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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 220 245
Rank change year-on-year +48 +25 +137
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 511 314 358
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.13% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.27% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 178 244
10th Percentile £350 £409 £403
25th Percentile £425 £457 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £625 £685 £638
90th Percentile £700 £743 £734
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £34.11 £44.10 -
25th Percentile £44.29 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% - -
75th Percentile £66.96 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £68.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -13.79% - -

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 28,067 24,730 32,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.57% 88.83% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,937 15,201 21,830
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,762 813 1,440
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £57.44 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +60 299 £525 -8.70% 76
North of England +5 80 £447 -14.45% 37
North West +6 50 £438 -7.89% 23
South East -10 50 £525 -2.33% 46
South West +14 33 £563 +13.64% 17
Yorkshire -42 28 £450 -14.29% 7
Midlands -36 20 £500 - 29
West Midlands -38 16 £500 -4.76% 16
East of England -16 12 £570 +26.67% 11
East Midlands -18 4 £505 +34.60% 13
North East -7 2 £475 -43.28% 7
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 (3.52%) Confluence
2 13 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.76%) SAS
4 8 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.37%) CMS
6 5 (0.98%) Apache
7 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.78%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.39%) IIS
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.39%) Mule
8 2 (0.39%) Mule ESB
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.20%) Mendix
9 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (3.72%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.17%) ProjectWise
4 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.78%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (4.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (4.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (3.72%) SAP WM
4 16 (3.13%) SAP EWM
5 9 (1.76%) NetSuite
5 9 (1.76%) Payment Gateway
6 8 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (1.37%) Oracle Assets
7 7 (1.37%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (1.37%) SAP CO
7 7 (1.37%) SAP FI
7 7 (1.37%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (1.37%) SAP PM
8 6 (1.17%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (1.17%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.98%) Endur
9 5 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 132 (25.83%) Azure
2 77 (15.07%) AWS
3 64 (12.52%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.00%) GCP
5 24 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (4.11%) Snowflake
8 19 (3.72%) Power Automate
9 18 (3.52%) SaaS
10 17 (3.33%) PowerApps
11 16 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (2.94%) GitHub
13 13 (2.54%) Serverless
14 12 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (1.96%) dbt
16 9 (1.76%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
16 9 (1.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 8 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 8 (1.57%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.76%) Firewall
1 9 (1.76%) Network Security
2 4 (0.78%) 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 52 (10.18%) Power BI
2 37 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (3.33%) Relational Database
4 15 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.94%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.35%) Tableau
6 11 (2.15%) Data Vault
7 10 (1.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 10 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.76%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (1.76%) Power Query
8 9 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
9 8 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.37%) Data Lake
10 7 (1.37%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.37%) SAP BW
10 7 (1.37%) Star Schema
11 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.17%) Redis
12 5 (0.98%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 47 (9.20%) JIRA
2 25 (4.89%) Git
3 14 (2.74%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.57%) GitLab
5 7 (1.37%) Oracle APEX
5 7 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (1.17%) 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%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 236 (46.18%) Social Skills
2 155 (30.33%) Finance
3 111 (21.72%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.83%) Banking
4 40 (7.83%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (3.52%) Retail
7 17 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.74%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.35%) Marketing
12 11 (2.15%) Front Office
13 9 (1.76%) Back Office
13 9 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.57%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.57%) General Ledger
14 8 (1.57%) Law
14 8 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 111 (21.72%) Architect
2 110 (21.53%) Analyst
3 92 (18.00%) Developer
4 80 (15.66%) Business Analyst
5 79 (15.46%) Consultant
6 36 (7.05%) Solutions Architect
7 34 (6.65%) Lead
8 32 (6.26%) SAP Consultant
8 32 (6.26%) Senior
9 19 (3.72%) Functional Consultant
10 17 (3.33%) SAP WM Consultant
11 16 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
12 14 (2.74%) Technical Business Analyst
13 13 (2.54%) Management Consultant
13 13 (2.54%) Technical Architect
14 12 (2.35%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.35%) Project Manager
14 12 (2.35%) ServiceNow Architect
15 11 (2.15%) Oracle Consultant
15 11 (2.15%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (12.13%) REST
2 46 (9.00%) SOAP
3 32 (6.26%) CSS
3 32 (6.26%) HTML
4 22 (4.31%) RESTful
4 22 (4.31%) XML
5 21 (4.11%) JSON
6 18 (3.52%) Spring
7 17 (3.33%) Kafka
8 16 (3.13%) .NET
9 15 (2.94%) AngularJS
10 13 (2.54%) Lightning Web Components
10 13 (2.54%) Middleware
10 13 (2.54%) Spring Boot
11 12 (2.35%) OAuth
11 12 (2.35%) React
11 12 (2.35%) Web Services
12 10 (1.96%) Bootstrap
12 10 (1.96%) Pandas
12 10 (1.96%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.83%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.50%) Cloud Native
2 23 (4.50%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.91%) CMDB
4 13 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (1.96%) Public Cloud
5 10 (1.96%) Reinsurance
6 9 (1.76%) Credit Risk
6 9 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.57%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.37%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.17%) Equities
9 6 (1.17%) Life Science
10 5 (0.98%) Derivative
10 5 (0.98%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.76%) Windows
2 7 (1.37%) 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
1 175 (34.25%) Agile
2 156 (30.53%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (22.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 88 (17.22%) Data Modelling
5 82 (16.05%) Analytics
5 82 (16.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 75 (14.68%) Roadmaps
7 71 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
8 70 (13.70%) DevOps
9 65 (12.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 62 (12.13%) Scrum
10 62 (12.13%) Validation
11 60 (11.74%) Migration
12 59 (11.55%) CI/CD
13 51 (9.98%) Mentoring
14 50 (9.78%) Requirements Gathering
15 48 (9.39%) Data Governance
16 46 (9.00%) ERP
17 44 (8.61%) Business Analysis
17 44 (8.61%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 117 (22.90%) SQL
2 61 (11.94%) Java
2 61 (11.94%) Python
3 57 (11.15%) JavaScript
4 19 (3.72%) C#
5 16 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (2.54%) Apex Code
7 12 (2.35%) PL/SQL
7 12 (2.35%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.76%) Groovy
8 9 (1.76%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.76%) RPG
8 9 (1.76%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.37%) R
10 6 (1.17%) ABAP
11 5 (0.98%) Bicep
11 5 (0.98%) RPG IV
12 4 (0.78%) C++
13 3 (0.59%) Korn
13 3 (0.59%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 84 (16.44%) Security Cleared
2 76 (14.87%) Degree
3 67 (13.11%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.91%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.33%) SAP Certification
7 16 (3.13%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.35%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.57%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.17%) CISSP
11 6 (1.17%) PMP
12 5 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.98%) CCSP
12 5 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.98%) MCP
13 4 (0.78%) CSPO
13 4 (0.78%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (8.41%) QA
2 22 (4.31%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.33%) GDPR
4 14 (2.74%) GRC
5 13 (2.54%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.35%) NIST
7 11 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.37%) PSD2
9 6 (1.17%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.17%) ISO 19650
9 6 (1.17%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.59%) GxP
10 3 (0.59%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.20%) FATCA
11 1 (0.20%) SEPA
11 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (4.50%) Docker
2 5 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 19 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.33%) Terraform
3 8 (1.57%) Ansible
4 4 (0.78%) 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 89 (17.42%) SAP
2 78 (15.26%) Microsoft
3 51 (9.98%) Salesforce
4 48 (9.39%) Oracle
5 41 (8.02%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.52%) Databricks
7 16 (3.13%) Google
8 12 (2.35%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.15%) IBM
10 7 (1.37%) Workday
11 6 (1.17%) MicroStrategy
12 5 (0.98%) Foundry
12 5 (0.98%) Informatica
12 5 (0.98%) Sparx
13 4 (0.78%) Ariba
13 4 (0.78%) Cognos
13 4 (0.78%) Murex
13 4 (0.78%) Palantir
13 4 (0.78%) Temenos
13 4 (0.78%) VMware