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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 125 147
Rank change year-on-year +12 +22 +73
Contract jobs citing Use Case 542 299 291
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.67% 2.24% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 2.42% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 198 179
10th Percentile £406 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £469 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £681 £671 £650
90th Percentile £788 £775 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £566
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.28% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £34.43 £66.53
25th Percentile £76.18 £37.31 £66.94
Median hourly rate £77.37 £45.75 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +69.10% -33.45% -
75th Percentile £78.55 £55.31 £70.44
90th Percentile - £58.88 £70.78
England median hourly rate £77.37 £41.94 £60.00
% change year-on-year +84.47% -30.10% -11.19%

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 18,062 12,379 14,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.57% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,844 8,171 9,350
10th Percentile £358 £325 £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 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.71% -2.64% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 241 178
10th Percentile £16.07 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.04 £25.01 £24.16
Median hourly rate £32.81 £30.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% -15.28% -4.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 30 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 30 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% 131
West London - 12 £800 - 37
South London -6 3 £698 -6.93% 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 23 (4.24%) Confluence
2 17 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.85%) Jupyter
5 8 (1.48%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.11%) 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 10 (1.85%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 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
1 159 (29.34%) Azure
2 102 (18.82%) AWS
3 49 (9.04%) Power Platform
4 37 (6.83%) Microsoft Copilot
5 36 (6.64%) GCP
6 34 (6.27%) Snowflake
7 27 (4.98%) Azure AI
8 25 (4.61%) dbt
9 22 (4.06%) GitHub
10 21 (3.87%) Amazon S3
11 20 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (3.51%) Copilot Studio
13 16 (2.95%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.95%) SaaS
14 15 (2.77%) Amazon Bedrock
14 15 (2.77%) Anthropic Claude
14 15 (2.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (2.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.21%) 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 (7.93%) Metadata
2 33 (6.09%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (6.09%) Power BI
3 21 (3.87%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.58%) Pinecone
4 14 (2.58%) Tableau
5 13 (2.40%) Chroma
5 13 (2.40%) Delta Lake
5 13 (2.40%) Weaviate
6 12 (2.21%) Semantic Layer
7 11 (2.03%) Amazon Athena
7 11 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
8 9 (1.66%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.48%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.48%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (1.11%) Neo4j
11 6 (1.11%) Redis
12 5 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.74%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 36 (6.64%) JIRA
2 17 (3.14%) Git
3 9 (1.66%) ERwin
4 6 (1.11%) ER Studio
4 6 (1.11%) GitLab
4 6 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.92%) Claude Code
5 5 (0.92%) MLflow
6 2 (0.37%) Postman
6 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 212 (39.11%) Finance
2 140 (25.83%) Social Skills
3 97 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (13.84%) Banking
5 45 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.35%) Marketing
7 25 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (4.61%) Retail
8 22 (4.06%) Investment Banking
9 21 (3.87%) Front Office
10 19 (3.51%) Legal
11 17 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.58%) Law
13 11 (2.03%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.66%) Back Office
16 7 (1.29%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.11%) French Language
17 6 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 94 (17.34%) Analyst
2 82 (15.13%) Architect
3 68 (12.55%) Business Analyst
3 68 (12.55%) Senior
4 60 (11.07%) Data Engineer
5 53 (9.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 47 (8.67%) Lead
7 39 (7.20%) Consultant
8 28 (5.17%) Developer
9 23 (4.24%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 22 (4.06%) Data Architect
11 15 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
11 15 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.58%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
12 14 (2.58%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.40%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
13 13 (2.40%) Data Scientist
14 12 (2.21%) Enterprise Architect
15 11 (2.03%) Senior Business Analyst
15 11 (2.03%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.20%) Terraform
2 28 (5.17%) PySpark
3 25 (4.61%) REST
4 23 (4.24%) LangChain
5 19 (3.51%) Model Context Protocol
6 15 (2.77%) LlamaIndex
7 14 (2.58%) .NET
8 12 (2.21%) JSON
8 12 (2.21%) Pandas
9 10 (1.85%) LangGraph
9 10 (1.85%) RESTful
10 8 (1.48%) GraphQL
10 8 (1.48%) Kafka
10 8 (1.48%) vLLM
11 7 (1.29%) scikit-learn
11 7 (1.29%) Semantic Kernel
12 6 (1.11%) NumPy
12 6 (1.11%) PyTorch
12 6 (1.11%) Web Services
13 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 73 (13.47%) AI Agents
2 52 (9.59%) Product Ownership
3 40 (7.38%) Cloud Native
4 39 (7.20%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.69%) Data Structures
6 17 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.77%) Taxonomies
8 14 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
11 9 (1.66%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.66%) Life Science
12 8 (1.48%) Digital Signage
13 7 (1.29%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.29%) Reference Data
14 6 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.92%) Distributed Applications
15 5 (0.92%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.40%) Linux
2 12 (2.21%) Windows
3 7 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.74%) Unix
5 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (54.61%) AI
2 164 (30.26%) Analytics
3 129 (23.80%) Machine Learning
4 127 (23.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 126 (23.25%) Agile
6 123 (22.69%) LLM
7 107 (19.74%) Generative AI
8 106 (19.56%) Data Pipeline
9 103 (19.00%) Data Modelling
10 86 (15.87%) Data Engineering
11 85 (15.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 83 (15.31%) Data Governance
13 82 (15.13%) Roadmaps
14 74 (13.65%) CI/CD
15 68 (12.55%) Data Science
15 68 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
16 67 (12.36%) DevOps
17 65 (11.99%) Data Architecture
18 63 (11.62%) Validation
19 62 (11.44%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 137 (25.28%) Python
2 110 (20.30%) SQL
3 17 (3.14%) Java
4 16 (2.95%) C#
5 14 (2.58%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.66%) R
6 9 (1.66%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.11%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.92%) Bash
8 5 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.92%) Scala
9 4 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
10 3 (0.55%) Bicep
10 3 (0.55%) Go
10 3 (0.55%) SHACL
11 2 (0.37%) Elixir
11 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.37%) Rust
11 2 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 88 (16.24%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.04%) Degree
4 19 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.58%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.03%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.03%) CBAP
7 11 (2.03%) CISSP
7 11 (2.03%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.66%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.29%) PMP
12 5 (0.92%) CCSP
12 5 (0.92%) GCIH
12 5 (0.92%) GIAC
12 5 (0.92%) IIBA
12 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (17.16%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.35%) GDPR
3 24 (4.43%) QA
4 15 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.03%) NIST
6 7 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.92%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.74%) GRC
8 4 (0.74%) ISO 15022
8 4 (0.74%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.74%) NCSC
9 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.37%) MiFID
10 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (2.58%) Docker
2 11 (2.03%) 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 28 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.48%) Cisco Prime
2 8 (1.48%) Kubeflow
3 5 (0.92%) QRadar
4 4 (0.74%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) Grafana
5 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.18%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) Kibana
6 1 (0.18%) logstash
Vendors
1 103 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.44%) Databricks
3 44 (8.12%) OpenAI
4 28 (5.17%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.87%) Splunk
6 16 (2.95%) Google
6 16 (2.95%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.77%) Cisco
8 12 (2.21%) Foundry
8 12 (2.21%) SAP
9 11 (2.03%) Adobe
9 11 (2.03%) Oracle
10 7 (1.29%) Informatica
11 6 (1.11%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.11%) F5
12 5 (0.92%) Pega
13 4 (0.74%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.74%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.74%) VMware