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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 193 204
Rank change year-on-year +29 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Use Case 629 810 1,231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.46% 1.40% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.56% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 517 745
10th Percentile £413 £400 £400
25th Percentile £475 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £760 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.48% +6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 27
10th Percentile £40.00 £54.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £62.75 £21.32
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +23.89% +7.77%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £66.65
90th Percentile - £77.60 £71.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +6.19%

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 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +21 537 £570 +3.64% 217
London +20 285 £600 - 100
UK excluding London +13 259 £550 +10.00% 110
Work from Home +58 235 £575 +4.55% 97
South West +75 98 £550 -0.90% 15
North of England +12 73 £570 +8.57% 22
North West +12 37 £550 +13.17% 13
Midlands +27 36 £580 +3.57% 22
Yorkshire +8 34 £625 +13.64% 7
South East -29 33 £488 +3.17% 31
Scotland +29 28 £515 +17.18% 2
West Midlands +22 26 £544 -12.96% 17
East of England +15 16 £505 +18.82% 21
East Midlands +17 7 £613 +30.67% 5
North East +17 2 £641 - 2
Wales +8 1 £175 -62.57% 2

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 25 (3.97%) Confluence
2 8 (1.27%) MTS
2 8 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.11%) CMS
4 4 (0.64%) Apache
4 4 (0.64%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 3 (0.48%) IIS
5 3 (0.48%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.16%) nginx
7 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (3.34%) MS Visio
2 17 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.79%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.48%) Sketch
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.16%) InVision
9 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (3.18%) Endur
2 10 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.43%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (1.27%) Aligne
4 8 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.27%) EuroRunner
5 6 (0.95%) SAP BPC
6 4 (0.64%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.48%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
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
1 116 (18.44%) Azure
2 75 (11.92%) AWS
3 44 (7.00%) GCP
4 41 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.02%) GitHub
6 17 (2.70%) SaaS
7 15 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.91%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (1.43%) OpenShift
10 9 (1.43%) Serverless
11 8 (1.27%) IaaS
11 8 (1.27%) Kong
11 8 (1.27%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (1.11%) Google Analytics
12 7 (1.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.56%) Firewall
2 15 (2.38%) HTTP
3 14 (2.23%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.75%) Network Security
5 10 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
5 10 (1.59%) VPN
6 9 (1.43%) DNS
7 6 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (0.79%) CTI
8 5 (0.79%) DMZ
8 5 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.79%) SSH
8 5 (0.79%) VoIP
9 4 (0.64%) 4G
9 4 (0.64%) 5G
9 4 (0.64%) Internet
9 4 (0.64%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.64%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 2 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.04%) Power BI
2 13 (2.07%) Big Data
2 13 (2.07%) Data Lake
2 13 (2.07%) Metadata
2 13 (2.07%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.91%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.75%) SAP HANA
5 10 (1.59%) Tableau
6 9 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.79%) MySQL
10 4 (0.64%) Apache Hive
10 4 (0.64%) Bigtable
10 4 (0.64%) Cloud Spanner
10 4 (0.64%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.64%) OLAP
10 4 (0.64%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 73 (11.61%) JIRA
2 29 (4.61%) Jenkins
3 28 (4.45%) Git
4 16 (2.54%) GitLab
5 15 (2.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (1.27%) CircleCI
6 8 (1.27%) Travis CI
7 5 (0.79%) JMeter
7 5 (0.79%) Selenium
8 4 (0.64%) IDA Disassembler
9 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.48%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.48%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.32%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.16%) Rational Software Modeler
11 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 207 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 144 (22.89%) Finance
3 97 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (10.33%) Public Sector
5 42 (6.68%) Presentation Skills
6 40 (6.36%) Banking
7 34 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.97%) Marketing
9 22 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (3.18%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.07%) Financial Institution
11 13 (2.07%) Legal
11 13 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.91%) Back Office
12 12 (1.91%) Retail
13 11 (1.75%) German Language
14 9 (1.43%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.43%) Automotive
15 8 (1.27%) Front Office
16 7 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 210 (33.39%) Analyst
2 106 (16.85%) Business Analyst
3 95 (15.10%) Architect
4 61 (9.70%) Consultant
4 61 (9.70%) Senior
5 40 (6.36%) Lead
6 37 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
7 34 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
8 30 (4.77%) Developer
9 26 (4.13%) Senior Business Analyst
10 25 (3.97%) Data Architect
11 24 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (3.50%) Technical Analyst
13 21 (3.34%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 19 (3.02%) Data Analyst
15 17 (2.70%) Data Engineer
16 16 (2.54%) Project Manager
16 16 (2.54%) Technical Architect
17 15 (2.38%) DevOps Engineer
17 15 (2.38%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.70%) XML
2 16 (2.54%) OpenID
3 14 (2.23%) CSS
3 14 (2.23%) SAML
4 13 (2.07%) HTML
4 13 (2.07%) JSON
5 11 (1.75%) PySpark
6 10 (1.59%) Web Services
7 9 (1.43%) OAuth
7 9 (1.43%) YAML
8 8 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (1.27%) LDAP
8 8 (1.27%) React
9 7 (1.11%) .NET
9 7 (1.11%) Node.js
9 7 (1.11%) REST
10 6 (0.95%) ADO
10 6 (0.95%) Kafka
10 6 (0.95%) Middleware
10 6 (0.95%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 68 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 51 (8.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 51 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 48 (7.63%) Cyber Threat
4 47 (7.47%) Security Operations Centre
5 42 (6.68%) Cyber Defence
6 32 (5.09%) CSOC
7 22 (3.50%) Renewable Energy
8 21 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (3.18%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.91%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.91%) IoT
10 12 (1.91%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.75%) Solar Panel
12 10 (1.59%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.43%) CMDB
13 9 (1.43%) Industry 4.0
14 8 (1.27%) Digital Media
14 8 (1.27%) Market Risk
14 8 (1.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.82%) Windows
2 22 (3.50%) Linux
3 8 (1.27%) Unix
4 3 (0.48%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (23.69%) Agile
2 136 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
3 130 (20.67%) SIEM
4 110 (17.49%) Analytics
5 104 (16.53%) Incident Response
6 102 (16.22%) Roadmaps
7 92 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 77 (12.24%) Information Security
10 66 (10.49%) Incident Management
11 63 (10.02%) Security Operations
12 62 (9.86%) Data Modelling
13 61 (9.70%) User Stories
14 60 (9.54%) Business Analysis
15 59 (9.38%) CRM
15 59 (9.38%) DevOps
15 59 (9.38%) Threat Intelligence
16 58 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
17 55 (8.74%) Data Governance
18 52 (8.27%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 66 (10.49%) Python
2 50 (7.95%) SQL
3 36 (5.72%) Java
4 29 (4.61%) PowerShell
5 23 (3.66%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.18%) Bash
7 10 (1.59%) Go
7 10 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (1.27%) Search Processing Language
9 7 (1.11%) Perl
10 6 (0.95%) C#
11 5 (0.79%) Scala
11 5 (0.79%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.48%) Clojure
12 3 (0.48%) Haskell
12 3 (0.48%) Rust
13 2 (0.32%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.32%) Ruby
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) C++
Qualifications
1 131 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 98 (15.58%) Degree
3 86 (13.67%) DV Cleared
4 43 (6.84%) SC Cleared
5 29 (4.61%) SANS
6 22 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.54%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.75%) CISSP
9 8 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.79%) CISM
11 4 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.64%) MBA
12 3 (0.48%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.48%) CBAP
12 3 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.48%) PhD
13 2 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.32%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (13.20%) NIST
2 41 (6.52%) NIST 800
3 36 (5.72%) Data Quality
4 32 (5.09%) QA
5 20 (3.18%) GDPR
6 12 (1.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.43%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (1.27%) NCSC
10 7 (1.11%) GRC
11 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.64%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.64%) SLA
13 3 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.48%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.48%) GxP
13 3 (0.48%) WCAG
14 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.32%) PSD2
System Software
1 22 (3.50%) Docker
2 7 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.64%) Snort
4 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.13%) Terraform
3 21 (3.34%) Ansible
4 15 (2.38%) Puppet
5 12 (1.91%) Kibana
6 10 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.43%) Grafana
8 8 (1.27%) Docker Swarm
8 8 (1.27%) logstash
8 8 (1.27%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.27%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.79%) PingFederate
10 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.48%) Nessus
10 3 (0.48%) Packer
11 2 (0.32%) Argo
11 2 (0.32%) OPNET
12 1 (0.16%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.16%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 133 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.52%) Splunk
3 33 (5.25%) SAP
4 28 (4.45%) Google
5 21 (3.34%) CyberArk
6 19 (3.02%) Oracle
7 18 (2.86%) Informatica
8 15 (2.38%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.91%) Cisco
10 11 (1.75%) Centrify
10 11 (1.75%) Databricks
10 11 (1.75%) Okta
11 10 (1.59%) LogRhythm
12 8 (1.27%) Facebook
12 8 (1.27%) Instagram
12 8 (1.27%) OpenLink
13 6 (0.95%) Hyperion
14 5 (0.79%) Adobe
14 5 (0.79%) Genesys
15 4 (0.64%) IBM