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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 215 245
Rank change year-on-year +54 +30 +100
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 653 293 362
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.72% 1.20% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.32% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 182 244
10th Percentile £369 £393 £413
25th Percentile £434 £457 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £603 £682 £725
90th Percentile £725 £774 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 1
10th Percentile £23.31 £46.95 -
25th Percentile £26.00 £59.81 £50.00
Median hourly rate £30.15 £71.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.68% +29.55% -23.18%
75th Percentile £38.25 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £34.20 £71.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.00% +29.55% -23.18%

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 32,791 22,195 32,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.18% 90.78% 86.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,993 14,632 21,603
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 2,006 863 2,155
10th Percentile £15.36 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.24 £15.97
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.86 £58.24
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% -10.34%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +79 404 £500 -13.04% 144
North of England -10 91 £475 -6.63% 50
North West +4 60 £421 -19.86% 21
South East -33 47 £500 - 77
South West 0 37 £575 +15.00% 20
Midlands -46 35 £450 -16.28% 33
Yorkshire -50 28 £500 +11.11% 20
West Midlands -40 24 £488 - 16
East of England -21 22 £600 +9.09% 32
East Midlands -26 10 £401 -27.09% 17
North East -11 3 £475 -42.42% 9
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 33 (5.05%) Confluence
2 10 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.53%) CMS
2 10 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.92%) Apache
4 6 (0.92%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.61%) SAS
6 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.46%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.31%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.31%) Camunda
7 2 (0.31%) IIS
7 2 (0.31%) Mendix
7 2 (0.31%) Mule
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (3.98%) MS Visio
2 19 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.31%) Sketch
4 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (3.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.38%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.92%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.92%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.92%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.77%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.77%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.77%) SAP PP
6 5 (0.77%) SAP QM
6 5 (0.77%) SAP WM
7 4 (0.61%) Endur
7 4 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.61%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.61%) SAP PM
7 4 (0.61%) Summit
8 3 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 174 (26.65%) Azure
2 125 (19.14%) AWS
3 123 (18.84%) Power Platform
4 59 (9.04%) GCP
5 49 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
6 31 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (3.68%) Power Automate
7 24 (3.68%) Serverless
8 21 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (3.22%) SaaS
9 20 (3.06%) Snowflake
10 18 (2.76%) dbt
10 18 (2.76%) PowerApps
11 16 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (2.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
13 14 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (2.14%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.68%) GitHub
15 10 (1.53%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.38%) Firewall
1 9 (1.38%) Network Security
2 6 (0.92%) WAN
3 5 (0.77%) DNS
3 5 (0.77%) LAN
4 3 (0.46%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.31%) 5G
5 2 (0.31%) PSTN
5 2 (0.31%) SAN
5 2 (0.31%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.15%) 4G
6 1 (0.15%) FCoE
6 1 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.15%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.15%) LTE
6 1 (0.15%) Multicast
6 1 (0.15%) NAS
6 1 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.15%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (15.93%) Power BI
2 58 (8.88%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 27 (4.13%) Relational Database
5 25 (3.83%) Metadata
6 23 (3.52%) Tableau
7 20 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.91%) NoSQL
9 14 (2.14%) Power Query
9 14 (2.14%) Snowflake Schema
10 12 (1.84%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.68%) MySQL
11 11 (1.68%) Star Schema
12 10 (1.53%) Data Vault
12 10 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.23%) Big Data
14 7 (1.07%) DocumentDB
14 7 (1.07%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.07%) Redis
14 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 54 (8.27%) JIRA
2 34 (5.21%) Git
3 23 (3.52%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.53%) GitLab
5 6 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.77%) ERwin
7 3 (0.46%) Maven
7 3 (0.46%) MLflow
7 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.46%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.46%) Vite
8 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.31%) Hudson
8 2 (0.31%) JUnit
8 2 (0.31%) Mockito
8 2 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.31%) Selenium
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.15%) PeopleTools
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 281 (43.03%) Social Skills
2 199 (30.47%) Finance
3 153 (23.43%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (9.65%) Banking
5 53 (8.12%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.97%) Law
7 29 (4.44%) Retail
8 22 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.60%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.30%) Marketing
10 15 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.14%) Front Office
11 14 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.23%) Back Office
13 8 (1.23%) Legal
14 6 (0.92%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.77%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 185 (28.33%) Architect
2 120 (18.38%) Analyst
3 102 (15.62%) Developer
4 91 (13.94%) Business Analyst
5 74 (11.33%) Lead
6 70 (10.72%) Consultant
7 64 (9.80%) Solutions Architect
8 38 (5.82%) Senior
9 35 (5.36%) Lead Architect
10 28 (4.29%) Functional Architect
11 21 (3.22%) Data Engineer
12 18 (2.76%) SAP Consultant
12 18 (2.76%) Technical Analyst
13 17 (2.60%) Data Analyst
13 17 (2.60%) Data Architect
13 17 (2.60%) Technical Architect
14 15 (2.30%) Functional Consultant
14 15 (2.30%) ServiceNow Architect
15 14 (2.14%) Java Developer
16 13 (1.99%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (13.02%) REST
2 47 (7.20%) SOAP
3 30 (4.59%) CSS
3 30 (4.59%) HTML
4 27 (4.13%) JSON
5 25 (3.83%) RESTful
6 24 (3.68%) XML
7 23 (3.52%) Middleware
8 21 (3.22%) .NET
8 21 (3.22%) AngularJS
8 21 (3.22%) Kafka
8 21 (3.22%) Spring
9 20 (3.06%) React
10 19 (2.91%) OAuth
11 16 (2.45%) Spring Boot
12 15 (2.30%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (2.30%) Node.js
13 14 (2.14%) SAP Fiori
14 11 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
14 11 (1.68%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.65%) Product Ownership
2 42 (6.43%) Cloud Native
3 28 (4.29%) Data Structures
4 20 (3.06%) CMDB
4 20 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.14%) Equities
7 12 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.68%) Derivative
9 9 (1.38%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.38%) Fixed Income
9 9 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.07%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.92%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 6 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.92%) Reference Data
11 6 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.53%) Windows
2 9 (1.38%) Linux
3 8 (1.23%) Unix
4 6 (0.92%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (28.79%) Agile
2 169 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
3 165 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 146 (22.36%) Data Modelling
5 131 (20.06%) CI/CD
6 130 (19.91%) Business Intelligence
7 129 (19.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 123 (18.84%) DevOps
9 117 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 112 (17.15%) Analytics
11 106 (16.23%) Migration
12 81 (12.40%) Validation
13 76 (11.64%) User Acceptance Testing
14 75 (11.49%) Data Governance
14 75 (11.49%) Data Migration
14 75 (11.49%) Integration Patterns
15 73 (11.18%) AI
15 73 (11.18%) ERP
16 67 (10.26%) Roadmaps
17 65 (9.95%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 150 (22.97%) SQL
2 94 (14.40%) Python
3 72 (11.03%) Java
4 51 (7.81%) JavaScript
5 32 (4.90%) C#
6 30 (4.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 15 (2.30%) Apex Code
7 15 (2.30%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.99%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.84%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.23%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.23%) Scala
11 7 (1.07%) ABAP
11 7 (1.07%) Groovy
12 5 (0.77%) Bash
12 5 (0.77%) R
12 5 (0.77%) RPG
12 5 (0.77%) SOQL
13 4 (0.61%) C++
13 4 (0.61%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 88 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 81 (12.40%) Degree
3 57 (8.73%) SC Cleared
4 37 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.83%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.14%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.99%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.53%) PMI Certification
10 9 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (1.38%) MBA
11 8 (1.23%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.23%) PMP
12 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.77%) CISSP
14 4 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.61%) CSPO
15 3 (0.46%) PhD
15 3 (0.46%) SAP Certification
15 3 (0.46%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.04%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.74%) QA
3 20 (3.06%) GRC
4 19 (2.91%) GDPR
5 15 (2.30%) PCI DSS
6 13 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.99%) NIST
7 8 (1.23%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.07%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.61%) SEPA
10 4 (0.61%) SLA
11 3 (0.46%) GxP
11 3 (0.46%) PSD2
12 2 (0.31%) IFRS
12 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.31%) WCAG
13 1 (0.15%) GAAP
13 1 (0.15%) MiFID
13 1 (0.15%) TARGET2
System Software
1 31 (4.75%) Docker
2 8 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.46%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.15%) GridGain
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) IAG
5 1 (0.15%) SRDF
5 1 (0.15%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 32 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 26 (3.98%) Terraform
3 8 (1.23%) Ansible
4 4 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.46%) Grafana
5 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.31%) Control-M
6 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco UCCE
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.15%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.15%) EMC TimeFinder
7 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 118 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 80 (12.25%) SAP
3 54 (8.27%) Salesforce
4 50 (7.66%) Oracle
5 41 (6.28%) ServiceNow
6 32 (4.90%) Databricks
7 27 (4.13%) Google
8 20 (3.06%) Workday
9 17 (2.60%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.68%) Foundry
11 8 (1.23%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.23%) IBM
12 7 (1.07%) MicroStrategy
12 7 (1.07%) Palantir
13 6 (0.92%) Ariba
13 6 (0.92%) Cisco
13 6 (0.92%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.92%) VMware
14 5 (0.77%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.77%) Temenos