Use Case Contracts with Work from Home 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 23 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 185 185
Rank change year-on-year +40 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Use Case 227 314 667
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.54% 1.32% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.47% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 217 463
10th Percentile £425 £406 £400
25th Percentile £488 £475 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - +2.09%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £675
90th Percentile £748 £813 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 8
10th Percentile £44.00 £61.25 £42.30
25th Percentile £50.00 - £54.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +108.61%
75th Percentile £71.50 - £68.75
90th Percentile £78.40 £80.00 £70.93
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
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 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Use Case
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Use Case as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Use Case trend for jobs with a WFH option

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Use Case over the 6 months to 23 June 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Use Case over the 6 months to 23 June 2024.

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 13 (5.73%) Confluence
2 5 (2.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 4 (1.76%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) Apache
4 2 (0.88%) IIS
4 2 (0.88%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.88%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.88%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.44%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.44%) Appian
5 1 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.44%) Camunda
5 1 (0.44%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (3.08%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (4.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.96%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (1.32%) Endur
4 2 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.88%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 45 (19.82%) Azure
2 30 (13.22%) AWS
3 16 (7.05%) GCP
4 14 (6.17%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.96%) SaaS
7 8 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (3.52%) PowerApps
8 6 (2.64%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (2.20%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (2.20%) dbt
9 5 (2.20%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.20%) Google Analytics
9 5 (2.20%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.76%) GitHub
11 3 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.32%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.17%) Firewall
2 8 (3.52%) Network Security
3 7 (3.08%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.20%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (2.20%) HTTP
4 5 (2.20%) SSH
5 4 (1.76%) CTI
5 4 (1.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.76%) tcpdump
5 4 (1.76%) VoIP
5 4 (1.76%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.32%) DNS
6 3 (1.32%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (1.32%) VPN
7 2 (0.88%) 4G
7 2 (0.88%) 5G
8 1 (0.44%) DMZ
8 1 (0.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (0.44%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.85%) Power BI
3 6 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.20%) MySQL
5 4 (1.76%) Apache Hive
5 4 (1.76%) DB2
5 4 (1.76%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.76%) Tableau
6 3 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.88%) Big Data
7 2 (0.88%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.88%) Metadata
7 2 (0.88%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.44%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 29 (12.78%) JIRA
2 14 (6.17%) Git
3 12 (5.29%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 8 (3.52%) GitLab
5 4 (1.76%) IDA Disassembler
5 4 (1.76%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.76%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (1.32%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.32%) Travis CI
7 1 (0.44%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.44%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.44%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 61 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 54 (23.79%) Finance
3 35 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.17%) Banking
6 13 (5.73%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.52%) Marketing
9 7 (3.08%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.20%) Back Office
11 4 (1.76%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.76%) Front Office
12 3 (1.32%) Automotive
12 3 (1.32%) Local Government
12 3 (1.32%) Publishing
13 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.88%) German Language
13 2 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 61 (26.87%) Analyst
2 40 (17.62%) Business Analyst
2 40 (17.62%) Consultant
3 36 (15.86%) Architect
4 30 (13.22%) Senior
5 22 (9.69%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (6.61%) Developer
6 15 (6.61%) Senior Business Analyst
7 12 (5.29%) Lead
7 12 (5.29%) Technical Analyst
8 10 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.96%) Great Plains Consultant
9 9 (3.96%) Microsoft Consultant
9 9 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.52%) Technical Architect
11 7 (3.08%) Data Consultant
11 7 (3.08%) Security Architect
12 6 (2.64%) Designer
12 6 (2.64%) Technical Business Analyst
13 5 (2.20%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.29%) HTML
2 10 (4.41%) OpenID
3 9 (3.96%) .NET
4 8 (3.52%) CSS
4 8 (3.52%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (3.52%) SAML
5 7 (3.08%) XML
6 6 (2.64%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.64%) LDAP
6 6 (2.64%) PySpark
6 6 (2.64%) Web Services
7 5 (2.20%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.20%) ASP.NET
7 5 (2.20%) JSON
7 5 (2.20%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.76%) Middleware
8 4 (1.76%) OAuth
8 4 (1.76%) OLE
9 3 (1.32%) XACML
9 3 (1.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.49%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 11 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.52%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (3.52%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.08%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.64%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.20%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.76%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.76%) IVR
9 4 (1.76%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.76%) YARA
10 3 (1.32%) CMDB
10 3 (1.32%) Digital Media
10 3 (1.32%) Infotainment
10 3 (1.32%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.88%) Omics
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.73%) Windows
2 12 (5.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (26.87%) Agile
2 42 (18.50%) SIEM
3 39 (17.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 33 (14.54%) User Stories
5 29 (12.78%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (12.78%) DevOps
6 28 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (11.45%) Roadmaps
8 25 (11.01%) Analytics
9 22 (9.69%) Business Analysis
9 22 (9.69%) CRM
9 22 (9.69%) User Acceptance Testing
10 20 (8.81%) Incident Management
11 19 (8.37%) Data Modelling
11 19 (8.37%) Migration
12 18 (7.93%) Information Security
13 17 (7.49%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (7.49%) CI/CD
13 17 (7.49%) Decision-Making
13 17 (7.49%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.33%) SQL
2 24 (10.57%) Python
3 14 (6.17%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.96%) Java
5 8 (3.52%) Bash
5 8 (3.52%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.64%) C#
6 6 (2.64%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.20%) Go
7 5 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (2.20%) Perl
7 5 (2.20%) Search Processing Language
8 4 (1.76%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.44%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.44%) Clojure
9 1 (0.44%) Haskell
9 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.44%) R
9 1 (0.44%) Rust
9 1 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 34 (14.98%) Degree
2 30 (13.22%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.61%) DV Cleared
3 15 (6.61%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.64%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.20%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.76%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.32%) CISSP
8 3 (1.32%) SANS
9 2 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.44%) CBAP
10 1 (0.44%) CSPO
10 1 (0.44%) IIBA
10 1 (0.44%) MBA
10 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.13%) NIST
2 15 (6.61%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.85%) QA
4 9 (3.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (3.52%) NIST 800
6 6 (2.64%) GDPR
6 6 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (2.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (1.32%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.88%) GRC
9 2 (0.88%) PSD2
10 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.44%) COBIT
10 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 5 (2.20%) Docker
2 4 (1.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.76%) Snort
3 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.29%) Kibana
2 11 (4.85%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.52%) logstash
3 8 (3.52%) Terraform
4 7 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.76%) Ansible
5 4 (1.76%) Puppet
6 3 (1.32%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (1.32%) Grafana
6 3 (1.32%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.32%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.88%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.44%) Argo
8 1 (0.44%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (23.79%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.93%) Splunk
3 15 (6.61%) Google
4 12 (5.29%) Oracle
5 11 (4.85%) CyberArk
5 11 (4.85%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.96%) Informatica
6 9 (3.96%) SAP
7 8 (3.52%) LogRhythm
8 7 (3.08%) Cisco
9 6 (2.64%) Databricks
9 6 (2.64%) Facebook
9 6 (2.64%) Instagram
10 5 (2.20%) Tanium
11 4 (1.76%) Genesys
12 3 (1.32%) Blue Prism
12 3 (1.32%) Centrify
12 3 (1.32%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.32%) Okta
12 3 (1.32%) OpenLink