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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 131 147
Rank change year-on-year +16 +16 +72
Contract jobs citing Use Case 529 284 301
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.61% 2.11% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.28% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 186 190
10th Percentile £413 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £682 £684 £650
90th Percentile £795 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £570
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +3.64%
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 17,987 12,459 14,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.61% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 8,238 9,752
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 256 181
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.00 £48.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -12 53 £500 -12.66% 110
West London - 13 £800 - 34
South London -7 5 £698 -6.93% 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 20 (3.78%) Confluence
2 17 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.51%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.51%) Jupyter
5 7 (1.32%) Apache
6 5 (0.95%) CMS
7 3 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.57%) SAS
8 2 (0.38%) Kentico
8 2 (0.38%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) Appian
9 1 (0.19%) Camunda
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.08%) Chatbot
2 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.57%) Findur
2 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.57%) Workfront
3 2 (0.38%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.38%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.38%) Summit
4 1 (0.19%) Actimize
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.19%) Endur
4 1 (0.19%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 151 (28.54%) Azure
2 95 (17.96%) AWS
3 52 (9.83%) Power Platform
4 39 (7.37%) GCP
5 34 (6.43%) Microsoft Copilot
5 34 (6.43%) Snowflake
6 27 (5.10%) Azure AI
7 23 (4.35%) dbt
7 23 (4.35%) GitHub
8 20 (3.78%) Amazon S3
8 20 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (3.21%) SaaS
10 16 (3.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 16 (3.02%) Copilot Studio
10 16 (3.02%) Entra ID
11 15 (2.84%) Power Automate
12 14 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.46%) Amazon Bedrock
13 13 (2.46%) Anthropic Claude
13 13 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.27%) Firewall
2 11 (2.08%) BGP
3 8 (1.51%) Cisco Wireless
3 8 (1.51%) Multicast
3 8 (1.51%) VLAN
3 8 (1.51%) Wireless
4 7 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.13%) Network Security
6 4 (0.76%) SMS
7 3 (0.57%) DNS
7 3 (0.57%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.57%) InfiniBand
7 3 (0.57%) Internet
7 3 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.57%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.57%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.38%) DHCP
8 2 (0.38%) HTTP
9 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.56%) Metadata
2 37 (6.99%) Power BI
3 33 (6.24%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (3.97%) Data Lake
5 15 (2.84%) Tableau
6 13 (2.46%) Pinecone
6 13 (2.46%) Weaviate
7 12 (2.27%) BigQuery
7 12 (2.27%) Chroma
7 12 (2.27%) Delta Lake
8 11 (2.08%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.70%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.51%) SQL Server
12 7 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (1.13%) Redis
14 5 (0.95%) Big Data
14 5 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (0.95%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 34 (6.43%) JIRA
2 18 (3.40%) Git
3 8 (1.51%) ERwin
4 6 (1.13%) ER Studio
4 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.13%) MLflow
5 5 (0.95%) Claude Code
5 5 (0.95%) GitLab
6 2 (0.38%) Postman
6 2 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 203 (38.37%) Finance
2 129 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 95 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (13.99%) Banking
5 41 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.73%) Marketing
6 25 (4.73%) Retail
7 24 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (3.97%) Front Office
9 20 (3.78%) Investment Banking
10 17 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (3.21%) Legal
11 14 (2.65%) Financial Institution
12 13 (2.46%) Law
13 11 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.51%) Back Office
15 7 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.13%) French Language
17 5 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 85 (16.07%) Analyst
2 78 (14.74%) Architect
3 64 (12.10%) Business Analyst
4 61 (11.53%) Senior
5 60 (11.34%) Data Engineer
6 48 (9.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 47 (8.88%) Lead
8 38 (7.18%) Consultant
9 32 (6.05%) Developer
10 22 (4.16%) Data Architect
11 18 (3.40%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 15 (2.84%) Data Scientist
13 14 (2.65%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
13 14 (2.65%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.27%) Solutions Architect
16 11 (2.08%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
16 11 (2.08%) Enterprise Architect
17 10 (1.89%) Senior Business Analyst
17 10 (1.89%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.18%) Terraform
2 30 (5.67%) PySpark
3 24 (4.54%) REST
4 22 (4.16%) LangChain
5 16 (3.02%) Model Context Protocol
6 15 (2.84%) LlamaIndex
7 14 (2.65%) .NET
8 13 (2.46%) Pandas
9 10 (1.89%) JSON
10 9 (1.70%) RESTful
11 8 (1.51%) scikit-learn
12 7 (1.32%) GraphQL
12 7 (1.32%) Kafka
12 7 (1.32%) LangGraph
12 7 (1.32%) NumPy
13 6 (1.13%) Semantic Kernel
13 6 (1.13%) vLLM
14 4 (0.76%) Node.js
14 4 (0.76%) pytest
14 4 (0.76%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 67 (12.67%) AI Agents
2 53 (10.02%) Product Ownership
3 38 (7.18%) Onboarding
4 37 (6.99%) Cloud Native
5 20 (3.78%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.27%) Taxonomies
9 11 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.89%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.70%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.70%) Life Science
12 8 (1.51%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.51%) Digital Signage
13 7 (1.32%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
14 5 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.95%) Pricing Data
14 5 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.46%) Linux
2 12 (2.27%) Windows
3 7 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.95%) Unix
5 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (53.12%) AI
2 167 (31.57%) Analytics
3 130 (24.57%) Machine Learning
4 123 (23.25%) Agile
5 118 (22.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 110 (20.79%) LLM
7 104 (19.66%) Data Pipeline
8 102 (19.28%) Data Modelling
9 98 (18.53%) Generative AI
10 88 (16.64%) Data Engineering
11 80 (15.12%) Data Governance
12 79 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 75 (14.18%) Roadmaps
14 73 (13.80%) CI/CD
15 67 (12.67%) Data Science
15 67 (12.67%) DevOps
16 66 (12.48%) Data Architecture
16 66 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
17 65 (12.29%) Validation
18 62 (11.72%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 133 (25.14%) Python
2 112 (21.17%) SQL
3 18 (3.40%) Java
4 15 (2.84%) C#
5 13 (2.46%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.46%) R
6 7 (1.32%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.95%) Scala
8 4 (0.76%) Bash
8 4 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.76%) SPARQL
9 3 (0.57%) Bicep
9 3 (0.57%) Go
9 3 (0.57%) SHACL
9 3 (0.57%) VBA
10 2 (0.38%) Elixir
10 2 (0.38%) Rust
10 2 (0.38%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 88 (16.64%) Security Cleared
2 75 (14.18%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.94%) Degree
4 15 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (2.84%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.46%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.27%) CISSP
7 11 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.08%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.70%) CBAP
8 9 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.51%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.32%) PMP
11 6 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.13%) GIAC
12 5 (0.95%) CCSP
12 5 (0.95%) IIBA
12 5 (0.95%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (17.01%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.29%) GDPR
3 27 (5.10%) QA
4 16 (3.02%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.27%) NIST
6 6 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.95%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.76%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.76%) GRC
8 4 (0.76%) ISO 15022
8 4 (0.76%) NCSC
9 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.38%) MiFID
9 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.19%) GxP
10 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (2.84%) Docker
2 11 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.38%) IAG
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.51%) Cisco Prime
3 6 (1.13%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.57%) Ansible
4 3 (0.57%) QRadar
5 2 (0.38%) Grafana
5 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.53%) Databricks
3 40 (7.56%) OpenAI
4 25 (4.73%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.78%) Splunk
6 15 (2.84%) Cisco
6 15 (2.84%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.65%) Foundry
8 13 (2.46%) SAP
9 12 (2.27%) Oracle
10 10 (1.89%) Google
11 9 (1.70%) Adobe
12 8 (1.51%) CyberArk
13 7 (1.32%) Pega
14 6 (1.13%) F5
14 6 (1.13%) Informatica
15 4 (0.76%) OpenLink
15 4 (0.76%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 4 (0.76%) VMware