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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 160 178
Rank change year-on-year +41 +18 -17
Contract jobs citing Use Case 383 214 244
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.45% 1.58% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 1.74% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 130 163
10th Percentile £413 £393 £452
25th Percentile £461 £468 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £650 £775 £759
90th Percentile £751 £881 £875
England median daily rate £523 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.22% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £69.00 £91.25
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year - -24.32% +55.46%
75th Percentile - £71.00 £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.30 £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.14% +75.00% -38.93%

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 14,143 12,286 16,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.69% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,444 7,897 11,628
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 343
10th Percentile £18.21 £20.23 £16.02
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.73 £19.53
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +8 51 £613 +13.43% 54
West London - 4 £523 - 1
South London -12 3 £475 -17.39% 9
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 25 (6.53%) Confluence
2 14 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (3.66%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.31%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.78%) Apache
4 3 (0.78%) Appian
5 2 (0.52%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.52%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 20 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.35%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Endur
1 3 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.52%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 2 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.52%) Shopify
3 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.26%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 141 (36.81%) Azure
2 88 (22.98%) AWS
3 42 (10.97%) GCP
4 32 (8.36%) Power Platform
5 30 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (5.48%) Snowflake
7 20 (5.22%) GitHub
8 19 (4.96%) Serverless
9 18 (4.70%) Azure AI
10 17 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (3.92%) dbt
12 14 (3.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 14 (3.66%) Vertex AI
13 13 (3.39%) Amazon SageMaker
14 12 (3.13%) Azure Machine Learning
15 11 (2.87%) Amazon Bedrock
16 10 (2.61%) Azure Functions
16 10 (2.61%) Entra ID
16 10 (2.61%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.44%) Firewall
2 5 (1.31%) CTI
2 5 (1.31%) VoIP
3 3 (0.78%) RTP
4 2 (0.52%) NAS
4 2 (0.52%) Network Security
4 2 (0.52%) SSH
4 2 (0.52%) SSL
5 1 (0.26%) BGP
5 1 (0.26%) Broadband
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
5 1 (0.26%) Internet
5 1 (0.26%) IPsec
5 1 (0.26%) OSPF
5 1 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.26%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.79%) Data Warehouse
2 25 (6.53%) Power BI
3 21 (5.48%) Data Lake
4 20 (5.22%) Snowflake Schema
5 19 (4.96%) Metadata
6 13 (3.39%) Big Data
6 13 (3.39%) Delta Lake
6 13 (3.39%) Tableau
7 11 (2.87%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.09%) Data Vault
8 8 (2.09%) Pinecone
9 7 (1.83%) Hadoop
9 7 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.83%) Weaviate
10 6 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.57%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.31%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.31%) KDB
11 5 (1.31%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 36 (9.40%) JIRA
2 27 (7.05%) Git
3 14 (3.66%) MLflow
4 7 (1.83%) ERwin
5 6 (1.57%) GitLab
5 6 (1.57%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (1.31%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.31%) ER Studio
6 5 (1.31%) Selenium
7 4 (1.04%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.78%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.78%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.78%) XCTest
9 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.52%) Hardhat
9 2 (0.52%) JUnit
9 2 (0.52%) Postman
9 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.26%) Gemini Tracker
General
1 132 (34.46%) Finance
2 119 (31.07%) Social Skills
3 75 (19.58%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.53%) Banking
5 29 (7.57%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.18%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.92%) Retail
8 14 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.66%) Legal
9 13 (3.39%) Marketing
10 12 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.87%) Back Office
12 9 (2.35%) Front Office
13 8 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.57%) Financial Institution
16 4 (1.04%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.78%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (18.54%) Analyst
2 59 (15.40%) Business Analyst
3 51 (13.32%) Architect
4 46 (12.01%) Senior
5 41 (10.70%) Lead
6 40 (10.44%) Data Engineer
7 33 (8.62%) Developer
8 21 (5.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 19 (4.96%) Data Scientist
10 14 (3.66%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 14 (3.66%) Consultant
11 13 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (3.39%) Senior Business Analyst
12 10 (2.61%) Senior Data Engineer
12 10 (2.61%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.35%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.35%) Data Architect
14 8 (2.09%) Data Analyst
14 8 (2.09%) Programme Manager
14 8 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.27%) PyTorch
2 19 (4.96%) TensorFlow
3 18 (4.70%) LangChain
3 18 (4.70%) scikit-learn
4 14 (3.66%) Model Context Protocol
5 13 (3.39%) .NET
6 12 (3.13%) LangGraph
6 12 (3.13%) Pandas
6 12 (3.13%) PySpark
7 10 (2.61%) Node.js
7 10 (2.61%) REST
8 9 (2.35%) XML
9 8 (2.09%) Kafka
9 8 (2.09%) Middleware
10 7 (1.83%) Faiss
10 7 (1.83%) FastAPI
10 7 (1.83%) Hugging Face
10 7 (1.83%) JSON
10 7 (1.83%) NumPy
10 7 (1.83%) React
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.09%) Product Ownership
2 28 (7.31%) Onboarding
3 27 (7.05%) AI Agents
4 20 (5.22%) Cloud Native
5 16 (4.18%) Algorithms
6 14 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.87%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.87%) PMI
8 8 (2.09%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.09%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.31%) Clustering
11 5 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.31%) IVR
11 5 (1.31%) Life Science
12 4 (1.04%) Derivative
12 4 (1.04%) Equities
12 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.18%) Linux
2 14 (3.66%) Windows
3 5 (1.31%) Unix
4 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.26%) Android
5 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (39.16%) AI
2 119 (31.07%) Agile
3 117 (30.55%) Analytics
4 93 (24.28%) Data Modelling
5 91 (23.76%) Machine Learning
6 81 (21.15%) CI/CD
7 69 (18.02%) Data Pipeline
8 67 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (17.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 65 (16.97%) Data Science
10 64 (16.71%) Data Engineering
10 64 (16.71%) LLM
11 63 (16.45%) DevOps
12 62 (16.19%) Data Governance
13 60 (15.67%) Generative AI
14 59 (15.40%) Roadmaps
15 53 (13.84%) User Stories
16 52 (13.58%) Business Analysis
16 52 (13.58%) Validation
17 49 (12.79%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 124 (32.38%) Python
2 83 (21.67%) SQL
3 17 (4.44%) Java
4 14 (3.66%) TypeScript
5 13 (3.39%) Bash
5 13 (3.39%) C#
6 10 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.09%) Scala
8 6 (1.57%) Bicep
9 4 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.04%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.04%) R
10 3 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.78%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (0.78%) Swift
10 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.52%) C++
11 2 (0.52%) Korn
11 2 (0.52%) Solidity
11 2 (0.52%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 68 (17.75%) Degree
2 55 (14.36%) Security Cleared
3 48 (12.53%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.05%) Master's Degree
5 20 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (4.96%) CBAP
7 14 (3.66%) PMI Certification
8 9 (2.35%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.35%) IIBA
9 8 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.57%) PhD
11 5 (1.31%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (1.04%) CISSP
12 4 (1.04%) ISEB
13 3 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.78%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.78%) PMP
14 2 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (12.27%) Data Quality
2 26 (6.79%) QA
3 14 (3.66%) GDPR
4 10 (2.61%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.57%) EU AI Act
5 6 (1.57%) NIST
6 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.52%) MiFID
8 2 (0.52%) PSD2
8 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.52%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) HL7
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (8.09%) Docker
2 11 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.61%) VMware NSX
4 9 (2.35%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.57%) zsh
6 5 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.26%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 23 (6.01%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.74%) Terraform
3 6 (1.57%) Ansible
3 6 (1.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (1.04%) Grafana
5 2 (0.52%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.26%) logstash
6 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 55 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.18%) Databricks
3 30 (7.83%) OpenAI
4 18 (4.70%) Google
5 12 (3.13%) Splunk
6 11 (2.87%) VMware
7 10 (2.61%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.09%) Oracle
9 6 (1.57%) Foundry
9 6 (1.57%) Genesys
10 5 (1.31%) Adobe
10 5 (1.31%) Citrix
10 5 (1.31%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.31%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.04%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.78%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.78%) Cisco
12 3 (0.78%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.78%) SAP
12 3 (0.78%) Veracode