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

 6 months to
13 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 167 229
Rank change year-on-year +49 +62 +22
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 1,067 490 354
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.29% 1.76% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 1.93% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 310 220
10th Percentile £400 £375 £400
25th Percentile £463 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £546
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -1.60% -8.96%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £726
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +2.33% - -8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 1
10th Percentile £25.89 £28.83 -
25th Percentile £38.25 £38.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £54.40 £66.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.99% +145.67% -67.57%
75th Percentile £60.63 £70.16 £29.50
90th Percentile £83.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.40 £66.33 £27.00
% change year-on-year -17.99% +145.67% -67.57%

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 39,523 25,365 27,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.87% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,845 16,097 16,849
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,022 1,590 1,111
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.87 £20.27
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.44 £44.80 £66.80
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.28 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +49 625 £565 +2.73% 538
Midlands +26 116 £525 +5.00% 81
South East -4 108 £579 +10.45% 121
North of England -53 94 £510 +5.48% 122
West Midlands +15 89 £520 +4.00% 52
South West -1 64 £525 -6.67% 33
North West -38 51 £527 +1.61% 74
Yorkshire -43 35 £514 +14.22% 35
East of England -11 29 £500 -12.66% 46
East Midlands +1 26 £525 -25.00% 29
North East -36 8 £328 -27.22% 13
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 67 (6.28%) Confluence
2 31 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (1.31%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.31%) CMS
5 10 (0.94%) SAS
6 9 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.84%) Apache
6 9 (0.84%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.28%) IIS
8 3 (0.28%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.28%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.19%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.094%) Camunda
Applications
1 30 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.37%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.094%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.094%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.094%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.094%) Notion
Business Applications
1 47 (4.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.50%) Workday HCM
4 8 (0.75%) SAP MM
5 7 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.66%) SAP QM
6 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.47%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.47%) SAP HCM
7 5 (0.47%) SAP PS
8 4 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.37%) SAP CRM
8 4 (0.37%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.37%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.37%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 295 (27.65%) Azure
2 189 (17.71%) Power Platform
3 172 (16.12%) AWS
4 69 (6.47%) GCP
5 68 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (5.34%) Dynamics 365
7 52 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
8 50 (4.69%) Power Automate
9 49 (4.59%) Snowflake
10 48 (4.50%) PowerApps
11 42 (3.94%) SaaS
12 37 (3.47%) GitHub
13 36 (3.37%) Entra ID
14 35 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
14 35 (3.28%) Serverless
15 32 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
16 31 (2.91%) dbt
17 20 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 20 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (1.87%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.59%) Firewall
2 9 (0.84%) Network Security
3 7 (0.66%) WAN
4 5 (0.47%) DNS
4 5 (0.47%) LAN
4 5 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.37%) HTTP
6 3 (0.28%) BGP
6 3 (0.28%) DHCP
6 3 (0.28%) Multicast
6 3 (0.28%) OSPF
6 3 (0.28%) VPN
6 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.19%) MPLS
7 2 (0.19%) Skype
7 2 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.19%) VLAN
7 2 (0.19%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (12.56%) Power BI
2 75 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (4.69%) Metadata
4 47 (4.40%) SQL Server
5 38 (3.56%) Data Lake
6 34 (3.19%) Relational Database
7 27 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (2.16%) Tableau
9 18 (1.69%) Power Query
10 16 (1.50%) MongoDB
10 16 (1.50%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.31%) BigQuery
11 14 (1.31%) Data Vault
12 13 (1.22%) Oracle Database
13 12 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (1.03%) DynamoDB
14 11 (1.03%) Redis
14 11 (1.03%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 99 (9.28%) JIRA
2 69 (6.47%) Git
3 39 (3.66%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.16%) GitLab
5 17 (1.59%) JUnit
6 12 (1.12%) Maven
7 10 (0.94%) Mockito
7 10 (0.94%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.84%) Selenium
9 8 (0.75%) Gatling
10 6 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.47%) Terragrunt
12 4 (0.37%) JMeter
12 4 (0.37%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.28%) Hudson
14 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
14 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 486 (45.55%) Social Skills
2 347 (32.52%) Finance
3 272 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (12.18%) Banking
5 120 (11.25%) Public Sector
6 56 (5.25%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (4.59%) Marketing
8 42 (3.94%) Investment Banking
9 39 (3.66%) Retail
10 35 (3.28%) Front Office
11 32 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.91%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (1.78%) Legal
17 18 (1.69%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.41%) General Ledger
18 15 (1.41%) Military
19 12 (1.12%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 241 (22.59%) Architect
2 196 (18.37%) Analyst
3 157 (14.71%) Developer
4 122 (11.43%) Business Analyst
5 114 (10.68%) Senior
6 105 (9.84%) Consultant
7 104 (9.75%) Solutions Architect
8 95 (8.90%) Lead
9 54 (5.06%) Data Engineer
10 38 (3.56%) Data Analyst
11 36 (3.37%) Technical Architect
12 30 (2.81%) Technical Leader
13 27 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
14 26 (2.44%) Data Architect
14 26 (2.44%) Technical Analyst
15 23 (2.16%) Product Owner
16 22 (2.06%) Java Developer
17 21 (1.97%) Financial Analyst
17 21 (1.97%) SAP Consultant
18 19 (1.78%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (9.93%) REST
2 62 (5.81%) .NET
3 56 (5.25%) SOAP
4 46 (4.31%) Middleware
5 45 (4.22%) Terraform
6 35 (3.28%) Kafka
7 31 (2.91%) JSON
7 31 (2.91%) React
7 31 (2.91%) Spring
8 29 (2.72%) HTML
9 26 (2.44%) CSS
9 26 (2.44%) Spring Boot
10 24 (2.25%) AngularJS
11 23 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
11 23 (2.16%) RESTful
12 21 (1.97%) Web Services
13 15 (1.41%) LangChain
13 15 (1.41%) OAuth
13 15 (1.41%) PySpark
14 14 (1.31%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 111 (10.40%) Product Ownership
2 75 (7.03%) Cloud Native
3 57 (5.34%) Data Structures
4 50 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
5 49 (4.59%) AI Agents
6 44 (4.12%) Onboarding
7 34 (3.19%) CMDB
7 34 (3.19%) Management Information System
8 31 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (2.34%) Virtual Team
10 22 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (1.78%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.59%) Derivative
13 16 (1.50%) Replication
14 15 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (1.22%) Algorithms
16 12 (1.12%) Reference Data
17 11 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.69%) Windows
2 17 (1.59%) Linux
3 9 (0.84%) Unix
3 9 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.19%) zOS
5 1 (0.094%) Android
5 1 (0.094%) CentOS
5 1 (0.094%) macOS
5 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (39.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 337 (31.58%) Agile
3 274 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
4 236 (22.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 236 (22.12%) Data Modelling
5 231 (21.65%) Analytics
6 216 (20.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 211 (19.78%) AI
8 184 (17.24%) CI/CD
9 178 (16.68%) Decision-Making
10 170 (15.93%) Business Intelligence
11 167 (15.65%) Migration
11 167 (15.65%) Requirements Gathering
12 164 (15.37%) DevOps
13 162 (15.18%) Workshop Facilitation
14 158 (14.81%) Roadmaps
15 142 (13.31%) Validation
16 141 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
17 125 (11.72%) Data Governance
18 123 (11.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 259 (24.27%) SQL
2 138 (12.93%) Python
3 85 (7.97%) JavaScript
4 71 (6.65%) Java
5 59 (5.53%) C#
6 37 (3.47%) TypeScript
7 26 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 20 (1.87%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.22%) Bash
11 11 (1.03%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.94%) Scala
13 9 (0.84%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.75%) ABAP
14 8 (0.75%) X++
15 5 (0.47%) C++
16 4 (0.37%) Korn
16 4 (0.37%) LookML
17 3 (0.28%) Bicep
17 3 (0.28%) C
Qualifications
1 232 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 174 (16.31%) SC Cleared
3 80 (7.50%) Degree
4 28 (2.62%) DV Cleared
5 27 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.41%) PMP
9 14 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.22%) PMI Certification
11 12 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.94%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.84%) ACCA
13 9 (0.84%) CIMA
14 7 (0.66%) CBAP
14 7 (0.66%) CISSP
15 6 (0.56%) IIBA
16 4 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.37%) Master's Degree
17 3 (0.28%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (15.18%) Data Quality
2 97 (9.09%) QA
3 36 (3.37%) GDPR
4 20 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.59%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.12%) GRC
7 9 (0.84%) PMO
7 9 (0.84%) WCAG
8 8 (0.75%) SLA
9 7 (0.66%) NCSC
9 7 (0.66%) NIST
10 5 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.37%) PSD2
12 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.28%) IFRS
12 3 (0.28%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.19%) GxP
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 55 (5.15%) Docker
2 25 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.28%) ACF2
5 3 (0.28%) RACF
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.094%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.094%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.41%) Ansible
3 10 (0.94%) Grafana
3 10 (0.94%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.37%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.28%) Control-M
5 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.19%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.094%) Argo
7 1 (0.094%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.094%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.094%) Puppet
7 1 (0.094%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.094%) vRealize
Vendors
1 243 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 112 (10.50%) SAP
3 83 (7.78%) Oracle
4 79 (7.40%) ServiceNow
5 60 (5.62%) Databricks
6 48 (4.50%) Salesforce
7 36 (3.37%) Google
8 30 (2.81%) Workday
9 19 (1.78%) OpenAI
10 18 (1.69%) Adobe
11 17 (1.59%) IBM
12 12 (1.12%) Ariba
13 11 (1.03%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.84%) Cisco
14 9 (0.84%) Informatica
14 9 (0.84%) Pega
14 9 (0.84%) VMware
15 8 (0.75%) UiPath
16 7 (0.66%) Apple
16 7 (0.66%) Foundry
954 Translating Business Requirements jobs in England