.85%) Data Analyst
14 8 (2.28%) Data Architect
14 8 (2.28%) Programme Manager
14 8 (2.28%) Risk Analyst
14 8 (2.28%) Software Engineer
15 7 (1.99%) Azure Engineer
15 7 (1.99%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.55%) PyTorch
2 18 (5.13%) scikit-learn
2 18 (5.13%) TensorFlow
3 14 (3.99%) LangChain
4 12 (3.42%) Model Context Protocol
4 12 (3.42%) Pandas
5 11 (3.13%) .NET
6 10 (2.85%) LangGraph
7 9 (2.56%) Node.js
7 9 (2.56%) PySpark
7 9 (2.56%) REST
7 9 (2.56%) XML
8 7 (1.99%) Hugging Face
8 7 (1.99%) JSON
8 7 (1.99%) Kafka
8 7 (1.99%) NumPy
9 6 (1.71%) FastAPI
9 6 (1.71%) React
10 5 (1.42%) Faiss
10 5 (1.42%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.83%) Onboarding
1 31 (8.83%) Product Ownership
2 22 (6.27%) AI Agents
3 14 (3.99%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.99%) PMI
4 13 (3.70%) Algorithms
4 13 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (3.13%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.28%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.99%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.42%) Clustering
9 5 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.42%) IVR
9 5 (1.42%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.14%) Derivative
10 4 (1.14%) Equities
10 4 (1.14%) Life Science
10 4 (1.14%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.56%) Linux
2 14 (3.99%) Windows
3 4 (1.14%) Unix
4 1 (0.28%) Android
4 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (37.32%) AI
2 113 (32.19%) Agile
3 94 (26.78%) Analytics
4 84 (23.93%) Data Modelling
5 80 (22.79%) Machine Learning
6 70 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (19.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (19.09%) CI/CD
9 60 (17.09%) Data Pipeline
10 58 (16.52%) Data Science
10 58 (16.52%) LLM
11 57 (16.24%) Data Governance
12 54 (15.38%) User Stories
13 53 (15.10%) DevOps
14 52 (14.81%) Generative AI
14 52 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 51 (14.53%) Roadmaps
16 50 (14.25%) Business Analysis
17 49 (13.96%) Requirements Gathering
17 49 (13.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 107 (30.48%) Python
2 75 (21.37%) SQL
3 15 (4.27%) Java
4 13 (3.70%) Bash
5 12 (3.42%) C#
6 10 (2.85%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.85%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.99%) Scala
8 6 (1.71%) Bicep
8 6 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.14%) R
10 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.85%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.57%) C++
11 2 (0.57%) Korn
11 2 (0.57%) Solidity
11 2 (0.57%) SPARQL
11 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 70 (19.94%) Degree
2 48 (13.68%) Security Cleared
3 42 (11.97%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.84%) Master's Degree
5 22 (6.27%) CBAP
6 20 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (4.84%) PMI Certification
8 9 (2.56%) IIBA
9 7 (1.99%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.71%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.71%) PhD
11 5 (1.42%) CFA
12 4 (1.14%) CISSP
12 4 (1.14%) ISEB
12 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.40%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.69%) QA
3 12 (3.42%) GDPR
4 9 (2.56%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.99%) EU AI Act
5 7 (1.99%) NIST
6 5 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.14%) PSD2
8 3 (0.85%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.57%) MiFID
9 2 (0.57%) PMO
9 2 (0.57%) SEPA
9 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.57%) WCAG
10 1 (0.28%) FINRA
10 1 (0.28%) GRC
System Software
1 25 (7.12%) Docker
2 9 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.28%) VMware NSX
4 6 (1.71%) zsh
5 5 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.56%) Terraform
3 5 (1.42%) Ansible
3 5 (1.42%) Grafana
4 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.28%) Argo
6 1 (0.28%) Kibana
6 1 (0.28%) logstash
6 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 44 (12.54%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.97%) Databricks
3 18 (5.13%) OpenAI
4 13 (3.70%) Splunk
5 10 (2.85%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.56%) Google
6 9 (2.56%) VMware
7 7 (1.99%) Oracle
8 6 (1.71%) Genesys
9 5 (1.42%) Citrix
9 5 (1.42%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.14%) Adobe
10 4 (1.14%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.85%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.85%) Cisco
11 3 (0.85%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.85%) SAP
11 3 (0.85%) UiPath
11 3 (0.85%) Veracode