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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 181 223
Rank change year-on-year +64 +42 +39
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 1,035 444 353
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.27% 1.61% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 1.77% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 645 279 244
10th Percentile £400 £374 £413
25th Percentile £463 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -10.20%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £738 £748 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £539
% change year-on-year - -2.55% -10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 1
10th Percentile £23.00 £29.11 -
25th Percentile £26.98 £45.75 £24.50
Median hourly rate £38.25 £62.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.80% +131.48% -65.90%
75th Percentile £59.06 £70.16 £29.50
90th Percentile £85.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £62.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -38.80% +131.48% -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 38,738 25,035 28,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.79% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 15,942 18,107
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,467 1,443
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.09 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.39% -40.82% +2.41%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +60 618 £550 - 592
North of England -41 102 £500 +11.11% 133
Midlands +2 101 £525 -3.45% 89
South East -6 97 £596 +18.56% 126
West Midlands 0 74 £500 - 61
South West -10 52 £525 -6.67% 68
North West -32 51 £492 -6.29% 88
Yorkshire -40 43 £517 +22.25% 34
East of England 0 34 £500 -9.09% 33
East Midlands -6 25 £525 -25.00% 28
North East -39 8 £328 -29.19% 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 62 (5.99%) Confluence
2 31 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (1.35%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.16%) SAS
6 9 (0.87%) Apache
6 9 (0.87%) CMS
7 7 (0.68%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.39%) OpenEdge
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.29%) IIS
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
12 1 (0.097%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.097%) Camunda
Applications
1 26 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
3 10 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.097%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.097%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.097%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.097%) Notion
7 1 (0.097%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 41 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.64%) Workday HCM
4 11 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.77%) SAP QM
6 7 (0.68%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.58%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.48%) SAP PS
8 5 (0.48%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.39%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.39%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.39%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.39%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 283 (27.34%) Azure
2 206 (19.90%) Power Platform
3 155 (14.98%) AWS
4 84 (8.12%) Dynamics 365
5 66 (6.38%) GCP
6 61 (5.89%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (5.89%) Power Automate
7 51 (4.93%) PowerApps
8 46 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
9 44 (4.25%) SaaS
10 43 (4.15%) Snowflake
11 37 (3.57%) Entra ID
12 33 (3.19%) Serverless
13 32 (3.09%) dbt
14 31 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (3.00%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (2.32%) GitHub
16 19 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 18 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.84%) Firewall
2 10 (0.97%) Network Security
2 10 (0.97%) WAN
3 8 (0.77%) LAN
3 8 (0.77%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.58%) HTTP
5 5 (0.48%) DNS
5 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.39%) DHCP
6 4 (0.39%) Multicast
6 4 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.29%) BGP
7 3 (0.29%) OSPF
7 3 (0.29%) VPN
7 3 (0.29%) Wireless
8 2 (0.19%) MPLS
8 2 (0.19%) SAN
8 2 (0.19%) Skype
8 2 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (15.56%) Power BI
2 79 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (4.93%) Metadata
4 46 (4.44%) SQL Server
5 32 (3.09%) Data Lake
5 32 (3.09%) Relational Database
6 25 (2.42%) Tableau
7 19 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (1.55%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.55%) Power Query
9 14 (1.35%) Data Vault
9 14 (1.35%) MongoDB
10 12 (1.16%) BigQuery
10 12 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
11 11 (1.06%) Big Data
12 10 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
12 10 (0.97%) Chroma
12 10 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
12 10 (0.97%) Redis
12 10 (0.97%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 86 (8.31%) JIRA
2 49 (4.73%) Git
3 34 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.93%) GitLab
5 9 (0.87%) JUnit
5 9 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (0.77%) Selenium
7 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.48%) Maven
9 4 (0.39%) Gatling
9 4 (0.39%) Mockito
9 4 (0.39%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.39%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.29%) Hudson
10 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.19%) JDeveloper
11 2 (0.19%) MLflow
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
General
1 441 (42.61%) Social Skills
2 354 (34.20%) Finance
3 232 (22.42%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (11.59%) Banking
5 102 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 45 (4.35%) Marketing
7 43 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
8 40 (3.86%) Law
8 40 (3.86%) Retail
9 37 (3.57%) Front Office
10 36 (3.48%) Investment Banking
11 26 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.42%) Manufacturing
13 24 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.55%) Legal
17 13 (1.26%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.26%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 255 (24.64%) Architect
2 182 (17.58%) Analyst
3 141 (13.62%) Developer
4 117 (11.30%) Business Analyst
5 115 (11.11%) Lead
6 114 (11.01%) Consultant
7 97 (9.37%) Solutions Architect
8 94 (9.08%) Senior
9 53 (5.12%) Data Engineer
10 48 (4.64%) Lead Architect
11 36 (3.48%) Data Analyst
12 31 (3.00%) Technical Analyst
13 30 (2.90%) Functional Architect
14 28 (2.71%) Data Architect
15 27 (2.61%) Technical Architect
16 24 (2.32%) SAP Consultant
16 24 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
16 24 (2.32%) Technical Leader
17 22 (2.13%) Technical Business Analyst
18 21 (2.03%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (9.76%) REST
2 61 (5.89%) .NET
3 56 (5.41%) SOAP
4 42 (4.06%) Terraform
5 41 (3.96%) Middleware
6 35 (3.38%) JSON
7 29 (2.80%) Kafka
8 28 (2.71%) React
9 23 (2.22%) HTML
10 22 (2.13%) AngularJS
10 22 (2.13%) CSS
10 22 (2.13%) RESTful
11 20 (1.93%) Spring
12 18 (1.74%) LangChain
12 18 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
13 16 (1.55%) OAuth
13 16 (1.55%) Spring Boot
14 15 (1.45%) PySpark
15 14 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
16 13 (1.26%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 107 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 58 (5.60%) Cloud Native
3 50 (4.83%) Data Structures
4 42 (4.06%) AI Agents
4 42 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
5 38 (3.67%) Onboarding
6 33 (3.19%) CMDB
7 31 (3.00%) Management Information System
8 23 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
9 22 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (1.84%) Virtual Team
12 17 (1.64%) Derivative
13 14 (1.35%) Fixed Income
13 14 (1.35%) Low-Code
14 13 (1.26%) Equities
14 13 (1.26%) Reference Data
15 12 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
16 11 (1.06%) Public Cloud
17 10 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.84%) Linux
2 17 (1.64%) Windows
3 12 (1.16%) Unix
4 9 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.097%) Android
7 1 (0.097%) CentOS
7 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.097%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.097%) VMS
7 1 (0.097%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (33.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 320 (30.92%) Agile
3 250 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
4 246 (23.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 232 (22.42%) Data Modelling
6 224 (21.64%) Analytics
6 224 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 203 (19.61%) Business Intelligence
8 188 (18.16%) AI
9 180 (17.39%) Migration
10 173 (16.71%) CI/CD
11 159 (15.36%) Decision-Making
11 159 (15.36%) DevOps
12 145 (14.01%) User Acceptance Testing
13 138 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
14 132 (12.75%) Workshop Facilitation
15 130 (12.56%) ERP
16 128 (12.37%) Validation
17 126 (12.17%) Roadmaps
18 117 (11.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 241 (23.29%) SQL
2 129 (12.46%) Python
3 76 (7.34%) JavaScript
4 62 (5.99%) Java
5 61 (5.89%) C#
6 30 (2.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 26 (2.51%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.03%) PL/SQL
9 17 (1.64%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.55%) Bash
11 14 (1.35%) Apex Code
12 11 (1.06%) Scala
13 10 (0.97%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.87%) X++
15 4 (0.39%) ABAP
15 4 (0.39%) C++
15 4 (0.39%) R
15 4 (0.39%) SOQL
16 3 (0.29%) Korn
16 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 202 (19.52%) Security Cleared
2 146 (14.11%) SC Cleared
3 83 (8.02%) Degree
4 31 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (2.61%) DV Cleared
6 26 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.64%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.26%) PMP
9 12 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.06%) PMI Certification
11 9 (0.87%) CISSP
12 8 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.68%) ACCA
13 7 (0.68%) CIMA
13 7 (0.68%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.58%) IIBA
15 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.39%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (13.72%) Data Quality
2 92 (8.89%) QA
3 34 (3.29%) GDPR
4 20 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.84%) GRC
6 14 (1.35%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.06%) NIST
8 10 (0.97%) SLA
9 8 (0.77%) WCAG
10 7 (0.68%) NCSC
11 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.29%) PSD2
13 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.19%) IFRS
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.097%) GMP
System Software
1 45 (4.35%) Docker
2 27 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.29%) vSphere
5 2 (0.19%) ACF2
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.19%) RACF
6 1 (0.097%) GridGain
6 1 (0.097%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.097%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.097%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.45%) Ansible
3 6 (0.58%) Grafana
3 6 (0.58%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.39%) Kustomize
6 3 (0.29%) Control-M
6 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.19%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.097%) Argo
8 1 (0.097%) Istio
8 1 (0.097%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.097%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.097%) Puppet
8 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.097%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.097%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.097%) vRealize
Vendors
1 245 (23.67%) Microsoft
2 103 (9.95%) SAP
3 82 (7.92%) ServiceNow
4 78 (7.54%) Oracle
5 54 (5.22%) Salesforce
6 53 (5.12%) Databricks
7 34 (3.29%) Workday
8 33 (3.19%) Google
9 20 (1.93%) OpenAI
10 14 (1.35%) MuleSoft
11 12 (1.16%) Adobe
12 11 (1.06%) Ariba
13 10 (0.97%) Cisco
13 10 (0.97%) Informatica
13 10 (0.97%) VMware
14 7 (0.68%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.68%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.68%) ForgeRock
14 7 (0.68%) IBM
14 7 (0.68%) Okta