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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 164 165
Rank change year-on-year +61 +1 +30
Contract jobs citing Use Case 539 221 276
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.79% 1.69% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 1.83% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 139 182
10th Percentile £413 £400 £405
25th Percentile £463 £502 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £668 £775 £650
90th Percentile £762 £865 £825
England median daily rate £540 £550 £555
% change year-on-year -1.82% -0.90% +0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.18 - -
Median hourly rate £77.37 - -
75th Percentile £78.55 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.37 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +28.94% +4.35% -17.86%

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 17,177 12,084 15,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.22% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,420 8,065 11,124
10th Percentile £360 £331 £341
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 227 298
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.98
25th Percentile £23.25 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.62% +8.33% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

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 3 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 3 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 +18 61 £550 -4.35% 67
West London - 14 £523 - 11
South London -5 3 £550 -26.67% 2
East London -2 2 £717 +22.56% 6
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 28 (5.19%) Confluence
2 18 (3.34%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.86%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.30%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.11%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.93%) CMS
6 5 (0.93%) SAS
7 4 (0.74%) Apache
8 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.37%) Kentico
8 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 23 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.15%) Chatbot
3 13 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.56%) Actimize
3 3 (0.56%) Findur
3 3 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.37%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) Summit
4 2 (0.37%) Workfront
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.19%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 170 (31.54%) Azure
2 114 (21.15%) AWS
3 56 (10.39%) Power Platform
4 52 (9.65%) GCP
5 34 (6.31%) Azure AI
6 26 (4.82%) Snowflake
7 24 (4.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 23 (4.27%) Amazon Bedrock
9 22 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (3.90%) dbt
10 21 (3.90%) GitHub
10 21 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (3.53%) Serverless
12 18 (3.34%) Amazon S3
13 17 (3.15%) SaaS
14 16 (2.97%) Amazon SageMaker
14 16 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (2.78%) Entra ID
16 14 (2.60%) WhatsApp
17 13 (2.41%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.78%) Firewall
2 7 (1.30%) Network Security
3 5 (0.93%) RTP
4 4 (0.74%) Internet
5 3 (0.56%) 5G
5 3 (0.56%) DNS
5 3 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.56%) SMS
5 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.37%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.37%) 4G
6 2 (0.37%) BGP
6 2 (0.37%) DHCP
6 2 (0.37%) LTE
7 1 (0.19%) Broadband
7 1 (0.19%) DMZ
7 1 (0.19%) HTTP
7 1 (0.19%) LAN
7 1 (0.19%) OSPF
7 1 (0.19%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.53%) Power BI
2 43 (7.98%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (6.68%) Metadata
4 25 (4.64%) Tableau
5 17 (3.15%) BigQuery
5 17 (3.15%) Data Lake
6 15 (2.78%) Weaviate
7 14 (2.60%) Pinecone
8 12 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (2.04%) Semantic Layer
9 11 (2.04%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.86%) Big Data
10 10 (1.86%) Delta Lake
10 10 (1.86%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.30%) Spark SQL
12 6 (1.11%) KDB
12 6 (1.11%) Looker
13 5 (0.93%) Kdb+
13 5 (0.93%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 43 (7.98%) JIRA
2 26 (4.82%) Git
3 11 (2.04%) MLflow
4 8 (1.48%) GitLab
4 8 (1.48%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.93%) ERwin
6 3 (0.56%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.56%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.56%) XCTest
7 2 (0.37%) Postman
7 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.37%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) Ant
8 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.19%) JUnit
8 1 (0.19%) Maven
8 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
General
1 202 (37.48%) Finance
2 145 (26.90%) Social Skills
3 87 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (14.10%) Banking
5 52 (9.65%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.38%) Retail
7 24 (4.45%) Marketing
8 21 (3.90%) Front Office
8 21 (3.90%) Investment Banking
8 21 (3.90%) Legal
9 20 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.97%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.04%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.48%) Law
14 8 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.93%) French Language
16 4 (0.74%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 87 (16.14%) Architect
2 75 (13.91%) Analyst
3 65 (12.06%) Data Engineer
4 64 (11.87%) Business Analyst
5 62 (11.50%) Senior
6 57 (10.58%) Lead
7 41 (7.61%) Developer
8 34 (6.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 25 (4.64%) Consultant
10 24 (4.45%) Data Scientist
11 22 (4.08%) Data Architect
12 18 (3.34%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 16 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.23%) Data Analyst
15 11 (2.04%) Azure Engineer
15 11 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (2.04%) Senior Business Analyst
16 9 (1.67%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
16 9 (1.67%) AWS Engineer
16 9 (1.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.64%) PySpark
2 24 (4.45%) LangChain
3 23 (4.27%) REST
4 20 (3.71%) .NET
4 20 (3.71%) LlamaIndex
5 19 (3.53%) Pandas
6 14 (2.60%) scikit-learn
7 12 (2.23%) JSON
8 10 (1.86%) NumPy
9 9 (1.67%) Middleware
10 8 (1.48%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.30%) RESTful
12 6 (1.11%) GraphQL
12 6 (1.11%) Kafka
12 6 (1.11%) LangGraph
12 6 (1.11%) Node.js
12 6 (1.11%) SOAP
12 6 (1.11%) TensorFlow
13 5 (0.93%) Lightning Web Components
13 5 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.87%) AI Agents
2 43 (7.98%) Product Ownership
3 42 (7.79%) Cloud Native
4 29 (5.38%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.78%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.78%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.23%) Taxonomies
8 12 (2.23%) Virtual Team
9 11 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.67%) Life Science
11 7 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.30%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.11%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.11%) PMI
13 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.60%) Linux
2 11 (2.04%) Unix
3 9 (1.67%) Windows
4 5 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (50.09%) AI
2 186 (34.51%) Analytics
3 145 (26.90%) Machine Learning
4 139 (25.79%) Agile
5 117 (21.71%) Data Modelling
6 110 (20.41%) Data Pipeline
7 105 (19.48%) LLM
8 101 (18.74%) Data Engineering
9 92 (17.07%) CI/CD
9 92 (17.07%) Generative AI
10 90 (16.70%) DevOps
10 90 (16.70%) Stakeholder Management
11 83 (15.40%) Data Science
12 80 (14.84%) Decision-Making
13 78 (14.47%) Roadmaps
14 77 (14.29%) Data Governance
15 70 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
16 68 (12.62%) Validation
17 65 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 61 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 157 (29.13%) Python
2 115 (21.34%) SQL
3 21 (3.90%) C#
4 14 (2.60%) Java
5 13 (2.41%) R
5 13 (2.41%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.04%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.67%) Scala
8 8 (1.48%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.74%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.74%) Bash
9 4 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
9 4 (0.74%) VBA
10 3 (0.56%) Bicep
10 3 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.56%) Go
10 3 (0.56%) SHACL
10 3 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 96 (17.81%) Security Cleared
2 80 (14.84%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.09%) Degree
4 18 (3.34%) Master's Degree
5 16 (2.97%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.41%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.23%) CBAP
8 11 (2.04%) CISSP
9 10 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.67%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.48%) IIBA
12 7 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.93%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.74%) CISM
15 3 (0.56%) GCIA
15 3 (0.56%) GIAC
15 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (16.33%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.12%) GDPR
2 33 (6.12%) QA
3 13 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.41%) NIST
4 7 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.93%) EU AI Act
6 3 (0.56%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.37%) ISO 15022
7 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.37%) MiFID
7 2 (0.37%) NCSC
7 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.37%) PMO
7 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 27 (5.01%) Docker
2 14 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.48%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.37%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.37%) IAG
5 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.19%) HDFS
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (6.68%) Terraform
2 34 (6.31%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (1.11%) Kubeflow
5 4 (0.74%) Ansible
6 3 (0.56%) QRadar
7 1 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.19%) Control-M
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.19%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.19%) Istio
7 1 (0.19%) logstash
7 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 105 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.65%) OpenAI
3 50 (9.28%) Databricks
4 24 (4.45%) Foundry
5 21 (3.90%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.53%) Google
7 14 (2.60%) Splunk
8 12 (2.23%) Pega
9 10 (1.86%) SAP
10 9 (1.67%) Oracle
10 9 (1.67%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.67%) VMware
11 6 (1.11%) Informatica
12 5 (0.93%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.93%) Workday
13 4 (0.74%) Adobe
13 4 (0.74%) Cisco
13 4 (0.74%) IBM
14 3 (0.56%) Ariba