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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 150 215
Rank change year-on-year +29 +65 -42
Contract jobs citing Use Case 336 264 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.37% 1.68% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 1.88% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 174 141
10th Percentile £400 £400 £406
25th Percentile £463 £473 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £671 £661 £675
90th Percentile £764 £821 £819
England median daily rate £520 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -8.77% +3.64% -
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% +61.57%
75th Percentile £55.31 £70.44 £93.75
90th Percentile £58.88 £70.78 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £67.56
% change year-on-year +15.38% -3.79% +13.07%

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 13,068 14,030 17,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.28% 89.29% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,592 9,056 12,811
10th Percentile £334 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.34% -3.56%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 246
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.50 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +3.21% -6.54%
75th Percentile £47.25 £55.94 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.87 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +23.61%

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 21 November 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 -9 40 £548 -0.45% 133
South London -5 3 £450 -21.74%
East London -4 1 - - 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 21 (6.25%) Confluence
2 17 (5.06%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.57%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.68%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.19%) Apache
6 3 (0.89%) Appian
7 2 (0.60%) CMS
7 2 (0.60%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.60%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.60%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.60%) Luigi
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.98%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.49%) ProjectWise
5 4 (1.19%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (1.49%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.19%) Endur
3 2 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.60%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.60%) SAP PS
3 2 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Findur
4 1 (0.30%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.30%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 111 (33.04%) Azure
2 77 (22.92%) AWS
3 38 (11.31%) GCP
4 27 (8.04%) Power Platform
5 25 (7.44%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (6.55%) Snowflake
7 17 (5.06%) SaaS
8 14 (4.17%) Amazon S3
9 13 (3.87%) dbt
9 13 (3.87%) GitHub
10 12 (3.57%) Vertex AI
11 11 (3.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.68%) Amazon SQS
13 9 (2.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (2.38%) Entra ID
14 8 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (2.08%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.08%) Firewall
2 5 (1.49%) CTI
2 5 (1.49%) VoIP
3 3 (0.89%) SSH
3 3 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.60%) NAS
5 1 (0.30%) HTTP
5 1 (0.30%) Internet
5 1 (0.30%) Network Security
5 1 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.30%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.95%) Metadata
1 20 (5.95%) Power BI
2 19 (5.65%) Data Lake
3 18 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (4.46%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.46%) Tableau
5 12 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.68%) Delta Lake
6 9 (2.68%) Snowflake Schema
7 8 (2.38%) Big Data
7 8 (2.38%) Data Vault
8 7 (2.08%) BigQuery
8 7 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (2.08%) Star Schema
9 5 (1.49%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.49%) Pinecone
10 3 (0.89%) Apache Hive
10 3 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.89%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (10.12%) JIRA
2 24 (7.14%) Git
3 11 (3.27%) MLflow
4 7 (2.08%) Cucumber
4 7 (2.08%) ERwin
4 7 (2.08%) PowerDesigner
4 7 (2.08%) Selenium
5 5 (1.49%) JUnit
6 4 (1.19%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.19%) ER Studio
6 4 (1.19%) Postman
6 4 (1.19%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.89%) GitLab
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.89%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.60%) Hardhat
9 1 (0.30%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 103 (30.65%) Finance
3 87 (25.89%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (13.69%) Banking
5 27 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.95%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (5.36%) Back Office
7 18 (5.36%) Investment Banking
8 16 (4.76%) Marketing
9 12 (3.57%) Front Office
10 11 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.27%) Retail
11 10 (2.98%) Legal
11 10 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.49%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.19%) Advertising
13 4 (1.19%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.19%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.89%) Law
Job Titles
1 69 (20.54%) Analyst
2 55 (16.37%) Business Analyst
3 41 (12.20%) Architect
4 38 (11.31%) Developer
4 38 (11.31%) Senior
5 21 (6.25%) Consultant
6 20 (5.95%) Lead
7 19 (5.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 17 (5.06%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.46%) Product Manager
10 13 (3.87%) Security Architect
11 12 (3.57%) Data Analyst
11 12 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (3.57%) Senior Business Analyst
12 11 (3.27%) Security Engineer
13 10 (2.98%) Data Architect
13 10 (2.98%) Data Scientist
14 8 (2.38%) Data Modeller
14 8 (2.38%) Software Engineer
15 7 (2.08%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.57%) PyTorch
2 11 (3.27%) .NET
2 11 (3.27%) LangChain
3 10 (2.98%) PySpark
4 9 (2.68%) XML
5 8 (2.38%) Node.js
5 8 (2.38%) REST
6 7 (2.08%) TensorFlow
7 6 (1.79%) Faiss
7 6 (1.79%) Pandas
7 6 (1.79%) React
8 5 (1.49%) Android NDK
8 5 (1.49%) Android SDK
8 5 (1.49%) FastAPI
8 5 (1.49%) iOS SDK
8 5 (1.49%) JSON
8 5 (1.49%) Kafka
8 5 (1.49%) MIDP
8 5 (1.49%) scikit-learn
8 5 (1.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.20%) Onboarding
2 29 (8.63%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.65%) AI Agents
4 15 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 13 (3.87%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (3.57%) Algorithms
7 12 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (3.57%) Management Information System
8 11 (3.27%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.98%) CSOC
10 9 (2.68%) Data Centre
11 7 (2.08%) PMI
11 7 (2.08%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (1.79%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.49%) Blockchain
13 5 (1.49%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (1.49%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.49%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.14%) Linux
2 17 (5.06%) Windows
3 5 (1.49%) Android
3 5 (1.49%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.49%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.89%) Unix
5 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (29.17%) AI
2 97 (28.87%) Agile
3 93 (27.68%) Analytics
4 71 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (20.83%) Machine Learning
6 66 (19.64%) Data Modelling
7 61 (18.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 57 (16.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (16.37%) CI/CD
10 52 (15.48%) User Stories
11 48 (14.29%) Data Governance
12 47 (13.99%) Roadmaps
13 44 (13.10%) Requirements Gathering
14 43 (12.80%) Data Science
15 42 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
15 42 (12.50%) DevOps
16 41 (12.20%) LLM
17 40 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
18 39 (11.61%) Business Analysis
19 35 (10.42%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 91 (27.08%) Python
2 74 (22.02%) SQL
3 24 (7.14%) Java
4 19 (5.65%) Bash
5 12 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.68%) C#
6 9 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (2.08%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.79%) C++
8 6 (1.79%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.19%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.19%) R
9 4 (1.19%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.89%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.60%) Bicep
11 2 (0.60%) Korn
11 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
11 2 (0.60%) Solidity
11 2 (0.60%) SPARQL
11 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (18.15%) Degree
2 41 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 31 (9.23%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.76%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.98%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.38%) CISSP
8 7 (2.08%) CBAP
8 7 (2.08%) MCP
9 6 (1.79%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.49%) CFA
11 4 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.89%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.89%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.89%) PhD
12 3 (0.89%) PMP
13 2 (0.60%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.20%) Data Quality
2 24 (7.14%) QA
3 15 (4.46%) GDPR
4 10 (2.98%) NIST
5 9 (2.68%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.38%) EU AI Act
6 8 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.79%) ISO 19650
8 4 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.19%) PSD2
9 3 (0.89%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.60%) GRC
10 2 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.60%) HL7
10 2 (0.60%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.60%) PMO
10 2 (0.60%) SEPA
10 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.60%) WCAG
11 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.65%) Docker
2 11 (3.27%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.98%) zsh
4 5 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.87%) Terraform
3 5 (1.49%) Ansible
3 5 (1.49%) Grafana
4 4 (1.19%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.30%) Argo
6 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.30%) Kibana
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 46 (13.69%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.33%) Databricks
3 23 (6.85%) Splunk
4 11 (3.27%) OpenAI
5 10 (2.98%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.68%) Oracle
7 8 (2.38%) Citrix
7 8 (2.38%) Google
7 8 (2.38%) SAP
7 8 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.79%) Genesys
8 6 (1.79%) UiPath
9 5 (1.49%) Adobe
9 5 (1.49%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.19%) Palantir
10 4 (1.19%) Tenable
11 3 (0.89%) Foundry
11 3 (0.89%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.89%) Veracode