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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 134 149
Rank change year-on-year +22 +15 +86
Contract jobs citing Use Case 532 272 290
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.65% 2.06% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.23% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 179 185
10th Percentile £412 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £472 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £650
90th Percentile £784 £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% -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 17,884 12,219 14,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.13% 92.48% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,701 8,101 9,738
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 186
10th Percentile £17.18 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.98 £25.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.69 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 4 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 4 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 -8 52 £500 -13.04% 85
West London - 14 £800 - 42
South London -6 6 £689 -8.13% 3
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 (3.95%) Confluence
2 17 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.69%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.50%) Jupyter
6 7 (1.32%) Apache
7 5 (0.94%) CMS
8 3 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.56%) SAS
9 2 (0.38%) Kentico
9 2 (0.38%) WordPress
10 1 (0.19%) Appian
10 1 (0.19%) Camunda
10 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.19%) IIS
10 1 (0.19%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (2.26%) Chatbot
2 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Findur
2 3 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.56%) Workfront
3 2 (0.38%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.38%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.38%) Summit
4 1 (0.19%) Actimize
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.19%) Endur
4 1 (0.19%) OpenLink RightAngle
Cloud Services
1 152 (28.57%) Azure
2 94 (17.67%) AWS
3 51 (9.59%) Power Platform
4 40 (7.52%) GCP
5 32 (6.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 31 (5.83%) Snowflake
7 27 (5.08%) Azure AI
8 24 (4.51%) GitHub
9 21 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (3.57%) dbt
11 17 (3.20%) Amazon S3
11 17 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (3.20%) SaaS
12 16 (3.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (3.01%) Entra ID
13 15 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (2.63%) Azure Databricks
14 14 (2.63%) Copilot Studio
14 14 (2.63%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.44%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.26%) Firewall
2 10 (1.88%) BGP
3 7 (1.32%) Cisco Wireless
3 7 (1.32%) Multicast
3 7 (1.32%) Network Security
3 7 (1.32%) VLAN
3 7 (1.32%) Wireless
4 6 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.75%) SMS
6 3 (0.56%) DNS
6 3 (0.56%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.56%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (0.56%) HTTP
6 3 (0.56%) InfiniBand
6 3 (0.56%) Internet
6 3 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.56%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.38%) 5G
7 2 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.27%) Metadata
2 37 (6.95%) Power BI
3 34 (6.39%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (4.14%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.20%) Tableau
6 13 (2.44%) Delta Lake
6 13 (2.44%) Pinecone
6 13 (2.44%) Weaviate
7 12 (2.26%) Chroma
8 11 (2.07%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.07%) Semantic Layer
9 10 (1.88%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (1.88%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.50%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.13%) Redis
12 5 (0.94%) Big Data
12 5 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.94%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 35 (6.58%) JIRA
2 18 (3.38%) Git
3 9 (1.69%) ERwin
4 7 (1.32%) ER Studio
4 7 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.13%) MLflow
6 5 (0.94%) Claude Code
6 5 (0.94%) GitLab
7 2 (0.38%) Postman
7 2 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 200 (37.59%) Finance
2 136 (25.56%) Social Skills
3 98 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (14.29%) Banking
5 40 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.70%) Retail
7 24 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (4.51%) Marketing
8 21 (3.95%) Front Office
9 20 (3.76%) Investment Banking
10 17 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (3.20%) Legal
11 15 (2.82%) Financial Institution
12 13 (2.44%) Law
13 11 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.32%) Back Office
14 7 (1.32%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.32%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.13%) French Language
15 6 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (15.79%) Analyst
2 78 (14.66%) Architect
3 62 (11.65%) Business Analyst
4 61 (11.47%) Data Engineer
5 55 (10.34%) Senior
6 44 (8.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 44 (8.27%) Lead
7 37 (6.95%) Consultant
8 34 (6.39%) Developer
9 22 (4.14%) Data Architect
10 17 (3.20%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 17 (3.20%) Data Scientist
11 15 (2.82%) Data Analyst
12 14 (2.63%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
13 13 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
15 10 (1.88%) Enterprise Architect
15 10 (1.88%) Implementation Engineer
15 10 (1.88%) SOC Engineer
16 9 (1.69%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.77%) Terraform
2 31 (5.83%) PySpark
3 24 (4.51%) REST
4 23 (4.32%) LangChain
5 16 (3.01%) LlamaIndex
6 15 (2.82%) .NET
7 14 (2.63%) Model Context Protocol
7 14 (2.63%) Pandas
8 11 (2.07%) JSON
9 10 (1.88%) RESTful
10 8 (1.50%) scikit-learn
11 7 (1.32%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.32%) Kafka
11 7 (1.32%) NumPy
12 6 (1.13%) LangGraph
12 6 (1.13%) Semantic Kernel
12 6 (1.13%) vLLM
13 4 (0.75%) Node.js
13 4 (0.75%) pytest
13 4 (0.75%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 67 (12.59%) AI Agents
2 52 (9.77%) Product Ownership
3 40 (7.52%) Onboarding
4 37 (6.95%) Cloud Native
5 21 (3.95%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.26%) Taxonomies
8 11 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.69%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.50%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.50%) Life Science
11 8 (1.50%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.32%) Digital Signage
12 7 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.94%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.01%) Linux
2 13 (2.44%) Windows
3 8 (1.50%) Unix
3 8 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (52.44%) AI
2 169 (31.77%) Analytics
3 130 (24.44%) Machine Learning
4 123 (23.12%) Agile
5 114 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 109 (20.49%) LLM
7 106 (19.92%) Data Pipeline
8 101 (18.98%) Data Modelling
9 95 (17.86%) Generative AI
10 89 (16.73%) Data Engineering
11 80 (15.04%) Data Governance
12 78 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 72 (13.53%) CI/CD
13 72 (13.53%) Roadmaps
14 69 (12.97%) DevOps
15 68 (12.78%) Data Architecture
15 68 (12.78%) Data Science
15 68 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
16 65 (12.22%) Validation
17 61 (11.47%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 135 (25.38%) Python
2 112 (21.05%) SQL
3 16 (3.01%) C#
3 16 (3.01%) Java
4 13 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.26%) R
6 8 (1.50%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.32%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.94%) Bash
8 5 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.94%) Scala
9 4 (0.75%) Go
9 4 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.75%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.75%) SPARQL
9 4 (0.75%) VBA
10 3 (0.56%) Bicep
10 3 (0.56%) SHACL
11 2 (0.38%) Elixir
11 2 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 87 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 75 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.71%) Degree
4 15 (2.82%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.26%) CISSP
7 11 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.07%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.69%) CBAP
8 9 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.32%) PMP
10 6 (1.13%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.94%) GIAC
11 5 (0.94%) IIBA
11 5 (0.94%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.75%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (17.29%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.26%) GDPR
3 27 (5.08%) QA
4 15 (2.82%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.44%) NIST
6 7 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.75%) GRC
7 4 (0.75%) NCSC
8 3 (0.56%) EU AI Act
8 3 (0.56%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.38%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.38%) MiFID
9 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.38%) SLA
9 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 15 (2.82%) Docker
2 12 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.38%) IAG
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
3 6 (1.13%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.56%) Ansible
4 3 (0.56%) QRadar
5 2 (0.38%) Grafana
5 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) Istio
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.28%) Databricks
3 40 (7.52%) OpenAI
4 24 (4.51%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.57%) Splunk
6 15 (2.82%) Cisco
6 15 (2.82%) Foundry
7 14 (2.63%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.44%) SAP
9 12 (2.26%) Oracle
10 9 (1.69%) Adobe
10 9 (1.69%) Google
11 8 (1.50%) CyberArk
11 8 (1.50%) Pega
12 6 (1.13%) F5
12 6 (1.13%) Informatica
13 4 (0.75%) Juniper
13 4 (0.75%) OpenLink
13 4 (0.75%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.75%) VMware