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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 194 198
Rank change year-on-year +32 +4 +8
Contract jobs citing Use Case 634 765 1,272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.47% 1.36% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.52% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 508 809
10th Percentile £410 £400 £400
25th Percentile £465 £456 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% +9.62%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £758 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 27
10th Percentile £40.00 £60.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £49.38 - £18.94
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +29.63% +3.00%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £66.65
90th Percentile - £77.75 £71.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +23.89% -

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Use Case in the UK

Use Case
Top 17 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 1 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
England +21 547 £563 +2.32% 264
London +28 277 £575 -3.36% 144
UK excluding London +21 277 £550 +10.00% 122
Work from Home +43 221 £561 +2.05% 117
South West +74 108 £566 -5.67% 25
North of England +3 71 £570 +5.56% 21
South East -35 41 £500 - 24
Midlands +26 37 £580 +3.57% 20
Yorkshire +8 35 £624 +13.36% 7
North West +7 34 £550 +13.17% 14
Scotland +30 27 £515 +15.80% 11
West Midlands +17 27 £565 -9.60% 19
East of England +8 18 £425 - 24
East Midlands +10 7 £613 +28.95% 1
North East +13 2 £641 -
Wales +10 1 £175 -62.57% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 24 (3.79%) Confluence
2 9 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.26%) CMS
4 7 (1.10%) MTS
5 5 (0.79%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.47%) Apache
6 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.32%) IIS
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.32%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.16%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.16%) Camunda
8 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.16%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (2.68%) MS Visio
2 16 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.79%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.63%) Sketch
7 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
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%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.16%) InVision
8 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.68%) Endur
2 9 (1.42%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.10%) Aligne
4 7 (1.10%) EuroRunner
5 4 (0.63%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.63%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.16%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.16%) SAP LE
8 1 (0.16%) Shopify
8 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 115 (18.14%) Azure
2 70 (11.04%) AWS
3 47 (7.41%) GCP
4 34 (5.36%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.00%) GitHub
6 18 (2.84%) SaaS
7 15 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (2.21%) Entra ID
9 9 (1.42%) Kong
9 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (1.42%) OpenShift
9 9 (1.42%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.10%) Figma
11 7 (1.10%) Google Analytics
11 7 (1.10%) IaaS
11 7 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.68%) Firewall
2 18 (2.84%) HTTP
2 18 (2.84%) TCP/IP
3 14 (2.21%) Network Security
4 13 (2.05%) DNS
5 11 (1.74%) VPN
6 10 (1.58%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (1.10%) 4G
7 7 (1.10%) 5G
7 7 (1.10%) Reverse Proxy
7 7 (1.10%) SSH
8 6 (0.95%) CTI
8 6 (0.95%) VoIP
9 5 (0.79%) DMZ
9 5 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.79%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (0.63%) Internet
10 4 (0.63%) LTE
10 4 (0.63%) tcpdump
10 4 (0.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.89%) Power BI
2 15 (2.37%) Data Lake
2 15 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.89%) Big Data
3 12 (1.89%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.74%) Metadata
5 10 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.42%) SAP HANA
7 8 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.26%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.95%) MySQL
8 6 (0.95%) Tableau
9 4 (0.63%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.63%) Bigtable
9 4 (0.63%) Cloud Spanner
9 4 (0.63%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.63%) OLAP
9 4 (0.63%) OLTP
10 3 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 74 (11.67%) JIRA
2 30 (4.73%) Git
2 30 (4.73%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.68%) GitLab
4 16 (2.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (1.42%) CircleCI
5 9 (1.42%) Travis CI
6 5 (0.79%) JMeter
6 5 (0.79%) Selenium
7 4 (0.63%) IDA Disassembler
8 3 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.47%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.47%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.47%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 208 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 139 (21.92%) Finance
3 90 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.94%) Public Sector
5 39 (6.15%) Manufacturing
6 38 (5.99%) Banking
6 38 (5.99%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (3.63%) Marketing
7 23 (3.63%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.05%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.89%) Back Office
9 12 (1.89%) Retail
10 11 (1.74%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.74%) Automotive
11 10 (1.58%) German Language
11 10 (1.58%) Legal
11 10 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.42%) Front Office
13 8 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 213 (33.60%) Analyst
2 111 (17.51%) Business Analyst
3 90 (14.20%) Architect
4 60 (9.46%) Consultant
4 60 (9.46%) Senior
5 37 (5.84%) SOC Analyst
6 36 (5.68%) Lead
6 36 (5.68%) Senior Analyst
7 33 (5.21%) Developer
8 28 (4.42%) Senior Business Analyst
9 25 (3.94%) Data Architect
10 23 (3.63%) Technical Analyst
11 21 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 21 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (2.84%) Data Analyst
13 17 (2.68%) Project Manager
14 15 (2.37%) DevOps Engineer
14 15 (2.37%) Security Analyst
14 15 (2.37%) Security Architect
14 15 (2.37%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.84%) Elastic Stack
1 18 (2.84%) XML
2 17 (2.68%) HTML
3 16 (2.52%) CSS
3 16 (2.52%) OpenID
4 14 (2.21%) JSON
4 14 (2.21%) SAML
5 10 (1.58%) PySpark
5 10 (1.58%) Web Services
5 10 (1.58%) YAML
6 9 (1.42%) LDAP
7 8 (1.26%) OAuth
7 8 (1.26%) React
7 8 (1.26%) SailPoint
8 7 (1.10%) .NET
9 6 (0.95%) ADO
9 6 (0.95%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.95%) Kafka
9 6 (0.95%) Middleware
9 6 (0.95%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.99%) Management Information System
2 61 (9.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 57 (8.99%) Cyber Threat
4 51 (8.04%) Cyber Defence
5 46 (7.26%) Product Ownership
5 46 (7.26%) Security Operations Centre
6 32 (5.05%) CSOC
7 23 (3.63%) Data Structures
8 21 (3.31%) Renewable Energy
9 20 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (2.52%) IoT
11 14 (2.21%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.74%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.58%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.58%) Solar Panel
14 9 (1.42%) Industry 4.0
15 8 (1.26%) CMDB
15 8 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
16 7 (1.10%) Data Centre
16 7 (1.10%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.79%) Windows
2 23 (3.63%) Linux
3 8 (1.26%) Unix
4 3 (0.47%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (23.66%) Agile
2 143 (22.56%) Cybersecurity
3 137 (21.61%) SIEM
4 113 (17.82%) Incident Response
5 101 (15.93%) Analytics
6 89 (14.04%) Roadmaps
6 89 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 87 (13.72%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (13.56%) Information Security
9 74 (11.67%) Incident Management
10 69 (10.88%) Threat Intelligence
11 68 (10.73%) CRM
11 68 (10.73%) Data Modelling
12 67 (10.57%) User Stories
13 62 (9.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 61 (9.62%) DevOps
14 61 (9.62%) Security Operations
15 60 (9.46%) Business Analysis
15 60 (9.46%) SOAR
16 59 (9.31%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 68 (10.73%) Python
2 53 (8.36%) SQL
3 36 (5.68%) Java
4 30 (4.73%) PowerShell
5 26 (4.10%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.00%) Bash
7 12 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (1.58%) Search Processing Language
9 9 (1.42%) Go
10 8 (1.26%) Perl
11 6 (0.95%) C#
12 5 (0.79%) Scala
13 4 (0.63%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.47%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.47%) Clojure
14 3 (0.47%) Haskell
14 3 (0.47%) Rust
14 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.32%) C++
15 2 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 140 (22.08%) Security Cleared
2 100 (15.77%) Degree
3 94 (14.83%) DV Cleared
4 43 (6.78%) SC Cleared
5 28 (4.42%) SANS
6 23 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.37%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.89%) CISSP
9 8 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.79%) CISM
12 4 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.63%) CBAP
13 3 (0.47%) PhD
14 2 (0.32%) GIAC
14 2 (0.32%) ISEB
14 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (14.35%) NIST
2 51 (8.04%) NIST 800
3 33 (5.21%) QA
4 31 (4.89%) Data Quality
5 18 (2.84%) GDPR
6 11 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.58%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (1.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (1.26%) NCSC
10 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.63%) GRC
11 4 (0.63%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.63%) SLA
12 3 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.47%) WCAG
13 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.32%) PSD2
13 2 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (3.63%) Docker
2 12 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Snort
4 3 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.63%) Terraform
3 22 (3.47%) Kibana
4 20 (3.15%) Ansible
5 18 (2.84%) logstash
6 16 (2.52%) Puppet
7 13 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.58%) Grafana
9 9 (1.42%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (1.42%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.42%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.95%) PingFederate
11 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.47%) Nessus
13 2 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.32%) OPNET
13 2 (0.32%) Packer
14 1 (0.16%) CASB
14 1 (0.16%) Consul
14 1 (0.16%) TADDM
Vendors
1 143 (22.56%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.31%) Splunk
3 29 (4.57%) Google
3 29 (4.57%) SAP
4 22 (3.47%) CyberArk
5 19 (3.00%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.84%) Oracle
7 17 (2.68%) Informatica
8 12 (1.89%) Databricks
9 11 (1.74%) Centrify
9 11 (1.74%) Cisco
9 11 (1.74%) Okta
10 9 (1.42%) Tanium
11 8 (1.26%) Facebook
11 8 (1.26%) Instagram
11 8 (1.26%) LogRhythm
11 8 (1.26%) OpenLink
12 6 (0.95%) Genesys
13 5 (0.79%) VMware
14 4 (0.63%) Adobe