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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 181 174
Rank change year-on-year +69 -7 -11
Contract jobs citing Use Case 416 185 254
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.55% 1.43% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 1.57% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 124 174
10th Percentile £412 £400 £425
25th Percentile £450 £487 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £650 £841 £747
90th Percentile £750 £881 £875
England median daily rate £525 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 £57.30 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.14% +27.27% -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 14,664 11,819 16,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.79% 91.08% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,843 7,917 11,504
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 161 342
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year - +17.71% -16.22%
75th Percentile £57.00 £53.75 £49.97
90th Percentile £70.50 £77.50 £69.43
England median hourly rate £30.15 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -11.32% +4.62% -12.16%

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 16 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 16 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 56 £595 -6.30% 85
West London - 5 £523 - 7
South London - 4 £513 - 4
East London +1 2 £717 +27.47% 2
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 (6.49%) Confluence
2 18 (4.33%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (4.09%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.44%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.96%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.48%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.48%) SAS
7 1 (0.24%) Appian
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.24%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 21 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.13%) Chatbot
4 10 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.96%) 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 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.72%) BambooHR
2 3 (0.72%) Endur
3 2 (0.48%) Actimize
3 2 (0.48%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.48%) 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%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 155 (37.26%) Azure
2 99 (23.80%) AWS
3 42 (10.10%) GCP
4 37 (8.89%) Power Platform
5 35 (8.41%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (7.21%) Azure AI
7 22 (5.29%) Snowflake
8 20 (4.81%) GitHub
9 19 (4.57%) Amazon Bedrock
9 19 (4.57%) dbt
10 18 (4.33%) Serverless
11 17 (4.09%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (4.09%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (3.37%) Amazon SageMaker
13 14 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (3.37%) Vertex AI
14 13 (3.13%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (2.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (2.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.57%) Firewall
2 5 (1.20%) CTI
2 5 (1.20%) VoIP
3 4 (0.96%) RTP
4 3 (0.72%) 5G
4 3 (0.72%) Network Security
4 3 (0.72%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (0.72%) SSH
5 2 (0.48%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.48%) 4G
5 2 (0.48%) LTE
5 2 (0.48%) NAS
5 2 (0.48%) SSL
6 1 (0.24%) Broadband
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.24%) Internet
6 1 (0.24%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.17%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (7.45%) Power BI
3 22 (5.29%) Metadata
4 18 (4.33%) Data Lake
4 18 (4.33%) Snowflake Schema
5 17 (4.09%) Tableau
6 14 (3.37%) Big Data
7 13 (3.13%) Delta Lake
8 9 (2.16%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.68%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.68%) Pinecone
9 7 (1.68%) Spark SQL
9 7 (1.68%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.68%) Weaviate
10 6 (1.44%) Data Vault
10 6 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.44%) KDB
11 5 (1.20%) Kdb+
11 5 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 37 (8.89%) JIRA
2 26 (6.25%) Git
3 14 (3.37%) MLflow
4 6 (1.44%) ERwin
5 4 (0.96%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.96%) GitLab
5 4 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.96%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.72%) Selenium
6 3 (0.72%) XCTest
7 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.48%) Hardhat
7 2 (0.48%) JUnit
7 2 (0.48%) Postman
7 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 142 (34.13%) Finance
2 122 (29.33%) Social Skills
3 75 (18.03%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (12.26%) Banking
5 39 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.81%) Legal
6 20 (4.81%) Retail
7 13 (3.13%) Investment Banking
8 12 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.88%) Marketing
9 11 (2.64%) Back Office
10 9 (2.16%) Front Office
11 8 (1.92%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.72%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 75 (18.03%) Analyst
2 64 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 56 (13.46%) Architect
4 48 (11.54%) Data Engineer
5 46 (11.06%) Lead
5 46 (11.06%) Senior
6 36 (8.65%) Developer
7 21 (5.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 21 (5.05%) Data Scientist
8 19 (4.57%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 15 (3.61%) Consultant
10 13 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (3.13%) Senior Business Analyst
11 12 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (2.16%) Data Analyst
12 9 (2.16%) Data Architect
12 9 (2.16%) Software Engineer
12 9 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.92%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 8 (1.92%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.77%) PyTorch
2 19 (4.57%) PySpark
2 19 (4.57%) scikit-learn
2 19 (4.57%) TensorFlow
3 18 (4.33%) LangChain
4 16 (3.85%) .NET
5 14 (3.37%) LangGraph
6 12 (2.88%) Pandas
6 12 (2.88%) REST
7 11 (2.64%) Model Context Protocol
8 10 (2.40%) Node.js
9 9 (2.16%) LlamaIndex
9 9 (2.16%) Middleware
9 9 (2.16%) React
9 9 (2.16%) XML
10 8 (1.92%) JSON
11 7 (1.68%) FastAPI
11 7 (1.68%) Hugging Face
11 7 (1.68%) Kafka
11 7 (1.68%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.65%) AI Agents
2 34 (8.17%) Product Ownership
3 28 (6.73%) Cloud Native
4 26 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 14 (3.37%) Algorithms
6 11 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.40%) PMI
7 10 (2.40%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.16%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.20%) IVR
12 4 (0.96%) Clustering
12 4 (0.96%) Derivative
12 4 (0.96%) Equities
12 4 (0.96%) Life Science
12 4 (0.96%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.85%) Linux
2 13 (3.13%) Windows
3 8 (1.92%) Unix
4 4 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.24%) Android
5 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (40.87%) AI
2 130 (31.25%) Agile
3 123 (29.57%) Analytics
4 100 (24.04%) Machine Learning
5 99 (23.80%) Data Modelling
6 88 (21.15%) CI/CD
7 79 (18.99%) Data Engineering
8 78 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
8 78 (18.75%) DevOps
9 71 (17.07%) Data Science
9 71 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 68 (16.35%) LLM
11 65 (15.63%) Generative AI
12 64 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
13 62 (14.90%) Roadmaps
14 59 (14.18%) Data Governance
15 54 (12.98%) Business Analysis
15 54 (12.98%) Decision-Making
15 54 (12.98%) Validation
15 54 (12.98%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 135 (32.45%) Python
2 89 (21.39%) SQL
3 19 (4.57%) Java
4 17 (4.09%) TypeScript
5 16 (3.85%) C#
6 10 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.16%) Bash
8 8 (1.92%) Scala
9 6 (1.44%) Bicep
9 6 (1.44%) R
10 5 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.20%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.72%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.72%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.72%) Swift
12 2 (0.48%) C++
12 2 (0.48%) Solidity
12 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 71 (17.07%) Degree
2 64 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 55 (13.22%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.01%) Master's Degree
5 21 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.33%) CBAP
7 13 (3.13%) PMI Certification
8 11 (2.64%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (2.16%) IIBA
10 7 (1.68%) CISSP
10 7 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.44%) PhD
12 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.96%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.96%) ISEB
14 3 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.74%) Data Quality
2 31 (7.45%) QA
3 14 (3.37%) GDPR
4 9 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.20%) NIST
6 4 (0.96%) EU AI Act
6 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) PMO
8 2 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.48%) MiFID
8 2 (0.48%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) FINRA
9 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (7.21%) Docker
2 14 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.40%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.48%) zsh
7 1 (0.24%) HDFS
7 1 (0.24%) IAG
Systems Management
1 29 (6.97%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.53%) Terraform
3 8 (1.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.96%) Ansible
5 3 (0.72%) Grafana
6 2 (0.48%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.24%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.24%) Istio
7 1 (0.24%) logstash
7 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) QRadar
7 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (17.55%) Microsoft
2 42 (10.10%) Databricks
2 42 (10.10%) OpenAI
3 21 (5.05%) Google
4 17 (4.09%) Foundry
5 11 (2.64%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.64%) VMware
6 9 (2.16%) Splunk
7 8 (1.92%) Oracle
8 6 (1.44%) Genesys
8 6 (1.44%) Pega
9 5 (1.20%) Adobe
9 5 (1.20%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.20%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.96%) Sparx
10 4 (0.96%) Workday
11 3 (0.72%) Cisco
11 3 (0.72%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.72%) UiPath