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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 179 218
Rank change year-on-year +30 +39 +94
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 717 354 385
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.46% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 1.60% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 223 261
10th Percentile £370 £388 £425
25th Percentile £450 £453 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £620 £675 £700
90th Percentile £735 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.05% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 1
10th Percentile £20.66 £46.95 -
25th Percentile £23.00 £59.81 £50.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £71.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.11% +29.55% -30.55%
75th Percentile £32.98 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £46.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.15 £71.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -61.89% +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 34,498 22,079 31,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 91.24% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,001 14,439 20,650
10th Percentile £320 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £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 £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 933 2,247
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.44 £12.90
25th Percentile £20.38 £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 £80.01 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +47.83% -21.23% +0.29%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +51 430 £520 -5.45% 138
North of England -16 86 £475 +4.11% 50
Midlands -35 55 £525 +5.00% 34
South East -34 53 £500 +0.50% 53
North West -1 48 £394 -25.00% 27
Yorkshire -40 36 £510 +32.68% 17
South West -14 33 £550 - 16
East of England -14 32 £550 -8.33% 13
West Midlands -44 31 £538 +22.86% 19
East Midlands -15 22 £525 -25.00% 15
North East -21 2 £488 -25.00% 6
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 (5.44%) Confluence
2 13 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.12%) CMS
3 8 (1.12%) SAS
4 7 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.84%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.70%) Apache
7 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.56%) OpenEdge
8 3 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.28%) Camunda
9 2 (0.28%) IIS
9 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.28%) Mule
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 20 (2.79%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.70%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.28%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (0.28%) Sketch
4 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (2.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.12%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.84%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.84%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.70%) Summit
7 4 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.56%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.56%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.42%) Fidessa
8 3 (0.42%) iTrent
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 180 (25.10%) Azure
2 139 (19.39%) Power Platform
3 117 (16.32%) AWS
4 59 (8.23%) Dynamics 365
5 51 (7.11%) GCP
6 30 (4.18%) Power Automate
7 26 (3.63%) SaaS
8 25 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.49%) Serverless
9 23 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (3.07%) Snowflake
11 21 (2.93%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.79%) Entra ID
13 18 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (2.51%) dbt
14 15 (2.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (1.81%) Azure AKS
15 13 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
16 12 (1.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.53%) Firewall
2 10 (1.39%) WAN
3 8 (1.12%) LAN
3 8 (1.12%) Network Security
4 7 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.70%) DNS
6 4 (0.56%) HTTP
6 4 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.42%) 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
1 115 (16.04%) Power BI
2 46 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (5.16%) SQL Server
4 33 (4.60%) Metadata
5 26 (3.63%) Relational Database
6 23 (3.21%) Tableau
7 19 (2.65%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (2.23%) Oracle Reports
10 14 (1.95%) Power Query
11 12 (1.67%) MySQL
11 12 (1.67%) Snowflake Schema
12 11 (1.53%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.26%) Pinecone
13 9 (1.26%) Star Schema
13 9 (1.26%) Weaviate
14 8 (1.12%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.12%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.12%) Delta Lake
15 7 (0.98%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 58 (8.09%) JIRA
2 27 (3.77%) Git
3 26 (3.63%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.26%) GitLab
4 9 (1.26%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (0.84%) ERwin
6 4 (0.56%) Hudson
7 3 (0.42%) MLflow
7 3 (0.42%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.28%) JUnit
8 2 (0.28%) Maven
8 2 (0.28%) Mockito
8 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.28%) Vite
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 278 (38.77%) Social Skills
2 232 (32.36%) Finance
3 165 (23.01%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (10.60%) Banking
5 60 (8.37%) Public Sector
6 47 (6.56%) Law
7 29 (4.04%) Retail
8 24 (3.35%) Front Office
9 22 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (3.07%) Marketing
10 20 (2.79%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.67%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.39%) Legal
15 9 (1.26%) Local Government
16 8 (1.12%) Back Office
16 8 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.98%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 182 (25.38%) Architect
2 131 (18.27%) Analyst
3 105 (14.64%) Developer
4 94 (13.11%) Business Analyst
5 85 (11.85%) Consultant
6 83 (11.58%) Lead
7 65 (9.07%) Solutions Architect
8 51 (7.11%) Senior
9 39 (5.44%) Lead Architect
10 31 (4.32%) Functional Architect
11 29 (4.04%) Data Engineer
12 25 (3.49%) Data Analyst
13 21 (2.93%) Technical Analyst
14 19 (2.65%) ServiceNow Architect
15 18 (2.51%) SAP Consultant
15 18 (2.51%) Technical Business Analyst
16 17 (2.37%) Java Developer
17 16 (2.23%) Data Architect
17 16 (2.23%) Functional Consultant
17 16 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (11.30%) REST
2 43 (6.00%) SOAP
3 33 (4.60%) .NET
4 26 (3.63%) Middleware
5 25 (3.49%) HTML
6 24 (3.35%) CSS
7 23 (3.21%) RESTful
8 22 (3.07%) AngularJS
9 20 (2.79%) JSON
10 19 (2.65%) React
11 18 (2.51%) LangChain
12 17 (2.37%) OAuth
13 16 (2.23%) Lightning Web Components
13 16 (2.23%) Node.js
14 14 (1.95%) Kafka
14 14 (1.95%) Oracle Fusion
14 14 (1.95%) Spring
14 14 (1.95%) XML
15 12 (1.67%) Pandas
16 11 (1.53%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 46 (6.42%) Cloud Native
3 31 (4.32%) Data Structures
4 25 (3.49%) AI Agents
5 20 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.65%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.37%) CMDB
8 16 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (2.23%) Equities
9 15 (2.09%) Derivative
9 15 (2.09%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.81%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.12%) Market Risk
14 7 (0.98%) Algorithms
14 7 (0.98%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.98%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.53%) Linux
1 11 (1.53%) Unix
1 11 (1.53%) Windows
2 7 (0.98%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (26.22%) Agile
2 175 (24.41%) Problem-Solving
3 166 (23.15%) Data Modelling
4 151 (21.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 149 (20.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 142 (19.80%) Business Intelligence
7 134 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 131 (18.27%) CI/CD
9 130 (18.13%) Analytics
10 126 (17.57%) Migration
11 118 (16.46%) DevOps
12 108 (15.06%) AI
13 93 (12.97%) Decision-Making
14 92 (12.83%) ERP
15 91 (12.69%) Data Migration
16 90 (12.55%) User Acceptance Testing
17 81 (11.30%) Validation
18 78 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
19 76 (10.60%) Data Governance
20 74 (10.32%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 167 (23.29%) SQL
2 105 (14.64%) Python
3 60 (8.37%) Java
4 46 (6.42%) JavaScript
5 40 (5.58%) C#
6 32 (4.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (2.37%) Apex Code
8 15 (2.09%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.81%) PL/SQL
9 13 (1.81%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.12%) Scala
11 7 (0.98%) Bash
11 7 (0.98%) R
11 7 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.70%) SOQL
13 3 (0.42%) C++
13 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.28%) ABAP
14 2 (0.28%) Korn
14 2 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (12.55%) Security Cleared
2 81 (11.30%) Degree
3 57 (7.95%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.65%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.81%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.26%) MBA
8 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.70%) CISSP
11 4 (0.56%) CBAP
11 4 (0.56%) CCNP
11 4 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.56%) PMP
12 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.42%) PhD
12 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.62%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.83%) QA
3 23 (3.21%) GDPR
4 14 (1.95%) GRC
4 14 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.81%) NIST
6 10 (1.39%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.84%) SLA
8 5 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.70%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.56%) PSD2
9 4 (0.56%) SEPA
10 3 (0.42%) GxP
10 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.42%) WCAG
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 26 (3.63%) Docker
2 9 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.42%) 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 35 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.04%) Terraform
3 12 (1.67%) Ansible
4 4 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.42%) 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
1 137 (19.11%) Microsoft
2 79 (11.02%) SAP
3 61 (8.51%) Oracle
4 55 (7.67%) Salesforce
5 48 (6.69%) ServiceNow
6 39 (5.44%) Databricks
7 24 (3.35%) Google
8 23 (3.21%) Workday
9 18 (2.51%) MuleSoft
10 16 (2.23%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.39%) ForgeRock
11 10 (1.39%) Okta
12 9 (1.26%) Foundry
13 8 (1.12%) Atlassian
13 8 (1.12%) Cisco
14 6 (0.84%) Sitecore
15 5 (0.70%) IBM
15 5 (0.70%) IFS
15 5 (0.70%) Palantir
15 5 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud