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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 157 210
Rank change year-on-year +33 +53 -39
Contract jobs citing Use Case 322 266 229
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.29% 1.70% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 1.89% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 177 147
10th Percentile £398 £400 £450
25th Percentile £463 £473 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £680
90th Percentile £750 £816 £821
England median daily rate £515 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -10.04% +4.09% -
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% +12.60%

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 12,904 14,060 17,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.94% 89.70% 89.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,504 9,083 12,650
10th Percentile £335 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £567
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.96% -3.72%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £764 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 169 237
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.54
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.00 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +3.85% -9.80%
75th Percentile £47.38 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%

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 1 December 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 1 December 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 1 December 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 37 £520 -5.45% 29
South London -3 2 £450 -21.74% 8
East London -3 1 - - 7
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 (6.52%) Confluence
2 17 (5.28%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.73%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.80%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.24%) Apache
6 3 (0.93%) Appian
7 2 (0.62%) CMS
7 2 (0.62%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.62%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.62%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.62%) Luigi
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.55%) ProjectWise
5 4 (1.24%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.55%) Endur
1 5 (1.55%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.62%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 2 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.62%) SAP PS
3 2 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Findur
4 1 (0.31%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.31%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 102 (31.68%) Azure
2 69 (21.43%) AWS
3 37 (11.49%) GCP
4 27 (8.39%) Power Platform
5 22 (6.83%) Snowflake
6 19 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (4.04%) dbt
7 13 (4.04%) GitHub
8 12 (3.73%) SaaS
8 12 (3.73%) Vertex AI
9 11 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.11%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.48%) Azure AI
12 8 (2.48%) Azure Machine Learning
13 7 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.17%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (2.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.17%) Firewall
2 5 (1.55%) CTI
2 5 (1.55%) VoIP
3 3 (0.93%) SSH
3 3 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.62%) NAS
5 1 (0.31%) HTTP
5 1 (0.31%) Internet
5 1 (0.31%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.31%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.52%) Metadata
2 20 (6.21%) Power BI
3 19 (5.90%) Data Lake
4 18 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.66%) Tableau
6 13 (4.04%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.80%) Delta Lake
7 9 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (2.80%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (2.48%) Big Data
8 8 (2.48%) Data Vault
9 7 (2.17%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.17%) Star Schema
10 5 (1.55%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.55%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.93%) Apache Hive
11 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.93%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (10.56%) JIRA
2 21 (6.52%) Git
3 11 (3.42%) MLflow
4 7 (2.17%) Cucumber
4 7 (2.17%) ERwin
4 7 (2.17%) PowerDesigner
4 7 (2.17%) Selenium
5 5 (1.55%) JUnit
6 4 (1.24%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.24%) ER Studio
6 4 (1.24%) Postman
6 4 (1.24%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.93%) GitLab
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.93%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.62%) Hardhat
9 1 (0.31%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 118 (36.65%) Social Skills
2 103 (31.99%) Finance
3 83 (25.78%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (13.98%) Banking
5 24 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.59%) Back Office
6 18 (5.59%) Investment Banking
7 17 (5.28%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (4.97%) Marketing
9 12 (3.73%) Front Office
10 11 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (3.11%) Retail
12 9 (2.80%) Legal
13 5 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.24%) Advertising
14 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.93%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 62 (19.25%) Analyst
2 50 (15.53%) Business Analyst
3 36 (11.18%) Developer
4 35 (10.87%) Architect
5 30 (9.32%) Senior
6 23 (7.14%) Consultant
7 19 (5.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 19 (5.90%) Lead
8 17 (5.28%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.66%) Product Manager
10 11 (3.42%) Data Scientist
10 11 (3.42%) Security Engineer
11 10 (3.11%) Data Analyst
11 10 (3.11%) Data Architect
12 9 (2.80%) Security Architect
13 8 (2.48%) Data Modeller
13 8 (2.48%) Software Engineer
14 7 (2.17%) Programme Manager
14 7 (2.17%) Risk Analyst
15 6 (1.86%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.04%) PyTorch
2 12 (3.73%) .NET
2 12 (3.73%) LangChain
3 9 (2.80%) PySpark
3 9 (2.80%) XML
4 8 (2.48%) REST
4 8 (2.48%) TensorFlow
5 7 (2.17%) Node.js
5 7 (2.17%) Pandas
6 6 (1.86%) Faiss
6 6 (1.86%) scikit-learn
7 5 (1.55%) Android NDK
7 5 (1.55%) Android SDK
7 5 (1.55%) FastAPI
7 5 (1.55%) Hugging Face
7 5 (1.55%) iOS SDK
7 5 (1.55%) JSON
7 5 (1.55%) Kafka
7 5 (1.55%) LangGraph
7 5 (1.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.18%) Onboarding
2 31 (9.63%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.90%) AI Agents
4 14 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (3.73%) Algorithms
5 12 (3.73%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.42%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (2.80%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.48%) PMI
9 8 (2.48%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.86%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.55%) Blockchain
11 5 (1.55%) CSOC
11 5 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.55%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.55%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.83%) Linux
2 16 (4.97%) Windows
3 5 (1.55%) Android
3 5 (1.55%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.55%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.93%) Unix
5 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (30.75%) AI
2 93 (28.88%) Agile
3 88 (27.33%) Analytics
4 70 (21.74%) Machine Learning
4 70 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (20.81%) Data Modelling
6 60 (18.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 58 (18.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 52 (16.15%) CI/CD
9 48 (14.91%) Data Governance
9 48 (14.91%) Roadmaps
10 47 (14.60%) User Stories
11 44 (13.66%) Data Pipeline
11 44 (13.66%) Data Science
11 44 (13.66%) Requirements Gathering
12 43 (13.35%) LLM
13 41 (12.73%) Business Analysis
14 36 (11.18%) DevOps
15 35 (10.87%) Computer Science
16 34 (10.56%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 89 (27.64%) Python
2 71 (22.05%) SQL
3 24 (7.45%) Java
4 17 (5.28%) Bash
5 11 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.11%) C#
7 9 (2.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.86%) C++
8 6 (1.86%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.86%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.24%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.24%) R
9 4 (1.24%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.62%) Bicep
11 2 (0.62%) Korn
11 2 (0.62%) Search Processing Language
11 2 (0.62%) Solidity
11 2 (0.62%) SPARQL
11 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (19.25%) Degree
2 38 (11.80%) Security Cleared
3 28 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (5.28%) Master's Degree
6 11 (3.42%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.48%) CBAP
7 8 (2.48%) MCP
8 7 (2.17%) CISSP
9 6 (1.86%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.55%) CFA
11 4 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.24%) PhD
12 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.93%) PMP
13 2 (0.62%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (11.80%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.83%) QA
3 14 (4.35%) GDPR
4 9 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.80%) NIST
5 8 (2.48%) EU AI Act
6 7 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.86%) ISO 19650
8 4 (1.24%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.24%) PSD2
9 3 (0.93%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.62%) GRC
10 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.62%) HL7
10 2 (0.62%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.62%) PMO
10 2 (0.62%) SEPA
10 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.62%) WCAG
11 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.90%) Docker
2 10 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.48%) zsh
4 5 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.66%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.04%) Terraform
3 5 (1.55%) Ansible
3 5 (1.55%) Grafana
4 4 (1.24%) Kubeflow
5 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.31%) Argo
7 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.31%) Kibana
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (13.35%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.39%) Databricks
3 18 (5.59%) Splunk
4 12 (3.73%) OpenAI
5 10 (3.11%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.80%) Oracle
7 8 (2.48%) Citrix
7 8 (2.48%) Google
8 7 (2.17%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.86%) Genesys
9 6 (1.86%) SAP
9 6 (1.86%) UiPath
10 5 (1.55%) Adobe
10 5 (1.55%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.93%) Foundry
12 3 (0.93%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.93%) Palantir
12 3 (0.93%) Tenable
12 3 (0.93%) Veracode