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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 219 254
Rank change year-on-year +52 +35 +115
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 515 304 343
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 1.13% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 1.26% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 171 234
10th Percentile £350 £400 £401
25th Percentile £425 £453 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £685 £638
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 2 7 0
10th Percentile £31.61 £44.10 -
25th Percentile £38.03 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.16 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.82% - -
75th Percentile £60.86 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £66.44 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.16 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -30.82% - -

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 28,047 24,036 31,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.31% 89.14% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,899 14,761 21,230
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 1,744 772 1,471
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +70 306 £525 -10.64% 75
North of England +3 82 £440 -13.73% 33
North West +15 52 £431 -9.21% 23
South East -9 51 £513 -3.53% 72
South West +1 30 £556 +12.37% 17
Yorkshire -39 28 £450 -13.46% 4
Midlands -35 18 £500 - 25
West Midlands -35 14 £500 - 16
East of England -18 11 £573 +27.22% 14
East Midlands -24 4 £505 - 9
North East -10 2 £475 -43.28% 6
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 19 (3.69%) Confluence
2 11 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.75%) SAS
4 7 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.36%) CMS
5 5 (0.97%) Apache
6 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.78%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.39%) IIS
7 2 (0.39%) Mule
7 2 (0.39%) Mule ESB
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.19%) CICS
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (4.08%) MS Visio
2 18 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.17%) ProjectWise
4 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.78%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (4.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (3.69%) SAP WM
4 16 (3.11%) SAP EWM
5 9 (1.75%) NetSuite
5 9 (1.75%) Payment Gateway
6 7 (1.36%) SAP CO
6 7 (1.36%) SAP FI
6 7 (1.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (1.17%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.97%) Endur
8 5 (0.97%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.97%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
9 4 (0.78%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.78%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.78%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 134 (26.02%) Azure
2 82 (15.92%) AWS
3 68 (13.20%) Power Platform
4 46 (8.93%) GCP
5 23 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (3.69%) Snowflake
8 18 (3.50%) SaaS
9 17 (3.30%) GitHub
9 17 (3.30%) Power Automate
10 16 (3.11%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.72%) Serverless
12 12 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 9 (1.75%) dbt
14 8 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (1.55%) Boomi
14 8 (1.55%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.55%) 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%) Intranet
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 58 (11.26%) Power BI
2 38 (7.38%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (3.50%) Relational Database
4 17 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (3.30%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.52%) Tableau
6 11 (2.14%) Data Vault
7 9 (1.75%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 9 (1.75%) Power Query
7 9 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (1.55%) Star Schema
9 7 (1.36%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.36%) DynamoDB
9 7 (1.36%) MySQL
9 7 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (1.36%) Redis
9 7 (1.36%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 44 (8.54%) JIRA
2 26 (5.05%) Git
3 16 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.75%) GitLab
5 6 (1.17%) ERwin
5 6 (1.17%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (0.97%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.97%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.97%) Storybook
7 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.58%) Maven
7 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.39%) JUnit
8 2 (0.39%) Mockito
8 2 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.39%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.19%) PeopleTools
9 1 (0.19%) Vite
General
1 232 (45.05%) Social Skills
2 156 (30.29%) Finance
3 112 (21.75%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.77%) Banking
4 40 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (3.88%) Retail
7 17 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.52%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.33%) Marketing
11 11 (2.14%) Front Office
12 10 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.75%) Back Office
13 9 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.55%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.55%) Law
15 6 (1.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 109 (21.17%) Analyst
2 108 (20.97%) Architect
3 95 (18.45%) Developer
4 81 (15.73%) Consultant
5 79 (15.34%) Business Analyst
6 36 (6.99%) Solutions Architect
7 35 (6.80%) Lead
8 32 (6.21%) SAP Consultant
9 30 (5.83%) Senior
10 20 (3.88%) Functional Consultant
11 17 (3.30%) SAP WM Consultant
11 17 (3.30%) Technical Analyst
12 15 (2.91%) Technical Business Analyst
13 14 (2.72%) ServiceNow Architect
14 13 (2.52%) Management Consultant
15 12 (2.33%) Data Analyst
15 12 (2.33%) Project Manager
16 11 (2.14%) Data Architect
16 11 (2.14%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 10 (1.94%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (13.01%) REST
2 49 (9.51%) SOAP
3 32 (6.21%) CSS
3 32 (6.21%) HTML
4 25 (4.85%) RESTful
5 23 (4.47%) XML
6 22 (4.27%) JSON
7 21 (4.08%) Spring
8 17 (3.30%) .NET
8 17 (3.30%) Kafka
9 15 (2.91%) AngularJS
10 14 (2.72%) OAuth
10 14 (2.72%) Spring Boot
11 13 (2.52%) Middleware
11 13 (2.52%) React
12 12 (2.33%) Web Services
13 10 (1.94%) Bootstrap
13 10 (1.94%) Lightning Web Components
13 10 (1.94%) Pandas
13 10 (1.94%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.38%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.66%) Cloud Native
2 24 (4.66%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.27%) CMDB
4 16 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (1.94%) Equities
7 10 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.94%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.94%) Reinsurance
8 9 (1.75%) Credit Risk
9 8 (1.55%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.36%) Derivative
10 7 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.17%) Life Science
11 6 (1.17%) Virtual Team
12 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
1 168 (32.62%) Agile
2 159 (30.87%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (22.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (16.70%) Data Modelling
5 82 (15.92%) Analytics
6 80 (15.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 74 (14.37%) Business Intelligence
7 74 (14.37%) Roadmaps
8 71 (13.79%) DevOps
9 64 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 64 (12.43%) Validation
10 63 (12.23%) CI/CD
11 58 (11.26%) Migration
12 56 (10.87%) Scrum
13 52 (10.10%) Mentoring
13 52 (10.10%) Requirements Gathering
14 49 (9.51%) Data Governance
15 46 (8.93%) Integration Patterns
16 45 (8.74%) ERP
17 43 (8.35%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 120 (23.30%) SQL
2 66 (12.82%) Java
2 66 (12.82%) Python
3 56 (10.87%) JavaScript
4 23 (4.47%) C#
5 20 (3.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 12 (2.33%) T-SQL
7 10 (1.94%) Apex Code
7 10 (1.94%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.75%) Groovy
8 9 (1.75%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.75%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.75%) RPG
9 7 (1.36%) R
10 6 (1.17%) ABAP
10 6 (1.17%) C++
11 5 (0.97%) Bicep
11 5 (0.97%) RPG IV
12 3 (0.58%) Korn
12 3 (0.58%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 84 (16.31%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.17%) Degree
3 65 (12.62%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.88%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.30%) SAP Certification
7 16 (3.11%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.94%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.55%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.17%) CISSP
12 6 (1.17%) PMP
13 5 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.97%) CCSP
13 5 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.97%) MCP
14 4 (0.78%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (9.13%) QA
2 24 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.11%) GDPR
4 15 (2.91%) GRC
5 14 (2.72%) PCI DSS
6 12 (2.33%) 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%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.19%) FATCA
13 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.19%) SEPA
13 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (4.47%) 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 20 (3.88%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.30%) 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 88 (17.09%) SAP
2 76 (14.76%) Microsoft
3 49 (9.51%) Salesforce
4 45 (8.74%) Oracle
5 43 (8.35%) ServiceNow
6 19 (3.69%) Databricks
7 18 (3.50%) Google
8 13 (2.52%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.14%) IBM
10 7 (1.36%) Workday
11 6 (1.17%) MicroStrategy
12 5 (0.97%) Foundry
12 5 (0.97%) Informatica
12 5 (0.97%) Sparx
13 4 (0.78%) Ariba
13 4 (0.78%) Cognos
13 4 (0.78%) Murex
13 4 (0.78%) Palantir
13 4 (0.78%) Temenos
13 4 (0.78%) VMware