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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 140 216
Rank change year-on-year +9 +76 -33
Contract jobs citing Use Case 285 304 243
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.12% 1.87% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 2.09% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 190 156
10th Percentile £375 £400 £406
25th Percentile £475 £474 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £668
90th Percentile £775 £775 £794
England median daily rate £525 £566 £550
% change year-on-year -7.28% +2.95% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £34.43 - -
25th Percentile £37.31 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £45.75 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% - -
75th Percentile £55.31 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £58.88 - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 £60.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -9.17% -14.29% +16.67%

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 12,450 14,539 19,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.59% 89.26% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,239 9,698 14,258
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 180 225
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.07
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -11.21% +8.00%
75th Percentile £48.94 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Use Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Use Case 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -4 40 £570 -5.00% 75
East London -2 2 £594 +10.00% 4
South London -6 2 £750 +30.43% 3
Use Case
England

Use Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.26%) Confluence
2 8 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.75%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.05%) Apache
5 2 (0.70%) Appian
5 2 (0.70%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.70%) Luigi
6 1 (0.35%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (3.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (3.86%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.75%) ProjectWise
5 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (4.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.51%) SAP PS
3 9 (3.16%) Endur
4 5 (1.75%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.70%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.70%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.35%) Aligne
6 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.35%) Findur
6 1 (0.35%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.35%) PORTIA
6 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.35%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 80 (28.07%) Azure
2 66 (23.16%) AWS
3 30 (10.53%) GCP
4 24 (8.42%) Amazon S3
5 21 (7.37%) SaaS
6 20 (7.02%) Amazon EC2
7 19 (6.67%) Amazon SQS
8 18 (6.32%) Power Platform
9 14 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.51%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.46%) dbt
11 7 (2.46%) Vertex AI
12 6 (2.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (2.11%) Collibra
13 5 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (1.75%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.40%) GitHub
14 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.16%) Firewall
2 3 (1.05%) HTTP
2 3 (1.05%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.35%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) Network Security
3 1 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.35%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.91%) Power BI
2 12 (4.21%) Data Lake
2 12 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.86%) Tableau
4 10 (3.51%) Metadata
5 6 (2.11%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.11%) Data Vault
5 6 (2.11%) Delta Lake
6 5 (1.75%) Big Data
7 4 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.40%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.05%) Apache Hive
8 3 (1.05%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
8 3 (1.05%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.70%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 22 (7.72%) JIRA
2 18 (6.32%) Git
3 8 (2.81%) MLflow
4 5 (1.75%) JUnit
5 4 (1.40%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.40%) Selenium
6 3 (1.05%) ERwin
6 3 (1.05%) Postman
6 3 (1.05%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (1.05%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.70%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.70%) GitLab
7 2 (0.70%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.35%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.35%) Gatling
8 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.35%) JMeter
8 1 (0.35%) LoadRunner
General
1 103 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 94 (32.98%) Finance
3 71 (24.91%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (11.93%) Banking
5 25 (8.77%) Public Sector
6 24 (8.42%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (5.26%) Back Office
8 14 (4.91%) Marketing
9 13 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (4.21%) Investment Banking
11 10 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.81%) Legal
13 7 (2.46%) Aerospace
13 7 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (2.11%) Front Office
15 5 (1.75%) Manufacturing
16 4 (1.40%) Advertising
16 4 (1.40%) Military
16 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (24.91%) Analyst
2 53 (18.60%) Business Analyst
3 48 (16.84%) Architect
4 32 (11.23%) Senior
5 25 (8.77%) Security Architect
6 23 (8.07%) Consultant
6 23 (8.07%) Developer
7 16 (5.61%) Lead
8 14 (4.91%) Data Analyst
9 12 (4.21%) Security Engineer
10 11 (3.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 11 (3.86%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.86%) Product Manager
11 10 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (3.16%) Senior Business Analyst
13 8 (2.81%) Data Modeller
13 8 (2.81%) Python Developer
14 7 (2.46%) Data Architect
15 6 (2.11%) Risk Analyst
16 5 (1.75%) Products Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.46%) .NET
1 7 (2.46%) CSS
1 7 (2.46%) HTML
1 7 (2.46%) LangChain
2 6 (2.11%) PyTorch
2 6 (2.11%) React
3 5 (1.75%) Android NDK
3 5 (1.75%) Android SDK
3 5 (1.75%) iOS SDK
3 5 (1.75%) JNI
3 5 (1.75%) MIDP
3 5 (1.75%) PySpark
3 5 (1.75%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.40%) Kafka
4 4 (1.40%) Pandas
5 3 (1.05%) FastAPI
5 3 (1.05%) Hugging Face
5 3 (1.05%) JSON
5 3 (1.05%) REST
5 3 (1.05%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.39%) Onboarding
2 24 (8.42%) Product Ownership
3 22 (7.72%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (7.02%) CSOC
5 12 (4.21%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (3.86%) AI Agents
6 11 (3.86%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.51%) Cloud Native
8 9 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (2.81%) Algorithms
9 8 (2.81%) PMI
10 7 (2.46%) Data Centre
10 7 (2.46%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.46%) Security Posture
11 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.75%) Digital Media
12 5 (1.75%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.75%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.75%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.75%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.32%) Linux
2 10 (3.51%) Windows
3 5 (1.75%) Android
3 5 (1.75%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.75%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (28.07%) Agile
2 71 (24.91%) Analytics
3 62 (21.75%) Artificial Intelligence
4 54 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (17.89%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (16.14%) User Stories
8 43 (15.09%) Data Modelling
8 43 (15.09%) Machine Learning
8 43 (15.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 37 (12.98%) SIEM
10 32 (11.23%) Data Governance
11 31 (10.88%) Business Analysis
11 31 (10.88%) DevOps
11 31 (10.88%) Requirements Gathering
12 30 (10.53%) Roadmaps
12 30 (10.53%) SOAR
12 30 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
13 29 (10.18%) CI/CD
13 29 (10.18%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 56 (19.65%) Python
2 49 (17.19%) SQL
3 18 (6.32%) Java
4 16 (5.61%) Bash
5 10 (3.51%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.11%) C++
6 6 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.11%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.75%) C#
8 4 (1.40%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.05%) PHP
9 3 (1.05%) R
10 2 (0.70%) Korn
10 2 (0.70%) SPARQL
10 2 (0.70%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.35%) C
11 1 (0.35%) Scala
11 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 42 (14.74%) Degree
3 36 (12.63%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.16%) CBAP
4 9 (3.16%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.81%) CISSP
5 8 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.40%) CEH
7 4 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.05%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.05%) CFA
8 3 (1.05%) MCP
9 2 (0.70%) GCIA
9 2 (0.70%) GCIH
9 2 (0.70%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.82%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.67%) QA
3 17 (5.96%) GDPR
4 11 (3.86%) NIST
5 9 (3.16%) EU AI Act
6 7 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.11%) ISO 19650
8 5 (1.75%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.05%) GRC
9 3 (1.05%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.05%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.05%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.70%) PMO
10 2 (0.70%) PSD2
10 2 (0.70%) SEPA
10 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.35%) FINRA
11 1 (0.35%) LOINC
System Software
1 9 (3.16%) zsh
2 8 (2.81%) Docker
3 6 (2.11%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (3.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.11%) Terraform
3 5 (1.75%) Ansible
3 5 (1.75%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.70%) Grafana
4 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.70%) SCCM
4 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.35%) Argo
5 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.35%) Kibana
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.35%) QRadar
5 1 (0.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.82%) Splunk
3 21 (7.37%) Databricks
4 18 (6.32%) SAP
5 10 (3.51%) Google
6 8 (2.81%) Citrix
6 8 (2.81%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.11%) OpenLink
8 5 (1.75%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.40%) Palantir
9 4 (1.40%) Tenable
10 3 (1.05%) Adobe
10 3 (1.05%) Foundry
10 3 (1.05%) Informatica
10 3 (1.05%) Oracle
10 3 (1.05%) UiPath
10 3 (1.05%) Workday
11 2 (0.70%) Conga
11 2 (0.70%) Veracode