Use Case Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Use Cases
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 177 139 207
Rank change year-on-year -38 +68 -11
Contract jobs citing Use Case 128 237 312
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.29% 1.54% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.76% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 176 210
10th Percentile £353 £425 £400
25th Percentile £500 £488 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £569 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.25% +3.41% +3.77%
75th Percentile £881 £663 £688
90th Percentile - £755 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile £26.83 £44.00 £46.68
25th Percentile £39.27 £50.00 £57.81
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +20.17%
75th Percentile - £71.50 -
90th Percentile - £78.40 £76.00
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Use Case
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Use Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Use Case trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Use Case.

Use Case daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Use Case over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Use Case daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Use Case.

Use Case hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Use Case
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Use Case over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Use Case hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Use Case
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (4.69%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.34%) Apache
3 3 (2.34%) Confluence
4 2 (1.56%) CMS
4 2 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) SAP LE
1 3 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.78%) Endur
2 1 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.78%) Primavera
2 1 (0.78%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.97%) Azure
2 10 (7.81%) AWS
3 9 (7.03%) GCP
4 8 (6.25%) SaaS
5 6 (4.69%) IaaS
5 6 (4.69%) PaaS
6 5 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.91%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.56%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.56%) AppsFlyer
9 2 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.56%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.56%) Azure API Management
9 2 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.56%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.56%) Cloud Run
9 2 (1.56%) Serverless
9 2 (1.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.59%) Firewall
2 6 (4.69%) VSAN
3 4 (3.13%) Network Security
4 3 (2.34%) NAS
5 2 (1.56%) VPN
6 1 (0.78%) DHCP
6 1 (0.78%) DNS
6 1 (0.78%) HTTP
6 1 (0.78%) NGFW
6 1 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.03%) Big Data
2 5 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.13%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.56%) Apache Hive
5 2 (1.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.56%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.56%) HBase
5 2 (1.56%) Impala
5 2 (1.56%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.56%) Power BI
5 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.78%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.78%) Metadata
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (18.75%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.34%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.34%) JIRA
3 2 (1.56%) Git
4 1 (0.78%) GitLab
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.78%) Selenium
4 1 (0.78%) Terragrunt
General
1 38 (29.69%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (19.53%) Banking
3 24 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 21 (16.41%) Investment Banking
5 19 (14.84%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (14.06%) Finance
7 8 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.47%) Marketing
9 6 (4.69%) Manufacturing
10 4 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.34%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.34%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.34%) Legal
11 3 (2.34%) Retail
12 2 (1.56%) Law
12 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Back Office
13 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Front Office
13 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (27.34%) Developer
2 24 (18.75%) Python Developer
3 21 (16.41%) Gen AI Developer
4 20 (15.63%) Architect
4 20 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 18 (14.06%) Analyst
6 15 (11.72%) Consultant
6 15 (11.72%) Senior
7 13 (10.16%) Business Analyst
8 10 (7.81%) Lead
8 10 (7.81%) Senior Architect
9 6 (4.69%) Senior Technical Architect
9 6 (4.69%) Splunk Consultant
9 6 (4.69%) Technical Architect
10 5 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.13%) Data Architect
11 4 (3.13%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
11 4 (3.13%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
12 3 (2.34%) Designer
12 3 (2.34%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (21.09%) .NET
2 26 (20.31%) React
3 24 (18.75%) FastAPI
4 23 (17.97%) Django
5 6 (4.69%) LDAP
6 3 (2.34%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.34%) CSS
6 3 (2.34%) HTML
6 3 (2.34%) Node.js
6 3 (2.34%) RFC 2544
6 3 (2.34%) Web Services
7 2 (1.56%) Apache Avro
7 2 (1.56%) Bootstrap
7 2 (1.56%) JSON
7 2 (1.56%) Kafka
7 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (1.56%) Middleware
7 2 (1.56%) NumPy
7 2 (1.56%) Pandas
7 2 (1.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (4.69%) PKI
2 6 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.34%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.56%) FMCG
5 2 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.56%) Life Science
5 2 (1.56%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.56%) Omics
5 2 (1.56%) Robotics
5 2 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.56%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.47%) Linux
2 5 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (3.91%) Windows
3 3 (2.34%) Unix
4 2 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) AIX
5 1 (0.78%) Android
5 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.78%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.59%) Agile
2 33 (25.78%) CI/CD
3 32 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 29 (22.66%) DevOps
4 29 (22.66%) Machine Learning
5 26 (20.31%) SDLC
6 25 (19.53%) Generative AI
7 24 (18.75%) Technical Analysis
8 23 (17.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (17.19%) LLM
10 21 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.72%) Analytics
12 14 (10.94%) Data Modelling
13 12 (9.38%) Migration
14 11 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
14 11 (8.59%) ITIL
14 11 (8.59%) User Stories
15 10 (7.81%) Containerisation
15 10 (7.81%) Roadmaps
15 10 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (30.47%) Python
2 35 (27.34%) SQL
3 26 (20.31%) Java
4 24 (18.75%) TypeScript
5 23 (17.97%) C#
6 4 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.13%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.34%) Bash
7 3 (2.34%) C++
7 3 (2.34%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.56%) R
9 1 (0.78%) ABAP
9 1 (0.78%) Bicep
9 1 (0.78%) PHP
9 1 (0.78%) VB
9 1 (0.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (24.22%) Security Cleared
2 29 (22.66%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.47%) Degree
4 6 (4.69%) MCSE
4 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.34%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.34%) CISSP
7 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.56%) CEH
7 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.78%) CCDE
8 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.78%) CISM
8 1 (0.78%) GIAC
8 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.59%) NIST
2 8 (6.25%) QA
3 6 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (4.69%) NCSC
4 5 (3.91%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.13%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.56%) GDPR
6 2 (1.56%) GRC
6 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.78%) GxP
7 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
System Software
1 26 (20.31%) Docker
2 11 (8.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.25%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.56%) HDFS
4 2 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (21.88%) Kubernetes
2 26 (20.31%) Ansible
3 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.13%) Terraform
4 3 (2.34%) SELinux
5 2 (1.56%) QRadar
6 1 (0.78%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.78%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.78%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.78%) SCCM
6 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.78%) vRealize
Vendors
1 19 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.16%) VMware
3 12 (9.38%) Splunk
4 9 (7.03%) Cisco
5 8 (6.25%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.69%) SAP
7 5 (3.91%) Google
8 4 (3.13%) Oracle
8 4 (3.13%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.34%) Databricks
9 3 (2.34%) IBM
9 3 (2.34%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.34%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.56%) Adobe
10 2 (1.56%) Facebook
10 2 (1.56%) HP
10 2 (1.56%) Sage
10 2 (1.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.78%) Ariba
11 1 (0.78%) Citrix