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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 177 236
Rank change year-on-year +23 +59 +77
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 696 354 386
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.45% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.58% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 222 260
10th Percentile £372 £388 £425
25th Percentile £450 £451 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £700
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £516 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.67% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 1
10th Percentile £20.23 £46.95 -
25th Percentile £24.53 £59.81 £50.00
Median hourly rate £27.15 £71.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.89% +29.55% -30.55%
75th Percentile £34.29 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £50.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.30 £71.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -61.68% +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 34,470 22,336 31,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.75% 91.22% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,971 14,617 20,828
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.75% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,149 942 2,251
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.50 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.52% -21.23% +0.69%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +56 425 £518 -10.00% 151
North of England -26 82 £473 +3.56% 54
Midlands -38 50 £525 +1.20% 45
South East -38 50 £500 +0.50% 65
North West -11 47 £394 -25.00% 26
South West -18 33 £550 - 15
Yorkshire -38 33 £500 +30.21% 21
East of England -15 30 £575 -4.17% 16
West Midlands -43 30 £538 +22.86% 25
East Midlands -24 18 £525 -25.00% 20
North East -19 2 £488 -25.00% 7
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 39 (5.60%) Confluence
2 11 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.15%) SAS
4 7 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.01%) CMS
5 6 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
6 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.43%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.29%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.29%) Camunda
8 2 (0.29%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.29%) Mule
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 20 (2.87%) MS Visio
2 19 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.72%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.29%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.29%) 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 23 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.15%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.86%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.86%) SAP QM
5 6 (0.86%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.72%) Summit
7 4 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.57%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.57%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.43%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.43%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.43%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.29%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 177 (25.43%) Azure
2 131 (18.82%) Power Platform
3 118 (16.95%) AWS
4 56 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
5 52 (7.47%) GCP
6 28 (4.02%) Power Automate
7 25 (3.59%) Serverless
8 24 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (3.30%) SaaS
10 21 (3.02%) Snowflake
11 19 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (2.73%) Entra ID
12 18 (2.59%) PowerApps
13 17 (2.44%) dbt
14 14 (2.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 14 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
15 13 (1.87%) Azure AKS
16 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
16 12 (1.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.58%) Firewall
2 10 (1.44%) WAN
3 8 (1.15%) LAN
3 8 (1.15%) Network Security
4 7 (1.01%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.72%) DNS
6 4 (0.57%) HTTP
6 4 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.29%) 5G
7 2 (0.29%) BGP
7 2 (0.29%) Multicast
7 2 (0.29%) OSPF
7 2 (0.29%) PSTN
7 2 (0.29%) SAN
7 2 (0.29%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.29%) VLAN
7 2 (0.29%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.29%) Wireless
8 1 (0.14%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.14%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (15.66%) Power BI
2 46 (6.61%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (4.60%) SQL Server
4 31 (4.45%) Metadata
5 25 (3.59%) Relational Database
6 22 (3.16%) Tableau
7 19 (2.73%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
10 14 (2.01%) Power Query
11 12 (1.72%) MySQL
11 12 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (1.44%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.29%) Star Schema
14 8 (1.15%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.15%) Delta Lake
14 8 (1.15%) Pinecone
14 8 (1.15%) Weaviate
15 7 (1.01%) DocumentDB
15 7 (1.01%) Redis
Development Applications
1 59 (8.48%) JIRA
2 28 (4.02%) Git
2 28 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.29%) GitLab
3 9 (1.29%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.86%) ERwin
5 4 (0.57%) Hudson
6 3 (0.43%) MLflow
6 3 (0.43%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.29%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.29%) JUnit
7 2 (0.29%) Maven
7 2 (0.29%) Mockito
7 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.29%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.29%) Vite
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 274 (39.37%) Social Skills
2 229 (32.90%) Finance
3 165 (23.71%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (10.78%) Banking
5 57 (8.19%) Public Sector
6 46 (6.61%) Law
7 28 (4.02%) Retail
8 23 (3.30%) Front Office
9 22 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.59%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.59%) Marketing
12 12 (1.72%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.15%) Back Office
14 8 (1.15%) Legal
14 8 (1.15%) Local Government
15 6 (0.86%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 180 (25.86%) Architect
2 123 (17.67%) Analyst
3 101 (14.51%) Developer
4 91 (13.07%) Business Analyst
5 81 (11.64%) Consultant
6 78 (11.21%) Lead
7 65 (9.34%) Solutions Architect
8 45 (6.47%) Senior
9 39 (5.60%) Lead Architect
10 31 (4.45%) Functional Architect
11 28 (4.02%) Data Engineer
12 23 (3.30%) Technical Analyst
13 21 (3.02%) Data Analyst
14 19 (2.73%) ServiceNow Architect
14 19 (2.73%) Technical Business Analyst
15 18 (2.59%) SAP Consultant
16 17 (2.44%) Java Developer
17 16 (2.30%) Designer
17 16 (2.30%) Functional Consultant
17 16 (2.30%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (11.21%) REST
2 41 (5.89%) SOAP
3 31 (4.45%) .NET
4 25 (3.59%) RESTful
5 24 (3.45%) Middleware
6 23 (3.30%) HTML
7 22 (3.16%) AngularJS
7 22 (3.16%) CSS
8 20 (2.87%) JSON
8 20 (2.87%) React
9 17 (2.44%) LangChain
9 17 (2.44%) OAuth
10 16 (2.30%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (2.30%) Node.js
11 15 (2.16%) Kafka
12 14 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
12 14 (2.01%) Spring
12 14 (2.01%) XML
13 11 (1.58%) Pandas
13 11 (1.58%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.48%) Product Ownership
2 46 (6.61%) Cloud Native
3 30 (4.31%) Data Structures
4 23 (3.30%) AI Agents
5 20 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.73%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.30%) CMDB
8 15 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.16%) Equities
9 14 (2.01%) Derivative
9 14 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.87%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.58%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.29%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.15%) Market Risk
15 7 (1.01%) Credit Risk
15 7 (1.01%) Data Centre
16 6 (0.86%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.29%) Unix
1 9 (1.29%) Windows
2 8 (1.15%) Linux
3 6 (0.86%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.72%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (26.72%) Agile
2 170 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
3 159 (22.84%) Data Modelling
4 151 (21.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 139 (19.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 136 (19.54%) Business Intelligence
7 130 (18.68%) CI/CD
7 130 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 125 (17.96%) Analytics
9 120 (17.24%) Migration
10 116 (16.67%) DevOps
11 104 (14.94%) AI
12 87 (12.50%) Decision-Making
12 87 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
13 86 (12.36%) Data Migration
14 84 (12.07%) ERP
15 81 (11.64%) Validation
16 76 (10.92%) Data Governance
17 74 (10.63%) Technical Leadership
18 72 (10.34%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 158 (22.70%) SQL
2 102 (14.66%) Python
3 61 (8.76%) Java
4 44 (6.32%) JavaScript
5 37 (5.32%) C#
6 31 (4.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (2.44%) Apex Code
8 15 (2.16%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.72%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.72%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.29%) Scala
11 7 (1.01%) R
12 6 (0.86%) Bash
13 5 (0.72%) SOQL
13 5 (0.72%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.57%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.43%) C++
15 3 (0.43%) Swift
16 2 (0.29%) ABAP
16 2 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (12.36%) Security Cleared
2 78 (11.21%) Degree
3 55 (7.90%) SC Cleared
4 36 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.29%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.29%) MBA
9 8 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.72%) CISSP
12 4 (0.57%) CBAP
12 4 (0.57%) CCNP
12 4 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.57%) PMP
13 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.43%) PhD
13 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (9.48%) Data Quality
2 50 (7.18%) QA
3 22 (3.16%) GDPR
4 13 (1.87%) GRC
4 13 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.87%) NIST
5 10 (1.44%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.72%) ISO 20022
6 5 (0.72%) SLA
7 4 (0.57%) PSD2
7 4 (0.57%) SEPA
8 3 (0.43%) GxP
9 2 (0.29%) IFRS
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.29%) MiFID
9 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (3.45%) Docker
2 8 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.43%) 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 34 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.17%) Terraform
3 11 (1.58%) Ansible
4 4 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.29%) Grafana
6 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.29%) 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
1 125 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 81 (11.64%) SAP
3 59 (8.48%) Oracle
4 53 (7.61%) Salesforce
5 46 (6.61%) ServiceNow
6 37 (5.32%) Databricks
7 24 (3.45%) Google
8 22 (3.16%) Workday
9 18 (2.59%) MuleSoft
10 15 (2.16%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.44%) ForgeRock
11 10 (1.44%) Foundry
11 10 (1.44%) Okta
12 8 (1.15%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.15%) Cisco
13 7 (1.01%) IBM
14 6 (0.86%) Palantir
14 6 (0.86%) Sitecore
15 5 (0.72%) Ariba
15 5 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud