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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 158 172
Rank change year-on-year +55 +14 +24
Contract jobs citing Use Case 551 228 276
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.80% 1.69% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 1.83% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 143 180
10th Percentile £412 £400 £405
25th Percentile £461 £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 £656
90th Percentile £751 £860 £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 £77.37 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +28.94% - -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 17,532 12,440 15,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.14% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,643 8,309 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £769 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 234 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +6.67% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.98 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

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 9 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 9 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 +24 62 £544 -5.43% 46
West London - 14 £523 - 4
South London -7 3 £550 -26.67% 2
East London -1 2 £717 +22.56% 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 28 (5.08%) Confluence
2 18 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.09%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.91%) Apache
6 5 (0.91%) CMS
6 5 (0.91%) SAS
7 3 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.36%) Kentico
8 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.36%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 22 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.09%) Chatbot
3 12 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.54%) Actimize
3 3 (0.54%) Findur
3 3 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
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%) Summit
5 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.18%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 177 (32.12%) Azure
2 114 (20.69%) AWS
3 57 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 51 (9.26%) GCP
5 35 (6.35%) Azure AI
6 26 (4.72%) Microsoft Copilot
6 26 (4.72%) Snowflake
7 23 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (3.99%) Amazon Bedrock
8 22 (3.99%) GitHub
9 21 (3.81%) dbt
10 18 (3.27%) Entra ID
10 18 (3.27%) Serverless
11 17 (3.09%) Amazon S3
11 17 (3.09%) SaaS
12 15 (2.72%) Amazon SageMaker
12 15 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (2.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.09%) Firewall
2 7 (1.27%) Network Security
3 5 (0.91%) RTP
4 4 (0.73%) DNS
4 4 (0.73%) Internet
4 4 (0.73%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.54%) 5G
5 3 (0.54%) BGP
5 3 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.54%) SMS
6 2 (0.36%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.36%) 4G
6 2 (0.36%) Cisco Wireless
6 2 (0.36%) DHCP
6 2 (0.36%) HTTP
6 2 (0.36%) LTE
6 2 (0.36%) Multicast
6 2 (0.36%) VLAN
6 2 (0.36%) Wireless
7 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.35%) Power BI
2 44 (7.99%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (6.53%) Metadata
4 25 (4.54%) Tableau
5 17 (3.09%) BigQuery
5 17 (3.09%) Data Lake
6 15 (2.72%) Weaviate
7 14 (2.54%) Pinecone
8 12 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
9 11 (2.00%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.81%) Big Data
10 10 (1.81%) Delta Lake
10 10 (1.81%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.27%) Spark SQL
12 6 (1.09%) KDB
12 6 (1.09%) Looker
12 6 (1.09%) Redis
13 5 (0.91%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 42 (7.62%) JIRA
2 26 (4.72%) Git
3 10 (1.81%) MLflow
4 8 (1.45%) GitLab
4 8 (1.45%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.91%) ERwin
6 3 (0.54%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.54%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.54%) XCTest
7 2 (0.36%) Postman
7 2 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.36%) REST Assured
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%) SoapUI
General
1 205 (37.21%) Finance
2 145 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 91 (16.52%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (13.79%) Banking
5 56 (10.16%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.26%) Retail
7 24 (4.36%) Marketing
8 22 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.81%) Front Office
9 21 (3.81%) Investment Banking
9 21 (3.81%) Legal
10 16 (2.90%) Financial Institution
11 14 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.00%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.45%) Law
13 8 (1.45%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.09%) French Language
16 4 (0.73%) German Language
Job Titles
1 89 (16.15%) Architect
2 77 (13.97%) Analyst
3 71 (12.89%) Data Engineer
4 62 (11.25%) Business Analyst
5 59 (10.71%) Senior
6 56 (10.16%) Lead
7 41 (7.44%) Developer
8 34 (6.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 27 (4.90%) Consultant
10 24 (4.36%) Data Scientist
11 22 (3.99%) Data Architect
12 19 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 17 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.72%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
16 11 (2.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
17 9 (1.63%) AWS Engineer
17 9 (1.63%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 9 (1.63%) Senior Developer
18 8 (1.45%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.72%) PySpark
2 25 (4.54%) LangChain
2 25 (4.54%) REST
3 20 (3.63%) .NET
3 20 (3.63%) LlamaIndex
4 19 (3.45%) Pandas
5 13 (2.36%) scikit-learn
6 12 (2.18%) JSON
7 10 (1.81%) NumPy
8 9 (1.63%) Middleware
9 8 (1.45%) RESTful
10 7 (1.27%) GraphQL
10 7 (1.27%) LangGraph
10 7 (1.27%) Node.js
10 7 (1.27%) PyTorch
11 6 (1.09%) Kafka
11 6 (1.09%) SOAP
12 5 (0.91%) OAuth
12 5 (0.91%) TensorFlow
12 5 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.80%) AI Agents
2 44 (7.99%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.99%) Product Ownership
3 33 (5.99%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.72%) Algorithms
4 15 (2.72%) Data Structures
4 15 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (2.18%) Taxonomies
6 12 (2.18%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.63%) Life Science
9 7 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.27%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.27%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.90%) Linux
2 11 (2.00%) Unix
2 11 (2.00%) Windows
3 6 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (49.91%) AI
2 192 (34.85%) Analytics
3 147 (26.68%) Machine Learning
4 137 (24.86%) Agile
5 120 (21.78%) Data Modelling
6 115 (20.87%) Data Pipeline
7 107 (19.42%) Data Engineering
8 105 (19.06%) LLM
9 93 (16.88%) CI/CD
10 92 (16.70%) Generative AI
11 90 (16.33%) DevOps
12 88 (15.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 84 (15.25%) Data Science
14 80 (14.52%) Roadmaps
15 79 (14.34%) Decision-Making
16 75 (13.61%) Data Governance
17 72 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
18 69 (12.52%) Validation
19 66 (11.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 61 (11.07%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 163 (29.58%) Python
2 118 (21.42%) SQL
3 21 (3.81%) C#
4 15 (2.72%) Java
5 14 (2.54%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.36%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.36%) R
7 9 (1.63%) Scala
8 8 (1.45%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.91%) Bash
9 5 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.73%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.73%) Go
10 4 (0.73%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.73%) SPARQL
10 4 (0.73%) VBA
11 3 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.54%) SHACL
11 3 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 100 (18.15%) Security Cleared
2 84 (15.25%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.17%) Degree
4 17 (3.09%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.09%) Master's Degree
5 14 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.36%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.00%) CISSP
8 10 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.63%) CBAP
10 7 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.27%) IIBA
11 6 (1.09%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.91%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.73%) CISM
13 4 (0.73%) GCIA
13 4 (0.73%) GIAC
14 3 (0.54%) GCIH
14 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (16.52%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.17%) GDPR
3 31 (5.63%) QA
4 16 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.54%) NIST
6 7 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.91%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.73%) NCSC
9 3 (0.54%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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%) PMO
10 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.18%) EMIR
11 1 (0.18%) GxP
11 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (4.72%) Docker
2 16 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.45%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.36%) IAG
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (6.53%) Terraform
2 33 (5.99%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (1.09%) Kubeflow
5 4 (0.73%) Ansible
6 3 (0.54%) QRadar
7 2 (0.36%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.18%) Control-M
8 1 (0.18%) Grafana
8 1 (0.18%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.18%) Istio
8 1 (0.18%) logstash
8 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (19.96%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.26%) Databricks
2 51 (9.26%) OpenAI
3 25 (4.54%) Foundry
4 22 (3.99%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.45%) Google
6 15 (2.72%) Splunk
7 12 (2.18%) Pega
8 10 (1.81%) Oracle
8 10 (1.81%) SAP
8 10 (1.81%) VMware
9 9 (1.63%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.09%) Cisco
10 6 (1.09%) Informatica
11 5 (0.91%) Adobe
11 5 (0.91%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.91%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (0.91%) Workday
12 4 (0.73%) IBM