Use Case Contract Job Trends in Preston

Use Cases
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Use Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Use Case 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 4.35% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £441 - -
25th Percentile £442 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile £446 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £444 £830 £500
% change year-on-year -46.57% +66.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £41.94 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79 42 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 85.87% 91.30% 98.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 19 22
10th Percentile £250 £290 £328
25th Percentile £403 £469 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +26.59% -3.97%
75th Percentile £578 £559 £498
90th Percentile £680 £600 £500
Lancashire median daily rate £455 £500 £623
% change year-on-year -9.00% -19.68% +19.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 36
10th Percentile £29.21 £24.43 £20.58
25th Percentile £39.53 £25.17 £33.66
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.96 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.47% -32.96% +15.39%
75th Percentile £45.84 £44.63 £51.63
90th Percentile £71.79 £67.70 £74.37
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.45%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Use Case relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Use Case job vacancy trend in Preston

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Use Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Use Case

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Use Case.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Use Case

Use Case
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) CAD
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (50.00%) PLM
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) SOAR
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Siemens
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft