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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 219 240
Rank change year-on-year +53 +21 +115
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 618 282 365
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.15% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.27% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 172 248
10th Percentile £368 £400 £411
25th Percentile £425 £458 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £604 £684 £688
90th Percentile £725 £761 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 1
10th Percentile £22.86 £44.10 -
25th Percentile £24.88 £61.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £28.58 £72.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.59% +31.82% -23.18%
75th Percentile £44.61 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.54 - -
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 32,374 22,226 32,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.74% 86.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,766 14,506 21,651
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £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 1,980 825 2,147
10th Percentile £15.49 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -10.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.83
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.81 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £30.32 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.71% - -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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +76 383 £508 -15.42% 132
North of England -18 88 £475 -6.63% 44
North West +14 58 £425 -19.05% 18
South East -38 46 £520 +4.00% 80
South West -2 33 £563 +12.50% 19
Midlands -41 33 £425 -15.00% 33
Yorkshire -47 27 £500 +11.11% 18
West Midlands -50 21 £450 -7.69% 20
East of England -18 16 £600 - 33
East Midlands -25 11 £487 -6.17% 13
North East -15 3 £475 -42.42% 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 27 (4.37%) Confluence
2 10 (1.62%) CMS
2 10 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.97%) Sitecore CMS
5 5 (0.81%) Apache
6 4 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.65%) SAS
7 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.32%) Camunda
8 2 (0.32%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) Mendix
8 2 (0.32%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.32%) Mule
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (4.05%) MS Visio
2 18 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.32%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.32%) Sketch
4 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (3.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.46%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.97%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.97%) SAP CO
4 6 (0.97%) SAP FI
4 6 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.97%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.81%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.81%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.65%) Endur
6 4 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.65%) SAP MM
6 4 (0.65%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.65%) SAP PP
6 4 (0.65%) Summit
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 169 (27.35%) Azure
2 119 (19.26%) AWS
3 106 (17.15%) Power Platform
4 56 (9.06%) GCP
5 39 (6.31%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (3.72%) Serverless
8 21 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 20 (3.24%) Power Automate
9 20 (3.24%) Snowflake
10 18 (2.91%) SaaS
11 17 (2.75%) dbt
11 17 (2.75%) PowerApps
12 16 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (2.43%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (2.27%) Entra ID
14 14 (2.27%) GitHub
14 14 (2.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (1.78%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.62%) Firewall
2 9 (1.46%) Network Security
3 6 (0.97%) DNS
3 6 (0.97%) WAN
4 5 (0.81%) LAN
5 3 (0.49%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.32%) 5G
6 2 (0.32%) DHCP
6 2 (0.32%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.32%) PSTN
6 2 (0.32%) SAN
6 2 (0.32%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.16%) 4G
7 1 (0.16%) FCoE
7 1 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.16%) LTE
7 1 (0.16%) Multicast
7 1 (0.16%) NAS
7 1 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (14.08%) Power BI
2 53 (8.58%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (4.37%) SQL Server
4 23 (3.72%) Relational Database
5 22 (3.56%) Tableau
6 21 (3.40%) Metadata
6 21 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (3.07%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.27%) Snowflake Schema
9 12 (1.94%) Data Lake
10 11 (1.78%) Star Schema
11 10 (1.62%) MySQL
11 10 (1.62%) Power Query
12 9 (1.46%) Data Vault
12 9 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.29%) Big Data
13 8 (1.29%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.29%) Redis
14 7 (1.13%) DocumentDB
14 7 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 48 (7.77%) JIRA
2 33 (5.34%) Git
3 23 (3.72%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.10%) GitLab
5 6 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.81%) ERwin
7 4 (0.65%) Maven
7 4 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.49%) JUnit
8 3 (0.49%) Mockito
8 3 (0.49%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.49%) Vite
9 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.32%) Hudson
9 2 (0.32%) MLflow
9 2 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.32%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 274 (44.34%) Social Skills
2 185 (29.94%) Finance
3 144 (23.30%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (9.55%) Banking
5 51 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.53%) Law
6 28 (4.53%) Retail
7 22 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.43%) Marketing
10 15 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (2.27%) Front Office
12 10 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.13%) Back Office
13 7 (1.13%) Legal
14 6 (0.97%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.81%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.81%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 169 (27.35%) Architect
2 115 (18.61%) Analyst
3 97 (15.70%) Developer
4 87 (14.08%) Business Analyst
5 69 (11.17%) Consultant
6 61 (9.87%) Lead
7 60 (9.71%) Solutions Architect
8 38 (6.15%) Senior
9 24 (3.88%) Lead Architect
10 20 (3.24%) Data Engineer
11 18 (2.91%) SAP Consultant
12 17 (2.75%) Data Analyst
12 17 (2.75%) Data Architect
12 17 (2.75%) Functional Architect
12 17 (2.75%) Functional Consultant
12 17 (2.75%) Technical Architect
13 16 (2.59%) Technical Analyst
14 15 (2.43%) ServiceNow Architect
15 14 (2.27%) Java Developer
16 12 (1.94%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (12.94%) REST
2 48 (7.77%) SOAP
3 31 (5.02%) CSS
3 31 (5.02%) HTML
4 25 (4.05%) JSON
4 25 (4.05%) XML
5 22 (3.56%) Spring
6 21 (3.40%) Middleware
6 21 (3.40%) RESTful
7 20 (3.24%) React
8 19 (3.07%) .NET
8 19 (3.07%) AngularJS
8 19 (3.07%) OAuth
9 18 (2.91%) Kafka
10 16 (2.59%) Spring Boot
11 14 (2.27%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (2.27%) SAP Fiori
12 13 (2.10%) Node.js
13 11 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
14 10 (1.62%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.58%) Product Ownership
2 40 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.88%) Data Structures
4 21 (3.40%) CMDB
4 21 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (2.59%) Equities
6 15 (2.43%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (1.94%) Derivative
9 10 (1.62%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.13%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.97%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.97%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.97%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.97%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.62%) Windows
2 9 (1.46%) Unix
3 8 (1.29%) Linux
4 6 (0.97%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (29.29%) Agile
2 166 (26.86%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (25.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 137 (22.17%) Data Modelling
5 121 (19.58%) CI/CD
6 115 (18.61%) DevOps
7 111 (17.96%) Business Intelligence
8 110 (17.80%) Analytics
9 107 (17.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 103 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 93 (15.05%) Migration
12 69 (11.17%) Integration Patterns
12 69 (11.17%) Validation
13 68 (11.00%) Data Governance
14 67 (10.84%) Roadmaps
15 66 (10.68%) AI
16 64 (10.36%) User Acceptance Testing
17 63 (10.19%) Data Migration
18 62 (10.03%) Decision-Making
19 58 (9.39%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 143 (23.14%) SQL
2 94 (15.21%) Python
3 73 (11.81%) Java
4 51 (8.25%) JavaScript
5 30 (4.85%) C#
6 25 (4.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (2.27%) Apex Code
7 14 (2.27%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.10%) T-SQL
8 13 (2.10%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.29%) Groovy
10 7 (1.13%) ABAP
10 7 (1.13%) PL/SQL
10 7 (1.13%) RPG
10 7 (1.13%) Scala
11 5 (0.81%) R
11 5 (0.81%) RPG IV
11 5 (0.81%) SOQL
12 4 (0.65%) Bash
12 4 (0.65%) C++
Qualifications
1 82 (13.27%) Degree
1 82 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 54 (8.74%) SC Cleared
3 37 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.56%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.43%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.78%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.62%) PMI Certification
9 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.29%) PMP
10 6 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.97%) MBA
11 4 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.65%) CISSP
11 4 (0.65%) CSPO
11 4 (0.65%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.58%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.96%) QA
3 18 (2.91%) GDPR
4 17 (2.75%) GRC
5 13 (2.10%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.94%) NIST
7 11 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.29%) ISO 20022
9 7 (1.13%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.65%) SEPA
11 4 (0.65%) SLA
12 3 (0.49%) GxP
12 3 (0.49%) PSD2
13 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.32%) IFRS
13 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
13 2 (0.32%) WCAG
14 1 (0.16%) MiFID
14 1 (0.16%) TARGET2
System Software
1 27 (4.37%) Docker
2 10 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.49%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) GridGain
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 27 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.88%) Terraform
3 8 (1.29%) Ansible
4 4 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.49%) Control-M
5 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.32%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco UCCE
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.16%) EMC TimeFinder
7 1 (0.16%) Grafana
Vendors
1 102 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 80 (12.94%) SAP
3 51 (8.25%) Salesforce
4 50 (8.09%) Oracle
5 39 (6.31%) ServiceNow
6 30 (4.85%) Databricks
7 26 (4.21%) Google
8 19 (3.07%) Workday
9 15 (2.43%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.94%) Foundry
11 8 (1.29%) IBM
11 8 (1.29%) Palantir
12 7 (1.13%) MicroStrategy
13 6 (0.97%) Ariba
13 6 (0.97%) Cisco
13 6 (0.97%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.97%) VMware
14 5 (0.81%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.81%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.81%) Temenos