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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 156 158
Rank change year-on-year +57 +2 +29
Contract jobs citing Use Case 535 217 285
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.80% 1.72% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 1.86% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 138 189
10th Percentile £413 £400 £404
25th Percentile £461 £500 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.80% -0.43%
75th Percentile £675 £775 £675
90th Percentile £761 £877 £828
England median daily rate £537 £550 £561
% change year-on-year -2.36% -2.00% +2.05%
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 £67.50 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -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 17,000 11,667 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.40% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,345 7,819 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
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 263 214 309
10th Percentile £18.01 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £59.99 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +23 63 £550 -15.38% 18
West London - 13 £523 - 11
South London -16 3 £550 -26.67%
East London -1 2 £717 +22.56% 4
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 (5.23%) Confluence
2 18 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (2.62%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.31%) 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%) 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 24 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.18%) Chatbot
3 14 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.75%) 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%) Summit
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.19%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 174 (32.52%) Azure
2 116 (21.68%) AWS
3 56 (10.47%) Power Platform
4 54 (10.09%) GCP
5 33 (6.17%) Azure AI
6 26 (4.86%) Snowflake
7 24 (4.49%) Amazon Bedrock
7 24 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (4.30%) Microsoft Copilot
9 22 (4.11%) Serverless
10 21 (3.93%) dbt
10 21 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (3.74%) Amazon S3
12 18 (3.36%) GitHub
13 17 (3.18%) Amazon SageMaker
13 17 (3.18%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (2.80%) Entra ID
15 14 (2.62%) SaaS
15 14 (2.62%) WhatsApp
16 12 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.18%) Firewall
2 6 (1.12%) Network Security
3 5 (0.93%) RTP
4 4 (0.75%) 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%) DMZ
7 1 (0.19%) HTTP
7 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.19%) SAN
7 1 (0.19%) SSL
7 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.79%) Power BI
2 44 (8.22%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (6.17%) Metadata
4 24 (4.49%) Tableau
5 20 (3.74%) Data Lake
6 17 (3.18%) BigQuery
7 15 (2.80%) Weaviate
8 14 (2.62%) Pinecone
9 13 (2.43%) Snowflake Schema
10 12 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (2.24%) Big Data
11 10 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.87%) Delta Lake
11 10 (1.87%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.87%) Semantic Layer
12 8 (1.50%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.12%) KDB
13 6 (1.12%) Looker
14 5 (0.93%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.93%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 43 (8.04%) JIRA
2 25 (4.67%) Git
3 12 (2.24%) MLflow
4 8 (1.50%) GitLab
4 8 (1.50%) 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
1 192 (35.89%) Finance
2 142 (26.54%) Social Skills
3 85 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (14.02%) Banking
5 54 (10.09%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.42%) Retail
7 22 (4.11%) Marketing
8 21 (3.93%) Front Office
8 21 (3.93%) Investment Banking
9 19 (3.55%) Legal
10 17 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.80%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.06%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.50%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.31%) Law
17 6 (1.12%) Back Office
18 4 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 87 (16.26%) Architect
2 80 (14.95%) Analyst
3 69 (12.90%) Business Analyst
4 67 (12.52%) Data Engineer
4 67 (12.52%) Senior
5 56 (10.47%) Lead
6 42 (7.85%) Developer
7 31 (5.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 23 (4.30%) Consultant
8 23 (4.30%) Data Scientist
9 22 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 20 (3.74%) Data Architect
11 16 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (2.80%) Senior Business Analyst
13 12 (2.24%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (2.24%) Data Analyst
14 9 (1.68%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (1.68%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 9 (1.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.86%) PySpark
2 23 (4.30%) LangChain
3 21 (3.93%) .NET
4 19 (3.55%) LlamaIndex
5 18 (3.36%) Pandas
5 18 (3.36%) REST
6 17 (3.18%) scikit-learn
7 11 (2.06%) JSON
7 11 (2.06%) PyTorch
8 10 (1.87%) Middleware
8 10 (1.87%) NumPy
9 9 (1.68%) TensorFlow
10 7 (1.31%) Kafka
11 6 (1.12%) LangGraph
11 6 (1.12%) RESTful
11 6 (1.12%) SOAP
12 5 (0.93%) Flask
12 5 (0.93%) Node.js
12 5 (0.93%) React
12 5 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.78%) AI Agents
2 45 (8.41%) Product Ownership
3 39 (7.29%) Cloud Native
4 27 (5.05%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 15 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.62%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.06%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.68%) Life Science
8 9 (1.68%) PMI
8 9 (1.68%) Taxonomies
9 8 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.12%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.93%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.43%) Linux
2 10 (1.87%) Unix
3 9 (1.68%) Windows
4 5 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (49.91%) AI
2 182 (34.02%) Analytics
3 146 (27.29%) Machine Learning
4 144 (26.92%) Agile
5 120 (22.43%) Data Modelling
6 111 (20.75%) Data Pipeline
7 106 (19.81%) LLM
8 105 (19.63%) Data Engineering
9 96 (17.94%) Generative AI
10 95 (17.76%) CI/CD
11 94 (17.57%) DevOps
12 89 (16.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 88 (16.45%) Data Science
14 78 (14.58%) Decision-Making
15 76 (14.21%) Data Governance
16 73 (13.64%) Roadmaps
17 70 (13.08%) Validation
18 69 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
19 62 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 61 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 159 (29.72%) Python
2 118 (22.06%) SQL
3 21 (3.93%) C#
4 15 (2.80%) R
5 14 (2.62%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.43%) Java
7 11 (2.06%) Scala
8 10 (1.87%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.68%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.93%) Bicep
11 4 (0.75%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.75%) Bash
11 4 (0.75%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.75%) VBA
12 3 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.56%) SPARQL
12 3 (0.56%) Swift
13 2 (0.37%) LookML
13 2 (0.37%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 95 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.72%) Degree
4 18 (3.36%) Master's Degree
5 15 (2.80%) CBAP
6 14 (2.62%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.06%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.87%) CISSP
9 10 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.50%) IIBA
11 7 (1.31%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.93%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.56%) CISM
13 3 (0.56%) GCIA
13 3 (0.56%) GIAC
13 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (16.64%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.36%) QA
3 29 (5.42%) GDPR
4 12 (2.24%) NIST
5 10 (1.87%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.93%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.56%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.37%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.37%) MiFID
9 2 (0.37%) PMO
9 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) EMIR
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) NCSC
10 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) PSD2
System Software
1 29 (5.42%) Docker
2 13 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.68%) 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 38 (7.10%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.36%) Terraform
3 7 (1.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (1.12%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.56%) Ansible
5 3 (0.56%) QRadar
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.19%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.19%) Istio
6 1 (0.19%) logstash
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 104 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.91%) OpenAI
3 51 (9.53%) Databricks
4 23 (4.30%) Foundry
5 21 (3.93%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.55%) Google
7 12 (2.24%) Pega
8 11 (2.06%) Splunk
8 11 (2.06%) VMware
9 9 (1.68%) SAP
10 8 (1.50%) Oracle
11 7 (1.31%) 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 (0.75%) Cisco
14 4 (0.75%) IBM
15 3 (0.56%) Ariba
15 3 (0.56%) OpenLink