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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 233 242
Rank change year-on-year +59 +9 +133
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 504 316 371
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.10% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 1.24% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 184 254
10th Percentile £359 £404 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £681 £650
90th Percentile £713 £739 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £37.50 - -
25th Percentile £52.77 - -
Median hourly rate £66.33 £27.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +145.67% - -
75th Percentile £70.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £66.33 £27.00 -
% change year-on-year +145.67% - -

All Process and 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 27,831 25,521 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.70% 88.62% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,689 15,759 22,371
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 840 1,378
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025. 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 +70 290 £538 -6.52% 61
North of England +2 78 £496 -4.62% 42
South East -6 52 £525 -3.00% 47
North West +4 48 £500 +5.26% 22
South West +12 34 £563 +7.66% 12
Yorkshire -38 27 £488 -7.14% 9
Midlands -32 21 £500 - 20
West Midlands -28 17 £500 -4.76% 9
East of England -14 12 £570 +26.67% 5
East Midlands -17 4 £505 +34.60% 11
North East -4 3 £450 -46.27% 11
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 16 (3.17%) Confluence
2 13 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.79%) SAS
4 8 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.39%) CMS
6 6 (1.19%) Apache
7 5 (0.99%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.79%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.40%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.40%) IIS
9 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.40%) Mule
9 2 (0.40%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.78%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.19%) ProjectWise
5 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.79%) Autodesk Inventor
7 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (4.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (3.77%) SAP WM
4 16 (3.17%) SAP EWM
5 9 (1.79%) NetSuite
5 9 (1.79%) Payment Gateway
6 8 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (1.59%) SAP CO
6 8 (1.59%) SAP FI
6 8 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (1.39%) Oracle Assets
7 7 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (1.39%) SAP PM
8 6 (1.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (1.19%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.99%) Endur
9 5 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.99%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 130 (25.79%) Azure
2 74 (14.68%) AWS
3 62 (12.30%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.13%) GCP
5 25 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (4.56%) SaaS
7 22 (4.37%) Snowflake
8 21 (4.17%) Power Automate
9 18 (3.57%) PowerApps
10 14 (2.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 13 (2.58%) GitHub
12 12 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (2.18%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.98%) dbt
15 9 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 9 (1.79%) Serverless
16 8 (1.59%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.98%) Network Security
2 9 (1.79%) Firewall
3 2 (0.40%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.20%) Cisco ICM
4 1 (0.20%) DHCP
4 1 (0.20%) DNS
4 1 (0.20%) FTP
4 1 (0.20%) Internet
4 1 (0.20%) Intranet
4 1 (0.20%) POP3
4 1 (0.20%) Skype
4 1 (0.20%) SMTP
4 1 (0.20%) SSL
4 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.72%) Power BI
2 39 (7.74%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.17%) Relational Database
4 15 (2.98%) SQL Server
5 14 (2.78%) Tableau
6 11 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.98%) Data Vault
7 10 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.59%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (1.39%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.39%) Power Query
9 7 (1.39%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.39%) Star Schema
10 6 (1.19%) Metadata
10 6 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.99%) Big Data
11 5 (0.99%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.79%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 43 (8.53%) JIRA
2 26 (5.16%) Git
3 11 (2.18%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.39%) Oracle APEX
4 7 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.19%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (0.99%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.99%) ERwin
6 5 (0.99%) GitLab
6 5 (0.99%) Storybook
7 3 (0.60%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.40%) JUnit
8 2 (0.40%) Maven
8 2 (0.40%) Mockito
8 2 (0.40%) Postman
8 2 (0.40%) Selenium
8 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.20%) MLflow
9 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 238 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 158 (31.35%) Finance
3 109 (21.63%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.94%) Banking
5 39 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (2.98%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.58%) Marketing
10 13 (2.58%) Retail
11 12 (2.38%) Front Office
12 9 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.59%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.59%) General Ledger
13 8 (1.59%) Law
13 8 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 110 (21.83%) Architect
2 102 (20.24%) Analyst
3 93 (18.45%) Developer
4 77 (15.28%) Consultant
5 74 (14.68%) Business Analyst
6 35 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
7 34 (6.75%) SAP Consultant
8 32 (6.35%) Lead
8 32 (6.35%) Senior
9 19 (3.77%) Functional Consultant
10 17 (3.37%) SAP WM Consultant
11 14 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
12 13 (2.58%) Technical Architect
13 12 (2.38%) Data Analyst
13 12 (2.38%) Management Consultant
13 12 (2.38%) Project Manager
13 12 (2.38%) ServiceNow Architect
13 12 (2.38%) Technical Business Analyst
14 11 (2.18%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.18%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.32%) REST
2 43 (8.53%) SOAP
3 32 (6.35%) HTML
4 31 (6.15%) CSS
5 20 (3.97%) XML
6 19 (3.77%) JSON
7 17 (3.37%) .NET
7 17 (3.37%) RESTful
8 15 (2.98%) Kafka
8 15 (2.98%) Middleware
9 14 (2.78%) AngularJS
9 14 (2.78%) Spring
9 14 (2.78%) Web Services
10 13 (2.58%) Lightning Web Components
11 12 (2.38%) React
12 10 (1.98%) Bootstrap
12 10 (1.98%) Pandas
12 10 (1.98%) SAP Fiori
12 10 (1.98%) Visualforce
13 9 (1.79%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.74%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.56%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.97%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.77%) CMDB
5 12 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.98%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.98%) Reinsurance
8 9 (1.79%) Credit Risk
8 9 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.59%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.19%) Equities
11 6 (1.19%) Life Science
11 6 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.79%) Windows
2 7 (1.39%) Linux
3 5 (0.99%) Unix
4 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.20%) Solaris
5 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (34.33%) Agile
2 158 (31.35%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (22.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 89 (17.66%) Data Modelling
5 80 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 77 (15.28%) Analytics
7 70 (13.89%) DevOps
7 70 (13.89%) Roadmaps
8 66 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 65 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
10 64 (12.70%) Scrum
11 58 (11.51%) Validation
12 57 (11.31%) Migration
13 54 (10.71%) CI/CD
14 51 (10.12%) Mentoring
15 49 (9.72%) Data Governance
16 47 (9.33%) ERP
17 46 (9.13%) Requirements Gathering
18 44 (8.73%) Workshop Facilitation
19 42 (8.33%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 108 (21.43%) SQL
2 62 (12.30%) Python
3 57 (11.31%) JavaScript
4 56 (11.11%) Java
5 18 (3.57%) C#
6 13 (2.58%) Apex Code
7 12 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (2.38%) PL/SQL
7 12 (2.38%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.79%) Groovy
8 9 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.79%) RPG
8 9 (1.79%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.39%) R
10 6 (1.19%) ABAP
11 5 (0.99%) Bicep
11 5 (0.99%) RPG IV
12 4 (0.79%) VBA
13 3 (0.60%) C++
13 3 (0.60%) Korn
Qualifications
1 86 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 71 (14.09%) Degree
3 68 (13.49%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.37%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.37%) SAP Certification
7 13 (2.58%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.79%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.39%) PMP
10 6 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.19%) CISSP
11 5 (0.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.99%) CCSP
11 5 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.99%) MCP
12 4 (0.79%) CSPO
12 4 (0.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.74%) QA
2 22 (4.37%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.17%) GDPR
4 15 (2.98%) GRC
5 10 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.79%) NIST
7 8 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.39%) PSD2
9 6 (1.19%) ISO 19650
9 6 (1.19%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.60%) GxP
11 3 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.20%) MiFID
13 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 20 (3.97%) Docker
2 5 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 16 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.78%) Terraform
3 12 (2.38%) Ansible
4 4 (0.79%) Control-M
5 2 (0.40%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.20%) Grafana
6 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 93 (18.45%) SAP
2 81 (16.07%) Microsoft
3 49 (9.72%) Salesforce
4 44 (8.73%) ServiceNow
5 43 (8.53%) Oracle
6 17 (3.37%) Databricks
7 16 (3.17%) Google
8 11 (2.18%) IBM
9 10 (1.98%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.39%) Workday
11 5 (0.99%) Foundry
11 5 (0.99%) Informatica
11 5 (0.99%) MicroStrategy
11 5 (0.99%) Sparx
12 4 (0.79%) Ariba
12 4 (0.79%) Cognos
12 4 (0.79%) Murex
12 4 (0.79%) Palantir
12 4 (0.79%) Temenos
12 4 (0.79%) VMware