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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 219 250
Rank change year-on-year +44 +31 +84
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 575 295 348
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.17% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 1.30% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 169 234
10th Percentile £363 £413 £401
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% - -5.38%
75th Percentile £613 £688 £686
90th Percentile £705 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £528
% change year-on-year -1.50% +1.04% -6.88%
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 31,295 22,746 32,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.03% 90.36% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,032 14,434 21,722
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £618 £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 1,939 776 2,084
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.38 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +65 347 £525 -12.50% 116
North of England -13 83 £447 -14.86% 63
North West 0 56 £417 -20.67% 35
South East -28 42 £520 +1.46% 63
South West -2 36 £575 +16.16% 30
Midlands -45 27 £478 -2.05% 33
Yorkshire -51 24 £488 -5.80% 19
East of England -19 18 £600 - 11
West Midlands -46 17 £478 +0.53% 16
East Midlands -23 10 £487 -2.65% 16
North East -13 3 £475 -42.42% 9
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 23 (4.00%) Confluence
2 10 (1.74%) CMS
3 9 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.04%) SAS
5 6 (1.04%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.87%) Apache
6 5 (0.87%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.70%) MQSeries
7 4 (0.70%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.35%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.35%) Camunda
9 2 (0.35%) IIS
9 2 (0.35%) Mendix
9 2 (0.35%) Mule
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (4.17%) MS Visio
2 16 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.70%) Autodesk Inventor
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.35%) Sketch
5 1 (0.17%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 22 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.91%) SAP WM
4 9 (1.57%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.57%) SAP EWM
5 7 (1.22%) SAP CO
5 7 (1.22%) SAP FI
5 7 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 6 (1.04%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.87%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.70%) Endur
8 4 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.70%) SAP PM
8 4 (0.70%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.70%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.52%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 162 (28.17%) Azure
2 112 (19.48%) AWS
3 83 (14.43%) Power Platform
4 52 (9.04%) GCP
5 29 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (3.48%) SaaS
6 20 (3.48%) Serverless
7 19 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (3.30%) Snowflake
8 17 (2.96%) GitHub
9 16 (2.78%) Power Automate
10 15 (2.61%) PowerApps
11 13 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.26%) SuccessFactors
12 12 (2.09%) dbt
13 11 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (1.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 10 (1.74%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.57%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.74%) Network Security
2 9 (1.57%) Firewall
3 5 (0.87%) DNS
3 5 (0.87%) WAN
4 4 (0.70%) LAN
5 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.35%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.35%) PSTN
6 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.17%) 5G
7 1 (0.17%) DHCP
7 1 (0.17%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.17%) FCoE
7 1 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.17%) FTP
7 1 (0.17%) Skype
7 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.17%) VSAN
7 1 (0.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (11.65%) Power BI
2 41 (7.13%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 22 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.48%) NoSQL
6 17 (2.96%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.96%) Tableau
7 15 (2.61%) Metadata
8 12 (2.09%) Data Vault
8 12 (2.09%) Snowflake Schema
9 10 (1.74%) Redis
10 9 (1.57%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.57%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.57%) MySQL
10 9 (1.57%) Power Query
11 8 (1.39%) Star Schema
12 7 (1.22%) DocumentDB
12 7 (1.22%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 7 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (8.17%) JIRA
2 32 (5.57%) Git
3 22 (3.83%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.43%) GitLab
5 8 (1.39%) ERwin
6 5 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.87%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.70%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.70%) JUnit
7 4 (0.70%) Mockito
8 3 (0.52%) Maven
8 3 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.52%) Terragrunt
8 3 (0.52%) Vite
9 2 (0.35%) Hudson
9 2 (0.35%) Selenium
10 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 260 (45.22%) Social Skills
2 159 (27.65%) Finance
3 130 (22.61%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (9.22%) Banking
5 47 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 26 (4.52%) Retail
7 22 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (3.13%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.43%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.26%) Front Office
11 13 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.91%) Law
13 11 (1.91%) Marketing
14 7 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.04%) Back Office
15 6 (1.04%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 145 (25.22%) Architect
2 111 (19.30%) Analyst
3 95 (16.52%) Developer
4 81 (14.09%) Business Analyst
5 73 (12.70%) Consultant
6 56 (9.74%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (6.09%) Senior
8 34 (5.91%) Lead
9 27 (4.70%) SAP Consultant
10 20 (3.48%) Functional Consultant
11 19 (3.30%) Data Engineer
12 17 (2.96%) ServiceNow Architect
12 17 (2.96%) Technical Architect
13 15 (2.61%) Data Analyst
13 15 (2.61%) Data Architect
14 13 (2.26%) Java Developer
15 12 (2.09%) Technical Analyst
16 11 (1.91%) Business Architect
16 11 (1.91%) Data Modeller
16 11 (1.91%) SAP Logistics Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.43%) REST
2 53 (9.22%) SOAP
3 31 (5.39%) CSS
3 31 (5.39%) HTML
4 25 (4.35%) JSON
4 25 (4.35%) XML
5 22 (3.83%) RESTful
5 22 (3.83%) Spring
6 21 (3.65%) .NET
7 20 (3.48%) AngularJS
7 20 (3.48%) React
8 19 (3.30%) Kafka
8 19 (3.30%) Middleware
9 17 (2.96%) OAuth
10 16 (2.78%) Spring Boot
11 14 (2.43%) SAP Fiori
12 13 (2.26%) Node.js
13 12 (2.09%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (1.91%) Pandas
15 10 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 47 (8.17%) Product Ownership
2 39 (6.78%) Cloud Native
3 26 (4.52%) Data Structures
4 22 (3.83%) CMDB
4 22 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.43%) Equities
7 13 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.09%) Derivative
9 9 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.39%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.22%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.22%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (1.22%) Reinsurance
12 6 (1.04%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.87%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.87%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.26%) Windows
2 8 (1.39%) Linux
3 6 (1.04%) Unix
3 6 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.17%) Android
6 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (32.52%) Agile
2 165 (28.70%) Problem-Solving
3 147 (25.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 120 (20.87%) Data Modelling
5 105 (18.26%) CI/CD
6 104 (18.09%) DevOps
7 100 (17.39%) Analytics
8 86 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 85 (14.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 82 (14.26%) Business Intelligence
11 72 (12.52%) Migration
12 69 (12.00%) Roadmaps
13 68 (11.83%) Data Governance
13 68 (11.83%) Validation
14 63 (10.96%) Integration Patterns
15 57 (9.91%) AI
15 57 (9.91%) Scrum
16 56 (9.74%) Decision-Making
16 56 (9.74%) Microservices
17 52 (9.04%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 130 (22.61%) SQL
2 95 (16.52%) Python
3 77 (13.39%) Java
4 52 (9.04%) JavaScript
5 29 (5.04%) C#
6 23 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (2.43%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.26%) T-SQL
9 12 (2.09%) Apex Code
9 12 (2.09%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.57%) RPG
11 8 (1.39%) Groovy
12 7 (1.22%) ABAP
12 7 (1.22%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.22%) R
13 6 (1.04%) Scala
14 5 (0.87%) Bicep
14 5 (0.87%) C++
14 5 (0.87%) RPG IV
15 4 (0.70%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 90 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 79 (13.74%) Degree
3 65 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (4.00%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.74%) SAP Certification
10 9 (1.57%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.22%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.22%) PMP
13 6 (1.04%) MBA
14 4 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.70%) CSPO
14 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.52%) CISSP
15 3 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.83%) Data Quality
2 42 (7.30%) QA
3 14 (2.43%) GDPR
3 14 (2.43%) GRC
4 13 (2.26%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.74%) ISO 20022
6 9 (1.57%) NIST
7 8 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.22%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.87%) PSD2
9 5 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.87%) SEPA
10 3 (0.52%) GxP
11 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.35%) IFRS
11 2 (0.35%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.17%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (4.70%) Docker
2 6 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.52%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.17%) IAG
4 1 (0.17%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 28 (4.87%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.83%) Terraform
3 8 (1.39%) Ansible
4 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.70%) Control-M
5 4 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
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
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (15.13%) SAP
2 86 (14.96%) Microsoft
3 48 (8.35%) Oracle
4 47 (8.17%) Salesforce
5 40 (6.96%) ServiceNow
6 27 (4.70%) Databricks
7 24 (4.17%) Google
8 14 (2.43%) MuleSoft
8 14 (2.43%) Workday
9 12 (2.09%) Foundry
10 10 (1.74%) IBM
11 7 (1.22%) MicroStrategy
11 7 (1.22%) Palantir
12 6 (1.04%) Ariba
12 6 (1.04%) Cisco
12 6 (1.04%) Sitecore
12 6 (1.04%) VMware
13 5 (0.87%) Murex
13 5 (0.87%) Temenos
14 4 (0.70%) Adobe