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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 225 239
Rank change year-on-year +56 +14 +113
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 604 280 367
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 1.14% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.26% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 169 248
10th Percentile £369 £399 £413
25th Percentile £425 £456 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -5.38%
75th Percentile £600 £684 £712
90th Percentile £720 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.45% -2.90%
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 31,926 22,217 32,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.44% 90.67% 86.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,427 14,455 21,796
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 1,975 819 2,151
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.14 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £31.00 £33.11 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +1.88% -11.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.50
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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +81 373 £508 -15.42% 124
North of England -14 86 £475 -6.63% 42
North West +9 59 £425 -19.05% 18
South East -38 45 £510 +2.00% 66
Midlands -37 33 £425 -15.00% 28
South West -1 32 £575 +15.00% 14
Yorkshire -55 24 £494 +9.72% 17
West Midlands -43 21 £450 -7.69% 16
East of England -20 15 £600 - 18
East Midlands -29 11 £487 -2.65% 12
North East -11 3 £475 -42.42% 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 27 (4.47%) Confluence
2 10 (1.66%) CMS
3 9 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.49%) SharePoint
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 (4.14%) MS Visio
2 18 (2.98%) 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 (3.64%) 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
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.50%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 168 (27.81%) Azure
2 118 (19.54%) AWS
3 104 (17.22%) Power Platform
4 57 (9.44%) GCP
5 35 (5.79%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (3.97%) Serverless
8 21 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (3.31%) Power Automate
10 19 (3.15%) Snowflake
11 18 (2.98%) dbt
12 17 (2.81%) PowerApps
12 17 (2.81%) SaaS
13 15 (2.48%) GitHub
13 15 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (2.48%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (2.32%) Entra ID
15 13 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (2.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 11 (1.82%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.66%) Firewall
1 10 (1.66%) Network Security
2 6 (0.99%) DNS
2 6 (0.99%) WAN
3 5 (0.83%) LAN
4 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.33%) 5G
5 2 (0.33%) DHCP
5 2 (0.33%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.33%) PSTN
5 2 (0.33%) SAN
5 2 (0.33%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.17%) 4G
6 1 (0.17%) FCoE
6 1 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.17%) LTE
6 1 (0.17%) NAS
6 1 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (14.24%) Power BI
2 53 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (4.30%) SQL Server
4 23 (3.81%) Tableau
5 21 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (3.31%) Relational Database
7 19 (3.15%) Metadata
7 19 (3.15%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.32%) Snowflake Schema
9 12 (1.99%) Data Lake
10 11 (1.82%) Star Schema
11 10 (1.66%) MySQL
11 10 (1.66%) 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%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 7 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (7.78%) JIRA
2 34 (5.63%) Git
3 22 (3.64%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.15%) GitLab
5 5 (0.83%) ERwin
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.50%) JUnit
7 3 (0.50%) Maven
7 3 (0.50%) Mockito
7 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
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%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.17%) PeopleTools
9 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 269 (44.54%) Social Skills
2 176 (29.14%) Finance
3 141 (23.34%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (9.11%) Banking
5 49 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.47%) Retail
7 24 (3.97%) Law
8 21 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.65%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.48%) Marketing
11 15 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (2.15%) Front Office
13 12 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.16%) Legal
15 6 (0.99%) Back Office
15 6 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.83%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.66%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 165 (27.32%) Architect
2 111 (18.38%) Analyst
3 96 (15.89%) Developer
4 82 (13.58%) Business Analyst
5 67 (11.09%) Consultant
6 58 (9.60%) Solutions Architect
7 54 (8.94%) Lead
8 37 (6.13%) Senior
9 21 (3.48%) Data Engineer
10 19 (3.15%) Lead Architect
11 18 (2.98%) Data Analyst
11 18 (2.98%) SAP Consultant
12 17 (2.81%) Data Architect
12 17 (2.81%) Technical Architect
13 16 (2.65%) Functional Consultant
13 16 (2.65%) ServiceNow Architect
14 15 (2.48%) Technical Analyst
15 13 (2.15%) Functional Architect
15 13 (2.15%) Java Developer
16 11 (1.82%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (13.25%) REST
2 49 (8.11%) SOAP
3 31 (5.13%) CSS
3 31 (5.13%) HTML
4 25 (4.14%) JSON
5 23 (3.81%) XML
6 22 (3.64%) RESTful
6 22 (3.64%) Spring
7 20 (3.31%) .NET
8 19 (3.15%) AngularJS
8 19 (3.15%) Middleware
8 19 (3.15%) OAuth
8 19 (3.15%) React
9 18 (2.98%) Kafka
10 16 (2.65%) Spring Boot
11 14 (2.32%) SAP Fiori
12 13 (2.15%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (2.15%) Node.js
13 11 (1.82%) Pandas
14 10 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.61%) Product Ownership
2 41 (6.79%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.97%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.48%) CMDB
4 21 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (2.65%) Equities
6 15 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.66%) Derivative
10 9 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.16%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.16%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.16%) Fixed Income
12 6 (0.99%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.99%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.83%) Learning Management System
13 5 (0.83%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.66%) Windows
2 6 (0.99%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.99%) Linux
2 6 (0.99%) Unix
2 6 (0.99%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (29.80%) Agile
2 168 (27.81%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (26.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 137 (22.68%) Data Modelling
5 119 (19.70%) CI/CD
6 111 (18.38%) DevOps
7 110 (18.21%) Analytics
7 110 (18.21%) Business Intelligence
8 101 (16.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 100 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 86 (14.24%) Migration
11 70 (11.59%) Data Governance
12 69 (11.42%) Integration Patterns
12 69 (11.42%) Roadmaps
12 69 (11.42%) Validation
13 65 (10.76%) AI
14 63 (10.43%) Decision-Making
15 58 (9.60%) User Acceptance Testing
16 57 (9.44%) Computer Science
16 57 (9.44%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 139 (23.01%) SQL
2 95 (15.73%) Python
3 70 (11.59%) Java
4 50 (8.28%) JavaScript
5 29 (4.80%) C#
6 27 (4.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (2.32%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.15%) Apex Code
8 13 (2.15%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.99%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.32%) Groovy
11 7 (1.16%) ABAP
11 7 (1.16%) RPG
11 7 (1.16%) Scala
12 5 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.83%) R
12 5 (0.83%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.66%) Bash
13 4 (0.66%) C++
13 4 (0.66%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 83 (13.74%) Degree
2 81 (13.41%) Security Cleared
3 53 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (3.64%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.48%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.66%) 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%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.66%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.44%) Data Quality
2 42 (6.95%) QA
3 17 (2.81%) GDPR
3 17 (2.81%) GRC
4 13 (2.15%) NIST
4 13 (2.15%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.32%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.99%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.66%) SEPA
10 3 (0.50%) GxP
10 3 (0.50%) PSD2
10 3 (0.50%) SLA
11 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.33%) IFRS
11 2 (0.33%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.17%) GAAP
12 1 (0.17%) MiFID
12 1 (0.17%) TARGET2
System Software
1 26 (4.30%) Docker
2 9 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.50%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.17%) IAG
5 1 (0.17%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 27 (4.47%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.97%) 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
1 100 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 80 (13.25%) SAP
3 48 (7.95%) Salesforce
4 45 (7.45%) Oracle
5 40 (6.62%) ServiceNow
6 30 (4.97%) Databricks
7 26 (4.30%) Google
8 18 (2.98%) Workday
9 15 (2.48%) MuleSoft
10 14 (2.32%) Foundry
11 9 (1.49%) Palantir
12 8 (1.32%) IBM
13 7 (1.16%) MicroStrategy
14 6 (0.99%) Ariba
14 6 (0.99%) Cisco
14 6 (0.99%) Sitecore
14 6 (0.99%) VMware
15 5 (0.83%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.83%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.83%) Temenos