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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 163 225
Rank change year-on-year +44 +62 +33
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 1,043 491 353
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 1.77% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 1.95% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 312 221
10th Percentile £400 £376 £400
25th Percentile £463 £437 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -0.46% -10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £535
% change year-on-year +2.33% +0.47% -8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 1
10th Percentile £25.54 £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% -67.57%
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% -67.57%

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 39,251 25,237 27,768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.91% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,728 16,010 16,947
10th Percentile £325 £297 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £642
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,965 1,563 1,177
10th Percentile £13.82 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.57 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +53.08% -38.77% -3.91%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +39 613 £565 +1.80% 729
Midlands +22 113 £525 +5.00% 129
South East +4 106 £580 +11.00% 208
North of England -61 93 £505 +6.32% 188
West Midlands +15 85 £510 +2.00% 80
South West -11 56 £515 -8.44% 64
North West -35 50 £519 +1.30% 106
Yorkshire -42 35 £514 +14.22% 53
East of England -10 31 £500 -12.66% 71
East Midlands +4 27 £525 -25.00% 49
North East -32 8 £328 -27.22% 29
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 67 (6.42%) Confluence
2 31 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.34%) CMS
5 10 (0.96%) SAS
6 9 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.86%) Apache
7 8 (0.77%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.29%) IIS
9 3 (0.29%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.29%) SAP EP
10 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.19%) OpenEdge
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.096%) CICS
Applications
1 29 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (0.86%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.58%) 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 45 (4.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.44%) Workday HCM
4 8 (0.77%) SAP MM
5 7 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.67%) SAP QM
6 6 (0.58%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.48%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.48%) SAP HCM
7 5 (0.48%) SAP PS
8 4 (0.38%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.38%) SAP CRM
8 4 (0.38%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.38%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.38%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 295 (28.28%) Azure
2 187 (17.93%) Power Platform
3 172 (16.49%) AWS
4 70 (6.71%) GCP
5 68 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (5.18%) Dynamics 365
7 51 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
8 50 (4.79%) Power Automate
9 48 (4.60%) Snowflake
10 47 (4.51%) PowerApps
11 44 (4.22%) SaaS
12 36 (3.45%) GitHub
13 35 (3.36%) Entra ID
13 35 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
14 34 (3.26%) Serverless
15 32 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
16 31 (2.97%) dbt
17 19 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 19 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.73%) Firewall
2 10 (0.96%) Network Security
3 8 (0.77%) WAN
4 6 (0.58%) LAN
4 6 (0.58%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.48%) DNS
5 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.38%) HTTP
6 4 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.29%) BGP
7 3 (0.29%) DHCP
7 3 (0.29%) Multicast
7 3 (0.29%) OSPF
7 3 (0.29%) VPN
7 3 (0.29%) Wireless
8 2 (0.19%) NGFW
8 2 (0.19%) Skype
8 2 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.19%) VLAN
8 2 (0.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (12.66%) Power BI
2 73 (7.00%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (4.70%) Metadata
4 44 (4.22%) SQL Server
5 34 (3.26%) Data Lake
6 32 (3.07%) Relational Database
7 26 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (2.11%) Tableau
9 17 (1.63%) Power Query
10 16 (1.53%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.34%) BigQuery
11 14 (1.34%) Data Vault
11 14 (1.34%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.05%) Redis
14 10 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.96%) Big Data
14 10 (0.96%) DynamoDB
14 10 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (9.30%) JIRA
2 70 (6.71%) Git
3 38 (3.64%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.21%) GitLab
5 17 (1.63%) JUnit
6 12 (1.15%) Maven
7 10 (0.96%) Mockito
7 10 (0.96%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.86%) Selenium
9 7 (0.67%) Gatling
10 6 (0.58%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.48%) Terragrunt
12 4 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.29%) Hudson
13 3 (0.29%) JMeter
13 3 (0.29%) LoadRunner
14 2 (0.19%) ERwin
14 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
14 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 474 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 339 (32.50%) Finance
3 267 (25.60%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (12.27%) Banking
5 116 (11.12%) Public Sector
6 54 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (4.70%) Marketing
8 42 (4.03%) Investment Banking
9 38 (3.64%) Retail
10 36 (3.45%) Front Office
11 30 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (2.88%) Manufacturing
12 29 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.73%) Legal
15 18 (1.73%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.34%) Military
17 13 (1.25%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.25%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 231 (22.15%) Architect
2 191 (18.31%) Analyst
3 154 (14.77%) Developer
4 117 (11.22%) Business Analyst
5 108 (10.35%) Senior
6 103 (9.88%) Consultant
7 102 (9.78%) Solutions Architect
8 93 (8.92%) Lead
9 53 (5.08%) Data Engineer
10 37 (3.55%) Data Analyst
11 32 (3.07%) Technical Architect
12 29 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
12 29 (2.78%) Technical Leader
13 25 (2.40%) Data Architect
13 25 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.01%) Financial Analyst
14 21 (2.01%) Java Developer
14 21 (2.01%) SAP Consultant
14 21 (2.01%) Technical Business Analyst
15 20 (1.92%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (10.07%) REST
2 62 (5.94%) .NET
3 58 (5.56%) SOAP
4 45 (4.31%) Middleware
5 44 (4.22%) Terraform
6 34 (3.26%) Kafka
7 33 (3.16%) JSON
8 31 (2.97%) React
9 29 (2.78%) HTML
9 29 (2.78%) Spring
10 26 (2.49%) CSS
11 25 (2.40%) AngularJS
12 24 (2.30%) Spring Boot
13 23 (2.21%) RESTful
14 21 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
15 19 (1.82%) Web Services
16 17 (1.63%) LangChain
17 15 (1.44%) OAuth
17 15 (1.44%) PySpark
18 14 (1.34%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.97%) Product Ownership
2 74 (7.09%) Cloud Native
3 55 (5.27%) Data Structures
4 49 (4.70%) Enterprise Software
5 48 (4.60%) AI Agents
6 45 (4.31%) Onboarding
7 35 (3.36%) Management Information System
8 34 (3.26%) CMDB
9 30 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (2.21%) Virtual Team
12 20 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
13 19 (1.82%) Derivative
13 19 (1.82%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.34%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.15%) Replication
15 12 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (1.05%) Equities
16 11 (1.05%) Fixed Income
16 11 (1.05%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.73%) Windows
2 17 (1.63%) Linux
3 10 (0.96%) Unix
4 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.19%) zOS
6 1 (0.096%) Android
6 1 (0.096%) CentOS
6 1 (0.096%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.096%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (38.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 332 (31.83%) Agile
3 270 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
4 231 (22.15%) Analytics
5 229 (21.96%) Data Modelling
6 223 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 213 (20.42%) AI
8 208 (19.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 180 (17.26%) CI/CD
10 174 (16.68%) Decision-Making
11 167 (16.01%) Business Intelligence
12 161 (15.44%) Migration
13 160 (15.34%) Requirements Gathering
14 159 (15.24%) DevOps
15 153 (14.67%) Roadmaps
16 151 (14.48%) Workshop Facilitation
17 139 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
18 137 (13.14%) Validation
19 120 (11.51%) Data Governance
20 119 (11.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 254 (24.35%) SQL
2 138 (13.23%) Python
3 85 (8.15%) JavaScript
4 69 (6.62%) Java
5 60 (5.75%) C#
6 37 (3.55%) TypeScript
7 26 (2.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 20 (1.92%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.34%) Bash
9 14 (1.34%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.15%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.96%) Scala
12 9 (0.86%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.77%) ABAP
13 8 (0.77%) X++
14 5 (0.48%) C++
15 4 (0.38%) Korn
15 4 (0.38%) LookML
16 3 (0.29%) Bicep
16 3 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 223 (21.38%) Security Cleared
2 166 (15.92%) SC Cleared
3 80 (7.67%) Degree
4 27 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (2.59%) DV Cleared
5 25 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.53%) PMP
8 14 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (0.86%) ACCA
10 9 (0.86%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.86%) CIMA
11 7 (0.67%) CBAP
11 7 (0.67%) CISSP
12 6 (0.58%) IIBA
13 5 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.38%) CCNP
14 4 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (15.34%) Data Quality
2 99 (9.49%) QA
3 35 (3.36%) GDPR
4 18 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.63%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.25%) GRC
7 9 (0.86%) SLA
7 9 (0.86%) WCAG
8 8 (0.77%) PMO
9 7 (0.67%) NCSC
10 5 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.48%) NIST
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 52 (4.99%) Docker
2 25 (2.40%) 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 40 (3.84%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.44%) Ansible
3 10 (0.96%) Grafana
3 10 (0.96%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.38%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.29%) Control-M
5 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
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 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 108 (10.35%) SAP
3 83 (7.96%) ServiceNow
4 77 (7.38%) Oracle
5 58 (5.56%) Databricks
6 48 (4.60%) Salesforce
7 35 (3.36%) Google
8 29 (2.78%) Workday
9 20 (1.92%) OpenAI
10 18 (1.73%) Adobe
11 15 (1.44%) IBM
12 12 (1.15%) Ariba
13 11 (1.05%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.96%) Cisco
14 10 (0.96%) Informatica
15 9 (0.86%) Pega
15 9 (0.86%) VMware
16 7 (0.67%) Alteryx
16 7 (0.67%) Apple
17 6 (0.58%) UiPath
1,372 Translating Business Requirements jobs in England