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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 218 245
Rank change year-on-year +49 +27 +142
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 507 321 365
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.12% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.26% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 182 253
10th Percentile £356 £401 £400
25th Percentile £425 £458 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% -2.00%
75th Percentile £625 £684 £638
90th Percentile £706 £740 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £34.11 £44.10 -
25th Percentile £44.29 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% - -
75th Percentile £66.96 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £68.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -13.79% - -

All Process and 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 28,123 25,389 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.50% 88.70% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,664 22,179
10th Percentile £300 £313 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £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 1,806 836 1,435
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.43 £19.09
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 +77 295 £525 -8.70% 121
North of England -17 79 £469 -9.86% 140
South East -6 50 £525 -2.33% 148
North West +6 47 £492 +3.58% 73
South West +16 33 £563 +13.64% 64
Yorkshire -31 29 £469 -10.71% 52
Midlands -44 21 £500 - 109
West Midlands -32 17 £500 -4.76% 51
East of England -19 12 £570 +26.67% 80
East Midlands -17 4 £505 +34.60% 52
North East -8 3 £450 -46.27% 15
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 18 (3.55%) Confluence
2 13 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.78%) SAS
4 8 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.38%) CMS
6 6 (1.18%) Apache
7 5 (0.99%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.79%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.39%) IIS
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.39%) Mule
9 2 (0.39%) Mule ESB
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.16%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.18%) ProjectWise
5 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.79%) Autodesk Inventor
7 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (4.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (4.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (3.75%) SAP WM
4 16 (3.16%) SAP EWM
5 9 (1.78%) NetSuite
5 9 (1.78%) Payment Gateway
6 8 (1.58%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (1.38%) Oracle Assets
7 7 (1.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (1.38%) SAP CO
7 7 (1.38%) SAP FI
7 7 (1.38%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (1.38%) SAP PM
8 6 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (1.18%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.99%) Endur
9 5 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.99%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 132 (26.04%) Azure
2 74 (14.60%) AWS
3 64 (12.62%) Power Platform
4 46 (9.07%) GCP
5 25 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (4.93%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (4.34%) SaaS
6 22 (4.34%) Snowflake
7 21 (4.14%) Power Automate
8 18 (3.55%) PowerApps
9 15 (2.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 13 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (2.56%) GitHub
11 11 (2.17%) Entra ID
12 10 (1.97%) dbt
13 9 (1.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (1.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 9 (1.78%) Serverless
14 8 (1.58%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.78%) Firewall
1 9 (1.78%) Network Security
2 2 (0.39%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.20%) Cisco ICM
3 1 (0.20%) DHCP
3 1 (0.20%) DNS
3 1 (0.20%) FTP
3 1 (0.20%) Internet
3 1 (0.20%) Intranet
3 1 (0.20%) POP3
3 1 (0.20%) Skype
3 1 (0.20%) SMTP
3 1 (0.20%) SSL
3 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.06%) Power BI
2 38 (7.50%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.16%) Relational Database
4 15 (2.96%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.56%) Tableau
6 12 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.97%) Data Vault
7 10 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 8 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
8 8 (1.58%) Power Query
8 8 (1.58%) Snowflake Schema
9 7 (1.38%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.38%) SAP BW
9 7 (1.38%) Star Schema
10 6 (1.18%) Metadata
10 6 (1.18%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.99%) Big Data
11 5 (0.99%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 45 (8.88%) JIRA
2 26 (5.13%) Git
3 11 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.38%) Oracle APEX
4 7 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.18%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (0.99%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.99%) ERwin
6 5 (0.99%) GitLab
6 5 (0.99%) Storybook
7 3 (0.59%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.39%) JUnit
8 2 (0.39%) Maven
8 2 (0.39%) Mockito
8 2 (0.39%) Postman
8 2 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.20%) MLflow
9 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 236 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 154 (30.37%) Finance
3 109 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 39 (7.69%) Banking
6 28 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (2.96%) Retail
10 14 (2.76%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.56%) Marketing
12 12 (2.37%) Front Office
13 9 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.58%) Back Office
14 8 (1.58%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.58%) General Ledger
14 8 (1.58%) Law
14 8 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (21.50%) Architect
2 107 (21.10%) Analyst
3 95 (18.74%) Developer
4 78 (15.38%) Consultant
5 77 (15.19%) Business Analyst
6 36 (7.10%) Solutions Architect
7 34 (6.71%) Lead
8 33 (6.51%) SAP Consultant
8 33 (6.51%) Senior
9 19 (3.75%) Functional Consultant
10 17 (3.35%) SAP WM Consultant
11 14 (2.76%) Technical Analyst
12 13 (2.56%) Data Analyst
12 13 (2.56%) Management Consultant
12 13 (2.56%) Technical Architect
13 12 (2.37%) Project Manager
13 12 (2.37%) ServiceNow Architect
13 12 (2.37%) Technical Business Analyst
14 11 (2.17%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.17%) SAP Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (11.24%) REST
2 44 (8.68%) SOAP
3 33 (6.51%) HTML
4 32 (6.31%) CSS
5 20 (3.94%) XML
6 19 (3.75%) JSON
7 18 (3.55%) RESTful
8 17 (3.35%) .NET
9 15 (2.96%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.96%) Kafka
9 15 (2.96%) Middleware
9 15 (2.96%) Spring
10 14 (2.76%) Web Services
11 13 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (2.37%) React
13 10 (1.97%) Bootstrap
13 10 (1.97%) Pandas
13 10 (1.97%) SAP Fiori
13 10 (1.97%) Spring Boot
13 10 (1.97%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.54%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.94%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.94%) CMDB
4 13 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.97%) Public Cloud
6 10 (1.97%) Reinsurance
7 9 (1.78%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.58%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.38%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.18%) Equities
10 6 (1.18%) Life Science
11 5 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.78%) Windows
2 7 (1.38%) Linux
3 5 (0.99%) Unix
4 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.20%) Solaris
5 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (34.12%) Agile
2 156 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (22.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 88 (17.36%) Data Modelling
5 81 (15.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 80 (15.78%) Analytics
7 71 (14.00%) Roadmaps
8 69 (13.61%) DevOps
9 68 (13.41%) Business Intelligence
10 66 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (12.23%) Scrum
12 60 (11.83%) Validation
13 59 (11.64%) Migration
14 54 (10.65%) CI/CD
15 52 (10.26%) Mentoring
16 50 (9.86%) Data Governance
17 48 (9.47%) Requirements Gathering
18 46 (9.07%) ERP
19 44 (8.68%) Workshop Facilitation
20 43 (8.48%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 111 (21.89%) SQL
2 60 (11.83%) Python
3 58 (11.44%) JavaScript
4 57 (11.24%) Java
5 18 (3.55%) C#
6 14 (2.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (2.56%) Apex Code
8 12 (2.37%) PL/SQL
8 12 (2.37%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.78%) Groovy
9 9 (1.78%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.78%) RPG
9 9 (1.78%) TypeScript
10 7 (1.38%) R
11 6 (1.18%) ABAP
12 5 (0.99%) Bicep
12 5 (0.99%) RPG IV
13 4 (0.79%) Korn
13 4 (0.79%) VBA
14 3 (0.59%) C++
Qualifications
1 85 (16.77%) Security Cleared
2 74 (14.60%) Degree
3 68 (13.41%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.75%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.35%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.35%) SAP Certification
7 13 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.78%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.38%) PMP
10 6 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.18%) CISSP
11 5 (0.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.99%) CCSP
11 5 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.99%) MCP
12 4 (0.79%) CSPO
12 4 (0.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.69%) QA
2 23 (4.54%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.35%) GDPR
4 14 (2.76%) GRC
5 10 (1.97%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.78%) NIST
7 8 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.38%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.38%) PSD2
9 6 (1.18%) ISO 19650
9 6 (1.18%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.59%) GxP
11 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.20%) Basel III
12 1 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.20%) FATCA
12 1 (0.20%) MiFID
12 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (3.94%) Docker
2 5 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) KVM
Systems Management
1 16 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.76%) Terraform
3 9 (1.78%) Ansible
4 4 (0.79%) Control-M
5 2 (0.39%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.20%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.20%) Grafana
6 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 92 (18.15%) SAP
2 81 (15.98%) Microsoft
3 50 (9.86%) Salesforce
4 46 (9.07%) Oracle
5 42 (8.28%) ServiceNow
6 19 (3.75%) Databricks
7 16 (3.16%) Google
8 11 (2.17%) IBM
9 10 (1.97%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.38%) Workday
11 5 (0.99%) Foundry
11 5 (0.99%) Informatica
11 5 (0.99%) MicroStrategy
11 5 (0.99%) Sparx
12 4 (0.79%) Ariba
12 4 (0.79%) Cognos
12 4 (0.79%) Murex
12 4 (0.79%) Palantir
12 4 (0.79%) Temenos
12 4 (0.79%) VMware