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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 180 154
Rank change year-on-year +69 -26 +21
Contract jobs citing Use Case 444 187 287
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.48% 1.51% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 1.64% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 121 187
10th Percentile £406 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £500 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £638 £838 £700
90th Percentile £760 £881 £855
England median daily rate £525 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%
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 £57.50 £56.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% -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 15,783 11,435 15,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.26% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,560 7,742 11,125
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 176 311
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -28.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +26 60 £550 -17.91% 67
West London - 9 £523 - 11
South London - 4 £575 - 5
East London -6 2 £717 +22.56% 13
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 27 (6.08%) Confluence
2 17 (3.83%) Apache Spark
3 14 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.13%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.90%) Apache
6 3 (0.68%) CMS
6 3 (0.68%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.68%) SAS
7 2 (0.45%) Kentico
7 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.45%) WordPress
8 1 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.23%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 23 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.93%) Chatbot
4 11 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.13%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.45%) Actimize
3 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.45%) Findur
3 2 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.23%) Endur
4 1 (0.23%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 159 (35.81%) Azure
2 97 (21.85%) AWS
3 46 (10.36%) Power Platform
4 45 (10.14%) GCP
5 33 (7.43%) Azure AI
6 24 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.50%) Amazon Bedrock
8 19 (4.28%) Serverless
9 18 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (4.05%) Snowflake
10 17 (3.83%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (3.60%) Amazon SageMaker
11 16 (3.60%) dbt
12 15 (3.38%) GitHub
13 14 (3.15%) Amazon S3
13 14 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (3.15%) WhatsApp
14 13 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.83%) Firewall
2 5 (1.13%) Network Security
2 5 (1.13%) RTP
3 3 (0.68%) 5G
3 3 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.45%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.45%) 4G
4 2 (0.45%) LTE
5 1 (0.23%) BGP
5 1 (0.23%) Broadband
5 1 (0.23%) DNS
5 1 (0.23%) HTTP
5 1 (0.23%) Internet
5 1 (0.23%) IPsec
5 1 (0.23%) OSPF
5 1 (0.23%) SMS
5 1 (0.23%) SSH
5 1 (0.23%) SSL
5 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.56%) Power BI
2 37 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (4.50%) Metadata
4 19 (4.28%) Tableau
5 15 (3.38%) BigQuery
5 15 (3.38%) Snowflake Schema
6 14 (3.15%) Weaviate
7 13 (2.93%) Big Data
7 13 (2.93%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.93%) Pinecone
8 9 (2.03%) Delta Lake
8 9 (2.03%) Spark SQL
9 8 (1.80%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.58%) KDB
11 6 (1.35%) Kdb+
11 6 (1.35%) Looker
12 5 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.13%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.13%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 35 (7.88%) JIRA
2 21 (4.73%) Git
3 12 (2.70%) MLflow
4 5 (1.13%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.90%) ERwin
5 4 (0.90%) GitLab
6 3 (0.68%) XCTest
7 2 (0.45%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.45%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.45%) JUnit
7 2 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.45%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.23%) Ant
8 1 (0.23%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.23%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.23%) Maven
8 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 161 (36.26%) Finance
2 118 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 72 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (13.06%) Banking
5 44 (9.91%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.41%) Retail
7 19 (4.28%) Legal
8 18 (4.05%) Investment Banking
9 15 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (3.15%) Front Office
10 14 (3.15%) Marketing
11 13 (2.93%) Financial Institution
12 11 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.13%) Back Office
15 5 (1.13%) Law
15 5 (1.13%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.45%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 79 (17.79%) Analyst
2 70 (15.77%) Business Analyst
3 64 (14.41%) Architect
4 57 (12.84%) Data Engineer
5 48 (10.81%) Senior
6 45 (10.14%) Lead
7 33 (7.43%) Developer
8 26 (5.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 22 (4.95%) Data Scientist
10 21 (4.73%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 16 (3.60%) Consultant
12 14 (3.15%) Data Architect
12 14 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (3.15%) Senior Business Analyst
13 11 (2.48%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (2.48%) Data Analyst
14 10 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
15 9 (2.03%) Cybersecurity Specialist
16 8 (1.80%) Pega Developer
17 7 (1.58%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.18%) LangChain
1 23 (5.18%) PySpark
2 20 (4.50%) .NET
3 19 (4.28%) scikit-learn
4 18 (4.05%) Pandas
4 18 (4.05%) PyTorch
5 16 (3.60%) LlamaIndex
6 15 (3.38%) TensorFlow
7 11 (2.48%) LangGraph
7 11 (2.48%) NumPy
7 11 (2.48%) REST
8 9 (2.03%) Middleware
9 8 (1.80%) Kafka
10 7 (1.58%) Model Context Protocol
10 7 (1.58%) Node.js
11 6 (1.35%) Hugging Face
11 6 (1.35%) JSON
11 6 (1.35%) React
12 5 (1.13%) boto
12 5 (1.13%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.81%) AI Agents
2 40 (9.01%) Product Ownership
3 31 (6.98%) Cloud Native
4 20 (4.50%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.48%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.48%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.25%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.80%) PMI
10 6 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.13%) Derivative
11 5 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.13%) Life Science
11 5 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.90%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.90%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.93%) Linux
2 8 (1.80%) Unix
3 5 (1.13%) Windows
4 4 (0.90%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (44.59%) AI
2 140 (31.53%) Analytics
3 125 (28.15%) Agile
4 107 (24.10%) Machine Learning
5 104 (23.42%) Data Modelling
6 92 (20.72%) Data Pipeline
7 88 (19.82%) Data Engineering
8 83 (18.69%) LLM
9 77 (17.34%) DevOps
10 75 (16.89%) Generative AI
11 74 (16.67%) CI/CD
12 71 (15.99%) Data Science
13 70 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
14 63 (14.19%) Roadmaps
15 60 (13.51%) Decision-Making
16 58 (13.06%) Data Governance
17 56 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
17 56 (12.61%) Validation
18 54 (12.16%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
19 53 (11.94%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 143 (32.21%) Python
2 90 (20.27%) SQL
3 21 (4.73%) C#
4 13 (2.93%) Java
4 13 (2.93%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.70%) R
6 9 (2.03%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.03%) Scala
7 5 (1.13%) Bicep
7 5 (1.13%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.90%) Bash
9 3 (0.68%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.68%) Swift
10 2 (0.45%) C++
10 2 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.45%) Go
10 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (18.47%) Security Cleared
2 69 (15.54%) SC Cleared
3 51 (11.49%) Degree
4 16 (3.60%) CBAP
4 16 (3.60%) Master's Degree
5 11 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.25%) IIBA
7 9 (2.03%) PMI Certification
8 8 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.80%) CISSP
8 8 (1.80%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.90%) ISEB
11 4 (0.90%) PhD
12 3 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.68%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (14.19%) Data Quality
2 31 (6.98%) QA
3 19 (4.28%) GDPR
4 11 (2.48%) NIST
5 5 (1.13%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.13%) EU AI Act
6 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.68%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.45%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.45%) MiFID
8 2 (0.45%) PMO
9 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.23%) EMIR
9 1 (0.23%) GxP
9 1 (0.23%) PSD2
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) SEPA
9 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (4.95%) Docker
2 11 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.25%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.23%) HDFS
4 1 (0.23%) IAG
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (6.08%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.18%) Terraform
3 8 (1.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.68%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.45%) Ansible
5 2 (0.45%) QRadar
6 1 (0.23%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.23%) Istio
6 1 (0.23%) logstash
6 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 49 (11.04%) OpenAI
3 47 (10.59%) Databricks
4 21 (4.73%) Foundry
4 21 (4.73%) Google
5 13 (2.93%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.48%) VMware
7 10 (2.25%) Pega
7 10 (2.25%) Splunk
8 7 (1.58%) SAP
9 6 (1.35%) Workday
10 5 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.90%) Oracle
11 4 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.68%) Adobe
12 3 (0.68%) Ariba
12 3 (0.68%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.45%) Ericsson
13 2 (0.45%) Informatica
13 2 (0.45%) Juniper