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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 126 153
Rank change year-on-year +15 +27 +77
Contract jobs citing Use Case 541 294 296
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.66% 2.18% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 2.36% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 195 184
10th Percentile £408 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £472 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £578
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -1.30% +5.00%
75th Percentile £682 £673 £650
90th Percentile £788 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
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% -
75th Percentile £78.55 £55.31 £68.75
90th Percentile - £58.88 -
England median hourly rate £77.37 £49.22 £60.00
% change year-on-year +57.18% -17.97% -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 18,051 12,472 14,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.78% 92.51% 89.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 8,235 9,567
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £671 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 247 185
10th Percentile £16.21 £17.62 £17.35
25th Percentile £19.27 £25.02 £24.15
Median hourly rate £33.30 £30.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -14.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.23% -41.51% -1.94%

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 26 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 26 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 55 £500 -12.66% 138
West London - 12 £800 - 38
South London -6 3 £698 -6.93% 1
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 21 (3.88%) Confluence
2 17 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.85%) Jupyter
5 9 (1.66%) Apache Spark
6 7 (1.29%) Apache
7 5 (0.92%) CMS
8 4 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.55%) SAS
10 2 (0.37%) Kentico
10 2 (0.37%) WordPress
11 1 (0.18%) Appian
11 1 (0.18%) Camunda
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.03%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.55%) Workfront
3 2 (0.37%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.37%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.37%) Findur
3 2 (0.37%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.37%) Summit
4 1 (0.18%) Actimize
4 1 (0.18%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.18%) Endur
4 1 (0.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
Cloud Services
1 155 (28.65%) Azure
2 99 (18.30%) AWS
3 53 (9.80%) Power Platform
4 38 (7.02%) Microsoft Copilot
5 35 (6.47%) GCP
6 34 (6.28%) Snowflake
7 26 (4.81%) Azure AI
8 25 (4.62%) dbt
9 23 (4.25%) GitHub
10 22 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (3.88%) Amazon S3
12 20 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
13 16 (2.96%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.96%) SaaS
14 15 (2.77%) Amazon Bedrock
14 15 (2.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (2.59%) Anthropic Claude
15 14 (2.59%) Entra ID
16 13 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (2.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.22%) Firewall
2 11 (2.03%) BGP
3 8 (1.48%) Cisco Wireless
3 8 (1.48%) Multicast
3 8 (1.48%) VLAN
3 8 (1.48%) Wireless
4 7 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.92%) Network Security
6 4 (0.74%) SMS
7 3 (0.55%) DNS
7 3 (0.55%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.55%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.55%) InfiniBand
7 3 (0.55%) Internet
7 3 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.55%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.37%) DHCP
8 2 (0.37%) HTTP
9 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.95%) Metadata
2 36 (6.65%) Power BI
3 32 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (3.88%) Data Lake
5 15 (2.77%) Tableau
6 14 (2.59%) Pinecone
7 13 (2.40%) Chroma
7 13 (2.40%) Delta Lake
7 13 (2.40%) Weaviate
8 12 (2.22%) Semantic Layer
9 11 (2.03%) Amazon Athena
9 11 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.66%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.66%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.48%) SQL Server
12 7 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (1.11%) Neo4j
13 6 (1.11%) Redis
14 5 (0.92%) Big Data
14 5 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (6.28%) JIRA
2 17 (3.14%) Git
3 9 (1.66%) ERwin
4 6 (1.11%) ER Studio
4 6 (1.11%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.11%) MLflow
5 5 (0.92%) Claude Code
5 5 (0.92%) GitLab
6 2 (0.37%) Postman
6 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 206 (38.08%) Finance
2 138 (25.51%) Social Skills
3 95 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (13.49%) Banking
5 43 (7.95%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.18%) Marketing
7 25 (4.62%) Retail
8 24 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.88%) Front Office
10 20 (3.70%) Investment Banking
11 19 (3.51%) Legal
12 17 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (2.59%) Law
14 12 (2.22%) Financial Institution
15 11 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.29%) Back Office
16 7 (1.29%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.11%) French Language
17 6 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 92 (17.01%) Analyst
2 80 (14.79%) Architect
3 69 (12.75%) Business Analyst
4 68 (12.57%) Senior
5 62 (11.46%) Data Engineer
6 52 (9.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 48 (8.87%) Lead
8 38 (7.02%) Consultant
9 29 (5.36%) Developer
10 22 (4.07%) Data Architect
11 21 (3.88%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 15 (2.77%) Data Analyst
12 15 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (2.40%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
13 13 (2.40%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
13 13 (2.40%) Data Scientist
14 12 (2.22%) Enterprise Architect
15 11 (2.03%) Senior Business Analyst
15 11 (2.03%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.39%) Terraform
2 29 (5.36%) PySpark
3 26 (4.81%) REST
4 23 (4.25%) LangChain
5 18 (3.33%) Model Context Protocol
6 15 (2.77%) LlamaIndex
7 14 (2.59%) .NET
8 12 (2.22%) JSON
8 12 (2.22%) Pandas
9 11 (2.03%) RESTful
10 9 (1.66%) LangGraph
11 8 (1.48%) GraphQL
11 8 (1.48%) Kafka
11 8 (1.48%) vLLM
12 7 (1.29%) scikit-learn
12 7 (1.29%) Semantic Kernel
13 6 (1.11%) NumPy
13 6 (1.11%) PyTorch
13 6 (1.11%) Web Services
14 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.12%) AI Agents
2 53 (9.80%) Product Ownership
3 40 (7.39%) Onboarding
4 39 (7.21%) Cloud Native
5 22 (4.07%) Data Structures
6 17 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.59%) Taxonomies
9 12 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.22%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.66%) Life Science
11 8 (1.48%) Digital Signage
11 8 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.29%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (1.29%) Reference Data
13 6 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.92%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.22%) Linux
1 12 (2.22%) Windows
2 7 (1.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.74%) Unix
4 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (53.97%) AI
2 166 (30.68%) Analytics
3 130 (24.03%) Machine Learning
4 125 (23.11%) Agile
5 124 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 118 (21.81%) LLM
7 107 (19.78%) Data Pipeline
8 106 (19.59%) Data Modelling
9 104 (19.22%) Generative AI
10 87 (16.08%) Data Engineering
11 86 (15.90%) Data Governance
12 83 (15.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 80 (14.79%) Roadmaps
14 74 (13.68%) CI/CD
15 68 (12.57%) Data Science
16 67 (12.38%) Data Architecture
16 67 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
17 65 (12.01%) DevOps
18 64 (11.83%) Validation
19 62 (11.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 137 (25.32%) Python
2 113 (20.89%) SQL
3 18 (3.33%) Java
4 16 (2.96%) C#
5 14 (2.59%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.03%) R
7 9 (1.66%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.11%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.92%) Scala
10 4 (0.74%) Bash
10 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
11 3 (0.55%) Bicep
11 3 (0.55%) Go
11 3 (0.55%) SHACL
11 3 (0.55%) VBA
12 2 (0.37%) Elixir
12 2 (0.37%) Rust
12 2 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 85 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 75 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.32%) Degree
4 16 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.03%) CISSP
7 11 (2.03%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.66%) CBAP
10 8 (1.48%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.29%) PMP
12 5 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.92%) CCSP
12 5 (0.92%) GCIH
12 5 (0.92%) GIAC
12 5 (0.92%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (17.74%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.36%) GDPR
3 25 (4.62%) QA
4 15 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.03%) NIST
6 7 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.74%) EU AI Act
7 4 (0.74%) GRC
7 4 (0.74%) ISO 15022
7 4 (0.74%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.74%) NCSC
8 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.37%) MiFID
9 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (2.59%) Docker
2 12 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.37%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.37%) IAG
3 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (4.99%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.48%) Cisco Prime
2 8 (1.48%) Kubeflow
3 4 (0.74%) QRadar
4 3 (0.55%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) Grafana
5 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 104 (19.22%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.46%) Databricks
3 42 (7.76%) OpenAI
4 28 (5.18%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.70%) Splunk
6 16 (2.96%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.77%) Cisco
8 13 (2.40%) Google
8 13 (2.40%) SAP
9 12 (2.22%) Foundry
10 11 (2.03%) Adobe
10 11 (2.03%) Oracle
11 7 (1.29%) Informatica
12 6 (1.11%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.11%) F5
13 5 (0.92%) Pega
14 4 (0.74%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.74%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.74%) VMware