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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 145 154
Rank change year-on-year +35 +9 +61
Contract jobs citing Use Case 552 257 275
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.74% 1.89% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 2.05% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 173 181
10th Percentile £413 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £573
Median % change year-on-year - +0.44% +4.09%
75th Percentile £675 £719 £650
90th Percentile £761 £775 £800
England median daily rate £550 £535 £561
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.68% +2.05%
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 17,959 12,532 14,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.08% 92.33% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,817 8,377 10,112
10th Percentile £363 £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 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 248 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -13.73%
75th Percentile £56.25 £47.81 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.08 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +1 60 £525 -8.70% 67
West London - 14 £800 - 8
South London -7 5 £680 -9.33% 3
East London +4 2 £717 +21.63% 5
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 (4.17%) Confluence
2 17 (3.08%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.27%) Jupyter
4 7 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.91%) Apache
5 5 (0.91%) CMS
5 5 (0.91%) SAS
6 3 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Kentico
7 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.36%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) Appian
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 16 (2.90%) Chatbot
2 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.54%) Actimize
3 3 (0.54%) Findur
3 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.54%) Workfront
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.36%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.36%) Summit
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.18%) DELMIA
5 1 (0.18%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 172 (31.16%) Azure
2 106 (19.20%) AWS
3 53 (9.60%) Power Platform
4 41 (7.43%) Azure AI
4 41 (7.43%) GCP
5 29 (5.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 29 (5.25%) Snowflake
6 26 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (4.17%) GitHub
8 22 (3.99%) Amazon Bedrock
8 22 (3.99%) dbt
9 19 (3.44%) Entra ID
10 17 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (3.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 17 (3.08%) SaaS
11 15 (2.72%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.54%) Anthropic Claude
12 14 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (2.36%) Copilot Studio
14 12 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.54%) Firewall
2 7 (1.27%) Network Security
3 6 (1.09%) BGP
4 5 (0.91%) Cisco Wireless
4 5 (0.91%) Multicast
4 5 (0.91%) VLAN
4 5 (0.91%) Wireless
5 4 (0.72%) DNS
5 4 (0.72%) SMS
5 4 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.54%) 5G
6 3 (0.54%) Internet
6 3 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.36%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.36%) 4G
7 2 (0.36%) DHCP
7 2 (0.36%) HTTP
7 2 (0.36%) LTE
7 2 (0.36%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.61%) Power BI
2 41 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (7.07%) Metadata
4 21 (3.80%) Tableau
5 18 (3.26%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.90%) BigQuery
7 13 (2.36%) Delta Lake
8 12 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (2.17%) Pinecone
8 12 (2.17%) Semantic Layer
8 12 (2.17%) Weaviate
9 11 (1.99%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (1.45%) Big Data
12 7 (1.27%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.09%) Redis
13 6 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.91%) Looker
14 5 (0.91%) SQL Server
15 4 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (6.70%) JIRA
2 21 (3.80%) Git
3 8 (1.45%) ERwin
3 8 (1.45%) GitLab
3 8 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.09%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.91%) Claude Code
5 5 (0.91%) MLflow
6 2 (0.36%) Postman
6 2 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.18%) XCTest
General
1 202 (36.59%) Finance
2 144 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 99 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (13.77%) Banking
5 51 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.89%) Retail
7 25 (4.53%) Marketing
8 24 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.80%) Legal
10 20 (3.62%) Front Office
10 20 (3.62%) Investment Banking
11 15 (2.72%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.36%) Law
13 11 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.27%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.09%) French Language
18 5 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 81 (14.67%) Architect
2 76 (13.77%) Analyst
3 67 (12.14%) Data Engineer
4 60 (10.87%) Business Analyst
5 57 (10.33%) Senior
6 56 (10.14%) Lead
7 42 (7.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 38 (6.88%) Developer
9 34 (6.16%) Consultant
10 21 (3.80%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 21 (3.80%) Data Architect
11 19 (3.44%) Data Scientist
12 15 (2.72%) Data Analyst
13 14 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.17%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
14 12 (2.17%) Azure Engineer
15 9 (1.63%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 9 (1.63%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (1.63%) Senior Developer
15 9 (1.63%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.43%) PySpark
2 25 (4.53%) REST
3 22 (3.99%) LangChain
4 17 (3.08%) .NET
5 15 (2.72%) LlamaIndex
5 15 (2.72%) Pandas
6 12 (2.17%) JSON
7 10 (1.81%) scikit-learn
8 9 (1.63%) Model Context Protocol
8 9 (1.63%) RESTful
9 8 (1.45%) LangGraph
9 8 (1.45%) NumPy
10 7 (1.27%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.09%) Kafka
12 5 (0.91%) Middleware
12 5 (0.91%) OAuth
12 5 (0.91%) Semantic Kernel
12 5 (0.91%) vLLM
12 5 (0.91%) XML
13 4 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.41%) AI Agents
2 50 (9.06%) Product Ownership
3 44 (7.97%) Cloud Native
4 38 (6.88%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.44%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.36%) Taxonomies
8 11 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.45%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.45%) Life Science
10 8 (1.45%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.45%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.27%) Reference Data
11 7 (1.27%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (0.91%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.08%) Linux
2 14 (2.54%) Windows
3 8 (1.45%) Unix
3 8 (1.45%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.54%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (51.45%) AI
2 178 (32.25%) Analytics
3 142 (25.72%) Machine Learning
4 130 (23.55%) Agile
5 115 (20.83%) Data Pipeline
6 108 (19.57%) LLM
7 107 (19.38%) Data Modelling
8 99 (17.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 98 (17.75%) Data Engineering
10 90 (16.30%) Generative AI
11 81 (14.67%) CI/CD
12 79 (14.31%) DevOps
13 77 (13.95%) Data Science
14 76 (13.77%) Data Governance
14 76 (13.77%) Decision-Making
15 72 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 71 (12.86%) Roadmaps
17 68 (12.32%) Validation
18 66 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
19 64 (11.59%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 148 (26.81%) Python
2 117 (21.20%) SQL
3 18 (3.26%) C#
4 16 (2.90%) Java
5 15 (2.72%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.54%) R
7 11 (1.99%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.81%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.91%) Bash
9 5 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.91%) Scala
10 4 (0.72%) Go
10 4 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.72%) SPARQL
10 4 (0.72%) VBA
11 3 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.54%) Bicep
11 3 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.54%) SHACL
12 2 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 92 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.13%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.43%) Degree
4 17 (3.08%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.72%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.54%) CISSP
7 10 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.27%) CBAP
11 6 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.91%) GCIH
12 5 (0.91%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.91%) PMP
13 4 (0.72%) CEH
13 4 (0.72%) CISM
13 4 (0.72%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.62%) GDPR
2 31 (5.62%) QA
3 15 (2.72%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.54%) NIST
5 7 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.72%) EU AI Act
6 4 (0.72%) NCSC
7 3 (0.54%) GRC
7 3 (0.54%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.36%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.36%) MiFID
8 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) PERC
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.90%) Docker
3 3 (0.54%) IAG
4 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (7.25%) Terraform
2 29 (5.25%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.91%) Ansible
3 5 (0.91%) Cisco Prime
3 5 (0.91%) Kubeflow
4 4 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.54%) QRadar
6 2 (0.36%) Grafana
6 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.18%) Control-M
7 1 (0.18%) Istio
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 56 (10.14%) Databricks
3 48 (8.70%) OpenAI
4 27 (4.89%) Foundry
5 23 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.90%) Splunk
7 14 (2.54%) Google
8 13 (2.36%) Pega
8 13 (2.36%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.17%) Oracle
10 11 (1.99%) Cisco
10 11 (1.99%) SAP
11 9 (1.63%) Adobe
12 8 (1.45%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.91%) F5
13 5 (0.91%) Informatica
13 5 (0.91%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.91%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.91%) Workday