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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 222 253
Rank change year-on-year +52 +31 +128
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 513 304 345
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.13% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.27% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 170 234
10th Percentile £350 £400 £401
25th Percentile £425 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £685 £647
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £22.67 £44.10 -
25th Percentile £24.42 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £30.15 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.41% - -
75th Percentile £51.57 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £62.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.15 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -58.41% - -

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 28,048 23,994 32,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.18% 89.29% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,911 14,725 21,701
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,747 781 1,610
10th Percentile £15.14 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.29 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +17.96%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +71 305 £525 -8.70% 79
North of England -4 83 £444 -14.71% 46
North West +14 54 £431 -9.21% 23
South East -15 49 £525 -2.33% 95
South West +16 30 £556 +12.37% 26
Yorkshire -43 27 £469 -9.86% 15
Midlands -41 19 £500 +2.56% 37
West Midlands -36 15 £500 +2.56% 20
East of England -11 10 £575 +27.78% 27
East Midlands -18 4 £505 - 16
North East -13 2 £475 -43.28% 8
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 21 (4.09%) Confluence
2 9 (1.75%) SAS
2 9 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.56%) CMS
4 4 (0.78%) Apache
4 4 (0.78%) MQSeries
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.39%) IIS
6 2 (0.39%) Mule
6 2 (0.39%) Mule ESB
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.19%) CICS
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (4.29%) MS Visio
2 16 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.17%) ProjectWise
4 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.78%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (3.70%) SAP WM
4 16 (3.12%) SAP EWM
5 9 (1.75%) NetSuite
5 9 (1.75%) Payment Gateway
6 7 (1.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (1.36%) SAP CO
6 7 (1.36%) SAP FI
6 7 (1.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (1.17%) Fidessa
7 6 (1.17%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (1.17%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (1.17%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.97%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.78%) Endur
9 4 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.78%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.78%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 135 (26.32%) Azure
2 86 (16.76%) AWS
3 66 (12.87%) Power Platform
4 46 (8.97%) GCP
5 22 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (4.09%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (3.70%) SaaS
7 19 (3.70%) Snowflake
8 18 (3.51%) GitHub
9 17 (3.31%) Serverless
10 16 (3.12%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.92%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 10 (1.95%) dbt
14 8 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (1.56%) Boomi
14 8 (1.56%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.75%) Firewall
1 9 (1.75%) Network Security
2 5 (0.97%) DNS
3 2 (0.39%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.19%) Cisco ICM
4 1 (0.19%) DHCP
4 1 (0.19%) FTP
4 1 (0.19%) Internet
4 1 (0.19%) POP3
4 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.19%) Skype
4 1 (0.19%) SMTP
4 1 (0.19%) SSL
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) VLAN
4 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.92%) Power BI
2 38 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.70%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.12%) Relational Database
6 14 (2.73%) Tableau
7 12 (2.34%) Data Vault
8 11 (2.14%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.95%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (1.75%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 8 (1.56%) Metadata
11 8 (1.56%) MySQL
11 8 (1.56%) Power Query
11 8 (1.56%) Star Schema
12 7 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (1.36%) Redis
12 7 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.17%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 46 (8.97%) JIRA
2 25 (4.87%) Git
3 18 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.14%) GitLab
5 7 (1.36%) ERwin
6 6 (1.17%) PowerDesigner
7 5 (0.97%) ER Studio
7 5 (0.97%) Oracle APEX
7 5 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.97%) Storybook
8 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.58%) Maven
8 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.58%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.39%) JUnit
9 2 (0.39%) Mockito
9 2 (0.39%) Selenium
9 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.19%) Hudson
10 1 (0.19%) PeopleTools
General
1 230 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 154 (30.02%) Finance
3 114 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.99%) Banking
5 38 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 29 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (4.29%) Retail
8 18 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.12%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.53%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.34%) Marketing
12 10 (1.95%) Front Office
12 10 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.56%) Back Office
14 8 (1.56%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.56%) Law
15 7 (1.36%) Legal
Job Titles
1 109 (21.25%) Architect
2 103 (20.08%) Analyst
3 94 (18.32%) Developer
4 82 (15.98%) Consultant
5 75 (14.62%) Business Analyst
6 36 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (6.82%) Lead
8 33 (6.43%) SAP Consultant
9 32 (6.24%) Senior
10 21 (4.09%) Functional Consultant
11 17 (3.31%) SAP WM Consultant
12 15 (2.92%) Technical Analyst
13 14 (2.73%) ServiceNow Architect
14 13 (2.53%) Management Consultant
14 13 (2.53%) Technical Business Analyst
15 12 (2.34%) Data Engineer
15 12 (2.34%) Project Manager
15 12 (2.34%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 11 (2.14%) Java Developer
16 11 (2.14%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (13.06%) REST
2 49 (9.55%) SOAP
3 33 (6.43%) CSS
3 33 (6.43%) HTML
4 25 (4.87%) RESTful
5 23 (4.48%) XML
6 22 (4.29%) JSON
6 22 (4.29%) Spring
7 19 (3.70%) Kafka
8 17 (3.31%) .NET
9 16 (3.12%) AngularJS
10 14 (2.73%) OAuth
10 14 (2.73%) Spring Boot
11 13 (2.53%) Middleware
11 13 (2.53%) React
11 13 (2.53%) Web Services
12 11 (2.14%) SAP Fiori
13 10 (1.95%) Bootstrap
13 10 (1.95%) Lightning Web Components
14 9 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 28 (5.46%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.48%) Data Structures
4 22 (4.29%) CMDB
5 17 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.14%) Equities
9 10 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.75%) Credit Risk
10 9 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.56%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.56%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.36%) Derivative
12 7 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.36%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.17%) Life Science
14 5 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.75%) Windows
2 7 (1.36%) Linux
3 4 (0.78%) Unix
4 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Solaris
5 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (32.36%) Agile
2 158 (30.80%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (22.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 91 (17.74%) Data Modelling
5 83 (16.18%) Analytics
6 81 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 74 (14.42%) DevOps
8 72 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
8 72 (14.04%) Roadmaps
9 68 (13.26%) CI/CD
10 67 (13.06%) Validation
11 66 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (11.31%) Migration
13 54 (10.53%) Scrum
14 52 (10.14%) Mentoring
15 51 (9.94%) Requirements Gathering
16 49 (9.55%) Data Governance
17 47 (9.16%) Integration Patterns
18 46 (8.97%) ERP
19 42 (8.19%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 115 (22.42%) SQL
2 68 (13.26%) Java
3 67 (13.06%) Python
4 55 (10.72%) JavaScript
5 23 (4.48%) C#
6 20 (3.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (2.34%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.14%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.95%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.75%) Groovy
10 9 (1.75%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.75%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.75%) RPG
11 7 (1.36%) R
12 6 (1.17%) ABAP
12 6 (1.17%) C++
13 5 (0.97%) Bicep
13 5 (0.97%) RPG IV
14 3 (0.58%) Korn
14 3 (0.58%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 84 (16.37%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.23%) Degree
3 65 (12.67%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.90%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.31%) SAP Certification
7 16 (3.12%) Azure Certification
8 12 (2.34%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.56%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.17%) CISSP
12 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.17%) PMP
13 5 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.97%) CCSP
13 5 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.97%) MBA
13 5 (0.97%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.16%) QA
2 27 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.12%) GDPR
4 15 (2.92%) GRC
5 14 (2.73%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.34%) NIST
7 11 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.36%) PSD2
9 6 (1.17%) ISO 19650
9 6 (1.17%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.97%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.58%) GxP
11 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.19%) FATCA
13 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.19%) SEPA
13 1 (0.19%) SLA
13 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (5.07%) Docker
2 5 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.19%) KVM
Systems Management
1 23 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.90%) Terraform
3 7 (1.36%) 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 (0.19%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.19%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 87 (16.96%) SAP
2 75 (14.62%) Microsoft
3 48 (9.36%) Salesforce
4 47 (9.16%) Oracle
5 43 (8.38%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.51%) Databricks
6 18 (3.51%) Google
7 13 (2.53%) MuleSoft
8 11 (2.14%) IBM
9 7 (1.36%) MicroStrategy
9 7 (1.36%) Workday
10 5 (0.97%) Ariba
10 5 (0.97%) Foundry
10 5 (0.97%) Informatica
10 5 (0.97%) Sparx
11 4 (0.78%) Cognos
11 4 (0.78%) Murex
11 4 (0.78%) Palantir
11 4 (0.78%) Temenos
11 4 (0.78%) VMware