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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 169 161
Rank change year-on-year +57 -8 +1
Contract jobs citing Use Case 424 184 261
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.54% 1.46% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 1.59% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 122 178
10th Percentile £412 £400 £416
25th Percentile £453 £484 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £648 £850 £738
90th Percentile £785 £881 £875
England median daily rate £521 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -9.35% +2.18% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £69.00 £91.25
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year - -24.32% +40.15%
75th Percentile - £71.00 £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.40 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.33% +9.09% -16.03%

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 14,995 11,556 15,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.68% 91.45% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,050 7,835 11,420
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 169 333
10th Percentile £18.11 £19.16 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £69.90
England median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.49% -1.52% -12.00%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 +17 58 £583 -14.96% 82
South London - 6 £513 - 4
West London - 6 £523 - 9
East London -4 2 £717 +22.56%
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 (6.37%) Confluence
2 18 (4.25%) Apache Spark
3 16 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.42%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.47%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.47%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.47%) SAS
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.24%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 22 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.07%) Chatbot
4 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.71%) BambooHR
2 3 (0.71%) Endur
2 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.47%) Actimize
3 2 (0.47%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.47%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.24%) Findur
4 1 (0.24%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 157 (37.03%) Azure
2 100 (23.58%) AWS
3 45 (10.61%) GCP
4 39 (9.20%) Power Platform
5 37 (8.73%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (7.31%) Azure AI
7 23 (5.42%) Snowflake
8 20 (4.72%) GitHub
9 19 (4.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 18 (4.25%) Amazon Bedrock
10 18 (4.25%) Serverless
11 17 (4.01%) dbt
11 17 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (3.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (3.30%) Amazon SageMaker
13 14 (3.30%) Entra ID
14 13 (3.07%) Azure Machine Learning
14 13 (3.07%) WhatsApp
15 12 (2.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.01%) Firewall
2 5 (1.18%) CTI
2 5 (1.18%) RTP
2 5 (1.18%) VoIP
3 3 (0.71%) 5G
3 3 (0.71%) Network Security
3 3 (0.71%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (0.71%) SSH
4 2 (0.47%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.47%) 4G
4 2 (0.47%) LTE
4 2 (0.47%) NAS
5 1 (0.24%) BGP
5 1 (0.24%) Broadband
5 1 (0.24%) DNS
5 1 (0.24%) HTTP
5 1 (0.24%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) SSL
5 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.49%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (7.78%) Power BI
3 21 (4.95%) Metadata
4 17 (4.01%) Data Lake
4 17 (4.01%) Snowflake Schema
4 17 (4.01%) Tableau
5 15 (3.54%) Big Data
6 11 (2.59%) Delta Lake
7 10 (2.36%) BigQuery
8 8 (1.89%) Spark SQL
8 8 (1.89%) Weaviate
9 7 (1.65%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.65%) KDB
10 6 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.42%) Kdb+
10 6 (1.42%) Pinecone
11 5 (1.18%) Data Vault
11 5 (1.18%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.18%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.18%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 37 (8.73%) JIRA
2 25 (5.90%) Git
3 14 (3.30%) MLflow
4 5 (1.18%) ERwin
5 4 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.71%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.71%) GitLab
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.71%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.71%) XCTest
7 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.47%) Hardhat
7 2 (0.47%) JUnit
7 2 (0.47%) Postman
7 2 (0.47%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.47%) Selenium
8 1 (0.24%) Ant
8 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 147 (34.67%) Finance
2 122 (28.77%) Social Skills
3 74 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (12.50%) Banking
5 38 (8.96%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.72%) Retail
7 19 (4.48%) Legal
8 15 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.83%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.59%) Back Office
10 11 (2.59%) Marketing
11 10 (2.36%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.89%) Front Office
13 8 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.71%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 74 (17.45%) Analyst
2 64 (15.09%) Business Analyst
3 62 (14.62%) Architect
4 48 (11.32%) Data Engineer
5 46 (10.85%) Lead
6 45 (10.61%) Senior
7 35 (8.25%) Developer
8 21 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 21 (4.95%) Data Scientist
9 19 (4.48%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 16 (3.77%) Consultant
11 13 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (3.07%) Data Architect
11 13 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.07%) Senior Business Analyst
12 10 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.12%) Data Analyst
14 8 (1.89%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 8 (1.89%) Lead Data Engineer
15 7 (1.65%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.95%) PyTorch
2 20 (4.72%) PySpark
2 20 (4.72%) scikit-learn
3 18 (4.25%) TensorFlow
4 17 (4.01%) LangChain
5 14 (3.30%) .NET
5 14 (3.30%) LangGraph
6 12 (2.83%) Node.js
7 11 (2.59%) Pandas
7 11 (2.59%) REST
8 10 (2.36%) Model Context Protocol
9 9 (2.12%) Middleware
9 9 (2.12%) React
10 8 (1.89%) Kafka
10 8 (1.89%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (1.89%) NumPy
10 8 (1.89%) XML
11 7 (1.65%) FastAPI
11 7 (1.65%) Hugging Face
12 6 (1.42%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.20%) AI Agents
2 34 (8.02%) Product Ownership
3 31 (7.31%) Cloud Native
4 28 (6.60%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.54%) Algorithms
6 11 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.36%) PMI
7 10 (2.36%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.18%) IVR
10 5 (1.18%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.94%) Derivative
11 4 (0.94%) Equities
11 4 (0.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.30%) Linux
2 9 (2.12%) Unix
2 9 (2.12%) Windows
3 4 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) Android
4 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (41.27%) AI
2 129 (30.42%) Agile
3 127 (29.95%) Analytics
4 110 (25.94%) Machine Learning
5 102 (24.06%) Data Modelling
6 86 (20.28%) CI/CD
6 86 (20.28%) Data Engineering
7 83 (19.58%) DevOps
8 79 (18.63%) Data Pipeline
9 74 (17.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 71 (16.75%) LLM
11 70 (16.51%) Data Science
12 68 (16.04%) Generative AI
13 67 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
14 64 (15.09%) Roadmaps
15 61 (14.39%) Data Governance
16 59 (13.92%) Validation
17 54 (12.74%) Business Analysis
17 54 (12.74%) Workshop Facilitation
18 52 (12.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 133 (31.37%) Python
2 89 (20.99%) SQL
3 20 (4.72%) Java
4 17 (4.01%) TypeScript
5 15 (3.54%) C#
6 11 (2.59%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.12%) R
8 8 (1.89%) Scala
9 7 (1.65%) Bash
10 6 (1.42%) Bicep
11 5 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (1.18%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.71%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.71%) Swift
13 2 (0.47%) C++
13 2 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.47%) Solidity
13 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 70 (16.51%) Degree
2 67 (15.80%) Security Cleared
3 56 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.66%) Master's Degree
5 20 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.25%) CBAP
7 13 (3.07%) PMI Certification
8 11 (2.59%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.12%) IIBA
11 8 (1.89%) CISSP
11 8 (1.89%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 5 (1.18%) PhD
14 4 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.94%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.94%) ISEB
15 3 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
15 3 (0.71%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 32 (7.55%) QA
3 14 (3.30%) GDPR
4 8 (1.89%) NIST
5 7 (1.65%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.18%) EU AI Act
7 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.71%) PMO
7 3 (0.71%) PSD2
8 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.47%) MiFID
8 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) FINRA
9 1 (0.24%) GxP
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.24%) SEPA
9 1 (0.24%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (6.60%) Docker
2 14 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.36%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.24%) HDFS
6 1 (0.24%) IAG
6 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (6.84%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.66%) Terraform
3 8 (1.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.71%) Ansible
4 3 (0.71%) Grafana
5 2 (0.47%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.24%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.24%) Istio
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) QRadar
6 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 78 (18.40%) Microsoft
2 44 (10.38%) Databricks
3 41 (9.67%) OpenAI
4 21 (4.95%) Google
5 18 (4.25%) Foundry
6 13 (3.07%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.59%) VMware
8 9 (2.12%) Oracle
9 8 (1.89%) Pega
10 7 (1.65%) Splunk
11 6 (1.42%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.42%) Genesys
11 6 (1.42%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.94%) Adobe
12 4 (0.94%) Sparx
12 4 (0.94%) Workday
13 3 (0.71%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.71%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.71%) SAP
13 3 (0.71%) UiPath