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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 128 144
Rank change year-on-year +19 +16 +75
Contract jobs citing Use Case 551 301 297
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.71% 2.23% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 2.41% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 196 184
10th Percentile £406 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £467 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £568 £569
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -0.22% +3.41%
75th Percentile £685 £675 £650
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
England median daily rate £552 £525 £561
% change year-on-year +5.14% -6.46% +2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £34.43 £66.53
25th Percentile £76.18 £37.31 £66.94
Median hourly rate £77.37 £45.75 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +69.10% -33.45% -25.68%
75th Percentile £78.55 £55.31 £70.44
90th Percentile - £58.88 £70.78
England median hourly rate £76.18 £41.94 £60.00
% change year-on-year +81.65% -30.10% -12.77%

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 18,082 12,492 14,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.60% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,829 8,233 9,474
10th Percentile £358 £331 £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 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 246 181
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.12% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -2 58 £513 -10.48% 121
West London - 14 £650 - 43
South London -7 3 £698 -6.93% 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 18 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.00%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.81%) Jupyter
5 9 (1.63%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.09%) Apache
7 5 (0.91%) CMS
8 4 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.54%) SAS
10 2 (0.36%) Kentico
10 2 (0.36%) WordPress
11 1 (0.18%) Appian
11 1 (0.18%) Camunda
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.00%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.54%) Workfront
3 2 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.36%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.36%) Findur
3 2 (0.36%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.36%) Summit
4 1 (0.18%) Actimize
4 1 (0.18%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.18%) Endur
4 1 (0.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
Cloud Services
1 162 (29.40%) Azure
2 105 (19.06%) AWS
3 50 (9.07%) Power Platform
4 38 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
5 37 (6.72%) GCP
6 34 (6.17%) Snowflake
7 28 (5.08%) Azure AI
8 26 (4.72%) dbt
9 24 (4.36%) GitHub
10 20 (3.63%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (3.45%) Copilot Studio
12 17 (3.09%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.90%) Amazon Bedrock
13 16 (2.90%) SaaS
14 15 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (2.54%) Anthropic Claude
15 14 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (2.54%) Entra ID
15 14 (2.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.18%) Firewall
2 11 (2.00%) BGP
3 8 (1.45%) Cisco Wireless
3 8 (1.45%) Multicast
3 8 (1.45%) VLAN
3 8 (1.45%) Wireless
4 7 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.91%) Network Security
6 4 (0.73%) SMS
7 3 (0.54%) DNS
7 3 (0.54%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (0.54%) InfiniBand
7 3 (0.54%) Internet
7 3 (0.54%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.54%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.36%) DHCP
8 2 (0.36%) HTTP
9 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.99%) Metadata
2 33 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (5.99%) Power BI
3 21 (3.81%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.54%) Tableau
5 13 (2.36%) Delta Lake
5 13 (2.36%) Pinecone
5 13 (2.36%) Semantic Layer
6 12 (2.18%) Chroma
6 12 (2.18%) Weaviate
7 11 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (1.63%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.45%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.45%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.27%) Neo4j
11 7 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (1.09%) Redis
13 5 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
14 4 (0.73%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 37 (6.72%) JIRA
2 18 (3.27%) Git
3 9 (1.63%) ERwin
4 6 (1.09%) ER Studio
4 6 (1.09%) GitLab
4 6 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.91%) MLflow
6 4 (0.73%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.36%) Postman
7 2 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 216 (39.20%) Finance
2 143 (25.95%) Social Skills
3 97 (17.60%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (13.61%) Banking
5 47 (8.53%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.26%) Marketing
7 26 (4.72%) Retail
8 25 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (3.99%) Legal
10 21 (3.81%) Investment Banking
11 20 (3.63%) Front Office
12 17 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (2.54%) Law
14 11 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.81%) Back Office
15 10 (1.81%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.27%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.09%) French Language
17 6 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 95 (17.24%) Analyst
2 87 (15.79%) Architect
3 69 (12.52%) Senior
4 68 (12.34%) Business Analyst
5 58 (10.53%) Data Engineer
6 54 (9.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 49 (8.89%) Lead
8 40 (7.26%) Consultant
9 27 (4.90%) Developer
10 24 (4.36%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 22 (3.99%) Data Architect
12 19 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.72%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
13 15 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
14 14 (2.54%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
14 14 (2.54%) Data Analyst
15 12 (2.18%) Data Scientist
15 12 (2.18%) Enterprise Architect
16 11 (2.00%) Senior Business Analyst
16 11 (2.00%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.08%) Terraform
2 27 (4.90%) PySpark
3 26 (4.72%) REST
4 23 (4.17%) LangChain
5 19 (3.45%) Model Context Protocol
6 15 (2.72%) LlamaIndex
7 13 (2.36%) JSON
8 12 (2.18%) .NET
8 12 (2.18%) Pandas
9 11 (2.00%) LangGraph
10 10 (1.81%) RESTful
11 9 (1.63%) Kafka
12 8 (1.45%) GraphQL
12 8 (1.45%) scikit-learn
12 8 (1.45%) Semantic Kernel
12 8 (1.45%) vLLM
12 8 (1.45%) Web Services
13 7 (1.27%) PyTorch
14 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Graph
14 6 (1.09%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 75 (13.61%) AI Agents
2 52 (9.44%) Product Ownership
3 41 (7.44%) Cloud Native
4 38 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.63%) Data Structures
6 19 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.72%) Taxonomies
8 14 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
11 9 (1.63%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.63%) Life Science
12 8 (1.45%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.45%) Digital Signage
13 7 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.27%) Reference Data
14 6 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.91%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.36%) Linux
2 12 (2.18%) Windows
3 7 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.73%) Unix
5 3 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (55.17%) AI
2 165 (29.95%) Analytics
3 133 (24.14%) Machine Learning
4 131 (23.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 127 (23.05%) Agile
6 125 (22.69%) LLM
7 107 (19.42%) Generative AI
8 105 (19.06%) Data Pipeline
9 103 (18.69%) Data Modelling
10 85 (15.43%) Data Engineering
10 85 (15.43%) Data Governance
10 85 (15.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 84 (15.25%) Roadmaps
12 75 (13.61%) CI/CD
13 69 (12.52%) DevOps
14 68 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
15 67 (12.16%) Data Science
16 65 (11.80%) Data Architecture
17 64 (11.62%) Workshop Facilitation
18 63 (11.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 136 (24.68%) Python
2 109 (19.78%) SQL
3 17 (3.09%) Java
4 14 (2.54%) C#
4 14 (2.54%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.63%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.45%) R
7 6 (1.09%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.91%) Bash
8 5 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.91%) Scala
9 4 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.73%) SPARQL
10 3 (0.54%) Bicep
10 3 (0.54%) Go
10 3 (0.54%) SHACL
11 2 (0.36%) Elixir
11 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.36%) Rust
11 2 (0.36%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 85 (15.43%) Security Cleared
2 75 (13.61%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.07%) Degree
4 20 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.54%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.00%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.00%) CBAP
8 11 (2.00%) CISSP
8 11 (2.00%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.81%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.27%) PMP
12 5 (0.91%) CCSP
12 5 (0.91%) GCIH
12 5 (0.91%) GIAC
12 5 (0.91%) IIBA
12 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (16.88%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.26%) GDPR
3 25 (4.54%) QA
4 15 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.81%) NIST
6 7 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.09%) GRC
8 5 (0.91%) EU AI Act
8 5 (0.91%) NCSC
9 4 (0.73%) ISO 15022
9 4 (0.73%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.36%) MiFID
10 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.18%) PERC
11 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (2.54%) Docker
2 11 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (0.36%) IAG
3 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.45%) Cisco Prime
2 8 (1.45%) Kubeflow
3 5 (0.91%) QRadar
4 4 (0.73%) Ansible
5 2 (0.36%) Grafana
5 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.18%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
6 1 (0.18%) Kibana
6 1 (0.18%) logstash
Vendors
1 108 (19.60%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.07%) Databricks
3 44 (7.99%) OpenAI
4 28 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.45%) Splunk
6 17 (3.09%) Google
7 16 (2.90%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.72%) Cisco
9 13 (2.36%) Foundry
9 13 (2.36%) SAP
10 11 (2.00%) Adobe
10 11 (2.00%) Oracle
11 7 (1.27%) Informatica
12 6 (1.09%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.09%) F5
13 5 (0.91%) Pega
14 4 (0.73%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.73%) VMware
15 3 (0.54%) Pardot