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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 180 220
Rank change year-on-year +64 +40 +40
Contract jobs citing Translating Business Requirements 1,026 435 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 1.58% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 1.74% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 272 252
10th Percentile £400 £375 £413
25th Percentile £463 £424 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -10.20%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £639
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 1
10th Percentile £23.00 £29.11 -
25th Percentile £26.98 £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 £59.06 £70.16 £29.50
90th Percentile £85.38 - -
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 38,748 25,020 28,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.83% 85.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,949 15,925 18,341
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,582 1,471 1,520
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.25 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% -3.67%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +59 616 £550 - 175
North of England -40 101 £495 +10.00% 58
Midlands -7 98 £525 -4.55% 45
South East -10 96 £586 +16.57% 86
West Midlands +4 70 £523 +4.50% 30
North West -13 52 £492 -6.29% 30
South West -15 49 £525 -6.67% 27
Yorkshire -43 41 £514 +21.66% 20
East of England +2 34 £500 -9.09% 15
East Midlands -10 26 £525 -25.00% 15
North East -33 8 £328 -29.19% 10
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 61 (5.95%) Confluence
2 27 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.07%) SAS
6 8 (0.78%) Apache
7 7 (0.68%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.49%) CMS
8 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.39%) OpenEdge
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.29%) IIS
11 2 (0.19%) Appian
11 2 (0.19%) Camunda
11 2 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.097%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.097%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.097%) Mendix
Applications
1 27 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.17%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.097%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.097%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.097%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.097%) Notion
7 1 (0.097%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 41 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.56%) Workday HCM
4 10 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.78%) SAP QM
6 7 (0.68%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.49%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.49%) SAP PS
8 5 (0.49%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.39%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.39%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.39%) SAP PM
9 4 (0.39%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.29%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
10 3 (0.29%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 282 (27.49%) Azure
2 204 (19.88%) Power Platform
3 143 (13.94%) AWS
4 83 (8.09%) Dynamics 365
5 64 (6.24%) GCP
6 62 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (5.75%) Power Automate
8 48 (4.68%) PowerApps
9 43 (4.19%) SaaS
9 43 (4.19%) Snowflake
10 41 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
11 38 (3.70%) Entra ID
12 32 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
12 32 (3.12%) dbt
13 29 (2.83%) Serverless
14 28 (2.73%) Microsoft Copilot
15 22 (2.14%) GitHub
16 20 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 20 (1.95%) SuccessFactors
17 17 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.85%) Firewall
2 10 (0.97%) Network Security
2 10 (0.97%) WAN
3 8 (0.78%) LAN
3 8 (0.78%) SD-WAN
4 6 (0.58%) HTTP
5 5 (0.49%) DNS
5 5 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.39%) DHCP
6 4 (0.39%) Multicast
6 4 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.29%) BGP
7 3 (0.29%) OSPF
7 3 (0.29%) VPN
7 3 (0.29%) Wireless
8 2 (0.19%) MPLS
8 2 (0.19%) SAN
8 2 (0.19%) Skype
8 2 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (15.89%) Power BI
2 80 (7.80%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (4.97%) Metadata
4 50 (4.87%) SQL Server
5 33 (3.22%) Data Lake
6 31 (3.02%) Relational Database
7 28 (2.73%) Tableau
8 17 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.46%) Power Query
10 13 (1.27%) Data Vault
11 12 (1.17%) Big Data
11 12 (1.17%) BigQuery
11 12 (1.17%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
12 11 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (1.07%) Star Schema
13 10 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
13 10 (0.97%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 89 (8.67%) JIRA
2 44 (4.29%) Git
3 33 (3.22%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.66%) GitLab
5 9 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.68%) Selenium
7 6 (0.58%) JUnit
7 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.39%) Hudson
8 4 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.29%) Gatling
9 3 (0.29%) Maven
9 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.19%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.19%) MLflow
10 2 (0.19%) Mockito
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 432 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 357 (34.80%) Finance
3 230 (22.42%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (11.50%) Banking
5 96 (9.36%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.29%) Retail
7 43 (4.19%) Marketing
8 41 (4.00%) Law
9 40 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (3.70%) Front Office
11 35 (3.41%) Investment Banking
12 24 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (2.24%) Manufacturing
13 23 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.66%) Legal
16 13 (1.27%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.27%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 258 (25.15%) Architect
2 179 (17.45%) Analyst
3 140 (13.65%) Developer
4 116 (11.31%) Lead
5 115 (11.21%) Business Analyst
6 113 (11.01%) Consultant
7 97 (9.45%) Solutions Architect
8 87 (8.48%) Senior
9 53 (5.17%) Data Engineer
10 49 (4.78%) Lead Architect
11 36 (3.51%) Data Analyst
12 32 (3.12%) Data Architect
13 31 (3.02%) Functional Architect
13 31 (3.02%) Technical Analyst
14 25 (2.44%) Technical Architect
15 24 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
16 23 (2.24%) SAP Consultant
17 22 (2.14%) Product Owner
17 22 (2.14%) Technical Business Analyst
18 21 (2.05%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (10.04%) REST
2 59 (5.75%) .NET
3 56 (5.46%) SOAP
4 39 (3.80%) Middleware
5 38 (3.70%) Terraform
6 34 (3.31%) JSON
7 27 (2.63%) React
8 26 (2.53%) Kafka
9 21 (2.05%) AngularJS
10 20 (1.95%) HTML
10 20 (1.95%) RESTful
11 19 (1.85%) CSS
12 18 (1.75%) LangChain
12 18 (1.75%) OAuth
13 15 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
13 15 (1.46%) Spring
14 14 (1.36%) PySpark
15 13 (1.27%) .NET Core
15 13 (1.27%) ASP.NET
15 13 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 108 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 57 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 50 (4.87%) Data Structures
4 39 (3.80%) AI Agents
5 38 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 37 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (3.22%) CMDB
8 27 (2.63%) Management Information System
9 24 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.85%) Virtual Team
13 17 (1.66%) Derivative
14 14 (1.36%) Fixed Income
14 14 (1.36%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.27%) Equities
15 13 (1.27%) Reference Data
16 12 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
17 10 (0.97%) Algorithms
17 10 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.85%) Linux
2 17 (1.66%) Windows
3 12 (1.17%) Unix
4 9 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.097%) Android
7 1 (0.097%) CentOS
7 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.097%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.097%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (32.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 314 (30.60%) Agile
3 247 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
4 243 (23.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 240 (23.39%) Data Modelling
6 222 (21.64%) Analytics
7 219 (21.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 205 (19.98%) Business Intelligence
9 181 (17.64%) Migration
10 180 (17.54%) AI
11 171 (16.67%) CI/CD
12 164 (15.98%) DevOps
13 155 (15.11%) Decision-Making
14 144 (14.04%) User Acceptance Testing
15 130 (12.67%) ERP
15 130 (12.67%) Requirements Gathering
15 130 (12.67%) Workshop Facilitation
16 129 (12.57%) Validation
17 123 (11.99%) Roadmaps
18 114 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 244 (23.78%) SQL
2 126 (12.28%) Python
3 72 (7.02%) JavaScript
4 60 (5.85%) C#
4 60 (5.85%) Java
5 31 (3.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 24 (2.34%) TypeScript
7 21 (2.05%) PL/SQL
8 16 (1.56%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.36%) Apex Code
9 14 (1.36%) Bash
10 10 (0.97%) Scala
10 10 (0.97%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.88%) X++
12 5 (0.49%) R
13 4 (0.39%) ABAP
13 4 (0.39%) C++
13 4 (0.39%) SOQL
14 3 (0.29%) Korn
14 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 200 (19.49%) Security Cleared
2 147 (14.33%) SC Cleared
3 80 (7.80%) Degree
4 28 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.53%) DV Cleared
6 24 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.17%) PMP
9 11 (1.07%) AWS Certification
10 10 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.97%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.78%) CISSP
11 8 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.58%) ACCA
13 6 (0.58%) CIMA
13 6 (0.58%) IIBA
14 5 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.49%) Tableau Certification
15 4 (0.39%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (13.26%) Data Quality
2 92 (8.97%) QA
3 34 (3.31%) GDPR
4 19 (1.85%) GRC
4 19 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.97%) NIST
6 10 (0.97%) SLA
7 6 (0.58%) NCSC
7 6 (0.58%) WCAG
8 5 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.29%) PSD2
11 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.19%) IFRS
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 40 (3.90%) Docker
2 26 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.29%) vSphere
5 2 (0.19%) ACF2
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.19%) RACF
6 1 (0.097%) GridGain
6 1 (0.097%) IAG
6 1 (0.097%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.097%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (4.58%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.66%) Ansible
3 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.39%) Grafana
4 4 (0.39%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.29%) Control-M
5 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.29%) Kustomize
6 2 (0.19%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.097%) Argo
7 1 (0.097%) Istio
7 1 (0.097%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.097%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.097%) Puppet
7 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.097%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.097%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.097%) vRealize
Vendors
1 240 (23.39%) Microsoft
2 105 (10.23%) SAP
3 84 (8.19%) ServiceNow
4 72 (7.02%) Oracle
5 53 (5.17%) Databricks
5 53 (5.17%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.31%) Workday
7 32 (3.12%) Google
8 20 (1.95%) OpenAI
9 14 (1.36%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.07%) Ariba
10 11 (1.07%) Cisco
11 10 (0.97%) ForgeRock
11 10 (0.97%) Informatica
11 10 (0.97%) Okta
11 10 (0.97%) VMware
12 9 (0.88%) Adobe
13 7 (0.68%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.68%) IBM
14 6 (0.58%) Alteryx