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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 159 229
Rank change year-on-year +43 +70 +33
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 1,057 476 350
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.28% 1.74% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 1.91% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 294 229
10th Percentile £401 £375 £410
25th Percentile £463 £425 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £538 £543
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -0.92% -9.58%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £740
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 1
10th Percentile £23.00 £29.11 -
25th Percentile - £45.75 £24.50
Median hourly rate £38.25 £62.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.80% +131.48% -65.90%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.16 £29.50
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £62.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -38.80% +131.48% -65.90%

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 39,170 24,908 27,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 90.84% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,910 15,798 17,347
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,803 1,504 1,266
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.74 £17.69 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%
75th Percentile £67.85 £47.50 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -1.10%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 +42 619 £563 +2.27% 608
Midlands +15 114 £525 +5.00% 122
South East +1 104 £586 +16.57% 187
North of England -51 96 £500 +9.89% 165
West Midlands +11 86 £510 +2.00% 72
South West -12 55 £525 -7.69% 55
North West -35 48 £492 -5.16% 98
Yorkshire -46 40 £507 +13.93% 49
East of England -13 35 £500 -12.28% 39
East Midlands -2 27 £525 -25.00% 50
North East -29 8 £328 -29.19% 18
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 (6.34%) Confluence
2 31 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (1.42%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.23%) CMS
6 11 (1.04%) SAS
7 10 (0.95%) Apache
8 8 (0.76%) Jupyter
9 7 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.38%) OpenEdge
11 4 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.28%) IIS
12 3 (0.28%) NetWeaver
12 3 (0.28%) SAP EP
13 2 (0.19%) Appian
13 2 (0.19%) Camunda
13 2 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
13 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.095%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.095%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.095%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.095%) Notion
8 1 (0.095%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 41 (3.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.61%) Workday HCM
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.76%) SAP QM
6 7 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.57%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.47%) Aladdin
8 5 (0.47%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.47%) SAP PS
9 4 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.38%) SAP CRM
9 4 (0.38%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.38%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.38%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.38%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.28%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 293 (27.72%) Azure
2 196 (18.54%) Power Platform
3 170 (16.08%) AWS
4 70 (6.62%) GCP
5 67 (6.34%) Dynamics 365
6 65 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (5.20%) Power Automate
8 49 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
9 48 (4.54%) PowerApps
9 48 (4.54%) SaaS
10 42 (3.97%) Snowflake
11 37 (3.50%) Microsoft Copilot
12 35 (3.31%) Entra ID
12 35 (3.31%) Serverless
13 34 (3.22%) GitHub
14 31 (2.93%) Azure Data Factory
15 30 (2.84%) dbt
16 19 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 19 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (1.70%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.80%) Firewall
2 10 (0.95%) Network Security
3 9 (0.85%) WAN
4 7 (0.66%) LAN
4 7 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.57%) HTTP
6 5 (0.47%) DNS
6 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.28%) BGP
8 3 (0.28%) DHCP
8 3 (0.28%) Multicast
8 3 (0.28%) OSPF
8 3 (0.28%) VPN
8 3 (0.28%) Wireless
9 2 (0.19%) MPLS
9 2 (0.19%) NGFW
9 2 (0.19%) Skype
9 2 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (13.72%) Power BI
2 73 (6.91%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (4.64%) Metadata
4 47 (4.45%) SQL Server
5 36 (3.41%) Relational Database
6 33 (3.12%) Data Lake
7 26 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (2.08%) Tableau
9 18 (1.70%) Power Query
10 16 (1.51%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.42%) Data Vault
11 15 (1.42%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.14%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.04%) Big Data
13 11 (1.04%) Redis
14 10 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.95%) Delta Lake
14 10 (0.95%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 96 (9.08%) JIRA
2 66 (6.24%) Git
3 41 (3.88%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.18%) GitLab
5 17 (1.61%) JUnit
6 11 (1.04%) Maven
7 10 (0.95%) Mockito
7 10 (0.95%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.85%) Selenium
9 7 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
10 6 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.57%) Gatling
10 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.47%) Hudson
11 5 (0.47%) Terragrunt
12 3 (0.28%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.19%) JDeveloper
13 2 (0.19%) LoadRunner
13 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
General
1 474 (44.84%) Social Skills
2 342 (32.36%) Finance
3 259 (24.50%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (12.02%) Banking
5 111 (10.50%) Public Sector
6 48 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
7 45 (4.26%) Marketing
8 41 (3.88%) Retail
9 37 (3.50%) Front Office
10 36 (3.41%) Investment Banking
11 29 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
11 29 (2.74%) Manufacturing
12 28 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 26 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (2.08%) Law
15 20 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (1.61%) Legal
17 16 (1.51%) Telecoms
18 14 (1.32%) Aerospace
18 14 (1.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 247 (23.37%) Architect
2 185 (17.50%) Analyst
3 155 (14.66%) Developer
4 116 (10.97%) Business Analyst
5 115 (10.88%) Consultant
6 105 (9.93%) Senior
6 105 (9.93%) Solutions Architect
7 103 (9.74%) Lead
8 54 (5.11%) Data Engineer
9 36 (3.41%) Data Analyst
10 33 (3.12%) Technical Architect
11 27 (2.55%) Lead Architect
11 27 (2.55%) Technical Analyst
11 27 (2.55%) Technical Leader
12 26 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
13 25 (2.37%) Data Architect
14 23 (2.18%) SAP Consultant
15 21 (1.99%) Financial Analyst
15 21 (1.99%) Java Developer
16 20 (1.89%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (10.41%) REST
2 65 (6.15%) .NET
3 62 (5.87%) SOAP
4 47 (4.45%) Terraform
5 45 (4.26%) Middleware
6 37 (3.50%) Kafka
7 36 (3.41%) JSON
8 30 (2.84%) React
9 29 (2.74%) AngularJS
10 28 (2.65%) Spring
11 27 (2.55%) HTML
11 27 (2.55%) RESTful
12 25 (2.37%) CSS
13 23 (2.18%) Spring Boot
14 21 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
14 21 (1.99%) Web Services
15 17 (1.61%) LangChain
16 15 (1.42%) PySpark
17 14 (1.32%) .NET Core
17 14 (1.32%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 112 (10.60%) Product Ownership
2 78 (7.38%) Cloud Native
3 52 (4.92%) Data Structures
4 47 (4.45%) AI Agents
5 44 (4.16%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (4.07%) Onboarding
7 33 (3.12%) CMDB
7 33 (3.12%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (2.18%) Virtual Team
11 22 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.70%) Low-Code
13 15 (1.42%) Derivative
14 12 (1.14%) Algorithms
14 12 (1.14%) Reference Data
15 11 (1.04%) Equities
15 11 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
15 11 (1.04%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.70%) Windows
2 17 (1.61%) Linux
3 9 (0.85%) Unix
3 9 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.19%) zOS
5 1 (0.095%) Android
5 1 (0.095%) CentOS
5 1 (0.095%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.095%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.095%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (36.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 332 (31.41%) Agile
3 267 (25.26%) Problem-Solving
4 228 (21.57%) Data Modelling
4 228 (21.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 227 (21.48%) Analytics
6 223 (21.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (19.68%) AI
8 185 (17.50%) CI/CD
9 178 (16.84%) Business Intelligence
10 170 (16.08%) Migration
11 169 (15.99%) Decision-Making
12 163 (15.42%) DevOps
13 145 (13.72%) Requirements Gathering
14 142 (13.43%) Workshop Facilitation
15 141 (13.34%) Roadmaps
16 138 (13.06%) User Acceptance Testing
17 134 (12.68%) Validation
18 126 (11.92%) Technical Leadership
19 115 (10.88%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 243 (22.99%) SQL
2 135 (12.77%) Python
3 82 (7.76%) JavaScript
4 75 (7.10%) Java
5 62 (5.87%) C#
6 36 (3.41%) TypeScript
7 28 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 20 (1.89%) PL/SQL
9 15 (1.42%) Bash
9 15 (1.42%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.04%) Apex Code
10 11 (1.04%) Scala
11 10 (0.95%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.85%) X++
13 8 (0.76%) ABAP
14 5 (0.47%) C++
15 3 (0.28%) C
15 3 (0.28%) Korn
15 3 (0.28%) R
15 3 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 221 (20.91%) Security Cleared
2 160 (15.14%) SC Cleared
3 78 (7.38%) Degree
4 29 (2.74%) DV Cleared
5 26 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (1.80%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.51%) PMP
8 14 (1.32%) PMI Certification
9 13 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.85%) ACCA
12 9 (0.85%) CIMA
13 8 (0.76%) CISSP
14 7 (0.66%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.57%) IIBA
16 5 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
17 4 (0.38%) CBAP
17 4 (0.38%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 96 (9.08%) QA
3 31 (2.93%) GDPR
4 21 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.51%) GRC
6 15 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.76%) SLA
7 8 (0.76%) WCAG
8 7 (0.66%) NCSC
8 7 (0.66%) NIST
9 6 (0.57%) PMO
10 5 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.38%) PSD2
12 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.28%) IFRS
12 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 54 (5.11%) Docker
2 25 (2.37%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.28%) ACF2
5 3 (0.28%) RACF
5 3 (0.28%) vSphere
6 1 (0.095%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.095%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.095%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.095%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.61%) Ansible
3 12 (1.14%) Grafana
3 12 (1.14%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.38%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.19%) Control-M
6 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.19%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.095%) Argo
7 1 (0.095%) Istio
7 1 (0.095%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.095%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.095%) Puppet
7 1 (0.095%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.095%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.095%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.095%) vRealize
Vendors
1 244 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 106 (10.03%) SAP
3 86 (8.14%) ServiceNow
4 81 (7.66%) Oracle
5 56 (5.30%) Databricks
6 50 (4.73%) Salesforce
7 37 (3.50%) Google
8 31 (2.93%) Workday
9 21 (1.99%) OpenAI
10 16 (1.51%) Adobe
11 15 (1.42%) IBM
12 13 (1.23%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.04%) Ariba
13 11 (1.04%) Informatica
14 10 (0.95%) Cisco
14 10 (0.95%) Pega
15 9 (0.85%) VMware
16 8 (0.76%) Alteryx
17 7 (0.66%) ForgeRock
17 7 (0.66%) Okta