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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 146 215
Rank change year-on-year +18 +69 -44
Contract jobs citing Use Case 325 262 213
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.26% 1.75% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 1.95% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 169 132
10th Percentile £400 £400 £456
25th Percentile £463 £473 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £688 £677
90th Percentile £750 £828 £825
England median daily rate £515 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -10.43% +2.68% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £34.43 £66.53 -
25th Percentile £37.31 £66.94 £91.25
Median hourly rate £45.75 £68.75 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.45% -25.68% +55.46%
75th Percentile £55.31 £70.44 £93.75
90th Percentile £58.88 £70.78 -
England median hourly rate £57.30 £66.25 £77.11
% change year-on-year -13.51% -14.08% +28.52%

All Process and 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 13,164 13,457 16,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.37% 90.13% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,669 8,640 11,879
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £761 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 233
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.36
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

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 23 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Use Case in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Use Case in London

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 23 December 2025. 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 -10 40 £575 -4.17% 73
South London -5 3 £475 -17.39% 9
East London -3 1 - - 6
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 25 (7.69%) Confluence
2 14 (4.31%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.38%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.23%) Apache
6 3 (0.92%) Appian
7 2 (0.62%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.62%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.62%) Luigi
8 1 (0.31%) CMS
8 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.08%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.54%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.54%) ProjectWise
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Endur
1 5 (1.54%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.62%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 2 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Findur
4 1 (0.31%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.31%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.31%) Shopify
4 1 (0.31%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 106 (32.62%) Azure
2 64 (19.69%) AWS
3 34 (10.46%) GCP
4 28 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.77%) Snowflake
6 20 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.31%) GitHub
8 13 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (3.69%) dbt
10 11 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (3.08%) Azure AI
11 10 (3.08%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (2.77%) Vertex AI
13 8 (2.46%) SaaS
14 7 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (2.15%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (2.15%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.46%) Firewall
2 5 (1.54%) CTI
2 5 (1.54%) VoIP
3 3 (0.92%) SSH
4 2 (0.62%) NAS
4 2 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.31%) HTTP
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.31%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.46%) Power BI
2 20 (6.15%) Metadata
3 17 (5.23%) Data Lake
4 14 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (4.31%) Tableau
5 13 (4.00%) SQL Server
6 12 (3.69%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (2.77%) Delta Lake
7 9 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (2.46%) Data Vault
9 7 (2.15%) Big Data
9 7 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.15%) Star Schema
10 5 (1.54%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.23%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.92%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (0.92%) Redis
12 3 (0.92%) Weaviate
13 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 36 (11.08%) JIRA
2 19 (5.85%) Git
3 8 (2.46%) MLflow
4 6 (1.85%) Cucumber
4 6 (1.85%) ERwin
4 6 (1.85%) JUnit
4 6 (1.85%) PowerDesigner
4 6 (1.85%) Selenium
5 4 (1.23%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.23%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.92%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.92%) GitLab
6 3 (0.92%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.92%) Postman
6 3 (0.92%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.62%) Hardhat
8 1 (0.31%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 115 (35.38%) Finance
2 110 (33.85%) Social Skills
3 81 (24.92%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (14.46%) Banking
5 19 (5.85%) Investment Banking
5 19 (5.85%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.92%) Back Office
7 14 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.69%) Front Office
8 12 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.69%) Marketing
9 11 (3.38%) Legal
9 11 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.08%) Retail
11 8 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.23%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.23%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.92%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 64 (19.69%) Analyst
2 51 (15.69%) Business Analyst
3 33 (10.15%) Developer
4 30 (9.23%) Architect
5 29 (8.92%) Senior
6 24 (7.38%) Lead
7 22 (6.77%) Consultant
8 21 (6.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 15 (4.62%) Data Engineer
10 13 (4.00%) Data Scientist
11 12 (3.69%) Security Engineer
12 11 (3.38%) Data Analyst
13 9 (2.77%) Data Architect
13 9 (2.77%) Product Manager
13 9 (2.77%) Software Engineer
14 8 (2.46%) Programme Manager
14 8 (2.46%) Risk Analyst
15 7 (2.15%) Data Modeller
15 7 (2.15%) IT Business Analyst
15 7 (2.15%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.85%) PyTorch
2 17 (5.23%) LangChain
3 14 (4.31%) TensorFlow
4 11 (3.38%) .NET
5 10 (3.08%) LangGraph
5 10 (3.08%) scikit-learn
6 9 (2.77%) Hugging Face
6 9 (2.77%) Pandas
6 9 (2.77%) XML
7 8 (2.46%) Node.js
8 7 (2.15%) REST
9 6 (1.85%) Android NDK
9 6 (1.85%) Android SDK
9 6 (1.85%) Faiss
9 6 (1.85%) iOS SDK
9 6 (1.85%) JNI
9 6 (1.85%) PySpark
9 6 (1.85%) YAML
10 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (1.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.85%) Onboarding
1 32 (9.85%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.46%) AI Agents
3 14 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (4.00%) Algorithms
4 13 (4.00%) Data Structures
5 11 (3.38%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.08%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.46%) PMI
9 7 (2.15%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.85%) Augmented Reality
10 6 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.85%) Virtual Reality
11 5 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.54%) IVR
11 5 (1.54%) Life Science
11 5 (1.54%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.08%) Linux
2 15 (4.62%) Windows
3 6 (1.85%) Android
3 6 (1.85%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.85%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.62%) Unix
5 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (33.23%) AI
2 89 (27.38%) Agile
3 86 (26.46%) Analytics
4 73 (22.46%) Machine Learning
5 72 (22.15%) Data Modelling
6 71 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (18.15%) Stakeholder Management
8 58 (17.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 51 (15.69%) CI/CD
10 50 (15.38%) Data Governance
10 50 (15.38%) LLM
10 50 (15.38%) Roadmaps
11 46 (14.15%) Data Pipeline
11 46 (14.15%) User Stories
12 45 (13.85%) Data Science
13 42 (12.92%) Generative AI
13 42 (12.92%) Requirements Gathering
14 38 (11.69%) Business Analysis
14 38 (11.69%) DevOps
15 36 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 95 (29.23%) Python
2 70 (21.54%) SQL
3 25 (7.69%) Java
4 15 (4.62%) Bash
5 10 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (2.77%) C#
7 8 (2.46%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.15%) C++
8 7 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.85%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.23%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.23%) R
11 3 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.92%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.62%) Bicep
12 2 (0.62%) Korn
12 2 (0.62%) Solidity
12 2 (0.62%) SPARQL
12 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.31%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 64 (19.69%) Degree
2 37 (11.38%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.92%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.46%) Master's Degree
5 17 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.69%) MCP
7 11 (3.38%) PMI Certification
8 10 (3.08%) CBAP
9 6 (1.85%) CISSP
9 6 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.85%) PhD
10 5 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.54%) CFA
10 5 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.23%) ISEB
12 3 (0.92%) GCIA
12 3 (0.92%) GCIH
12 3 (0.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.00%) Data Quality
2 23 (7.08%) QA
3 14 (4.31%) GDPR
4 9 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.77%) NIST
5 8 (2.46%) EU AI Act
6 7 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.85%) ISO 19650
8 4 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.23%) PSD2
9 3 (0.92%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.62%) HL7
10 2 (0.62%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.62%) MiFID
10 2 (0.62%) PMO
10 2 (0.62%) SEPA
10 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.62%) WCAG
11 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.85%) Docker
2 10 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.46%) zsh
4 5 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (4.00%) Terraform
2 12 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.54%) Ansible
3 5 (1.54%) Grafana
4 3 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.31%) Argo
6 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.31%) Kibana
6 1 (0.31%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.31%) QRadar
6 1 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 42 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.85%) Databricks
3 13 (4.00%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.69%) Splunk
5 11 (3.38%) Google
6 9 (2.77%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.46%) Oracle
8 7 (2.15%) Citrix
9 6 (1.85%) Adobe
9 6 (1.85%) Genesys
9 6 (1.85%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.54%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.23%) UiPath
12 3 (0.92%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.92%) Cisco
12 3 (0.92%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.92%) SAP
12 3 (0.92%) Tenable
12 3 (0.92%) Veracode