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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 147 192
Rank change year-on-year +24 +45 -23
Contract jobs citing Use Case 329 242 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.34% 1.74% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 1.93% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 156 137
10th Percentile £395 £400 £455
25th Percentile £463 £487 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% -1.25% -
75th Percentile £671 £694 £700
90th Percentile £750 £878 £846
England median daily rate £515 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -10.43% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £34.43 - -
25th Percentile £37.31 £69.00 £91.25
Median hourly rate £45.75 £70.00 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.64% -24.32% +55.46%
75th Percentile £55.31 £71.00 £93.75
90th Percentile £58.88 - -
England median hourly rate £56.50 £70.00 £86.66
% change year-on-year -19.29% -19.22% +44.43%

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 12,819 12,566 16,131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.29% 90.27% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,452 8,018 11,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 152 260
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.44 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £53.84
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.68 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

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 12 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Use Case in London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Use Case in London

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 12 January 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 -8 40 £613 +2.08% 33
South London -4 3 £475 -17.39% 3
East London -7 1 - - 3
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 25 (7.60%) Confluence
2 13 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.34%) Apache Spark
4 8 (2.43%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.22%) Apache
6 3 (0.91%) Appian
7 2 (0.61%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.61%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.61%) Luigi
8 1 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.04%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.52%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.52%) ProjectWise
5 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.91%) Endur
2 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 2 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.30%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.30%) Shopify
4 1 (0.30%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 113 (34.35%) Azure
2 68 (20.67%) AWS
3 33 (10.03%) GCP
4 28 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 24 (7.29%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (6.69%) Snowflake
7 16 (4.86%) GitHub
8 14 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (3.95%) Serverless
10 12 (3.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (3.34%) dbt
12 9 (2.74%) Azure AI
12 9 (2.74%) Azure Machine Learning
13 8 (2.43%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.43%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.43%) SaaS
13 8 (2.43%) Vertex AI
14 7 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.04%) Firewall
2 5 (1.52%) CTI
2 5 (1.52%) VoIP
3 2 (0.61%) NAS
3 2 (0.61%) SSH
4 1 (0.30%) Network Security
4 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.30%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.69%) Power BI
2 21 (6.38%) Data Lake
3 20 (6.08%) Metadata
4 16 (4.86%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (4.26%) Snowflake Schema
6 13 (3.95%) Tableau
7 12 (3.65%) SQL Server
8 10 (3.04%) Big Data
9 8 (2.43%) Data Vault
9 8 (2.43%) Delta Lake
9 8 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (2.13%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.52%) Pinecone
12 4 (1.22%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.91%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.91%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.91%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (11.55%) JIRA
2 20 (6.08%) Git
3 10 (3.04%) MLflow
4 6 (1.82%) Cucumber
4 6 (1.82%) ERwin
4 6 (1.82%) JUnit
4 6 (1.82%) PowerDesigner
4 6 (1.82%) Selenium
5 4 (1.22%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.22%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.91%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.91%) GitLab
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.91%) Postman
6 3 (0.91%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.61%) Hardhat
8 1 (0.30%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 119 (36.17%) Finance
2 112 (34.04%) Social Skills
3 82 (24.92%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (14.59%) Banking
5 21 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.78%) Investment Banking
7 16 (4.86%) Back Office
8 13 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.65%) Front Office
9 12 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.65%) Legal
10 11 (3.34%) Marketing
11 10 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.43%) Retail
13 6 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.22%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.91%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (20.97%) Analyst
2 57 (17.33%) Business Analyst
3 38 (11.55%) Senior
4 33 (10.03%) Developer
5 28 (8.51%) Architect
6 26 (7.90%) Lead
7 20 (6.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 19 (5.78%) Data Engineer
9 17 (5.17%) Consultant
10 14 (4.26%) Senior Business Analyst
11 13 (3.95%) Data Scientist
12 12 (3.65%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (3.34%) Software Engineer
14 10 (3.04%) Data Analyst
15 9 (2.74%) Data Architect
15 9 (2.74%) Product Manager
15 9 (2.74%) Security Engineer
16 8 (2.43%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
16 8 (2.43%) Programme Manager
16 8 (2.43%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.99%) PyTorch
2 18 (5.47%) TensorFlow
3 16 (4.86%) LangChain
4 15 (4.56%) scikit-learn
5 11 (3.34%) .NET
6 10 (3.04%) LangGraph
7 9 (2.74%) Pandas
7 9 (2.74%) PySpark
7 9 (2.74%) XML
8 8 (2.43%) Hugging Face
9 7 (2.13%) Node.js
9 7 (2.13%) REST
10 6 (1.82%) Android NDK
10 6 (1.82%) Android SDK
10 6 (1.82%) FastAPI
10 6 (1.82%) iOS SDK
10 6 (1.82%) JNI
10 6 (1.82%) Kafka
10 6 (1.82%) YAML
11 5 (1.52%) Faiss
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.12%) Product Ownership
2 29 (8.81%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.69%) AI Agents
4 14 (4.26%) PMI
5 12 (3.65%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.65%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (3.04%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (2.74%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.43%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.82%) Augmented Reality
11 6 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.82%) Virtual Reality
12 5 (1.52%) Blockchain
12 5 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (1.52%) IVR
12 5 (1.52%) Life Science
12 5 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 4 (1.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.69%) Linux
2 15 (4.56%) Windows
3 6 (1.82%) Android
3 6 (1.82%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.82%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.61%) Unix
5 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (36.47%) AI
2 102 (31.00%) Agile
3 86 (26.14%) Analytics
4 74 (22.49%) Machine Learning
5 72 (21.88%) Data Modelling
5 72 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (19.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 60 (18.24%) CI/CD
8 57 (17.33%) Data Governance
9 55 (16.72%) LLM
9 55 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 52 (15.81%) Data Science
11 51 (15.50%) Data Pipeline
12 50 (15.20%) User Stories
13 48 (14.59%) Generative AI
13 48 (14.59%) Roadmaps
14 45 (13.68%) DevOps
15 41 (12.46%) Validation
16 40 (12.16%) Business Analysis
17 39 (11.85%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 102 (31.00%) Python
2 73 (22.19%) SQL
3 24 (7.29%) Java
4 13 (3.95%) Bash
5 10 (3.04%) C#
5 10 (3.04%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.74%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (2.74%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.13%) C++
8 6 (1.82%) Bicep
8 6 (1.82%) R
9 5 (1.52%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.22%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.91%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.91%) Scala
11 3 (0.91%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.61%) Solidity
12 2 (0.61%) SPARQL
12 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.30%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 70 (21.28%) Degree
2 40 (12.16%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.73%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.69%) Master's Degree
5 18 (5.47%) CBAP
5 18 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (5.17%) PMI Certification
7 12 (3.65%) MCP
8 6 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.82%) PhD
9 5 (1.52%) CFA
9 5 (1.52%) CISSP
9 5 (1.52%) IIBA
10 4 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.22%) ISEB
11 3 (0.91%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.85%) Data Quality
2 26 (7.90%) QA
3 11 (3.34%) GDPR
4 9 (2.74%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.43%) EU AI Act
5 8 (2.43%) NIST
6 6 (1.82%) ISO 19650
6 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.22%) PSD2
8 3 (0.91%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.91%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.61%) HL7
9 2 (0.61%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.61%) MiFID
9 2 (0.61%) SEPA
9 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.61%) WCAG
10 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.30%) GRC
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 22 (6.69%) Docker
2 10 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.43%) zsh
4 5 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.56%) Terraform
3 5 (1.52%) Ansible
3 5 (1.52%) Grafana
4 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.30%) Argo
6 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.30%) Kibana
6 1 (0.30%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.30%) QRadar
6 1 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 39 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.64%) Databricks
3 16 (4.86%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.65%) Splunk
5 9 (2.74%) Google
6 7 (2.13%) Oracle
6 7 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.82%) Citrix
7 6 (1.82%) Genesys
8 5 (1.52%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.22%) Adobe
9 4 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.22%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.22%) UiPath
10 3 (0.91%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.91%) Cisco
10 3 (0.91%) SAP
10 3 (0.91%) Veracode
10 3 (0.91%) VMware