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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 218 244
Rank change year-on-year +45 +26 +136
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 508 306 346
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 1.13% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.27% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 173 235
10th Percentile £350 £403 £401
25th Percentile £425 £456 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £685 £638
90th Percentile £700 £748 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £31.61 £44.10 -
25th Percentile £38.03 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.16 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.82% - -
75th Percentile £60.86 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £66.44 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.16 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -30.82% - -

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 27,721 24,092 31,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.34% 88.95% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,678 14,798 21,336
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.43% -2.16%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,740 781 1,437
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -23.60% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +22.16%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +78 297 £525 -8.70% 75
North of England -4 82 £444 -15.12% 40
North West +7 52 £438 -7.89% 25
South East -11 51 £525 -2.33% 71
South West +12 33 £563 +13.64% 22
Yorkshire -38 28 £450 -14.29% 10
Midlands -40 17 £500 +2.56% 31
West Midlands -37 13 £500 - 20
East of England -22 11 £573 +27.22% 21
East Midlands -20 4 £505 +34.60% 11
North East -11 2 £475 -43.28% 5
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 18 (3.54%) Confluence
2 13 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.77%) SAS
4 7 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.38%) CMS
5 5 (0.98%) Apache
6 4 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.79%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.39%) IIS
7 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.39%) Mule
7 2 (0.39%) Mule ESB
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.20%) CICS
8 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (3.94%) MS Visio
2 19 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.18%) ProjectWise
5 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.79%) Autodesk Inventor
7 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (4.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (4.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (3.74%) SAP WM
4 16 (3.15%) SAP EWM
5 9 (1.77%) NetSuite
5 9 (1.77%) Payment Gateway
6 7 (1.38%) SAP CO
6 7 (1.38%) SAP FI
6 7 (1.38%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (1.18%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.98%) Endur
8 5 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.79%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.79%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.79%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 134 (26.38%) Azure
2 78 (15.35%) AWS
3 65 (12.80%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.06%) GCP
5 24 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (3.94%) Snowflake
8 19 (3.74%) Power Automate
9 18 (3.54%) SaaS
10 17 (3.35%) PowerApps
11 15 (2.95%) GitHub
12 13 (2.56%) Serverless
13 12 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (2.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 9 (1.77%) dbt
14 9 (1.77%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (1.57%) Boomi
15 8 (1.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.77%) Firewall
1 9 (1.77%) Network Security
2 4 (0.79%) DNS
3 2 (0.39%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.20%) Cisco ICM
4 1 (0.20%) DHCP
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 53 (10.43%) Power BI
2 36 (7.09%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (3.35%) Relational Database
4 15 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.95%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.36%) Tableau
6 11 (2.17%) Data Vault
7 10 (1.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 9 (1.77%) Power Query
8 9 (1.77%) Snowflake Schema
9 8 (1.57%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (1.38%) SAP BW
10 7 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.38%) Star Schema
11 6 (1.18%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.18%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.18%) Redis
12 5 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.98%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 43 (8.46%) JIRA
2 25 (4.92%) Git
3 14 (2.76%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.57%) GitLab
5 7 (1.38%) Oracle APEX
6 6 (1.18%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (1.18%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (0.98%) ER Studio
7 5 (0.98%) ERwin
7 5 (0.98%) Storybook
8 3 (0.59%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.39%) JUnit
9 2 (0.39%) Maven
9 2 (0.39%) Mockito
9 2 (0.39%) Selenium
9 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.20%) Hudson
10 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 228 (44.88%) Social Skills
2 156 (30.71%) Finance
3 110 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.87%) Banking
6 28 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.54%) Retail
8 16 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (3.15%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.76%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.36%) Marketing
11 11 (2.17%) Front Office
12 9 (1.77%) Back Office
12 9 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.57%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.57%) Law
13 8 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.38%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 111 (21.85%) Analyst
2 107 (21.06%) Architect
3 93 (18.31%) Developer
4 79 (15.55%) Business Analyst
5 78 (15.35%) Consultant
6 37 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
7 34 (6.69%) Lead
8 32 (6.30%) SAP Consultant
8 32 (6.30%) Senior
9 19 (3.74%) Functional Consultant
10 17 (3.35%) SAP WM Consultant
10 17 (3.35%) Technical Analyst
11 15 (2.95%) Technical Business Analyst
12 13 (2.56%) Management Consultant
12 13 (2.56%) ServiceNow Architect
13 12 (2.36%) Data Analyst
13 12 (2.36%) Project Manager
14 11 (2.17%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.17%) SAP Functional Consultant
15 10 (1.97%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (12.60%) REST
2 48 (9.45%) SOAP
3 32 (6.30%) CSS
3 32 (6.30%) HTML
4 23 (4.53%) RESTful
4 23 (4.53%) XML
5 22 (4.33%) JSON
6 18 (3.54%) Spring
7 16 (3.15%) .NET
7 16 (3.15%) Kafka
8 15 (2.95%) AngularJS
9 13 (2.56%) Middleware
9 13 (2.56%) OAuth
9 13 (2.56%) Spring Boot
10 12 (2.36%) React
10 12 (2.36%) Web Services
11 10 (1.97%) Bootstrap
11 10 (1.97%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (1.97%) Pandas
11 10 (1.97%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.48%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.53%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.33%) Cloud Native
4 21 (4.13%) CMDB
5 15 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.97%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.97%) Reinsurance
8 9 (1.77%) Credit Risk
8 9 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.57%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.38%) Equities
10 7 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.18%) Derivative
11 6 (1.18%) Life Science
11 6 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.77%) Windows
2 7 (1.38%) Linux
3 5 (0.98%) Unix
4 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.59%) 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
1 170 (33.46%) Agile
2 154 (30.31%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 84 (16.54%) Data Modelling
5 81 (15.94%) Analytics
6 80 (15.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 74 (14.57%) Roadmaps
8 71 (13.98%) Business Intelligence
9 70 (13.78%) DevOps
10 62 (12.20%) Validation
11 61 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (11.81%) CI/CD
13 58 (11.42%) Scrum
14 55 (10.83%) Migration
15 50 (9.84%) Mentoring
15 50 (9.84%) Requirements Gathering
16 47 (9.25%) Data Governance
17 45 (8.86%) ERP
18 44 (8.66%) Integration Patterns
19 43 (8.46%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 118 (23.23%) SQL
2 63 (12.40%) Python
3 62 (12.20%) Java
4 57 (11.22%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.13%) C#
6 17 (3.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (2.36%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.17%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.97%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.77%) Groovy
10 9 (1.77%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.77%) RPG
10 9 (1.77%) TypeScript
11 7 (1.38%) R
12 6 (1.18%) ABAP
13 5 (0.98%) Bicep
13 5 (0.98%) C++
13 5 (0.98%) RPG IV
14 3 (0.59%) Korn
14 3 (0.59%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 85 (16.73%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.37%) Degree
3 67 (13.19%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.94%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.35%) SAP Certification
7 16 (3.15%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.17%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.57%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.18%) CISSP
11 6 (1.18%) PMP
12 5 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.98%) CCSP
12 5 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.98%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.98%) MCP
13 4 (0.79%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.46%) QA
2 21 (4.13%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.15%) GDPR
4 15 (2.95%) GRC
5 13 (2.56%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.36%) NIST
7 11 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.38%) PSD2
9 6 (1.18%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.18%) ISO 19650
9 6 (1.18%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.59%) GxP
10 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.20%) FATCA
12 1 (0.20%) SEPA
12 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 22 (4.33%) Docker
2 5 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 19 (3.74%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.15%) Terraform
3 8 (1.57%) Ansible
4 4 (0.79%) Control-M
5 2 (0.39%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.39%) 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 86 (16.93%) SAP
2 76 (14.96%) Microsoft
3 48 (9.45%) Salesforce
4 45 (8.86%) Oracle
5 42 (8.27%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.54%) Databricks
7 16 (3.15%) Google
8 13 (2.56%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.17%) IBM
10 7 (1.38%) Workday
11 6 (1.18%) MicroStrategy
12 5 (0.98%) Foundry
12 5 (0.98%) Informatica
12 5 (0.98%) Sparx
13 4 (0.79%) Ariba
13 4 (0.79%) Cognos
13 4 (0.79%) Murex
13 4 (0.79%) Palantir
13 4 (0.79%) Temenos
13 4 (0.79%) VMware