Business Transformation Contract Job Trends

Business Transformation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Business Transformation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 352 356
Rank change year-on-year -81 +4 +46
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 156 177 252
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.56% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.63% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 102 171
10th Percentile £406 £342 £413
25th Percentile £463 £482 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £660 £709 £638
90th Percentile £738 £780 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £594 £525
% change year-on-year -7.37% +13.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £61.50 £22.16
25th Percentile £88.75 £68.44 £25.49
Median hourly rate £92.50 £73.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.42% +110.71% -
75th Percentile £96.25 £75.00 £38.75
90th Percentile - - £62.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £92.50 £73.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.42% +110.71% -

All Process & 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 32,565 28,230 37,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.70% 88.92% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,598 17,153 25,051
10th Percentile £304 £308 £304
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,982 906 1,726
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.15
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.80 £17.54
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +17.96%
75th Percentile £56.69 £62.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.81 £75.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £40.28
% change year-on-year -22.03% -23.58% +46.45%

Business Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Transformation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Business Transformation job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Transformation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Transformation

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Transformation over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Transformation in the UK

Business Transformation
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Transformation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Business Transformation

Business Transformation
Top 16 Contract Job 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 18 January 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
England -73 142 £600 +2.13% 98
UK excluding London -66 79 £550 -7.37% 91
London -22 67 £625 +8.70% 26
Work from Home -28 64 £600 - 71
South East -7 26 £600 +2.13% 37
North of England -48 20 £475 -22.45% 14
Midlands -54 18 £530 -3.64% 17
North West -22 12 £463 -15.91% 9
West Midlands -42 11 £588 +2.17% 13
East Midlands -22 7 £483 +20.63% 4
Scotland +8 5 £475 +11.76% 3
East of England -23 5 £600 -14.29% 7
Yorkshire -50 5 £613 -9.26% 3
South West -8 3 - - 11
North East -14 3 £450 -32.08% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £450 - 1

Business Transformation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 10 (6.41%) Confluence
2 6 (3.85%) nginx
3 1 (0.64%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (3.21%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.64%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (10.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (9.62%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (7.69%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (3.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (2.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (1.28%) Maximo
8 2 (1.28%) NetSuite
8 2 (1.28%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.64%) Bankmaster
9 1 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.64%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.64%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.64%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.64%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.54%) AWS
2 13 (8.33%) Azure
3 12 (7.69%) GCP
4 7 (4.49%) AWS CloudFormation
4 7 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (4.49%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.85%) SaaS
6 4 (2.56%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.28%) BlazeMeter
8 2 (1.28%) Lucidchart
8 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.28%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.28%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.64%) Firewall
1 1 (0.64%) FTP
1 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.21%) Power BI
2 3 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.28%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.28%) Metadata
3 2 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.28%) Pinecone
4 1 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.64%) Big Data
4 1 (0.64%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.64%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.64%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.64%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.64%) Tableau
4 1 (0.64%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 11 (7.05%) JIRA
2 5 (3.21%) Git
3 2 (1.28%) JMeter
3 2 (1.28%) Locust
3 2 (1.28%) Selenium
4 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.64%) Zephyr
General
1 72 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 70 (44.87%) Finance
3 17 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.26%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.05%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (5.77%) Legal
7 7 (4.49%) Law
8 6 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.21%) Marketing
9 5 (3.21%) Retail
10 4 (2.56%) Banking
11 3 (1.92%) Local Government
12 2 (1.28%) Advertising
12 2 (1.28%) French Language
12 2 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.28%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 32 (20.51%) Project Manager
2 25 (16.03%) Consultant
3 21 (13.46%) Analyst
4 17 (10.90%) Senior
5 15 (9.62%) Architect
5 15 (9.62%) Business Analyst
6 14 (8.97%) Senior Manager
7 11 (7.05%) Change Manager
8 10 (6.41%) Senior Project Manager
9 9 (5.77%) Lead
9 9 (5.77%) Programme Manager
10 8 (5.13%) IT Manager
10 8 (5.13%) Transformation Consultant
11 7 (4.49%) Functional Consultant
11 7 (4.49%) IT Project Manager
11 7 (4.49%) Oracle Consultant
11 7 (4.49%) SAP Manager
12 6 (3.85%) Oracle Functional Consultant
12 6 (3.85%) SAP Consultant
12 6 (3.85%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.92%) LangChain
2 3 (1.92%) LangGraph
3 2 (1.28%) pytest
3 2 (1.28%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.64%) ADO
4 1 (0.64%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.64%) gRPC
4 1 (0.64%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.64%) JAAS
4 1 (0.64%) JSSE
4 1 (0.64%) Kafka
4 1 (0.64%) Playwright
4 1 (0.64%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.64%) REST
4 1 (0.64%) RESTful
4 1 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.64%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (0.64%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.21%) AI Agents
1 5 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (3.21%) Cloud Native
2 4 (2.56%) SCADA
3 3 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.92%) Operational Technology
3 3 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.28%) Life Science
4 2 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.28%) Web Conferencing
5 1 (0.64%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.64%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.64%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.64%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.21%) Linux
1 5 (3.21%) Windows
2 4 (2.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (30.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (27.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 42 (26.92%) Change Management
4 41 (26.28%) Agile
5 36 (23.08%) Project Management
6 34 (21.79%) ERP
7 29 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (16.67%) Roadmaps
9 21 (13.46%) PRINCE2
10 20 (12.82%) Business Strategy
11 19 (12.18%) Project Delivery
12 18 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (10.90%) Migration
14 16 (10.26%) CRM
15 14 (8.97%) Data Migration
15 14 (8.97%) Scrum
15 14 (8.97%) Workshop Facilitation
16 13 (8.33%) AI
17 12 (7.69%) Business Analysis
17 12 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.49%) Python
2 4 (2.56%) Bash
2 4 (2.56%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.56%) SQL
3 2 (1.28%) Java
3 2 (1.28%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.64%) Cypher
4 1 (0.64%) Scala
4 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (8.97%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.69%) PMI Certification
4 11 (7.05%) Degree
4 11 (7.05%) PMP
5 4 (2.56%) ACCA
5 4 (2.56%) APMG
6 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.28%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (1.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.64%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.64%) CISM
7 1 (0.64%) CISSP
7 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.64%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.64%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.21%) GDPR
1 5 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (3.21%) QA
2 3 (1.92%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.92%) NCSC
2 3 (1.92%) PMO
3 2 (1.28%) ITGC
3 2 (1.28%) NIST
4 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.64%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (2.56%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.56%) Docker
1 4 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.13%) Terraform
2 5 (3.21%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.56%) Consul
3 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.56%) Packer
3 4 (2.56%) SCCM
4 2 (1.28%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 31 (19.87%) SAP
2 24 (15.38%) Oracle
3 17 (10.90%) Microsoft
4 15 (9.62%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.56%) Citrix
5 4 (2.56%) Google
5 4 (2.56%) Sage
5 4 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.56%) VMware
6 3 (1.92%) Workday
7 2 (1.28%) Adobe
7 2 (1.28%) Ariba
8 1 (0.64%) BT
8 1 (0.64%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.64%) Databricks
8 1 (0.64%) Epicor
8 1 (0.64%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.64%) Siemens
8 1 (0.64%) Sparx
8 1 (0.64%) Tagetik