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 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 180 189
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 +36
Contract jobs citing Use Case 273 299 425
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.28% 1.32% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.48% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 199 268
10th Percentile £369 £368 £393
25th Percentile £463 £431 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £606 £625
90th Percentile £690 £675 £721
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 17
10th Percentile £40.00 £68.00 -
25th Percentile £50.00 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +29.63% -4.42%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £68.30
90th Percentile - £77.55 £71.65
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £52.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% +34.62% -0.81%

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 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 14 June 2024.

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 14 June 2024.

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 14 June 2024. 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
South West +67 102 £582 -10.46% 19
North of England -8 70 £570 +3.64% 21
South East -29 45 £500 - 22
Midlands +21 38 £580 +3.57% 16
Yorkshire +1 35 £624 +13.36% 7
North West -1 34 £550 +13.17% 13
West Midlands +22 28 £550 -12.00% 14
Scotland +45 25 £515 +14.44% 6
East of England +8 18 £425 - 22
East Midlands +5 7 £613 +28.95% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3
Wales +15 1 £175 -62.57% 1
North East +8 1 £850 - 1
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 12 (4.40%) Confluence
2 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.37%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.83%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.47%) Sketch
3 3 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.73%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 29 (10.62%) Azure
2 15 (5.49%) GCP
3 14 (5.13%) AWS
4 11 (4.03%) GitHub
5 9 (3.30%) Kong
6 8 (2.93%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (2.93%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.20%) Apigee
8 6 (2.20%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.83%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.47%) Figma
11 3 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.10%) SaaS
11 3 (1.10%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.73%) IaaS
12 2 (0.73%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.73%) PaaS
13 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.37%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.42%) Firewall
2 12 (4.40%) Network Security
3 11 (4.03%) VPN
4 10 (3.66%) Cisco ISE
4 10 (3.66%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.30%) DNS
5 9 (3.30%) HTTP
6 3 (1.10%) BIG-IP
6 3 (1.10%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (1.10%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (1.10%) SSL
7 2 (0.73%) 4G
7 2 (0.73%) 5G
8 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.37%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.37%) RTP
8 1 (0.37%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.56%) Power BI
2 7 (2.56%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.20%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.10%) Bigtable
4 3 (1.10%) Cloud Spanner
4 3 (1.10%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.10%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.37%) Big Data
6 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.37%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.37%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (13.92%) JIRA
2 13 (4.76%) Git
2 13 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 9 (3.30%) CircleCI
3 9 (3.30%) GitLab
3 9 (3.30%) Travis CI
4 3 (1.10%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.73%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.37%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.37%) LSMW
General
1 92 (33.70%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.92%) Public Sector
3 31 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (11.36%) Manufacturing
4 22 (8.06%) Finance
5 13 (4.76%) Banking
6 12 (4.40%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.66%) Aerospace
7 10 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.93%) Automotive
9 7 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.56%) Legal
10 5 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.47%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.47%) Marketing
11 4 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.10%) Local Government
13 2 (0.73%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.73%) Retail
13 2 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 104 (38.10%) Analyst
2 36 (13.19%) Business Analyst
3 26 (9.52%) Lead
4 25 (9.16%) Architect
4 25 (9.16%) SOC Analyst
5 20 (7.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 18 (6.59%) Consultant
6 18 (6.59%) Senior
7 16 (5.86%) Data Architect
8 15 (5.49%) Developer
9 14 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (4.76%) Security Analyst
11 12 (4.40%) Cyber Defence Analyst
12 10 (3.66%) Data Analyst
13 9 (3.30%) Senior Business Analyst
14 8 (2.93%) Azure Developer
14 8 (2.93%) Compliance Analyst
14 8 (2.93%) Data Compliance Analyst
14 8 (2.93%) SOC Engineer
14 8 (2.93%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.96%) Elastic Stack
2 11 (4.03%) XML
3 10 (3.66%) JSON
4 9 (3.30%) YAML
5 6 (2.20%) CSS
5 6 (2.20%) HTML
6 5 (1.83%) PySpark
7 4 (1.47%) React
8 3 (1.10%) OAuth
8 3 (1.10%) OpenID
9 2 (0.73%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.73%) OLE
9 2 (0.73%) Redux
9 2 (0.73%) SAML
10 1 (0.37%) .NET
10 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.37%) Node.js
10 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.37%) SOAP
10 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (20.51%) Management Information System
2 51 (18.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 50 (18.32%) Cyber Threat
4 48 (17.58%) Cyber Defence
5 34 (12.45%) Security Operations Centre
6 28 (10.26%) CSOC
7 18 (6.59%) Data Structures
8 13 (4.76%) Product Ownership
9 11 (4.03%) IoT
10 9 (3.30%) Industry 4.0
11 7 (2.56%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.83%) Biopharmaceutical
12 5 (1.83%) Infotainment
12 5 (1.83%) Robotics
13 4 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.47%) Taxonomies
14 3 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
14 3 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (1.10%) Operational Technology
15 2 (0.73%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.10%) Linux
1 3 (1.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (39.19%) SIEM
2 104 (38.10%) Cybersecurity
3 89 (32.60%) Incident Response
4 65 (23.81%) Incident Management
5 64 (23.44%) Information Security
6 56 (20.51%) SOAR
6 56 (20.51%) Threat Intelligence
7 53 (19.41%) CRM
8 52 (19.05%) Agile
9 51 (18.68%) Analytics
9 51 (18.68%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 50 (18.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 47 (17.22%) Root Cause Analysis
12 46 (16.85%) Case Management
13 45 (16.48%) Protective Monitoring
14 41 (15.02%) Mentoring
14 41 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 39 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
15 39 (14.29%) Security Operations
16 30 (10.99%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.33%) Python
2 18 (6.59%) Java
3 15 (5.49%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.49%) SQL
4 9 (3.30%) Bash
4 9 (3.30%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.93%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (2.20%) Search Processing Language
7 3 (1.10%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.37%) C++
8 1 (0.37%) PHP
8 1 (0.37%) R
8 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (34.07%) Security Cleared
2 79 (28.94%) DV Cleared
3 28 (10.26%) Degree
4 26 (9.52%) SANS
5 10 (3.66%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.37%) CBAP
8 1 (0.37%) CCSP
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.37%) CISSP
8 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.37%) IIBA
8 1 (0.37%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (21.61%) NIST
2 48 (17.58%) NIST 800
3 13 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.76%) QA
4 10 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (2.56%) GDPR
7 4 (1.47%) NCSC
8 3 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.73%) SLA
10 1 (0.37%) COBIT
10 1 (0.37%) GxP
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (4.03%) Docker
2 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.73%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.37%) Snort
Systems Management
1 20 (7.33%) Kibana
2 19 (6.96%) logstash
3 11 (4.03%) Ansible
3 11 (4.03%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.30%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (3.30%) Grafana
4 9 (3.30%) Progress Chef
4 9 (3.30%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.30%) Puppet
4 9 (3.30%) Terraform
5 2 (0.73%) OPNET
6 1 (0.37%) CASB
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 69 (25.27%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.16%) Splunk
3 12 (4.40%) Google
3 12 (4.40%) Informatica
4 11 (4.03%) Cisco
5 10 (3.66%) Tanium
6 7 (2.56%) Facebook
6 7 (2.56%) Instagram
7 6 (2.20%) SAP
8 4 (1.47%) VMware
9 3 (1.10%) F5
9 3 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.73%) Adobe
10 2 (0.73%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.73%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.73%) Databricks
10 2 (0.73%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.73%) Oracle
10 2 (0.73%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.37%) Pega