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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 157 166
Rank change year-on-year +53 +9 +33
Contract jobs citing Use Case 562 242 278
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.84% 1.78% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 1.93% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 156 188
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £459 £499 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +1.82%
75th Percentile £670 £740 £650
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
England median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.18 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £77.37 - £67.50
75th Percentile £78.55 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £87.16 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +45.27% - -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 17,636 12,537 14,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.16% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,638 8,379 10,607
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £686
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 237 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.39
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.81 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% -9.40% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +10 64 £544 -5.43% 58
West London - 15 £523 - 4
South London -13 3 £550 -26.67% 4
East London +2 2 £717 +21.63% 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 24 (4.27%) Confluence
2 17 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.60%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.07%) Apache
4 6 (1.07%) Jupyter
4 6 (1.07%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.89%) CMS
5 5 (0.89%) SAS
6 3 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Kentico
7 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.36%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 18 (3.20%) Chatbot
2 17 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.53%) Actimize
3 3 (0.53%) Findur
3 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.53%) Workfront
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.36%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.36%) Summit
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.18%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 187 (33.27%) Azure
2 111 (19.75%) AWS
3 57 (10.14%) Power Platform
4 47 (8.36%) GCP
5 42 (7.47%) Azure AI
6 28 (4.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 27 (4.80%) Snowflake
8 25 (4.45%) GitHub
8 25 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (4.09%) Amazon Bedrock
9 23 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (3.74%) dbt
11 19 (3.38%) Entra ID
12 18 (3.20%) SaaS
13 17 (3.02%) Amazon S3
13 17 (3.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (3.02%) Serverless
14 16 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (2.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.20%) Firewall
2 7 (1.25%) Network Security
3 6 (1.07%) BGP
4 5 (0.89%) Cisco Wireless
4 5 (0.89%) Multicast
4 5 (0.89%) RTP
4 5 (0.89%) VLAN
4 5 (0.89%) Wireless
5 4 (0.71%) DNS
5 4 (0.71%) Internet
5 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.53%) 5G
6 3 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.53%) SMS
7 2 (0.36%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.36%) 4G
7 2 (0.36%) DHCP
7 2 (0.36%) HTTP
7 2 (0.36%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.01%) Power BI
2 43 (7.65%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (6.94%) Metadata
4 23 (4.09%) Tableau
5 18 (3.20%) Data Lake
6 17 (3.02%) BigQuery
7 15 (2.67%) Weaviate
8 14 (2.49%) Delta Lake
8 14 (2.49%) Pinecone
9 12 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.96%) Semantic Layer
11 10 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.78%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.60%) Big Data
12 9 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (1.25%) Redis
13 7 (1.25%) Spark SQL
14 6 (1.07%) KDB
15 5 (0.89%) NoSQL
15 5 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (6.76%) JIRA
2 24 (4.27%) Git
3 9 (1.60%) ERwin
3 9 (1.60%) MLflow
4 8 (1.42%) GitLab
4 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.25%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.71%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.53%) XCTest
8 2 (0.36%) Postman
8 2 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.18%) Ant
9 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.18%) JUnit
9 1 (0.18%) Maven
9 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
General
1 210 (37.37%) Finance
2 151 (26.87%) Social Skills
3 97 (17.26%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (13.70%) Banking
5 54 (9.61%) Public Sector
6 30 (5.34%) Retail
7 24 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (4.09%) Marketing
9 21 (3.74%) Front Office
9 21 (3.74%) Investment Banking
10 20 (3.56%) Legal
11 18 (3.20%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (2.31%) Law
14 11 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.42%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.07%) French Language
18 5 (0.89%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 89 (15.84%) Architect
2 74 (13.17%) Analyst
3 72 (12.81%) Data Engineer
4 60 (10.68%) Senior
5 58 (10.32%) Business Analyst
6 56 (9.96%) Lead
7 41 (7.30%) Developer
8 38 (6.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 27 (4.80%) Consultant
10 22 (3.91%) Data Architect
11 21 (3.74%) Data Scientist
12 20 (3.56%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 17 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.67%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (2.67%) Data Analyst
15 11 (1.96%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
16 9 (1.60%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (1.60%) Cybersecurity Specialist
16 9 (1.60%) Senior Data Engineer
16 9 (1.60%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.34%) PySpark
2 27 (4.80%) REST
3 25 (4.45%) LangChain
4 20 (3.56%) LlamaIndex
5 19 (3.38%) .NET
6 18 (3.20%) Pandas
7 12 (2.14%) JSON
8 11 (1.96%) scikit-learn
9 9 (1.60%) NumPy
10 8 (1.42%) LangGraph
10 8 (1.42%) Middleware
10 8 (1.42%) Model Context Protocol
10 8 (1.42%) RESTful
11 7 (1.25%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.25%) Kafka
11 7 (1.25%) Node.js
12 6 (1.07%) PyTorch
12 6 (1.07%) SOAP
13 5 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
13 5 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.28%) AI Agents
2 48 (8.54%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.65%) Cloud Native
4 40 (7.12%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.38%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.14%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.14%) Taxonomies
8 12 (2.14%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.60%) Life Science
10 9 (1.60%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.25%) Reference Data
11 7 (1.25%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.89%) Digital Signage
13 5 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.56%) Linux
2 15 (2.67%) Windows
3 11 (1.96%) Unix
4 8 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (49.11%) AI
2 191 (33.99%) Analytics
3 142 (25.27%) Machine Learning
4 130 (23.13%) Agile
5 119 (21.17%) Data Modelling
5 119 (21.17%) Data Pipeline
6 111 (19.75%) Data Engineering
7 107 (19.04%) LLM
8 92 (16.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 91 (16.19%) Generative AI
10 90 (16.01%) CI/CD
11 87 (15.48%) DevOps
12 82 (14.59%) Decision-Making
13 79 (14.06%) Data Science
14 77 (13.70%) Roadmaps
15 76 (13.52%) Data Governance
16 73 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 72 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
18 70 (12.46%) Validation
19 66 (11.74%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 157 (27.94%) Python
2 119 (21.17%) SQL
3 20 (3.56%) C#
4 15 (2.67%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.49%) Java
5 14 (2.49%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.31%) R
7 8 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.07%) Scala
9 5 (0.89%) Bash
9 5 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.71%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.71%) Go
10 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.71%) SPARQL
10 4 (0.71%) VBA
11 3 (0.53%) Bicep
11 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.53%) SHACL
11 3 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 94 (16.73%) Security Cleared
2 79 (14.06%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.47%) Degree
4 17 (3.02%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.85%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.49%) CISSP
8 13 (2.31%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.42%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.25%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.25%) CBAP
12 6 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.89%) GCIH
13 5 (0.89%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.71%) CEH
14 4 (0.71%) CISM
14 4 (0.71%) GCIA
14 4 (0.71%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (16.73%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.05%) GDPR
3 30 (5.34%) QA
4 17 (3.02%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.49%) NIST
6 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.89%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.71%) NCSC
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 2 (0.36%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.36%) MiFID
10 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) PMO
10 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 22 (3.91%) Docker
2 18 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.71%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.53%) IAG
6 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) HDFS
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (6.76%) Terraform
2 31 (5.52%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (1.07%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.89%) Ansible
5 5 (0.89%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.53%) QRadar
7 2 (0.36%) Grafana
7 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.18%) Istio
8 1 (0.18%) logstash
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 57 (10.14%) Databricks
3 55 (9.79%) OpenAI
4 29 (5.16%) Foundry
5 21 (3.74%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.38%) Google
7 15 (2.67%) Splunk
8 12 (2.14%) Pega
8 12 (2.14%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.96%) Cisco
9 11 (1.96%) Oracle
10 9 (1.60%) SAP
11 8 (1.42%) CyberArk
11 8 (1.42%) VMware
12 5 (0.89%) F5
12 5 (0.89%) Informatica
12 5 (0.89%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.89%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.89%) Workday