Use Case Contracts

Use Cases
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Use Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Use Case over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 189 210
Rank change year-on-year +17 +21 +9
Contract jobs citing Use Case 617 855 1,238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 1.41% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.57% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 534 746
10th Percentile £411 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £764 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £506
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.23% +6.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 22 27
10th Percentile - £55.33 £17.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £60.00 £31.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.50 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +15.93% +7.77%
75th Percentile £60.00 £75.63 £66.65
90th Percentile £62.30 £77.73 £71.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.50 £58.25
% change year-on-year -16.03% +12.45% +3.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Use Case is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,706 54,523 81,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 89.87% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,375 37,727 57,191
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,416 1,789 1,947
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -
75th Percentile £58.70 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year -2.78% +80.41% -7.83%

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Use Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Use Case.

Daily rate trend for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Use Case over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Use Case.

Hourly rate trend for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Use Case over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 April 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
England +19 522 £570 +3.64% 240
London +12 274 £600 - 123
UK excluding London +21 253 £525 +5.00% 119
Work from Home +57 238 £569 +3.41% 104
South West +76 96 £566 +8.85% 22
North of England +24 71 £500 -9.09% 25
North West +24 42 £500 -13.98% 15
Midlands +33 37 £565 -1.74% 17
South East -30 34 £475 +1.06% 26
West Midlands +31 29 £538 -13.92% 14
Scotland +24 26 £515 +17.18% 6
Yorkshire +2 25 £582 +5.82% 8
East of England +11 12 £500 +11.11% 27
East Midlands +7 6 £613 +30.67% 3
North East +26 4 £443 - 2
Wales +5 1 £175 -64.19% 3

Use Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (2.43%) Confluence
2 8 (1.30%) CMS
2 8 (1.30%) MTS
3 7 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.81%) Apache
5 4 (0.65%) IIS
6 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.49%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (4.21%) MS Visio
2 21 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.32%) Sketch
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.16%) InVision
8 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (3.40%) Endur
2 10 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.46%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (1.30%) Aligne
4 8 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.30%) EuroRunner
5 6 (0.97%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.65%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.49%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
9 1 (0.16%) Shopify
9 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 107 (17.34%) Azure
2 69 (11.18%) AWS
3 44 (7.13%) Power Platform
4 31 (5.02%) GCP
5 17 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.43%) SaaS
7 14 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.78%) GitHub
9 10 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (1.62%) Serverless
10 9 (1.46%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.46%) IaaS
10 9 (1.46%) PaaS
11 8 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.30%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.30%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.13%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.54%) Firewall
2 11 (1.78%) Network Security
3 10 (1.62%) Cisco ISE
4 9 (1.46%) HTTP
5 6 (0.97%) DMZ
5 6 (0.97%) Internet
6 4 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.65%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.65%) tcpdump
6 4 (0.65%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.49%) ADSL
7 3 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.49%) DNS
7 3 (0.49%) LAN
7 3 (0.49%) VDSL
7 3 (0.49%) VPN
7 3 (0.49%) WAN
8 2 (0.32%) Modbus
8 2 (0.32%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.48%) Power BI
2 16 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (2.43%) Big Data
3 15 (2.43%) Metadata
4 13 (2.11%) Data Lake
5 11 (1.78%) Tableau
6 9 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.46%) SAP HANA
7 7 (1.13%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.81%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.65%) Apache Hive
10 4 (0.65%) Bigtable
10 4 (0.65%) Cloud Spanner
10 4 (0.65%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.49%) DB2
11 3 (0.49%) OLAP
11 3 (0.49%) OLTP
12 2 (0.32%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 66 (10.70%) JIRA
2 22 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.24%) Git
4 10 (1.62%) GitLab
5 6 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (0.81%) JMeter
6 5 (0.81%) Selenium
7 4 (0.65%) IDA Disassembler
8 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.49%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.16%) LSMW
9 1 (0.16%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.16%) Subversion
9 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 203 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 132 (21.39%) Finance
3 95 (15.40%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.21%) Public Sector
5 40 (6.48%) Banking
6 34 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (5.19%) Manufacturing
8 22 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (3.57%) Marketing
9 16 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.43%) Legal
11 12 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (1.94%) Retail
12 11 (1.78%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.62%) Back Office
14 9 (1.46%) German Language
15 8 (1.30%) Front Office
16 7 (1.13%) Automotive
16 7 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 203 (32.90%) Analyst
2 103 (16.69%) Business Analyst
3 89 (14.42%) Architect
4 60 (9.72%) Consultant
4 60 (9.72%) Senior
5 39 (6.32%) Lead
6 37 (6.00%) SOC Analyst
7 29 (4.70%) Developer
7 29 (4.70%) Senior Analyst
8 24 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (3.57%) Data Architect
10 21 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 21 (3.40%) Senior Business Analyst
11 20 (3.24%) Data Analyst
12 18 (2.92%) Data Engineer
13 17 (2.76%) Technical Analyst
14 15 (2.43%) Project Manager
14 15 (2.43%) Security Analyst
15 14 (2.27%) Cyber Defence Analyst
15 14 (2.27%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.59%) OpenID
2 13 (2.11%) CSS
2 13 (2.11%) HTML
2 13 (2.11%) SAML
3 12 (1.94%) PySpark
4 11 (1.78%) OAuth
5 10 (1.62%) Node.js
5 10 (1.62%) REST
6 9 (1.46%) XML
7 8 (1.30%) React
8 7 (1.13%) .NET
8 7 (1.13%) Kafka
8 7 (1.13%) LDAP
9 6 (0.97%) ADO
9 6 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.97%) Web Services
10 5 (0.81%) XACML
11 4 (0.65%) Middleware
11 4 (0.65%) OAuth2
11 4 (0.65%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.21%) Management Information System
2 52 (8.43%) Product Ownership
3 49 (7.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 47 (7.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 45 (7.29%) Cyber Threat
6 40 (6.48%) Cyber Defence
7 32 (5.19%) CSOC
8 21 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (3.08%) Renewable Energy
10 13 (2.11%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.11%) IoT
11 12 (1.94%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.62%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.46%) Industry 4.0
13 9 (1.46%) Solar Panel
14 8 (1.30%) Market Risk
14 8 (1.30%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.30%) Security Posture
15 7 (1.13%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.89%) Windows
2 21 (3.40%) Linux
3 8 (1.30%) Unix
4 3 (0.49%) Kali Linux
4 3 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (22.20%) Agile
2 135 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
3 129 (20.91%) SIEM
4 113 (18.31%) Analytics
5 100 (16.21%) Incident Response
6 96 (15.56%) Roadmaps
7 85 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (12.48%) Information Security
9 70 (11.35%) Data Modelling
10 65 (10.53%) Incident Management
10 65 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
10 65 (10.53%) User Stories
11 63 (10.21%) Security Operations
12 56 (9.08%) CRM
13 55 (8.91%) Business Analysis
14 53 (8.59%) Data Governance
14 53 (8.59%) Threat Intelligence
15 52 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 52 (8.43%) DevOps
16 51 (8.27%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 66 (10.70%) Python
2 58 (9.40%) SQL
3 37 (6.00%) Java
4 27 (4.38%) JavaScript
5 20 (3.24%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.94%) Go
7 11 (1.78%) Bash
7 11 (1.78%) C#
8 7 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (0.97%) Perl
9 6 (0.97%) Scala
9 6 (0.97%) Search Processing Language
10 5 (0.81%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.65%) Clojure
11 4 (0.65%) Haskell
11 4 (0.65%) PHP
11 4 (0.65%) Ruby
11 4 (0.65%) Rust
12 3 (0.49%) C
12 3 (0.49%) C++
Qualifications
1 129 (20.91%) Security Cleared
2 87 (14.10%) Degree
3 84 (13.61%) DV Cleared
4 42 (6.81%) SC Cleared
5 29 (4.70%) SANS
6 13 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.30%) CISSP
8 8 (1.30%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.65%) CISM
9 4 (0.65%) MBA
10 3 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.49%) PhD
11 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.32%) CBAP
12 1 (0.16%) CEH
12 1 (0.16%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (12.97%) NIST
2 40 (6.48%) NIST 800
3 39 (6.32%) Data Quality
4 33 (5.35%) QA
5 20 (3.24%) GDPR
6 12 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.62%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (1.30%) GRC
9 8 (1.30%) NCSC
10 4 (0.65%) SLA
11 3 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.49%) GxP
11 3 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.49%) WCAG
12 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.32%) PSD2
12 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (2.59%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.65%) Snort
4 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (5.02%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.92%) Terraform
3 12 (1.94%) Ansible
4 7 (1.13%) Puppet
4 7 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.65%) Kibana
5 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.49%) Nessus
6 3 (0.49%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.32%) Argo
7 2 (0.32%) Grafana
7 2 (0.32%) OPNET
7 2 (0.32%) Packer
8 1 (0.16%) CASB
8 1 (0.16%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 134 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.86%) Splunk
3 27 (4.38%) Google
3 27 (4.38%) SAP
4 18 (2.92%) Informatica
5 16 (2.59%) CyberArk
5 16 (2.59%) Oracle
6 14 (2.27%) Cisco
7 12 (1.94%) Databricks
7 12 (1.94%) LogRhythm
8 11 (1.78%) Centrify
9 9 (1.46%) Okta
9 9 (1.46%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.30%) Facebook
10 8 (1.30%) Instagram
11 7 (1.13%) OpenLink
11 7 (1.13%) Pega
12 6 (0.97%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.97%) Hyperion
13 5 (0.81%) Adobe