Translating Business Requirements Contract Job Trends in England

Translate Business Requirements
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Translating Business Requirements skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 186 221
Rank change year-on-year +42 +35 +96
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 726 348 386
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.45% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.59% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 217 264
10th Percentile £374 £389 £413
25th Percentile £450 £456 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £624 £675 £703
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 1
10th Percentile £21.08 £47.07 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £59.81 £50.00
Median hourly rate £26.27 £71.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.13% +29.55% -30.55%
75th Percentile £31.73 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £42.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £71.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -62.11% +29.55% -30.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Translating Business Requirements falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,064 21,889 31,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 91.30% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,297 14,308 20,582
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,170 926 2,283
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.35 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.39 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -22.79% -2.46%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £80.28 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £27.59 £36.05
% change year-on-year +52.71% -23.47% -0.22%

Translating Business Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Translating Business Requirements relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Translating Business Requirements job vacancy trend in England

Translating Business Requirements
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Translating Business Requirements.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Translating Business Requirements

Translating Business Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Translating Business Requirements in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Translating Business Requirements in England

Translating Business Requirements
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Translating Business Requirements.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Translating Business Requirements

Translating Business Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Translating Business Requirements in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Translating Business Requirements in England

Translating Business Requirements
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 25 May 2026. 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
London +52 443 £525 -8.70% 170
North of England -37 81 £475 +5.56% 52
Midlands -33 55 £525 -2.33% 34
South East -33 52 £500 +0.50% 50
North West -15 43 £417 -20.67% 33
Yorkshire -43 37 £510 +32.68% 15
East of England -13 33 £531 -7.61% 10
South West -13 33 £550 +4.76% 14
West Midlands -45 31 £530 +21.14% 20
East Midlands -14 22 £525 -25.00% 13
North East -27 1 £475 - 4
Translating Business Requirements
UK

Translating Business Requirements
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 41 (5.65%) Confluence
2 14 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.10%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.10%) CMS
4 6 (0.83%) SAS
4 6 (0.83%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.55%) Apache
5 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.55%) OpenEdge
6 3 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.28%) Camunda
7 2 (0.28%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.28%) Mule
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 21 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.75%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.83%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.28%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.28%) Sketch
5 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.10%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.96%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.83%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.69%) Summit
8 4 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.55%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.41%) Fidessa
9 3 (0.41%) iTrent
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.41%) SAP QM
10 2 (0.28%) SAP PS
10 2 (0.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 188 (25.90%) Azure
2 141 (19.42%) Power Platform
3 117 (16.12%) AWS
4 59 (8.13%) Dynamics 365
5 50 (6.89%) GCP
6 31 (4.27%) Power Automate
7 29 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.58%) SaaS
9 25 (3.44%) Serverless
10 24 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (3.17%) Snowflake
12 22 (3.03%) PowerApps
13 21 (2.89%) Entra ID
14 19 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
14 19 (2.62%) dbt
15 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (1.93%) Azure AKS
16 14 (1.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 12 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
17 12 (1.65%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.52%) Firewall
2 10 (1.38%) WAN
3 8 (1.10%) LAN
3 8 (1.10%) Network Security
4 7 (0.96%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.69%) DNS
6 4 (0.55%) HTTP
6 4 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.41%) Multicast
8 2 (0.28%) 5G
8 2 (0.28%) BGP
8 2 (0.28%) OSPF
8 2 (0.28%) PSTN
8 2 (0.28%) SAN
8 2 (0.28%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.28%) VLAN
8 2 (0.28%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.28%) Wireless
9 1 (0.14%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (15.70%) Power BI
2 43 (5.92%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (5.10%) SQL Server
4 32 (4.41%) Metadata
5 25 (3.44%) Relational Database
6 23 (3.17%) Tableau
7 22 (3.03%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (2.20%) Oracle Reports
10 13 (1.79%) Data Lake
10 13 (1.79%) Power Query
10 13 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
11 12 (1.65%) MySQL
12 10 (1.38%) Pinecone
12 10 (1.38%) Weaviate
13 9 (1.24%) Data Vault
13 9 (1.24%) Delta Lake
14 8 (1.10%) Big Data
14 8 (1.10%) Redis
14 8 (1.10%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 60 (8.26%) JIRA
2 31 (4.27%) Git
3 27 (3.72%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.65%) GitLab
5 9 (1.24%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.83%) ERwin
7 4 (0.55%) Hudson
8 3 (0.41%) JUnit
8 3 (0.41%) MLflow
9 2 (0.28%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.28%) Maven
9 2 (0.28%) Mockito
9 2 (0.28%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.28%) Vite
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 273 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 234 (32.23%) Finance
3 164 (22.59%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.16%) Banking
5 60 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 45 (6.20%) Law
7 30 (4.13%) Retail
8 24 (3.31%) Front Office
9 22 (3.03%) Investment Banking
10 21 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.89%) Marketing
11 15 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.93%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.38%) Legal
15 9 (1.24%) Local Government
15 9 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (1.10%) Back Office
17 7 (0.96%) General Ledger
17 7 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 184 (25.34%) Architect
2 127 (17.49%) Analyst
3 104 (14.33%) Developer
4 88 (12.12%) Business Analyst
5 86 (11.85%) Consultant
6 83 (11.43%) Lead
7 65 (8.95%) Solutions Architect
8 55 (7.58%) Senior
9 39 (5.37%) Lead Architect
10 33 (4.55%) Data Engineer
11 31 (4.27%) Functional Architect
12 26 (3.58%) Data Analyst
13 22 (3.03%) ServiceNow Architect
14 19 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (2.48%) SAP Consultant
15 18 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
16 17 (2.34%) Technical Architect
17 16 (2.20%) Designer
17 16 (2.20%) Java Developer
18 15 (2.07%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (11.02%) REST
2 43 (5.92%) SOAP
3 36 (4.96%) .NET
4 29 (3.99%) Middleware
5 23 (3.17%) RESTful
6 22 (3.03%) AngularJS
6 22 (3.03%) HTML
7 21 (2.89%) CSS
7 21 (2.89%) React
8 19 (2.62%) LangChain
9 18 (2.48%) JSON
10 17 (2.34%) Node.js
11 16 (2.20%) Kafka
11 16 (2.20%) OAuth
12 15 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (2.07%) Spring
13 14 (1.93%) Oracle Fusion
14 12 (1.65%) Pandas
14 12 (1.65%) Spring Boot
14 12 (1.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.37%) Product Ownership
2 47 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 32 (4.41%) Data Structures
4 28 (3.86%) AI Agents
5 21 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (2.34%) CMDB
8 17 (2.34%) Equities
9 16 (2.20%) Derivative
9 16 (2.20%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.79%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.24%) Algorithms
15 8 (1.10%) Low-Code
15 8 (1.10%) Market Risk
16 7 (0.96%) Mobile App
16 7 (0.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.65%) Linux
1 12 (1.65%) Unix
1 12 (1.65%) Windows
2 8 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (25.48%) Agile
2 178 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
3 168 (23.14%) Data Modelling
4 151 (20.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 147 (20.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 142 (19.56%) Business Intelligence
7 135 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 133 (18.32%) Analytics
9 132 (18.18%) CI/CD
10 128 (17.63%) Migration
11 122 (16.80%) DevOps
12 115 (15.84%) AI
13 96 (13.22%) Decision-Making
14 93 (12.81%) Data Migration
14 93 (12.81%) ERP
15 88 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
16 84 (11.57%) Validation
17 77 (10.61%) Technical Leadership
18 75 (10.33%) Data Governance
19 70 (9.64%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 171 (23.55%) SQL
2 111 (15.29%) Python
3 63 (8.68%) Java
4 46 (6.34%) JavaScript
5 43 (5.92%) C#
6 32 (4.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (2.34%) Apex Code
8 15 (2.07%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.93%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.79%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.38%) Scala
12 8 (1.10%) Bash
13 7 (0.96%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.83%) R
15 4 (0.55%) SOQL
16 3 (0.41%) C++
16 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.41%) X++
17 2 (0.28%) ABAP
17 2 (0.28%) Korn
Qualifications
1 93 (12.81%) Security Cleared
2 77 (10.61%) Degree
3 60 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 30 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (2.48%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.79%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.24%) MBA
9 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.69%) CISSP
12 4 (0.55%) CBAP
12 4 (0.55%) CCNP
12 4 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.55%) PMP
13 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.41%) PhD
13 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (10.47%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.75%) QA
3 23 (3.17%) GDPR
4 14 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.79%) GRC
5 13 (1.79%) NIST
6 10 (1.38%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.10%) SLA
8 5 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.69%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.55%) PSD2
9 4 (0.55%) SEPA
10 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.41%) WCAG
11 2 (0.28%) GxP
11 2 (0.28%) IFRS
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.28%) MiFID
11 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (3.86%) Docker
2 10 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.14%) GridGain
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) IAG
5 1 (0.14%) SRDF
5 1 (0.14%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 37 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 31 (4.27%) Terraform
3 13 (1.79%) Ansible
4 4 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.28%) Grafana
6 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.14%) Control-M
7 1 (0.14%) EMC TimeFinder
7 1 (0.14%) Istio
7 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 140 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 75 (10.33%) SAP
3 62 (8.54%) Oracle
4 52 (7.16%) Salesforce
5 51 (7.02%) ServiceNow
6 40 (5.51%) Databricks
7 24 (3.31%) Google
7 24 (3.31%) Workday
8 18 (2.48%) OpenAI
9 16 (2.20%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.38%) ForgeRock
10 10 (1.38%) Okta
11 9 (1.24%) Foundry
12 8 (1.10%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.10%) Cisco
13 6 (0.83%) Sitecore
14 5 (0.69%) Ariba
14 5 (0.69%) Orchard
14 5 (0.69%) Palantir
14 5 (0.69%) VMware