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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 166 224
Rank change year-on-year +47 +58 +39
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 1,047 476 355
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.26% 1.73% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 1.90% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 301 224
10th Percentile £400 £375 £404
25th Percentile £463 £425 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% +1.39% -10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £531 £538
% change year-on-year +3.53% -1.16% -8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 1
10th Percentile £23.00 £28.83 -
25th Percentile £38.25 £38.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £54.40 £66.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.99% +145.67% -65.90%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.16 £29.50
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.40 £66.33 £27.00
% change year-on-year -17.99% +145.67% -65.90%

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 39,188 25,068 27,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.60% 90.98% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,853 15,921 17,051
10th Percentile £325 £298 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,855 1,537 1,209
10th Percentile £13.91 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.19
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.75 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +58.05% -40.82% -1.16%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +44 612 £565 -1.74% 559
Midlands +25 115 £525 +5.00% 106
South East -7 103 £586 +12.11% 144
North of England -56 97 £500 +8.70% 128
West Midlands +17 85 £500 - 64
South West -14 55 £525 -7.69% 45
North West -35 48 £510 -0.49% 75
Yorkshire -41 41 £507 +13.93% 40
East of England -12 31 £500 -12.66% 48
East Midlands -2 29 £525 -25.00% 42
North East -34 8 £328 -29.19% 13
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 66 (6.30%) Confluence
2 31 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.34%) CMS
5 11 (1.05%) SAS
6 9 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.86%) Apache
7 8 (0.76%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.29%) IIS
10 3 (0.29%) NetWeaver
10 3 (0.29%) OpenEdge
10 3 (0.29%) SAP EP
11 2 (0.19%) Appian
11 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 30 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (0.86%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.096%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.096%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.096%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.096%) Notion
Business Applications
1 42 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.53%) Workday HCM
4 8 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.67%) SAP QM
6 6 (0.57%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.57%) SAP MM
7 5 (0.48%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.48%) SAP PS
8 4 (0.38%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.38%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.38%) SAP CRM
8 4 (0.38%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.38%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.29%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 295 (28.18%) Azure
2 188 (17.96%) Power Platform
3 167 (15.95%) AWS
4 70 (6.69%) GCP
5 66 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (5.54%) Dynamics 365
7 51 (4.87%) Power Automate
8 50 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
9 48 (4.58%) PowerApps
10 46 (4.39%) SaaS
11 45 (4.30%) Snowflake
12 36 (3.44%) Entra ID
12 36 (3.44%) GitHub
12 36 (3.44%) Microsoft Copilot
13 33 (3.15%) Serverless
14 32 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (2.96%) dbt
16 19 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 19 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.81%) Firewall
2 10 (0.96%) Network Security
3 9 (0.86%) WAN
4 7 (0.67%) LAN
4 7 (0.67%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.57%) HTTP
6 5 (0.48%) DNS
6 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.29%) BGP
8 3 (0.29%) DHCP
8 3 (0.29%) Multicast
8 3 (0.29%) OSPF
8 3 (0.29%) VPN
8 3 (0.29%) Wireless
9 2 (0.19%) MPLS
9 2 (0.19%) Skype
9 2 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.19%) VLAN
9 2 (0.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (12.80%) Power BI
2 71 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (4.58%) Metadata
4 44 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 34 (3.25%) Data Lake
6 32 (3.06%) Relational Database
7 26 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
8 21 (2.01%) Tableau
9 17 (1.62%) Power Query
10 16 (1.53%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.43%) Data Vault
12 14 (1.34%) BigQuery
12 14 (1.34%) MongoDB
13 11 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.05%) Redis
14 10 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (0.96%) Big Data
14 10 (0.96%) Chroma
14 10 (0.96%) Delta Lake
14 10 (0.96%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 97 (9.26%) JIRA
2 65 (6.21%) Git
3 39 (3.72%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.20%) GitLab
5 17 (1.62%) JUnit
6 11 (1.05%) Maven
7 10 (0.96%) Mockito
7 10 (0.96%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.86%) Selenium
9 7 (0.67%) Gatling
10 6 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.48%) Hudson
11 5 (0.48%) Terragrunt
12 3 (0.29%) JMeter
12 3 (0.29%) LoadRunner
13 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.19%) ERwin
13 2 (0.19%) JDeveloper
General
1 473 (45.18%) Social Skills
2 338 (32.28%) Finance
3 260 (24.83%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (11.94%) Banking
5 115 (10.98%) Public Sector
6 49 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
6 49 (4.68%) Marketing
7 41 (3.92%) Retail
8 38 (3.63%) Investment Banking
9 37 (3.53%) Front Office
10 30 (2.87%) Manufacturing
11 29 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 29 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.72%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.62%) Legal
16 14 (1.34%) Law
16 14 (1.34%) Military
17 13 (1.24%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 237 (22.64%) Architect
2 189 (18.05%) Analyst
3 153 (14.61%) Developer
4 118 (11.27%) Business Analyst
5 109 (10.41%) Consultant
6 108 (10.32%) Senior
7 102 (9.74%) Solutions Architect
8 95 (9.07%) Lead
9 53 (5.06%) Data Engineer
10 37 (3.53%) Data Analyst
11 33 (3.15%) Technical Architect
12 29 (2.77%) Technical Analyst
13 28 (2.67%) Technical Leader
14 26 (2.48%) Data Architect
14 26 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
15 22 (2.10%) Technical Business Analyst
16 21 (2.01%) Financial Analyst
16 21 (2.01%) Product Owner
16 21 (2.01%) SAP Consultant
17 20 (1.91%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (10.12%) REST
2 63 (6.02%) .NET
3 62 (5.92%) SOAP
4 45 (4.30%) Middleware
5 44 (4.20%) Terraform
6 35 (3.34%) JSON
7 33 (3.15%) Kafka
8 30 (2.87%) HTML
9 29 (2.77%) React
10 27 (2.58%) AngularJS
10 27 (2.58%) CSS
10 27 (2.58%) Spring
11 23 (2.20%) RESTful
12 22 (2.10%) Spring Boot
13 21 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
14 18 (1.72%) LangChain
14 18 (1.72%) Web Services
15 15 (1.43%) OAuth
15 15 (1.43%) PySpark
16 14 (1.34%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 108 (10.32%) Product Ownership
2 74 (7.07%) Cloud Native
3 51 (4.87%) Data Structures
4 47 (4.49%) AI Agents
4 47 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
5 44 (4.20%) Onboarding
6 34 (3.25%) CMDB
7 33 (3.15%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (2.20%) Virtual Team
11 21 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.72%) Low-Code
13 16 (1.53%) Derivative
14 12 (1.15%) Algorithms
14 12 (1.15%) Replication
15 11 (1.05%) Equities
15 11 (1.05%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.62%) Windows
2 16 (1.53%) Linux
3 9 (0.86%) Unix
3 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.19%) zOS
5 1 (0.096%) Android
5 1 (0.096%) CentOS
5 1 (0.096%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.096%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (37.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 330 (31.52%) Agile
3 267 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
4 231 (22.06%) Data Modelling
5 229 (21.87%) Analytics
6 221 (21.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 211 (20.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 210 (20.06%) AI
9 177 (16.91%) CI/CD
10 175 (16.71%) Decision-Making
11 169 (16.14%) Business Intelligence
12 167 (15.95%) Migration
13 158 (15.09%) DevOps
14 153 (14.61%) Requirements Gathering
15 148 (14.14%) Roadmaps
16 146 (13.94%) Workshop Facilitation
17 137 (13.09%) User Acceptance Testing
18 136 (12.99%) Validation
19 123 (11.75%) Technical Leadership
20 117 (11.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 246 (23.50%) SQL
2 135 (12.89%) Python
3 85 (8.12%) JavaScript
4 72 (6.88%) Java
5 61 (5.83%) C#
6 35 (3.34%) TypeScript
7 26 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 20 (1.91%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.34%) Bash
9 14 (1.34%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.05%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.96%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.96%) Scala
12 8 (0.76%) ABAP
12 8 (0.76%) X++
13 5 (0.48%) C++
14 3 (0.29%) C
14 3 (0.29%) Korn
14 3 (0.29%) R
14 3 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 222 (21.20%) Security Cleared
2 165 (15.76%) SC Cleared
3 78 (7.45%) Degree
4 27 (2.58%) DV Cleared
5 25 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.53%) PMP
8 14 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (0.86%) ACCA
11 9 (0.86%) AWS Certification
11 9 (0.86%) CIMA
12 7 (0.67%) CISSP
13 6 (0.57%) IIBA
14 5 (0.48%) CBAP
14 5 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.38%) CCNP
15 4 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 96 (9.17%) QA
3 34 (3.25%) GDPR
4 19 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.24%) GRC
7 9 (0.86%) SLA
7 9 (0.86%) WCAG
8 7 (0.67%) NCSC
8 7 (0.67%) PMO
9 6 (0.57%) NIST
10 5 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.38%) PSD2
12 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.29%) IFRS
12 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.19%) GxP
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 49 (4.68%) Docker
2 25 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.29%) ACF2
5 3 (0.29%) RACF
5 3 (0.29%) vSphere
6 1 (0.096%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.096%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.096%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.53%) Ansible
3 10 (0.96%) Grafana
3 10 (0.96%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.38%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.19%) Control-M
6 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.19%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.096%) Argo
7 1 (0.096%) Istio
7 1 (0.096%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.096%) Puppet
7 1 (0.096%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.096%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.096%) vRealize
Vendors
1 234 (22.35%) Microsoft
2 105 (10.03%) SAP
3 85 (8.12%) ServiceNow
4 77 (7.35%) Oracle
5 58 (5.54%) Databricks
6 49 (4.68%) Salesforce
7 37 (3.53%) Google
8 29 (2.77%) Workday
9 21 (2.01%) OpenAI
10 18 (1.72%) Adobe
11 15 (1.43%) IBM
12 12 (1.15%) Ariba
13 11 (1.05%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.05%) Pega
14 10 (0.96%) Cisco
15 9 (0.86%) Informatica
15 9 (0.86%) VMware
16 7 (0.67%) Alteryx
16 7 (0.67%) Apple
16 7 (0.67%) ForgeRock