Translating Business Requirements Contracts

Translate Business Requirements
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Translating Business Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Translating Business Requirements over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 325 438
Rank change year-on-year +113 +113 -21
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 492 440 493
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 0.79% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.88% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 276 325
10th Percentile £405 £413 £411
25th Percentile £463 £493 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £663
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -1.38% +3.81% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - £62.00 £17.85
25th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £18.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £79.19 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.55% +286.29% +1.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £21.99
90th Percentile - £89.61 £22.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £79.19 £19.91
% change year-on-year -30.55% +297.79% -1.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Translating Business Requirements 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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Translating Business Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Translating Business Requirements as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Translating Business Requirements.

Daily rate trend for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Translating Business Requirements over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Translating Business Requirements.

Hourly rate trend for Translating Business Requirements in the UK

Translating Business Requirements
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 Translating Business Requirements within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +83 393 £550 -8.33% 162
UK excluding London +115 205 £538 -1.38% 81
London +33 196 £550 -12.00% 85
Work from Home +112 192 £507 -11.83% 80
South East +48 65 £700 +12.90% 15
North of England +52 56 £525 +5.00% 23
Midlands +28 31 £550 +15.79% 16
North West +31 30 £525 +8.25% 12
South West +25 24 £538 -25.86% 4
Yorkshire +21 24 £535 -0.47% 8
West Midlands +20 23 £550 +10.00% 11
Scotland +41 15 £450 -21.74% 9
East of England +2 13 £525 -8.70% 5
East Midlands +7 4 £600 +28.00% 5
North East +14 3 £675 +68.75% 3
Isle of Man - 3 - -
Northern Ireland 0 1 £338 -38.64% 8

Translating Business Requirements
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 (5.08%) Confluence
2 18 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.85%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.22%) MTS
5 4 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.61%) Apache
7 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.41%) CMS
7 2 (0.41%) SAS
7 2 (0.41%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (2.85%) MS Visio
2 10 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.61%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) CATIA
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.03%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.83%) SAP EWM
4 6 (1.22%) Aligne
4 6 (1.22%) Distributed Ledger
4 6 (1.22%) Endur
4 6 (1.22%) EuroRunner
4 6 (1.22%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.81%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.81%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.61%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.41%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.41%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.41%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 170 (34.55%) Azure
2 80 (16.26%) Power Platform
3 67 (13.62%) AWS
4 42 (8.54%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (8.13%) GCP
6 24 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (3.86%) PowerApps
9 18 (3.66%) Power Automate
10 16 (3.25%) Serverless
11 14 (2.85%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (2.85%) OpenShift
12 11 (2.24%) Amazon S3
12 11 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (1.83%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
13 9 (1.83%) SaaS
13 9 (1.83%) WhatsApp
14 8 (1.63%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.46%) WAN
2 12 (2.44%) LAN
3 7 (1.42%) VSAN
4 4 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
5 3 (0.61%) DNS
5 3 (0.61%) Firewall
5 3 (0.61%) HTTP
5 3 (0.61%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.61%) IPsec
6 2 (0.41%) Broadband
6 2 (0.41%) Internet
6 2 (0.41%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.20%) Intranet
7 1 (0.20%) Network Security
7 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.80%) Power BI
2 33 (6.71%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (6.10%) SQL Server
4 24 (4.88%) Data Lake
4 24 (4.88%) Tableau
5 20 (4.07%) Big Data
5 20 (4.07%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (2.64%) Hadoop
8 12 (2.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 12 (2.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 10 (2.03%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
9 10 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.03%) NoSQL
10 9 (1.83%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.83%) Metadata
10 9 (1.83%) QlikView
11 8 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (5.89%) JIRA
2 25 (5.08%) Git
3 16 (3.25%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.63%) GitLab
5 7 (1.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.61%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.41%) Postman
7 2 (0.41%) Selenium
7 2 (0.41%) webpack
8 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.20%) Gatling
8 1 (0.20%) RStudio
8 1 (0.20%) VersionOne
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 269 (54.67%) Social Skills
2 133 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 109 (22.15%) Finance
4 33 (6.71%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.10%) Banking
6 22 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (3.86%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (2.64%) Marketing
9 9 (1.83%) Back Office
9 9 (1.83%) Retail
9 9 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.63%) Legal
10 8 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.42%) Front Office
12 5 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.81%) Law
14 2 (0.41%) Agriculture
14 2 (0.41%) Billing
14 2 (0.41%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 140 (28.46%) Architect
2 98 (19.92%) Analyst
3 83 (16.87%) Solutions Architect
4 66 (13.41%) Business Analyst
5 63 (12.80%) Consultant
6 58 (11.79%) Developer
7 40 (8.13%) Senior
8 23 (4.67%) Product Owner
9 22 (4.47%) Java Architect
9 22 (4.47%) Java Solutions Architect
10 20 (4.07%) Data Engineer
11 19 (3.86%) Data Analyst
12 18 (3.66%) Lead
13 16 (3.25%) SAP Consultant
13 16 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.44%) Technical Analyst
14 12 (2.44%) Technical Architect
15 11 (2.24%) Cloud Architect
15 11 (2.24%) Data Architect
16 10 (2.03%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.47%) RESTful
2 16 (3.25%) REST
3 15 (3.05%) JSON
4 14 (2.85%) Middleware
5 13 (2.64%) HTML
6 12 (2.44%) Kafka
6 12 (2.44%) React
7 11 (2.24%) Web Services
8 10 (2.03%) CSS
9 9 (1.83%) .NET
9 9 (1.83%) XML
10 8 (1.63%) OAuth
11 7 (1.42%) Node.js
11 7 (1.42%) SOAP
12 6 (1.22%) SAML
12 6 (1.22%) Spring Boot
12 6 (1.22%) Swagger
13 5 (1.02%) OpenAPI
13 5 (1.02%) OpenID
13 5 (1.02%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 65 (13.21%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.66%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.46%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.85%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.44%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.24%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.24%) Renewable Energy
7 10 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.83%) Solar Panel
9 8 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.22%) Blockchain
11 6 (1.22%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.22%) Market Risk
12 5 (1.02%) CBDC
12 5 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.02%) Web3
13 4 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.86%) Windows
2 15 (3.05%) Linux
3 4 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (27.85%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (27.03%) Agile
3 111 (22.56%) Data Modelling
4 87 (17.68%) Business Intelligence
4 87 (17.68%) DevOps
5 64 (13.01%) Migration
6 63 (12.80%) Analytics
7 61 (12.40%) ETL
8 53 (10.77%) User Stories
9 52 (10.57%) Computer Science
10 49 (9.96%) Scrum
11 48 (9.76%) Requirements Gathering
12 42 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 41 (8.33%) Data Management
13 41 (8.33%) Project Management
14 40 (8.13%) Technical Leadership
14 40 (8.13%) Visualisation
15 38 (7.72%) Data Analysis
16 36 (7.32%) Business Analysis
16 36 (7.32%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 86 (17.48%) SQL
2 52 (10.57%) Java
3 41 (8.33%) Python
4 29 (5.89%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.44%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.83%) Bash
6 9 (1.83%) C#
7 7 (1.42%) Go
7 7 (1.42%) Perl
7 7 (1.42%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.02%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.02%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.81%) Swift
10 3 (0.61%) Scala
11 2 (0.41%) C
11 2 (0.41%) ProC
11 2 (0.41%) R
11 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 82 (16.67%) Degree
2 67 (13.62%) Security Cleared
3 38 (7.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (6.50%) SC Cleared
5 23 (4.67%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.64%) Master's Degree
8 11 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.03%) Azure Certification
9 10 (2.03%) PMI Certification
10 9 (1.83%) PMP
11 8 (1.63%) SAP Certification
12 5 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.81%) CCIE
13 4 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.81%) HND
14 3 (0.61%) CBAP
14 3 (0.61%) CCNP
15 2 (0.41%) ACCA
16 1 (0.20%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.18%) QA
2 23 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.05%) GDPR
4 4 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.41%) GxP
5 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.41%) PMO
5 2 (0.41%) PSD2
5 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (1.83%) Docker
2 7 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.42%) vCloud
2 7 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (1.42%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.67%) Terraform
2 22 (4.47%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.42%) Istio
3 7 (1.42%) Rancher
3 7 (1.42%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) Consul
6 1 (0.20%) Grafana
6 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.20%) Nagios
6 1 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 76 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 63 (12.80%) SAP
3 33 (6.71%) Oracle
4 30 (6.10%) Google
5 20 (4.07%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.85%) Databricks
7 9 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.63%) Ariba
9 7 (1.42%) VMware
10 6 (1.22%) Adobe
10 6 (1.22%) Informatica
11 5 (1.02%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.02%) Nexthink
11 5 (1.02%) Snow
11 5 (1.02%) Workday
12 4 (0.81%) Centrify
12 4 (0.81%) CyberArk
13 3 (0.61%) Brio
13 3 (0.61%) New Relic
13 3 (0.61%) SolarWinds