Business Transformation Contracts

Business Transformation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Business Transformation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Transformation over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 359 413
Rank change year-on-year +1 +54 +3
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 183 244 282
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.56% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.66% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 144 199
10th Percentile £411 £402 £448
25th Percentile £469 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £569 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -5.21% +4.44%
75th Percentile £706 £661 £763
90th Percentile £825 £775 £883
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 6
10th Percentile £13.00 £22.33 £24.83
25th Percentile £35.41 £28.00 £31.18
Median hourly rate £48.75 £40.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -38.46% -
75th Percentile £67.07 - £70.00
90th Percentile £71.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.75 £40.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +21.88% -42.86% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Business Transformation 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,438 37,047 49,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.78% 85.22% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,912 23,635 34,414
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,399 2,530 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.30 £64.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +64.71%

Business Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Business Transformation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Transformation.

Daily rate trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Transformation over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Transformation.

Hourly rate trend for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Transformation over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Transformation within the UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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
England -2 166 £550 -2.22% 403
UK excluding London +16 96 £500 -16.67% 198
London 0 71 £588 +6.82% 225
Work from Home +23 62 £544 -1.14% 194
South East +53 29 £508 -18.80% 36
North of England +17 25 £488 -2.99% 58
North West +17 18 £500 - 41
South West +17 15 £550 -12.00% 25
East of England +22 12 £675 +12.50% 15
Midlands -7 11 £500 -16.67% 36
West Midlands -14 6 £500 -16.67% 28
Yorkshire +6 4 £370 -26.00% 10
East Midlands +4 4 £500 -5.66% 7
North East +1 3 £335 -62.65% 8
Scotland -1 3 £340 +11.48% 16
Wales - 1 £550 - 5

Business Transformation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.83%) SAS
2 5 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) Apache
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.55%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.28%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.09%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 31 (16.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (2.19%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.64%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (1.09%) Endur
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.09%) SAP BPC
5 2 (1.09%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.55%) Maximo
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.55%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.55%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.55%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.55%) SAP PP-PI
6 1 (0.55%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.55%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.92%) AWS
1 9 (4.92%) Azure
2 7 (3.83%) Adobe Analytics
3 6 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (3.28%) Power Platform
3 6 (3.28%) SaaS
4 5 (2.73%) Snowflake
5 4 (2.19%) GCP
5 4 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.09%) Collibra
7 2 (1.09%) IaaS
7 2 (1.09%) OCI
7 2 (1.09%) PaaS
8 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.46%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.83%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.73%) Power BI
4 3 (1.64%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.64%) Tableau
5 2 (1.09%) OLAP
5 2 (1.09%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.55%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.55%) Big Data
6 1 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.55%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.55%) GIS
6 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.55%) OLTP
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) ERwin
General
1 84 (45.90%) Social Skills
2 64 (34.97%) Finance
3 29 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.57%) Marketing
5 18 (9.84%) Banking
6 14 (7.65%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (5.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.92%) Retail
10 7 (3.83%) Back Office
10 7 (3.83%) Legal
10 7 (3.83%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (3.83%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.73%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.73%) Local Government
12 4 (2.19%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.64%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.09%) Billing
Job Titles
1 43 (23.50%) Analyst
2 36 (19.67%) Business Analyst
3 28 (15.30%) Project Manager
4 23 (12.57%) Consultant
5 22 (12.02%) Senior
6 20 (10.93%) Architect
7 19 (10.38%) Lead
8 12 (6.56%) Change Manager
9 11 (6.01%) SAP Consultant
10 9 (4.92%) Programme Manager
10 9 (4.92%) Senior Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Analytics Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Data Analytics Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Data Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Insight Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Security Consultant
11 7 (3.83%) Strategy Manager
12 6 (3.28%) Developer
12 6 (3.28%) SAP Analyst
12 6 (3.28%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.73%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.09%) ADO
2 2 (1.09%) CSS
2 2 (1.09%) HTML
2 2 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.09%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.55%) Kafka
3 1 (0.55%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.55%) Middleware
3 1 (0.55%) Pandas
3 1 (0.55%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.55%) REST
3 1 (0.55%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.55%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.55%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.55%) SOAP
3 1 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.92%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.28%) FMCG
3 4 (2.19%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.64%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.09%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.09%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.09%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.09%) Equities
5 2 (1.09%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.09%) Life Science
5 2 (1.09%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.09%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.09%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.55%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.09%) Windows
1 2 (1.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (28.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 46 (25.14%) Agile
3 35 (19.13%) Migration
4 32 (17.49%) Change Management
4 32 (17.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 28 (15.30%) Analytics
6 27 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (14.75%) Project Management
7 19 (10.38%) ERP
7 19 (10.38%) Project Delivery
7 19 (10.38%) Roadmaps
8 18 (9.84%) CRM
9 17 (9.29%) User Stories
10 16 (8.74%) Business Analysis
10 16 (8.74%) Decision-Making
11 15 (8.20%) Data Migration
12 14 (7.65%) User Acceptance Testing
12 14 (7.65%) Workshop Facilitation
13 13 (7.10%) Data Modelling
13 13 (7.10%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.29%) SQL
2 7 (3.83%) R
3 4 (2.19%) Python
4 3 (1.64%) ABAP
4 3 (1.64%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.55%) C#
6 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (11.48%) Degree
2 20 (10.93%) Security Cleared
3 16 (8.74%) PMI Certification
3 16 (8.74%) PMP
4 14 (7.65%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.19%) CBAP
7 3 (1.64%) ACCA
8 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.09%) IIBA
8 2 (1.09%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.55%) APMP
9 1 (0.55%) CAPM
9 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.55%) ISEB
9 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.55%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.55%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.73%) PMO
2 3 (1.64%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.64%) GDPR
3 2 (1.09%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.09%) QA
4 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.55%) FINRA
4 1 (0.55%) GRC
Vendors
1 50 (27.32%) SAP
2 22 (12.02%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.20%) Oracle
3 15 (8.20%) Salesforce
4 9 (4.92%) Adobe
5 7 (3.83%) Ariba
5 7 (3.83%) Teradata
6 4 (2.19%) Databricks
7 3 (1.64%) Google
8 2 (1.09%) IFS
8 2 (1.09%) Sparx
8 2 (1.09%) Workday
9 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.55%) Calypso
9 1 (0.55%) Informatica
9 1 (0.55%) Murex
9 1 (0.55%) Remedy
9 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.55%) UiPath
9 1 (0.55%) Veeam