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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 223 242
Rank change year-on-year +57 +19 +113
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 606 281 363
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 1.15% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.27% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 171 246
10th Percentile £364 £400 £411
25th Percentile £425 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £603 £684 £688
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £22.67 £44.10 -
25th Percentile £24.42 £61.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £30.15 £72.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.41% +31.82% -23.18%
75th Percentile £56.24 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.15 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -58.41% +31.82% -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 32,109 22,180 32,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.44% 90.75% 86.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,603 14,473 21,697
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% - -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 1,967 822 2,143
10th Percentile £15.45 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.04
Median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.47 £71.13
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +80 376 £508 -15.42% 133
North of England -24 86 £475 -6.63% 40
North West +9 58 £425 -19.05% 18
South East -46 45 £520 +4.00% 73
Midlands -41 33 £425 -15.00% 28
South West -4 32 £575 +15.00% 15
Yorkshire -53 25 £500 +11.11% 16
West Midlands -51 21 £450 -7.69% 17
East of England -18 15 £600 - 27
East Midlands -27 11 £487 -2.65% 11
North East -14 3 £475 -42.42% 6
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 27 (4.46%) Confluence
2 10 (1.65%) CMS
2 10 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.99%) Sitecore CMS
5 5 (0.83%) Apache
6 4 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.50%) SAS
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.33%) Camunda
8 2 (0.33%) IIS
8 2 (0.33%) Mendix
8 2 (0.33%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.33%) Mule
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 25 (4.13%) MS Visio
2 18 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.33%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.33%) Sketch
4 1 (0.17%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (3.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.49%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.99%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.99%) SAP CO
4 6 (0.99%) SAP FI
4 6 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.99%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.83%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.83%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.66%) Endur
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.66%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.66%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.66%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.66%) Summit
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 168 (27.72%) Azure
2 118 (19.47%) AWS
3 103 (17.00%) Power Platform
4 56 (9.24%) GCP
5 37 (6.11%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (3.80%) Serverless
8 21 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (3.30%) Power Automate
10 19 (3.14%) Snowflake
11 17 (2.81%) dbt
11 17 (2.81%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.81%) SaaS
12 16 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (2.48%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (2.31%) Entra ID
14 14 (2.31%) GitHub
14 14 (2.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (1.82%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.65%) Firewall
2 9 (1.49%) Network Security
3 6 (0.99%) DNS
3 6 (0.99%) WAN
4 5 (0.83%) LAN
5 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.33%) 5G
6 2 (0.33%) DHCP
6 2 (0.33%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.33%) PSTN
6 2 (0.33%) SAN
6 2 (0.33%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.17%) 4G
7 1 (0.17%) FCoE
7 1 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.17%) LTE
7 1 (0.17%) Multicast
7 1 (0.17%) NAS
7 1 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (13.86%) Power BI
2 52 (8.58%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (4.46%) SQL Server
4 23 (3.80%) Relational Database
5 22 (3.63%) Tableau
6 21 (3.47%) Metadata
6 21 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (3.14%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.31%) Snowflake Schema
9 12 (1.98%) Data Lake
10 11 (1.82%) Star Schema
11 10 (1.65%) MySQL
11 10 (1.65%) Power Query
12 9 (1.49%) Data Vault
13 8 (1.32%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.32%) Redis
14 7 (1.16%) Big Data
14 7 (1.16%) DocumentDB
14 7 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.99%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 47 (7.76%) JIRA
2 33 (5.45%) Git
3 23 (3.80%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.15%) GitLab
5 5 (0.83%) ERwin
6 4 (0.66%) Maven
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.50%) JUnit
7 3 (0.50%) Mockito
7 3 (0.50%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.50%) Vite
8 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.33%) Hudson
8 2 (0.33%) MLflow
8 2 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.33%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 272 (44.88%) Social Skills
2 178 (29.37%) Finance
3 143 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.57%) Banking
5 50 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.62%) Retail
7 26 (4.29%) Law
8 22 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.64%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.48%) Marketing
11 15 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 14 (2.31%) Front Office
13 10 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.16%) Back Office
14 7 (1.16%) Legal
15 6 (0.99%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.83%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.83%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 166 (27.39%) Architect
2 113 (18.65%) Analyst
3 96 (15.84%) Developer
4 86 (14.19%) Business Analyst
5 67 (11.06%) Consultant
6 59 (9.74%) Solutions Architect
7 57 (9.41%) Lead
8 38 (6.27%) Senior
9 22 (3.63%) Lead Architect
10 20 (3.30%) Data Engineer
11 18 (2.97%) SAP Consultant
12 17 (2.81%) Data Analyst
12 17 (2.81%) Data Architect
12 17 (2.81%) Technical Architect
13 16 (2.64%) Functional Consultant
13 16 (2.64%) Technical Analyst
14 15 (2.48%) Functional Architect
14 15 (2.48%) ServiceNow Architect
15 14 (2.31%) Java Developer
16 12 (1.98%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (13.20%) REST
2 48 (7.92%) SOAP
3 31 (5.12%) CSS
3 31 (5.12%) HTML
4 25 (4.13%) JSON
4 25 (4.13%) XML
5 22 (3.63%) Spring
6 21 (3.47%) RESTful
7 20 (3.30%) Middleware
7 20 (3.30%) React
8 19 (3.14%) .NET
8 19 (3.14%) AngularJS
8 19 (3.14%) OAuth
9 18 (2.97%) Kafka
10 16 (2.64%) Spring Boot
11 14 (2.31%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (2.31%) SAP Fiori
12 13 (2.15%) Node.js
13 10 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (1.65%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.58%) Product Ownership
2 40 (6.60%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.80%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.47%) CMDB
4 21 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (2.64%) Equities
6 15 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.98%) Derivative
9 10 (1.65%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.16%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.99%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.99%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.99%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.65%) Windows
2 9 (1.49%) Unix
3 7 (1.16%) Linux
4 6 (0.99%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (29.54%) Agile
2 165 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (26.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (22.44%) Data Modelling
5 121 (19.97%) CI/CD
6 115 (18.98%) DevOps
7 108 (17.82%) Analytics
8 107 (17.66%) Business Intelligence
9 104 (17.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 101 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (15.02%) Migration
12 69 (11.39%) Integration Patterns
13 68 (11.22%) Data Governance
14 66 (10.89%) Roadmaps
14 66 (10.89%) Validation
15 65 (10.73%) AI
16 62 (10.23%) Decision-Making
17 61 (10.07%) Data Migration
18 60 (9.90%) User Acceptance Testing
19 57 (9.41%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 140 (23.10%) SQL
2 94 (15.51%) Python
3 73 (12.05%) Java
4 51 (8.42%) JavaScript
5 30 (4.95%) C#
6 25 (4.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (2.31%) Apex Code
7 14 (2.31%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.15%) T-SQL
8 13 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.32%) Groovy
10 7 (1.16%) ABAP
10 7 (1.16%) RPG
10 7 (1.16%) Scala
11 5 (0.83%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.83%) R
11 5 (0.83%) RPG IV
11 5 (0.83%) SOQL
12 4 (0.66%) Bash
12 4 (0.66%) C++
Qualifications
1 82 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 81 (13.37%) Degree
3 54 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 36 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (3.63%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.48%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.65%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.32%) PMP
11 6 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.99%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.99%) MBA
12 4 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.66%) CISSP
12 4 (0.66%) CSPO
12 4 (0.66%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 43 (7.10%) QA
3 17 (2.81%) GDPR
3 17 (2.81%) GRC
4 13 (2.15%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.98%) NIST
6 11 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.32%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.99%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.66%) SEPA
11 3 (0.50%) GxP
11 3 (0.50%) PSD2
11 3 (0.50%) SLA
12 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.33%) IFRS
12 2 (0.33%) ISO 8583
13 1 (0.17%) GAAP
13 1 (0.17%) TARGET2
13 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (4.46%) Docker
2 10 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.50%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.17%) GridGain
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) IAG
5 1 (0.17%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 27 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.96%) Terraform
3 8 (1.32%) Ansible
4 4 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.33%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) Cisco UCCE
7 1 (0.17%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.17%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.17%) EMC TimeFinder
7 1 (0.17%) Grafana
7 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 99 (16.34%) Microsoft
2 80 (13.20%) SAP
3 50 (8.25%) Salesforce
4 47 (7.76%) Oracle
5 39 (6.44%) ServiceNow
6 30 (4.95%) Databricks
7 26 (4.29%) Google
8 18 (2.97%) Workday
9 14 (2.31%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.98%) Foundry
11 8 (1.32%) IBM
11 8 (1.32%) Palantir
12 7 (1.16%) MicroStrategy
13 6 (0.99%) Ariba
13 6 (0.99%) Cisco
13 6 (0.99%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.99%) VMware
14 5 (0.83%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.83%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.83%) Temenos