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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 186 224
Rank change year-on-year +46 +38 +65
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 822 370 395
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.90% 1.48% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 1.62% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 234 268
10th Percentile £375 £390 £413
25th Percentile £450 £457 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £625 £660 £691
90th Percentile £738 £751 £757
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -7.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 2
10th Percentile £21.96 £29.97 £27.05
25th Percentile £23.64 £56.94 £30.88
Median hourly rate £32.78 £70.08 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.23% +70.93% -48.23%
75th Percentile £57.38 £74.69 £52.38
90th Percentile £83.35 £75.00 £56.95
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £70.08 £41.00
% change year-on-year -45.42% +70.93% -48.23%

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 36,943 22,820 31,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 91.36% 85.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,357 14,745 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,312 1,098 2,392
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.06 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.67% -28.07% +7.07%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.13 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +58 497 £525 -4.55% 130
North of England -44 89 £475 +4.40% 50
Midlands -18 66 £525 -4.55% 24
South East -24 62 £500 +0.25% 91
North West -17 46 £417 -20.67% 34
West Midlands -30 41 £488 -2.50% 14
East of England -3 39 £513 -10.87% 5
Yorkshire -47 39 £500 +23.46% 11
South West -10 38 £544 +1.16% 20
East Midlands -12 23 £525 -25.00% 9
North East -33 4 £328 -30.13% 5
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 48 (5.84%) Confluence
2 15 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.22%) SAS
6 9 (1.09%) CMS
7 7 (0.85%) Apache
8 6 (0.73%) Sitecore CMS
9 5 (0.61%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.49%) OpenEdge
11 3 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.36%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.24%) Camunda
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.12%) Mule
13 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 20 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.07%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.73%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.24%) Sketch
5 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
5 1 (0.12%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.09%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.73%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.73%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.73%) SAP QM
5 5 (0.61%) Summit
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.49%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.49%) SAP PM
7 3 (0.36%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.36%) iTrent
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.36%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.24%) Endur
8 2 (0.24%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 222 (27.01%) Azure
2 166 (20.19%) Power Platform
3 141 (17.15%) AWS
4 65 (7.91%) Dynamics 365
5 52 (6.33%) GCP
6 43 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (4.87%) Power Automate
8 35 (4.26%) SaaS
9 34 (4.14%) Serverless
10 32 (3.89%) PowerApps
11 27 (3.28%) Entra ID
12 26 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
13 24 (2.92%) Snowflake
14 22 (2.68%) dbt
15 20 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 20 (2.43%) SuccessFactors
16 17 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
17 15 (1.82%) Azure AKS
17 15 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 14 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.19%) Firewall
2 14 (1.70%) WAN
3 13 (1.58%) Network Security
4 11 (1.34%) LAN
5 10 (1.22%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.85%) DNS
6 7 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.73%) HTTP
8 4 (0.49%) Wireless
9 3 (0.36%) BGP
9 3 (0.36%) DHCP
9 3 (0.36%) Multicast
9 3 (0.36%) OSPF
9 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.36%) VLAN
9 3 (0.36%) VXLAN
10 2 (0.24%) 5G
10 2 (0.24%) PSTN
10 2 (0.24%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (16.30%) Power BI
2 52 (6.33%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (4.99%) Metadata
3 41 (4.99%) SQL Server
4 27 (3.28%) Relational Database
5 26 (3.16%) NoSQL
6 25 (3.04%) Tableau
7 23 (2.80%) Data Lake
8 22 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (1.70%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
10 13 (1.58%) Big Data
10 13 (1.58%) Power Query
11 11 (1.34%) MySQL
11 11 (1.34%) Pinecone
11 11 (1.34%) Weaviate
12 10 (1.22%) Delta Lake
12 10 (1.22%) Star Schema
13 9 (1.09%) Data Vault
13 9 (1.09%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 74 (9.00%) JIRA
2 40 (4.87%) Git
3 29 (3.53%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.95%) GitLab
5 9 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.73%) ERwin
7 4 (0.49%) Hudson
7 4 (0.49%) JUnit
7 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.36%) MLflow
9 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.24%) Maven
9 2 (0.24%) Mockito
9 2 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.24%) Selenium
9 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.24%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.24%) Vite
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
General
1 314 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 273 (33.21%) Finance
3 180 (21.90%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (11.68%) Banking
5 69 (8.39%) Public Sector
6 43 (5.23%) Law
7 35 (4.26%) Retail
8 27 (3.28%) Front Office
8 27 (3.28%) Investment Banking
8 27 (3.28%) Marketing
9 24 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 17 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.34%) Legal
16 10 (1.22%) Local Government
17 9 (1.09%) Back Office
18 8 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 212 (25.79%) Architect
2 137 (16.67%) Analyst
3 113 (13.75%) Developer
4 97 (11.80%) Lead
5 94 (11.44%) Business Analyst
5 94 (11.44%) Consultant
6 74 (9.00%) Solutions Architect
7 59 (7.18%) Senior
8 47 (5.72%) Lead Architect
9 37 (4.50%) Data Engineer
10 31 (3.77%) Functional Architect
11 26 (3.16%) Data Analyst
12 25 (3.04%) ServiceNow Architect
13 21 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (2.55%) Technical Architect
14 20 (2.43%) SAP Consultant
15 19 (2.31%) Data Architect
15 19 (2.31%) Technical Analyst
16 17 (2.07%) Cloud Architect
16 17 (2.07%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (11.19%) REST
2 46 (5.60%) SOAP
3 43 (5.23%) .NET
4 37 (4.50%) Middleware
5 26 (3.16%) React
6 24 (2.92%) JSON
7 23 (2.80%) HTML
8 22 (2.68%) AngularJS
8 22 (2.68%) RESTful
9 21 (2.55%) CSS
10 18 (2.19%) Kafka
10 18 (2.19%) Node.js
11 17 (2.07%) OAuth
12 16 (1.95%) LangChain
13 15 (1.82%) Spring
14 14 (1.70%) Lightning Web Components
14 14 (1.70%) XML
15 13 (1.58%) ASP.NET
16 12 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
16 12 (1.46%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.46%) Product Ownership
2 52 (6.33%) Cloud Native
3 39 (4.74%) Data Structures
4 31 (3.77%) AI Agents
5 23 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.55%) Derivative
6 21 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (2.43%) Equities
8 18 (2.19%) CMDB
9 13 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.58%) Fixed Income
10 11 (1.34%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.22%) IoT
11 10 (1.22%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.09%) Algorithms
12 9 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.09%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.07%) Linux
2 15 (1.82%) Windows
3 13 (1.58%) Unix
4 10 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (28.71%) Agile
2 201 (24.45%) Problem-Solving
3 192 (23.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 184 (22.38%) Data Modelling
5 178 (21.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 166 (20.19%) Analytics
6 166 (20.19%) Business Intelligence
7 158 (19.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 154 (18.73%) CI/CD
9 144 (17.52%) Migration
10 139 (16.91%) DevOps
11 127 (15.45%) AI
12 113 (13.75%) Decision-Making
13 106 (12.90%) Validation
14 102 (12.41%) User Acceptance Testing
15 101 (12.29%) ERP
16 98 (11.92%) Data Migration
17 89 (10.83%) Roadmaps
17 89 (10.83%) Technical Leadership
18 88 (10.71%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 194 (23.60%) SQL
2 126 (15.33%) Python
3 67 (8.15%) Java
4 58 (7.06%) JavaScript
5 53 (6.45%) C#
6 31 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 18 (2.19%) TypeScript
8 15 (1.82%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.82%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.46%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.34%) Bash
11 10 (1.22%) Scala
12 7 (0.85%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.73%) R
13 6 (0.73%) X++
14 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.49%) SOQL
15 3 (0.36%) ABAP
15 3 (0.36%) C++
16 2 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 123 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 81 (9.85%) SC Cleared
3 79 (9.61%) Degree
4 35 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.58%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.09%) MBA
11 8 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.73%) CCNP
12 6 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.73%) CISSP
12 6 (0.73%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.73%) PMP
13 4 (0.49%) CCNA
13 4 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.36%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (11.44%) Data Quality
2 65 (7.91%) QA
3 32 (3.89%) GDPR
4 17 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.58%) GRC
5 13 (1.58%) NIST
6 10 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.97%) SLA
8 5 (0.61%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.61%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.61%) NCSC
9 4 (0.49%) PSD2
9 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.49%) SEPA
9 4 (0.49%) WCAG
10 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.24%) MiFID
System Software
1 36 (4.38%) Docker
2 18 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.49%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.24%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) GridGain
6 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) SRDF
6 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 37 (4.50%) Terraform
3 14 (1.70%) Ansible
4 4 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.36%) Control-M
5 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.24%) Grafana
6 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.24%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) EMC TimeFinder
7 1 (0.12%) Istio
7 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 164 (19.95%) Microsoft
2 87 (10.58%) SAP
3 64 (7.79%) Oracle
3 64 (7.79%) ServiceNow
4 51 (6.20%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.50%) Databricks
6 27 (3.28%) Workday
7 22 (2.68%) Google
8 19 (2.31%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.70%) Cisco
9 14 (1.70%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.22%) ForgeRock
10 10 (1.22%) Foundry
10 10 (1.22%) Okta
10 10 (1.22%) VMware
11 8 (0.97%) Ariba
11 8 (0.97%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.85%) Adobe
12 7 (0.85%) Juniper
13 6 (0.73%) Sitecore