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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 156 155
Rank change year-on-year +51 -1 +60
Contract jobs citing Use Case 558 247 275
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.77% 1.81% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 1.96% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 163 182
10th Percentile £412 £380 £400
25th Percentile £450 £478 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £555
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +3.60% +0.91%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £650
90th Percentile £750 £785 £800
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
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 £82.26 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +37.10% - -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 17,949 12,571 14,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.19% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,845 8,422 10,287
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
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 299 246 207
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -17.62%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.31 £54.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%

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 August 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 1 August 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 +15 61 £538 -6.52% 67
West London - 14 £800 - 11
South London -13 3 £550 -26.67% 5
East London +2 2 £717 +21.63% 4
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 (4.30%) Confluence
2 17 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.08%) Apache
4 6 (1.08%) Jupyter
4 6 (1.08%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.90%) CMS
5 5 (0.90%) SAS
6 3 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Kentico
7 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.36%) WordPress
8 1 (0.18%) Appian
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 17 (3.05%) Chatbot
2 15 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.90%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.54%) Actimize
3 3 (0.54%) Findur
3 3 (0.54%) Workfront
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.36%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.36%) Summit
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.18%) DELMIA
5 1 (0.18%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 184 (32.97%) Azure
2 113 (20.25%) AWS
3 53 (9.50%) Power Platform
4 47 (8.42%) GCP
5 40 (7.17%) Azure AI
6 28 (5.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 28 (5.02%) Snowflake
7 25 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
8 24 (4.30%) GitHub
9 23 (4.12%) Amazon Bedrock
10 22 (3.94%) dbt
11 20 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (3.41%) Entra ID
13 18 (3.23%) SaaS
14 17 (3.05%) Amazon S3
14 17 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (2.69%) Serverless
16 14 (2.51%) Anthropic Claude
16 14 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.87%) Firewall
2 7 (1.25%) Network Security
3 6 (1.08%) BGP
4 5 (0.90%) Cisco Wireless
4 5 (0.90%) Multicast
4 5 (0.90%) VLAN
4 5 (0.90%) Wireless
5 4 (0.72%) DNS
5 4 (0.72%) SMS
5 4 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.54%) 5G
6 3 (0.54%) Internet
6 3 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.54%) RTP
7 2 (0.36%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.36%) 4G
7 2 (0.36%) DHCP
7 2 (0.36%) HTTP
7 2 (0.36%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.71%) Data Warehouse
1 43 (7.71%) Power BI
2 37 (6.63%) Metadata
3 21 (3.76%) Tableau
4 18 (3.23%) Data Lake
5 16 (2.87%) BigQuery
6 15 (2.69%) Weaviate
7 14 (2.51%) Pinecone
8 13 (2.33%) Delta Lake
9 12 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.97%) Semantic Layer
11 10 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (1.79%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.61%) Big Data
13 8 (1.43%) Snowflake Schema
14 7 (1.25%) Redis
14 7 (1.25%) Spark SQL
15 5 (0.90%) Looker
15 5 (0.90%) NoSQL
15 5 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (6.81%) JIRA
2 22 (3.94%) Git
3 8 (1.43%) ERwin
3 8 (1.43%) GitLab
3 8 (1.43%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.43%) MLflow
4 6 (1.08%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.72%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.54%) XCTest
7 2 (0.36%) Postman
7 2 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.18%) Ant
8 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.18%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.18%) JUnit
8 1 (0.18%) Maven
8 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 209 (37.46%) Finance
2 146 (26.16%) Social Skills
3 99 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (13.80%) Banking
5 55 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.20%) Retail
7 27 (4.84%) Marketing
8 24 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.76%) Front Office
9 21 (3.76%) Investment Banking
9 21 (3.76%) Legal
10 16 (2.87%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.33%) Law
13 11 (1.97%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.43%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.08%) French Language
17 5 (0.90%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 86 (15.41%) Architect
2 75 (13.44%) Analyst
3 71 (12.72%) Data Engineer
4 60 (10.75%) Business Analyst
5 59 (10.57%) Senior
6 55 (9.86%) Lead
7 42 (7.53%) Developer
8 38 (6.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 33 (5.91%) Consultant
10 22 (3.94%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 22 (3.94%) Data Architect
11 19 (3.41%) Data Scientist
12 16 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (2.51%) Data Analyst
14 13 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
15 12 (2.15%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
16 9 (1.61%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (1.61%) Cybersecurity Specialist
16 9 (1.61%) Senior Data Engineer
16 9 (1.61%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.38%) PySpark
2 26 (4.66%) REST
3 25 (4.48%) LangChain
4 20 (3.58%) LlamaIndex
5 19 (3.41%) .NET
6 15 (2.69%) Pandas
7 12 (2.15%) JSON
8 10 (1.79%) scikit-learn
9 9 (1.61%) Model Context Protocol
10 8 (1.43%) LangGraph
10 8 (1.43%) NumPy
10 8 (1.43%) RESTful
11 7 (1.25%) GraphQL
11 7 (1.25%) Middleware
12 6 (1.08%) Kafka
12 6 (1.08%) PyTorch
13 5 (0.90%) Node.js
13 5 (0.90%) OAuth
13 5 (0.90%) SOAP
13 5 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.72%) AI Agents
2 49 (8.78%) Product Ownership
3 44 (7.89%) Cloud Native
4 39 (6.99%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.23%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.15%) Taxonomies
9 11 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.79%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.79%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.61%) Life Science
12 8 (1.43%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.25%) Security Posture
14 6 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (1.08%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.90%) Digital Signage
15 5 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.23%) Linux
2 15 (2.69%) Windows
3 9 (1.61%) Unix
4 8 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (49.64%) AI
2 187 (33.51%) Analytics
3 139 (24.91%) Machine Learning
4 135 (24.19%) Agile
5 118 (21.15%) Data Pipeline
6 113 (20.25%) Data Modelling
7 110 (19.71%) Data Engineering
8 107 (19.18%) LLM
9 94 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 93 (16.67%) Generative AI
11 88 (15.77%) CI/CD
12 83 (14.87%) DevOps
13 82 (14.70%) Decision-Making
14 78 (13.98%) Data Governance
14 78 (13.98%) Data Science
15 74 (13.26%) Roadmaps
16 73 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 71 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
18 70 (12.54%) Validation
19 67 (12.01%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 153 (27.42%) Python
2 118 (21.15%) SQL
3 18 (3.23%) C#
4 15 (2.69%) Java
4 15 (2.69%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.51%) R
6 13 (2.33%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.61%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.08%) Scala
9 5 (0.90%) Bash
9 5 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.72%) Go
10 4 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.72%) SPARQL
10 4 (0.72%) VBA
11 3 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.54%) Bicep
11 3 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.54%) SHACL
11 3 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 93 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 78 (13.98%) SC Cleared
3 43 (7.71%) Degree
4 17 (3.05%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.87%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.51%) CISSP
8 11 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.79%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.43%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.25%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.25%) CBAP
12 6 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.90%) GCIH
13 5 (0.90%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.72%) CISM
14 4 (0.72%) GCIA
14 4 (0.72%) GIAC
14 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (17.56%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.09%) QA
3 33 (5.91%) GDPR
4 17 (3.05%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.51%) NIST
6 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.90%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.72%) NCSC
9 3 (0.54%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.36%) GRC
10 2 (0.36%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.36%) MiFID
10 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.18%) GxP
11 1 (0.18%) PERC
11 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (3.76%) Docker
2 18 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.54%) IAG
3 3 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.18%) HDFS
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (6.81%) Terraform
2 32 (5.73%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.08%) Kubeflow
3 6 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 5 (0.90%) Ansible
4 5 (0.90%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.54%) QRadar
6 2 (0.36%) Grafana
6 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.18%) Control-M
7 1 (0.18%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.18%) Istio
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 106 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 57 (10.22%) Databricks
3 54 (9.68%) OpenAI
4 27 (4.84%) Foundry
5 22 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.05%) Google
7 15 (2.69%) Splunk
8 13 (2.33%) Pega
9 12 (2.15%) Oracle
9 12 (2.15%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.97%) Cisco
11 9 (1.61%) Adobe
11 9 (1.61%) SAP
12 8 (1.43%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.08%) VMware
14 5 (0.90%) F5
14 5 (0.90%) Informatica
14 5 (0.90%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.90%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud