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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 158 159
Rank change year-on-year +59 +1 +53
Contract jobs citing Use Case 564 236 279
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.85% 1.74% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 1.89% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 148 189
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £461 £500 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £591 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.49% +1.82%
75th Percentile £668 £748 £650
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.18 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £77.37 - £67.50
75th Percentile £78.55 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £87.16 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +45.27% - -14.29%

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 17,589 12,488 14,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.12% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,618 8,349 10,661
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 238 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.41 £24.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £36.00 £30.40 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +18.41% -9.38% -19.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 July 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 21 July 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 +14 65 £538 -6.52% 27
West London - 15 £523 - 2
South London -12 3 £550 -26.67% 3
East London +1 2 £717 +21.63% 1
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 24 (4.26%) Confluence
2 19 (3.37%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.60%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.06%) Apache
4 6 (1.06%) Jupyter
4 6 (1.06%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.89%) CMS
5 5 (0.89%) SAS
6 3 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.35%) Kentico
7 2 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.35%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 22 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.19%) Chatbot
3 12 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.53%) Actimize
3 3 (0.53%) Findur
3 3 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.53%) Workfront
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.35%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.35%) Summit
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.18%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 185 (32.80%) Azure
2 114 (20.21%) AWS
3 57 (10.11%) Power Platform
4 49 (8.69%) GCP
5 41 (7.27%) Azure AI
6 28 (4.96%) Microsoft Copilot
6 28 (4.96%) Snowflake
7 25 (4.43%) GitHub
8 24 (4.26%) Amazon Bedrock
8 24 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.90%) dbt
10 19 (3.37%) Entra ID
11 18 (3.19%) SaaS
11 18 (3.19%) Serverless
12 17 (3.01%) Amazon S3
13 16 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (2.66%) Amazon SageMaker
14 15 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (2.48%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.55%) Firewall
2 7 (1.24%) Network Security
3 6 (1.06%) BGP
4 5 (0.89%) Cisco Wireless
4 5 (0.89%) Multicast
4 5 (0.89%) RTP
4 5 (0.89%) VLAN
4 5 (0.89%) Wireless
5 4 (0.71%) DNS
5 4 (0.71%) Internet
5 4 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.53%) 5G
6 3 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.53%) SMS
7 2 (0.35%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.35%) 4G
7 2 (0.35%) DHCP
7 2 (0.35%) HTTP
7 2 (0.35%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.98%) Power BI
2 43 (7.62%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (6.56%) Metadata
4 24 (4.26%) Tableau
5 17 (3.01%) BigQuery
5 17 (3.01%) Data Lake
6 15 (2.66%) Weaviate
7 14 (2.48%) Pinecone
8 12 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.95%) Delta Lake
9 11 (1.95%) Semantic Layer
10 10 (1.77%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.77%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.77%) Snowflake Schema
11 9 (1.60%) Big Data
12 7 (1.24%) Redis
12 7 (1.24%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.06%) KDB
13 6 (1.06%) Looker
14 5 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (6.74%) JIRA
2 26 (4.61%) Git
3 10 (1.77%) MLflow
4 8 (1.42%) GitLab
4 8 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.06%) ERwin
6 4 (0.71%) Claude Code
6 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.53%) XCTest
8 2 (0.35%) Postman
8 2 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.18%) Ant
9 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.18%) JUnit
9 1 (0.18%) Maven
9 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
General
1 210 (37.23%) Finance
2 151 (26.77%) Social Skills
3 94 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (13.83%) Banking
5 55 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 30 (5.32%) Retail
7 24 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (4.08%) Marketing
9 21 (3.72%) Front Office
9 21 (3.72%) Investment Banking
10 19 (3.37%) Legal
11 18 (3.19%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (2.30%) Law
14 12 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.42%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.06%) French Language
18 5 (0.89%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 93 (16.49%) Architect
2 77 (13.65%) Analyst
3 70 (12.41%) Data Engineer
4 61 (10.82%) Business Analyst
4 61 (10.82%) Senior
5 55 (9.75%) Lead
6 42 (7.45%) Developer
7 37 (6.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 27 (4.79%) Consultant
9 22 (3.90%) Data Architect
9 22 (3.90%) Data Scientist
10 20 (3.55%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 18 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (2.66%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.30%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (1.95%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
15 9 (1.60%) AWS Engineer
15 9 (1.60%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 9 (1.60%) Senior Data Engineer
15 9 (1.60%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.79%) PySpark
2 26 (4.61%) REST
3 25 (4.43%) LangChain
4 20 (3.55%) .NET
4 20 (3.55%) LlamaIndex
5 19 (3.37%) Pandas
6 12 (2.13%) JSON
6 12 (2.13%) scikit-learn
7 10 (1.77%) NumPy
8 8 (1.42%) LangGraph
8 8 (1.42%) Middleware
8 8 (1.42%) RESTful
9 7 (1.24%) GraphQL
9 7 (1.24%) Kafka
9 7 (1.24%) Model Context Protocol
9 7 (1.24%) Node.js
10 6 (1.06%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.06%) SOAP
11 5 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
11 5 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.23%) AI Agents
2 45 (7.98%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.62%) Cloud Native
4 39 (6.91%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.84%) Data Structures
5 16 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (2.30%) Algorithms
6 13 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.13%) Taxonomies
7 12 (2.13%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.60%) Life Science
9 9 (1.60%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.24%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.89%) Digital Signage
12 5 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.37%) Linux
2 14 (2.48%) Windows
3 11 (1.95%) Unix
4 8 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (49.11%) AI
2 189 (33.51%) Analytics
3 145 (25.71%) Machine Learning
4 135 (23.94%) Agile
5 119 (21.10%) Data Modelling
6 117 (20.74%) Data Pipeline
7 108 (19.15%) Data Engineering
8 107 (18.97%) LLM
9 93 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 91 (16.13%) CI/CD
10 91 (16.13%) Generative AI
11 90 (15.96%) DevOps
12 81 (14.36%) Decision-Making
13 79 (14.01%) Data Science
14 78 (13.83%) Roadmaps
15 74 (13.12%) Data Governance
15 74 (13.12%) Problem-Solving
16 72 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 67 (11.88%) Validation
18 63 (11.17%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 158 (28.01%) Python
2 117 (20.74%) SQL
3 21 (3.72%) C#
4 15 (2.66%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.48%) Java
5 14 (2.48%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.30%) R
7 8 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.06%) Scala
9 5 (0.89%) Bash
9 5 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.71%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.71%) Go
10 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.71%) SPARQL
10 4 (0.71%) VBA
11 3 (0.53%) Bicep
11 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.53%) SHACL
11 3 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 97 (17.20%) Security Cleared
2 81 (14.36%) SC Cleared
3 45 (7.98%) Degree
4 17 (3.01%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.01%) Master's Degree
5 14 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.30%) CISSP
7 10 (1.77%) CBAP
7 10 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.24%) IIBA
9 7 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (0.89%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.71%) GCIA
11 4 (0.71%) GCIH
11 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (16.13%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.03%) GDPR
3 30 (5.32%) QA
4 17 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.48%) NIST
6 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.89%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.71%) NCSC
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) GRC
10 2 (0.35%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.35%) MiFID
10 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.35%) PMO
10 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 24 (4.26%) Docker
2 18 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.06%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.53%) IAG
6 2 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) HDFS
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (6.74%) Terraform
2 32 (5.67%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (1.06%) Kubeflow
5 5 (0.89%) Ansible
5 5 (0.89%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.53%) QRadar
7 2 (0.35%) Grafana
7 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.18%) Istio
8 1 (0.18%) logstash
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 113 (20.04%) Microsoft
2 55 (9.75%) OpenAI
3 52 (9.22%) Databricks
4 29 (5.14%) Foundry
5 20 (3.55%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.37%) Google
7 14 (2.48%) Splunk
8 12 (2.13%) Pega
8 12 (2.13%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.95%) Cisco
9 11 (1.95%) Oracle
10 10 (1.77%) SAP
10 10 (1.77%) VMware
11 8 (1.42%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.89%) F5
12 5 (0.89%) Informatica
12 5 (0.89%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.89%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.89%) Workday