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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 362 402
Rank change year-on-year -45 +40 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 173 186 229
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.51% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.60% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 102 160
10th Percentile £425 £451 £413
25th Percentile £459 £500 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.52% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £684 £720 £655
90th Percentile £775 £787 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £619 £550
% change year-on-year -13.94% +12.50% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £13.00 - £23.38
25th Percentile £18.22 - £27.31
Median hourly rate £36.94 £28.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.93% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £53.70 - £61.25
90th Percentile £77.26 £30.57 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.94 £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +31.93% -20.00% -

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 31,669 31,225 41,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.01% 86.16% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,839 18,782 27,829
10th Percentile £297 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.43% -3.16%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,054 1,104 1,592
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.46 £20.12 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.17
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -18.92% +23.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.50 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.53 £33.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -31.73% -24.70% +51.64%

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 12 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Transformation over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Transformation in the UK

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 12 November 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 -36 159 £581 -7.04% 276
London -2 81 £600 -2.04% 125
UK excluding London -31 80 £533 -13.94% 162
Work from Home -28 56 £599 -4.16% 142
South East +24 29 £600 -5.88% 56
Midlands -28 17 £500 -9.09% 32
North of England -45 14 £475 -17.39% 41
North West -19 10 £463 -9.54% 25
West Midlands -30 9 £500 -33.33% 20
East Midlands -8 8 £475 +46.15% 12
East of England -17 8 £475 -32.14% 8
South West -10 5 £600 -4.00% 19
Scotland +6 4 - - 5
Yorkshire -34 3 £498 -26.30% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £450 - 2
North East -9 1 £500 -24.53% 6

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 7 (4.05%) Confluence
2 5 (2.89%) nginx
3 3 (1.73%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.58%) Apache
4 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (4.62%) MS Visio
2 7 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (6.94%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (6.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (5.78%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (4.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (2.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (1.16%) Maximo
7 2 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (1.16%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.58%) Bankmaster
8 1 (0.58%) Endur
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.58%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.58%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.58%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.58%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.58%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.83%) AWS
2 10 (5.78%) Azure
3 9 (5.20%) GCP
4 8 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.05%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (4.05%) SaaS
6 6 (3.47%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (2.89%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.31%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.73%) BlazeMeter
9 3 (1.73%) OCI
9 3 (1.73%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.73%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.16%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.58%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.73%) Metadata
1 3 (1.73%) Power BI
2 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.16%) Pinecone
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.58%) Big Data
3 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.58%) GIS
3 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.58%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.58%) Neo4j
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.58%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.58%) Tableau
3 1 (0.58%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 10 (5.78%) JIRA
2 5 (2.89%) Git
3 3 (1.73%) JMeter
3 3 (1.73%) Locust
3 3 (1.73%) Selenium
General
1 75 (43.35%) Finance
1 75 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (10.40%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.25%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (5.78%) Banking
6 9 (5.20%) Marketing
7 8 (4.62%) Retail
8 6 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.47%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.89%) Legal
9 5 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.31%) Local Government
10 4 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.73%) Back Office
12 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.16%) Billing
12 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (16.76%) Project Manager
2 27 (15.61%) Analyst
3 20 (11.56%) Business Analyst
4 19 (10.98%) Consultant
5 18 (10.40%) Senior
6 15 (8.67%) Lead
7 14 (8.09%) Senior Manager
8 11 (6.36%) Architect
8 11 (6.36%) Report Manager
9 10 (5.78%) Programme Manager
9 10 (5.78%) Senior Project Manager
10 9 (5.20%) Change Manager
11 8 (4.62%) Oracle Consultant
12 7 (4.05%) Programme Director
13 5 (2.89%) Delivery Manager
13 5 (2.89%) Developer
13 5 (2.89%) Functional Consultant
13 5 (2.89%) Scrum Master
14 4 (2.31%) Chief Architect
14 4 (2.31%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.73%) LangChain
2 3 (1.73%) pytest
3 2 (1.16%) LangGraph
3 2 (1.16%) Playwright
3 2 (1.16%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.58%) Hugging Face
4 1 (0.58%) MACH
4 1 (0.58%) RESTful
4 1 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.62%) Cloud Native
2 5 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (2.31%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.73%) AI Agents
4 3 (1.73%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.73%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.73%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.73%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.16%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.16%) Life Science
5 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.16%) PMI
5 2 (1.16%) SCADA
5 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.58%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.47%) Windows
2 5 (2.89%) Linux
3 4 (2.31%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 48 (27.75%) Agile
3 39 (22.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 31 (17.92%) Roadmaps
5 28 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (15.61%) Change Management
6 27 (15.61%) ERP
7 26 (15.03%) Project Management
8 23 (13.29%) Migration
9 21 (12.14%) PRINCE2
9 21 (12.14%) Project Delivery
9 21 (12.14%) Waterfall
10 20 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (10.40%) Business Strategy
12 17 (9.83%) CRM
13 13 (7.51%) Enterprise Architecture
14 12 (6.94%) Budget Management
14 12 (6.94%) Business Analysis
14 12 (6.94%) Scrum
15 11 (6.36%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.20%) Python
2 7 (4.05%) SQL
3 4 (2.31%) Bash
3 4 (2.31%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.58%) Cypher
5 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (10.40%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.25%) Degree
2 16 (9.25%) PMI Certification
3 15 (8.67%) PMP
3 15 (8.67%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.51%) ACCA
5 5 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.73%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.73%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 3 (1.73%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 2 (1.16%) CIMA
7 2 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.58%) APMG
8 1 (0.58%) APMP
8 1 (0.58%) CBAP
8 1 (0.58%) CISM
8 1 (0.58%) CISSP
8 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.62%) QA
2 6 (3.47%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.89%) GDPR
3 5 (2.89%) PMO
4 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.73%) SLA
5 2 (1.16%) ITGC
6 1 (0.58%) FINRA
6 1 (0.58%) NCSC
6 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (2.31%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.31%) Docker
1 4 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.62%) Terraform
2 4 (2.31%) Consul
2 4 (2.31%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.31%) Packer
2 4 (2.31%) SCCM
3 2 (1.16%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 26 (15.03%) Oracle
2 22 (12.72%) SAP
3 20 (11.56%) Microsoft
3 20 (11.56%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.89%) Google
5 4 (2.31%) Ariba
5 4 (2.31%) Citrix
5 4 (2.31%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.31%) VMware
6 3 (1.73%) Adobe
7 2 (1.16%) Databricks
7 2 (1.16%) IFS
7 2 (1.16%) Remedy
8 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.58%) Calypso
8 1 (0.58%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.58%) Murex
8 1 (0.58%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.58%) Sparx
8 1 (0.58%) UiPath