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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 159 158
Rank change year-on-year +56 -1 +38
Contract jobs citing Use Case 537 219 280
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.78% 1.69% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 1.83% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 138 185
10th Percentile £413 £400 £405
25th Percentile £463 £501 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £597 £566
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% +5.48% -1.57%
75th Percentile £675 £775 £675
90th Percentile £762 £866 £825
England median daily rate £540 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -1.82% -1.79% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.18 - -
Median hourly rate £77.37 - -
75th Percentile £78.55 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.43 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +20.72% +4.35% -17.86%

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 17,155 11,979 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 92.25% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,402 8,003 11,123
10th Percentile £358 £335 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 225 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £23.33 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £68.68
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%

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 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 2 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 +15 62 £550 -4.35% 79
West London - 13 £523 - 19
South London -4 3 £550 -26.67% 2
East London -3 2 £717 +22.56% 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 28 (5.21%) Confluence
2 18 (3.35%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.30%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.12%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.93%) CMS
6 5 (0.93%) SAS
7 3 (0.56%) Apache
8 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.37%) Kentico
8 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 23 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.17%) Chatbot
3 13 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.56%) Actimize
3 3 (0.56%) Findur
3 3 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.37%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) Summit
4 2 (0.37%) Workfront
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.19%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 171 (31.84%) Azure
2 114 (21.23%) AWS
3 56 (10.43%) Power Platform
4 53 (9.87%) GCP
5 33 (6.15%) Azure AI
6 25 (4.66%) Snowflake
7 24 (4.47%) Microsoft Copilot
8 23 (4.28%) Amazon Bedrock
9 22 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (3.91%) dbt
10 21 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (3.72%) GitHub
12 19 (3.54%) Serverless
13 18 (3.35%) Amazon S3
14 17 (3.17%) SaaS
15 16 (2.98%) Amazon SageMaker
15 16 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (2.79%) Entra ID
17 14 (2.61%) WhatsApp
18 12 (2.23%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.79%) Firewall
2 7 (1.30%) Network Security
3 5 (0.93%) RTP
4 4 (0.74%) Internet
5 3 (0.56%) 5G
5 3 (0.56%) DNS
5 3 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.56%) SMS
5 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.37%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.37%) 4G
6 2 (0.37%) BGP
6 2 (0.37%) DHCP
6 2 (0.37%) LTE
7 1 (0.19%) Broadband
7 1 (0.19%) DMZ
7 1 (0.19%) HTTP
7 1 (0.19%) LAN
7 1 (0.19%) OSPF
7 1 (0.19%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.57%) Power BI
2 43 (8.01%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (6.70%) Metadata
4 25 (4.66%) Tableau
5 18 (3.35%) Data Lake
6 17 (3.17%) BigQuery
7 15 (2.79%) Weaviate
8 14 (2.61%) Pinecone
9 12 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (2.23%) Snowflake Schema
10 11 (2.05%) Semantic Layer
11 10 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.86%) Big Data
11 10 (1.86%) Delta Lake
11 10 (1.86%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.30%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.12%) KDB
13 6 (1.12%) Looker
14 5 (0.93%) Kdb+
14 5 (0.93%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 42 (7.82%) JIRA
2 26 (4.84%) Git
3 11 (2.05%) MLflow
4 8 (1.49%) GitLab
4 8 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.93%) ERwin
6 3 (0.56%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.56%) XCTest
7 2 (0.37%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.37%) Postman
7 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.37%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) Ant
8 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.19%) JUnit
8 1 (0.19%) Maven
8 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
General
1 201 (37.43%) Finance
2 143 (26.63%) Social Skills
3 86 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (13.97%) Banking
5 52 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.40%) Retail
7 23 (4.28%) Marketing
8 21 (3.91%) Front Office
8 21 (3.91%) Investment Banking
9 19 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.54%) Legal
10 16 (2.98%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.05%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.49%) Law
14 8 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.93%) Back Office
15 5 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 89 (16.57%) Architect
2 75 (13.97%) Analyst
3 65 (12.10%) Data Engineer
4 64 (11.92%) Business Analyst
5 61 (11.36%) Senior
6 57 (10.61%) Lead
7 41 (7.64%) Developer
8 32 (5.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 24 (4.47%) Consultant
10 23 (4.28%) Data Scientist
11 22 (4.10%) Data Architect
12 20 (3.72%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 16 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.23%) Data Analyst
15 11 (2.05%) Azure Engineer
15 11 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (2.05%) Senior Business Analyst
16 9 (1.68%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
16 9 (1.68%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (1.68%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.66%) PySpark
2 23 (4.28%) LangChain
3 22 (4.10%) REST
4 20 (3.72%) .NET
5 19 (3.54%) LlamaIndex
6 18 (3.35%) Pandas
7 15 (2.79%) scikit-learn
8 12 (2.23%) JSON
9 10 (1.86%) Middleware
9 10 (1.86%) NumPy
10 9 (1.68%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.30%) RESTful
11 7 (1.30%) TensorFlow
12 6 (1.12%) GraphQL
12 6 (1.12%) Kafka
12 6 (1.12%) LangGraph
12 6 (1.12%) Node.js
12 6 (1.12%) SOAP
13 5 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
13 5 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.92%) AI Agents
2 44 (8.19%) Product Ownership
3 42 (7.82%) Cloud Native
4 29 (5.40%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.79%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.79%) Data Structures
5 15 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (2.23%) Taxonomies
6 12 (2.23%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.68%) Life Science
9 7 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.30%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.12%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.12%) PMI
11 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.61%) Linux
2 11 (2.05%) Unix
3 9 (1.68%) Windows
4 5 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (50.28%) AI
2 186 (34.64%) Analytics
3 145 (27.00%) Machine Learning
4 138 (25.70%) Agile
5 117 (21.79%) Data Modelling
6 111 (20.67%) Data Pipeline
7 105 (19.55%) LLM
8 103 (19.18%) Data Engineering
9 93 (17.32%) Generative AI
10 91 (16.95%) CI/CD
11 90 (16.76%) DevOps
12 89 (16.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 82 (15.27%) Data Science
14 79 (14.71%) Decision-Making
15 77 (14.34%) Roadmaps
16 76 (14.15%) Data Governance
17 70 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
18 68 (12.66%) Validation
19 64 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 61 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 156 (29.05%) Python
2 115 (21.42%) SQL
3 21 (3.91%) C#
4 14 (2.61%) Java
5 13 (2.42%) R
6 12 (2.23%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.05%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.68%) Scala
9 8 (1.49%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.74%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.74%) Bash
10 4 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
10 4 (0.74%) VBA
11 3 (0.56%) Bicep
11 3 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.56%) Go
11 3 (0.56%) SHACL
11 3 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 96 (17.88%) Security Cleared
2 80 (14.90%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.12%) Degree
4 18 (3.35%) Master's Degree
5 16 (2.98%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.42%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.23%) CBAP
8 11 (2.05%) CISSP
9 10 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.68%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.49%) IIBA
12 7 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.93%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.74%) CISM
15 3 (0.56%) GCIA
15 3 (0.56%) GIAC
15 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (16.39%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.15%) GDPR
3 32 (5.96%) QA
4 13 (2.42%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.42%) NIST
5 7 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.93%) EU AI Act
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%) NCSC
8 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.37%) PMO
8 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 27 (5.03%) Docker
2 13 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.49%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.37%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.37%) IAG
5 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.19%) HDFS
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (6.52%) Terraform
2 34 (6.33%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (1.12%) Kubeflow
5 4 (0.74%) Ansible
6 3 (0.56%) QRadar
7 1 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.19%) Control-M
7 1 (0.19%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.19%) Istio
7 1 (0.19%) logstash
7 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 104 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.50%) OpenAI
3 50 (9.31%) Databricks
4 23 (4.28%) Foundry
5 21 (3.91%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.54%) Google
7 14 (2.61%) Splunk
8 12 (2.23%) Pega
9 10 (1.86%) SAP
10 9 (1.68%) Oracle
10 9 (1.68%) VMware
11 8 (1.49%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.12%) Informatica
13 5 (0.93%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.93%) Workday
14 4 (0.74%) Adobe
14 4 (0.74%) Cisco
14 4 (0.74%) IBM
15 3 (0.56%) Ariba