Use Case Contracts in the UK excluding London

Use Cases
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Use Case skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Use Case over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 167 199
Rank change year-on-year -22 +32 -3
Contract jobs citing Use Case 152 262 306
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.19% 1.26% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.49% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 177 188
10th Percentile £320 £413 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +7.60% -1.23%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £604
90th Percentile £715 £693 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 17
10th Percentile £19.61 - £56.50
25th Percentile £21.20 £40.00 £62.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -21.43% +23.89%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £77.50
90th Percentile - - £77.60
UK median hourly rate £38.85 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -29.37% -21.43% +23.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Use Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Use Case in the UK excluding London

Use Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Use Case in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Use Case in the UK excluding London

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Use Case in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Use Case in the UK excluding London

Use Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Use Case in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Use Case in the UK excluding London

Use Case
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Use Case in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Use Case in the UK excluding London

Use Case
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North of England -5 52 £525 -5.41% 143
South East +52 41 £593 +24.74% 218
North West +9 33 £538 +7.50% 74
Yorkshire -5 19 £450 -28.00% 53
South West -27 18 £575 +4.55% 81
Scotland +3 15 £425 -17.48% 43
East of England +31 14 £415 -17.10% 96
Midlands -5 12 £350 -39.66% 109
West Midlands -8 7 £300 -44.24% 65
East Midlands +8 5 £710 +15.92% 37
Northern Ireland - 2 £410 - 13
Wales +1 1 £550 +214.29% 15
Use Case
UK

Use Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.61%) Apache Spark
1 7 (4.61%) Confluence
2 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.63%) Apache
3 4 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.32%) Appian
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.32%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.95%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (5.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.29%) SAP LE
3 4 (2.63%) SAP PP
3 4 (2.63%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.66%) Maximo
4 1 (0.66%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (19.08%) Azure
2 19 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 12 (7.89%) SaaS
4 10 (6.58%) AWS
5 9 (5.92%) GCP
5 9 (5.92%) IaaS
5 9 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.92%) PaaS
6 6 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon ELB
8 2 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.32%) Collibra
8 2 (1.32%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.66%) GitHub
9 1 (0.66%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.53%) Firewall
2 8 (5.26%) VSAN
3 5 (3.29%) Network Security
4 4 (2.63%) DNS
4 4 (2.63%) VPN
5 3 (1.97%) NAS
5 3 (1.97%) OSPF
5 3 (1.97%) VLAN
6 2 (1.32%) BGP
6 2 (1.32%) MPLS
7 1 (0.66%) DHCP
7 1 (0.66%) DSL
7 1 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.66%) HSRP
7 1 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.66%) IPsec
7 1 (0.66%) MQTT
7 1 (0.66%) NGFW
7 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.55%) Power BI
2 11 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (5.92%) Metadata
4 8 (5.26%) Big Data
5 7 (4.61%) Tableau
6 4 (2.63%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.63%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.97%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.97%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.32%) Apache Hive
8 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.32%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.32%) HBase
8 2 (1.32%) Impala
8 2 (1.32%) NewSQL
8 2 (1.32%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.66%) Looker
9 1 (0.66%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 13 (8.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.97%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.97%) Git
3 1 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.66%) GitLab
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.66%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.66%) Selenium
3 1 (0.66%) SonarQube
General
1 44 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (15.79%) Finance
4 12 (7.89%) Banking
4 12 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.92%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.26%) French Language
7 7 (4.61%) Law
8 5 (3.29%) Legal
9 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Retail
9 4 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.97%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.97%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.32%) Automotive
11 2 (1.32%) Billing
11 2 (1.32%) Marketing
11 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (24.34%) Analyst
1 37 (24.34%) Architect
2 29 (19.08%) Business Analyst
3 19 (12.50%) Senior
4 18 (11.84%) Consultant
5 13 (8.55%) SAP Consultant
6 11 (7.24%) Solutions Architect
7 10 (6.58%) Technical Architect
8 8 (5.26%) Developer
8 8 (5.26%) Senior Architect
8 8 (5.26%) Senior Technical Architect
8 8 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
8 8 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
9 7 (4.61%) Lead
10 6 (3.95%) Data Analyst
10 6 (3.95%) Network Architect
11 5 (3.29%) Business Solution Architect
11 5 (3.29%) Data Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 5 (3.29%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.29%) Kafka
1 5 (3.29%) PySpark
2 4 (2.63%) LDAP
2 4 (2.63%) Node.js
3 3 (1.97%) CSS
3 3 (1.97%) HTML
3 3 (1.97%) HTML5
3 3 (1.97%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (1.97%) SAPUI5
3 3 (1.97%) XML
4 2 (1.32%) Apache Avro
4 2 (1.32%) JSON
4 2 (1.32%) NumPy
4 2 (1.32%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (1.32%) Pandas
4 2 (1.32%) RFC 2544
4 2 (1.32%) Web Services
5 1 (0.66%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.66%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.66%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.18%) Management Information System
2 13 (8.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.26%) PKI
5 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.29%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.29%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.29%) Life Science
7 4 (2.63%) CMDB
7 4 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.63%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.97%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.97%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.32%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.32%) Robotics
9 2 (1.32%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.24%) Windows
2 10 (6.58%) Linux
3 5 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.63%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.97%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.32%) Android
6 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.32%) Unix
6 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.03%) Agile
2 30 (19.74%) User Stories
3 28 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (16.45%) Migration
5 20 (13.16%) Business Analysis
6 18 (11.84%) CI/CD
7 17 (11.18%) Analytics
7 17 (11.18%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (11.18%) Data Migration
7 17 (11.18%) Decision-Making
7 17 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (9.21%) ITIL
8 14 (9.21%) Process Improvement
8 14 (9.21%) Scrum
8 14 (9.21%) Validation
9 12 (7.89%) Change Management
9 12 (7.89%) Data Analysis
9 12 (7.89%) ETL
9 12 (7.89%) Requirements Gathering
9 12 (7.89%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.50%) Python
2 18 (11.84%) SQL
3 7 (4.61%) Java
4 5 (3.29%) Bash
5 4 (2.63%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.97%) C++
6 3 (1.97%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.32%) Scala
7 2 (1.32%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.32%) VB
7 2 (1.32%) VBScript
8 1 (0.66%) COBOL
8 1 (0.66%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.66%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 31 (20.39%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.50%) Degree
4 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 10 (6.58%) MCSE
6 9 (5.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.63%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.97%) CISSP
9 3 (1.97%) MCSA
9 3 (1.97%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.32%) CBAP
10 2 (1.32%) CCIE
10 2 (1.32%) CCNP
10 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.32%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.32%) MCP
10 2 (1.32%) PMP
11 1 (0.66%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.24%) NIST
2 10 (6.58%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.58%) NCSC
3 9 (5.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (5.26%) QA
5 5 (3.29%) GDPR
6 2 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.32%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.66%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.66%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.66%) PSD2
7 1 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.92%) VMware NSX
3 8 (5.26%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.63%) Docker
5 3 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.32%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.32%) HDFS
6 2 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (3.95%) Ansible
2 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.63%) Terraform
4 3 (1.97%) SELinux
5 2 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.32%) Grafana
5 2 (1.32%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (1.32%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.32%) SCCM
6 1 (0.66%) Kibana
6 1 (0.66%) logstash
6 1 (0.66%) OPNET
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.66%) QRadar
6 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 24 (15.79%) SAP
3 15 (9.87%) Cisco
3 15 (9.87%) VMware
4 9 (5.92%) Palo Alto
4 9 (5.92%) Splunk
5 7 (4.61%) Oracle
5 7 (4.61%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.95%) F5
6 6 (3.95%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.29%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.29%) IBM
7 5 (3.29%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.63%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.97%) Google
9 3 (1.97%) Infoblox
9 3 (1.97%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.32%) Databricks
10 2 (1.32%) Rakuten
10 2 (1.32%) Zscaler